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Rajan Narang

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Working for a just democracy. Venting for my sanity. Explaining so we do better with our next opportunity. We’re mobilized and now it's time for us to organize. Personal account

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · Apr 6

Convinced that defeating the other side on displays of proud patriotism is necessary.

It’s completely correct to disagree with historical (and recent!) decisions this country’s made. But we’re fighting for its ideals, and in that fight, we get to define what patriotism means to us

Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Apr 5

As the crowd at #HandsOff Boston files into City Hall Plaza, someone got up on a barrier waving the flag, and folks started singing the Star Spangled Banner.

This too is America.

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 2h

What Nas has done with the Mass Appeal label, especially with the Legend Has It series this year, is nothing short of phenomenal www.hotnewhiphop.com/952445-mass-...

Mass Appeal Drops Timelines For Nas, DJ Premier, Big L & De La Soul Albums

The

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 6h

i cannot get over how quickly this is happening. the decline of the other two branches/ascent of the lawless executive is outpacing actual democratic decline, which is usually what precipitates executive consolidation. but in our case, the other two branches are collaborators

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 7h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 7h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump/Miller/Noem gang is getting absolutely beclowned by a bunch of cartoon frogs

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 9h

MOUNT UP

Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 9h

Did I just see Lina Khan walk out to Warren G's "Regualte" at the Zohran rally?? the greatest of all time

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 17h

oh. right.

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 11h

Strong ad from the Save Maine Absentee Voting crew www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hde...

Plain and Simple

YouTube video by Save Maine Absentee Voting

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 11h

A few thoughts on Steyer-for-gov:
-Steyer running (presumably with a big spend) would block Caruso from swamping the field with $
-We need a climate hawk governor (and those taking $ from polluters ain't it 👀)
-Bring back Juvenile

He'd have a lot to prove, but the water's as warm as it's gonna get

The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 19h

An eight-figure infusion to help CA pass a new congressional map has sparked chatter that Tom Steyer could run for governor. But the campaign trail in the Golden State is littered with failed bids by the ultra-wealthy.

Our full report in today's Morning Digest -->

Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: Another California billionaire might run for governor

But self-funders have a long record of falling short in the Golden State

www.the-downballot.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 16h

The funniest take on here today is probably "sure Netanyahu is a bad actor, but it's unclear how the US could have possibly put pressure on him". Imagine admitting you're less curious and creative than the Trump administration and framing it as nuance

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13h

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 12h

Short story collections should be way more popular and marketed better for the short-attention present.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 22h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 12h

Columbian Exchange Day is a great idea because it proves how much and how recently most national-cultural identities were constructed out of diverse global components.

If you can't imagine Italian, German, Korean, Indian, or any other national food without new world plants, what are they, really?

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 13h

Perhaps instead of Columbus Day we can celebrate Columbian Exchange Day where we celebrate the food pairings that had never been possible before, peppers and onions, chocolate and coffee, basil and tomatoes.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 14h

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 19h

they’re scared fucking shitless of this weekend, or, at the least, are scared fucking shitless of trump seeing it on the television

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 3d

Hey, generally speaking, is it good or bad when presidents talk about taking away constitutional rights they don't like

“We Took the Freedom of Speech Away” Is Somehow a Direct Quote From Donald Trump

Trump's definition of "freedom of speech" does not appear to incorporate anything the Supreme Court has said on the subject.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18h

one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.

time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 22h

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 20h

Not joking, either

1968 - Vietnam (Chennault Affair)
1980 - Iran (hostage crisis resolved 20 minutes after Reagan inaugurated)
2016 - Russia (hacking)
2024 - Israel

zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 21h

Resetting the "years since Republican party coordinates with foreign country to manufacture crisis for incumbent Democrat" sign to zero, for the fourth (?!) time

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18h

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18h

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 16h

the moment this guy opened his mouth!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

A key reason why it’s been so awful to see fascists destroying the FAA is that aviation safety regulators have historically been *extremely good* at avoiding the dangerous human fallacy of “this bad thing hasn’t happened yet, it’s just nearly happened, so it’s totally safe to keep doing it”

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

“an airplane hasn’t crashed YET as a result of a laser pointer blinding the pilot, just NEARLY crashed, so it’s actually not dangerous to shine lasers at airplanes and all global aviation authorities are overreacting cowards” is real logic I’ve seen from alleged adults on here

Pilot blindly lands plane after eyes are damaged by laser aimed into cockpit, feds say

“You almost killed this man,” a Washington judge told the man accused of pointing the laser.

www.thenewstribune.com

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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 1d

I’d just like to point out that the wave of recent troubles in American society started shortly after we stopped getting Star Trek games

Millennial PC Gaming Aesthetics @millennialpcaest.bsky.social · 5d

'Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force' - 2000

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 14d

if you made cop shows 20% more Woke that would be the single most successful use of art to achieve a political end in human history

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 14d

Katie Miller demanded to know why NBC ran an episode of 'Law & Order: SVU' that portrays ICE agents “allowing rape.”

Stephen Miller’s Wife Melts Down Over Portrayal of ICE in ‘Law & Order: SVU’

Katie Miller demanded to know why NBC ran an episode of the hit show that portrays ICE agents “allowing rape.”

trib.al

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting in itself that the public's default reaction to whatever the government is doing seems to be "stop doing that, try the opposite". It suggests something quite profound is going wrong.

Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 1d

Thermostatic public opinion, reacting against the governing regime, like old faithful.
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...

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