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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Jon @arfmeasures.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

Wife: use the newspaper to get that spider down Me *reads the news out loud* Spider *depressed* holy shit

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i’m begging people to please read any privacy policy that’s posted on that america dot gov site before spending time on there 😭

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this is really good. so many voters don’t realize how republicans see and talk about them.

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congress can fund and staff the Federal Accountability and Fairness Oversight Commission

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/09/2026

The entire US politics and news industries spend a large chunk of their waking hours on a platform designed to inflate the importance of that 18%. It's a big problem, and why you get stuff like Tammy Duckworth saying she's against impeachment because she wants to "find a compromise" on USAID $

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In general, the importance of controlling a legislative chamber, and how radically more important it is to control a chamber than whatever the specific positions of any one individual caucus member, is being radically, massively underappreciated by recent BlueSky discourse.

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A horse is a horse Of course of course Unless you’ve been forced By a horse of course If so of course you can become The bureau’s Mr. Fed

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...

nytimes.com

Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun

A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What if Natalie Harp is actually like The Substance version of Susie Wiles

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is actually so funny lmao

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/08/2026

Just weighing in from vacation to note the obvious: Ossoff's use of "Natalie" in that address was a brilliant way to play the attention economy. It works *because* it drew controversy -- by drawing controversy, it drew eyeballs & ears to a story Trump doesn't want in the news.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

That bust of Lincoln looks how we all feel

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

democrat is socialist and socialist is communist

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

looks like Maine's back on the menu boys

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

His future calling fifa wc matches

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

How come we don’t like him? Bracing for a milkshake ducking

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Also, this is a great example of the importance of public comment. Public comments on proposed rules, and agencies’ responses to them, are often cited in court judgments as part of regulatory scheme and history that help judges explain their decision.

OMB received several comments in 2020 concerning the proposed change to the termination provision. Guidance for Grants and Agreements, 85 Fed. Reg. at 49509. The largest number of these comments expressed concern that the Termination Clause would "provide Federal agencies too much leverage to arbitrarily terminate awards without sufficient cause." Id.
In response, OMB noted it "deliberated upon these requests and decided as written agencies are not able to terminate grants arbitrarilyl.I" Id.'S
OMB additionally presented in the Final Guidance's preamble two instances where the
new Termination Clause might apply. In the first instance, termination pursuant to the clause would be appropriate where, after an agency issues an award, "additional evidence reveals that a
specific award objective is ineffective at achieving program goals[.J" Id. at 49507. Termination would similarly be apt if "additional evidence... caused] the Federal awarding agency to

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Tens of millions of dollars in federal funding has been cut off using this termination clause. The plaintiffs (20 states, 3 governors, and DC) did not seek relief for already-terminated grants, but it’s a very big deal to cut the gov off from this clause as it’s still being used to terminate grants.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I say “for now” because OMB is proposing changes to 2 CFR 200 to make it even worse (public comment period for these changes closed 7/13). But at this time, the current rule remains in effect and this clause in 2 CFR 200.340 can no longer be used as justification to terminate federal grants.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Judge Indira Tawari rules that OMB’s termination clause in federal grant regulations DOES NOT allow agencies to terminate grants based on program goals or agency priorities identified after the grant was awarded. Big, big win for now. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Memorandum & Order – #122 in State of New Jersey v. U.S. Office of Management and Budget (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-11816) – CourtListener.com

Judge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM & ORDER entered.For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 65 ] on Count I of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint [Doc. No. 64 ] is GRANTED...

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Sounds suspiciously like gender affirming care

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yes I DO have a whole piece in me about visuals and tactics and how outrage teaches the admin what they can get away with, and yes I am interested in pitching it

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If this is accurate, even a "Trump says this, but evidence does not support it story" will be insufficient. This speech is part of an explicit threat against democracy, to overturn and control democratic outcomes. If we can't call this out clearly, we are lost.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A GOP senator died. No, not that one. Also a state party will have to replace Graham as its candidate. No, not that one.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hope no news outlets accidentally hit send on their prepped oMitchuary instead of their Lindsay graham one

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 12/07/2026

we don’t say “he died” we say “he speaks with the mitches”

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Even more dramatic than McCain’s 3am thumbs down but I’ll take it

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham is dead at 71. Elected U.S. House 1995 and to the U.S. Senate in 2003, Graham was Chair of the Senate Budget Committee I am hopeful that in death, he can do what he refused to do in life - help the American people: I hope this makes more budget reconciliation vehicles less likely.

Lindsey Graham *
@LindseyGrahamSC
Statement from the Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South
Carolina).
WASHINGTON - The Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) released the following statement.
"On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness. Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period."
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Nicholas Venture @nicholasventure.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I spoke with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes tonight and then he was like "Oh, wait Lindsey Graham just showed up, wanna talk to him?"

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

before passing away he explained that his famous quote "if we nominate trump, we will get destroyed, and we'll deserve it" was specifically a reference to his own death from parasite-induced diarrhea caused by trump

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

imo argentina has been wiping players out in that situation all game, embolo tried to preempt it and even stuck his leg out and made contact. it's a dive, but it's also the result of the referee letting argentina clatter into swiss players without punishment.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This is fucking unbelievable

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The Swiss hate any deficit.

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

If you want a goal, just look away from the tv and down at your phone for a split second. Works like a charm.

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

all of these are also stories about how Americans were lovely gracious welcoming hosts — including Americans from the diasporas of other competing countries!! — and gosh I hope that’s never lost when the historians write about this tournament

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Idk how haaland gets injured standing around waiting for service

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Norway really looking exhausted and out of their depth here

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To See Afar @toseeafar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Poor Nyland got zero help there

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 11/07/2026

every five foot something mexican male to haaland rn

Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf.

What about side by side with a friend?

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