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Max Kennerly's avatar Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social
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Adam Liptak should be fired for this. It's not some sort of minor technical error or a debatable issue. He's simply lying.

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Nick S's avatar Nick S @holgate.permanent.red
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I think we have to see it in terms of bravery against a very clear promise of retribution. Nobody's coming after Jared Golden; the deportation trucks are headed straight to AOC's district.

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Kaitlin Has Had Enough's avatar Kaitlin Has Had Enough @gothamgirlblue.com
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The fact that qualified, capable candidates with normal flaws are having trouble with a gold-plated tin pot dictator and convicted felon is not a reflection on the candidates; it is a reflection on the electorate. White people are outrageously racist. That’s it. A smidge less racism and we’d win.

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Gregory Possum-Finder's avatar Gregory Possum-Finder @gregerskine.bsky.social
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CEO of the Diarrhea Factory: "you guys! we're just giving away diarrhea! you guys are gonna miss out on all the diarrhea!!"

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee's avatar Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com
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They ended The Good Wife by having Christine Baranski literally slap Julianna Marguiles in the face and then they did it again figuratively with an entire spin-off that basically ignores her existence, it is pretty great.

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Phil Lewis's avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
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Thousands of protesters in Barcelona chanted and carried signs that said "Tourists, go home," with some spraying tourists with water guns as they marched against over-tourism

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KayKinMD's avatar KayKinMD @kaykinmd.bsky.social
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Kamala Harris is pressing the abortion issue every day in every way, everywhere she goes. She is the point person on the issue for the campaign. Could Biden talk more about it? Sure. But it's not his strength, it's hers.

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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) ☮️🕊️🏳️‍🌈 's avatar J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) ☮️🕊️🏳️‍🌈 @jgownder.bsky.social
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Why wouldn't they? They understand that flawed Biden is far, far preferable to Project 2025 and Trumpian fascism. Leftist goals depend on there being a relatively free and fair election in 2028, which very well might not happen if Trump wins.

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan's avatar Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan @elizabethbitmeehan.com
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Similarly, the likelihood that the Republican presidential nominee drops dead from a drug overdose between now and November is definitely above zero

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Micah's avatar Micah @rincewind.run
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so many things about the US government that are now treated as Inviolable Precedent are based on things like "this is a number I just pulled out of my ass" and have been modified repeatedly over time until one day people decided changing the number was too hard it doesn't have to stay that way!

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Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
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One of the conclusions I am coming to is that we are too precious about the federal judiciary. You don’t get to be a coequal branch of government, if you don’t have an enforceable ethics code.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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your average milquetoast herb of a centrist dem congresscritter is absolutely glued to the front page of the NYT 26 hours a day, if you wonder why they all seem like they’ve had their brains irrigated with battery acid as of late, well, they sort of have

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Claire Willett's avatar Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social
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it’s gonna be a slow rollout as everyone works through this huge document to find all its buried horrors but oh boy oh boy oh boy when the labor union organizers get to this one things are gonna get lit on actual fire

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Tom Scocca's avatar Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social
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They can say all they want about how they cover both candidates' flaws with equal professional scrutiny but they transparently believe the Democratic nomination is something they have the power to influence and the Republican nomination is something they don't

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Pictures of the Floating World's avatar Pictures of the Floating World @floatingworlds.bsky.social
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This is another unidentified woodblock artist from the 1930's. It's called Noodle Stand at Night and the publisher was most likely Watanable Shozaburo. I tried reverse imaging it but Google has gone on walkabout the last couple of years. It gave me 10 "exact matches" that were not.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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this movie really is peak American Century cinema. a film where the world is saved less by American technology or military strength then by American ingenuity and bravery born of a diverse, meritocratic society.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Ultimately the Democratic Party gets to decide who its nominee is, for better or worse. But it certainly seems like parts of the media believe they it is their job to choose the Democratic candidate, rather than covering the strengths and weaknesses of *both* candidates running for President.

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Comfortably Numb's avatar Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly
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France: Defeats fascists. NYT:

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Been thinking about the Claudine Gay coverage as a keystone to Biden coverage : it was an editorial campaign driven by story after story. It takes enormous editorial hubris to be certain they are right (they were wrong about Gay).

What I wrote then: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-campai...

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geoffrey's avatar geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social
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love when someone tries to argue with me about a post from yesterday. we're past that. democratic participation was yesterday's theme. today i am thinking about white wine clams with spanish chorizo

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Gravel Influencer's avatar Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
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At the risk of posting something stupefyingly obvious: If you're among those canceling a New York Times or Washington Post subscription, I guarantee you have a great nonprofit media outlet or local paper in your area that could use some revenue. And that coverage is absolutely vital right now.

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Cymurai 's avatar Cymurai @wanderthedesert.bsky.social
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Robert’s’ opinion reads like one written by an arrogant freshman edge lord who was just told he was wrong. Sigh.

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Police Gazette's avatar Police Gazette @policegazette.bsky.social
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This will go down with Dred Scott among the worst decisions ever. What kind of mental delusion makes you think you're avoiding influencing political decisions when your action is actually the greatest possible influence on political decisions? 3 justices are on the take, but 3 are mentally ill.

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Hal 10000's avatar Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social
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Here's the thing: the people pulling the fire alarm on Trump v. US are people like Radley, Legal Eagle and @kenwhite.bsky.social , etc. I've followed these guys for years and they are not prone to panic-mongering. They're usually the ones saying, "Take a deep breath". It really is that bad.

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Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter's avatar Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter @susanrinkunas.com
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If these anti-abortion groups think the RNC platform is a win, it is not “moderate” or “scaled back”

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Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter's avatar Susan Rinkunas has a newsletter @susanrinkunas.com
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Most headlines on the GOP platform abortion changes will be garbage about “softening.” Pay attention to the reaction from a top anti-abortion group: “It is important that the GOP reaffirmed its commitment to protect unborn life today through the 14th Amendment.”

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg 's avatar Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social
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Yes, I have a LOT OF BEEF with Biden. So much beef. and There is no version of the story that involves Republicans gaining more control of our government now that ends well. Not a single one. Come on. We know this. The answer is: Voting can't be the END of our fight for change. Ever.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg 's avatar Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social
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Once again: The actual POTUS doesn't do a lot. Who they (*groans* he) tap(s) for key staff jobs, however, is critical and winds up having a profound impact on policy and the running of this joint. The amount things don't fall apart matters. Project 2025 REALLY SOFA KING MATTERS, friends

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Reactor (formerly Tor.com)'s avatar Reactor (formerly Tor.com) @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Over the course of 15 months and with 62 Lakota speakers involved, The Avengers has been dubbed fully into Lakota by the original cast:

reactormag.com/the-avengers...

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Sarah J. Jackson's avatar Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social
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The fun thing about racists who think Black people get handed jobs they don’t deserve is that they have almost always been handed jobs they don’t deserve

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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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a dead giveaway that project 2025 was written specifically for—and with input from—trump:

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southpaw's avatar southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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My Solomonic view is that NYT—perhaps the president’s primary persecutor recently—showed its whole ass with this swiss-cheese Parkinson’s specialist story. It’s blatantly copied from right-wing charlatans, unvetted. And a nimbler White House and campaign would be making it pay dearly for that.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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watching INDEPENDENCE DAY for the pod and damn this movie still whips!

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Chris Fitzgerald 's avatar Chris Fitzgerald @cofitzgerald.bsky.social
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This is what happens when you’re dedicated to the 24/7 news cycle but don’t want to take the time to perform journalism. Just keep running the same story with minor updates.

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Veronica's avatar Veronica @vmcombs.bsky.social
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It’s also the story of Trump’s biggest voting bloc: white women. Still nauseating to know that more white women voted for him in ‘20 than in ‘16. Proximity to power is a helluva drug.

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Amal El-Mohtar's avatar Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com
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Oh hey y’all guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & you can pre-order it if you want!
You can do so from anywhere, I recommend your local indie, but meanwhile here’s Macmillan’s link us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Coach Finstock's avatar Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Absolute insanity. MTV was one of like 3 must-watch channels and it often was number 1. It was THE reason a lot of people got cable. How do you fuck that up?

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Timothy Burke's avatar Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us
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just so everybody knows what's happening here, this is Jack Posobiec—who spent the past week as a featured guest on InfoWars—speaking to the MAGA group of the wife of a Supreme Court justice

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Elad Nehorai's avatar Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social
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The easiest way to see that Democrats don’t understand the threat Republicans pose is that they aren’t acting like their lives literally depend on winning.

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Peter's avatar Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social
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i keep seeing videos of people acting shitty in public where a top comment is something like “wonder who they voted for 🙄.” i honestly think a winning message for Dems is just “aren’t you sick of these fucking people”

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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I tried to post the clip from Casablanca where they sing La Marseillaise on Facebook and this happened

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Moon-faced Assassin of Joy's avatar Moon-faced Assassin of Joy @nome.bsky.social
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One of the things I love most about the Dimension 20 "misfits and magic" season is that after the teens reveal the abuse and manipulation of the headmistress... ...she's still headmistress. Still wealthy, still powerful. Their hard-earned victory is that there's now some minimal official oversight.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi's avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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Lord, I've seen what you've done in Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak and Jacob Rees-Mogg and Marine Le Pen and Henry Kissinger's lives, and i want that for Donald John Trump Sr.

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