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Democat

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Mental health, unapologetic liberal politics, ukulele, PNW, outdoors, cats, Latin America especially 🇲🇽, baseball and Bowie. She/her. No DMs unless I know you, please. I block all RW, spam and sexual content sites.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
genuinely I think we would be in a better place, morally, as a society if all of these fraudsters were in jail and people saw that there were consequences for behaving in such a flagrantly antisocial manner rather than endlessly lucrative rewards
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 27/09/2026
I’m not certain that they can cancel the policy itself but they can cut off the subsidies, which in most cases means the enrollee would never be able to pay the premiums.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026
you’re welcome
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The Avengers - Short Skirt, Long Jacket [Emma Peel]
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So Vance was the senior administration official here? wapo.st/4rssRyh
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The White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes.
In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, where reporters were told not to name the speaker.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 23/09/2026
There have been lots of malevolent Supreme Court justices, but there's not really a precedent for a Supreme Court justice who is as *dumb* as Brett Kavanaugh. A complete rube. Shows his ass every time he tries to write down more than two sentences of original thought.
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day
The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's this really odd pattern with Bari Weiss, JD Vance, Richard Hanania etc, where they rise to prominence because their main skill is cultivating the friendship of wealthy patrons, but it's impossible to figure out how they do it because they constantly exude a pungent strain of anti-charisma.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/09/2026
really fascinating to see isgur conduct this interview as if conservative election mistrust has materialized out of nowhere or as if liberal claims of voter suppression are totally baseless. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | How Worried Should We Be About the Midterm Elections?
And how we learn to trust elections again.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're told some of the attendees were shocked the former Republican governor would host Raman, a democratic socialist. But after hearing her pitch for tackling L.A.'s problems, some who came in skeptical walked away impressed." www.tmz.com/2026/09/25/a...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Introduces L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman to Power Players
Arnold Schwarzenegger is opening doors for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman ... bringing her face-to-face with some of the city's biggest power players, TMZ has learned.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Democat @beckya.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Peter Thiel thinks I shouldn’t be allowed to vote (being female)
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Peter Jeffe @pjeffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's why it's particularly disheartening to see public universities, like my alma maters Michigan and Texas, shutting down programs and curtailing liberties. What happens at Harvard affects a tiny percentage of students, but the destruction of these huge schools will have generational effects.
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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The world would be a better place if we prioritized educational environments like CUNY over “elite” clubs like the Ivy’s. I’m definitely not the first person to suggest this:
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Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As a CUNY alum and employee, yes, 1,000x yes.
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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I could do this all day, but you get the point(s). Trust in higher ed ≠ trust in Ivy Leagues. Budgets are moral documents and if you want to examine trust in higher ed, look at how states prioritize public higher education.
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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NYC spends approximately $200,000 a year for every inmate in the corrections system. It spends about $27,000 a year for every student enrolled in CUNY.
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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026
this is the greatest thing i have ever heard
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026
reading this, it does seem as if “rationalism” is an elaborate intellectual architecture designed primarily to support the idea that if you were born white, male and clever then you are the genetic elite and entitled to rule.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
they’ve also just got some historically terrible candidates this year. paxton is so unpopular he might lose to talarico and take abbott with him. darline graham is comically unqualified even for south carolina. marshall is a bad senator with a bad record and a pretty bad temper.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
one thing that’s interesting to watch is that republicans basically don’t know how to campaign when trump is this unpopular. literally any other president would grant them free reign to run against him if they have to, but he refuses and decides that they need his help
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
and a remarkably terrible ad, at that!
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Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Feels like Republicans are always tagged with "candidate quality issues" where these duds are compared to a hypothetical "normal" replacement candidate. But I think an honest look at the track record is that these candidates aren't below median: they simply are the new median
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
i do think shit starts to get very weird if dems take like 56 or 57 senate seats
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
republicans have 19 senate seats up in 2028 compared to dems’ 15, and if they get beaten as badly as it’s starting to look this year, they will have to do *something* different or they’re going to give president ossoff a bulletproof super majority
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
it’s wild to be doing the “if only the tsar knew” shit while simultaneously complaining that the white house is out of touch, like, who the fuck is in charge of the white house, todd
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
snodd tarnes is right about one thing, though, thune and johnson really did completely squander their majority
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
i think we are going to learn that there are a number of people in and around this admin who committed no shit, capital T treason and there will be strong incentives for the DOJ to prosecute them
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
i am a little surprised this hasn’t happened more often, but i would not be surprised if it happens more often in the future
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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto. It’s the president canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like. Republicans said they would never let this happen. Well here it is. If they have any integrity they’ll join us in ending this practice.
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Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/09/2026
the second trump admin is fine but its communications are a bit iff. it would have been way better if during a press engagement, trump turned to the camera and said, "i want your gas prices to go higher", and then specified he's solely responsible for your gas prices being at record highs
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this is a very good story and you should read it but I’m also curious if Jake is still gambling now
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
q: is this immune to attacks? a: lol
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: 5 million years ago - a bunch of bedbugs lounge around in a living room, looking totally bored. Panel 2: another bedbug excitedly bursts through the front door and exclaims, “someone invented beds!” Panel 3: one of the bedbugs looks over their shoulder at the other and says, “you’re joking”
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In January, Ramirez introduced a standalone bill to abolish ICE and redirect its funding to safety-net programs that can help people navigate the spiraling affordability crisis. truthout.org/articles/the...
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The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“I owe you an apology. I wasn’t really familiar with your game.“
Otter gathers and actually sets up safety cone
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not many will see this particular nonsense. But the spray of this nonsense is a big part of why Trump is flatlining. The only way he is able to react to public anger/disappointment is by a self-salving acting out. People see him yelling it: I care about myself, not you. Fuck you, people. Sad!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Your Moment of Trump Zen talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/your-...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this guy doesn’t seem to know what insurance is
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
if you've ever had a salesman who really needs a sale doubling down on the hard sell you know this guy. like wow there's more oil coming throuhg the strait than ever. yeah that makes sense. we should be at war with them forever. it's great at holding down the price of gas!
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a book about how completely unprincipled attention hounds will always make their way to the right because they know the right will have them. The NYMag piece? I guess that’s a story about how unprincipled attention hounds deserve attention as long as they’re shitting on democrats.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another Factor: Bad Candidates talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...
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Another Factor: Bad Candidates
Here’s a secondary issue we’re currently seeing in a number of races...
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR
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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
lol
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lmao oh boy.
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