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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/05/2025
it is fun to read profiles of this guy which play him up as some diabolical mastermind and then watch him in action and see a huge loser
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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Greg Abbott and his minions are spreading conspiracy theories to help defund public schools
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Kennedy is among the most malevolent figures in all of American history.
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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Just incredible
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/04/2025
Someone on X pointed out the scant coverage of Ron Johnson saying 9/11 was an inside job. The press assumes Republicans are crazy and malevolent, so when they say crazy stuff it doesn't get covered. But they assume Dems are competent & sane, so any data point to the contrary is treated as big news.
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Call me Rick. @potusbumblephuq.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Fact.
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dbarkhuff.bsky.social @dbarkhuff.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ironic that Hegseth is now in trouble for telling his wife things.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
First question of the briefing comes from Tim Pool
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2025
Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights. His constitutional rights to due process."
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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri." "California is the chief reason America is the only developed economy to achieve record GDP growth "U.S. growth traced to California laws promoting clean energy, government accountability and protections for undocumented people
Don Moynihan
@donmoyn
Here's another secret about federalism: blue state taxpayers are subsidizing the lower tax red states
Federal Aid as Share of State Budget
2017
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Illinois
Delaware
California
Kansas
Minnesota
Hawaii
Nevada
Connecticut
Virginia
North Dakota
Mother JonesTEXAS - LOW TAXES FOR WHOM?
TOTAL STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AS SHARE OF FAMILY INCOME BY INCOME GROUP

Texas Tax Rate	California Tax Rate

Income Bracket	

0-20%	13%	10.5%
20-40%	10.9%	9.4%
40-60%	9.7%	8.3%
60-80%	8.6%	9.0%
80-95%	7.4%	9.4%
95-99%	5.4%	9.9%
99-100%	3.1%	12.4%

Source: https://itep.org/whopays/Perceptions of Safety Unrelated to Crime
City murder rate (per 100k) vs. percent of people saying it is safe to live in city.

Murder Rate
% Safe
% Safe (Democrats)
% Safe (Republicans)
New Orleans
67
55
72
42
Detroit
46
26
38
15
Atlanta
36
54
77
38
Philadelphia
31
47
65
30
Washington, D.C.
29
52
72
32
Chicago
26
27
41
11
Miami
21
59
61
58
Minneapolis
19
58
76
41
Houston
18
57
66
51
Dallas
17
74
74
75
Los Angeles
10
41
64
21
Seattle
17
63
85
42
San Francisco

52
74
32
Boston
1 6
72
82
61
New York
I 5
41
64
22
Chart: David Waldron • Source: 2023 Gallup survey, 2022 Datalytics crime • Created with Datawrapper
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/04/2025
anyone who writes about or talks about the ongoing impact of racism in the united states is accused of a "victim mentality," but this here is the actual victim mentality
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The other thing to note is that this is not “the universities’ money” in the sense in which lotto winnings is your money. It’s real people’s jobs and livelihoods and real research to try to better people’s lives.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/04/2025
Reporters need to stop showing up at the White House.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2025
Burchett on medical research at universities: "They want to destroy this country. The research stops when the money stops. That's bull. We ought to put it out in the private sector...and we find out that a majority of their students aren't even American citizens?...it's a disloyalty to our country."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It’s Space Mountain for fascists, with the same photo opportunities for everyone bsky.app/profile/mari...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
You genuinely would've been better prepared for how to deal with Trump by watching all the Lando scenes from Empire Strikes Back than by hiring the world's most expensive lawyers and asking them what to do
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Oh. "This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/04/2025
Told you so.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison? HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
DOOCY: Deporting American citizens to Central American prisons -- is it legal? LEAVITT: Well, it's another question that the president has raised. It's a legal question that the president is looking into.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
Swan to Leavitt: "The president has long said that it would be an abuse of power for a president to direct prosecutors to investigate him. Last week, President Trump explicitly directed the DOJ to scrutinize Chris Krebs ... how is that not an abuse of power?" (Note that Leavitt has no response.)
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 14/04/2025
this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
He sees the catastrophic ideological purging in the US as a thing to emulate. Who is this meant to appeal to, apart from a rabid base?
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/04/2025
A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Each was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.
bit.ly
Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism
A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 years in prison each.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“If we normalize this, there’s no end.” This is what @schumer.senate.gov said he was waiting for. Defying court orders. We are there. Now what?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/04/2025
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Musk’s Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates Tesla www.ft.com/content/ede5...
ft.com
Musk’s Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates Tesla
Cull of watchdog’s workers disproportionately affected staff overseeing tech on which billionaire has staked his company’s future
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Make it make sense
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Since ARKANSAS Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is who came to help push Gov. Lee’s voucher scam — let’s see how things are going with their program… 🤔 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Scarlet guyette @scarletguyette.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Morning. Song,,🐦🐦
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dylan matthews @dylanmatt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is an impressive, intellectually honest decision.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
DOGE wants the IRS to build a "mega API" to make it easier to centralize and access taxpayer data. Guess who they invited to help? (Palantir. They invited Palantir.) from @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/palant...
wired.com
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a "mega API," WIRED has learned.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/04/2025
Childhood lead exposure can cause serious developmental delays, hearing loss, and behavioral problems. The CDC has long had the technology and the people power to efficiently and effectively mitigate lead exposure. RFK Jr. cut the program. What's more un-American than that? #StandUpForScience
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
In a reasonable world, these statements wouldn't be considered anti-Christian but Rubio definitely thinks of them that way: -- The meek shall inherit the earth. -- God and Christ are always superior to Trump. -- Judge not, lest ye be judged. -- It's very difficult for the rich to enter Heaven.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/04/2025
New in PN: Yes, they voted for this "Perhaps the most damning commentary about the US electorate and media is that Trump never even tried to conceal his malicious intentions and deranged policy positions."
publicnotice.co
Yes, they voted for this
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you brought me in."
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
Under con-
ditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is
to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If
we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have
fought to find light.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/04/2025
"I think we made the right decision" -- Tom Homan on the deportation of a Maryland dad to a gulag in El Salvador that the administration has already admitted was a mistake
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/04/2025
gee i wonder why voters might've been confused about the existential stakes of the last election
NYT headline from last August: "Harris and Trump Embrace Tariffs, Though Their Approaches Differ"
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Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The administration argued in court today that having to temporarily stop retaliating against news outlets it doesn't like would cause it irreparable harm. Usually that'd be the most bonkers legal argument of the day. Not today. media.freedom.press/media/docume...
media.freedom.press
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... They are stacking these shit birds deep.
motherjones.com
Gabbard’s pick to run a counterterrorism center aided the start of a right-wing paramilitary group
Joe Kent, a promoter of conspiracy theories, has long associated with extremists.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/04/2025
when rfk makes america healthy again, the children afflicted by sickle cell will just be sent to the labor camps…err…work farms where they can recover
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2025
"Wouldn't it make sense to prosecute him?" -- even Fox News thinks it's suspicious that Karoline Leavitt can't cite any actual evidence justifying the administration's deportations to a gulag in El Salvador without due process (note Leavitt claiming "this administration is doing things differently")
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Hope @4thepeace.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
WATCH— @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Why are you making fun of smart people that calculate things?” Jessica points out Trump is making it seem like he paused all the tariffs but the Yale budget lab says those remaining will cost each 🇺🇸 household $4400, the highest tariff rate since 1909.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Wha happened today would be treated as crime if they didn’t now also control all the law enforcement agencies
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I love how now that the news narrative is "Trump ends tariff crisis" the S&P being down 5% is described as "market jitters"
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