Reposted by clean on opsecEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The common world, a shared reality in which we can test truth, include voices, and hold power to account, was never given to us. It was always built, and it can be built again, but only if we understand what we're building and why we lost it. 918030 0
Reposted by clean on opsecPoorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 01/03/2026You’re gonna get corner goals and you’re gonna like them. 111715 0
Reposted by clean on opsecJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11. 060342020 0
Reposted by clean on opsecJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026FDRbros…we’re so back 17987199 0
Reposted by clean on opsecNFL Daily News @insidenflnews.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Bad Bunny “together we are America” 89110392204 0
Reposted by clean on opsecAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet... 371149013856 0
clean on opsec @maybeitsonlyus.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Oh my god, what a goal from Reed for Fulham. Has to be the goal of the year 000 0
clean on opsec @maybeitsonlyus.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Great strike by Odegaard, now pile on a few more 000 0
Reposted by clean on opsecderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/12/2025A story I found about Haiti: In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God." 3239401095 0
Reposted by clean on opsecCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Wife: Imagine being a 24 year old superstar athlete living in the city of Los Angeles where you have access to every cool celebrity and artist, can eat and party at the coolest restaurants and clubs anywhere and you choose to hang out with a racist gamer and his buddy who rocks a bleached Ceasar 428228 0
Reposted by clean on opsecJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Here. I wrote about the social and moral degradation of allowing a military force to engage in war crimes. othermeans.io/p/the-emergi...othermeans.ioThe Emerging American AchillesViolence Without the Law 738488 0
clean on opsec @maybeitsonlyus.bsky.social · 05/12/2025FIFA and Trump are perfect for each other. Really less than ideal he’s going to be the main character for the World Cup 000 0
Reposted by clean on opsecEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Goal Machine Mikel Merino™️ 0103 0
Reposted by clean on opsecMen in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 23/11/2025IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE AN ARSENAL FAN ❤️ 1778478 0
Reposted by clean on opsecDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Mamdani going in there calling Trump sir a couple times and singing the 1-800-588-EMPIRE jingle with him and effortlessly turning him into a committed socialist. 381913223 0
Reposted by clean on opsecDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 05/11/2025ah, america 141518259 0
Reposted by clean on opsecOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2025"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...bostonreview.netHow Can We Live Together? - Boston ReviewEzra Klein is wrong: shame is essential. 20070891982 0
Reposted by clean on opsecDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23/07/2025anyways i dunno this civic malaise sucks man. why can't you assholes just recognize the inherent virtues of the (liberal) american civic religion 310020 0
Reposted by clean on opsecJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 22/06/2025From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11. 1101623355 0
Reposted by clean on opsecbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025forget the myths the media’s created about the media. the truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand. 1274194 0
Reposted by clean on opsecShane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. 772165026435 0
Reposted by clean on opsecLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Jamelle Bouie for senate 945026 0
Reposted by clean on opsecPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran. 1063261899574 0
Reposted by clean on opsecEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Disordered discourse doesn’t just distort conversatio, it distorts governance. And when institutions internalise unreality, authoritarianism doesn’t need a coup, it walks in through the front door. And in America's case, sells you Tesla's from the White House lawn. 2542758 0
Reposted by clean on opsecjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025my latest: whether or not this is a constitutional crisis, there ought to be no question that our constitutional order is rotting from the inside outnytimes.comOpinion | Where Are Trump and Musk Taking Us? (Gift Article)A typology of constitutional crises and constitutional rot. 903398707 0
Reposted by clean on opsecDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 07/03/2025finally wrote the thing. there's been a lot of doom on here lately--a lot of confusion as to why we haven't simply kicked the bums out. that's not going to happen tomorrow. but it will happen eventually. this is how: www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...liberalcurrents.comRoadmap to American ReconstructionA roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction. 43823282 0
Reposted by clean on opsecImptropy @entropydeath.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The boars have been very unfair to us. Very unfair. But we will have meat. We will have more meat than you have ever seen. *points at Chris Christie* Chris, come up here. You see how fat he is ? But we are not gonna eat him. Or maybe we will. We'll see. 0254 0
Reposted by clean on opsecMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 06/03/2025"Please sir, may I have some authority?" 1105 0
Reposted by clean on opsecEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/02/2025What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage. 170104192816 0
Reposted by clean on opsecJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Melvin Rogers @prorogers.bsky.social at @liberalcurrents.com , on Niebuhr. Doesn't get more self-recommending than that. www.liberalcurrents.com/if-reinhold-...liberalcurrents.comIf Reinhold Niebuhr Could Speak to Us Today, What Would He Say?Democratic values must be actively cultivated and defended, or they will be captured and deformed. 33712 0
Reposted by clean on opsecMike Levine @mrlevine.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Let’s look at government spending by year and as a percent of GDP. 210815 0
Reposted by clean on opsecGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame. 7793852210116 0
clean on opsec @maybeitsonlyus.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Incredible…humans are amazing. Hopefully he can break the 2hr marathon mark 010 0
Reposted by clean on opsecKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/02/2025www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...marketplace.orgThis final note — on democracy and this economy - MarketplaceThis final note on the way out today … … about what’s happening in … … and to … … this economy right now … … an economy that I’m obliged to remind you … … affects everyone. A lot of what happens in Am... 70660202 0
Reposted by clean on opsecAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 12/02/2025Some context for what that kind of drop looks like. That's the lowest US score since the Civil War + a 1-year drop of that size puts us in the same company as events like Belarus's 1995 coup (though not as bad as Gambia in 1994 or Thailand in 2006) #rstats code here: gist.github.com/andrewheiss/... 78239 0
clean on opsec @maybeitsonlyus.bsky.social · 08/02/2025This article by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com is a really good and sobering read. on.ft.com/3Qg6fz7on.ft.comThe real threat to American prosperityNobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral 241 0
Reposted by clean on opsecEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it. 12394651419385 0