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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 6h
See, here's the problem. No room in the tent for someone with a different or nuanced opinion. You really have no idea how I feel about the Isreal/Palestinian conflict but you've already kicked me out of the tent because I don't may not see things exactly like you. THAT'S a losing strategy.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 9h
It is the basics of politics but we have a wing of the party now that insists on litmus tests (Isreal support) and that's stupid, and limiting
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 10h
Donald Trump’s demolition of the rule of law makes a mockery of our Constitution and endangers our country. My thoughts in the Philadelphia @Inquirer.com. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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The Case for Impeachment: Trump’s contempt for the rule of law subverts democracy | Opinion
A breathtaking disregard for the principles and institutions that have underpinned the foundations of our free society for 250 years.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 9h
One of the more reprehensible things the GOP has done. (Because yes, everything they have provided for, either overtly or by cowardly silence, has led to this)
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 9h
#WeShouldAskOurselvesWhy
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 9h
Tells us something about football down south.....
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 9h
Judge Brown ordered the ICE field office director, on pain of contempt, to explain within 21 days how he’d ensure ICE acts lawfully in future. @wired.com & others have reported that an officer identified in Brown’s ruling was present at the subsequent Bronx shooting, brandishing a weapon. 2/2
Some of these failings fall within this Court's powers to impose sanctions, to refer these
matters for further action by other authorities and/or to exercise its contempt powers.
Before the Court considers invoking that authority, it will provide respondents with an
opportunity to address the concerns raised above and, if they so choose, propose
investigatory, operational and/or disciplinary measures to remediate these apparent
violations. Alfaro, 831 F. Supp. 3d at 186 ("Respondents, charged with enforcing the laws of this nation, cannot ignore the scores of decisions which they have unsuccessfully litigated before this Court and others, without taking action to ensure that their agents and agencies are not acting in contravention of the law.") Should
respondents fail to propose and carry out sufficient measures, the Court will consider
further action.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 9h
Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2
The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Recap: Putin launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine defends itself valiantly with US support, West adapts a little to energy shock with more on the way, Trump returns to office, cuts aid to Ukraine & renewables, launches a war of choice causing new energy shock, imports fuel from Russia.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I believe I said run candidates that are attractive to a wide electorate. There's a lot of voters in the middle who are gettable.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think you're downplaying how much movement there has been
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kind of the problem these days. Anyone suggesting life requires hard work, far-sightedness and compromise is "out-of-touch". Sounds a lot like maga's "you don't know what time it is" mantra.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Quick fixes often just provide short term solutions that fail over time. Want to do things right? Put in the work to fix things the right way. maga is a "quick fix" movement. All action, no strategy. Destructive actions. Let's be the adults.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#ThisIsOurGovernmentNow
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Even Trump’s henchmen at DOJ are learning that you can’t indict a “grand conspiracy” without evidence. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil (Gift Article)
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence...
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#WeShouldAskOurselvesWhy
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😍😍😍
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Candidate quality my friend.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's a great question, actually.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I just don't think we're at that point with this Court though.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed, anyone? Flanagan over Craig for US Senate in MN. Not that hard to find other e samples of Dem primary voters picking the more progressive over centrist liberal candidates.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026
American "free speech defenders" pressure other people not to exercise their right to free speech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 09/10/2026
We will care for our neighbors & enforce our laws, not commit pogroms Every day, POTUS proves his unfitness to more Americans His grip on power weakens and his desperation grows
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That's how you tip the Court and maintain a solid foundation. Anything else can be quickly undone or countered by the right. Play the long game. Do the hard work and don't fall prey to the spoon bangers.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No. The answer, Dems, is to play the long game. Quit playing to the most radical but loudest progressives and instead field quality candidates that speak to the widest possible electorate. Win the next 2 presidencies, and make sure you at least get the Senate.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
True, but Stephen Miller needs more of that sweet, sweet drug if he's going to keeping being master of his domain.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...
Absent ALNAV 011/26, the board without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service.
• If separated from Naval Service, the board recommends waiving recoupment of debt associated with service education program costs based on LT Winchell's demonstrated exemplary service.
REDACTED BOARD MEMBERS 9/23/26
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pete Hegseth remains undefeated in taking the action at any moment that the man least secure in his manhood in any room would take.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yow
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
how immature. Just name calling, and defining terms to fit whatever definition he wants. No intelligent response at all.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Proves just how unenlightened and immature this movement is. Just a bunch of name calling is all they have.
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 08/10/2026
🧵 The Wehrmacht was a CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION responsible for mass crimes against humanity and genocide.🧵 🔥The mother of threads.🔥 Click below for an exhaustive discussion of the criminality of the German Army during WWII as I try to once again kill the cockroach that is the Clean Wehrmacht Myth!
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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kristi McNichol
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As Minnesotans figure out how to fill up their fuel tank, Michele Tafoya told them to “keep a stiff upper lip.” That’s not an economic plan—that’s being desperate for Donald Trump’s approval.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A man died just so Stephen Miller wouldn't have to buy Viagra
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When you offer a bare bones, factual description of what Guilfoyle has been up to, it sounds absolutely insane. But here we are: America's government under the Trumps. People of Greece, if you are listening, we are sorry. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
Here is what happened: the former girlfriend of the President’s son asked an aspiring Republican politician for $100,000 to settle her credit card bill right before her Senate confirmation for an Ambassadorship, which she seems to have been awarded as a break-up present from the Trump family. (The son has since married, with the celebrations partially financed by a Russian oligarch with ties to Putin). She had previously received $300,000 from the donor for what seem to be largely unfulfilled promises of political favors.

As Ambassador to Greece, she has been pushing other countries to do business with an oil-and-gas lobbyist who has been attending her official meetings, and suggesting that the US could bring down the Greek government any time they wanted.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior
An Asian man looks out the window with binoculars. An Asian man smiling at the camera.
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Rev. Magdalen @revmagdalen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is the reason people don't want Democratic candidates campaigning with Hasan Piker, who has expressed explicit support for Hamas and Hezbollah. He supports their goal of ending the state of Israel, which he claims is just like the Islamic State created by ISIS: Illegitimate and bound to fall.
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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
These are the same insufferable people who chased AOC around an AMC when she just wanted to watch Dune. They are cynical, insincere, and simply want to cosplay activism with the least risk to themselves possible to drive engagement They are the opposite of John Lewis on the Edmund Pettus Bridge
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That's how we got trump 2.0
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 07/10/2026
Mamdani’s October 7th Anniversary Message Sparks Fury on Left and Right: ‘Shame On You’
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Mamdani’s October 7th Anniversary Message Sparks Fury on Left and Right: ‘Shame On You’
Moskowitz fumed, “He basically said ‘The Jews that died, sad, but it’s their fault.’ He needs the city’s antisemitism policy for himself. Just an atrocious statement.” The post Mamdani’s October 7th Anniversary Message Sparks Fury on Left and Right: ‘Shame On You’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ad hominem argument. The answer to the question doesn’t depend on other people’s alleged hypocrisy.
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh how sweet.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remeber how they screamed that Hunter sold a few paintings?
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Palestinian from Gaza calls out Mamdani.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Man needs more T!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
apnews.com
Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Dan @dagies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sorry man. Been there. No fun.
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