Mzbitca
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We saw this in Virginia. The swing towards Democrats was most pronounced in blue and purple-blue areas. The red areas of Virginia had a pretty modest shift.
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We saw this in Virginia. The swing towards Democrats was most pronounced in blue and purple-blue areas. The red areas of Virginia had a pretty modest shift.
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I think there's def a shot at Iowa and Ohio regardless of the outcome tonight. I think the shape of Trump's declining popularity is a little different in districts/places that started very red bsky.app/profile/ther...
Yeah we’ve seen this story before once a race gets nationalized and MAGA voters end up rallying a bit.
Anything within like 5% though and I think there’s a shot at Ohio, Iowa, etc. next year.
But still been burned way too many times in such a polarized country.
Anything within like 5% though and I think there’s a shot at Ohio, Iowa, etc. next year.
But still been burned way too many times in such a polarized country.
Election prediction:
Van Epps wins by high single digits, let's say 8%. Still an excellent showing for Ds given the partisan lean of the district but I think Behn's chance to actually win was a "sneak one past the goalie" ultra low turnout race and the GOP got enough attention to avoid that
Van Epps wins by high single digits, let's say 8%. Still an excellent showing for Ds given the partisan lean of the district but I think Behn's chance to actually win was a "sneak one past the goalie" ultra low turnout race and the GOP got enough attention to avoid that
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think there's def a shot at Iowa and Ohio regardless of the outcome tonight. I think the shape of Trump's declining popularity is a little different in districts/places that started very red bsky.app/profile/ther...
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Election prediction:
Van Epps wins by high single digits, let's say 8%. Still an excellent showing for Ds given the partisan lean of the district but I think Behn's chance to actually win was a "sneak one past the goalie" ultra low turnout race and the GOP got enough attention to avoid that
Van Epps wins by high single digits, let's say 8%. Still an excellent showing for Ds given the partisan lean of the district but I think Behn's chance to actually win was a "sneak one past the goalie" ultra low turnout race and the GOP got enough attention to avoid that
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Election prediction:
Van Epps wins by high single digits, let's say 8%. Still an excellent showing for Ds given the partisan lean of the district but I think Behn's chance to actually win was a "sneak one past the goalie" ultra low turnout race and the GOP got enough attention to avoid that
Van Epps wins by high single digits, let's say 8%. Still an excellent showing for Ds given the partisan lean of the district but I think Behn's chance to actually win was a "sneak one past the goalie" ultra low turnout race and the GOP got enough attention to avoid that
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
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“I’m starting to see Ben Simmons in Jalen Hurts” is exactly what you get when you not only let Howard Eskin have a platform for decades but you also give one to his idiot son. Absolute clownery, should be a career ender but shame no longer exists.
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“I’m starting to see Ben Simmons in Jalen Hurts” is exactly what you get when you not only let Howard Eskin have a platform for decades but you also give one to his idiot son. Absolute clownery, should be a career ender but shame no longer exists.
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Then it should be trivially easy to find reliable data to put in your magazine article!
Literally any human who has been even casually involved in education in the last decade knows multiple people who have gotten dubious diagnoses to get extra time on exams. I expect more from journalists, certainly, but let’s not pretend like this is a controversial issue.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Then it should be trivially easy to find reliable data to put in your magazine article!
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Florida DOT, like the current US DOT, is doing what it can to reverse the very feeble efforts US cities have made to dedicate road space to users other than drivers.
WOW: It appears that the Florida Department of Transportation and state Republicans used a flawed study to illegally dismantle dedicated bus lanes along a federally funded BRT project that was completed on time and under budget
www.tampabay.com/news/transpo...
www.tampabay.com/news/transpo...
FDOT study used to scrap SunRunner lane ‘incomplete,’ ‘unfair’, experts say
The dedicated bus lane on Pasadena Avenue was removed after the state said there was a rise in crashes.
www.tampabay.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Florida DOT, like the current US DOT, is doing what it can to reverse the very feeble efforts US cities have made to dedicate road space to users other than drivers.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Low-trust societies are so expensive, I swear.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
To bare my chest, my spouse and I just navigated two years of fighting for IDEA accommodations for our older kiddo whose dyslexia and decoding skills deficits were so pronounced that, in 3rd grade, their reading test scores were <1st percentile.
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Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
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NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
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I tire of the culture that asks us to classify and pathologize every personality quirk or idiosyncrasy. At the same time, I recognize how we live in systems that require us to identify our “deficiencies” in order to get support. Exhausting, all of it, really.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I tire of the culture that asks us to classify and pathologize every personality quirk or idiosyncrasy. At the same time, I recognize how we live in systems that require us to identify our “deficiencies” in order to get support. Exhausting, all of it, really.
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"When Trump is cogent enough to understand what is happening, he commits one grotesque atrocity after the next, and when he is not, a bunch of scheming viziers elbow each other out of the way to commit their own." prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
prospect.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"When Trump is cogent enough to understand what is happening, he commits one grotesque atrocity after the next, and when he is not, a bunch of scheming viziers elbow each other out of the way to commit their own." prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
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darkly fitting that John Roberts' hyper-extreme Unitary Executive Theory immediately cashed out with a president who is straight up not doing the job 75% of the time
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
darkly fitting that John Roberts' hyper-extreme Unitary Executive Theory immediately cashed out with a president who is straight up not doing the job 75% of the time
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O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The President is actively dying right next to his team of simps yelling about what a Big Strong Leader Man he is. Just sitting there, eyes closed, croaking in front of our eyes.
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Fuck this guy
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fuck this guy
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It really isn’t said enough how much these people straight up hate America. People should say this a lot more frequently. They simply don’t like the good parts of modern American life.
"Sources in the Trump administration have previously told Zeteo that officials will at times intentionally use popular music from vocally anti-Trump performing artists, in order to trigger a negative response from a famous liberal and provide further amplification of their pervasive culture war,"
NEWS: The Trump-Vance White House is attacking Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
In a new statement, the White House — led by Trump, a liable sexual abuser mired in scandal for ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — suggests Carpenter is "stupid" and is defending pedophiles and rapists.
@swin24.bsky.social reports:
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It really isn’t said enough how much these people straight up hate America. People should say this a lot more frequently. They simply don’t like the good parts of modern American life.
Like it's absolutely horrible that the President got mat at Tim Walz and the response is to terrorize and arrest a community that lives in Minnesota as punishment and that's how he governs & we all have to accept it apparently?
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials preparing immigration operation in Minnesota that would primarily focus on Somali immigrants, AP source says.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Like it's absolutely horrible that the President got mat at Tim Walz and the response is to terrorize and arrest a community that lives in Minnesota as punishment and that's how he governs & we all have to accept it apparently?
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I read the latest Lizza thing & somehow it all just gets grosser & grosser. What's described is not "a violation" of journalistic standards, but systematic, repeated, willful violation of those standards by both the subject of the posts & their author! Banish these people from public life.
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I read the latest Lizza thing & somehow it all just gets grosser & grosser. What's described is not "a violation" of journalistic standards, but systematic, repeated, willful violation of those standards by both the subject of the posts & their author! Banish these people from public life.
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At least initially, the alleged National Guard shooter is charged with murder (and other crimes) in D.C. Superior Court.
If they stay on this path and don't go federal, they'd avoid potential issues over whether the National Guard was lawfully deployed in D.C.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
If they stay on this path and don't go federal, they'd avoid potential issues over whether the National Guard was lawfully deployed in D.C.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Suspect in D.C. shooting of National Guard members charged with murder, pleads not guilty
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, could be seen on a video feed laying down in a hospital bed as he made an initial court appearance in the case.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
At least initially, the alleged National Guard shooter is charged with murder (and other crimes) in D.C. Superior Court.
If they stay on this path and don't go federal, they'd avoid potential issues over whether the National Guard was lawfully deployed in D.C.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
If they stay on this path and don't go federal, they'd avoid potential issues over whether the National Guard was lawfully deployed in D.C.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is a legit challenge and I get the urge to punish the students but the biggest issue is Drs just writing notes for anything. The amount of times I had to turn down people I know who wanted me to write a letter that their pet was an ESA so they could get an apartment was a lot of awhile there
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is a legit challenge and I get the urge to punish the students but the biggest issue is Drs just writing notes for anything. The amount of times I had to turn down people I know who wanted me to write a letter that their pet was an ESA so they could get an apartment was a lot of awhile there