Samuel Durso
@samueldurso.bsky.social
The reassessment of PT Anderson's Inherent Vice is next. He/him.
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Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
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HOLD UP. Trump wants his business buddies to takeover CNN because he doesn’t like the network’s fact based news coverage? That is some straight up North Korea dictator bullsh*t. We should all be appalled & doing everything we can to stop Trump & the Ellison’s from another state tv takeover.
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right!
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
HOLD UP. Trump wants his business buddies to takeover CNN because he doesn’t like the network’s fact based news coverage? That is some straight up North Korea dictator bullsh*t. We should all be appalled & doing everything we can to stop Trump & the Ellison’s from another state tv takeover.
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The best way to get close with your constituents is to mosh with them.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The best way to get close with your constituents is to mosh with them.
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Tax the rich.
Invest the money in making housing, health care, and child care affordable.
Invest the money in making housing, health care, and child care affordable.
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Tax the rich.
Invest the money in making housing, health care, and child care affordable.
Invest the money in making housing, health care, and child care affordable.
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You can read the coverage from CNN today for a summary of our analysis: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/m...
Analysis: Trump’s first year back in office contradicts his ‘free speech’ commitments | CNN Business
Nora Benavidez of the nonprofit advocacy group Free Press set out to catalog the Trump administration’s First Amendment infringements. She soon had a list of almost 200.
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You can read the coverage from CNN today for a summary of our analysis: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/m...
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The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy document promotes the agenda to keep Europe white, placing Trump’s white Christian nationalism above America’s foundational creed of human equality. From Harold Meyerson:
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Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy - The American Prospect
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy document promotes the agenda to keep Europe white, placing Trump’s white Christian nationalism above America’s foundational creed of human equality. From Harold Meyerson:
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
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PA Commonwealth Court (2-1) holds that a county commissioner cannot reject a voter registration application simply because SSN/DL number provided doesn't seem to match state databases; must investigate further to determine if it's actually a duplicate registration.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
PA Commonwealth Court (2-1) holds that a county commissioner cannot reject a voter registration application simply because SSN/DL number provided doesn't seem to match state databases; must investigate further to determine if it's actually a duplicate registration.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
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There's a second front in the conservative war on the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to privatizing health care, Trump is now taking aim at veterans’ disability benefits, which serves 7 million Americans. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon report.
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
Trump Is Coming for Veterans’ Disability Benefits - The American Prospect
The veterans disability system has traditionally been a sacred cow for politicians of all stripes. Now, as part of the conservative war on the Department of Veterans Affairs, the administration is fal...
prospect.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a second front in the conservative war on the Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to privatizing health care, Trump is now taking aim at veterans’ disability benefits, which serves 7 million Americans. Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon report.
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
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Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.
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right! or that laws can't be changed ! That congress and hte president can't work together to make alterations - that only the court can speak for the people.
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
right! or that laws can't be changed ! That congress and hte president can't work together to make alterations - that only the court can speak for the people.
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NY FED: Percentage of households who think their financial situation will be better off over the next year:
Matches a two-year low.
@nicktimiraos.bsky.social
www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomi...
Matches a two-year low.
@nicktimiraos.bsky.social
www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomi...
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NY FED: Percentage of households who think their financial situation will be better off over the next year:
Matches a two-year low.
@nicktimiraos.bsky.social
www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomi...
Matches a two-year low.
@nicktimiraos.bsky.social
www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomi...
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The White House National Security Strategy document is a blueprint for white Christian nationalism that is deeply anti-American, Harold Meyerson writes.
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy - The American Prospect
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
prospect.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The White House National Security Strategy document is a blueprint for white Christian nationalism that is deeply anti-American, Harold Meyerson writes.
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
prospect.org/2025/12/08/t...
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Wow!
When we get a "normal" family again in the WH, a family that doesn't grift, take bribes, lie and use the govt to its maximum benefit, we'll be shocked. It'll be a major adjustment.
When we get a "normal" family again in the WH, a family that doesn't grift, take bribes, lie and use the govt to its maximum benefit, we'll be shocked. It'll be a major adjustment.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wow!
When we get a "normal" family again in the WH, a family that doesn't grift, take bribes, lie and use the govt to its maximum benefit, we'll be shocked. It'll be a major adjustment.
When we get a "normal" family again in the WH, a family that doesn't grift, take bribes, lie and use the govt to its maximum benefit, we'll be shocked. It'll be a major adjustment.
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President Trump is mad about the 60 Minutes interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA, so he wants an apology from CBS. I can't make this stuff up.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
President Trump is mad about the 60 Minutes interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA, so he wants an apology from CBS. I can't make this stuff up.
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Roberts keeps jumping to argue that their imminent overturn of Humphrey's Executor does not actually threaten the Fed, entire civil service, article 1 courts, etc. Kagan not buying it, says to SG Sauer: "Once you go down this road, it's a little bit hard to see how you stop"
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Roberts keeps jumping to argue that their imminent overturn of Humphrey's Executor does not actually threaten the Fed, entire civil service, article 1 courts, etc. Kagan not buying it, says to SG Sauer: "Once you go down this road, it's a little bit hard to see how you stop"
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In Detroit, corporate buyers turned hundreds of homes into investment assets, leaving tenants with unsafe, neglected conditions and little recourse.
Unchecked corporate ownership is pushing stable housing out of reach for the families that need it most. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/detroit...
Unchecked corporate ownership is pushing stable housing out of reach for the families that need it most. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/detroit...
Detroit’s Fight Against Housing Greed - Roosevelt Institute
In Winning a People-Powered Future, Roosevelt Institute President Elizabeth Wilkins emphasizes the importance of listening to people’s problems and aspirations, looking seriously at power in our econo...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In Detroit, corporate buyers turned hundreds of homes into investment assets, leaving tenants with unsafe, neglected conditions and little recourse.
Unchecked corporate ownership is pushing stable housing out of reach for the families that need it most. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/detroit...
Unchecked corporate ownership is pushing stable housing out of reach for the families that need it most. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/detroit...
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Corporations now own 1 in 11 residential parcels in urban areas—and more than 20% in some communities. That consolidation is leaving lower-income families at the mercy of absentee landlords with little stake in local well-being.
New from @annielowrey.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
New from @annielowrey.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How Private Equity Is Changing Housing
In some communities, corporations control more than 20 percent of properties.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Corporations now own 1 in 11 residential parcels in urban areas—and more than 20% in some communities. That consolidation is leaving lower-income families at the mercy of absentee landlords with little stake in local well-being.
New from @annielowrey.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
New from @annielowrey.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This weekend, I joined the Somali community in Willmar for lunch at the Somali Star restaurant.
Minnesotans are going to show up for our neighbors. That's who we are.
Minnesotans are going to show up for our neighbors. That's who we are.
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This weekend, I joined the Somali community in Willmar for lunch at the Somali Star restaurant.
Minnesotans are going to show up for our neighbors. That's who we are.
Minnesotans are going to show up for our neighbors. That's who we are.
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Trump views Putin as a friend and the EU as an enemy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump views Putin as a friend and the EU as an enemy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Today is the 10th anniversary of one of the stupidest tweets ever written
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today is the 10th anniversary of one of the stupidest tweets ever written
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
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Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E