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This adds to the Democratic flip in the Miami mayoral election.
Those were two of my major elections to watch tonight — you can keep up here:
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Those were two of my major elections to watch tonight — you can keep up here:
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This adds to the Democratic flip in the Miami mayoral election.
Those were two of my major elections to watch tonight — you can keep up here:
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Those were two of my major elections to watch tonight — you can keep up here:
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
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Democrats have now flipped Miami mayor (first time a Democrat has won it since 1998) and a Trump +12 Georgia state House district
Democrats have outperformed Harris’ 2024 margin by double digits in 4/4 races so far tonight, with an avg. overperformance of 17.5 points
Buckle up.
Democrats have outperformed Harris’ 2024 margin by double digits in 4/4 races so far tonight, with an avg. overperformance of 17.5 points
Buckle up.
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Democrats have now flipped Miami mayor (first time a Democrat has won it since 1998) and a Trump +12 Georgia state House district
Democrats have outperformed Harris’ 2024 margin by double digits in 4/4 races so far tonight, with an avg. overperformance of 17.5 points
Buckle up.
Democrats have outperformed Harris’ 2024 margin by double digits in 4/4 races so far tonight, with an avg. overperformance of 17.5 points
Buckle up.
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In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.
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The juxtaposition is stark.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The juxtaposition is stark.
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Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
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A reminder that the substantial and growing wealth of Trump and many of his key cabinent officials allows them to experience price increases in a different way than most Americans.
Trump to holiday shoppers concerned about high prices:
"Look, don't be dramatic."
"Look, don't be dramatic."
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A reminder that the substantial and growing wealth of Trump and many of his key cabinent officials allows them to experience price increases in a different way than most Americans.
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
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A pleasure to talk to @taskandpurpose.com about right-wing crusade imagery (which I see as an attempt to fluff Hegseth)
US Southern Command posts photo of Marine with ‘Jerusalem Cross’ patch trib.al/kcry5J7
US Southern Command posts photo of Marine with ‘Jerusalem Cross’ patch
The command posted a photo of a Marine deployed to the Caribbean sporting a patch that was in violation of the service's uniform regulations.
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A pleasure to talk to @taskandpurpose.com about right-wing crusade imagery (which I see as an attempt to fluff Hegseth)
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Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
e360.yale.edu
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
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Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
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The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
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This is the economy that Donald Trump called "A++++++" today.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is the economy that Donald Trump called "A++++++" today.
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the next time a major disaster hits this country it will make katrina look competent and caring
and they will lecture everyone they leave to die for not being grateful enough
and they will lecture everyone they leave to die for not being grateful enough
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
the next time a major disaster hits this country it will make katrina look competent and caring
and they will lecture everyone they leave to die for not being grateful enough
and they will lecture everyone they leave to die for not being grateful enough
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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Feds Yank Homeless Funding Process for “Revisions,” Adding More Confusion to Changes that Could Impact Thousands in Seattle
Local providers were already reeling from the changes, which would end federal funding for most permanent housing and subject homelessness providers to ideological tests.
Local providers were already reeling from the changes, which would end federal funding for most permanent housing and subject homelessness providers to ideological tests.
Feds Yank Homeless Funding Process for "Revisions," Adding More Confusion to Changes that Could Impact Thousands in Seattle - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett On Tuesday, right before a court hearing in the lawsuit filed by Washington State and the…
publicola.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Feds Yank Homeless Funding Process for “Revisions,” Adding More Confusion to Changes that Could Impact Thousands in Seattle
Local providers were already reeling from the changes, which would end federal funding for most permanent housing and subject homelessness providers to ideological tests.
Local providers were already reeling from the changes, which would end federal funding for most permanent housing and subject homelessness providers to ideological tests.
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Obviously this is not a defense of Greene, but it's clear that the secret sauce of Trump 2 is death threats and it's good when people who are receiving them start talking about it. That's the only way we get through this time.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Obviously this is not a defense of Greene, but it's clear that the secret sauce of Trump 2 is death threats and it's good when people who are receiving them start talking about it. That's the only way we get through this time.
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“How billionaires took over American politics”
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
The USA has over 342 million people.
Only 902 billionaires.
It's when we say it's over.
🎁 link wapo.st/4rG7WHH
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
The USA has over 342 million people.
Only 902 billionaires.
It's when we say it's over.
🎁 link wapo.st/4rG7WHH
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“How billionaires took over American politics”
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
The USA has over 342 million people.
Only 902 billionaires.
It's when we say it's over.
🎁 link wapo.st/4rG7WHH
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
The USA has over 342 million people.
Only 902 billionaires.
It's when we say it's over.
🎁 link wapo.st/4rG7WHH
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Seriously tho. Memo to the unitary executive crowd: who writes the laws that the president is supposed to take care for the execution of???
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seriously tho. Memo to the unitary executive crowd: who writes the laws that the president is supposed to take care for the execution of???
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it is similar to the trick conservatives are trying to pull with the birthright citizenship clause. take something whose meaning is absolutely clear from just a plain reading of the text and transmogrify it into something that says its opposite through obfuscation and esoterica
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is similar to the trick conservatives are trying to pull with the birthright citizenship clause. take something whose meaning is absolutely clear from just a plain reading of the text and transmogrify it into something that says its opposite through obfuscation and esoterica
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The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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It is not lost on me that the namesake of this organization's wife would come down from the heavens and kick all of their assess with both ease and delight if she could.
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It is not lost on me that the namesake of this organization's wife would come down from the heavens and kick all of their assess with both ease and delight if she could.
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NEW: Four sources tell @mzeff.bsky.social that OpenAI has become reluctant to publish research on the negative economic impacts of AI, including job displacement.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Four sources tell @mzeff.bsky.social that OpenAI has become reluctant to publish research on the negative economic impacts of AI, including job displacement.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
At least two members of OpenAI's economic research team have recently quit over that perceived pullback.
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Republicans in Congress just launched a sham investigation into the Center for Biological Diversity. But the real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company. Take Action > act.biologicaldiversity.org/o5VEUgY5pk6p...
Republicans in Congress just launched a sham investigation into the Center for Biological Diversity. But the real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company. Take Action > act.biologicaldiversity.org/o5VEUgY5pk6p...
The Center for Biological Diversity is Under Attack
This “investigation” doesn’t name a single unlawful act, because there are none. The real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company, Antofagasta plc.
act.biologicaldiversity.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Republicans in Congress just launched a sham investigation into the Center for Biological Diversity. But the real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company. Take Action > act.biologicaldiversity.org/o5VEUgY5pk6p...
Republicans in Congress just launched a sham investigation into the Center for Biological Diversity. But the real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company. Take Action > act.biologicaldiversity.org/o5VEUgY5pk6p...