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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social |
Some reduce the 2024 campaign to a contest between two old men, but it's a choice of two slates of federal appointees who'll impact your life in a million ways. Biden has staffed executive agencies with excellent choices who are doing good work. Trump will empower an army of Stephen Millers.
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Grudgie the Whale
@grudgie.bsky.social
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Yes. Literally every person they appoint. Garland may suck but do voters want Stephen fucking Miller as AG?
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@jonpkay.bsky.social
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I completely agree with this, but a lot of Trump skeptics view this as a feature not a bug!
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Wendell B
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PLUS, Trump is going to get rid of the Senior Executive Service, and, under Schedule F, make all the way down to GS14 political appointees. You can apply today on project2025.org
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Marc N Cunat
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The hate in Stephen Miller runs deep. He hasn’t changed a bit, since he was in high school. Same guy who went on national tv to promote the fake electors scheme, prior to the Jan 6th insurrection. Repulsive. www.businessinsider.com/stephen-mill...
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Dan Shay (he/him)
@dfs4114.bsky.social
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Stephen Millers and wannabe-Reinhard Heydrichs, yeah. But I suppose I repeat myself.
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wildmonkeysects™
@wildmonkeysects.bsky.social
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Exactly. Vote for the policy, not the personality.
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sumpnsmelz
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Exactly what I keep saying. Yes, I think Joe is a douchebag but his is the most effective administration in my voting lifetime.
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Kevin Kohler
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MAGAs don't care about policies. MAGAs only want to hurt libruls, because MAGAs hate us with the blind rage of someone who stares at solar eclipses. And when Trump destroys Social Security and Medicare, and the economy tanks, MAGAs will still blame Democrats.
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ETX Gov
@etxgov.bsky.social
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Lord knows we don't need an army of Smeagels around this place.
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Sarah Darer Littman
@sarahdarerlittman.bsky.social
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The ideological purists and “I can’t vote for Hillary” folks already cost us SCOTUS and Roe.
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DrKaz
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This was covered extremely well by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver this past weekend. I will link the YouTube of it here once it's up (likely tomorrow).
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Steven Glaros, M.A.
@stevenglaros007.bsky.social
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Every Trump cabinet member was more corrupt than Albert Fall. And their incompetence was off the charts, when they weren’t plain evil. You literally had a Trump cabinet member/Bond villain thread over at the other place.
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Greg in the Desert 🌴🌵🏳️🌈💍
@cadesertgay.bsky.social
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Lovely - I only got one new block from this thread. I must have a good portion of them blocked already - go, me!
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The Rt Hon Lady Kidman
@nicolekidmansnose.bsky.social
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Both parties are NOT the same, people. Anyone who says otherwise is either too sheltered from the consequences of politics or too dumb.
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Grumpy Old Git (70)
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Agreed, Kevin, but, still: Voters who think the presidential electoral race is the most consequential need to go back to remedial Civics.
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Brandon Frick
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Everyone needs to remember that the only thing that stopped the horrors from multiplying faster was that Infrastructure Week got rescheduled like 150 times b/c they kept having to address self-inflicted wounds. This time the people using Trump won’t let that happen b/c this is their his last term.
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Anna
@sleeplessanna.bsky.social
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On the dark side the cult is a melt down mode over the upcoming debate.
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PeopleDied2Vote
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ricky cilantro
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Ehusman
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I’m not sure why people don’t understand this, including people who are concerned about executive authority. Maybe you don’t like the guy personally, but what is the quality of his advisers and selections? Trump’s first term was an illustration of Hayek’s “why the worst get on top”
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Karma's Dad
@karmasdad.bsky.social
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Rufo will be Secretary of the Defunding Education Department (DED)
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Wren
@fiddledidi.bsky.social
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Trump is a vampire, sucking the life out of everything he touches He surrounds himself with vampires MAGA is but a vampire coven
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Erie
@eriemom.bsky.social
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This thread was taken over by "genocide freaks." Block that cray.
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Becca's Mullet
@beccasmullet.bsky.social
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These kinds of improvements in our governance make me so freaking excited!
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Susanne resists on Bluesky
@momoftwo.bsky.social
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Preach it Kevin. This is the last election between good and evil. Either good prevails, or democracy is gone for a long time to come.
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First Wordle Problems
@fwordleproblems.bsky.social
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Incredibly basic civic literacy that HUGE chunks of the electorate simply cannot grasp. But of course this isn't new. EVERY presidential election ends up decided by vibes.
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Steven
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Get the word out. Mr. Kruse. 📢
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Melody Crowder-Meyer
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For example, this fantastic (and funny?!) FTC piece on AI
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
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Melody Crowder-Meyer
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This is exactly what I tell anyone who conflates Trump and Biden in my presence. You don't have to be excited about Biden. Don't vote just for him. Vote for the thousands of people in Biden's administration who are doing seriously badass, competent, progressive work (& many of whom are young!)
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Evo Daily
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RonMimnaugh
@ronmimnaugh.bsky.social
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Wouldn't it be something if he flushed the turd in the post office
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@mhduff.bsky.social
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Vote Blue to Save US ALL
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Tony
@drinksthethings.bsky.social
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lost the post, but someone once said that the democratic party tends to be unpopular among voters because they administrate the state properly so people are more aware of them, whereas republicans are useless at that and hurt people on the margins but get out of the lives of well-off people
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Chris in NY
@chrisb2.bsky.social
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LINA KHAN. Lina Khan works for Biden. She will not work for Trump. I will happily cast a ballot for "Lina Khan to continue running FTC."
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Matt Salomone
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Yep. In a way we have a parliamentary system, only for the executive and judicial branches instead of the legislative.
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Kit of the Clan McKit
@thekitastrophe.bsky.social
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Last Week Tonight touched on this Sunday and how if Trump wins they'll circumvent the protection civil servants have for their jobs and replace anyone who doesn't bend the knee. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX8x...
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Denys Beecher
@dbeecher.bsky.social
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The current Commissioner of Social Security is great and is focused on doing his very best to implement as many positive regulatory changes as he can between now and January. Would be great if he could have years more to do work after that.
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Denise Lee
@dadavies.bsky.social
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Having a block party w the replies here. You have a gift for bringing out the 1 issue zealots!
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Adele Buck
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Joe Berger
@tallgrassmedia.bsky.social
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Or, how about this: Think of it as an election where your choices are Ron Klain... or Stephen Miller. I'm using this with some of my more "conservative" Jewish friends and relations.
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Abby Koch
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The MAGA horde thinks they want to gut the civil service because they’re the Deep State but just wait until their VA benefits get harder to access or tax refunds take 10 months. Civil servants keep things running.
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Marlene
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@wehriskat.bsky.social
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Some, like Jon Stewart, who can't seem to focus on anything else more important than the fact that he doesn't like either candidate.
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Aimee Loiselle
@aimloiselle.bsky.social
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Right on. And what I emphasize for my students every election -- slates of federal appointees, including in enforcement/oversight, appellate courts and the Supreme one, diplomacy, education, etc. etc.
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Hipster Sasquatch
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Additionally, even if the US manages to weather a second Trump term, it will be loaded down with all the judges and political appointments made during it.
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Hipster Sasquatch
@hipstersasquatch.bsky.social
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Not to mention that Trump plans to make it so that there are NO independent government agencies or employees, which is both terrifying and incredibly, incredibly stupid.
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Benene
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No matter how much I scream this people just say "but Gaza" and I am really so tired
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maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
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Secretary Mayor Pete has done such a great job as Secy of Transportation.
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Tommy
@tommyg.bsky.social
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And people worse than Stephen Miller, as hard as that might seem to imagine
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Kasey Feral Smith
@ihazrabies.bsky.social
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I'm not a big Biden fan but it does feel like the difference between a functional bureaucratic state and a dismantled bureaucratic state (except for the parts that can do a fascism).
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Matt
@musicfighter.bsky.social
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With a side of genocide as a treat
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MicRoh
@microh.bsky.social
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Fifteen days of traction is impressive!
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