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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1h

not having snap elections is going to destroy the republic

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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🍂 beagle 🥧 @beagle.bsky.social · 4h

er... hans...

mitchell and webb are we the baddies sketch but the smarter guy is saying, hans, have you noticed that our caps have got platner tattoos on them?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Democrats should hold a press conference and announce that if Mike Johnson has no interest in running the House they'd be happy to do it for him

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

Mike Johnson has dissolved Congress. Why?

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 4h

I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone

Abcnews graphic: surreal moment as coyote drinks water from skylight window on top of Los Angeles hair salon

(Image of exactly that, except the framing is canted and as a result it looks like a coyote imprisoned in a glass square a la the phantom zone from Superman)

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Alex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com · 1h

Tom passed away in 2014, I'm not sure America is ready for a Dead President

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 1h

i’m just so mad because if we absolutely had to elect an unqualified media personality to be president we should have gone with either of the guys from CAR TALK

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Alex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com · 1h

Rectifying the issue of having a lot of pictures of my dog, but not enough of me with my dog

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2h

In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 8h

it's important to remember the people doing this aren't "just following orders," they signed up to do this, they're excited to do it, it's what they want to be doing, and each one of them is personally culpable for the entirety of ICE's conduct

The Weekend: Primetime @theweekendprime.bsky.social · 8h

In video provided exclusively to MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime, immigration agents are seen attempting to pull a man out a window of a Chicago home. Agents also jumped a fence into the locked backyard and manhandled people doing work. Hear from the homeowner tonight on The Weekend: Primetime.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 7h

Trump got a lot of votes in 2020 because he was the Republican candidate in a high turnout election, during a time of deep partisan division.
I don’t recall nearly as many pleas to explain why so many people voted for Harris on 2024 and how it was important to understand their concerns.

The 74 million voter question # 1. Why did Trump get so many votes? 2/12/2021

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Alex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com · 8h

It seems like there's been a real dearth of Southwest style salsa in grocery stores nearby and I can only conclude that this is a deliberate attempt by Big Sauce to hurt me

Alex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com · 10h

Those are the goons I was talking about

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15h

I'm biased because it damn near killed me, but one of the greatest accomplishments of SEIU in 2018-2020 was moving Biden and other candidates up and down the ballot to understand the modern labor movement is as diverse, both from a demographic and employment standard, as it is.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 15h

U.S. labor historians, like Elizabeth Faue, have been writing about the significance of work being coded as male for many decades. And, even as service sector work has accelerated, the image of a “worker” in popular understandings remains white and male.
uncpress.org/979889086565...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15h

"'I’m the speaker and the president,' Mr. Trump has joked, according to two people who heard the remark and relayed it on the condition of anonymity because of concern about sharing private conversations with him." [Gift link]

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

New in PN: @gelliottmorris.com on Trump's dire polling

"Trump has the unique problem that he started off a lot lower than other presidents. So as he loses ground — and he has lost ground at about the normal clip — he just continues to be worse and worse than every other president before him."

G. Elliot Morris on Trump's dire polling

"He just continues to be worse and worse than every other president before him."

www.publicnotice.co

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

The most Republican guy is the guy who owns the used car dealership, a tanning salon, and a boat in a place that has been economically decimated by deindustrialization

See, for instance:

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 15h

U.S. labor historians, like Elizabeth Faue, have been writing about the significance of work being coded as male for many decades. And, even as service sector work has accelerated, the image of a “worker” in popular understandings remains white and male.
uncpress.org/979889086565...

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Alex G. Howard @selfindulgentclaptrap.com · 15h

I think this goes hand-in-hand with the treatment of the small population of rural white America as the "real" America, and cities as bastions of elitism, rather than the place the vast majority of people who are left behind under this economy live. You'd have to admit diversity, if you did that

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 16h

Which also explains their hostility to someone like AOC's working-class identity in the service economy, which represents much more of the working-class jobs they purport to be concerned with.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16h

Well no shit.

Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 1d

CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

betamax is back - as a laser disc

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse

Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.

buff.ly

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

So when Trump was president throughout all of 2020, the Biden administration went back in time to rig the election so they could come into existence?

Is it like a Looper situation?

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cool. Release the Epstein Files.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

That's no ballroom

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.

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