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Trav Foster

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Build more housing. Open the tent. Win more elections. The Center Will Hold

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is really remarkable that in a time of historic impasse in Congress, with both houses have been reduced to complete standstills despite a mounting number of political, economic, and ethical crises, both parties have spent months working to pass a bill limiting the pay of college athletes
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I thought at most it be the diesel export ban idk why people thought it be nuke time or something
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/09/2026
Giving a small, well-organized minority of people a heckler's veto over new housing that follows democratically-enacted zoning laws is not "democracy."
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it’s so cool that Crockett isn’t campaigning for Talarico because she is “focused on downballot candidates” and then refused to do anything for downballot candidates and instead gave an award to Chris brown
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If Republicans want to feel better about the electoral environment, all they have to do is come hang out and bluesky and theyll be treated to loads of doomers who are convinced theyre actually about to do great in five weeks
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dante Moore hit was brutal. Football had mostly phased that type of guy out and not only does that protect the players but it makes the sport more fun to watch. I did not need them to come back.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Big Ten might want to look at that Desman Stephens II hit on Dante Moore because that wasn't even close to a football play
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Trav Foster @travfoster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The targeting penalty by USC was one of the dirtiest hits I’ve seen in a long time and the fact that he was talking shit AFTER he almost killed Dante Moore and who was clearly seriously hurt, he should be suspended for multiple games
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Speaking as a professor of public policy who studies housing policy: Trump take house.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if like me you think this is a major driver of economic dissatisfaction, this is probably good news electorally
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 24/09/2026
The Mass. Lesbian Bar story being as big as it is strikes me as a symptom of the median American conflating COVID and "woke", for whatever that's worth
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 24/09/2026
Under the current structure of the US Senate and the two-party system, I fear impeachment has long since ceased to be a real thing. Maybe the current two party system collapses and a window opens. I wouldn’t hold my breath though. None of this is a good thing, it’s just a thing that is.
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was 100% prepared for Los Angeles to again shit the bed on a housing-related matter. But maybe not this time?
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23/09/2026
Trump should do another convention
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Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Folks, you’ve gotta get comfortable saying “your behavior is fucked up, and justifying it using the language of social justice and therapy doesn’t change that.”
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Calm
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Riverboat Chris @riverboatchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Help I have lost my political sway because my former cocaine dealer dropped out of a political race just for being a rapist and now the new guy won't listen to my friends or I! Mods! Mods!!
Ryan Grim complaining about a NY Mag article where former Jackson staffers complain that Jackson brought in out of state professional staffers for a campaign of  national significance.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m gonna say it: the NY Mag story on Troy Jackson is some stupid shit and perfect example of what frustrates me most about political media. Jackson is on a path to win and has had zero notable scandals some staffers are whining about how the candidate isn’t paying attention to them; who cares?
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not a knock on Mamdani because I don’t have strong feelings about anyone meeting with Trump really, it’s sort of whatever, but it does how much of this is just dumb high school clique shit that people who would be shrieking about SELL OUT DEMOCRATS are silent on this.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 21/09/2026
Cities are living things and neighborhoods change as newcomers leave their mark. This is okay, even if it is often uncomfortable. The best thing we can do is build a lot of new homes so that new people can move in without displacing long time residents.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Calm
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Taylor Lorenz is proof that Elon's ideological project at Twitter is working. Yeah, the lady who spends 18 hours a day online suddenly got more right wing after he took over, that was the point.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The thing is you’re actually allowed to move where you want and to mold your community to address your wants and needs. This is absolute. If your culture is so fragile that it can’t handle others’ in proximity to you, your culture sucks.
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Yes what @alsorae.bsky.social said.
I would also add, they're moving into more and more spaces that are outside of the areas that transplants traditionally lived in.
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Transplants are called transplants for a reason. They specifically don't engage in the communities they move to but aim to control and mold them to be more palatable to their own wants and needs.
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This came up in class the other day & my response was basically that on the impact of the news end i was less worried bc a) CNN already sucks & b) bc, ala CBS, audiences have agency too. But on the "should media conglomerates be this big" side its yet another dispiriting move in the wrong direction
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another day online, another instance of seeing ppl on our side PTSDing themselves into trying to conjure up new things to worry about and wondering why
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Notice how COVID doomerism, which had a loud and significant online presence a only a couple years ago, is now just a tiny niche opinion. Even Taylor Lorenz seems to have moved onto a new grift
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 19/09/2026
The Democrats are defending both trans people and the Kennedy Center.
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This ad is a pro-trans dog whistle virtuously designed to mislead hogs. “Washington needs to stay out of it” the only thing Washington is doing is trying to impose a national ban, Washington staying out of it means “no ban”
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gosh, where would young voters get the idea that Democrats control congress even tho they dont? [looks at social media landscapes full of content blaming Democrats for absolutely everything Republicans do] Ah, right. Of course.
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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not one person on this website would change a single opinion about anything the Democrats have done or will do if Schumer and Jeffries made a big show about being mad, and it baffles me people think they would.
There are more of us than them

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I am driven to distraction by how *not angry* so many of my electeds seem. When they sit around and blab about policy this and policy that and blah blah blah, what I hear is "This is an interesting intellectual exercise for me." You should be barely able to contain yourself in public. 4/5

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Like, I just think its incredibly bad for both ones worldview and ones mental health to be bombarded with ppl telling you 24/7 that nothing matters, everythings fucked, and that anyone who acts differently is a traitor that wants you or your loved ones dead.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I get that this is a challenging concept for many but as an adult you are responsible for the decisions that lead to and the consequences of both your actions and your omissions
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Onwards to November
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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you'd like to know why Democrats taking the senate this year is so important, theres a high chance that both Thomas and Alito vacate their seats in the next few years.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Whats the cope now that you shouldnt vote and Trump is simply going to cheat code the election
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 15/09/2026
Lol get rekt *SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRUMP'S MAIL BALLOT CURBS FOR MIDTERMS
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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve been paying close attention to elections my whole life and 2026 is the first time I’ve ever thought “There is no reason to be nervous about any of this. We’re about to obliterate these pricks.” I think we’d all to well to breathe, maybe eat a nice sandwich.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It really is interesting a lot of big bluesky accounts have gone from the start of Trump II >trump is canceling the elections >elon will just hack them >they are just gonna buy them >whatever voting is pointless anyways
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It’s like clockwork: three months before a critical election, people start up with the “don’t for Dems! Teach them a lesson by NOT voting” lunacy.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You can feel your feelings but the expectation that someone running statewide in Texas should speak the exact same way as in incumbent Senator in Massachusetts betrays a fundamental lack of seriousness toward the political project of advancing minority rights
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
People understand that when Barack Obama said he opposed gay marriage in 2004-2008 he was lying to the hogs and had no intent of following though on that in any way, and also that we gay rights supporters all knew that at the time, right?
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Me: Have you done your homework? My kids: Yes, of course. I’m being real with you right now. I have no other way to be. Me:
Nathan Fielder in You Can See Everything
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
James Talaricou and Ken Paxtoun are equally bad for the prouvince of Texas and anyboudy whou thinks differently is ounly councerned about the coust ouf petroul.
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The ENTIRE Democratic Party endorsed him the very next morning after he won his primary by less than a single percentage point! No effort was made to call for a recount, Stevens herself was on a stage with him within 24 hours! You are fucking lying!
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It is just objectively true that the biggest impact you a normal person can have is being a super-volunteer/mid-dollar donor for a state legislative candidate
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trafalgar has Michigan Senate 46-44 D+2, beyond over
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