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melissa@melissaks.bsky.social |
64 followers 72 following 394 posts
Wasting my potential since 1969
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Bethany Albertson
@albertsonb2.bsky.social
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Either the Democrats will run Biden, or he'll say he can't continue the campaign and Democrats will run Harris. Either is newsworthy, but neither is nearly as radical as running a pro-insurrection convicted felon with legal immunity he's eager to use.
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@russms.bsky.social
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Six people did the thing that is supposed to require 2/3 of both chambers of Congress and 3/4 of the states to do
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A.R. Moxon
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
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Not the most terrifying thing but perhaps the most infuriating: every single thing we said about these fascist Republican fucks has been proved out and all the people who assured us that what is happening would never happen smoothly pivoted to yes it's happening but it will be fine.
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scott⚡️mccloud
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
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Katharine Hayhoe
@katharinehayhoe.com
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Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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this entire crusade against diversity in hiring and admissions is based on the supposition that all white men are necessarily more qualified than any nonwhite person or woman who might be considered for the job. like, this lawsuit more or less states that outright.
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Well this tracks with the angry Facebook populous
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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I love summer! What other season can you break a sweat while sitting on your couch watching tv? Delightful
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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My contribution to the Kamala Harris discourse: a few weeks ago we were at a restaurant that had the news on the tvs, sound off, and I looked up and saw a shot of her and said, “She exudes competence.” I look at her and think she knows what she’s doing.
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Gillian Branstetter
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social
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Must be nice to have choices
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Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
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Yes, it seems to be a non-issue that 78-year-old Donald Trump was incapable of staying awake during his own criminal trial. He's a spring chicken, you see, the very picture of youthful vigor.
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Sarah Posner
@sarahposner.bsky.social
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The idea that these are the top stories when the Supreme Court blew up the constitution yesterday makes me want to scream and cry forever.
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Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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Steve Bannon is in prison for contempt and Rudy Giuliani just lost his N.Y. law license, but John Roberts insists that invisible ink in the Constitution prevents Donald Trump, the ringleader, from facing charges for virtually anything that Trump can claim was an official act.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki
@wagatwe.com
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surged 48%. for a mass plagiarism tool that tells you to eat rocks and glue.
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Aaron Sojourner
@aaronsojourner.org
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Trump later appointed this federal prosecutor as his first U.S. Secretary of Labor. www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Anil Kalhan
@akalhan.bsky.social
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The right language to use: "a corrupted institution and a shameless enabler of a corrupt president."
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David Sacerdote
@davidsacerdote.bsky.social
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This is the climate policy we get with a court system invested in a dictatorship of Republicans: the President has total immunity and absolute power...unless he's a Democrat & does something good for the country.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/c...
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Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
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Sorry this actually pisses me off right now. This entire thing is seen as a legendary blunder, Dukakis was in a tank! It destroyed him! Trump saluted a North Korean general! The dictator of North Korea stared at him doing it like what the fuck man, but Dukakis was in a tank and ruined forever!
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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Gotta say, even my largely politics-is-not-for-me relatives on Facebook are having a fucking conniption over the SCOTUS ruling. My uncle posted "We left England because we don't want a King. Charles is an inbred." I'm not sure what one has to do with the other, but he's right.
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Christine Morales
@chrismo.bsky.social
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@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
NEW: Rep Joe Morelle (D-NY)
“I will introduce a constitutional amendment to reverse SCOTUS’ harmful decision and ensure that no president is above the law. This amendment will do what SCOTUS failed to do—prioritize our democracy”
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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Needed this so much rn thank you
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scott⚡️mccloud
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
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Over the weekend, I found a tiny pink plastic shoe on the ground near my office. I placed it at eye level, on a wooden post, by the stairs. This morning, on that same post, was this picture.
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kilgore trout
@kilgoretrout.bsky.social
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ok but seriously nut up. nobody here loves biden. I’d rather vote for a sentient captcha machine that electrocutes my eyeballs every time I tag all the bicycles and it thinks I missed a fuckin train wheel. but that’s what we got and if you want to live in a fantasy I have no time for your ass
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Taniel
@taniel.bsky.social
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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."
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Adam Serwer
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court’s ruling putting presidents above the law must be understood not simply as a grant of immunity for past crimes, but an enthusiastic endorsement of those he will commit if given the chance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Marc Deschamps
@marcdachamp.bsky.social
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Republicans thrive because they’ll hold their nose and vote for literally anyone that has an R next to their name, and yet there are so many people on the left that will allow this country to get decimated because someone is 2% off from their own beliefs. Infuriating.
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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they wouldn't be doing all this sweaty shit if they thought the people were actually with them. it's a desparate attempt to overrule the will of the people and it does not, must not, work
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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a thing to remember, in all of this horror, is that these are not the actions of a political party that is confident it represents the will of the people, and who is currently out of power and enslaved to a deeply flawed avatar. the struggle is not over and they have not won
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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Finally some good news
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court just put a lot of power in Biden’s hands. A great way to reassure donors and voters that he’s up for the job is to aggressively use it
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Todd G
@toddaago.bsky.social
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I think the IRS needs to be ordered to release the tax returns for various Trump and Kushners, as well as various Supreme Court justices and Trump advisors. Not illegal anymore!
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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I don't think Biden should call Garland to his office and demand he open a criminal investigation immediately against Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Trump, and every executive at Fox News on charges of treason by tomorrow or he's fired, but if he /did/ do that, it wouldn't be criminal
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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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Tom Scocca
@tomscocca.bsky.social
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Clarence Thomas unquestionably committed tax fraud on his motorcoach deal and the president has the power to put him in handcuffs this afternoon, in his official capacity in charge of the IRS and federal law enforcement
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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If by “here” you mean on the brink of fascism, I know one thing that helped a lot: The NY Times downplaying everything Trump says and does while amplifying “but her emails” and “but his age”
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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Donald Trump is clearly a threat to our democracy. The Supreme Court has given Biden, in his official capacity as President, authority to eliminate that threat by whatever means necessary
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Hunter Walker
@hunterw.bsky.social
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We probably ought to have a conversation about a partisan court declaring Trump above the rule of law that is at least as intense as the one we've had about Joe Biden being very old.
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Nicholas Wallace
@wallace.bsky.social
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Absolutely wild that the court accuses the dissent of "fearmongering" with "extreme hypotheticals" when the actual basis for the indictment is a coup attempt that led to an attack on the capitol
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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all of this for donald fucking trump of all people
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Seth D. Michaels
@sethdmichaels.bsky.social
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maybe seizing and arresting the Supreme Court majority for aiding and abetting an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government can be a "core constitutional duty" and an "official act," why not
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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter
@swolecialism.bsky.social
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look i'll be clear, I will be voting, and encouraging everyone I know to do the same, against donald trump and the end of democracy in this country in november. I do not care if that means i'm voting for a man who is literally dead.
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Micah
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I want everyone to think about what Trump will do with explicit absolute immunity from prosecution and the full power of the presidency of the United States of America those are the stakes in November, full stop
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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Time for President Biden to officially appoint 6 new Supreme Court justices
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Grudgie the Whale
@grudgie.bsky.social
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Biggest campaign story ever: using a private email server that could hold top secrets but doesn’t and could be breached but wasn’t. Tiny story: stealing top secrets. Hiding them in a bathroom. Taking them to NJ. Showing them to foreigners. Meeting with foreign governments.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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Over the weekend, one of the major party presidential candidates promoted the idea of trying a former congresswoman for treason with televised military tribunals, and I’ll bet you haven’t seen a news article—much less a catastrophizing op-ed—about it.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki
@wagatwe.com
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six million dollars that could have actually gone to support kids
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melissa
@melissaks.bsky.social
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This isn’t even a question? Pacino was out there Oscar Isaacsing before there was an Oscar Isaac!
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC
@mattnegrin.bsky.social
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Three days after the debate every Sunday news shows invited an avowed election-denying fascist on the air in an overt effort to legitimize them as good-faith commentators The news media is openly pro-fascist
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