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VoteBlue4ever@voteblue4vr.bsky.social |
850 followers 1515 following 1470 posts
Lifelong liberal, eclectic creative, eternally optimistic realist, avid reader, movie lover.
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RainSurname
@rainsurname.bsky.social
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I do captioning for a living, & a big part of my job is cleaning up false starts & filler words. That has always been the norm at every media outlet. Print media edits Trump so carefully that you would never know what he actually sounds like. Doing this to Biden is a 180 from decades of policy.
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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.
"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"
Video and story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1834...
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David
@daverino.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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New pod: Under Project 2025, an army of Trump loyalists would deeply corrupt information gathering by the government and turn it into little more than pro-Trump propaganda.
We dig deep into this with @volts.wtf, who is highly illuminating on the dangers here:
newrepublic.com/article/1832...
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha)
@mostlybree.kitrocha.com
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We're about to post our way to $1,000,000 raised for voting rights. lol
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L O L G O P
@lolgop.bsky.social
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We're at 496 members! 600 by Monday is tough but I think we can do 500!
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sherri 11/07
@17x2lizards.bsky.social
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wapo.st/4cx51cC
"The rule, if finalized, could add protections for 35 million workers nationwide"
(Employment shouldn't force one to risk organ failure or death..but the Robert's SCOTUS 6, some employers, many republicans, & most of Florida politicians may disagree.. you know blah, blah profits)
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VoteBlue4ever
@voteblue4vr.bsky.social
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Just feels like Republicans and the ultra-rich who own the media know that they don't have the numbers to put their king back in the WH, their voter suppression isn't going well, so dividing the Dems with constant political punditry was their last gasp.
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Melissa Gira Grant
@melissagiragrant.com
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We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...
www.mediamatters.org/project-2025
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Sean
@publichealth.bsky.social
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this is wayyy under-discussed
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Stephen Webb
@stephenwebb.bsky.social
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Props to the AP for a headline that contains the whole story
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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the breadth of misinformation is unreal. a woman next to us at dinner said she went to cuba when “trump opened the border” and her date said “best president ever.” obama did that!!! trump reversed it!!!
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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Yes. Trump is lying and his fans are laughing at any of the members of the media gullible to repeat his lies for him.
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Anne
@annemdelgado.bsky.social
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This 💯 Where were all these dems with their concerns about his age and acuity before primary season? Also, you know if the roles were reversed every republican would be in lockstep talking about “everyone has an off night” and changing the subject reading off the same script So frustrating
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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One does wonder
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James Schmeling
@jschmeling.bsky.social
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Here's what bothers me about Biden critics. I believe they are simply promoting themselves in this rather than having a legitimate approach to ensuring Trump does not win. "Biden must step aside" is not a strategy to win. It's just not.
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VoteBlue4ever
@voteblue4vr.bsky.social
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Not sending their best to cover politics, eh? He said the quiet part out loud though: if it bleeds, it leads. It's so much more "exciting" for the political press to keep moving the goal post for Biden, as opposed to covering TFG's authoritarian fascism.
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Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
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If they’re going to let trump get away with claiming that he finds parts of Project 2025 awful and disgusting, some member of the media should at least ask him “what part?”
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e.w. niedermeyer
@niedermeyer.io
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What's the penalty for a decade-long self-driving fraud that has killed multiple people?
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✨Reader Librarian ✨ 🌞🧚🐈⬛🪬
@weeklyreader.bsky.social
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Remember when a recording of her making a drunken pass at another far right troll in a DC bar in 2017 was posted on Twitter? 🫣
ifunny.co/video/laura-...
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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This is the editorial view of the guy who controls which posts get shown on Vichy Twitter and which get buried. Insane that journalists continue to use it as a source of information and contribute to its legitimacy
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Christopher May
@chrismay.bsky.social
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What a surprise! They need a change from the top down.
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Michael Clark
@smintheus.bsky.social
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The same Warner who said it's outrageous that Biden wouldn't let senators see all the highly classified documents Trump stole. Because Warner's super smart about how politics work in DC & v well informed about the needs/wishes of his GOP buddies. I'd bet Marco at least will join his coup against B
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Paul Guinnessy
@paulguinnessy.bsky.social
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Florida, leading the country once again. I often wonder what the life expectancy in FL is now?
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chatham harrison is tending a new garden
@chathamharrison.bsky.social
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Even a tepid choice can be a momentous change when the alternative is evil
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Now everyone--The Times and, sorry to say, MSNBC--is noting every missed syllable. The man has a stutter. I don't stutter but I am a mushmouth who speaks too fast and slurs words. I've had to overcome fear of public speaking. I have empathy for Biden. The press has empathy for no one (but Trump).
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮
@joshuafoust.com
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This is legitimately ugly behavior by the media
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮
@joshuafoust.com
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They know what they’re doing, and they really think we are too stupid to notice it
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
@golikehellmachine.com
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lol, i mean, one funny part of this is that these guys can’t even keep from blowing their load long enough to get their pants undone
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Blue Heron Farm
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social
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Come on, y'all. For America. For Ted. Let's do this.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞
@mary1kathy.bsky.social
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“Trump and his followers undoubtedly view the Court as a force multiplier in their authoritarian quest, rather than an obstacle. Long after this election is over, that may well be the legacy this Supreme Court leaves behind.”
#TrumpIsNotAnOption
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
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Courtney Milan
@courtneymilan.com
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MOAR TRAINS!!!!!!!!
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Prisonculture
@prisonculture.bsky.social
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Nothing is stopping every single Democratic elected official and apparatchik from taking the airwaves every single day to articulately and decisively repeat a set of cogent talking points about Trump (ie 45). Nothing. Dem PACs could be slamming him with ads now. Stop whining and do that.
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Moira Donegan
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
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“He took away abortion and he wants to be a dictator” should be plastered on every surface and blaring out of every speaker.
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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Even after getting crushed in a statewide referendum on the issue, Kansas Republicans have absolutely no fear about defying the people's will and trying to force abortion bans through lawsuits and unconstitutional legislation.
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Director, Basque Space Program
@scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz
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This is unserious. Why don’t we talk about how the media selectively edits Trump quotes and refuses to talk about all the speeches and rallies Biden has done since the debate. The narrative apparently can’t fail
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Oh they know what they’re doing here
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VoteBlue4ever
@voteblue4vr.bsky.social
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Praise in public, mentor in private. Just because you don't know that it's happening doesn't mean it isn't. Some folks have self-discipline.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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Here’s Biden competently answering hostile questions. x.com/riegerreport...
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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He should have done events. Oh okay, he did events, but he should do them without a prompter. Oh okay, he did some of them without a prompter, but he needs to take questions in the form I specify. There is not going to be any end to this series because you’re not inclined to be persuaded.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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"The fact that we're going to hold Joe Biden to one standard and Donald Trump to another, which is really no standard at all." - @JoeNBC on The New York Times et al.
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Greg Olear
@gregolear.bsky.social
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No, Biden Should Not Drop Out FFS Please Stop…
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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
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One striking detail in this story: The Pastor at Lake Church, where Mark Robinson gave this speech, told me he and Robinson expected these remarks to be "scrutinized." Then the Pastor defended them!
(also worth noting Christian Nationalist overtones in rest of speech cc @sarahposner.bsky.social)
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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The qualities of the candidate often do not fucking matter if the people who really want that candidate to get elected are willing to play hardball, especially if the candidate is an incumbent. Maybe, just this once, we could learn this lesson from the GOP to save ourselves from true horror.
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John Brown stan account
@johnbrownstan.bsky.social
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Biden's not dropping out. The sooner we an accept that and get in line, the better
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Amanda Marcotte
@amandamarcotte.bsky.social
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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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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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I could not give less of a shit about Biden or his mental abilities, but I do care about winning, and I am not sold that ditching him improves our odds of winning
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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.bsky.social
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I mean, Trump is an insane felon rapist and a lot of people still voted for him. There’s no rule that says we have to honorably give a shit about if our candidate comes off as slightly addled, especially when we’ve got a perfectly good VP who can take over as soon as he makes it past the post.
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VoteBlue4ever
@voteblue4vr.bsky.social
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Good for you. She would not be able to beat TFG by herself. And she's ALREADY ON THE TICKET SO YOU ALREADY "HAVE" HER.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
@golikehellmachine.com
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i’ll tell you what, man, if biden manages to survive and win another term, i hope he and his aides remember that it was mostly the ancient centrists — not the progressives and not the younger dems — who came behind up him with the knives, and that he responds in kind.
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