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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18h

NEW: Missouri voters are organizing to collect 106,000 signatures by December for the chance to veto the GOP's new gerrymandered map. But state Republicans are claiming existing signatures are invalid and constitute a “misdemeanor election offense.”

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Daniel Comeaux @danielcomeaux.bsky.social · 9h

I mean this seriously - if this is the way the federal government treats the states, what is the incentive to participate in the union? We are being invaded, robbed, and assaulted. Where does this end? Nowhere good.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 10h

Trump announced today, seemingly at random, that he is cancelling fed funding for Gateway Tunnel, a tunnel for intercity & commuter trains under the Hudson River.

The motivation for the cancellation—which is likely to be contested—appears to be purely the president’s hatred of Sen Schumer.

Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 10h

"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 8h

The creation of a billionaire class was such a grievous error.

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 14h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 18h

Billionaires decided long ago they’d rather have low taxes than democracy.

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 18h

Conservative billionaire Jeff Yass, the richest man in Pennsylvania, is helping fund the GOP’s bid to oust three Democratic state supreme court justices this fall.

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 13h

A perfect photo of Eugenio Suárez. No notes.

📸 Steph Chambers/Getty Images

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Ryan S @rstef.bsky.social · 11h

Damn.

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Ball Knowers @ballknowers.bsky.social · 13h

Angel Reese for Victoria’s Secret.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

the entire conservative project these days is built off of making it illegal to dislike them or say rude things about them even in private

it is not enough to be in charge, or even feared, they must be adored

or else

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 21h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 21h

A popular platform for 2026 would be

Dismantle SCOTUS.
Abolish ICE.
Rebuild the Constitution.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22h

The fight here with Gorsuch and Kav vs Nelson is whether the "use" of race automatically means "discrimination" on the basis of race.

That's interesting to me, because it's basically the white folks telling on themselves. They cannot see a "use" of race that isn't synonymous with discrimination.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 21h

Bari Weiss launched her own path to stardom with the argument "it is oppression to dislike me for being bad" and now we will get to see what an entire media ecosystem built with that philosophy looks like

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 21h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 1d

That young Republican group chat reminds me of every single police group chat that’s ever been leaked.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Ryan S @rstef.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you @senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us and @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us. Your lack of spine and fear of a Muslim on the court got us here.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20h

Platner has a huge lack of name recognition, but still has a higher net-favorable (+12) than Janet Mills (+4) among those who have an opinion of each

Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/a-governor...

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Ryan S @rstef.bsky.social · 19h

There’s always money in the banana stand.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine devoting your entire life to prostrating yourself before this man and when you die trying to further his movement he eulogizes you by saying "lmao skill issue git gud"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

oh wow they are who we knew they were

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 1d

"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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tboner @tboner.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, now a guy can’t have hobbies at work anymore?

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

“I need to stay on Twitter because that’s where the conversation is, but I can never actually report about Twitter specifically, because Twitter isn’t real life.”

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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