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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I know it shouldn’t surprise me, but watching the other panelists just smugly waive away Trump’s brazen fraud after years of ranting about Hunter Biden is something to behold. Not an ounce of shame or principle in their entire being.

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waxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

oh they put this on fox huh

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The right wing freakout about The Odyssey is kind of amazing. Now they're all mad that Odysseus doesn't go snorkeling off a yacht.

Kevin Sorbo
The DEI is one thing, Nolan is desecrating Greece the country as well.

This is the beach in Greece, vs the movie. Gross.

L pic of Greek vacation resort. R pic misty beach scene from the Odyssey.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

It is insane that person who is funding the world’s white supremacist movement & is daily spewing racism, who killed 100,000’s last year by yanking USAID without warning, is regularly discussed in Corporate Media as an industrialist, without any mention of the white supremacism or mass murder.

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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"Elite persuasion" is an entirely separate brand of politics, and I would argue that Bsky's strength lies in the fact of its size and ideological makeup: it is a distillation of PMC rage, and where once that rage was drowned out on Twitter, it is now a clear signal that electeds can tune into

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com

SCOTUS greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election

The order means that Alabama will discard its court-ordered congressional map for the 2026 primary elections and use a 2023 map that courts previously struck down as a violation under Section 2 of the...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/05/2026

very much of the view that a democratic congress should wield the guarantee clause against ad hoc, mid-decade redistricting, a practice which is an end run against representative government itself

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/05/2026

important thing to note here is dr oz cites a current american replacement rate of 1.5, which is not true. the american replacement level in 2025 was 1.79. interestingly, the white replacement rate is in fact at 1.5 though

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Needing to win by 4 points nationally to get a bare majority in the House of Representatives due to partisan gerrymandering is (1) unfair, (2) a sign of America’s democratic backsliding, and importantly (3) doable.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com

SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling

The ruling that upended the Voting Rights Act was based in part on a false data analysis about Black and white voter turnout.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Louisiana is 33% Black and has six congressional districts. Yet in the past 149 years, they've just had 4 Black congressmen. All of whom are still alive. And that's too many for Louisiana's white Republican leaders.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

How it’s going How it’s going to go

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The idea of "overturning" or "repealing" the 14th Amendment was a pretty fringe proposition until recently, but it wasn't unheard of. Obviously the former Confederates wanted to do that. But it was also a white nationalist talking point in the Cold War era. This is 1988.

Separatists meet in Missoula
MISSOULA (AP) - One white
of-way at the motel entrance.
and one black separatist shared
The outdoor meeting was at-
a boulevard podium here Satur-
tended by about 40 onlookers who
day, denouncing the 14th Amend-
seemed equally divided for and
ment and "integrationists" for
againt the separatists' views.
destroying what they
called
About a half-dozen Missoula
America's white, Christian herit-
police officers were on hand to
age.
preserve order, and stepped in
They also denounced Missou-
only once, to ask the group to re-
la's Quality Inn for not letting
move signs they had pasted on
them make their speeches inside.
motel property, criticizing the
"This is a disgrace to America motel. and free speech," said Robert
Brock and his associate, Daniel
Brock, who said he was a black
Johnson, a white lawyer and
separatist from Los Angeles. "If
spokesman for the league, which
you came to Los Angeles we
is based in Glendale, Calif., want
would at least invite you inside."
repeal
14th Amendment.
Brock was invited to stay in
The 14th Amendment, passed
the motel as a private guest, but in 1868, gave rights of citizenship motel management said they :
to black slaves.
canceled the League of Pace
Brock and Johnson said they
Amendment Advocates' reserva-
would accomplish their goal by
tion for a public meeting room
sending blacks back to Africa,
because of potential controversy.
Hispanics to Latin America,
- As a protest, the Missoula or-
Asians to Asia and Jews back to
ganizers of the rally decided to
their country of origin, presuma-
hold the meeting on public right-
bly Israel:

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Marly Marie @marlymarieport.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I was just telling my husband how much I used to love paying taxes, and I meant this so sincerely. I loved paying for things like snap, national parks, noaa, fema, public schools, etc. Now, I hate it. All our money is being spent to terrorize, kill, and psychologically torment.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026

Ag Secretary Rollins: "The good news -- in just one year alone, we've already moved 4.5 million people off of SNAP. So this idea that once a government program is in place you can never roll it back, President Trump has proven that to be wrong. So we're going to be pulling more and more people off."

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

“We’ve just pushed 4.5 million people further into poverty. Congrats to us”

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Far right authoritarianism is not a horse race Far right authoritarianism is not a horse race Far right authoritarianism is not a horse race Far right authoritarianism is not a horse race Far right authoritarianism is not a horse race Far right authoritarianism is not a horse race Far right author-

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I'll just note that critical race theory predicts quite a lot about the current racial retrenchment and for being *correct* it was pilloried in the press and by some academics.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Virginia Supreme court has thrown out the voter-passed redistricting referendum, restoring the GOP's seats - the day after Tennessee legislators steamrolled Dems to eliminate the last Dem seat vacourts.gov/static/opini...

vacourts.gov

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Secretary Roadkill is literally trying to ban Prozac.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Notably, a more foreign policy informed analysis - as opposed to a market-driven one - would recall that 'drag out negotiations until the other side agrees out of exhaustion' is the Iranian MO and has been since the Bush and Obama years. Always appear close, but never be closing.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There are no good, clean hands options when the basic fairness & reciprocity of a democratic system have been undermined by a fascist movement in power

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We would be a lot better off as a country at the moment if more of our institutions had said, "Fuck you, make me" over the past year and a half

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

also the press, one of the main vehicles of how the public experiences politics, has very little ability to self-examine over their own role. quite the opposite, in fact, the NYT is still jerking itself off over how principled its ow own politics coverage is.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026

as per melissa's thread, it is really important to understand that a major goal of this administration is the resegregation of key institutions of american society

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Everyone sitting around, watching everyone else fail to react to Trump, and deciding this proves Trump isn’t worth reacting strongly to.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There’s a bizarre social consensus, somehow strongest among the elites and institutional leaders of the nation, that all this deranged behavior simply amounts to nothing - bluster and chaos sitting atop a fundamental normalcy.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I think taking seriously that the president is an honest-to-God deranged gangster, and every lawful institution meant to stop that from happening has failed and has no real prospect of functioning, is so unsettling that a lot of folks have just decided to retreat into fantasy as a coping mechanism.

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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

nytimes.com

F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe

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The Man From Rio @themanfromrio.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Would love for people who didn't vote for Trump and have to suffer anyway get their entire life's story told in a long-form article.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The motion for selective or vindictive prosecution is going to be as long as Moby Dick

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Wait, I thought if 60 Minutes edited an interview with a politician in the slightest, that was grounds for a lawsuit?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Chris Taylor, a senior adviser to the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, said: “This is a Republican Party that is at war with Black America.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Democrats need to accept that they're entering a new era of procedural Total War. This includes a big escalation in redistricting, but it's not limited to that. If Republicans don't like it, tough shit: They made this world, and they are the ones inflicting it on us. newrepublic.com/article/2098...

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The United States is not at war for purposes of the War Powers Act clock, but is at war for purposes of characterizing dissent or opposition as treason. Got it.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/05/2026

Orban was pretty load-bearing for the global right wing media ecosystem huh

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

‘Disappointed’ ‘Surprised’ ‘Betrayed’: 12 Dogs Who Were Given a Bath After Being Embraced and Told ‘It’s Time for Your Bath’

OPINION
AMERICA IN FOCUS
Disappointed, "Surprised,
'Betrayed': 12 Trump Voters on What Has Gone Wrong
April 27, 2026
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Why worry whether a case has merit when you can screw your enemies just with an indictment?

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

People focus too much on the binary of dictatorship and democracy, we are still going to live in a country with elections and peaceful transfers of power a decade from now, it'll just much more corrupt and poorer and less functional and more violent and less fair by every metric.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I am not worried about Trump actually convicting Comey, or building any kind of functional machine to stifle criticism or steal the midterms, but he has completely vaporized the norms against this kind of selective prosecution and thuggish intimidation, and there just isn't any way to rebuild those.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

CNN platforms fucking liars even though CNN knows they're fucking liars. In this case CNN is platforming a fucking liar who lied about fucking murders.

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