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PETER WELCH is who you got to write this? First-elected-to-the-Senate-at-73 Peter Welch?

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Anne Kosseff-Jones's avatar Anne Kosseff-Jones @annekosseffjones.bsky.social
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A couple of years ago, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social tweeted something like, "work the problem like someone who wants to find a solution, not like someone who wants to have been right," and I've thought about it so much since. It's harder than it should be but also the only way forward.

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Ian Miles Schlong 's avatar Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com
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NYT: Sure Godzilla is headed for New York, but why would we cover it? Everybody already knows Godzilla is a monster.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)'s avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off) @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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I'm not kidding. Chapter 14 of Project 2025 (see: "Agenda 47") is the part of their plan where they'd cut back medical services to the point where every poor sick & disabled person will, quite simply, not be able to afford to stay alive. This could be your grandmother, your uncle, your cousin. You.

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Amanda Smith's avatar Amanda Smith @amandasmith.bsky.social
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Call your rep today to encourage them to support AOCā€™s articles of impeachment. I will block anyone who tells me why they, personally, cannot and therefore why itā€™s pointless.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)'s avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off) @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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Hey! Remember Republicans saying "Obamacare will make death panels to kill your grandma!"? Then you should probably go check out chapter 14 of the Project 2025 manifesto. Because every Conservative/Republican accusation is a confession.

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Daniel Gilmore's avatar Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social
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Funny what happens when a reporter actually decides to talk to rank and file Democratic voters instead of panicked backbenchers or smug elite donors.

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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Prominent Trump advisor and former White House strategist Sebastian Gorka calls VP Harris "colored," pushing the GOP's openly racist party line that she was a "DEI hire." www.threads.net/@mediamatter...

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Stephen Webb's avatar Stephen Webb @stephenwebb.bsky.social
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y'all i think project 2025 is starting to get legs

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American Reality 's avatar American Reality @ginsengsullivan.bsky.social
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Ok, so posting about what they're saying but when asked what else they're saying, "does it matter?" It would have been quicker for you to just say "don't ask any questions about this"

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American Reality 's avatar American Reality @ginsengsullivan.bsky.social
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Yes, I understand that people can choose a passive role. I don't know who you're watching or what they're saying so it made sense to ask.

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Reps. Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush and AOC have all put out "Biden is the nominee, support him" statements. The left-most part of the Democratic Party fighting to keep him while the right-most partā€”centrists, swing district Reps, NeverTrumpers, etc.ā€”push for him to drop out was not on many Bingo cards.

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Rachel Shelden's avatar Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social
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In the 19th century, justices "rode circuit"--they were not only members of the SCOTUS but also served as judges on intermediary courts (there were no separate circuit judges!). There they were *representatives* of the circuit in question. Justices were selected FROM & based on their circuit. 2/

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Craig M. Ranapia's avatar Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social
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Looking forward to the @washingtonpost.com publishing dozens of stories and op-ed calling on Clarence Thomas to resign, because his inability over decades to fully complete a simple financial disclosure form raises serious questions about his cognitive ability to do his job.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) 's avatar Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social
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Sen. Josh @HawleyMO: "Some will say now that I am calling America a Christian Nation. So I am. And some will say that I am advocating Christian Nationalism. And so I do." Christian nationalism is fascism and Nazism as politics-and hawley is a proud fascist.

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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Trump either hallucinated a conversation with Vladimir Putin about the most consequential invasion in Europe since World War II or covered it up until the third year of the war. And apparently, only three of us care.

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This story is tailored to Bluesky's interests:

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emptywheel's avatar emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social
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Updated: I read the NYT Front Page so you didn't have to.

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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How would this look any different if Jason Chaffetz edited The Times?

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Kevin Collins's avatar Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social
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Ideally with a comparison to the equivalent numbers for stories on Trump's authoritarian campaign pledges on social media and at rallies

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ā€œIf Congress had not statutorily protected first sale, would library lending be legal?ā€Ā šŸ¤” Thatā€™s one of 3 key questions librarian & legal scholar Michelle Wu breaks down from the recent oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive: www.libraryfutures.net/post/a-respo...

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Joshua J. Friedman's avatar Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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NEW: President Biden's doctor releases memo explaining that Dr. Cannard evaluated Biden as part of his regular physical (results of which were disclosed in February) and also treats military personnel with neurological issues through the White House Medical Unit
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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PictureTheSouth 's avatar PictureTheSouth @picturethesouth.bsky.social
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"Forgive me all my anger, forgive me all my faults. There's no need to forgive me for thinking what I thought. I loved you from the get-go, I'll love you till I die. I loved you on the Spanish Steps the day you said goodbye"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XG...

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Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter's avatar Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter @susanrinkunas.com
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If these anti-abortion groups think the RNC platform is a win, it is not ā€œmoderateā€ or ā€œscaled backā€

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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Very funny that the Times was so certain about the panic they were causing that they set up a little live update election-season scoreboard for it

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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CRUCIAL from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social:

The leaked GOP platform says fetuses have a 14th amendment right to "personhood," a radical stance that inevitably leads to birth control bans

And despite bad headlines to the contrary, the GOP still supports a national ban.

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American Reality 's avatar American Reality @ginsengsullivan.bsky.social
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"Can Biden do the job for 4 more years ... better than Trump?" is the real question.

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A two-way against Trump is what we have. Any question about how Biden can do the job better end with "better than Trump?" or it's irrelevant.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Ultimately the Democratic Party gets to decide who its nominee is, for better or worse. But it certainly seems like parts of the media believe they it is their job to choose the Democratic candidate, rather than covering the strengths and weaknesses of *both* candidates running for President.

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Sarah Posner 's avatar Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social
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THE ABORTION PLANK IS A PERSONHOOD PLANK

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I truly believe this is underrated as a thing

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Amanda Marcotte's avatar Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social
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Lauren Boebert is a high school dropout.

I don't say this to shame people who don't finish their education. But it helps underscore how all the chitter chatter about "DEI" has nothing to do with merit.

It's just a racial slur.

www.salon.com/2024/07/05/b...

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Navigator Research's avatar Navigator Research @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social
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šŸšØ NEW POLL: Opposition to Project 2025 grows as people learn more about the plan. After reading 19 proposed policies for Project 2025, opposition grows from 49% to 63% (net +14) while support for the plan declines from 31% to 24% (net -7%).

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Greg Sargent's avatar Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social
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I also strongly question the test that Joe Kahn sets here, asking whether a reader would be fully informed about Trump's plans. Here's a test I've proposed, FWIW:

newrepublic.com/article/1813...

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ā˜€ļø Starshine's avatar ā˜€ļø 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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Cooper Lund's avatar Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social
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I am firmly agnostic on Biden staying on at this point but I am fully ready to shove Peter Baker and A.G. Sulzbergerā€™s heads in the toilet for a swirly if I see them in public for this shit

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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knowing that the white house just signed a massive parkinsonā€™s bill in july changes the entire tone of this story so much that this makes it wildly, horrifically offensive

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Media, most notably the NY Times, dismisses a strawman: We wonā€™t stop covering news just because it makes a politician you like look bad. The real critique, the one they duck, is about emphasis and tone, signaling what matters. Good listen, with Greg Sargent hosting Will Stancil (offline version):

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