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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 8h

Ever heard of an injunction Amy?

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

Bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 9h

Had an extended discussion at Montgomery’s New South Bookstore about my new book, The Southern Fault Line. We focused on the similarities between the Populist era in the 1890s in the South and the Trump autocracy today.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 9h

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 11h

Fool or liar? No other options.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 11h

Lying or senile? Both?

Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 13h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 11h

"Since the wealthiest 10 per cent of the population own 85 per cent of US stocks, they enjoy the largest wealth effect when they go up... the latest data shows America’s consumer economy rests largely on ...[the spending of the] top 10 per cent" #AI #irrationalexuberance www.ft.com/content/6cc8...

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

Bullshit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 13h

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 14h

Parody account.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 14h

Hierarchy is the key to oligarchy. If the bottom rungs misbehave like good democrats, it infuriates the top level oligarchs and their enforcers—the voughts and steve millers of the world.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Certified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social · 1d

“We are immigrants, not criminals” in Berwyn. ✊

Skeletons selling paletas, tamales and elote

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Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social · 1d

Now ICE is attacking Chicago PD! Gassed them, why aren't these "federal agents" being held accountable for THEIR reckless violence⁉️
youtube.com/shorts/onCvj...

ICE tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers, Superintendent Snelling says

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

youtube.com

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 1d

Idiots

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Claudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 1d

Who is he?

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 1d

Cato is developing into a first rate think tank with a consistent nonpartisan point of view. Check the researchers on their website.

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 1d

This is a real issue. Racist speech is free speech. But telling a racist to shut up is free speech as well.

J. Stephen Clark 🏳️‍🌈 @jstephenclark.bsky.social · 1d

At some point do “free speech” advocates plan to notice the resurgence of decades-old bigotries and consider reflecting on the failure of their basic premise that more speech produces truth? (Assuming they don’t believe the decades-old bigotries actually are truth, which some clearly do think.)

J. Stephen Clark 🏳️‍🌈 @jstephenclark.bsky.social · 1d

At some point do “free speech” advocates plan to notice the resurgence of decades-old bigotries and consider reflecting on the failure of their basic premise that more speech produces truth? (Assuming they don’t believe the decades-old bigotries actually are truth, which some clearly do think.)

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 1d

How billionaires are made.

Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 1d

Why does BlueSky lock up so often? I have to turn off my phone to get it to work again.

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 1d

One judge compared their district’s current relationship with the Supreme Court to “a war zone.” Another said the courts were in the midst of a “judicial crisis.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 5d

The State of Texas embarrasses itself once again by showing what BIG GOVERNMENT looks like under our very foolish governor.

hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 5d

They have invaded Illinois. And that is exactly the language the Texas GOP leadership would be using if the roles were reversed.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5d

The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials.

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hrlatinam.bsky.social @hrlatinam.bsky.social · 5d

They have invaded Illinois. And that is exactly the language the Texas GOP leadership would be using if the roles were reversed.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5d

The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials.

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

trib.al

Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 5d

“Nearly half the high-profile shootings at houses of worship we identified over the past two decades were motivated by hate, most often white supremacy.”

A Timeline of High-Profile Shootings at Houses of Worship

The attack on a Mormon church in Michigan was one of many similar shootings over the past 20 years, according to an analysis by The Trace.

www.thetrace.org

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

Congratulations to this year’s Nobel Physics laureates — all 3 @uofcalifornia.bsky.social professors.

Home to groundbreaking physicists, including 2 immigrants leading the world in innovation & possibility, California is proud to dream big & deliver even bigger.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an...

www.nobelprize.org

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 5d

Welfare farmers are a serious burden on the American taxpayer.

D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 5d

📌I have HAD it with these damn farmers.
They proudly voted for a racist, con artist, who is now screwing them. They will do it again after he gives them welfare checks they claim to hate so much.
Biden and Democrats actually supported them, and now WE are paying for THEIR ignorance and racism.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 5d

📌I have HAD it with these damn farmers.
They proudly voted for a racist, con artist, who is now screwing them. They will do it again after he gives them welfare checks they claim to hate so much.
Biden and Democrats actually supported them, and now WE are paying for THEIR ignorance and racism.

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Bryan Jones @alongcamejones.bsky.social · 5d

Works most of the time. Southern racist politicians have always excelled in using racial hatred to deliver policies for oligarchs.

Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 5d

"Republicans are testing an insidious political strategy: Can they get a majority of voters to oppose programs that clearly benefit American citizens, on the grounds that a tiny fraction of the money might also end up ... helping illegal immigrants?"

Self-destructive nativism. We have to defeat it.

When in Doubt, Blame the Immigrants

No. You’re not experiencing déjà vu. The current Republican government shutdown talking point is the same one they’ve trotted out before.

www.thebulwark.com

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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 5d

"Republicans are testing an insidious political strategy: Can they get a majority of voters to oppose programs that clearly benefit American citizens, on the grounds that a tiny fraction of the money might also end up ... helping illegal immigrants?"

Self-destructive nativism. We have to defeat it.

When in Doubt, Blame the Immigrants

No. You’re not experiencing déjà vu. The current Republican government shutdown talking point is the same one they’ve trotted out before.

www.thebulwark.com

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