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BrianB

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Democracy. Sacred earth is our home. Keep the faith.


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Juan Cole's avatar Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social
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Israeli Campaign against Gaza may have Killed 186,000 or More — 8% of Population: The Lancet

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Gautham FC's avatar Gautham FC @gauthamrao.bsky.social
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gonna go ahead and guess it will be the Chief Justice who writes the opinion giving supreme court justices immunity from criminal prosecution for acting in their official capacity (and yes accepting bribes will be classed as a core function)

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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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Adam Smith's avatar Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social
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"Of the 38 people involved in the writing and editing of Project 2025, 31 of them were nominated to positions in Trump’s administration or transition team – meaning 81% of the document’s creators held formal roles in Trump’s presidency." www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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the thing i kind of hate about STRANGELOVE is that it really is as good as its reputation.

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BrianB's avatar BrianB @fangorn04.bsky.social
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It's an extraordinarily good book. Just finished reading a library copy. To say I loved the book is putting it far too mildly. Gratitude to Nicola Griffith. 🙏 If you haven't read it yet, buy the discounted hardcover and get ready to dive into Menewood's wonders.

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In the week following the debate the New York Times ran 192 stories about Biden's performance and six about Project 2025. x.com/Will_Bunch/s...

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@dreid63's avatar @dreid63 @dreid63.bsky.social
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This. Stay for the responses.

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Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
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Put this on the front page for a month. It’s that serious and that dangerous.

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The Goche's avatar The Goche @thegoche.bsky.social
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Had a rough few hours, but I'm back in the fight. If this disabled veteran high school girl without an opposable thumb on her left hand and her elementary aged disabled veteran son (whose last name appears to be Army) would give so much, then goddammit, how could I give up?

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BrianB's avatar BrianB @fangorn04.bsky.social
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This issue is not Biden's ability to govern but his ability to get elected. Do not confuse the two. Hillary would have made a great president but she proved unable to win the election. Same deal here. Biden must withdraw before it's too late.

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BrianB's avatar BrianB @fangorn04.bsky.social
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Ever since Newt Gingrich took out a Contract on America, I've had the vague suspicion that Republicans wanted to kill progressive Dems like me. Now I know I'm not wrong.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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we’re in danger

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Larry Glickman's avatar Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social
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The increasingly brazen endorsement of political violence by the GOP is a tremendously dangerous development that warrants high-profile media coverage.

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George Takei's avatar George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social
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It's a liberty we should all enjoy.

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Manisha Sinha's avatar Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social
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Tyranny of the Minority egged on by a Supreme Court willing to overthrow the Constitution and a political party operating as a neo fascist one to destroy the American Republic.

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Matt Novak's avatar Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social
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I heard "Ruth Bader Biden" for the first time yesterday and I think that one has legs.

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ManhattanJuryAppreciator 's avatar ManhattanJuryAppreciator @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social
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I am an upper-middle class white guy but it consistently blows my mind that the Trump plan to put a permanent ICE contingent every Latino neighborhood (because that's what it would take to deport every illegal immigrant) has garnered almost no coverage. They're aren't kidding, they're gonna try.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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these people do not intend to ever lose power again

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Angus Johnston's avatar Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social
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Just ... the idea that Biden stepping down and Kamala rolling out her campaign—platform, veep, strategy, interviews, debates—that that would be BORING? Forget everything else that's wrong with that passage, you're looking at the most West-Wing-ass shit to happen this century and yawning?

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Cheryl Rofer's avatar Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social
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Pardon, y'all, but I have some data. From Josh Marshall - "[W]e now have seven polls in which we have before and after data from individual pollsters, before the debate and after... Putting all those together you have Biden going down one point and Trump remaining unchanged."

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Sharon Kuruvilla's avatar Sharon Kuruvilla @sharonk.bsky.social
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people are going to hate this but Kamala Harris is the most dialectical candidate in 2024

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Matt Novak's avatar Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social
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Me: Kamala Harris should be the president. Biden dead-enders: That is a right wing position.