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@gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social
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trying to take the long view and stay present in this moment. Do not want to add to the churn so preference people's own ideas, comments and questions.

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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 52m
Agreed. Read Jacob Levy's thread, especially if you remain on X
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 54m
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 55m
What a word salad....it's not even a nicose' one, maybe more of a clean out the refrigerator one...
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 59m
When putting in new cabinets in our house a few years ago, the contractor spent a morning ripping the old ones out and building the new ones. He left at about 1pm. I asked if he had another job and he said nope, just going home. The next day, he returned, put the cabinets in and ...
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 1h
Do people in PA know how Gov. Shapiro has managed this?
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10h
Elon could clean up X. He chooses not to. You can leave X until he does. You…
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 13h
SHRUG IT OFF
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14h
Me and a bra at about 6:39 PM.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 14h
Well then the party can't govern. If Drake Maye was appointed as NASA Chief, that wouldn't work either.
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Nick (derogatory) 🎃 @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 15h
In my mind the defining feature of Trump II is that is ✨actually✨ a kakistocracy. RFK Jr and Russ Vought have very little in common politically, but they do share one essential quality: they are absolutely the worst person alive for the jobs they have.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h
Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?
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Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway
When Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …
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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 15h
Cray-cray is now a job requirement in the administration.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 14h
Can someone explain why he can ignore the sanctions bill he just signed into law? Is there some loophole here?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h
It's always true that David Brooks should shut up.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 14h
Never thought I would say, "thank goodness for Brady" b/c he started off rough but he has matured fast in the announcing part of the game. Why they let Greg Olsen go, who knows? But I guess they weren't counting on Romo being out.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11/10/2026
Hey America, Enjoy your microscopic Russian diesel. Can you honestly believe Trump is this weak? It’s unreal
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Whoa. He's another one I can't wait to see ruined.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Lordy...all the ways to demonstrate ill suitedness www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...
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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I see what he did here, do you?
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He has been saying this. Where is it?
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I don’t think they are worried about aTalarico 2028 run.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Insane idea
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Whew. These approval folks are way awful.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As expected. The Republican Alabama Sup Ct will allow a Florida man to become Alabama’s governor IF he wins the election. www.al.com/news/2026/10...
al.com
Alabama Supreme Court rules on Tommy Tuberville residency lawsuit
Tuberville is on the ballot as the Republican nominee for governor Nov. 3.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
OMG
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Alex O. Diaz @alexodiaz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hillary Clinton had a pretty decisive cash advantage in 2016 and she ended up losing anyways.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt just days before unveiling a new space-travel policy. The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by the Trump admin's actions — and led by Elon Musk.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of the dynamics of the Maine senate debates is how deftly Jackson is baiting Collins to go headfirst into affronted victimhood mode. Her incredibly thin skin is something I wrote about in my profile of her in 2020:
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The Immoderate Susan Collins
After a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine senator gamble her legacy on Trump?
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Love this "Kai Shaikh, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at the University of Toronto....observed that theorems are easy to use as benchmarks, but that they capture little of the wonderment at the heart of math. “Just like a photograph of a mile marker can’t provide much of the value of actually
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We’re getting a Kimberly Guilfoyle “Pay my credit card” scandal because they want you to forget the real scandal was Kimberly Guilfoyle at a table saying “we can do that to any country we want, we can do that here” referring to Greece and the impending collapse of the Romanian government.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Trump took a bipartisan idea to help kids save and turned it into a potential windfall for billionaires, who can donate stocks families can't refuse or sell for years. @crampell.bsky.social explains how Trump Accounts may benefit donors more than children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3UeGll6?utm_...
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Mr. Piker has not, in fact, made an endorsement. And Mr. Ossoff has not declared any intentions … yet.” Opinion masquerading as reporting.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is going to be a real test of both whether the mayor is willing to take concrete action that is squarely within the city’s power to investigate and, if reasonable, prosecute a federal agent; and whether the NYPD is willing to go through with that. I wrote about the process here
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Prosecuting ICE’s Goons Will Be Hard—but Not Impossible
To a growing number of Americans, the necessity of holding the fashy agency to account is becoming obvious. Better start planning how to do it now.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Which broadcast service is willing to livestream this Google's YouTube where the WH channel is? Consequences now, if possible, or to be paid in the near future, need to be enacted.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He acts as if he is unable to speak, as if he doesn't know the language.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No whispered "thank you", no connection from Elon.
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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 08/10/2026
As a political science professor, I can confidently say: If I asked a student to define "socialism" on an exam and they wrote that, they would get an F
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I reply back @bsky.app -- what's up? Opened feed and today had 75 white guys and 15 not white guys (some of which were more than 1 post) in my first feed. I followed a far more diverse crowd than this and regular frequent female appearing posters no where to be seen. Check that algorithm.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Are these the Football players who don't believe the moon landing happened?
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So cool. So great. About time. www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...
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Emma Hayes challenged soccer to view itself through a female lens. This is what she’s built (Gift Article)
The USWNT head coach has taken the culture she started at Chelsea and applied it to the international stage
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I encourage you to follow the links and this man as he travels to remind us that we can do many more things. www.pressherald.com/2026/10/06/4...
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40 miles for 40 acres: Maryland minister walks from Brunswick to Augusta for reparations
Maine is the 9th state in Rev. Dr. Robert Turner's nationwide initiative seeking reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Don't amplify the stupid that sounds reasonable, please.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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GabeMac @gabemacbksysocial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes!
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