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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I would rather fuck the well-groomed guy with the pizza, though I suppose the people who made this meme probably don’t view that as a net positive

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Periodically I am struck by an inability to decide if the sheer brazenness of the cynicism outweighs the depth of the depravity And it probably doesn't really matter But holy shit

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton believed in a beautiful vision of America. But she didn’t just live her life like that vision was true. She did everything in her (considerable) powers and abilities to make that vision real.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I don't know that I am a "nerd" for recovery per se but I do get bent out of shape when people do 12-step meetings "wrong" in movies, TV, etc (I love the Carmy monologue in S1 of The Bear for ex. but at a real meeting the chair would be like "Jesus guy wrap it the fuck up already")

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Colson Whitehead Michael Cunningham Lorrie Moore Ta-Nehisi Coates Louise Erdrich David Mitchell Michael Chabon This is harder than I thought it would be - several writers I thought of whose entire oeuvre I've read have written 3 or 4 books

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 09/07/2026

My colleague Toby is already doing a thread that covers some of this (love the chart), but here's my take on why the liberals and centrists in Platner's broad coalition loved him and wouldn't hear a word against him...

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I believe Jenny. Graham Platner should not be Democrats’ nominee for U.S. Senate.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If roughing up a girlfriend and locking her in a room was a virile, authentic a rejection of “smoothgroined” “HR lady” politics, but a rape is too far, then what’s at stake is not a principled rejection of violence against women but a cynical assessment of how much violence a man can get away with.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Is there blame to go around? Sure. But I believe the lion’s share belongs to Graham Platner, who out of rank arrogance gambled with the lives and safety of millions if not billions of people, who thought he could outrun accountability and be rewarded with power and acclaim. *This is his fault*

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

All of the video of Knicks celebrations colliding with Pride celebrations (and all of the videos of both separately) represents an excellent reminder: There is *nothing* wrong with America that cannot be solved by what is *right* with America.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The fact that "Anthony Head" and "Giles" are trending above "GOP Senate" and "Bari Weiss" on this website is strangely encouraging to me today

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This made me happier than anything has in quite some time

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made

The unveiling of Trump’s gold statue of himself at Mar-a-Lago. A man stands behind a Trump branded podium next to the statue. There is a backdrop of palm trees.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

@thepressbox.bsky.social I can think of at least one example of “loudly” deleting old tweets:

The infamous Scaramucci tweet: “full transparency: I’m deleting old tweets”.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I believe in a promised land

A view of the Jumbotron and behind the stage at Chase Center of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, all of it bathed in blue light

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2026

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Or, you know, alternatively, you could do the job a lot of people worked really hard to elect you to do, that they depend on you to do, instead of lecturing those people about their (extremely justified) anger and their desire to do something with it. This fucking sucks! You fucked up! Own it!

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

“Donald Trump and his MAGA allies fought tooth and nail to starve children instead of working across the aisle to bring down your healthcare costs” Say it with me roughly 5 billion times until next November

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The NY mayoral election shouldn't really be a referendum on anything national, but I can't help but see it that way when the choice is this existential or this stark: a guy who stands for the idea that politics can still help people vs a guy who stands for nothing but power and no one but himself

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

So much of this can be solved with “wow is that about you in any way? No? Cool. Mind your own fucking business.” This what the conservative people I grew up around claimed to want: for the government to leave everyone alone to live their lives.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Maybe today is not a silver bullet or a tipping point. But today is a day where someone who is afraid to stand up but wants to has that opportunity, who doesn’t know what to do, but they’re mad and tired and want something more than this. We can go today to help them stand up straighter.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I haven't seen any of the accounts people are talking about (yet, I guess?) and I am choosing to view that as this website working the way it is intended to (i.e. "we just use the nuclear block, that's what it's for")

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Somehow Thiel is doing the Boss Baby meme except he is substituting...the Antichrist

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I am so tired of this profoundly ignorant person being this in-charge, it is an intolerable condition that has been imposed upon us that we do not fucking deserve

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I don't know that it is the *biggest* problem with Right Now, but I definitely think the most annoying problem is people in positions of power and prestige asserting that Things Happened based solely on vibes

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

This is confirmation of something I didn't totally know how to put it into words: when given the choice between just doing regular government stuff and doing a crime, they are choosing to do a crime. And like - kind of just because they can?

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

These people are targeting food service employees who already deal with so much bullshit in the course of their workday and I simply do not have words to express how angry this makes me, leave the people at Starbucks alone, they don't get paid enough for this shit

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Remember when a government shutdown was a totally unacceptable nuclear option and not, like, the cost of doing business?

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I have to say “more alive than ever” is uhhhh not my takeaway from any of this

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This is unconscionable and no one should accept it

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I do not believe in Hell, but if it is real, there is a special section reserved for anyone who attempts to comfort people lost to totally preventable and senseless murder with this bullshit.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 25/08/2025

I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.

Governor JB Pritzker joined elected officials, business, faith, and education leaders, community advocates, and law enforcement leaders to condemn the Trump administration’s plan to deploy the National Guard or active duty military in Chicago despite objections from state and local leadership.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This mess about "eliminating the trans gene" makes me very angry and pretty sad, but I do think it is an opportunity to clarify (and maybe to celebrate) some things. It makes me think about a close friend I grew up with, came out as trans in her early 30s. She was the first trans person I knew 1/?

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

This is a fucking disgrace

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Desi Jedeikin @desijed.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

he always strikes the perfect balance of evil and pathetic

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

TIMELINE: ok i hear what you're saying. but what if things got dumber

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Tim @tjrbare.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Unquestionably the very best thing about this country is that you can come from anywhere in the world and become an American. We are poorer for the fact that there is not a single leader with enough courage to just say this, in public and for public consumption, every time someone asks.

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