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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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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm tempted to mute the never-ending Will Stancil economic sentiment discussion because it takes up half of my timeline. I think he has a point that economic sentiment being lower than the GFC signifies a disconnect between feelings and reality.

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Weird how both Brexit and MAGA - two supposedly populist and antielitist projects - ended up promoting elite immunity from any legal consequences. Almost as if that was the goal from the very beginning, while the low-info voters who supported this are irrelevant and expendable.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've been to the Kennedy Center. I've always enjoyed it's place architecturally on the DC Waterfront. I don't want to see it torn down. With that said, tearing it down in mid-October with $5/gallon gas and $7/gallon diesel might start testing the waters for something greater than a D+15 Midterm.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I saw a clip where the anti-Mamdani families went to City Hall yesterday and the media to family member ratio was well over 10:1. That should tell people everything they need to know about this so-called "controversy."

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Seems like there is a lession here that a lot of Dem politicians would do well to internalize.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I know as Dems we love to doom, and in a lot of cases for good reason. However, in retrospect Dems sweeping statewide offices in Arizona in a midterm where our party held the presidency is really a terrible omen for the Rs.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This whole thing where Trump is claiming credit for a drop in prescription drug prices when Biden signed the legislation that allowed negotiating those prices highlights a big frustration of mine. Dems need to stop passing legislation where the public doesn't see the benefits for years.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Wisconsin primary should be a wake-up call that we need ranked choice voting in primaries.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I have a possible theory on Trump's current expedition in Iran. As Trump is insanely jealous of Obama, he was hoping he would get adoration and maybe a nomination for a real peace prize for a deal and ending the war (that he started). Once that didn't happen, he didn't care if the world burned.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Georgia might blueshift above the national average but I think something is happening everywhere. A national environment where we can lock up the House without any seats in CA would be key. I think the Pratt nonsense was him priming the pump to challenge any CA returns after election night.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I got involved in some rural voter discussion and I guess where I stand is here: We shouldn't deprive people in those areas of basic things we believe in but we also need to stop doing extra things for them thinking more of them will like us. That is the behavior of the abused toward their abuser.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I predict the GOP is going to try to preempt state and local regulations against data centers to help their donor buddies. Johnson and Thune are probably smart enough to wait until the lame duck session as even a lot of Rs are anti-data center. Trump will probably force the issue sooner.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Seems like the Strait of Hormuz is only open when the stock market is.

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SharkusG @sharkusg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

If you want the Democrats to do something, you have to actually vote for them and not just get mad at them when you don’t. I hope that helps and I’m not being sarcastic because some of you really don’t seem to understand this at all.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

the strait of hormuz is in a quantum superposition of open and closed that only collapses when you try to take a tanker through yourself and see if you get shot at

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 06/04/2026

Today’s warped, far-right Christianity in one tweet: Killing people in an unnecessary war is less offensive than recognizing the existence of transgender people.

Look, I don’t think it’s appropriate. Wish he hadn’t. But if I have to choose between this and Trans Recognition Day or whatever on Easter, okay.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Team USA lost because they didn't go on Joe Rogan.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I just made the connection that both of the threats of FCC investigations, to Colbert and The View, are centered around interviews with James Talerico. This guy obviously scares then to death.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

"Narco Rubio" is right there for the taking. Might be a way to bring some attention to this.

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Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If we get out of this, we need real systematic reform And we need to start identifying the people who are willing to do that and give them support and the people who are not and get rid of them

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/01/2026

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”

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Eboneezer Goode - FDT - Trump Broke America. @egoode.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Your daily reminder that Republicans are ruining America.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I've thought for a long time that a lot of our problems stemmed from people not being to tell reality from fantasy in the media they consume. Reality TV exasperated this now AI seems like it will make it even worse.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

There's always this ongoing thing about "X" election being the most important election of our lives. However, I think there is an argument that the 2022 midterms were the most important up to this point in that they put Dems in charge of elections in most swing states. This greatly narrows...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Indiana Senate Republicans displayed more backbone to Trump this week than the leaders of Columbia and Northwestern and many law firms and countless other corporate leaders.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This has been the thing with Trump supporters all along. "All of these other people who support him are rubes who he's conned but I support him because I have him figured out."

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I think they should go a step further and threaten to zero out federal funding for any university that enters into an agreement with the Trump administration.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

It's so pathetic how they trot this Walmart meal thing out constantly because it is the only thing they can come remotely close to hanging their hat on.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 07/11/2025

I need people to stop saying NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s win proves that Democratic Socialists need to run in every race around the country, or that New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill is the blueprint for all Dems looking to run for office. 1/

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We need to normalize thinking about large-scale prosecutions of this admin as inevitable. Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality. And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 06/11/2025

I must confess that I was concerned after the 2024 election. Concerned we’d be so demoralized that we’d simply give up. There were some hints it wouldn’t be the case (protests, special elections, etc.), but still I worried. I now know those fears were misguided. We showed up, we fought, we won.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

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Magenta @magentab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

the arrows look nice, don't they?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The 2028 candidate that will win my vote is the one that promises to give their inauguration speech, followed by a livestream of Trump's arrest, followed by them hopping in the cab of a wrecking ball and taking the first swings at the Epstein ballroom.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Glad to see Portland protestors getting the note that their demonstrations against ICE need to be anodyne to a point where they cannot reasonably be used in court to support federal troops and are wearing blow up animal costumes about it

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Daniel Machacek @danielmachacek.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

My new color photographic map of Pluto is now online. Full resolution image version (~322Mpix) is available on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/10958... PDF version (~73MB) is available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1EW-x... 🧵 1/5

Small preview of color photographic map of Pluto in Mollweide oblique projection. It contains one large global map with four small hemispheric maps and basic description. Full version of this map is available for download in links in the main post.
Credit: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI/Marc W. Buie/ESA/Daniel Machacek.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

In regard to the Ezra Klein thing: hasn't the last two weeks shown everyone that people on the right don't want to have difficult conversations? They tried to cancel anyone who expressed anything but a glowing opinion of Charlie Kirk. They aren't open to different opinions at all.

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I mean, the current Kansas Governor is pro-choice, but she won on protecting state education. That's the whole point! You don't win by adopting their positions, you win by fighting where they're weak & you're strong

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Verat Chao @veratchao.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The Dems reminding these spineless fools that there can be consequences down the road is a good start. Ultimately, this crap won't stop until they are convinced that the consequences for complying outweigh the consequences for not complying. That will take full court press by Dems and the public.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 18/09/2025

No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.

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