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I'm not arguing with this point--death threats are extremely common!--and absolutely, politicians should deal with it, but I keep thinking about the fact that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered and nobody blinked an eye.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1h

Feels pretty well established at this point that getting death threads from right wing actors is treated as just a cost of existing in this world, even though they do in fact murder people, and anyone on the left who uses vaguely harsh rhetoric is accused of "raising the temperature."

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

i do not think it is an exaggeration to say that stephen miller shares mcveigh’s ideological beliefs and he’s one of the most powerful senior aides in the white house, and this is basically never mentioned in any story about him

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 1h

Trump just wants an excuse to help Putin

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h

Responding to Trump’s escalatory remarks, Zelenskyy on Sunday criticized Trump’s framing, telling ABC News that it is near universally understood that the closing of the Strait of Hormuz has led to higher prices—not Ukraine’s strikes against Russia.

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Trump blames Ukraine for spiking oil prices around the world

While lifting sanctions against Russia and striking deals to obtain their diesel.

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 1h

Coming to accept that hiking all day and then touristing may have come with a price (I've done basically nothing today)

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6h

We've lived for so long with this mythology that sure, the wealthy can be cruel. But at least the cruelty has a point. Profit! I'd like us to open our hearts to other possibilities. Power doesn't just corrupt! It can also breed truly reality-distorting levels of incompetence.

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

90s right wing political violence in general has just been completely swept under the rug, to our detriment.

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 1h

I also happen to have a BA in political science, I don't think its a bad degree to get, but also, just in terms of academics Senator Warren fits the profile of Treasury Secretary better than Bessent, lets not even get into experience

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 1h

Worth pointing out that although degrees aren't the absolute qualifier for cabinet offices Bessent has one of the thinnest academic records for any Treasury Secretary in awhile Most of them have at least one graduate degree, usually two, Bessent has a BA in political science

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RedArmyFraction @nopassaran.bsky.social · 2h

One of reasons finance bros like Bessent hate Warren is misogyny of course but Also the fact that she knows their language and how the sausage is made in the financial world and routinely humiliates them publicly

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Becoming Brandon @becomingbrandon.bsky.social · 2h

This is the piece that Americans (and the "America has exported all this" crowd) miss because all things are always about us. This is a coalition-wide issue, and has been. One of big powers drifting just provides an opportunity to focus on it. Hungary, you can survive. Germany . . .

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 2h

dale partridge mentioned, obligatory reminder that he settled out of court for cutting down six ancient juniper trees on his 76 year old new neighbor's property while she was out of town immediately after moving to oregon in order to improve his views of the three sisters mountain range

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026

huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 2h

i grew up in oklahoma, so i have some bias, obviously, but the national political amnesia about the oklahoma city bombing drives me batshit, and it’s (somewhat) bipartisan

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Remain In Hell Without Despair @daphnelawless.com · 2h

This is something I keep mentioning: the current era with Left parties and personalities collapsing towards conservative populism or even fascism is just the new version of the 90s, when they were all collapsing to neoliberalism. "Clever" operators and the weak willed both go with the flow

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2h

If you are a NATO state, you also need a plan for 'What if AfD takes power? What if ReformUK does? What if Rassemblement National does? and so on. Because one suspects this is going to keep happening from time to time.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2h

So 1) yes, but 2) I think there is a danger here in assuming that 'authoritarian relapse' within the Status Quo Coalition is a USA-exclusive problem. *Most* coalition members have a major right-wing authoritarian party. Your defense policy should assume any one state could relapse at any time.

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Megaweapon @megaweapon5.bsky.social · 2h

How many thousands of Ukrainians might end up dead because a senile psychopath thinks his only chance to still build monuments to himself is if diesel prices come down?

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Martin Concagh @mconcagh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One thing that really concerns me is the way a lot of foreign policy figures who absolutely know better - Condi Rice et al 1 reacted to Carney’s Davos speech with a mix of incomprehension and betrayal. None of them really view their ostensible allies as sentient or autonomous

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20h

People keep repeating this number as though it represents a poll of Michigan Jews. It does not. There has been no poll of Michigan Jews. It’s literally just a number one member of one synagogue board pulled out of their head. (www.thefp.com/p/they-were-...)

Tweet from Eyal Yakoby: “BREAKING: Jewish Leaders currently estimate that 70% of their Congregants will vote against Abdul El-Sayed.

130,000 Jews live in Michigan.”

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 2h

I’m serious. If Polk County wants to save themselves a shitload of money and grief down the road they should fire Turnage. The pattern of negligence evident across her career is beyond alarming. She is a threat to the safety of the public and she is a liability to the entity that employs her.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

Coupled with “awareness” as currency, there came the sanctifying of “activist” as a label that put somebody beyond reproach, beyond the need to ask whether their methods or focus were effective at anything, let alone what they said they were trying to do

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, I think I'm going to buy a single room for 3 days in NH the week of my birthday

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like - we still have elections, but under conditions that are not equal and not fair.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5h

Tell me the Secretary of the Treasury is a misogynist without…

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 5h

The misogyny in this letter is appalling and if Bessent had ever sent something like this to a woman colleague in the private sector he’d have been sued for gender discrimination and fired. What an asshole

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 4h

I think a lot about how "awareness" became the key currency of a lot of advocacy and protest in the era of social media and how much that has actually been awful for affecting change

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 4h

ICYMI, a newly-expanded Utah Supreme Court takes up major cases involving abortion rights, independent redistricting and climate change – but it’s really about the legislature’s special court to handle legal challenges over laws the legislature passes: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah

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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 6h

If @fetterman.senate.gov doesn’t want to d the work of representing the people of Pennsylvania, then he should resign & give another Pennsylvanian the opportunity to serve. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen... Service is a privilege. @johnfetterman.com is wasting taxpayer dollars by not doing his job.

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 4h

god, Platner people are the best advertisement for Susan Collins imaginable. had someone come in and call Janet Mills stupid because she wouldn't do something unconstitutional but Platner said he would as he's leaving he says Collins' Husband is a millionaire so "why doesn't she go home and knit?"🤮

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 4h

MAGA, which has now completely taken over the GOP, is a terrorist movement no different from the Islamic State in its main tactic of inciting stochastic violence. We have the tools to fight terrorism if only we can face reality about what the Republican Party actually is in the year 2026.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 4h

TIL $6 is above minimum wage.

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 4h

Cage has done a lot of Lovecraftian stuff so I don't think its that far fetched he's doing more Lovecraftian adjacent film

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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you're talking about your experience as a trans person while discussing trans issues I will listen and respect you. You may not be right -- the trans community is not a hivemind (...yet) -- but you certainly know more than I do. Being trans doesn't give you knowledge about Israel, though.

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A cat like that @onesparkfire.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am exhausted by white people leveraging their marginalized identity against others. "I'm trans so I have no other work to do on myself," is the white feminism of the 90s in New packaging.

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Doomer VonDoomington 🇺🇦 @doomervon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I gotta tell you, I'm getting real tired of the "I'm trans so all of my opinions are automatically correct and you disagreeing with me is a form of oppression" trump card. No. You have an opinion. It's a shit opinion. You being Trans has NOTHING to do with that.

Im tired of this crap. You cant argue with these people, they wont allow it.

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 4h

When you get a second cat they're going to ask you about your USA Today subscription, the last place was negligent

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, but you have to study to get into them now, you can't just be the third son of third rate royalty

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Helen of Cleveland @neorsdstan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Our lady of perpetual discourse

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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 4h

He should have a USA Today at the ready in case someone inquires about Julian Baker's well being, this is really an animal welfare issue and he should have understood that before taking on the responsibility of having a cat son

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 5h

It's certainly a notable finding that Christian nationalists rarely attend church, but to go from there to saying that this is not a revival of Christianity seems like an unsupportable link. Exclusionary nationalism is Christianity, not in all forms, but in a major form it has historically taken.

"Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity"

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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 5h

"peace through strength" is...not how the law works

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21h

AHHHHHHH THE ONLY REASON HE EVEN STAYS TO DIE AT TROY IN THE ILIAD IS TO AVENGE PATROCLUS. IT'S A POEM ABOUT HIS RAGE. THE OPENING LINES ARE PRETTY CLEAR WHY CAN'T A SINGLE DEFENDER OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION READ A SINGLE THING FROM THE WESTERN CANON AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Sarah Walsh @bigdamnherossir.bsky.social · 6h

Ah... They're playing my song.

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I don't think Donald Trump is the Devil because he's particularly evil. He's stupid as shit and mendacious; that's enough. I think Donald Trump is the Devil because no person who deals with him is able to remember the fate of anyone else who's dealt with him. It's truly incredible.

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Nathaniel C. Green @nathanielcgreen.bsky.social · 6h

Nobody deserves these kind of threats, even Marjorie Taylor Greene. Also, Greene allied with Trump in the first place because she didn't care if he behaved this way toward others. She is a selfish coward and a fool, and this only further proves it.

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