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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 18h

It's not a distraction. It's a distillation of his harmful behavior and makes a point.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

I hope this is the start of something big for Democrats‼️

NEW: Barack Obama personally called Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner for NYC mayor, to praise his campaign and offer to be a “sounding board.”

Democrats, take notes…
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 22h

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"

taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes

“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

taskandpurpose.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20h

Trump is illegally blocking SNAP benefits. He won't spend a cent to lower health care costs for American citizens.

But he'll spare no expense to refurbish his bathroom with statuary marble.

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McFydlstyk @mcfydlstyk.bsky.social · 2d

Juust wanted to start the day out right.....(grin)
🎶"Hi Hoooo.....Hi Hooo.....Hi Ho...Hi Ho....It's off to work we go.....
with words, I'm seldom stuck
and TACO's still a Schmuck!
Hi Ho...Hi Ho"....🎶
thankyouverymuch..

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Charles GetCovered-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4d

Everyone who claimed Dems would cave to prevent a shutdown OR that they’d cave shortly after that to keep the shutdown brief OR that they were stupid to make the ACA tax credits the flagship issue can apologize any minute now.

AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 4d

Hiked premiums haven't even gone into effect yet

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

That list will resonate with the insider baseball players. Politics is theater. You have to start with getting the attention of the media and they chase the shiny object. That list is boring. When it comes to getting people excited, style matters more than content.

Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

I love that show.

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of wish she had said "other candidates" rather than opponents, but I am glad she is showing appreciation.

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 3d

She made an ofrenda for people who have died in ICE custody, which is a topic not covered enough by the news. 💔

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

It's really no big deal to learn to chose words carefully to say what you mean. Goodby.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 2d

Taking away our right to vote, in little bites. Maybe we won't notice when voting goes away altogether. 🙄

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Exclusive: Trump Administration Threatened Lawsuit Over Ohio Mail-In Ballot Deadline

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

Do not be a doomer about this. Just call your New York friends and remind them to vote, and tell them to do the same. He is more popular and will win with good turnout.

The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 5d

i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV

Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge

The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.

gothamist.com

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

What started this convo was your attack on the whole party which you put in terms of rigging. If you had said initially that you were mad at those individual Dems who weren't supporting Mamdani, none of the rest of the thread would've happened because hardly anyone would've disagreed including me.

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

She knows how to promote herself. I guess that's a good quality in a person running for office, but I don't know if her style works outside of a few people and I also don't know how blue the district is.

Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I've liked Durban for a long time. My fear is that the newbies will be flakes who don't know how to campaign and blow winnable elections. Too many self-identified progressives are disrespectful of everyone other than themselves and unable to learn from experience, theirs or others. Knowitalls.

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder how many of the promoters of the abstention from voting are bad actors working for the Rethugs. That's who they are helping.

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

I think people sometimes get too high on their own supply. THEIR issue is THE issue and no one else matters and nothing matters except THEIR purity and THEIR feelings THEIR investment in the self-indulgence of self-righteousness. I wonder sometimes how much of this is actually about Palestine.

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Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

It's also a form of capitulation because that "I'm too pure to vote for the lesser" is an excuse to stand on the sidelines, doing nothing.

Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

You are right. The "abstainers" are people who conflate taking a moral stand with sulking and pouting because they didn't get their own way. Sorry, but decisions are made by literally millions of us and people who expect perfection as to their specs will always be disappointed.

Laura Koerber @wonkie.bsky.social · 2d

The point is to protect society from the harm done by the one who blows kids heads off AND is a fascist asshole who hurts everyone. The lesser evil is less evil. And to help inflict the greater on people makes a person share the responsibility for that greater evil.

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