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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

When I was little, I believed that adult people in charge of stuff were all really smart, because they wouldn't be in charge of stuff if they weren't; like, you couldn't be stupid and still have responsibilities. And while I have been wrong about many things in my life, I was wrongest about that.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I think one of the biggest cleavages in our society that no one talks about is the division between those that think powerful people must be held to a higher standard than non-powerful people and those who think powerful people should be flattered and sucked up to.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

PSA: Thinking this is wrong doesn’t make you a “radical” — thinking it isn’t does.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I think the Kimmel stuff is quite serious and bad, but taking a rich guy off the air for speech is not as harsh as agents of the state grabbing someone over speech and deporting them without due process, and the latter person is clearly more vulnerable, come on.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Yo dawg I hear you like hate in your hate

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

So many netizens tonight seem to be indulging in the kind of hopeful flights of fancy typically reserved for kids on Xmas Eve. It’s all silly, of course. But seeing the joy it brings warms the heart. We haven’t lost the capacity to dream.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Past "this changes everything" tech I recall: -"Cell phones," apprx 1980s-onward -Personal computers, late 70s-on -Email, 80s-on -Internet, 90s-on -"Smart phones," 2000s-on -Social media, 2000s-on QED: 1)Indeed "changed everything" 2)But NOT in ways most experts foresaw I apply 1 + 2 to AI predix

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2025

legit laughing my ass off

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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

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Kevin Hell-iott @kjephd.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Secession is unthinkable, but this is the kind of thing that triggers it. The reporting says the FBI "has agreed" to help, but on what basis? Apparently a senator's request, which is not a law. So, we're looking at a lawless action by FBI targeting another state entity w/in its plain legal authority

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State

The senator said the federal agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state lawmakers who left the state to try to block a vote on new congressional district maps.

Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.

The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent Democrats have taken refuge.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A lot of older adults forced a war on universities because that’s where their kids realized their parents were evil.

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Bob @bobisjim.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The way dems have been campaigning since at least 2016 is summed up in one word. Annoying. And it stems from the middle management style of wanting to see numbers on graphs. Everything is metrics and if the metrics aren't right you dial up the Annoying. Creative thinking is not allowed

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/07/2025

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

It's been obvious for years that, apart from a handful of congressional districts, "Republican-lite" picks up a trivial number of swing voters while depressing base turnout, resulting in a net loss. Problem is, the most influential people in our party prefer a loss to a win by anyone to their left.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad. There’s not.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2025

"They released their insane asylum population into our country" -- Trump still thinks that people who make political asylum claims come from insane asylums

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I checked because I could not believe this one was real and folks, this is real.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 09/06/2025

“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” Newsom said. “He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard. The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We’re suing him.” Read more www.latimes.com/california/l...

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Sara B. @saraboboltz.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025

I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

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Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Anti-anti-Tesla protesters in gas pickup trucks surrounded a Tesla dealership today, which only prevents people from buying Teslas, which is the point of the protests in the first place. It’s like protesting in favor of Chick-fil-A by blocking the drive through

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I wish more people understood this:

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A very important, elemental concept that I wish more people writing about policy understood is this: ***one person’s cost is another person’s income**** It’s the source of a whole lot of confusion and also an inherent source of conflict between different interests.

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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies. They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people. We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.

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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 04/04/2025

Multifamily housing support/opposition in Nashville by income

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Tee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This. This right here

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Famously, the way to beat fascist bullies is to flop onto your back and say “my vital organs are exposed, take what you want.” Certainly they will stop at the first vital organ.

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Marie @marielynn502.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Im going to need some of the r’s and moderate dems to admit that those of us who saw aoc and Bernie brilliance earlier, and who saw the dangers the right was posing with lies and money in politics, that we were right Maybe we should start listening to the people who know things BEFORE disaster

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Marie @marielynn502.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This email is the full mic drop principled stance of someone using the place they have to stand up. If everyone did what they could in their roles, that would be enough.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A completely serious question. When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country. cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others

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Marie @marielynn502.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This kind of full throated, loudly said correction, over the quiet adjustment in an article with no mention of why, is real journalism. THIS is integrity

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.

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