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Derek Fox
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Yeah that’s a classic!
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Penn State Astronomer (he/him), personal account. “We went and made everything a computer without ever bothering to fix computers.”
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Derek Fox
@partialobserver.bsky.social
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Yeah that’s a classic!
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L O L G O P
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I don't take the age thing seriously. THEY PICK A LIE ABOUT EVERY DEM, and the press knows it's some BS but plays along. They know that the other guy is worse in every way, especially his brain. They turned being a war hero into a liability against a fortunate son draft dodger.
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Derek Fox
@partialobserver.bsky.social
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What would be an appropriate warning label for life? (the whole shebang, human-wise) I have been thinking "Watch out for your head!" but am open to suggestions.
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Richard Waite
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PSA: The atmosphere experiences biogenic CO2 emissions as...CO2 emissions Burning wood releases a big CO2 pulse to the atmosphere; it can take decades or over a century for the carbon debt to be paid back if/when trees grow back Meanwhile we need to drastically cut CO2 emissions in the short term
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@calizaybak.bsky.social
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We're conservatives who all worked for Trump and Republicans so why would you think we speak for a specific campaign?!! Remember, fascists, always having fun with their lies and they love it when everyone knows they're lying, it's their favorite way of showing their contempt.
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Sam
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Trump’s public schedule showed that on most days, he worked (“worked”), like three hours a day. And this isn’t even a “Biden can’t work late at night” issue. It’s a Biden is pulling back on SCHEDULED EVENTS that start after 8pm, which is actually a good idea for most people.
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Derek Fox
@partialobserver.bsky.social
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“When you’re MAGA they let you do it.” (“it” = murder the political opposition)
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Derek Fox
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Fair to treat this as Trump / campaign acknowledging the extreme unpopularity of Project 2025. Not fair to say they are “distancing themselves” from Project 2025, given the deep connections between Project staff and the campaign, until they provide an alternative agenda to take its place.
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Derek Fox
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We’ll know the attacks are really working when Heritage takes it down.
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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
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Very much agreed. Here’s how @lilymasonphd.bsky.social & I put our optimism about today’s scary conflict at the very end of our 2022 book. Republican politics have only grown worse, as expected, but our future will be bright if we have the courage and commitment to make it so.
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Derek Fox
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And the NYT changed the title of the piece, to obscure this fact!
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Oliver Willis
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"The members of the mainstream media are human beings (despite frequent appearances to the contrary) and human beings respond to incentives. There is an enormous personal financial incentive to another four years of Trump in the White House" www.oliverexplains.com/p/the-media-...
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Philip Bump
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A second American Revolution, this one aimed at unwinding democracy in favor of a monarchy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Derek Fox
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In retrospect, Tories probably should have written that threshold with a backstop so, e.g. “15% of sitting MPs or 3, whichever Is greater”
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Derek Fox
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I mean, bully for them, right? Getting just a wee bit jealous over here.
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Derek Fox
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I suppose every nation gets to struggle with the issues of electing a hardened criminal to their highest office in their own way!
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Derek Fox
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And I’m pointing out that you’re being that guy that you warned yourself about not being, it all starts as a (rather lame!) joke and no, the convictions don’t count if they’re vacated on appeal due to the Roberts opinion, or if he’s reelected and gets them dropped.
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Derek Fox
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Are you referring to the currently unconstitutional prosecutions of former President Trump?
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Derek Fox
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Intrigued by this idea of holding ex-Presidents accountable under the law, tell me more Brazil
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
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The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them
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Amanda Marcotte
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Project 2025 was from the Chris Rufo school of fascist communications, where you discuss your evil schemes out loud, confident the "normies" are not paying enough attention to notice.
But now it seems less politically engaged people are taking notice.
www.salon.com/2024/07/05/p...
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Derek Fox
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oh thank God I thought I was the only one
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ryan cooper
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"I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that our electoral system is destroying our society." www.interfluidity.com/v2/7687.html
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Seth Cotlar
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History will recall that the New York Times, that bastion of "the liberal media," on July 4, 2024 chose to give prime space on their op-ed page to a theocratic absolutist who argued that people shouldn't vote, even though he himself has voted in the last 2 elections (but nowhere is that mentioned).
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Derek Fox
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omg yes but of course Mark Twain was a poster. A. POSTER!
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Don Moynihan
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Lmao they just changed the title of the piece from “Why I don’t vote” to “Why I won’t vote” rather than tell readers that the guy actually does vote
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Bennett Gilbert
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This is the fee chart for rpk group, one of the leading "consultants" in higher ed. Compare this to what universities paying these rates pay their faculty.
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jaguarr
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This story hits a little harder now that the jury documents for Epstein's case have been released (and Trump's name is ALLLLLL over those documents). Again, mainstream media is burying this story for Trump.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
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Why I Don't Vote (OK, I Do Vote, but I Would Like to Discourage You, NY Times Reader, For Doing So For Some Reason)
Via @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us
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Derek Fox
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If voting is so useless, why do Republicans work so hard to keep people from doing it?
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Derek Fox
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"Make every Supreme Court Justice pass the US Citizenship test prior to each term" challenge
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Bethany Albertson
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Happy 4th - gifting this to all of you who quit NYTimes. I'm hanging on.
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/o...
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Derek Fox
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Truly the “abundance of riches” election
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Derek Fox
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There’s a way to resolve this paradox!
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Derek Fox
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Thinking back to when we first heard about the FBI NYC pressure campaign that got Comey to reopen the Clinton email case one week before the 2016 election and how I was puzzled at the time, why would cops support a known crook like Trump, wouldn’t you expect crooks to support a crook? and… yeah.
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Radley Balko
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Just a jaw-dropper from the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man.
innocenceproject.org/missouri-cir...
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Daniel Gilmore
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If only our news media institutions found "ex-president promises to jail and try opponents for treason if he takes back power" as newsworthy as "unnamed aide said current president gets tired after having a full day of work."
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Dan Murphy
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Presidential candidate who the far-right members of the Supreme Court just placed above the law tells voters how he will exercise his new powers.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen
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Me, on Monday: This probably invalidates the hush money federal charges. Phil: No, that was while he was a candidate though. Me: They'll find a way. The way:
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Derek Fox
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(also - they're not Federal charges, all the convictions are in State Court, under NY State law)
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Derek Fox
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You win this round of "Who's the most cynical about our political system, and hence correct, today" - congrats! (actually we all lose)
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Derek Fox
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It's because the key evidence of Trump directing the fraud happened post-inauguration, while Trump was serving as President, and one of the prongs of the Roberts immunity ruling is to forbid use of "immunized" Presidential acts in evidence.
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Don Moynihan
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Honestly still in shock that the most crooked American President in history said "I need immunity" and the GOP Supreme Court said "well, it's nowhere in the constitution, but sure, why not? Whats the worst that could happen?"
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Derek Fox
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“This isn’t hypothetical. This isn’t fearmongering. This is how Trump lives and will continue to live. It is how he governs and how he will continue to govern.”
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Team Trump admitting the immunity bullshit was just to slow walk the case and didn't in a million years expect to win it tells you just how fucked we are
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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He's right. They're stealing the country from us and ending democracy. "Bloodless if the left allows it to be" is a threat to kill anyone who fights back
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Derek Fox
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Yeah and what’s more the smallest ones are the really fancy ones, like “Oh sorry you had to take the big plane, I graduated to the tiny ones after selling my first company and I’ve never looked back.”
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Jameson Quinn
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I think this is the first person on here to point out that Biden could now "legally" order the IRS to release Trump's tax returns. Good point.
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Derek Fox
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So many Democrats, by contrast, act as of the only point of power is the respect and attention it gets them, personally - along with the perks. Would hate to jeopardize that deference by actually exercising any of that power!
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Derek Fox
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Say what you will about Republicans, at least they understand what power is for: Bending the rules of the game in your favor, every day, and breaking them when necessary
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