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Aaron Cynic@aaroncynic.bsky.social |
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Photographer, Chicago guy, punk rock nostalgia keeper. Sometimes I still write things too.
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Mike Fragassi
@refrag.bsky.social
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What the hell, I thought the FTC had stopped this merger. They would sell (& potentially, close) what looks like every single Mariano's in Chicago. Including the Ravenswood location with the bar. The buyer is C&S, a NH corp that owns Piggly Wiggly and Grand Union chains. (Never heard of that one)
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Andrea Grimes
@andreagrimes.bsky.social
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I don't have any strong connections to folks in mainstream/legacy newsrooms who write or edit this stuff but I would love for someone who does to ask literally any one of these dozens of people, who read "14th Amendment" and thought "ah yes very moderate" how they arrived at that thought
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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everyone who posts on this website has instant access to a good deal of the sum total of human knowledge and at the very least a detailed record of recent political events just an fyi
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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I'm begging you stop taking these people at their word. They've continually lied about everything they've been called out on for a decade.
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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On one hand I'm glad major networks are covering this. On the other, this story gives a lot of deference to Trump and his campaign, takes them at their word, and seems to be turning this into more of a palace intrigue problem, which is the least concerning thing here.
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okie
@okieokie.bsky.social
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Fuck out of here MSNBC
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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The folks I used to tour with could get that on a bike with room for groceries. We once moved dinner for 35 and the chef on a bike.
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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Before buying a truck the size of a small tank spend a few weeks playing tetris
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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I once did a 3 week tour with 4 people, a service dog, a pop up bookstore, and all our personal items in a midsized sedan with a small canvas topper.
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Brooke Binkowski
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
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One of the worst things about these waves of layoffs and attacks for years on end is the loss of institutional memory in journalism
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Zach D Roberts
@zdroberts.bsky.social
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Here’s the exclusive video of the FULL Josh Hawley Christian Nationalist speech with reactions from experts. buckscountybeacon.com/2024/07/sena...
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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the state of journalism.
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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People: We'd like access to good affordable healthcare
Techbros: What if you check in daily with the Torment Nexus and it tells you when you're allowed to use the bathroom
x.com/WolfieChrist...
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Eric Blair
@protecttruth.bsky.social
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It is wild how many Twitter ads now come from rightwing propaganda chopshops and report millions of views. It is infuriating how the White House refused to have a media strategy that included a plan for Twitter not being owned by a rightwing billionaire.
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Sarah Kendzior
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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New article! A road trip through the American heartland amid a nightmare presidential race sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/last-chanc...
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Pyrholidon Enthusiast ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@pyrholidon.bsky.social
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha)
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com
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This is how they do it, this is always how they do it.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki
@wagatwe.com
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Democrats move rightward whether they win or lose tho
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Brooke Binkowski
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
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That's because it's the same network
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Dell Cameron
@dell.bsky.social
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What a huge violation of trust. Fuck this.
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Chad Loder
@chadloder.bsky.social
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As the OP notes, every time the Democrats lose badly, their instinct is to move rightward.
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Melissa Gira Grant
@melissagiragrant.com
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Even with all the attention now on Project 2025, their fearmongering about pornography has been overlooked. But there it is, on the document’s first page, one item in a litany of signs of the destruction of American values. And that's a sign of how broad their fight on "porn" could be:
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Chris Ingraham
@cingraham.bsky.social
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It's 2016 and Trump has a new tone. It's 2017 and Trump has a new tone. It's 2018 and Trump has a new tone. It's 2020 and Trump has a new tone. It's 2024 and Trump has a new tone.
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Melissa Gira Grant
@melissagiragrant.com
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Project 2025 includes the call to “outlaw” porn. If you want to understand what they mean by that? Look to what these groups are already fighting “porn,” and their connections to anti-gender movements outside the US. I start that analysis here:
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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I believe them that they will do this almost immediately upon taking office again. I have lots of questions about what we do on Left(s) about this. Who is working on this now? [I'm sure some groups must be]
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Chantal James
@chantalalive.bsky.social
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Please, Americans, get yourselves together. Hopelessness is the luxury of your privilege. Hopelessness is not something those who are in actual dire straights prioritize. This user is enduring genocide surrounded by intense bombing constantly, expressing continued hope for himself. Do the same.
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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Some of what's now being attributed to the debate was actually already happening before the debate.
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden
@pnh.bsky.social
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“Fascism sucks up power left unattended” deserves to be carved over the entrances to grand public buildings
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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Saluting my refrigerator to "God Bless the USA"
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Zach D Roberts
@zdroberts.bsky.social
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I am one of two photojournalists who have been at the National Conservatism conference for the last two days. Independent journalists are the only people covering stuff like this. Dominic Gwinn is the other. His substack is substack.com/@dominicgwinn
Mine is:
VisuNews.substack.com
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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It's really wild how we live with so many bad things and act like they're immutable institutions we've never lived without. See DHS and ICE.
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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so many things about the US government that are now treated as Inviolable Precedent are based on things like "this is a number I just pulled out of my ass" and have been modified repeatedly over time until one day people decided changing the number was too hard it doesn't have to stay that way!
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@recombobulating.bsky.social
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The US government made a conscious decision after WW2 that communism was a threat and fascism wasn't. It amazes me the degree to which that gets ignored in order to act like the problem is new.
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@mrfengi.bsky.social
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Every "the problem with the left" jeremiad, even by ostensible leftists, rarely cite anything but confirmation bias, a non-representative selection of media figure disputes, outrageously dumb takes or phrases, picked to validate bullshit narratives created by the right wing years ago.
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roo
@jakepaulsartre.bsky.social
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This is the most maddening part about liberals trying to recreate the popularity of Obamas 2008 campaign; they not only fail to recognize his biggest draw was giving people policies they felt excited to vote *for*, but also now shit on any candidates who do exactly that as "too partisan to win"
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Pookleblinky
@pookleblinky.bsky.social
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French politicians weren't telling their voters to shut the fuck up, look what the alternative is. French citizens weren't telling each other to enjoy the camps. There was something to vote *for* other than a tired j/o gesture and a threat.
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Pookleblinky
@pookleblinky.bsky.social
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The far right in France lost, in a very large part, because people weren't just being asked to vote against them but *for* something. The New Popular Front campaigned in taxing the shit out of the extremely wealthy, for instance.
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Phil Plait
@philplait.bsky.social
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Happy 7/9 Day, Americans
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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I sincerely wish more people cheered things like this on 10 years ago instead of wringing their hands over free speech and civility.
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Anna Meier
@annameier.bsky.social
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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.
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Shaily Patel
@vox-magica.bsky.social
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this, and i'm really tired of folks being like, "we can't criticize biden because trump." shutting down criticism out of fear is some authoritarian shit. not demanding more from our leaders is some antidemocratic shit. i need us to think beyond binaries, to have bigger imaginations.
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G-Money
@gmoneyofficial.bsky.social
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American libs seeing the french center party lose 80 seats, almost hand the country to fascists, and get bailed out by a strong Left coalition Macron opposed the whole time: "This is why you need hold your nose and vote for centrists"
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Pookleblinky
@pookleblinky.bsky.social
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When the american liberals use France's election as an illustration of the need to VOTE, they ignore that people were not only voting against the far right but *for* something. They voted for a campaign which promises to: increase minimum wage, lower retirement age, pay for all childcare, etc
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Maria T 🌹⛸🎸🍕🏄🏼♀️✨
@thisismari.at
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This is great except for the whole part where they put this in a font that is virtually unreadable, so who will even bother: joebiden.com/project2025/
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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In the 80s, we thought Free College was on the precipice of being a reality. Now, young people think Free College is a fantasy. It happened in such a short timespan.
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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i summed up project 2025 in one sentence. feel free to use.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-wind...
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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan
@elizabethbitmeehan.com
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Lord, I have seen what you have done for the great people of the state of Minnesota, and I want that for all Americans
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Media Matters for America
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Trump gushed over Heritage and Roberts in a 2022 speech. Trump now claims not to know who is behind Project 2025, which is led by Roberts and Heritage. www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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Parker Molloy
@parkermolloy.com
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Today's newsletter is about Trump's attempt to lie his way out of his connection with Project 2025 www.readtpa.com/p/note-to-me...
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Aaron Cynic
@aaroncynic.bsky.social
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