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Scott Swank

@scott-swank.bsky.social
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I used to be useful, but now I’m in management. I practice aikido, and I’m a lifelong Democrat.

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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 6m
Trump has a protection racket. For these companies it's just the cost of doing business in Trump's America. Do you pick a fight with the thin-skinned orangutan, or do you give him your lunch money and go on with your day?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h
"I intentionally call him by the wrong name because it just sounds more racist, see?"
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If you support this, you are an evil person. No tie of blood, friendship, history, or money will make me respect you. You have chosen to make yourself a moral outlaw.
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La Girafe @lashawndab.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026
There’s a straight line from Obama’s birth certificate to the Omar raid.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Why did Trump-aligned twitter commentators know about this before anyone in the media? And if this is related to the paperwork her father filled out while she was a child, why now, 3 weeks before election day? Obviously we'll have to wait for details, but this has the hallmarks of ratfucking.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If Russia wanted peace they could withdraw from Ukraine.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
The Afrikaner policy is illuminating, because it proves the catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian.

Bo French, who is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, has taken this idea a step further, suggesting that the only way to be an American is to be white and Christian.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dialing the racism up to 11. This is ugly, wildly dangerous, and thoroughly vile.
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just to be clear: we are fine in Minnesota. We are not being taken over, though there are more rabbits in our yard than some years. Also we still need to address creeping bellflower. But otherwise all good. Don’t need rescuing or another murderous occupation.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The covert of “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead, a novel about a ‘reform school’ that brutalized and killed Black children in Florida, based on a real and terrible place.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just an endless list of acts by agents who clearly feel no responsibility to adhere to the law, no sense that there are or ever will be consequences for their actions. Bastards.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the dominant narratives about the labor market over the past couple years has been that it's a "good time to have a job but a bad time to be looking for one." I think that's only half true. A quick 📈🧵: #EconSky #NumbersDay
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You're not making a political contribution to a PAC or campaign. You're literally giving the President money to get access to the President. I'm not saying this is the worst thing Trump has done, but the transparent corruption just can't be any higher.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so brilliant. Uncommon.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This comment at the 11:00 mark really caught me. In NH & Maine heating oil has gone from $3.25/gal to $7/gal. If a typical home takes 900-1,000 gallons over the winter, that's a $3,500 *increase* in your winter bills. A $500-600/month *increase*.
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This Bombshell Report Could Be the End of Susan Collins (w/ Stuart Stevens) | Bulwark Daily
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There are 23.4M people in Florida, and 4.5M of them are enrolled in Obamacare. So, is Oz ignorant or lying? Tough call.
kff.org
Marketplace Plan Selections by Enrollment Type | KFF State Health Facts
State level data on Marketplace Plan Selections by Enrollment Type from KFF, the leading health policy organization in the U.S.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's a shame we won't be able to have our agricultural sector dependent on an authoritarian relic of the Cold War.
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Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"They're made out of weights!” maxleiter.com/blog/weights
maxleiter.com
They're Made Out of Weights | Max Leiter
with apologies to Terry Bisson
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 22/09/2026
Trump’s press ban? “National security.” His arch? “National security.” Why gut wind energy? “National security.” Justify tariffs? “National security.” Wants Greenland? “National security.” Ignore Endangered Species Act? “National security.” The pattern is not subtle. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
For Trump, ‘national security’ remains the answer to every question
“When you look under the hood, they’re fake national security emergencies,” one scholar explained. “This is a power grab.”
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an insane piece not just about the corruption of Susan Collins and her staff but of corruption all over the Hill and everyone should read it.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well, I'll be damned. They finally found a spine.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What? A sudden 30% decline in national housing prices would be a sign we're in like a serious depression. After the housing bubble burst in 2006/2007, national house prices fell "only" 27% peak to trough fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSH...
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“The dumbest goddamn student I ever had" —William Kelley, ProfessorWharton Business School
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“ICE agents were caught on video pulling one teen from the car and punching him repeatedly in the face while he lay on the ground. The other teen, Luis Ochoa, said he informed the ICE agents he was a citizen but was told, ‘I don’t give a damn.… Your parents can’t help you now.’”
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's small as landmark architecture goes, but Christ Church Lutheran in Minneapolis is *magnificent modernism.* So many perfect details—e.g. the slight curve of the front wall and the way natural light floods the altar. (Sanctuary by Eliel Saarinen, later addition by his son Eero.)
savingplaces.org
Photo Essay: Inside A Saarinen-Designed Church in Minneapolis | National Trust for Historic Preservation
A photo tour of a Modernist masterpiece in Minneapolis' Longfellow neighborhood.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This attempt to construct a narrative of persecution around being a white guy in America is at base, an expression of profound jealousy and insecurity towards people who have to overcome challenges they will never face
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump found out the 9/11 Ceremony wasn't about himself and lost all interest. Also, it was past his nap time.
newrepublic.com
Trump Falls Asleep Onstage at September 11 Ceremony
Donald Trump repeatedly dozed off at the 9/11 memorial event at the Pentagon.
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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unemployment Claims: "In the week ending August 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 206,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 203,000 to 204,000." At expectations. Still low.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Knowing that the plastic dinosaurs we played with as kids consisted, to whatever actual extent, of real dinosaurs.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Anyone who's work is tied up with AI needs to read this closely. There are big questions about whether the AI companies will be able to pay for their infrastructure once the bills come due in a couple of years.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's so weird how "As Speaker of the House, I have no idea what's going on... Like, in general," is an effective way to deflect scandal rather than being a massive scandal in itself.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 29/08/2026
grapefruits, painted by amanda almira newton, 1910
grapefruits, painted by amanda almira newton, 1910
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The Baldfather @solochills.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026
It's called extortion
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 24/08/2026
true eureka oranges, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915
true eureka oranges, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
One thing Ossoff is showing that you can hold pretty normie Dem positions but still campaign like you can read the room and understand the high stakes of this election. People are incredulous and angry at what’s happening, maybe common ground is a necessity later but nobody wants to hear that now.
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When the economy is growly quickly we should ensure that we charge headlong into inflation. When the economy is struggling we should plunge it into a recession. -- Trump's understanding of monetary policy
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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
SPR now at 293.4 million barrels and falling fast
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hormuz traffic vs. the 10-year yield is a great chart. 🔥 @bloomberg.com
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Scott Swank @scott-swank.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Remind me who was on the short list of people who left the decoy Air Force One with Trump. Oh yes, www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
the-independent.com
Trump took aide Harp whose brother called their relationship ‘unhealthy,’ on jet swap
Just two other aides and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are known to have joined the president, as Secretaries of State and Treasury Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, along with the press corps, remained...
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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 16/08/2026
king amorelle cherries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915
king amorelle cherries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915
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