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Steve Steffens

@leftwingcracker.bsky.social
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Lefty hack, baseball fan

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 6h
I know that Ray Ratto has some qualms about being The Obit Guy but he is so good at them. defector.com/mike-ditka-f...
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Mike Ditka, Forever Chicago | Defector
The relationship between sports and the place where those games are played is largely a matter of fans developing a strong but mostly manageable addiction to their own pheromones. Ritual and iconograp...
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Steve Steffens @leftwingcracker.bsky.social · 6h
They won that Super Bowl, in spite of him, not because of him. They had the talent to win at least two more Super Bowls because they could’ve hired another good defensive coordinator.
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Bryan Grantham @bryanmgrantham.bsky.social · 9h
YOUR PHONE WORKS WITHOUT BEING ON SPEAKER
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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 6h
Weird To Whine About Estrangement Without Mentioning Trump, LGBTQ+ Rejection, Fascism NEW NEWSLETTER, BIG ONE. Read/share/subscribe/become a paid subscriber if you appreciate work like this! evanhurst.substack.com/p/weird-to-w...
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Weird To Whine About Estrangement Without Mentioning Trump, LGBTQ+ Rejection, Fascism
Always the hero or the victim. Never the villain.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2026
NEW: The Trump Administration has denied our request for emergency assistance after storms in August. Our communities are still picking up the pieces, but this President is playing politics instead. Illinois will keep fighting to help our people recover and rebuild.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So an interesting thing with the NY Post reporting on Kristi Noem and Daily Mail doing Guilfoyle and before that Paxton: as devoted as right wing outlets are to gop politics, they know people will click in for a big juicy scandal esp one involving sex and lurid pictures
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rubio urges Europe to embrace white nationalism, and the New York Times mindlessly regurgitates it. Other outlets did a bit better, but it's a low bar. presswatchers.org/2026/10/marc...
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Marco Rubio’s ethnonationalist speech gets no pushback in the New York Times | Press Watch
Stenography is no way to report on dangerously divisive and retrograde pronouncements from this government
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Maureen Rogers @motorious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hmmmmm. If Artificial Intelligence is now Super Intelligence, does this make Artificial News Super News?
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is precisely it. They want to scare people into not voting.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Come 2028, remember that Gavin Newsom helped Trump's oligarch friends buy CNN. prospect.org/2026/10/08/d...
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The Democrats Who Let Trump’s Oligarchs Buy Hollywood - The American Prospect
The Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Memo to Democrats: you can't win the public's trust if you drink from the same corporate trough as the Republicans. Reject Big AI Money (and all corporate campaign contributions) and regulate AI. www.commondreams.org/news/ai-electi…
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Voters in Key States See AI Campaign Cash as More Politically Toxic Than AIPAC: Poll | Common Dreams
"Candidates should seek support from the AI industry at their own peril."
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So, not our Tesla.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
Mike Johnson is contemplating a new career if Republicans lose the House, Ken Paxton is dodging a debate Trump demanded, and Trump just announced his most bizarre loyalty test yet.
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Trump Declares Americans Who Say ‘AI’ Are ‘the Enemy’ as GOP Midterm Panic Grows
With Mike Johnson floating a lawn business if Republicans lose the House and Ken Paxton still refusing a Fox debate, the GOP’s closing message has become a test of obedience.
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Sean Kelly @storyslug.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
EVERY BATHROOM IN YOUR HOUSE IS UNISEX YOU FUCKING WEIRDOS
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
TODAY: Former WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who told members of Congress probing Jan. 6 that Trump lunged at his driver when he was told he could not join his supporters at the Capitol, is reportedly under threat of federal indictment. H/T @punchbowlnews.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Star Witness in Jan. 6 Insurrection Probe Could Be Charged With Lying To Congress: Report
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kathynavackas.bsky.social @kathynavackas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If we ever need to understand why we have to get money out of politics, this is why. No one person should be able to put this kind of $ into any candidate. #TaxTheRich
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have truly never had more fun reporting a story in my life. Dads cried, I cried, their daughters balled out. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls
The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thinking this is wrong does not make you a communist, despite what @MarshaBlackburn says
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
honestly (and i know this is tmi but im hot under the collar): im not even this level of obsessed about my own genitals unless there was something medically wrong. these ppl spend every waking moment of their lives thinking about penises and vaginas in a way that would have the porn industry puzzled
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
its FUCKING WEIRD to be this GODDAMNED OBSESSED with GENITALS THAT AIN'T YOURS fucking weirdo fucks
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
one of our local card game shops has signs outside the bathroom identifying them for use by cis, trans, whatever just DON'T PISS ON THE SEAT and thats the only thing anyone that isnt a genital obsessed right wing weirdo cares about in public bathrooms
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We are ruled by neo-confederate losers who are so miserably fucking stupid that they can’t even do slavery right
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
California Democrats have been exposed as actively pushing for the Paramount-Warner Bros merger. With the new company giving David Ellison a $150 million bonus while firing Warner Bros' hitmakers, those Dems must own whatever happens next, writes Harold Meyerson. prospect.org/2026/10/08/d...
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The Democrats Who Let Trump’s Oligarchs Buy Hollywood - The American Prospect
The Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
The U.S. re-joins an exclusive club
Screenshot of a list citing human rights organizations such as Amnesty International identifying four countries that have recently or historically carried out public executions: Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia. The text describes public hangings in Iran, executions under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, reported public executions in North Korea, and Saudi Arabia’s historical use of public beheadings.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
THIS ‼️👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is as clearly as I've seen this spelled out. If the PCSA smelled off to you but you didn't know quite why, this interview offers very lucid proof that you were correct. defector.com/an-antitrust...
What you're saying is, the antitrust exemptions in the NBA, MLB, NFL, etc. are allowed as a result of the collective bargaining process, whereas the PCSA seeks a similar exemption by circumventing the collective bargaining process. Is that correct?

Generally, yes. When we talk specifically about labor markets, all of the restraints that we see in labor markets of our professional sports leagues—the salary cap, the draft, the limits on player movement, every single one of them—to the extent that they're exempt from antitrust law, are the products of good-faith collective bargaining between the management group and the players group, and exist in a collective bargaining agreement that was reached through good-faith bargaining.

What is being proposed with the Protect College Sports Act is to establish the exact same types of labor restraints, specifically a salary cap, specifically a number of years of eligibility to compete in college sports, and specifically limits on transfers, but not to do so in collective bargaining where there are representatives in the room, on behalf of employer and employee, but rather through a legislative bill, which seems to be negotiated by a number of different constituent groups, none of which is a representative of the players in any meaningful sense, and absolutely none of which have been chosen and selected by the players as a union representative.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In case you hadn't been following this disturbing sequence of events, here's a recap: RFK Jr wanted to fund a randomized trial, run by Danes, involving newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau Ethicists across the world, including in Nigeria, Cameroon, & Ethiopia, were horrified: it's an unethical study
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My wife and I were both genuinely surprised when our toddler overheard me say “hurt people hurt people” and then he asked what I meant and we said oh nothing, and then he said: “Oh! Yeah!…” and then just very accurately explained what the phrase actually means Little empath
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Allies cross German border
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is seriously the "And then they came for me" of our cursed age.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, fuck all the way off with this shit already. wapo.st/4rVgmvt
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Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf course into the new Camp David
The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Didn’t realize we were translating these from German
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Jose Vilson, PhD @thejosevilson.com · 07/10/2026
What We Mean When We Say “Good School” (pt. 3) What did an awkward ride to the airport teach me about good schools? Read this story along with my reflections and let me know what you think here!... thejosevilson.com/what-we-mean-when…
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What We Mean When We Say “Good School” (pt. 3)
What did an awkward ride to the airport teach me about good schools? Read this story along with my reflections and let me know what you think here!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 "An unimaginable position to hold. Stop this right now." @timmiller.bsky.social calls out Democrats like @repbillfoster.bsky.social & Sen. @cortezmasto.senate.gov who appear ready to let Trump's corporate allies get away with corruption🧐. #BananaRepublic 🍌 Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjK...
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Given that the current US "government" opted for the less efficient, more war-crimes-like approach of military action, you kinda get the feeling that it really doesn't WANT to track money laundering or regulate cryptocurrency. I wonder why?! [no, I don't wonder, I think I know. No reply guys needed]
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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it may not be his origin story but “nobody liked my art” is such a common denominator among world-historic assholes
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ive been a registered dem since 1996
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
nothing pushed me closer to leaving the democratic party than their behavior in the 3 months following trump's november 2024 win. the party was a fucking joke and its barely gotten better since. i only keep my registration to vote in primaries.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
tmz is chasing clicks and is more dogged in finding dirt than most media, but they are not ideological
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saving this one for later
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 06/10/2026
people keep saying "when trump campaigns, he gets the base out" but trump keeps campaigning and GOP poll numbers just keep going down
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install.exe @lakecounty1975.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Numerous articles have shown immigrants pay far more into society than they get back (including into social services whose benefits they are unable to enjoy) but MAGA just doesn't care. Instead they lie, call immigrants an economic drain, and dress up cultural grievances as economic populism.
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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New data shows the GOP’s money advantage has narrowed because it relies too heavily on super PACs, which pay more for broadcast ads.
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The Republican Plan to Buy the Election Got Too Expensive
New data shows the GOP’s money advantage has narrowed because it relies too heavily on super PACs, which pay more for broadcast ads.
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You're one of the heroes of my next book.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
His giant survival slop buckets did not save him after all :( www.tmz.com/2026/10/05/t...
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Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a Christian television empire with his former wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, has died.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As much as “I’ll be president for all of America” is a sturdy Democratic campaign line, on a practical level it also reflects that they still have supporters even in states they lose. Any politician with a world view not stuck in toddler gets this.
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