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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This resonated so much with me… and I don’t even play drums (or in a band).
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Never mind the back pain: how rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s
From Rat Scabies of the Damned to Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, we ask rock and punk’s greatest drummers how they deal with long nights of fast songs – and uncover a story of arthritis, cardio and tur...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/01/2025
While some media outlets may be moving to accommodate Trump out of fear he’ll target them, The Bulwark will not be recalibrating.
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Sarah Longwell and Jonathan V. Last: We Are Sticking With the Mission
While some media outlets may be moving to accommodate Trump out of fear he’ll target them, The Bulwark will not be recalibrating.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"America—and by 'America' I mean all of us—have infantilized Trump, Republican politicians, and their voters." - @jvl.bsky.social This is it, right here.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/11/2024
"We’re not at Valley Forge or on the Delaware. We’re not at Antietam or Gettysburg. No one is beating or shooting striking workers in Michigan or Washington. There is no Midway, D-Day, or Battle of Iwo Jima." Sam B. Girgus on renewing America:
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America Can Still Renew Itself
Our history is a series of blunders and failures leading to rebirth and rededication.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
A useful reminder for the day ahead.
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Thanksgiving remember the cranberry sauce, but forget the Marijuana.
Terry was convinced to take a "toke" of a joint with his friend "just to relax".
Immediately after, Terry killed his friend who had given him the marijuana in a murderous craze.
Not so safe, is it?
Marijuana.
Not Even Once.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
💣NEW/FOIA Files: EXCLUSIVE: After nearly 8 yrs of painstaking public records work, ODNI declassified a closely guarded memorandum in response to my request related to the targeted assassinations of Vladimir Putin’s political foes. It’s a HUGE score Click to read www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/11/2024
"Trump didn’t exactly toss Gaetz overboard. But he instructed Gaetz to jump. And Gaetz did." And Trump told him to jump because of the Republican Senate. A good start. Today's Morning Shots from Bill Kristol and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ga...
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Why The Gaetz Defeat Really Matters
The first step of defiance is the hardest. Senate Republicans just took it.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Collective reasoning around common facts in hopes of finding common ground is an increasingly rare quality." www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...
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What I Saw on the Campaign Trail
Democrats had achievements to run on. But we were overwhelmed by a variety of factors.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/11/2024
"Underneath the data was an even harsher reality for Biden and the Democrats, one that truly underscored how ineffectual deliverism can be." ICYMI Sam Stein: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-delive...
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Why ’Deliverism’ Didn’t Deliver for the Democrats
The Biden team bet on big legislation. Voters didn’t care.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/11/2024
"'If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.' As Donald Trump started naming his picks for top government jobs, Teddy Roosevelt’s sharp-tongued daughter, Alice, came immediately to mind." Jill Lawrence on Trump's outlaw cabinet: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
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Trump’s Putting Together a Team of Outlaws
It’s a cabinet in his image: narcissistic, corrupt, and dangerous to America.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/11/2024
An actual mass deportation gambit, RFK Jr. running America's health bureaucracy - these are very bad not worst-case. You wanna see worst case? Read the whole thing:
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It’s Time to Consider the Worst-Case Scenario
Let’s go to the Bad Place together.
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