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Ramsey (Oklane) (Jacob) (Billiot) Sprague

@vocabularasa.bsky.social
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Biloxi-Chitimacha. Muso. Poet. Nonprofit strategery-ist. Regenerative farmer aspirant (IRL grass toucher). Environmental Justice advocate. Lover of the prance. Louisiana-Texas-Bama. linktr.ee/vocabularasa

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 8h
"Many Democrats hate the idea of fighting fascism and challenging power; so does a lot of the news media, so do many universities and other institutions. Progressive change remains a slog. But that slog looks more possible now than it has in a while." www.everythingishorrible.net/p/progressiv...
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Progressives Are Winning
Everything is still horrible. But there are hopeful signs.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h
“.. The catch? Children and their parents can’t pick the stocks or reject donated shares, and they can’t sell for five years.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Charles Xavier Van Damme @charlesxavier.bsky.social · 23h
Complaints about imaginary violence against them while defending actual violence against real people *is* the heart of the project though.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. apnews.com/article/roy-...
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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdict
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad.
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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"the pending deal represents a striking intermingling of personal business ties with geopolitics, even for an administration that has regularly dismissed concerns about potential conflicts of interest" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Western tankies continue to be more authoritarian than their counterparts living under the dictatorships they idolize
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With Musk tweeting autism supremacy stuff again today, good time to read @juliametraux.bsky.social’s piece on the subject www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The 4chan-coded ideology behind Elon Musk's war on normies
Musk thinks autism makes him superhuman. Just don't call it that.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As someone who does teach con law, the idea that the Republicans on the Roberts Court are just too committed to "originalism" is farcical. You will search the opinions in Shelby County or Trump v. US (inter many alia) in vain for even the slightest trace of it
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I want Angie Nixon to win because it means I can go to bed early, fully content in the secure knowledge that the GOP is having a cataclysmic night. Otherwise, I'll be staying up until, like, 2:00 AM on a school night.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A south Florida political journalist explains why GOPers are beginning to worry that Angie Nixon can beat Ashley Moody.
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And like Alex Vindman, Moody is proving to be a terrible campaigner.
Moody runs and hides from the press and her campaign for the Senate is calling her opponent "Socialist Angie" over and over again. With gas prices high, the economy weak, an unpopular war, is that enough?
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Talking to Republican consultants, they are worried about the Senate race in Florida. They still think Ashley Moody will win, but their confidence has waned in recent weeks. Moody does not generate any excitement and Vance's recent comments only energize the opposition.
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As Republicans demonize 
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, and JD Vance tells her "you don't belong in America," they run the risk of having it backfire. Nixon can be a compelling figure. Here she is getting emotional when I asked her to tell voters something personal about herself. 
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Ramsey (Oklane) (Jacob) (Billiot) Sprague @vocabularasa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You know, the "wingnut welfare" phenomenon should just be it's own ongoing reporting project.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 01/10/2026
AI safety expert Timnit Gebru says tech leaders are promoting greatly exaggerated claims about "superintelligence" and "existential risk" as a way to distract from the real threat — their own unregulated companies.
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
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Katie Britt in Shock
ALT: Katie Britt in Shock
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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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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Attendees listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Alabama REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 03/10/2026
a state that acts in your name without your consent is killing people which you oppose and have spoken out against repeatedly. how dare you also speak out about your desire to not be harassed/assaulted/murdered for it.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this seems like a direct response to the Muse thing from the other day, no?
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ArE wE sUrE cHrIsTiAn NaTiOnaLiSm Is ReAl?????? Christian nationalism: A cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the fusion of a particular expression of Christianity in US civic life & demands the gov't at all levels protect and preserve this fusion. kettering.org/five-element...
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Alexander Reid Ross @areidross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"both stores had 'locally inspired' menus, including salty milk tea, and the bazaar store has “Xinjiang elements” including ethnic musical instruments" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Starbucks opens first cafés in China’s troubled Xinjiang
US coffee giant enters region where Beijing is accused of widespread abuses
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is good but still presents an implementation challenge because Throw polling at 60% is misleading when Take polls at 5%.
A dog asks his human to throw his ball without taking the ball from him.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is basically how Trump wants to run the elections in the US — under the watchful eyes of armed guards.
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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Making them wear oversized shoes wasn't humiliation enough for Dear Trump Leader.
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Update: The America.gov chatbot now refuses to answer "political" questions or offer "judgments about past elections" 🤔
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Bob Burgess @bobburgess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JAVIER BLAS for @opinion.bloomberg.com: "In the eyes of many oil traders, the attack earlier this month against the East-West pipeline, a Saudi oil conduit which has allowed the kingdom to bypass Hormuz, is a rehearsal of what’s about to come." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Why Is Oil at $100 If Trump Is Winning the Battle in Hormuz?
I don’t know who will win the US-Iran war. But if you ask me who’s prevailing in the battle over the Strait of Hormuz, it’s clear US President Donald Trump has the advantage. As much as Tehran says th...
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure since spring www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure since spring
In total 11 regions of the country were attacked overnight, with residential buildings and railways also targeted, the Ukrainian PM says.
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not you.
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 30/09/2026
the america.gov AI really really doesn't want to discuss Mississippi child marriage laws
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 30/09/2026
Reminder that Schmitt was responsible for rehabilitating Nate Hochman’s career after he got fired for posting a Neo-Nazi video for the DeSantis campaign www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Republican senator employs aide fired by DeSantis over neo-Nazi imagery
Nate Hochman, staffer for Eric Schmitt, also peddled far-right conspiracy theories as experts decry rise in extremism
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Even if Smith had been in Atlanta, there really was nothing to Schmitt’s false accusation that he met Willis that day than that he happened to be in one the nation’s biggest cities?!
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 30/09/2026
judging just by what i have seen in brief snaps on the TL today, republicans are catastrophically unprepared for what’s going to be coming at them
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check out the very end of this, where a completely humiliated Eric Schmitt is red-faced with his hand shaking visibly.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While facing the threat of an export ban?
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think I'd go with: Donald Trump's habit of massively lying to everybody about everything has backfired horrifically.
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ramsey (Oklane) (Jacob) (Billiot) Sprague @vocabularasa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Severance, Andor, and Watchmen are all worthy for inclusion. But justice for Westworld!! I can't stand that they didn't finish the story, and there's really been nothing that even comes close to capturing the AI zeitgeist as similarly as it. What a shame. I need to see the final season 😭
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026
The idea that Latino voters were experiencing a long-term realignment toward Trump in 2024, which was put forth by many reactionary pundits urging acquiescence to the Trump regime, turns out to be false. As some of us argued at the time, they are just very reactive to national conditions.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/09/2026
No president has ever gone into a midterm election as unpopular as Trump is today. Not even George W. Bush in 2006. Trump's net approval is twice as low as it was at this point in 2018. blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/no-preside...
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Democrats hit midterm high as Trump approval reaches new low
No president has gone into a midterm election this unpopular. Not even George W. Bush in 2006.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 24/09/2026
As we await Judge Kelly's response to the Trump White House's refusal to immediately restore CNN, MSNOW and Politico's credentials, let's be clear on the stakes: Can the government be compelled to obey a court order to allow a free press to cover Trump's dealings with a foreign dictator?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine if more people with money cared about saving lives
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's pretty astonishing nobody has broken the story of what's really going on here.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Perverts are notoriously resistant to no longer being perverts.
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Ramsey (Oklane) (Jacob) (Billiot) Sprague @vocabularasa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disqualifying for presidency. Never. Ever. We won't take this shit!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Since returning, McConnell has not appeared lucid or aware, and has remained eerily silent to the public. When the Republican finally did break his silence, he voted incorrectly on a Senate bill and had to be instructed on how to vote.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I am the code” is the one thing the son of a slumlord has dreamed of saying his entire life.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/09/2026
Political winds do not only flow from voters to politicians, they go in reverse as well. Democrats running ads like these signal to the general public and their voter base that this issue now has support by both parties, and that hating trans people is publicly acceptable. They do harm to us.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Under-the-table deals with kids as young as 11 years old. Moneylenders preying on poor families. In its quest to find superstars like David Ortiz, Major League Baseball has allowed a shadow industry to exploit families in the Dominican Republic. Listen to the episode:
propublica.org
The Predatory Industry Behind MLB’s Dominican Superstar Pipeline
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