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Citizen K | Long Live The King 👑 @citizenkryptik.bsky.social · 4h

One of the worst headwinds that the Dems continually have to fight against is folks refusing to believe that the GOP is as bad as the GOP themselves say they'll be, nor that Dems will actually ever be anywhere as good as they promise to be. Media-fed frames of 'GOP good, Dem bad' soaked into it all

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 4h

Like I truly don’t understand how you could have been anywhere in the vicinity of Springfield Ohio even before the election and thought that he’d only go after “criminals.” Trump, Vance, and CO werent subtle in the slightest. I can only really conclude this was a lie the median voter told themselves

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3h

In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...

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Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands

A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands

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Matt Erickson @thematterickson.bsky.social · 2h

For the audiobook of their memoir, the Beastie Boys had various celebrities record chapters. Rachel Maddow, of all people, giddily takes on the chapter with story of the feud with 3rd Bass, and reads the string of insults at the end of "Sons of 3rd Bass," and it is good. app.box.com/s/b0spfy08ip...

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Le Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 5h

I am confident I could set up a whole ass remote work office in the back corner shelving of At Home and get away with it for three months minimum

Point of view photo of Cagles feet stretched out where she's sitting on a mostly empty warehouse shelf with patio furniture pillows on it

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 12h

Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 7h

Playbook | President Trump is privately demanding that Republicans prove their loyalty by going on TV and insisting that, no matter what was said in the Senate hearing, Jack Smith did attend an Atlanta Hawks game on February 3, 2024.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 8h

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
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The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/KbxIxZV

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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation

The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.

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Melissa Combs @melissacombs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Republicans have controlled Utah since 1985. If they were going to improve lives of constituents they’d have done it by now. Vote blue for positive change.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026

You can't get anyone in political media to say it plainly, but GOP strategy for several decades now has been built around the fact that its core goals/policies are *wildly unpopular*. Everything depends on a) polluting the information environment, b) cementing unfair structural advantages, & c) $$$.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Renee Nicole Good's family has now filed TWO lawsuits, alleging a conspiracy between Greg Bovino, Stephen Miller, & others to deprive people of their rights & killing Renee in furtherance of that conspiracy. Why discovery will bring accountability for Renee’s murder: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...

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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The former Secretary of State, who took Kim Jong Un uncritically at his word, who got irate that Mary Louise Kelly could find Ukraine on a map and he couldn’t, is getting a teaching fellowship at an Ivy League school. Hm.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Constant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's a safety-net paradox. Blue State/Purple-State Rs have never actually felt the true pain of unfettered Republican rule like red-state republicans bc the Dems soften the impact. They feel safe voting R bc the Dems they hate make it safe for them to do so w/o suffering the consequences.

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JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And the NYT has Reinhan on speed dial to criticize Mamdani for made-up shit. His party runs on bigotry like America runs on Dunkin, but Reihan gets quoted to criticize Zohran for not doing enough to combat homophobia and anti-semitism in Muslim communities

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JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wonder if they can find a racist way to say Indians owning a large plurality of motels in the US is a national policy problem to be rectified. Sounds crazy. Except theyre nuts about South Asian IT workers and they’re already going after Sikh truck drivers! All they know is racism.

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 02/10/2026

Joy King - Everybody Loves To Hear A Yodel [United States, Country, Yodeling] (1967) A fun private press country tune with some killer yodeling! redd.it/ygwmpy youtu.be/4J3q07idZU4

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Joy King - Everybody Loves To Hear A Yodel [United States, Country, Yodeling] (1967) A fun private press country tune with some killer yodeling!

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Utah Alliance Coalition @utahallianceco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Prepare for the Ballot Amendment B, sprinkled with sugary ballot candy, will strip Utahns of the right to initiate citizen initiatives in almost all cases. Vote NO on Amendment B and spread the word to vote NO.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

re: the Todd Achilles campaign, if you want to get involved with sweat or treasure:

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Todd Achilles for Idaho

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A young woman bravely reported that she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven men at their fraternity. But instead of protecting her, Cornell University protected her abusers, letting them off with a slap on the wrist.

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Adam Hamilton @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨 Roger Marshall threatened legal action to suppress an inconvenient truth. Read our response:

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good news California! You can now install plug-in solar panels without permission from your utility. Your gas company is also required to offer you thousands of dollars to install electric appliances instead of replacing your gas line. Lots more here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/newsom-cle...

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Breaking: Newsom green-lights balcony solar

The governor finished strong on clean energy — with one big exception.

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g.h. kirsch @gh-kirsch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 28/08/2026

Just saying: elite impunity is what we get when people worry more about “polarization” than the rule of law.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 28/08/2026

There was never anything “thwarted but worthwhile” about asking Trump to become a ‘unifying figure.’ Cox made a category error there — long after reasonable persons had any excuse for that.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 28/08/2026

The correct question and narrative frame was never “why are we polarized?” It was “why are we so solicitous of evil, lawless people?” — and it was that all along.

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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: Cook Political Report just shifted their TX-Gov rating in our favor. Texans are ready for a governor who will restore the American Dream by saving Texas schools and putting money in your pocket.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

👇🎯 Tl;dr: Old authoritarian liar & hack angry that he is going to lose & will be remembered in the annals of American history as worse than Roger Taney

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, we get it. You don’t like democracy & haven’t for over 25 years. It’s sad it’s taken so many people so long to figure out who you are. But other choices are readily available, & you could instead act like an adult & a serious person. I’m sure the beach town guests would leave you alone then.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, the easily foreseeable problem with playing stupid parlor games where you lie & pretend the President is a King is that other people in America exist & are also allowed to have opinions about the plain meaning of the Constitution, & so you win stupid prizes. Boo hoo.

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Matt Erickson @thematterickson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is an extremely good and illuminating point

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the thing about stuff like this is that five biggest changes in american politics have all been partisan projects The Constitution, the Jacksonian Revolution, Reconstruction, the New Deal, and Civil Rights were all explicitly partisan projects.

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Tactical Onions Vendor @inkana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

exactly. Cox is just auditioning for the Ben Sasse role that the media loves

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026

i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love living in a country where a politician can sign a law banning the health care I need to live and be greeted as a hero of comity and good sense

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026

This guy literally packed the courts because Utahns passed an anti-gerrymandering referendum and the state Supreme Court justices, many of whom he appointed, repeatedly sided with the people over him and his fellow Republicans. Spare me the white man tears www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms

Once the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.

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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Street band on Sun. Sept. 27 at Fiesta DC

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