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An imperfect* progressive. He/Him/His *Sometimes pragmatism is the only path forward.
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ExecutiveOtaku
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We've got: The average Democratic voter in every interview, AOC, the CBC, the UAW. The panicky mutineers have: Some old movie star, a single digit number of elected congresscritters and a cranky NYT owner's petty grudge. This isn't real but it sure is stupid and dangerous.
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TWuG, The Original
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Every time I think this will blow over, some new numbnut throws a wrench.
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TWuG, The Original
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Pulling defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Secretoriginz
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TWuG, The Original
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It's tiring to see a few high profile Dems/Dem supporters buying into the frame pushed by the GOP. But I suspect most on-line, non-media folks pushing it are not Dems at all, but people who like chaos, bots, or GOP.
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Ed
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What a twist of fortunes that Bernie gives one of the strongest affirmative defenses of Biden while the centrists try to shiv him
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Joshua J. Friedman
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NEW: AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito for failure to disclose gifts and failure to recuse. Cosponsors: Lee, Tlaib, Watson Coleman, Ramirez, Frost, Omar, Bowman
Thomas: ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Alito: ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
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TWuG, The Original
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So Clooney and Reiner can pound sand. Thanks for buying the GOP frame, dumbasses.
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TWuG, The Original
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A phenomenal guitarist gone way too soon.
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Phil Plait
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(ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease^∞)
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Jeff Regensburger
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Which is to say it's a great time to revisit this interview that @marisakabas.bsky.social did with Spencer Ackerman, the journalist who penned Henry Kissinger's obit for Rolling Stone. www.thehandbasket.co/p/writing-an...
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Amanda Marcotte
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This couldn't be better timed, since folks are feeling demoralized. Hard as it may be to believe, but politics can be good for mental health.
Authors Emily Amick and Sami Sage explain how in their new book. Check out my interview with Emily!
www.salon.com/2024/07/09/p...
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TWuG, The Original
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"Dance for me, parasocial acquaintance! Dance!"
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TWuG, The Original
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"Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing."
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Jason Briggeman
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Casting a single vote for the better major candidate has a large positive net expected value for society, and you can very often tell who's a better candidate (especially this year!). Voting is humble, unselfish, and rational—a little chore that you should do. www.liberalcurrents.com/elections-ar...
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TWuG, The Original
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The extended cut with the Ents pining for the Entwives is... something.
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TWuG, The Original
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Is the first pic an SR-71 trainer?
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TWuG, The Original
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Thank you for your time You've been so much more than kind You can keep the dime
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John Brown stan account
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Wonder why the White House would have a Parkinson's expert visiting over the last year. Very suspicious stuff
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☀️ Starshine
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He signed a bill addressing Parkinson's literally yesterday. Give me your job
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Dr. SkySkull
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A good reminder. I don't know if Biden's mental state is a serious cause for concern or not, but we're seeing *exactly* the same playbook that was used on Clinton, down to the "allies are concerned" articles. And Clinton is *still* doing fine.
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TWuG, The Original
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I regret reading the comments.
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TWuG, The Original
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I'd be interested in the "college students compared to incarcerated" numbers. I have no doubt prisons and jails outnumber higher education facilities, but it may not be as skewed as this particular graphic shows. Ideally, every state would be blue. Too many are incarcerated.
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Nick Harkaway
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And arguably what I am enjoying most is that this is not the hero theory of history. We’re not seeing a charismatic leader carry the election through rhetoric and force of personality. We’re seeing populations say: nope. I like the power of nope.
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TWuG, The Original
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"Natural causes" works for me.
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TWuG, The Original
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I don't believe for an instant that there are many higher level Dem insiders or donors who think Biden stepping down is a good idea. But the ones who do are doing the GOP's work for them and they should never be listened to about anything ever again.
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TWuG, The Original
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Dutch courage
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Buffy's Blog
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“As media we consistently proclaim that we are just reporting the news when in fact we are driving it. What we cover, how we cover it, determines often what Americans think is important and how they perceive these issues yet we keep pretending it’s not so.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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TWuG, The Original
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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one of the most dishonest things people in my profession do is pretend as if “the story” and “the narrative” isn’t something they have direct control over
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@SIfill
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A second insurrection. Stop comparing these people to the founders. They are the Confederacy.
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TWuG, The Original
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There's a lot to be said for understanding *how* government works and then putting people in place to see that it does so effectively.
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A.R. Moxon
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And so I think we can see the fascist christian vision of the future. These apocalypse-minded religious creeps intend to convert everyone who isn't a mostly white mostly male mostly christian wealthy person into one of the three states they find acceptable—servant, slave or corpse.
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TWuG, The Original
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A full English breakfast next to a full dog's breakfast.
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TWuG, The Original
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If that were easy to define, sure. Is failing to even cover a story a lie? Because that's what would happen. It happens now. Fox both lies and fails to cover certain stories because they don't fit the narrative.
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TWuG, The Original
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Kind of depends on whether Biden allows free and fair elections. Whether he purges the people bent on destroying representative democracy. It might be unlikely he's another Washington, willingly giving up power, but we know the GOP never would.
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TWuG, The Original
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If the Constitution contains leeway enough to lead to the destruction of the Republic it underpins, then surely it contains leeway enough to save the Republic.
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TWuG, The Original
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I have questions. Many questions.
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TWuG, The Original
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Well, @aptshadow.bsky.social , could we?
phys.org/news/2024-07...
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TWuG, The Original
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"What trials await Trump?" "Uh... Hmmm... Well, I guess if he can sneer a bit he's good."
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TWuG, The Original
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It wasn't bad. But it hit as Trek started to lose my interest. Haven't had much interest since. Which is not saying any of the newer Trek stuff is bad, it's just not for me and that's okay.
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TWuG, The Original
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Yeah, I had to unfollow pwn. They're convinced the only correct take is their own.
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TWuG, The Original
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Ada Palmer
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first cohort of the American Climate Corps has been sworn in. 9,000 people will be deployed in the coming weeks to restore landscapes, erect solar panels, and work on environmental projects across America. #ShareGoodNewsToo grist.org/solutions/am...
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TWuG, The Original
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Dude puts ketchup on well done steaks. He couldn't manage two wings. The Bomb would kill him. And he'd rub his eyes, which would be hysterical. Also, Sean Evans is a better interviewer than just about anyone.
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TWuG, The Original
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Postcard writing to registered voters is low contact, but very helpful. If they can afford to donate, find an org that advocates for things they believe in and give them money. And vote. Vote for the people moving in the right direction, even if they are moving slowly.
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TWuG, The Original
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Odd that this doesn't happen regularly today given all the new things that haven't existed before. "This is a [insert unique technological achievement here]." "I'm sorry, but you aren't holding anything."
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Faine Greenwood
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It feels like the bare minimum thing we could do to save our own futures here is “not do the New York Times and the GOPs work for it by helping publicly speak the outcome they want into existence.”
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