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Michael Kerns

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I’m an editor, and some other stuff too.


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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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when you start asking questions about the fucking boogeyman the fucking boogeyman loses his power. candyman isn’t real. NYT columnists absolutely do not predict the future of elections, and they are legitimately very bad at it.

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Lydia Polgreen's avatar Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social
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The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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I wonder what the Supreme Court thinks is an appropriate response from FEMA for hurricanes.

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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Can anyone remind me if there was a comparable story in the paper of record about how the GOP ended up being taken over and "gliding to the renomination" by a 34 count convicted felon, insurrectionist, & dude found liable for sexual assault?

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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With apologies to PE, Straight up racist those suckas are simple and plain, mother f- them and John Wayne! I thought Harris was great on the MSNBC post game show but damn they had her on late!

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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There is no world in which Biden drops out, full stop.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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there is no world in which biden drops out and the nominee isn’t kamala harris. and i think it is very interesting that the loudest calls for biden to drop out do not acknowledge this fact.

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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Could just keep reposting this each round

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Michael Kaplan 's avatar Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social
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We have 9 Supreme Court justices because in 1869 there were 9 circuit courts. Today there are 13 circuit courts. So…

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis's avatar Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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This has been underplayed. Her constant service to Trump must be loudly exposed:
Judge Pushes Back Critical Filing Deadline in Trump Documents Case www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/u...

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Michelangelo Signorile's avatar Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social
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"Tony Fabrizio is co-executor of WSJ poll. He's also the top strategist for MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, and is now heading to work for Trump's campaign as a senior adviser."

www.signorile.com/p/wall-stree...

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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Gonna have to track this down when I’m in Chicago next week!

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Kevin Elliott's avatar Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social
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Why some of us are without sentiment about the passing of the former senator from Connecticut:

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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You almost need a spoon for it.

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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Those chocolate mice are a staple of my fam’s gift giving, and many a cold winter day were warmed up by their hot chocolate when we lived in Cambridge

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Punk Rock History's avatar Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social
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42 years ago Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson in the most famous house of hardcore punk rock Dischord House, Washington Blvd. Arlington, Virginia, in 1982 Photos by the unforgettable Rusty Moore

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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I’m having a hard time reconciling the two graphs here. Presumably the 57% who disapprove of Biden’s handling of (someone else’s) war want better treatment of Palestinians—okay, I get that. But presumably most of those people think Trump would be a better steward of Palestinian human rights? Huh?

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Michael Kerns's avatar Michael Kerns @makerns.bsky.social
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I just bought a hand grinder—gonna invest in the travel tea kettle next (already have the aero) so I can do conferences the right way.

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