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It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026

interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The biggest target for antitrust—for whenever the US gets a government interested in rule of law again—is a defense contractor - space - satellite internet - social media network - electric cars - information services - personal robotics conglomerate owned by one person. But no need to do only one.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*through a mouthful of road salt* WHUGH???

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/10/2026

Only on this site can I say this and people still think I'm shilling AI for big tech.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?

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seanmcdhorror.bsky.social @seanmcdhorror.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

First of all, the his is hilarious. Second of all, the idea that “obnoxious democrats fundraising texts” has become a relatable experience really says something about the hellscape we’re in.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fuck yeah, Turnverein ruled “Hey you wanna lift heavy weights and discuss liberalism and human rights?” “Hell yeah brother” Turners formed some of the very first and oldest gyms in the US when they arrived after the Revolutions of 1848. That’s right, gym culture belongs to intellectual lefties

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Kaye Ross @kaye.zone · 07/10/2026

This is made so much worse by how American society leaves everyone on their own for medical care and end of life care. A whole generation lives terrified of their kids getting sick of them because without obligatory familial caretakers they’ll have nothing.

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Bob Chipman ("MovieBob") @bobchipman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

...before disease, resources and the limits of human biology start saying "Nope, thats enough of that" and all you get is a boom economy in the Small Tombstone industry.

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Bob Chipman ("MovieBob") @bobchipman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Population growth" was itself not necessarily "normal" until the early 20th Century, in anyone's living memory. The 19th Century in particular was a horror show of wars, famines, plagues, "revolutions," depressions, upheavals, etc that stifled or decimated whole generations many times over...

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

So, the "good" news is that it sounds like it *was* an Amazon drone. The *bad* news is that this still means there are large drones buzzing all over suburbia with the ability to hover outside your bedroom window & spy on you (or at the very least freak you out).

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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Autumn Warhammer Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

'No True Scotsman' is the first defense whoever someone points out that a Christian did something horrible

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Having organized and attended many tax policy conferences at this point, shout out to @gilduran.com for being the first person at any one of these to say the words "billionaire-funded Harry Potter sex cult" from the stage

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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A dementia addled doddering failure announces to the world that his "big brain" with its "highest IQ" has discovered super secret double hidden tarriffs that no one knew about until he found them that Canada has been charging US for years. Vote in Nov. This must stop www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

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Trump Claims Canada Has Been Imposing Secret Tariffs on the US: ‘Nobody Knew’ Except Me

President Donald Trump insisted that Canada has been secretly imposing tariffs on the United States, boasting that “nobody knew” about them except him.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My man looks like Captain Vidal explaining that sacrifices will have to be made

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My man looks like he has illegitimate children named Nevada, Griffin, Vivian, Kai, Saxon, Damian, X Æ A-Xii, Azure, Strider, Exa Dark Sideræl, Techno Mechanicus, Seldon Lycurgus, Arcadia and Romulus

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rufo boosted the conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants were eating pets, offering $5,000 reward for evidence, and posting grainy video (of other people from elsewhere) he cited as proof. Now the Haitians are being deported, because this is how colorblind meritocracy works I guess.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When Trump took over, Rufo personally led the campaign to get a hundred trans intelligence fired. Was this about merit? No. Rufo has been very clear. We protect our people, we denigrate and punish the others. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rufo pioneered the tactic of calling any discussions of race Critical Race Theory, and used it to get people fired. He pioneered the strategy of labeling teachers as "groomers" if they talked about gender identity donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-qanoni...

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A huge chunk of elite poli-tastemaking is writing essays from the unstated perspective “Let’s just act as if this obvious liar is being genuine,” like people’s lives are just the score in a debate competition.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

these little freaks love playing dress up

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

In other words, voting only matters if it's the final stage of a sustained campaign to build and mobilize popular power. Without that, voting will get you precious little.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

Indeed, Obama's genius was summoning up an army of door-knocking, phone-banking small p political activists and then euthanizing that organization after he won the election: newrepublic.com/article/1402...

newrepublic.com

Inside the Fall of Obama’s Grassroots Army

The untold story of Obama’s biggest mistake—and how it paved the way for Trump.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is Hamilton Nolan's framing of elections as the choice between enemies and cowards - you elect cowards and then work them to get them to deliver what you want - rather than the eternal disappointment of savior politics. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-thi...

hamiltonnolan.com

How to Think About Politics Without Wanting to Kill Yourself

There are Enemies, and then there are Cowards.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

we should be clear-eyed about this, this thing where rightwingers take it as a given that global nazi domination is self-evidently better than non-white people self-governing or non-white immigrants existing

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

as near as i can tell from watching the whole exchange, tucker's contention is that the UK becoming a conquered territory of the nazi reich would increase the possibility of hypothetical fascist vassal uk ruling india for longer & this is obviously preferable to hosting allied us troops

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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I Know What Juda Did Last Summer @gypaetus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the very same day the hospital i worked at started handing out "healthcare hero" t-shirts to us, corporate also had us sign a paper acknowledging that there would be no expectation for hazard pay or additional PTO for sick leave if we contracted covid

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Anyway, articles like this are not meant to be helpful or useful for anyone contemplating a decision between college or trade school. They are meant to make people who do not have to make that decision feel ... something. Enlightened? I'm not sure.

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

theatlantic.com

Time to Consider Becoming a Bricklayer

College degrees hold less value, while jobs in the trades are booming.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

robert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Garrett @kingofeight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They are just so fucking thirsty to turn the clock back to 2014

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a guy that the media has promoted a dozen times in the last few years. He was on Bill Maher's show two weeks ago as a reasonable conservative.

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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?

Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances"

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Given that virtually everyone with a high level role in Watergate is dead, I wonder if this is going to turn into another cadaver synod type thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver...

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Cadaver Synod - Wikipedia

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The president won’t be satisfied until every minute of Fox programming is indistinguishable from North Korean state TV — and every minute of coverage at every other outlet is as well. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/don...

mediamatters.org

Donald Trump’s insatiable demand for Fox propaganda

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 01/10/2026

Republicans’ OBBBA specifically targeted New York by stripping 450,000 New Yorkers of their health insurance. I'm proud to introduce the Restoring Essential Plan Coverage Act with @schumer.senate.gov to reinstate federal funding for the Essential Plan and protect our communities.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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