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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1h

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 59m

“To get to any of us you will have to get through all of us” Zohran Mamdani”

#TurnUpTheVolume

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Ohio Todd @lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 19h

Come for the Dick Cheney dying, stay for the Mamdani winning

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 2h

Folks who were wondering whether he'd moderate for Trump have a very clear answer.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3h

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 8h

When your campaign for mayor has people 10 states away clamoring to vote, you've done something right!

Tweet from the Secretary of State for Kentucky telling people that they can't vote for New York mayor or anything else because there's no election in Kentucky today.

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 10h

As always, people get excited about the dumbest things. However, if ballot order did matter, New York has put their thumb on the scale. Even Arkansas, known globally for our fair elections, puts the names in random order.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Live Updates: Turnout High as Voters Decide Mayor’s Race

www.nytimes.com

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 15h

The jokes write themselves: Target Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries
(gift article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries (Gift Article)

The Times tested the blast waves of several popular civilian guns at an indoor range and found that repeated firing could add up to potentially harmful exposure.

www.nytimes.com

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 16h

This is what happens when you put police in schools. Police are the problem, not the solution.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

LRPD defends fogging Central High students with pepper spray - Arkansas Times

The Little Rock Police Department defended officers’ use of pepper spray in Little Rock schools at last week’s Little Rock School Board meeting.

arktimes.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 1d

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 1d

I'm ecstatic to be working with a candidate for Congress running as a Democrat in a ruby-red district. The only way forward is if we actually engage, everywhere. If you can, please help us fund our outreach!

goodchange.app/donate/may-t...

May the 4th Be With You!

May the 4th Be With You! |

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 1d

El Mundo: Chicago police officers have started collecting videos & other evidence to send to the Illinois Prosecutor's Office following a violent encounter between Border Patrol agents in Evanston and a crowd.

This needs to happen everywhere!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 1d

This is the thing I've found strangest about this whole campaign: it doesn't seem like anyone disputes that Cuomo is, at the very least, problematic. And the fact that powerful people, who should know better, haven't backed Mamdani until forced to is shocking.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

What if your vote could help get Trump voters to leave New York City? #VoteMamdani

POLL: 9% Claim They'll Leave NYC If Mamdani Wins - Joe.My.God.

The New York Post reports: Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday’s mayoral race — potentially setting the stag...

www.joemygod.com

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 1d

As we watch the US government starve the poor, I'm trying to remember what Les Miserables was about.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.

The media landscape shrinks even further.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 1d

Even if that were true, the other options are a sex offender and whatever the Republican is. It's an easy call.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.

www.vogue.com/article/teen...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 TEXAS ‼️

Dems —
Important special elections happening!

DO NOT,
I REPEAT—
DO NOT LET REPUBLICANS FLIP IT!
GOTV!

#TX18

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 2d

Harris County, TX voters are confused, with redistricting can they still vote in the special election on Nov.4?

"if you've always been in Congressional District 18 & you've registered & been in that district, you will still be in that district for this November, and any potential runoff”

Harris County Clerk clears up confusion amid Congressional District 18 special election to succeed Sylvester Turner

Many voters seem to think that proposed redistricting changes may already be in place.

www.khou.com

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 1d

Feels like there's a fairly straightforward remedy to the problem of offering uncompetitive salaries.

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it funny how we've stopped talking about how China uses forced Uyghur labor? I wonder why we haven't heard about that in a while?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

www.theguardian.com

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David Barber @odoketa.bsky.social · 2d

We've seen quite clearly what happens to a party that can't be criticized.