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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 11h

Are these "third spaces" counties?

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According to several people involved, the Trump administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified mail.

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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting

ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Beyond two parking tickets for not moving his vehicle during snowstorms, Abdullah has no criminal record in Minnesota and was working legally as a mechanic while his asylum application was pending. He arrived in the United States in early 2023.”

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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The new rule should be whenever you come across the Musk movie trailer, you repost it like it’s Tom Holland’s Umbrella video lol #FckYouElon youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10?...

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Actually I would have also put “Horace and Pete” on here. I’m sure there would be room after deleting the shows that didn’t do anything interesting.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Important on the change in tactics post-Minneapolis

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🤷‍♂️ I did think that “shoved a male employee in the chest with one hand, causing him to stumble backward" was a rather weak incident to use in the lead. Not like throwing a stapler at someone... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Another Female Democrat Is Mean, Apparently

A New York Times report on Representative Mary Peltola’s management is revealing—about her younger employees’ self-regard.

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If this doesn't scare you, you're not paying attention.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

One part of DHS's statement that NYT's article actually didnt mention was its claim that the Supreme Court has "already vindicated us” My article gets into what the Supreme Court did, & what lower courts are doing about Kavanaugh Stops ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics... bsky.app/profile/nyti...

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Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day

The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

On her birthday, some of my favourite Linda McCartney photographs. The Yardbirds, London, 1968

The four musicians watch as an older lady walks by them on a London pavement.

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whenever someone posts “Words matter” on here, it’s always with an example of words not mattering that much.

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Per Texas media, it’s looking like +100K registrations were affected. Secretary of State is saying that it shouldn’t affect voting.

We reached out to 24 counties today to see the extent of the problem. Here's what we got back:
Collin County - 40,000+
Travis County - 32,000
Brazoria County - 9,000+
Hays County - 8,100
Cameron County - 5,000

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Fat Al NYC @fatalnyc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is sort of weird that there hasn’t been more focus on this. I mean wtf are these people up to?

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...

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Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us

Alt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower

Relief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Honestly when someone first sent me this story this morning I thought it was from @theonion.com

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Very conspicuously missing from this description was: What are the standards? You know, how long a person can be kept in a van. How are people using the bathroom? How are they feeding them?"

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My main consideration would be finding a nominee who can win a general election by >5 points. Not interested in another close result.

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Reminder to Bluesky: most Americans see "the left" and "liberals" as the same thing.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22/09/2026

Ultimately, this move will almost certainly be rejected by the courts, as it clearly fits the key standard for illegal administrative actions.

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Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sep 22nd 1975 - Howard Beale, a long-time newscaster for UBS, learned he was being fired due to his ratings declining. 📽️📅 Network (1976)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Network" (1976): First, multiple TV screens show news anchors, with subtitles reading “(Narrator) This story is about Howard Beale, the news anchorman on UBS TV.” Second, a close-up of Howard Beale looking down with tired expression, subtitles read “In 1969, however, his fortunes began to decline.” Third, a nighttime street view filled with cars and pedestrians near Radio City with subtitles reading “and on September 22nd 1975 he was fired, effective in two weeks.”

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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's a sign the admin is promoting its immigration crackdown to mobilize right-wing evangelical and Catholic voters in the midterms. More from Sarah here: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/homan-s...

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Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals

In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"moving Trump out will allow the GOP to run JD Vance as a presidential incumbent, which is probably their best shot at holding the White House in 2028" (I think this is the most convincing argument, given that Vance is such a risk as a candidate.)

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David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Montreal loves their Leonard (BOTD) almost as much as Vienna loves their Klimt* *Physical love limit a city can have for an artist

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not “academic jobs,” all college-degree jobs

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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Remember Her? jyanet.com/mtm/020514.s...

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"his parents didn’t graduate from college, and so he never acquired the schmoozing techniques that are more common among the affluent and highly educated." I never recovered from a working-class background where you were supposed to do your job, not schmooze. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...

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The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations

Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"'Musk' is a politically explosive film that alleges, among other things, that its subject could be using data gathered during his DOGE period against Democrats in the upcoming U.S. election." www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

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Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)

The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 16/09/2026

"alleged DEI sympathies" what are we doing here

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One of the reasons I always take Amtrak, as expensive as it is.

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is one of those shows Netflix is hoping you’ll have on in the background while you do something useful?

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

buddy you just described an alt-weekly

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gurleygg @gurleygg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Canada’s gambit is that Americans have had just about enough of life in the memeverse, and that they’ll soon find out how important Canada is..... prospect.org/2026/09/08/c...

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Canada Strikes Back - The American Prospect

Ottawa paid a price to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Now the bet is that retaliatory tariffs plus the midterms force Americans to end meme-driven trade policy.

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Obama blowing the 2008 election by coming out too soon for marriage equality would not have been a good thing.

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Max Foley-Keene @maxfoleykeene.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For @commonwealmagazine.org, I wrote about the INSANITY currently unfolding in Providence politics. 'Sewer Socialism Takes Providence' (link below)

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mamdani behaving like an effective journalist here

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thousands of the workers who helped in 9/11 recovery are undocumented. "They were all exposed to toxic debris, and psychological trauma.” Now they’re also living in fear of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s anti-immigrant purge. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...

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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE

After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.

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Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm voting without hesitation for anyone who is on the moral and humane side of immigration policy.

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