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Alan Septoff@drangundsturm.bsky.social |
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Sliding into senescence. Truth through argument. Equal justice or it isn't justice.
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Greg Pak
@gregpak.bsky.social
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Imagine for one second if the NYT marshaled its massive influence towards voter registration, towards supporting voting rights groups, towards encouraging people to vote and fighting people who try to stop people from voting. Imagine if the NYT actually championed participatory democracy.
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈
@chimeracoder.bsky.social
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there's a certain irony that liberals who have spent four years yelling at leftists who criticize Biden at all for any reason have now, in one week, done more damage to Biden's candidacy than all those leftists combined
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Phil McKenna
@mckennapr.bsky.social
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A growing effort by the fossil fuel industry to sell natural gas as a low-carbon fuel is little more than greenwashing, according to a new report by climate advocacy organizations. insideclimatenews.org/news/2506202...
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Meredith Shiner
@meredithshiner.bsky.social
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again, it's sort of hard to overstate how bad it is for American Jews that AIPAC is bankrolling racist "Democrats," who are in almost every way Republicans, to attempt to defeat progressives of color
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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Great show. Weird contrast seeing you in a half filled bar in Harrisonburg, Va yrs ago vs the Paradise last night.
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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Baseball is a sensitive subject round these parts.
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Michele Goo
@michelegoo.bsky.social
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This stage of capitalism feels like the end of a monopoly game that’s been going on for hours and you already know you lost but the dick winning won’t let you go to bed until they get all of your money or you die.
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Politishaun
@politishaun.bsky.social
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“A new report contends that deep sea mining is not just an environmental risk, it’s also not going to help meet the world’s renewable energy needs.”
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The Onion
@theonion.com
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“New satellite data confirms that every corner of the earth has the incorrect quantity of water,” the report read in part, noting that even though the total amount of water on the planet seemed to be about right, the distribution of that water across the globe was “way off.”
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ProPublica
@propublica.bsky.social
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The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic. Don't be fooled.
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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The founders would have understood it as treason, and would resort to war against someone who attempted it, and punish it with hanging. Other countries would prosecute it as treason. That is what it is. Folks should be clear eyed on it.
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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In a world gone mad, lasting love is seems especially precious. Congrats to you both.
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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
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This is cartoonishly villainous. Just unspeakably evil.
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Twitter's Bobby Big Wheel
@kleinman.bsky.social
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Hochul’s decision to kill congestion pricing was horrible but seeing a story about Gen Z influencers abandoning Biden over climate policy makes me think pols have absorbed the lesson that lowering emissions just doesn't pay off politically - you make enemies and proponents won't be satisfied.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Editors like to think "news judgment" is their magical force. The Post's news judgment sucks, playing Hunter Biden story over progress in Gaza negotiations & economic growth. Times plays Hunter above Gaza & Alito fascism. That's not news judgment. Not journalism. That's politicized pandering.
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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It's amazing how those quotes are published with no follow up, e.g. "During the time when America was an unchallenged hegemon among capitalist economies, what policies were in place? What policies do Democrats advocate now that threaten those policies and/or the global economy they created?"
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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Schoolhouse Rock on immigrants:
youtu.be/BJj7Lj8IcJI?...
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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A think you don't hear much about THE GREATEST GENERATION is that they were for most of their lifetime, distinctly left-leaning compared to the later silent and boomer generations. e.g. Dukakis did better in 88 with over 60s than with any other demographic, ditto Clinton in 92
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Paul Crider
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
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Democrats will shift polling on immigrant rights when we start boldly, proudly defending immigrants. Defending immigrants is patriotic (every migrant is a foot vote for America) and freedom-affirming. MAGA Republicans hate and betray the American tradition of welcoming immigrants.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Yeah, something unlikely to be covered outside The Guardian:
News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas
www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
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Three days after it was revealed that this guy's license was wrongly listed as suspended due to a clerical error, none of the publications listed here (NYT, WP, NYP, USA Today, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC) have issued corrections or updates.
reason.com/2024/06/03/t...
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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apparently turning into a woman also takes off 10 years! Hmmmmm.
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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*principle also I’m reserving judgment on the Washington Post.
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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I agree with you in principal, and I haven’t canceled my subscription to the post. But after the Politico(?) story on the New York Times, and given their history with the Iraq war and Hillary‘s emails, staying subscribed to them seems hard to defend
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Adam Serwer
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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Prosecuting al capone for tax evasion was good actually
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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At some point Democratic elected officials will notice that when Donald Trump has a personal setback the majority of the population literally celebrates in the street, I hope.
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Charlotte Clymer
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social
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Next week’s cover of The New Yorker just dropped.
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Adam Serwer
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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Alito lied about the reason the flag was up because he didn’t know the couple had text messages establishing the date of when the incident took place. They were supporting the insurrection. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/u...
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Cathy Gellis
@cathygellis.bsky.social
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The New York Times does it again, obscuring yet another MAGA-inflicted Constitutional crisis. IT IS NOT A "GLITCH;" IT IS A BALDFACED EFFORT TO HAND TRUMP THE PRESIDENCY
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Mike Masnick
@mmasnick.bsky.social
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I seem to remember "basket of deplorables" and "clinging to guns or religion" (both taken out of context) as five alarm fires for the media. And yet, when it goes the other way...
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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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Excellent point. This is plainly *worse* than "deplorables." That's especially the case when you consider that in the video, the guy said Trump will "get rid of" liberals, and Trump promoted it on his Truth Social feed, plainly endorsing the sentiment.
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Osita Nwanevu
@ositanwanevu.bsky.social
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It is long past time to retire the concept of the "Trump voter" as a distinct and puzzling political animal. The modal Trump voter isn't a laid-off steelworker or a benighted Qanon fanatic but a completely ordinary Republican backing their nominee. The same kind of people who backed McCain & Romney.
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Costa Samaras
@costasamaras.bsky.social
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This week, Trump solicited a bribe from the oil companies and promised to roll back Biden’s climate policies in exchange for oil executive contributions.
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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are you a traitor or not? It’s just as clear now as it was during the Civil War.
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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
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What would you say if you saw it in another country? Could be president again in 238 days
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Django Wexler
@djangowexler.bsky.social
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Look. I care about climate change a lot. I'm close to a single-issue voter on the subject! But we have GOT to stop worrying about what are, in the scheme of things, rounding errors. I hate, hate, hate this kind of personal-responsibility climate stuff, it's deeply counterproductive.
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Sean
@publichealth.bsky.social
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Rubin is scathing here: "To be blunt, Durbin’s oath of office to protect the Constitution demands he do something. And Alito’s grotesque malfeasance tests not only Durbin, but also... Schumer. His credibility & fidelity to his oath remain in question unless he can push Durbin to take real action." 🎁
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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This is a must-read piece making a vital point
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Parker Molloy
@parkermolloy.com
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Google's AI-Generated Search Results Keep Citing The Onion www.readtpa.com/p/googles-ai...
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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@npr.org, with the @nytimes.com and the @washingtonpost.com, are hellbent on proving the W administration correct regarding the right's bad faith actors' ability to "create [their] own reality" using "alternative facts".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alterna...
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Jay Rosen
@jayrosen.bsky.social
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"NPR has retreated into panic mode, scorched by its sudden turn in national headlines and desperate to show that it is taking measures to strengthen itself, somehow... Who is NPR trying to appease? From all appearances, Republicans."
wapo.st/3Vak9pX [gift link]
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Alan Septoff
@drangundsturm.bsky.social
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Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
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Dos Sandos
@slowdrives.bsky.social
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Breaking: A third flag has been spotted flying outside of Alito's beach house. Turns out he's pretty fucking cool after all.
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Atrios
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perpetual problem of Dems expecting voters to understand the dangers of the Republican party without ever acting as if they are dangerous. Press coverage is often bad but even I agree it isn't the press's job to make the case Dems won't make themselves.
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georgia-lux
@georgialux.bsky.social
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the "most progressive administration in 50 years" loudly trumpeting its commitment to the fundamental rule of conservatism: laws are for other groups to follow and do not apply to me and my friends
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Gawain
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Download and print out everything.
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Taylor Lorenz
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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"Dr. King said that in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Sadly, medically vulnerable people are under no illusion that the Democrats are any kind of friend. But their silence is surely loud and clear." www.thegauntlet.news/p/biden-cdc-...
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Ian Boudreau
@iboudreau.bsky.social
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Google built its reputation and massive fortune on search, which produced a list of relevant websites each time you entered a term. Now it's pivoting and will instead provide you with a seventh-grade book report on those websites
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Jay Rosen
@jayrosen.bsky.social
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This AP reports stands out as "stakes" reporting because it describes what is happening in a way that prevents normalization — and banalization — of him and his party. apnews.com/article/dona...
Read the first few paragraphs. See what I mean?
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Dan Froomkin (Presswatchers.org)
@froomkin.bsky.social
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The AP FTW! "It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker turning his Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy." apnews.com/article/dona...
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