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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 12/09/2026

I love Berkeley, people will build their entire politics around the idea that mitigating climate change requires radically restructuring the world economy, but they draw the line at a 12 story building a few blocks away or replacing some parking spaces with bike lanes.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/08/2026

I guess we're all supposed to just accept the notion that the right-wingers involved in this debate *actually support* viewpoint diversity, but history suggests that the minute they get power, they will expel or suppress anyone different. The administration is doing it *as we speak*.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026

"Dems care more about trans & woke than practical stuff" wasn't just a GOP "message" -- it was echoed by thousands of voices, in thousands of outlets & venues & formats, in an endless nonstop loop for close to a decade. *That*, and only that, is how you shift those deep cultural mythologies.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This guy nails it. 🎯

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026

as long as john roberts has his majority, there is simply no pro democracy reform that will survive the supreme court. none.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/03/2026

so much of anti-housing politics is pure aestheticism. it fits a certain archetype of activism to be positioned against “developers.” the facts on the ground do not matter.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/03/2026

Basically, all of US political life & discourse is premised on the illusion of symmetry between the parties, which requires vastly overstating the flaws of liberals & studiously ingoring the true nature of MAGA. Establishment journos & pundits will maintain that illusion at any cost.

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WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore @wbaltv11.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

THEY'RE GOING DANCING! The UMBC Retrievers punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament with a victory over the Vermont Catamounts to win the America East. It's the first time since 2018 when they became the first 16 seed to upset a No. 1.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/01/2026

Has a great world power ever destroyed itself before? No hostile outside rival, no natural disaster, no great economic calamity, just ... indolence & ignorance. Is there precedent?

wired.com

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

In a major win for UC faculty groups and unions that sued, a federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism

A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 30/10/2025

The thing is, Democratic candidates already poll voters and align their platforms to match. But they're often burdened by a nationalized debate that's dominated by right-wing framing. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...

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Politics is more than temperature-taking

Political campaigns, the axiom has it, are nothing more than a math problem. Get 50 percent of the vote, plus one, and you win. Doesn't matter the race; that holds. So all a candidate needs to do, how...

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 08/09/2025

“Your suburban homeowner parents’ financial interests are aligned with your scumbag landlord and as a tenant, your financial interests are aligned with real estate developers’” is a VERY hard pill for a lot of people to swallow.

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jr-fellow.bsky.social @jr-fellow.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The federal government’s $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. bit.ly/standuc

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Stand Up for UC

We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

WaPo: We've killed our independence and objectivity, please like our owner NYT: Trump Making Amazing Deals, White House Says; Mamdani Late 4 Times in 6th Grade CBS: We'll censor things you dislike, here's millions of dollars, please let our parent do a merger WSJ: BREAKING: TRUMP-EPSTEIN LETTER!

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Chi Ossé @chiosse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We’re fixing Atlantic Avenue! This is what a comprehensive community-led rezoning looks like 🏠

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Democrats, Trump is increasingly unpopular and he will keep sinking as he destroys the economy. For the love of God, stand up and fight. Don't cave. Be an opposition party and reflect the anger of the majority. Win over people. It won't be as hard as you think. Stop being scared.

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

America Joins the Jackals www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...

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America Joins the Jackals

Ukraine is only the first victim.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/02/2025

There is nothing more obviously inevitable to me than everyone eventually concluding that, no, you can't work with the Trump admin., you can't "find areas of compromise," you can't treat this as normal politics, the only option is total, unremitting opposition. Everyone will get there eventually.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/02/2025

Lots of people out there saying, "at least by fucking everything up they're showing how incompetent they are, which will turn voters against them." I just wonder where in the world people get this hope. America made it all the way through the election in near-total ignorance. Why would that change?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/01/2025

One under-appreciated, under-discussed explanation for Trump winning is simply that the people who voted for him believed a wide array of false things. The mainstream commentariat's refusal to center information rot has led to much confusion. Highly recommend this piece from @karlbode.com:

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America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal | Dame Magazine

America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

No, but you do have to accept some truths that rub hard against the liberal ethos: 1. Most people are civically illiterate. 2. Bc they are illiterate propaganda works 3. You can’t beat a propaganda campaign using normal “comms” strategy. 4. Yes, I’m mean but I’ll win shit.

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

Ezra on Twitter, quote tweeting an excerpt from his preamble to the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show podcast:

And that's just a preamble to Jen Pahlka and Steve Teles saying much smarter, more important, things. Listen or read here:
(NYT link provided in bluesky post)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/11/2024

Today on Volts: 20 years ago, @thestranger.com.web.brid.gy published a piece in the wake of GW Bush's 2004 reelection: "The Urban Archipelago." I talk with then-editor @dansavage.bsky.social about the politics of cities in a time of reactionary backlash. www.volts.wtf/p/dan-savage...

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Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump

Dan Savage joins me on Volts to discuss how NIMBY-captured city leadership is failing Democrats — and why making cities better is the key to building the party’s future.

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