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Dems likely didn't do a ton of recruitment or vetting for this contest because it wasn't thought to be remotely fucking competitive until very recently. She won the nomination while Lindsey Graham was still alive. Also, the outcome of this race will have very little to do with what Andrews says.

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Literally artificial beings in need of safe spaces

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I thought season 3 actually brought a lot of threads together very well, and had the brilliant payoff in the end that he finally understood the offsides rule! But S4 had none of that.

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I think he still couldn't pronounce a lot of their names by the end of the season

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Shorter Ted Lasso Season 4: 1) Advise assistant manager on "Yes, and" style of coaching 2) Tell team about divorce 3) ??? 4) Team promoted

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"Trump threatens a lot of things, including political violence, mass race-based deportations, election interference, and nuclear strikes. He does *some* of them. I don’t have a particularly great theory of just where he follows through and where he doesn't." smotus.substack.com/p/preparing-...

Preparing for the attack on democracy

Some lawmakers try to head off an unlikely but plausibly damaging barrage of election denialism

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I love Roy, I love Keeley, and if I never see them together on screen again it will be too soon

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There's a lot of good stuff in this post by @smotus.bsky.social but a really key point that I need to think more about is that we don't seem to have a clear theory of when Trump follows through on his most extreme threats and when he doesn't smotus.substack.com/p/preparing-...

Preparing for the attack on democracy

Some lawmakers try to head off an unlikely but plausibly damaging barrage of election denialism

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Yes but going through the core may be quicker than going through the mantle, even if more distant

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New at the Smotus Report: Trump and his allies are threatening attempts to overturn Democratic wins next month. These things probably won’t happen, but here’s why election officials need to be ready anyway

Preparing for the attack on democracy

Some lawmakers try to head off an unlikely but plausibly damaging barrage of election denialism

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war

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Brooklyn Buckets @brooklynbuckets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Not that it matters, but LA and San Diego are geographically two of the most distant US cities from Iran, just behind Honolulu.

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The Liberty weren’t able to do everything they needed to tonight and ended up falling just short, losing by one score in overtime to Atlanta. A hard loss. To take this series now and advance, New York will be required to make history and win three games in a row from down 0-2 🙏🏽 🗽 🏀 ⛹🏽‍♀️ #LibertySky

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Atlanta Dream takes 2-0 semifinals lead against New York Liberty

ATLANTA — Regulation wasn’t enough time. The New York Liberty and Atlanta Dream needed an extra five minutes to determine a winner in their Game 2 semifinals matchup. It came on a stroke of luck for t...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 08/10/2026

Moments before this, Ellie patted my bob 😭

Photo of me, a white woman with short blonde hair, and my friend, white woman with curly brown hair, plus the greatest mascot in the world: Ellie the elephant of the WNBA’s New York liberty. She was escorted around the watch party with the head of The Stompaz, a Black man making a peace sign in photo. If you go to the games, he’s a legend.

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There is an entire White House Gift Office whose job it is to acknowledge and catalog gifts to the President and transfer them to the National Archives, as they belong to the American people and not the President.

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It’s somehow the opposite of Night Court

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“I’m all out of bubblegum”

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This is the Onion's Politics page below that DNC story right now. It's literally all mocking Republicans.

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I can't think of any event in the last 15 1/2 years that would lead me to think this is a problem

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Hey hey -- it's publication day! Couldn't be more excited for this to be out in the world. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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The "new" REM album came out 34 years ago and I'm still whining about them selling out by making Stipe's voice understandable

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The "new" REM album came out 34 years ago and I'm still whining about them selling out by making Stipe's voice understandable

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New at the Smotus Report: “Nixonmaxxing” and the GOP’s rightward move on race and sex show how a party can be driven by a small number of people