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Herb

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The world we live in is the world we allow • “nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Herb @herbinthedmv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As an avid fan of the #Wizards I'm pumped for the beginning of this NBA season. I like what I see thus far... especially on the defensive end. #WizKnicks
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If someone breaks laws and you choose not to hold them accountable, you have effectively rescinded said laws. That applies to constitutions as well. This is an immutable, non-negotiable fact. Any analysis of what Democrats should do once they regain power that does not acknowledge this is worthless
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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That was equal parts beautiful and ferocious.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ve1Vu6/ This is what being Black in America means. There is no outrage when our communities are betrayed and abused.
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"I paid $2500 for power — two weeks later I'm still out of power." We went to Indiana, where thousands of people still haven't had the power switched back on. In Gary, Merrillville, and Hammond school...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
More Leaders Like Mayor Mamdani Please.......🙏
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And then, Bill Clinton convinced Dems that we could get a slice of corporate money if we pulled back on bold ideas.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What a beautiful tribute and birthday celebration for his 97 year-old grandmother. IG: @daniel.marzoa
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"There is a revolution happening right now. It's not a woke one, it's an authoritarian one."
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The Spooky Educator @literarybeardo.blacksky.app · 06/08/2026
Dr. King called out the uselessness of white moderates in Letter From Birmingham Jail. The moderate political philosophy has not evolved much since then. Anyone in alignment with the moderate position and engaged in "war" with people who want more from electeds and gov't are on the losing side.
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𝓡𝓪𝔂 @raysoto15.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is common sense and the truth.
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Blitz the Goddamn Dragon @blitzthedragon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Corey Ruiz is his name. He was executed in the street by Madison PD. Spread this far and wide.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
Within hours, the White House agreed the patient surveys painted a clear picture, the people said. In an internal call, the White House aides approved statements from the public health agencies for public release — though they still only identified Taco Bell as linked to the outbreak, without naming Taylor Farms specifically.
Taco Bell moved first, releasing a statement. While it did not explicitly name Taylor Farms it said it believed "public health is a shared responsibility among restaurants, their suppliers, and authorities, and we are proud to have consistently acted quickly and proactively to protect our guests."
The agency updates on the outbreak were finally posted after 10 p.m. New York time - hours behind schedule - and also omitted directly naming Taylor Farms or saying if the company would recall products.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Impressive pushback, and something every other sitting judge should be doing.
SCOTUS’s “hubristic originalists” have also corrupted our elections more broadly. The supermajority, Eddins wrote, has given “corporations the same speech rights as flesh-and-blood Americans,” letting “dollars talk louder than voters.” Just last month, it shredded “coordinated spending limits Congress had enacted, ensuring “that those who bankroll elections drown out the ordinary person.” As a result, “billionaires spend to be repaid. Everyone else just votes. The Roberts Court has made sure one’s wealth counts more than another’s vote.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This is a variation of the "but does he really *mean* what he says" navel-gazing. It ultimately doesn't matter who a public official really is in private or what they secretly believe. It's what they actually do with their power that matters.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Mark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Quick post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS on the idiocy of liberals punching left.
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Punching Left
Over the last month, there's been a flurry of panic from self-styled moderates and centrists in the Democratic Party about the success of a few socialist candidates in party primaries. Some of this g...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Mayor Mamdani SERVES The Public, Not How Most Politcians Think, Most Think, We Serve Them........!?
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
dlvr.it
Let's Choose the Fight for Global Reparations Rather Than the Diaspora Wars
At a time when anti-Blackness is surging, the comments by actor David Oyelowo and the ensuing backlash only further disunity in the diaspora and empower white supremacy.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 22/06/2026
Happy Father's Day to all those men who are breaking cycles, and showing how love can always triumph.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#Juneteenth2026 Why do we celebrate Juneteenth? We celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two years earlier, on 👇
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/06/2026
Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 09/06/2026
This has been an awesome NBA Finals. Three games decided by 15 total points, the road team winning all of them. The physicality. The shot-making. This is the good stuff.
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GalacticBaron @galacticbaron.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Ah yes, the "real Democratic party" who failed to prosecute an insurrectionist, failed to do anything about fascism, who kept sending money to our genocidal allies, keeps voting to expand ICE, and then shrugs and says it's impossible to do anything else. That useless bunch?
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/05/2026
i love her make her president
A 10-year-old brown girl in a pink t-shirt points an arm back at the cowardly masked guards at Delaney Hall  and says into a journalist’s microphone: They wanted to work here. Then show your face! The same girl shrugs and looks at the camera after saying: Why are you so scared?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTB2ReHM9/ Just in case our billionaires are wondering what to do with their money besides hoard it.
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#FBA
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 26/05/2026
remember: the lower court had *already* blocked Alabama's map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander but 2 weeks ago, the Supreme Court instructed it to reconsider in light of Callais now the lower court is like....yeah so uh this is still unconstitutional! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The Supreme Court Is Very Concerned About “Voter Confusion,” Except When It Helps Republicans
A Court that claims to be skeptical of “judicial tinkering” with elections has no problem allowing Republicans to stack the deck—even in states where voting is already underway.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 26/05/2026
Sonny Rollins, giant of jazz and the saxophone, has died
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Sonny Rollins, giant of jazz and the saxophone, has died
The creator of some 20 albums that are landmarks in the history of jazz, the former collaborator of John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis pioneered a unique form of marathon concert. He died on May 25 at the age of 95.
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5nark Twain @5narktwain.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
what's being done to stop the fraud that Elon supposedly pulled in 2024 and against Massie? they are making moves to disenfranchise voters, what are our leaders doing beyond posting the obvious on social media?>
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
LOL.
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Mark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A little news folks…❤️God is Good. All The Time🙏🏽
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
In a world where many doubt their own strength, the little honeybee proves them wrong every day. It doesn't wait to be big or important—it simply does its work, quietly, consistently, and purposefully. And in doing so, it sustains life itself. Never underestimate the impact of small actions.
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Spotted on this morning's school run: * 6 boys cycling 80s-teen-film-style down a suburban street * 3 teens trying to balance on a single bike * 2 young kids running and chasing each other down the street Three, almost-insignificant moments that highlight the value of making space for children.
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three boys are riding bicycles down a street with a no parking sign in the background
Alt: three boys are riding bicycles down a street
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 25/03/2026
I know people talk about Mamdani's media training but a lot of this is just what happens when you actually hold deeply compassionate principles. Mamdani genuinely cares about every person in New York, all he has to do is be honest. Compassion must come first. Leftists can learn from this
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Kenneth Deuel @kendeuel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We're watching the LeBron of politics of his generation.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 25/03/2026
A reminder that Trump's unauthorized Iran War is him using powers that were normalized over decades of public complacency & congressional deference. History may not repeat - but it rhymes. If we want different results, we need to do different things. MasterPlanPodcast.com
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
From janitor to doctor at the same hospital! Dr. Shay Taylor-Allen, who once cleaned halls at Yale School of Medicine while caring for her sick mother at just 18, has now matched there for residency. What a POWERFUL journey! Your purpose can rise from any place and opportunity should meet you there.
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Mark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congrats to the WNBA Players Association getting a new labor deal💰. Once again showing folks that ownership will never freely pay you your worth out of benevolence. You literally have to stand on business. Tell em “The price of the brick going up”💯
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
There's nothing normal about a Secretary of Defense talking like this. Also, nothing like giving away the game about what they did with the CNN merger.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/03/2026
Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.” Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
NEWS — Trump coercing staff to wear the same black pair of shoes that he wears. “Everybody’s afraid not to wear them,” a staffer said, as some reportedly ditch their own footwear to comply with Trump’s wishes. We’re officially in the dumbest timeline.
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Herb @herbinthedmv.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Every war rests on a metaphysical lie: that life is separate, that some lives matter less, that security can be built on humiliation, that peace can be imposed through overwhelming force. Once that lie takes root, the machinery follows naturally. open.substack.com/pub/michaelc...
Every war rests on a metaphysical lie: that life is separate, that some lives matter less, that security can be built on humiliation, that peace can be imposed through overwhelming force. Once that lie takes root, the machinery follows naturally. Media repetition normalizes dehumanization. Political rhetoric launders vengeance into necessity. Citizens are taught to experience empathy selectively.
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