Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialJack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 2hWhat's interesting is that these types of things were never an issue for 18 year old recruits. It's completely a facebook boomer issue that pensioners on Tricare get worked up about. 2273
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 9h"Rubio’s speeches are dime-store rhetoric grasping at profundity and failing. Because Rubio is play-acting as an adult. A real adult would acknowledge after eighteen months that it’s insane for a single person to serve as secretary of state and national security advisor." 47620
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10hthe funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for 1425249829
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11h🇺🇦🇬🇧🕯️ Zelensky and British Foreign Secretary visited the site of a house attack in Pryluky, where 22 people, including 5 children, were killed 414438
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini. 76869111299
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If Democrats win, johnson will not be speaker at the point where they are swearing in the new Congress. They are sworn in by the speaker elect, who is chosen by the member elects 522848583
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026why would you cite a survey of parents and not children to uncover the behavior of the children 632272144
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The most psychotic possible framing of this archive.is/202609271858... 2303687387
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026*hotdog guy* 2366472
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 07/10/202610 years ago today GOP Sen. Mike Lee: “If anyone spoke to my wife, or my daughter…the way Mr Trump has spoken to women, I wouldn’t hire that person, wouldn’t want to be associated with that person, and I certainly don’t think I’d be comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world” 1431010364
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Perfect example though of how corrupting tariffs are. Every town & business becomes dependent on little tariff carve outs, meaning that buying influence with Senators becomes mandatory to stay in business. The tariff is the mother of trusts!!! 16811158
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialJosep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Farewell to Mohammad Tammous, a Gaza Civil Defense paramedic killed in an Israeli drone strike. 057
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialTalking Climate Collaborative @tccollab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Our survey of climate communicators found many work in isolation, with few connections beyond their fields. We're here to help change that. Watch our @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu conversation: youtu.be/4KI64HDmG9s So let us know: Who do you want to connect with? Tag them in your reply! 33210
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 572214194174
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt 1383213924980
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Susan Collins supports a dictator and brags about getting him to fling a few crumbs toward the peons. 16645156
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026@crampell.bsky.social talks with Jasper Hill Farm's Mateo Kehler about how Trump’s tariffs and threats against Canada wiped out what had been the fastest-growing part of his business: "Our sales basically dropped off a cliff." 38837
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 242105132437
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold." 1242613704
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?" 23556831298
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In 2020, a pharma CEO’s relatives donated to Susan Collins. That company got a $4.5M contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Collins was on the Appropriations subcommittee. …The company went on to pay $47M to settle claims it defrauded US health programs. @andrewperez.bsky.social:zeteo.comFirst Draft: Forget Hasan Piker, Donald Trump Is America’s Worst Campaign SurrogateThe president went to Nebraska – and showed yet again why Democrats including Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed are desperate for him to visit! In Maine, Susan Collins faced more embarrassing reporting. 4518131
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We live in a police state now 30599201
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2026Disgusting and disqualifying. 2401734525
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56119843560
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Do not use milk, antacids, honey, lemon juice, onions, vinegar, urine, baking soda or anything other than clean water to deal with tear gas or pepper spray. Most of the time it’s best to just do nothing. 1327989
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialJack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Damn sarge, check out this review someone just left for The Most Dangerous Man. The last thing I ever want to do is blue ball the reader to where they feel like the book doesn't live up to its own premise. Check it out below: 172
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender. 3122588871
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin 6667159753
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026@eggerdc.bsky.social reflects on his experience going to Pierre Damas Bel’s funeral: “ It was hard to be there. It was good to be there…I mean, it's real. It's human beings who are impacted by all this.” 112218
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5162661731
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The thing that is happening is not that the explosion of growth in the southwest has strained water supplies, it's that a steady rate of water irrigation for cash crop agriculture has met a steady decline in Colorado River flows due to climate change. Human settlement basically doesn't matter! 101191111
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today. 662355474
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialHome of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social: "Elon Musk knows damn well what's going on on X. He turned Twitter from a sort of centrist political platform into a right-wing sewer, and there's all sorts of evidence he did this intentionally." 1019146
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 238102043245
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026Watch the full episode of Receipts:lnk.thebulwark.comBREAKING: September Jobs Report Falls Far Short of ForecastsA recording from The Bulwark's live video 0468
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026@crampell.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social react to Trump suggesting inflation could help wipe away the national debt, and what that reveals about why he wants control over the Federal Reserve. “This is an interesting little aside here that should terrify people.” 611238
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Huge crowd to see James Talarico in deep-red Lubbock, Texas. This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat in 50 years. 542757607
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Shorter Trump administration: Data centers good. Homes bad. 2636098
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West) 321293210
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When people talk about rape culture this is exactly what they mean: Michaels and Herbstreit minimizing and dismissing the allegations of dozens of women. 0677153
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week. 1001457295
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1593963508
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2349861156
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The most notable thing of the last so hours and the Schmitt-Hawkeye screw up of epic proportions, is how Trumpites are primed to pump out any narrative handed to them without thought or reflection. It’s Putinesque. 401023203
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social and @pennbarker.bsky.social are live, covering the latest military and foreign policy stories. Join their conversation:lnk.thebulwark.comCommand Post Live with Mark Hertling and Ben ParkerJoin Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker as they cover the week's biggest military and foreign policy stories. 45110
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030921086
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026@michaeldweiss.bsky.social tells @mpolymer1.bsky.social how Alina Habba’s wedding put FBI Director Kash Patel in the same room as a former FBI informant suspected of being a double agent. "These MAGA weddings are like the Star Wars Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence." 12449162
Reposted by @quadpater.bsky.socialVan Rouge @van-rouge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not just public universities but K to 12 and excluding the funds from being used for private school vouchers 834446
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