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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I respectfully disagree. It’s not as if the right and left are trying to tell the same truths, but speaking at different academic levels. One side in particular isn’t interested in truth and their messages are crafted to tell people what they want them to believe.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Right there with you. Now using a mouthpiece while I sleep. It helps, but what would really make a difference is a lot more truth telling by Republicans, an unbiased majority on the Supreme Court, and some strong spined Democrats.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim. #justsayin

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Terrible framing = I have no intention of answering

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The timing of this stinks. On a Sunday the Senate phone lines are mostly either closed or going to voice mail. Things could be decided before the messages are even played back.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

In a heartbeat. Besides women's fit, I also think they should do kid sizes. There are lots of grandmas who would like to see their grandchildren wearing these.

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Parnassus Books @parnassusbooks.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It’s Friday, and if you haven’t read this towering stack of great literature, it’s new to you! This week, Ann mixes it up a bit and responds to an op-ed by David Brooks in the NYT. Is the novel really dead? Read the article, watch Ann’s take, and let us know what you think.

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New to You: Literature Isn’t Dead

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

America has the most corrupt political system in the Western world.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 19/07/2025

This piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social is a great introduction to the political economy of innovation under authoritarianism. Remember, if you want to move fast and break things, you need a system that doesn't seize your business license and drop you out a window for moving fast and breaking things

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Fascism For First Time Founders

Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I will be brief. If you care about the quality of news we get, this clip is the most disturbing and important 20 minutes I have for you. If you have only 5 minutes to watch then do that. Via @michaelsocolow.bsky.social Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...

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Axios’ Sara Fischer in conversation with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2025

Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more. 📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Merkley had a pretty effective day. Or will have, if you make this go viral.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Terrific turnout in Reno, NV. Not sure how many thousands, but we overflowed the designated protest area.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Ready to participate in our democracy.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Ready to participate in democracy in Reno, NV.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

figure 2. shows poor get poorer and rich get richer, percent change. -4% for bottom 10%. +2.5% roughly for top 10%.

dollar change. shows poor get poorer and rich get richer.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Charlottesville: peaceful, boisterous, inspiring! Evening commuters approved. Horns honking and lots of 👍.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Worse than that, what we are getting is chaos and instability.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

How many more times will catch our breath at the undeniable horror? Too much, too often, too inhumane.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I have never been of fan of dystopian tracts, but I must acknowledge that I am living in one.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Taking resistance to the streets in Charlottesville, VA. Tremendous turn out. Loved the smiles of joy on the faces of people driving by: lots of horns honking, enthusiastic waving and tons of thumbs up signals.

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Pointing out that Elijah Wald, who wrote the book that A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is based on, put together this amazing playlist of the traditional songs that were influences on this particular era - A Complete Unknown: A Listening Companion from Smithsonian Folkways open.spotify.com/playlist/2Cv...

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A Complete Unknown: A Listening Companion from Smithsonian Folkways

Playlist · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings · 31 items · 535 saves

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

SO true. There's the highly curated right-wing echo chamber and the "we call ourselves journalists but have lost all understanding of what that means" media outlets. It's a truth desert.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Totally agree; we have become taken in by gangsters. There is no working with them. It's about working for them.

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Just how low can an imagination go???

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It also means he knows he's guilty...

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Constance Hanson @conhan8.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Saw you in Reno this past July. Fabulous! Crowd in the palm of your hand. And your amazing multi-talented son on stage as well. What a night!!

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