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@ssalbert.bsky.social
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Politics, Giants and other sports, Cooking, Writing, farmer's market fan. And I listen to a lot of podcasts.

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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I thought this had to be a joke
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The evidence in favor of the traditional view of the citizenship clause is overwhelming... Which is to say that if the Supreme Court decides in favor of Trump, it will have less to do with law or history than the political power of the president and his movement. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
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Opinion | The Birthright Con
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes came here to say similar. Ruemmler deserves consequences. Full stop. But again, in America, is ONLY a woman going to face genuine consequences for this?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
As always, Alexandra Petri gets to the heart of things. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Read and weep. Hold onto your humanity. And be enraged. I grew up with Alex Pretti www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by federal agents was my childhood best friend.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
genuinely curious how the "non political" reporters from Puck can be so much more insightful and honest than the "political" ones e.g., @kimmasters.bsky.social @juliaioffe.bsky.social #billcohan. I guess I have my answer -- the "political" ones are always greasing their GOP/MAGA sources
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally: "Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"US Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 US troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month."
washingtonpost.com
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
What is grosser? The blatant bribery of a petty wannabe tyrant, or the fawning coverage by axios of the unending corruption?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/10/2025
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Either editorial malpractice or willful distortion. Neither is excusable for the purported "paper of record."
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thank you for this history
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Monsters.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
How many days The Daily does this …
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Yet the “deplorables” and “clings to guns” comments were too divisive and why the Democrats lost. 🙄
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 25/09/2025
Shady, shady stuff in #NJGov race. Someone at Trump's National Archives illegally gave unredacted military records about Mikie Sherrill - including her Social Security Number - to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
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Archives errs in releasing too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race
The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us. More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social
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‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines
Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 16/09/2025
cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
As an SAT tutor, just shaking my head. I can’t imagine trying to explain this to a student.
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Tony Ho Tran @tonyhotran.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Also, no. The Dept of War was something entirely different — it was just the Army. There was a separate Dept of the Navy. (Also, it was never an agency.) The DoD brought together both and added the Air Force and the structure of the Joint Chiefs. This tweet is wrong in a bunch of ways that matter.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The use of “we” here is so jarring.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/08/2025
need people to understand that accepting or conceding that he has the authority to do these things is tantamount to giving him the authority, and so your preemptive dooming is actively counterproductive
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/07/2025
Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.
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Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Loathsome
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Edmund Lee @edmundlee.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I had a simple question: Has President Trump increased has net worth since taking the White House? And if so, by how much? The answer was more surprising than I anticipated. Simply put, he has more than doubled his net worth in 4 months. Here's how:
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
WTAF
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Scariest words in the English language?
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This prompted me to check and wow. More important for people to know box office of how to train your dragon.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
BREAKING: The new head of FEMA told staff he did not know that the United States had a hurricane season. Yes, I am serious. www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...
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Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Boulder's Jewish Community: "We are saddened and heartbroken to learn that an incendiary device was thrown at walkers at the Run for Their Lives walk on Pearl Street as they were raising awareness for the hostages still held in Gaza."
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Maybe @strictscrutiny.bsky.social can popularize the doctrinal name
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Fired a black person who was qualified, hired a white person with no qualifications whatsoever. The Trump administration in a nutshell bsky.app/profile/axio...
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
this is the best take ever.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Of course.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
What is @theonion.com even supposed to do??
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Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Important: 5 Jewish U.S. Senators who have been unequivocal in their commitment to countering antisemitism on campus and beyond send a clear message: stop exploiting our community’s concerns to undermine democracy and our academic institutions. Full letter: www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Clear and direct language and warning from a sober court decision.
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ssalbert.bsky.social @ssalbert.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
YES! I had about 3 this same message the next day. What a way to blunt the inspiration.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
Map showing handsoff2025.com protest locations for 4/5/2025
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing. Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina
thegriffinlist.com
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. ...
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Two Republican judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals just effectively overturned Justice Allison Riggs' victory over Jefferson Griffin by retroactively nullifying thousands of lawful votes. A massive and outrageous blow to democracy.
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