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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 1h

Just pointing out that the goofy celebration’s aren’t intended to entertain you and me, or to please us. That said: opine away! Be displeased!

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 2h

They’re not doing it for us, they’re doing it for each other. Our opinions on how exactly they express their esprit de corps kinda don’t matter.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 5h

I'm shocked the writer actually printed this stuff and didn't omit it out of embarassment. I feel like if I scrolled further down, I'd see:

Q: Where are my keys? I swear I just had them.
Mamdani: They're in your hand.
Q: Ah. Derp. My bad.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 11h

Spoken like someone in the pocket of Big Regular Bed.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 11h

If the implication is that we could organize a one-day large-numbers No Kings turnout, or that alternately we could organize a weeks-long 24/7 protest that draws 99% of a No Kings turnout, then I don't consider the above to be a realistic understanding of the current available options.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 11h

Witness: derision at "wine moms"

Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 11h

Not wrong.

Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 11h

True! And the good news is that Mainers will get to tell us! Via a primary election!

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 11h

I keep reading all-knowing takes like the one quoted, and I keep wondering who, exactly, is "convinced that the day Trump dies all this somehow goes away." Like, who's that person?

Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 13h

Lauren.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 13h

NYC =/= Bangor ??

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 13h

When the immediate stakes concern Donald Trump's effort to consolidate autocracy, the question of whether or not a Dem candidate's comments are being processed in a way that is "good and appropriate" strikes me as a second-order concern.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 19h

Ah, okay. Apologies.

What truly, genuinely matters is that you’re resisting, in the way that best suits your skills and vision. Thanks for doing so. Please continue to do so, and I will too.

Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 19h

Cool, I guess when you quote-posted Will Stancil extolling the value of the No Kings demo, I didn’t recognize it as you agreeing with him as to the positive value of the No Kings demo. But I guess I was wrong! Cheers!

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 19h

Hi, it’s possible to do both! I, myself, am doing icewatch AND protesting with No Kings! No one is required to choose just one and take an unnecessary dump on the other!

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for Bluesky's huge RFK lovefest to come to an end. He's not without faults, you guys!

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 2d

There was a whole Twitter Files about it! It was considered to be the worst thing ever, I seem to recall.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 2d

My interest in democracy and elections is precisely WHY I'm no longer a subscriber to WaPo.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2d

Remember this: Try.

youtu.be/wQd4JdFP0d0?...

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 2d

Add me to the long list of folks who once subscribed, now no longer do. Bezos chased me off.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 2d

Amen. See you in DTLA at 2pm, Saturday!

Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 3d

Who was the most prominent member of the opposition who did that? Like, what's his or her name?

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly. He's never NOT said it!

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 3d

"Americans never have made clothes."
--Derek Guy

Laugh at Matt all you want, but it's a very famous and direct quote that Derek Guy constantly says, and so Matt is right to call him on it.

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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " behind him

ALT: a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " behind him

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