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In 2024, MARCY did a podcast about how Trump had turned the investigation of his ties to Russia into the pretext for ending democracy and selling out our allies. Well! Here we are! Now we're re-releasing the series as Kash Patel prepares to visit Russia and the sellout of Ukraine accelerates.

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Marcy Wheeler doesn't know if we'll have a country in two years | LOLGOP Studios

BACKERS ONLY: The quids are being pro quo-ed. Marcy and I talk through the first three episodes of Ball of Thread. I was not expecting this.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 4h

You could just pivot and shut the fuck up instead of harassing vulnerable communities over far right fear mongering bullshit. If trans kids playing in sports is a deciding issue for that voter they are voting Republican! You cannot get their vote! Come the fuck on!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Imagine if the national media covered American politics through the lens of which party actually competently staffed & governed the country when it was in power, instead of covering it as horse races, theater, & grading on a curve for the One Special Boy & the far right authoritarian party.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 8h

The main lesson of the last 25 years of the GOP holding power is that they are totally incompetent at governing & everything breaks & many people die as a result (Katrina, wars, Covid, ICE, etc). Ask yourself if that ever appears as the central frame in media coverage of politics & the two parties.

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Matt @krankykanuck.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Every person who claims to be a centrist or "politically homeless" in the year of our Lord 2026 is a closet right winger.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 13h

I'll throw in a vote for U2's cover of Jimi's cover.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 13h

Well, that's a heck of a list so rather than name one favorite, I'll name two that I don't think anyone else will, both by Bob Seger. One is "Tryin to live My Life Without You" from his second live album, and the other is this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=chJh...

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YouTube video by Bob Seger - Topic

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

In the authoritarian mind, society is deeply and intrinsically hierarchical. Either they're above you, or you're above them. Either they have the liberty, or you have the liberty. You can't both have it.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 20h

New lawsuits and reporting underscore that the GOP rallying cry that ending Roe would “send abortion back to the states" came with a huge hidden asterisk—that posture was temporary. It’s only a matter of time until Trump’s nominees make it even harder to get an abortion nationwide. Me in @ms.now

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Opinion | Todd Blanche’s marching orders on abortion restrictions couldn’t be clearer

Republicans’ claim that overturning Roe v. Wade would “send abortion back to the states” came with a hidden asterisk.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wow. In case you think this is only about the economy, data we obtained shows that in South Texas, Latinos now disapprove of Trump *on immigration and the border* by huge margins. South Texas was locus of the vaunted "realignment." Immigration has helped unravel it. newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Okay I've seen at least 2 posts today that describe Jim Bakker as "having an affair with his secretary" or "getting caught banging his secretary" and just...no. He got caught paying her off because he and another preacher *violently raped her*. That isn't an affair, or a simple "sex scandal".

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Graham Prophecy arrives for the Republican Party

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At Trump rallies, people "can chant hateful, racist things" while remaining "kind of anonymous," says @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. They might not say this individually, but "there's safety in numbers." On the pod she so good on how MAGA copes with a sunsetting Trump: newrepublic.com/article/2162...

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Trump Rages over Sagging Rally Crowds as GOP Panics: “Five-Alarm Fire”

As Trump’s rallies fail to ally GOP midterm fears, the author of a piece on his diminishing stature explains how his cascading failures are driving away his supporters right when he needs them most.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Indeed, but I don't think that they can get him without losing Parker which I'm not down with.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

LAWSUIT: @GovBillLee’s TN Transpo Dept sued over Toll Lanes Project- party that lost $9.2 billion initiative accuses state of hiding contract/payment with winning bidder “DriveTN” (@ferrovial-led) Lee wants similar secrecy on the Nashville land giveaway🤔 www.wsmv.com/2026/10/06/s...

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've wondered what the legal consequences would be for just shutting down anyway. Most "violations" usually just end up being a fine and it seems logical at some point that just paying the fine is more appealing that continuing to lose money on one of these sites.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Heroes may be the all-time champ on this question.

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 06/10/2026

Here's a cis boy who can't play school games with other cis boys because the state says he must play on a girls' team. Because birth records are inerrant, you see. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Arizona boy reportedly barred from team due to error on birth certificate

Laker Jackson was wrongly identified as female at birth, but high school in Mesa won’t let him play basketball with boys

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 06/10/2026

#FunFact: Oklahoma's Supreme Court just ruled that sex markers on birth records are inerrant. If cis people have a birth certificate with a clerical error on it, they are now legally FOREVER the wrong sex. oklahomavoice.com/2026/09/30/h...

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Health department can’t change Oklahoma gender designations on birth certificate, court rules • Oklahoma Voice

State law has never allowed changes to the sex designation on Oklahoman’s birth certificates, the state’s high court ruled.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have mixed feelings about all the potential options to upgrade 2B but feel pretty strongly that they really need to.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Things that don't happen without a profit motive

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is what we're watching them attempt to do. Keep the FORM of elections -- so they can claim, "we won fairly!" -- while preventing elections from being free or fair.

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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Federal tax breaks mean giving taxpayer dollars to those the admin favors over services for regular Americans. They raise the deficit, then the admin makes more cuts: www.wired.com/story/rural-...

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Rural Data Centers Are in for a Big Federal Tax Break

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I notice a few of these guy every year, it seems. They find a way to strike out lower level hitters but their stuff won't play as they move up.

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it…

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Feels remarkably similar to people discussing Elon, who literally condemned 14 million to death out of obvious fascist racism. But the difference here is that America, the government, is in business with this man. We should not have to explain why that must end immediately.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 05/10/2026

for 25 years, versions of "need to fix declining trust in news" has been code for 'gotta get more right wing'

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't know what the scouts say but Denis Samudio impressed me after they traded for him. As a sort of off-the-radar guy.

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Megyn Kelly: "...this is probably a first for her. She's probably thrilled to be so admired because she clearly didn't grow up the incredibly beautiful one."

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Megyn Kelly on Cornell's Jane Doe: "I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs."

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Perfect that the endpoint of antiwoke toxically masculine politics can't stop fantasizing about how big his balls will be.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

Trans people have been warning y'all for years that they were perfecting tactics on us to use on everyone else. The reporter of this piece, Christina Jewett, contributed to that too. She helped fuel the moral panic over puberty blockers in trans youth. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 05/10/2026

Less than a year in, New Mexico's universal childcare program is already changing who's working. @brycecovert.bsky.social reports on a new study from @chrismherbst.bsky.social finding employment among low-income mothers is up 18%, and full-time work is up 23%.

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Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico

A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We have to crush these sociopaths. The problem is that many Democrats take money from them, which means they will get bailed out at our expense in the next 2-4 years.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

If the Democrats win, they have to be ready to bring generational change. Reform the courts, eliminate the filibuster, expand the house, admit DC and Puerto Rico as states, pass a new voting rights act, and prosecute every single corrupt member of the Trump admin.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

If Democrats think winning back congress this year and the presidency in 2028 is enough, they are sorely mistaken. We'll be right back where we're at in 2032 with an even more fascist and white supremacist Republican party. It's not enough to win power.

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Stoeten @stoeten.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Average MLB team payroll and franchise value in 2015: $123.4 million and $1.2 billion. In 2026: $183.5 million and $4.04 billion. 48.7% growth versus 236.7% growth. (US inflation over that span has been 41.3%.) Yeah, I get why the owners are trying this parity bullshit.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A goal of this administration being achieved: “American pre-tax corporate earnings have grown by $1.2trn, or 30%. … And yet taxes on corporate profits have collapsed.” www.economist.com/finance-and-... h/t @talsmith.bsky.social

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Much of this is really great. @normornstein.bsky.social brings long history to this. But...

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Tammy Rainey @tammybeth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Case in point. If we beat the GOP only because they wrecked the economy, we have not rebuked massive corruption or open fascism and the downward spiral will continue.

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

People will roll their eyes at this over the combination of The Atlantic and the "well well if it isn't the consequences of my vote" genre but it's good that he feels this kind of shame, that's how a human should feel and Trump's power is built on people with no remaining capacity for it

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.

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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'

J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

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