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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
IMHO the taxonomy of right-wing beliefs is: 1) Dipshits who "don't like politics" meaning they don't think at all, just herd behavior 2) Dullards soaked in propaganda who believe they're thinking 3) Downright malicious people who just want to cause harm. Material grievances are tangential at best.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
May 2025, Hasan Piker: “Antisemitism is a canary in the coal mine of fascism. One of the oldest bigotries that has caused (Jews) a tremendous amount of pain… this is why I’m terrified of the conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism — Tying valid criticisms of 🇮🇱 to Judaism is a cynical ploy.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Astra Taylor and I wrote this book together because facing the monsters alone is just too scary. When we face them with friends, however, we don’t just get scared–we get mad, we get motivated, and we get organized.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/corpora... Researchers found prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients.
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Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment | Common Dreams
The authors of a new report have called prior authorization---which allows insurers to overrule physicians to deny coverage---a "corporate care veto" and found it drains tens of billions of dollars ea...
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
hey look the bros are ok with universal healthcare now
Shane Gillis: "Free healthcare is cool. We should have that. That's not Communism"
Joe Rogan: "You should treat the entire country like it's a community. If you have a community would you want the sickest person to fucking die who could be very valuable if you could take care of them and if you have the resources to take care of them? Take care of them. This is the problem with capitalism. This is the reason people turn on all these billionaires"
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pope Leo in Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “An urgent change of perspective is needed: the focus of the debate must shift from the mere management of migration to the full and immediate protection of human rights…” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"I'm Not Political" Just Means "I Support The Status Quo" Politics is pervading every aspect of our experience of life on this planet. Our only volition is in what we choose to do about this inescapable reality. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/im-not-pol...
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"I'm Not Political" Just Means "I Support The Status Quo"
Reading by Tim Foley:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
WISCONSIN: “We’ve been told doing better isn’t possible. That’s bullshit. All we need to do is fight together.” 💪🏽 @francescahongwi.bsky.social
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/07/2026
here are the greatest presidents that Democratic Party elites and pundits confidently told Democratic primary voters they had to support because they were the most electable candidates
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Now listening youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Marx’s Capital Volume 1, With Paul North - YouTube
A chapter by chapter study of Marx’s powerful analysis in Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1. This book from 1872 is still the best guide to th...
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
America's founders lived through a period with a higher share of immigrants than at any point after in US history. In 1776, when they complained about the king obstructing immigration and naturalization laws, the foreign-born share was likely over 20% www.cato.org/blog/founder...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal… division is the oldest trick in politics.” Zohran rings in America’s birthday by reminding us our story is one of welcoming immigrants, not excluding everyone who doesn’t look like us. 🇺🇸 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaVzyL0...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I like my chances against Mike Rogers😊
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 28/06/2026
🚨NEW: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social responds to Dem powerbrokers saying it’s too dangerous for him to be Dems’ Senate nominee: “If you’re Schumer, I’m dangerous. If you’re AIPAC, I’m dangerous. If you’re a corporate PAC, I’m dangerous. If you’re Blue Cross Blue Shield’s CEO, I’m pretty damn dangerous.”
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It almost goes without saying that the Democrats will try to do the centrist thing in 2026 and 2028. Whether the party can steer a furious and increasingly radicalized electorate toward the imaginary politics we call centrism is ... uncertain. badfaithtimes.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Such Thing As Centrism
Americans don't want Democrats to make policy like Republicans. They want them to fight like Republicans.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“The way society treats migrants, reveals whether its sense of justice is driven by fear or by the spirit of fraternity.” - Pope Leo in #MagnificaHumanitas
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
i cant believe tom steyer is the first dem politician (that ive seen) to proudly and forcefully make this correct and obvious counter argument to the bigotry but im glad he did
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"It is only the high-minded to whom equality is really agreeable....Strong and durable attachments to superiors or inferiors are far more common and are possible to the vulgarest natures." J.S Mill
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Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Bike commuter math: Since biking in the evening is just as fast as (or faster than) driving, and the morning ride only takes 20 longer... that means I'm only spending 20 minutes of my day to get a 20-mile bike workout.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 16/05/2026
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you get your audio. www.democracynow.org/pages/help/pod…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
NPR ON GAZA: “This all used to be homes. Many collapsed into mass graves… more than 73,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes — thousands more still believed to be in the rubble.”
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Nobody gets community noted quite like Junior
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Pope in Naples: “There is no peace without justice, and justice is not complete without charity…Welcoming migrants and refugees is not an emergency response but an opportunity for encounter and mutual enrichment.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2026
30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace
MS NOW cap of polling showing 66/30 positive/negative for "REACTION TO POPE LEO URGING PEACE, REJECTING WAR"
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💙 Leslie 💙 @jazzzzzy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Never a better time to subscribe to Jacobin
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Canadian Hammer 🇨🇦 🔨 @canadianhammer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Correct.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Pope Leo: “I think it’s very important to understand that the unity or division of the Church should not revolve around sexual matters. We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual.”
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Unlike some, I don't find this to be a hard question.
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John Brown @solidarietas.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Real “you can’t fire me, I quit!” energy
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Pope Leo: “This is un acceptable. There are certainly questions of international law but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people. Attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also a sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.”
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John Brown @solidarietas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
www.cato.org/blog/one-yea...
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One Year After “Liberation Day”: Here’s What We Know and What We Don’t
Based on the available facts, “Liberation Day” did not herald the era of economic prosperity that the president promised. Taxes, prices, uncertainty, and bureaucracy climbed, while US manufacturing, F...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/04/2026
BREAKING: Iran President Pezeshkian releases a lengthy public letter addressed to the American people ahead of Trump's address, defending its actions, denying it poses a threat, and blaming the U.S. for escalating conflict—while warning that continued attacks will deepen instability and resentment.
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
If you need to start buying energy from the country you are at war with that means you are currently losing the war
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Nobody under the age of 31 has ever seen a presidential election ballot without Trump as the GOP nominee. A decade and counting in which the only people who became Republicans came into it knowing full well that's what it meant. No small part of why the second term is more extreme than the first.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
WATCH: This is STILL one of the toughest truths for some to accept, but one of the most IMPORTANT — car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtowns and urban areas! Watch this excellent video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.
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Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It's kind of funny how Hayek's (mostly correct) argument against central planning because concentrating that much economic power in one place inevitably lead to totalitarian behavior is also a pretty strong argument against like, extreme concentrations of wealth and market power
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
What percentage of Americans do all the Senate Democrats plus Murkowski & Collins represent I would like to see this information included in every report of a Senate vote, the same way journos eventually established the norm of reporting the party of the president who appointed federal judges.
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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
2028 will be here before you know it, and the Democrats’ options are looking pretty terrible. But all they need is a semi-normal person who understands the real problems facing the country. It might be time to consider an unorthodox option. www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-migh...
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We Might Just Need to Draft Jon Stewart
2028 will be here before you know it, and the Democrats’ options are looking pretty terrible. But all they need is a semi-normal person who understands the real problems facing the country. It might b...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bovino: “ICE are the victims”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Wait, we needed a study to know that?
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Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
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