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I also read & gifted ur book to multiple friends; not asking you to be nice bc of this, but don't assume ignorance based on a pretty straight forward observation of the 88 election. The D's had that election (esp after Iran-contra) and they found a way to fumble it away

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and Bush1's "decorated war hero" narrative was always hollow; if the 2004 election taught us anything

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The Guardian Investigates the Nazi Ties of Bush's Grandfather

easiest thing would've been to bring up Prescott Bush's WW2 activities, but some Dems wanted to "take the high road"; they let Roger Ailes & Atwater air racist ads without responding in kind. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-...

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Ben Aris and Duncan Campbell, in the Guardian (Sept. 25, 2004):George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their invol...

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Sure.... do recall going went to multiple Dukakis events in CA. Also saw multiple interviews with Susan Estrich; the juxtaposition with how Roger Ailes (cynically and ruthlessly) dominated the post-convention narrative was demoralizing. Unfair to describe his campaign as lackluster?

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of course he *went*... he went many places. Campaigning, or effectively communicating a better message than Bush1 was within his abilities. He needed some seasoned campaign operators to counter the rw disinformation- he let the future king of foxnews describe him to the voters🤷‍♂️

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no Dukakis in fact did the opposite of campaigning. Somehow Gary Hart managed to fk his career up and we would up with a milquetoast candidate that Roger Ailes & Lee Atwater had a field day with.

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publicity stunt by WFB Jr. Reagan campaigned in Neshoba, MS in 1980 (where the civil rights workers were murdered) & said that the "civil rights act was insulting to the South"? The JBS was running him, never mind the Federalist Society that owns our courts. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Reagan's Race Record

maybe, but over the last 50+ yrs they've been getting armed to the teeth. Countless private armories, many bought by rw oligarchs others part of the rw militia network. Along w/ their friends in the govt they're looking for an excuse to kill a few armed anti-rw ppl just for the red-scare effect

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More than moral courage. “he was lowered… to the reactor casing… he had one screw to turn. That was all the time he had. And then, boom, back up. He had radioactive urine for many weeks afterwards… He was told it was likely that he would never have children.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital | CBC News

In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was averte...

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some of our younger listeners may not know this but Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" is a reference to the mid-to-late 20th century custom among middle class laborers of only working within an agreed 8-hour period It's almost unimaginable to our modern ears that they'd waste so many productive hours, no?

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Jonathon J @jonathonj1997.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A human reveals your terminal diagnosis, AI denies any promising therapy by deeming it experimental.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/08/2026

A new study found that one in four former NFL players who died over a recent six-year period — and likely many more — had the incurable, progressive brain disease known as CTE. Here are five takeaways from the study and reaction to it.

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5 Takeaways on the Fallout From an Alarming C.T.E. Study

At least one in four N.F.L. players, and likely a much higher percentage, had the brain disease when they died. Will anything change?

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well as long as Bernie supporters, and not the Jill Stein rw operatives, show up and vote, there might be a small chance. But with the court killing voting altogether today, that's prb not happening

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I sincerely hope you run again; even w/ my age related limitations I will gladly work phone banks or anything else you need. I don't know if we can thwart the coup at this point, but I'll gladly die trying.

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The oligarchs running SF have used their power to block affordable housing. Why? To make sure only for-profit housing gets built. "The optimism is in stark contrast to even six months ago when many market-rate developers were looking at building subsidized affordable projects"

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With rents surging, developers race to build San Francisco apartments again

Developers see an opportunity in San Francisco’s overheated market — which has the nation’s fastest growing rents, soaring home prices, single-digit vacancies and next to no new inventory.

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nightmare started in 2012 after the Shelby v Holder decision; what did the D's do? Absolutely nothing. They had 2 yrs (!) to thwart these decisions w/ legislation in 2009 when they had a SUPERMAJORITY (!) plus convince RBG to retire but Obama wanted to "reach across the aisle". So naive, all of them

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/08/2026

@pauliespod.bsky.social recall your shows in 2014 when he uttered that ridiculous phrase at the Tomsula presser. Some CEO. We would all be GONE from our jobs after doing some stuff like this... #49ers

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important piece of how journalism works right here www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/never-apol...

The Post, a truly immoral scumbag tabloid that is simultaneously the most skilled tabloid journalism publication in America in a way that we can all learn from, ran the story, and then it was picked up over the next few days by other right wing outlets making essentially the same “hey this left winger is a rich kid” joke, and then yesterday the story was picked up by the New York Times, which had profiled Gordillo earlier, and once that happened it instantly became acceptable fodder for non-right-wing reporters and pundits. This is a textbook case of how to shepherd a shallow partisan smear into the mainstream news cycle. You may find it distasteful, but you should admire its efficacy. Any competent cutthroat political communicator must be able to replicate this process on demand.

(When I worked at Gawker, we frequently played a similar but less political role in this general process, by writing about stories that the Times was interested in but considered disreputable, which would then allow them to write follow-ups framed as “People are talking about this thing,” which provides them an entry point to feed their readers salacious news while still maintaining an analytical, hands-off pose. Once you understand this dynamic you will see it all the time.)

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Jonathon J @jonathonj1997.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How does this matter when Scotus just killed mail voting?

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Jonathon J @jonathonj1997.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

the NFL is complaining already that this is undermining their salary cap and will push to pass that rw anti-labor bill to limit what college athletes can make

Jonathon J @jonathonj1997.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

well sir, i recall screaming this sht from the rooftops at our local D party meetings from 2012 when they killed the VRA. The DNC saw Citizens United coming in 2009 -when they had supermajority- and no one (Harry Reid, etc) lifted a finger to immediately pass another VRA or reform the Scotus.

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Jonathon J @jonathonj1997.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

she's a fine candidate but let's not kid ourselves; she has no chance, no one does. FL has scrubbed voter rolls & has implemented all kinds of obstacles that affect non rightwing voters of course. You either can't vote or your vote won't be counted.

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

bumper sticker time... hey @dncstaffunion.bsky.social can you pass this along to your creative folks?? Kinda urgent.

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Great sign caught it well This button

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I often miss New York but rarely have I had such a strong pang of wanting be back there right at this very moment.

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let's wait until the games count; Prince Charles Uworah had a good camp too (Baalke draft 'gem'...)

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His mustache is fake. Probably velcro; not sure if you can ask but it'd be interesting to know

"The Royal Penis Is Clean Your Majesty"

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he was the guy who owned the street food place. Yup I thought it was the other show, sorry

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if its only in spurts it's not worth the contract.

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their boss is all over the epstein list but THIS is what set them off 😂

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so it's basically a 2 yr injury then. At this point do you trade him?

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