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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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True communism/socialism is about elevating the individual over the collective. So drive as fast as you want and park wherever you please.
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Not the hero of the story, not a main character, just that guy in a Roland Emmerich film who looks up.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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True communism/socialism is about elevating the individual over the collective. So drive as fast as you want and park wherever you please.
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Dan Nexon
@dhnexon.bsky.social
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This ideas that because Trump is a "narcissist" he'll somehow be more pro-Palestinian is hot garbage, floated by ratfuckers and wishcasters.
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David Roberts
@volts.wtf
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Today on Volts: a startup called Mattiq is using a combination of nanoscience, AI, & electrolysis to generate novel materials that can substitute for carbon-intensive materials in chemicals, plastics, & fuels.
Folks. This one is going to blow your mind.
www.volts.wtf/p/electrolyz...
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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They HATE that the thing that's produced our persistently booming economy is a tight labor market. They would rather have lower growth if it meant crushing workers because what they care about isn't money (especially if someone else is getting it) but power. Trump's Project 2025 confirms that
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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“Isolationist doesn’t mean anti-imperialist.” They’re fine with spheres of power and taking some little country and throwing it up against the wall, they just don’t want to be bothered with the aftermath.
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Steve Zorowitz
@stevezorowitz.bsky.social
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Had all the Replace Biden folks started off “with Harris” instead of West Wing fantasies, they might have had a chance, but no that they figured it out, that moment has (probably) passed.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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Maybe I’m just being contrarian or whistling past the graveyard, but my issue with the “replace Biden” crowd (mainly NYT) is how they presented it. If they said Biden should step down and Harris run, I could accept it. But they want chaos and drama.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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It’s not even bothsiding the issue. Something closer to bothsiding would be pointing out Trump’s increasing lack of coherency, and even then Biden looks better. I would even say that’s a legitimate concern, having two old men to pick from. But it’s not the story the Times cares about.
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Paul Krugman
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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Way back in 2021 White House economists argued that the inflation surge resembled the spike after WWII and could be ended without major pain. They were right! www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
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Walter Katz
@walterkatz.bsky.social
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Income inequality mentioned once. Near record corporate profits never mentioned. Who is gaining from high interest rates and debt restructuring? Not a peep. How voters are manipulated to blame it all on migrants and protestors. Nada.
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Andrea Junker
@strandjunker.bsky.social
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The fact that I know more about Joe Biden’s one bad debate night than I do about Donald Trump’s years of raping and sexually assaulting girls within Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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Connor Lynch
@connorlynch.bsky.social
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The NYT is not going to be nice just because AG Sulzberger’s ego was fed. We will have 1,001 stories between now and Election Day about how weak democrats are for running a candidate who didn’t win a Democratic primary, framed by “Trump is so powerful he caused a sitting D President to resign.”
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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Well, he looks friendly enough. Try it!
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John Rogers
@johnrogers.bsky.social
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There an actual path for third party power in the US. But it’s insanely boring and procedural. 10, closer to 20 years it get instant runoff voting or ranked choice nationally established. Another 10-20 of establishing local power bases, state houses, governorships, etc.
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ManhattanJuryAppreciator
@ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social
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You can have government that does stuff like the below for years, or you can have government that tries to deport every illegal immigrant (and some legal ones too), hits you with a 10% tax on imports. That's the best-case scenario.
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Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺
@rochaa.bsky.social
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100% Just a simple analogy: if you show up to the ER with a heart attack, a broken arm, & some burns on your feet. The ER doctor would treat the heart attack first and foremost. Why? Because the heart attack is the deadly threat.
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post malone ergo propter malone
@proptermalone.bsky.social
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when you vote for President you are voting for a coalition rather than a person. the right understands this very well, which is why evangelicals lined up behind Trump.
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Daniel Gilmore
@gilmored85.bsky.social
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Thru what has snowballed into one of the ugliest Dem freakouts and news media feeding frenzies I think I’ve seen, Trumps position in polling has barely budged, sometimes not really moving at all. He has a high floor and a low ceiling. The country is not clamoring for this man to come back to power.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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Anecdote isn’t data, I know, but I have heard MAGAT coworkers brag about posing as “independent” to pollers. So, Idk, there’s that hope I guess.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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Thank you for saying what I didn’t know how to.
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drow zelensky
@dov.bsky.social
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Given that the only two challengers to Biden for the nomination this year were unserious people who shouldn't be allowed outside in sunlight, I do think it's possible to argue that the Dems fucked up by allowing him to slide into the nomination as long as your definition of "Dems" includes the Squad
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DodgerFanLA
@dodgerfanla.bsky.social
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Harris is on the ballot!!!!! That’s what drives me insane. The major thing that people talk about in VP is if they can take over. Harris can. The Biden “too old” comments ignore this. She likely will take over if he wins. Voting for Biden is likely the best shot at a female president.
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Christopher Bird
@mightygodking.com
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Think about how much Karen energy Marjorie Taylor Greene has, and how although you might hate her (and with good reason), how effective she has been at advancing her pet causes, politically if not legislatively (which she can't do because she's stupid)
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it's gita time
@xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
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Being really annoying is praxis. Phone, email, fax, show up in person if that’s an option. Just don’t let up until you’re too irritating to ignore.
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Memento Rori
@roricomics.bsky.social
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It's understandable that ppl don't know what to do, we've been shunted into this idea that a narrow version of electoral politics is the ONLY path to change. We DO have to vote, but there is SO MUCH MORE. Places you can start: mutual aid groups (www.mutualaidhub.org)
community action groups
1/?
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Stephanie Damassa
@shdamassa.bsky.social
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Thanks Joe Biden for signing a law that’s helping to get my lead pipes replaced for free today
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
@neillewisjr.bsky.social
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"The Court’s conservative majority has revealed itself to be the most direct threat to American democracy, and any Democrat who is not ready to shelve old fears about “court packing” and get serious about expanding and reforming the Court isn’t made for this moment, period."
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Foghorn Leghorn 🇺🇸
@foghorn453.bsky.social
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I take Nader at his word and judge accordingly, and it's weird that his diehard superfans don't "When asked if someone put a gun to his head and told him to vote for either Gore or Bush, which he would choose, Nader answered without hesitation: “Bush.”
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Cheryl Rofer
@cherylrofer.bsky.social
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Steve Bannon is going to jail today. Let's talk about that and why he's a Trump advisor. And Trump's crimes. Do we really want a felon who is advised by felons as President? I don't.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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If we're being unsentimental here, then Matt O'Brian should just shut up and vote the party line, no? Whether it's Biden, Harris, or someone else.
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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social
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Banning medical debt from credit reports. Cracking down on junk fees. Banning non-competes. Capping credit card fees. Negotiating drug prices. Expanding OT pay. These Biden policies don't make headlines, but this is what it looks like when government works for the people.
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Aubrey Gilleran
@aubreygilleran.bsky.social
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That “Black jobs” seems to be the main thing from the debate to go actually viral on social media should give certain columnists some pause about their pulse on the campaign.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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This is my voting policy. Biden's done very well with most of his picks (fucking Garland is a big fucking exception), and while I'm in no hurry for Biden to shuffle off I'm also not worried about what would happen. Harris would govern as well as Biden or better.
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The future producer of “Himbo Heist”
@legalminimum.bsky.social
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I would love to see someone with a platform (and not just some asshole entertainment lawyer) actually say this out loud: you’re so worried about him being old? Okay, then let him win and die in office. If the Democrats have the House it’ll still work and it’s better than President Kristi Noem.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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I mean, to be scrupulously fair, was Afghanistan not being memory-holed anyway when we were occupying it? Or maybe I'm just telling on myself.
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Dan Nexon
@dhnexon.bsky.social
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Hypothesis: elites driving convo know, but won’t say, that vote for Biden is a vote for his cabinet & staff—his aging issues only make that, say, 25% more true than for anyone else. So wager is rooted in idea that voters won’t, & *can’t*, grok how US governance works. See @gregsargent.bsky.social
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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One nice bit in the New Batman Animated Series (Nightwing and Tim Drake Robin) is that Joker DIDN'T have that stuff. It was mostly Joker and Harley. "Joker's Millions" had him run out of bullets at the beginning (also, only one ejector seat, sorry Harle).
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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I don't know, the worst Joker stories take this and dial it straight into Jokergod territory. I prefer Joker as homicidal narcissist showman. He's the star of the show, and he'll do whatever it takes to make sure you get it. My favorite BTAS stories had pretty grounded plots for Joker.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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The only good batgod is Adam West.
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Dr. Zoggle
@drzoggle.bsky.social
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eustace
@eustace.link
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The project is complete. The feline has expressed her satisfaction.
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C. Larsen
@larsenproject.bsky.social
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The squirrels buried a peanut in my garden n now I have a peanut plant.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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I would expect the Times to start right on Harris, along with the rest of the liberal media. Idk, sometimes you gotta just put your head down and chug along.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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But if Biden says okay and steps down, the Times is suddenly going to be very concerned about Kamala the Cop. And the owner already admitted he was pissy about Biden not sitting down for an interview with them; I don’t think he’d declare victory and start calling for Trump to step down.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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My main objection is that I’m sick of the “let’s replace Biden” talk coming from the Times. Biden has chosen a pretty good slate of officials, from VP Harris to Secretary Haaland, and if he keels over I have no worries about Harris.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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They don’t want Harris to win either. For “reasons.”
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Gravel Influencer
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
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Best debate take.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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J Frederick
@jfrederick.bsky.social
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I didn’t watch because why would I? When I saw people melting down here I actually pulled up the “bad” beginning part of the debate. I was so confused, it was pretty standard Biden. Now I’m angry. Absolute histrionics about a debate barely anyone gives a shit about. Get a fucking grip people.
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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Hahahahaha people are shitting themselves and demanding democracy be thrown out over a preliminary drop of 1.5%. Jesus Christ.
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John
@jcasey.bsky.social
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Well, Steve Bannon is an odious fucker, so it must be personal.
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