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South Philly transplant to Chicago and now Raleigh. Still not a decent roast pork with broccoli rabe found. Nonprofits. Unions. Bikes, Dad stuff.


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Jessica Pishko's avatar Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social
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Tired: Project 2025 wants to bring back the Sabbath. Wired: Project 2025 will ban Sunday sportsball games and forget about getting beer.

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Rob Levine's avatar Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social
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No one can possibly look at the Heritage Foundation's 2025 and think, 'Gee, that's not political.' Yet - it's all done tax-free and Heritage is a nonprofit in good standing. Rich people launder their politics through nonpofits and no one says boo

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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the platform changed the GOP's position on abortion the same way i changed my position on bedtime when i told my kids they could stay up until half-past 7pm instead of 7:30pm.

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Comfortably Numb's avatar Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly
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"well informed source"

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Tom Scocca's avatar Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social
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It's really something to contrast how the paper sees its role with Biden or Claudine Gay with how it sees its role with Trump or Chris Rufo

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josh (oldfriend99) 's avatar josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social
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Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellen stayed in character as Frodo and Gandalf on set, and at all times strove to remain in "forced perspective" relative to any onlookers or passersby. Amazing dedication to their craft

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David Slack's avatar David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social
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Dear @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com & all the rest,

I do not care who the Democratic nominee is or will be.

Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election and orchestrated a violent coup.

He is running for president, first and foremost, so that he can pardon himself for his many crimes.

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Elad Nehorai's avatar Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social
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I am so sick and tired of people telling us it’s ageist to point out how we live in a gerontocracy. The truth is the exact opposite: Millennials and younger have all been largely cut out of power, wealth, access etc. And now we are seeing the results. We need to talk about it.

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Elad Nehorai's avatar Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social
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One of the biggest problems with how we talk about democracy in this country is that so much of it is simply centered on voting, as if the most minimum requirement for a democracy is also all that defines it.

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Nina Metz's avatar Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social
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The Austrailian crime series "Deadloch" is getting a Season 2. I liked a lot of it until it fell apart at the end of Season 1 but I'll probably still watch!

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Nails Nathan's avatar Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social
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"Both Simmons and Cook see their wins as blueprints for not only how progressive upstarts can beat established Democrats, but how Democrats can energize a broader and lethargic base to flip seats across the state."

www.texasobserver.org/houston-prog...

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan's avatar 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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Amanda Smith's avatar Amanda Smith @amandasmith.bsky.social
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I love appearance-based insults as much as the next child raised on 90s sitcoms but if you’re talking about Stephen Miller, focus on the actual damage he’s done instead of making cutesy little jokes about how he looks like a mythical creature that - surprise - has its roots in blood libel.

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Patrick G. Eddington's avatar Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com
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Conservative legal commentators and professors appear to be willing to engage in blatant misogyny when a female justice with conservative leanings but not part of the federal legal pro-Executive branch status quo mob dares to veer from orthodoxy.

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Amanda Smith's avatar Amanda Smith @amandasmith.bsky.social
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As I have learned from the past few weeks, Trump forgetting his previous speech about the Heritage Project and the many ties in his cabinet to it should spark just as many breathless op-eds about Trump’s memory loss right

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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Pro-political murder Republican Mark Robinson may well end up winning with a compliant supermajority in the legislature. His opponent is AG Josh Stein, who has built a record of fighting for reproductive rights and corporate accountability. Help him win:

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☀️ Starshine's avatar ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social
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He signed a bill addressing Parkinson's literally yesterday. Give me your job

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Patrick Nielsen Hayden's avatar 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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Philip Bump's avatar Philip Bump @pbump.com
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Personnel is policy — particularly when your campaign assiduously avoids policy and your past and your future personnel is publicly endorsing robust policy proposals. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Jake Blumgart's avatar Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social
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Our story comparing how other big Northeastern cities have handled the hybrid work for municipal workers. Other than Philly, only NYC has tried to get the city workforce back in-office five days a week and they walked it back: www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

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awstiles's avatar awstiles @awstiles.bsky.social
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Not necessarily "a theme" but Save It For Later that this current Bear season is doing variations of is something I have always loved.

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Kathleen Bachynski 's avatar Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social
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“Among eight Mount Airy congregation members interviewed, none thought Biden should concede the nomination to another member of the party.
“I think it’s a little late in the game for them to start switching people out,” said Danayah Randolph, 21, of Philadelphia.”

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David Leheny 's avatar David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social
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Wow: The Times is publishing my piece “Why Biden Is Too Old to Try to Murder His Vice-President” tomorrow!!!!

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Nails Nathan's avatar Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social
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“The interview featured pre-determined questions provided by the White House, which violates our practice of remaining an independent media outlet accountable to our listeners. As a result, Ms. Lawful-Sanders & WURD Radio have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately.” This is a big story

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cₑₐₛₑfᵢᵣₑ ₙₒw's avatar cₑₐₛₑfᵢᵣₑ ₙₒw @self.agency
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haaretz confirms that an unknown but extremely significant number of the israelis that died on october 7 and whose deaths were subsequently laid at hamas’ feet were killed by friendly fire on israeli military orders

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Ken R's avatar Ken R @chewieken.bsky.social
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Fascinated by this paragraph. “Dems have more substance, but Repubs are better at lying about it. Therefore there is no way to determine which is better.”

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Reconstructed exPat's avatar Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social
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The best way to stop a weekend of gun violence is to build more housing security, food security, public education, healthcare, & job programs 20 years ago. The second best way is to build more of those civic programs today.

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Amy Hoy 's avatar Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social
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i was thinking i could make a collection of these (graphic design IS my passion (actually i’ve worked on some really successful visual design for covid awareness etc, millions & millions of views & got into higher offices) i need help with the research tho if anyone wants to team up??

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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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a dead giveaway that project 2025 was written specifically for—and with input from—trump:

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Nails Nathan's avatar Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social
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One secret to life is no one is as happy as they’d like to be but you keep living without taking it out on everyone else otherwise you become a bitter loser.

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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Meanwhile eight states, seven Democratic trifectas (CA, CO, MA, ME, MI, MN, NM) and Vermont, took a lesson from the pandemic and made universal free school meals permanent.

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Gabe Ortíz's avatar Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social
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Taraji P. Henson “used her incredible platform to issue a warning and to repeat it again and again throughout the night: that a Donald Trump GOP win in November will undermine our fundamental rights.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

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Leor Galil's avatar Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social
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“Imagine all the worst parts of Lolla,” ok but that also involves seeing the band

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Bebe Neuwirth  (she/her)'s avatar Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
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Sometimes my scroll gets it right.

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 's avatar Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 @knilirabaj.bsky.social
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They’re already doing the birtherism again. Lol

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Blue Heron Farm's avatar Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social
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OK, here's the deal. Every adult citizen over 35 but under 75 must make a salad for Jeremy. Jeremy and I will choose the best one, and that person will become the Democratic nominee for president. Entries will be judged on beauty and suitability for a dessert tortoise. Your time starts now.

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James Poniewozik's avatar James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social
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So many journalists going to be spending their time in leftist brasseries interviewing voters and trying to figure out how they missed this movement

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the Mountain Goats's avatar the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social
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look - I'm receptive to both "no, it's gotta be him" arguments and "he's gotta step aside" arguments. not to be wishy-washy but both arguments have merit. "then we do a tourney" is OTOH flatly hilarious. yeah that'll go great. there will much much unity in the wake of the electoral deathmatch

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Chris Fitzgerald 's avatar Chris Fitzgerald @cofitzgerald.bsky.social
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Biden should do a slightly altered version of Trump’s common rally rants. Some talking points: - Dean Cain hit on my wife - Trump Vodka caused cancer - Mike Pence likes boys - Mike Johnson invited me to a key party - McConnell’s wife isn’t a citizen How would the Times cover this?

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