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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

the extent to which media elites treat liberal americans as if they do not count in the body politic is a real problem

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 4h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 9h

whole thing is a really good read; i screamed out loud when i read this part

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2h

that they left em masse, at least, seems like a good sign

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 3h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 3h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 3h

this is a really smart and nicely executed piece and also I cannot get out of my head the image of somebody smearing Hamburger Helper across their lips to achieve the perfect tint and gloss

Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 3h

Recession warning signs to watch: Goodbye lipstick, hello Hamburger Helper.
(@rachellerman.bsky.social and Elena Lacey, Washington Post)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251015-top...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Scott 🦇Cave🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 1d

Nice argument. However, I have already depicted myself as a smoking velocipede queen and you as a flopping fop.

Scott 🦇Cave🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 1d

an old drawing of a bad b smoking and hitting a male bicyclist with her bike. The caption “THE AWFUL EFFECTS OF VELOCIPEDING”

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 7h

dogg if you can't sell PRB coal coal is fucking dead. PRB coal is *so cheap*

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d

New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.

US postpones Wyoming coal lease sale after disappointing Montana auction

The Trump administration has postponed a scheduled sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming two days after a disappointing auction in Montana, an Interior Department spokesperson said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 7h

He's really justifying this. Rape jokes, anti-Semitism, blatant racism.

There's no low he won't sink to. A dangerous, shameless liar.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 10h

"no kings" is perhaps *the* foundational truth of this republic, I mean that's what they wrote first

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 9h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 9h

It is insane to me that his approval is in the toilet, especially in the economy and the chattering classes just pretend it is not happening.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 9h

alternatively, trump's at 41% approval — that's pretty "sour" right?

Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social · 10h

In his interview w @jonfavs.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social asks, "why haven't the tariffs soured the public on Trump?"

An answer from my book on ACA opinions: the contemporary US economy is so diverse & complex that even sizable policy changes don't move opinions consistently.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

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 · 10h

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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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7h

A reminder that Ben Gvir was set to be sanctioned by the United States government in February 2024 but was personally taken off the list by President Biden.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8h

Itamar Ben Gvir is a real monster www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 11h

I remember a few people on here saying the reports were exaggerated

Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 13h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

tinyurl.se/crR

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 9h

there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Nick S @holgate.permanent.red · 21h

2013: we should get young minority voters by doing reasonable center-right politics

2024: we get young minority voters through crypto, sports betting, delivery apps and boiling people’s brains

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21h

from my WIFL interview with @jdandeneau.bsky.social

I don’t know how many people have actually internalized this, but the vast majority of local Democratic operations are staffed and run by blue-haired little old ladies who have been doing this for 40 years and are funding it with bake sales, and are keeping the flame alive in a time when parties are as weak as they’ve ever been. If you are under the age of 50 and you show up and act normal for, like, 3 months, they will do whatever you want because they’re so excited to have a young person there. Parties are weak right now because of some factors that are outside of our control, but a lot of factors are within our control and the big one is that we just haven’t paid enough attention to the atomic-level units, and party infrastructure. If you strengthen those, then party identity as a whole will follow. Party strength as a whole will follow.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 23h

Gonna become a retvrn guy but based on the premise that I believe that women used to duel bare breasted based on those paintings from the 1890s

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outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 20h

A four panel comic strip. An anthropomorphic wolf man runs into an office where three others are working at their desks. He says, "The fire marshal is coming for annual inspections!" In the next panel, a seated wolf is playing with a remote control airplane, and a smoke detector with an open battery compartment is mounted on the wall above him. The first wolf says "Put that 9 volt back in the smoke detector!" In the third panel, an anthropomorphic dog holds a power strip while standing next to a sculpture comprised of multiple power strips. The first wolf says "Hide your..."Daisy Chain Power Strip" sculpture!?" In the fourth panel, a bear proudly displays his t-shirt which reads "I love storing combustibles around radiators." The first wolf, in exasperation, yells "CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!"

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 13h

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Scanline Media @scanlinemedia.com · 5d

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 1d

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d

beetle bailey arc where we learn who in camp swampy will obey orders to fire on american citizens once the insurrection act is invoked. my picks are rocky, zero, and, surprisingly, plato. killer surprises everyone by making a big show of not doing it. beetle simply goes AWOL

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