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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 44m

Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2h

Whatever clout you think you get for always asserting the maximally cynical "it's always been bad and I've always known as much" perspective is worthless and actually making you much stupider as a person and more useless as a political agent.

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 2h

I hope the Ukrainians blow up every damn export terminal and refinery in range 🙂 I hope your gasoline doubles in price 🙂 I hope It Happens 🙂

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 5h

Democrats are the Party of Perpetual Worry, but they really shouldn’t fret about the GOP narrowing the race through campaign cash or Trump’s attempt to buy off voters.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

ICYMI: Latino early voting is currently outpacing where it was at the same time in 2024 in RAW VOTE TOTALS, a new study finds. That's astounding. Turnout is usually much higher in presidential years. This election will bury the Myth of Multiracial MAGA. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2164...

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If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA’s Political Gravestone

A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem for Trump and the GOP.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is a ‘good strategy’ in game theory terms if you assume Trump will punish you for not rolling over and showing deference and democrats won’t. Democrats should think about altering those incentives.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is actually a great argument for filibuster reform in itself The People must be able to learn from experience, which means letting the governments they elect fuck up

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Can those guys win a Republican primary though? Signs point to “no” in most locations from what I can tell, which is why so many of them are Like This

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 09/10/2026

1. This piece is great, Fionn is a great coffee writer 2. I know I just talked about how I don't need hope to move forward, but "hope for coffee" might be the exception, lol 3. This is the kind of work that a robust dose of government funding can help along, we should do that

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m so glad I’m not the only one

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...

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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...

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Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money

A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Let me try this: Maybe Trump campaigning, stealing from taxpayers to put out ads, and trying to bribe voters; Vance begging people to give them more of a chance; and Republicans spending big in TX, KS, SC, etc. is because they *don’t* have a good plan to overturn electoral loss, not because they do.

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embracebecoming.bsky.social @embracebecoming.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

At the end of the day you have to decide if you're going to fear these fiends or not. Trump could try to cancel the election, or refuse to seat congress, or go super-sayin and blow up the capital. There are more of us than thete are them and also we are better in every way. I'd like to see them try.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026

fwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

The census, at bottom level, is an exercise in world building via data collection. Viewed in this light, these changes disappear millions of people from our shared world. It is an exercise in building a world without them.

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Trench Crusade @trenchcrusade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent players, rejoice! The October Rules Review is here, and this time the all-seeing eyes of the rules team have been turned upon the forces of the City of Dis. www.trenchcrusade.com/news/the-cou... #trenchcrusade

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The Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent: October Rules Review and changes for the 1.1. rulebook - Trench Crusade

The October Rules Review is here, and this time the all-seeing eyes of the rules team have been turned upon the Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent.

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yeah a lot of this is orthogonal to me personally, I have a great relationship with my parents and in-laws but i’ve got friends who very much don’t and struggle with keeping their unpleasant relatives at arms length

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m not saying this stuff should be entirely ignored or that it isn’t alarming but what the fuck does “seizing ballots nationwide” even mean or look like in practice. These people sound like they’re 12.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jim Butcher made him Heaven's spymaster lol, so not knowing what his deal is just makes him good at his job

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Grass Toucher Georg @avengingfem.me · 07/10/2026

my relationship with Bluesky (et al) has only two stable equilibrium states: i do not use it at all and it has no direct impact on me, or i use it constantly throughout the day from waking up until going to bed and it interferes with my executive function, attention span, sleep patterns, etc.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 07/10/2026

“The Vivaldi operation, said George Barros, a senior analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, shows that when a military lays the necessary groundwork, mechanized movement remains possible even under dense drone surveillance”

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Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push (Gift Article)

Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities.

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One 6lb banana would be the funniest outcome

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 07/10/2026

"The conservative project called for the eradication of transgenderism from public life entirely; it never said 'but we'll stop if trans people concede somewhat.'" www.liberalcurrents.com/concede-noth...

Concede Nothing

Trans people are who we say we are, and we will fight and organize on those grounds.

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A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What is there to say on the third anniversary of October 7th, except that it did not have to be this way?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Trump has made more stock trades than every member of Congress combined” 🤯

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 07/10/2026

This is a big deal and a functioning press would treat it as a massive scandal grinding routine business to a halt. Compare the years of east coast sour grapes over the “censorship” of Obama not granting Fox News an interview in the 2010s to the silence in US media over this direct state censorship.

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think it's an ease of communication thing. A few decades ago you could just get a job out of town and never see your parents again if you didn't want to, didn't have to make any formal declarations. Nowadays its easier for family to "follow" you via social media so boundaries have to be explicit

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The option of not moving on from "this is an illegal, unconstitutional outrage that should end his presidency immediately" was available to Peter Baker & every other journalist in the country, not only in 2019, but still in 2026.

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“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”

Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Martín Alonso Soto Hernandez, who helped set off the Delaney Hall hunger strike, is free. "I don’t have words,” he said while holding his wife and two children. “Thank you so much for everything. I always, always stayed in prayer.” religionnews.com/2026/10/07/i...

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Immigrant who helped set off Delaney Hall hunger strike released from ICE custody

ELIZABETH, New Jersey (RNS) — “I don’t have words,” Martín Alonso Soto Hernandez said, in Spanish, while holding his wife and two children. “Thank you so much for everything. I always, always stayed i...

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

aaah that's so fun, good for him!

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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are only two types of Republicans (kind of three) in 2026: The completely evil, and the abjectly stupid. (The third kind is "both evil and stupid.") There is not a single Republican voter in America - not one - who is both kindhearted and intelligent, voting R for virtuous, rational reasons

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In general, we Dems and left leaners more broadly tend toward sad sack-ism, like “I will not allow myself to hope because one time I hoped and it didn’t happen and it made me sad.” I don’t say this unkindly but please shut the fuck up.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I get the worry that no matter how well Dems do, the media will paint it as a disappointment, and as a counterweight to that worry I suggest we all have some self respect and fight like hell and celebrate the wins where they come rather than letting someone else tell us what we’re allowed to do.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/10/2026

remember after citizens united when everyone pretended super pacs wouldn't coordinate with politicians and would be truly independent entities? that was a fun five minutes

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026

it is actually worth reading the entire op ed. it is Alito condescendingly explaining that yes, his “originalism” is made up bullshit that is *superior* for being made up bullshit apple.news/ACn4mQ2uDS7C...

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Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make Mistakes — The Wall Street Journal

An interpretive method disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t free judges of the need to exercise judgment.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see*

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Seems like a bit of an overreaction if so!

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Ragathiel @ragathiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did he go through the thread blocking people? Post's no longer visible to me

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