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Politics watcher and opinion writer from California

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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 10h
Sports Illustrated forever!
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 10h
I love how he brings the questions time after time back to his opponent knowing he can't and won't answer. On issue after issue after issue.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 11h
Wow. That's 24 minutes of my life I'll never get back. These ppl are running our country & foreign policy. This guy is a whack job who thought he found his peeps. I can't wait til all these clowns are out of power & buried in the back pages of the tabloids again. www.wcpo.com/news/norther...
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Eric Deters, candidate for Kentucky governor, pleads guilty to charges connected to chasing nephew in truck
Eric Deters is one of several candidates — including Daniel Cameron, Kelly Craft and Ryan Quarles — running in the Republican primary for Kentucky governor.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 22h
A real moderator would have made Collins answer that howitzer of a hypothetical.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mamdani live —> www.youtube.com/watch?v=niG_...
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LIVE: NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks after ICE officer shoots man
YouTube video by Associated Press
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 22h
That's the best description of the Trump admin I've heard so far.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
“A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.” theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 23h
Criticizing Trump for starting the Iran War? Calling the promise to pay $5,000 to Americans if they vote for R's at midterms "bribery"?Free healthcare for kids, increasing the fed minimum wage, banning pardons for Jan. 6ers? Sign me up! But it's not a dem. www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2...
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Who's running against House Speaker Mike Johnson in Louisiana?
U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport told USA Today Network he believes Republicans will defy the odds and retain their majority in the House.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes, but on the other hand you can get a sick background shot at the Acropolis and all that's left in Rome is a bunch of sad ruins and gaudy churches.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The first amendment, yes. But IMO the fourth amendment is what needs bolstering here. This must be a prominent priority in the post-Trump reconstruction era.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This article follows a lot of the early smoke rising from the Epstein situation long before its first really visible flames. The fidelity isn't as clear in these early connections, but the leads will surely develop. Great--and long--reporting from the guardian.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A much-needed explainer from @citizencohn.bsky.social about those $500 checks (bribes) Trump is sending out as an alleged Obamacare "refund." Looks quite likely to be illegal. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Adding to America's karmic debt. Make it stop.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump price list.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I picked up a trapped squirrel when I was a kid. When it bit into my finger with existential fury, I had to fight my instinct to squeeze harder and open my hands to let it fall to the ground. The more Trump strikes, the higher gas prices will go; the more closed the strait will become.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jesus.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And just for those following along at home, Hilton is a smarter, less addled version of Donald Trump who would see to dismantling a lot of the protections California enjoys and open the gates to the feds to do what they want with our resources. Dems need a shake up, but Hilton ain' it.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.” Yeah, mark your calendar for November 4th.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And this on its heels. America's guardrails weren't prepared for Donald Trump. bsky.app/profile/ddia...
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The revenge prosecution & persecution of Jack Smith, Trump putting his name on President Kennedy’s memorial, Trump’s efforts to ban new outlets whose reporting isn’t to his liking, court orders he didn’t want his administration to comply with. This is a smash and grab, & we are the victims." 👇
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The revenge prosecution & persecution of Jack Smith, Trump putting his name on President Kennedy’s memorial, Trump’s efforts to ban new outlets whose reporting isn’t to his liking, court orders he didn’t want his administration to comply with. This is a smash and grab, & we are the victims." This.👇
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When Mark Twain coined the term Gilded Age, he was mocking the Golden Age. He ripped into the greed, corruption, and extreme inequality of post-Civil War era. Gilding referred to applying a thin layer of gold foil over cheap material. Any wonder why it’s Don the Con’s favorite period in US history?
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
De Niro trumps Trump.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Has Elon Musk stopped sending each of them checks for millions of dollars yet? Has the pope disavowed God yet?
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bribery: impeachment article #972.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah, 700% in the upward direction! Thanks a lot, genius!
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jesus.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"If you’re not really that committed, as a matter of principle, to a bottom-up theory of change, then you will find it nonsensical to cede some control in order to gain more power.” Read TNR, then come back for @doctorow.pluralistic.net redux & a clear view of where we go from here. Fie DNC.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This question, yes. But so much more in this rich and wide-ranging conversation with #FOIA master, @jasonleopold.bsky.social.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was a super interesting interview! TY!
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a nightmare for them.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That is literal pubic hair on his chin.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
"Surveillance is not safety," EFF's Rindala Alajaji said, via @nbcbayarea.com. "That’s why EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are suing the city of San Jose on behalf of SIREN and CAIR - because in a single year, San Jose PD ran over 250,000 warrantless searches on this location data."
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'Surveillance is not safety': Protesters push San Jose to shut down Flock camera network
Protesters issued a renewed call for San Jose to shut down its network of roughly 500 automated license plate reading cameras.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Second, the Republican appointees’ understanding of “harm” has lost all meaning, as actual, physical harm is ignored while intangible “harms” to government agencies and programs and policies are now paramount." Clear-eyed and coherent indeed.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've got a firing squad for you, sadistic MF!
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And the justification is just "because I said so" and "trust me bro." There's a reason the request wasn't honored by the Georgia secretary: because it's all manufactured conspiracy pretext for meddling, not real.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An amiable environment for travelers is happy TSA agents whose feet, legs and backs aren't killing them bc they have to stand on a concrete floor in a single place for hours on end. Let them have a damn stool or chair! Ffs! How to make your workforce UNfit: expose them to fatigue injuries! Morons.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Embarrassing farce.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 30/09/2026
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor US midterms fuels fears of serious election-related human rights concerns. This is the first time the US has declined to invite in OSCE monitors since they began observing US elections.
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US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hero.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I hear it's common for victims to first report that what happened was consensual, & only later, when shock wears off, fully realize they were assaulted& unable to fight back. I think consciousness is required for consent. It may have started that way with 1 boy, but it clearly didn't end that way.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a horrifying slow motion train wreck unfolding in real time. She's still alive and they're administering medical care. Jesus.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yeah, do it! Come to the lion's den and face the music you liar and traitor to the rule of law!
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No additional laws will protect them rn. This administration has already blown through a stack of existing laws to detain them in the first place. Adding one more will only increase the number of complaints in the articles of impeachment. Regime change & judicial reform are the only remedy.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Attorney General just announced that the DOJ has filed a formal complaint against Federal District judges in Minnesota -- all but one of them, in fact -- because they did interviews with the NYTimes for this article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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