Harden Spencer
@hspencer2.bsky.social
Legislative Director for Rep. Valerie Foushee. Huntingdon, Duke, GW. All things DC United ⚽️ and Auburn 🏈🏀.
Just wanted to say thanks for your tireless coverage this season @mattdoyle.bsky.social. As someone with tragic dual loyalties (OG ATL fan but a 4 year DC STH since moving here), can genuinely say your coverage is the 1 thing that's kept me plugged into MLS this year. Loving the newsletter too!
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just wanted to say thanks for your tireless coverage this season @mattdoyle.bsky.social. As someone with tragic dual loyalties (OG ATL fan but a 4 year DC STH since moving here), can genuinely say your coverage is the 1 thing that's kept me plugged into MLS this year. Loving the newsletter too!
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Someone please tell this poor man how battery storage works.
Burgum to CNBC: "The intermittent sources, the unreliable and expensive sources like solar and wind -- you don't know when the wind's gonna blow, we do know when the sun is gonna shine and it's not 24 hours a day."
September 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Someone please tell this poor man how battery storage works.
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On @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the contrast between the Washington Spirit & DC United.
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Washington Spirit seize the moment as DC United stumble in city of unrest
The rise of the NWSL’s Spirit and fall of MLS’s United are emblematic of the two ownership groups’ commitment to fans and the culture of a unique city
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the contrast between the Washington Spirit & DC United.
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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As Zeldin speaks, the heat index at the bottom of the screen is showing parts of the country hitting feels-like temperatures of 121 degrees. Extreme heat is a leading cause of death from climate change, a toll that will increase as CO2 levels rise.
Zeldin: "EPA is proposing to rescind the 2009 Obama EPA endangerment finding to eliminate all of the greenhouse gas emissions regulations that followed."
July 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As Zeldin speaks, the heat index at the bottom of the screen is showing parts of the country hitting feels-like temperatures of 121 degrees. Extreme heat is a leading cause of death from climate change, a toll that will increase as CO2 levels rise.
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Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
July 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
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NEWS: Congressional Budget Office projects that the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act will
—Add $3.4 trillion to the national debt
($1.1T in net spending cuts, $4.5T in lower revenue)
—Result in 10 million fewer people with health insurance
—Lower ACA benchmark premiums by 0.6%
—Add $3.4 trillion to the national debt
($1.1T in net spending cuts, $4.5T in lower revenue)
—Result in 10 million fewer people with health insurance
—Lower ACA benchmark premiums by 0.6%
July 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEWS: Congressional Budget Office projects that the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act will
—Add $3.4 trillion to the national debt
($1.1T in net spending cuts, $4.5T in lower revenue)
—Result in 10 million fewer people with health insurance
—Lower ACA benchmark premiums by 0.6%
—Add $3.4 trillion to the national debt
($1.1T in net spending cuts, $4.5T in lower revenue)
—Result in 10 million fewer people with health insurance
—Lower ACA benchmark premiums by 0.6%
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let's take stock here:
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
let's take stock here:
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
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When normal voters are hurt by policies/politicians they supported, I think we should give them grace. Many are disconnected from politics, don't have bandwidth to research proposals that demagogues hawk.
But this woman is a US lawmaker. Take some damn responsibility for the lives you've put at risk
But this woman is a US lawmaker. Take some damn responsibility for the lives you've put at risk
Florida congresswoman was denied care for a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy because of the state’s strict and vague anti-abortion law, which she herself supported.
Her response is to blame the left for “fearmongering.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Her response is to blame the left for “fearmongering.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Republican’s Life-Threatening Pregnancy Collided With Florida’s Abortion Politics
Due in August with her first child, Rep. Kat Cammack says doctors last year hesitated to treat her ectopic pregnancy.
www.wsj.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
When normal voters are hurt by policies/politicians they supported, I think we should give them grace. Many are disconnected from politics, don't have bandwidth to research proposals that demagogues hawk.
But this woman is a US lawmaker. Take some damn responsibility for the lives you've put at risk
But this woman is a US lawmaker. Take some damn responsibility for the lives you've put at risk
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NEW: 1-vote victory for Trump's big bill inflames Democratic clash over aging leaders
3 House vacancies after Dems died of health issues in their 70s.
And a reckoning over Biden.
It’s fueling a movement to change the party’s seniority-centered culture.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
3 House vacancies after Dems died of health issues in their 70s.
And a reckoning over Biden.
It’s fueling a movement to change the party’s seniority-centered culture.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
1-vote victory for Trump's big bill inflames Democratic clash over aging leaders
House vacancies caused by recent deaths, as well as angst over Joe Biden's decision to run again in 2024, are fueling the argument that older incumbents need to step aside.
www.nbcnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
NEW: 1-vote victory for Trump's big bill inflames Democratic clash over aging leaders
3 House vacancies after Dems died of health issues in their 70s.
And a reckoning over Biden.
It’s fueling a movement to change the party’s seniority-centered culture.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
3 House vacancies after Dems died of health issues in their 70s.
And a reckoning over Biden.
It’s fueling a movement to change the party’s seniority-centered culture.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Pro tip: firing veterans, crashing the economy, and destroying Medicare to carve out tax cuts for billionaires doesn't help your approval rating.
People are tired of the higher costs, unmitigated chaos, and corruption that Republicans keep rubber stamping.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
People are tired of the higher costs, unmitigated chaos, and corruption that Republicans keep rubber stamping.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL
Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
abcnews.go.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Pro tip: firing veterans, crashing the economy, and destroying Medicare to carve out tax cuts for billionaires doesn't help your approval rating.
People are tired of the higher costs, unmitigated chaos, and corruption that Republicans keep rubber stamping.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
People are tired of the higher costs, unmitigated chaos, and corruption that Republicans keep rubber stamping.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work.
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Tariffs like these raise prices and don't work.
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
But if you skipped class the day we all learned that – here's a refresher:
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ding ding ding
February 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ding ding ding
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These reckless accusations from Trump are an irresponsible attempt to politicize a national tragedy and place blame on DEI efforts.
The victims, their families, and the American people deserve real answers and real solutions from this administration to prevent future collisions.
The victims, their families, and the American people deserve real answers and real solutions from this administration to prevent future collisions.
Reporter: I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this crash?
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
January 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These reckless accusations from Trump are an irresponsible attempt to politicize a national tragedy and place blame on DEI efforts.
The victims, their families, and the American people deserve real answers and real solutions from this administration to prevent future collisions.
The victims, their families, and the American people deserve real answers and real solutions from this administration to prevent future collisions.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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Leaders take accountability for problems and fix them.
Racist narcissists blame them on imaginary brown people.
Racist narcissists blame them on imaginary brown people.
Reporter: Are you saying this crash was caused as a result of diversity hiring
Trump: It could have been
Trump: It could have been
January 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Leaders take accountability for problems and fix them.
Racist narcissists blame them on imaginary brown people.
Racist narcissists blame them on imaginary brown people.
Devastated to hear about Extratime getting cancelled. Have listened to damn near every episode for 13 years. Thanks for everything guys @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social @empiregass.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Devastated to hear about Extratime getting cancelled. Have listened to damn near every episode for 13 years. Thanks for everything guys @andrew-wiebe.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social @empiregass.bsky.social
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I am proud to announce that I was elected as a @housedemocrats.bsky.social Regional Whip for the 119th Congress! I look forward to working to ensure that the impacts of legislation in Washington are felt across all of our communities.
My statement ⤵️
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
My statement ⤵️
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee Appointed Regional Whip By House Democratic Caucus | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
foushee.house.gov
January 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am proud to announce that I was elected as a @housedemocrats.bsky.social Regional Whip for the 119th Congress! I look forward to working to ensure that the impacts of legislation in Washington are felt across all of our communities.
My statement ⤵️
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
My statement ⤵️
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
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When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy.
by Charlie Kirk
by Charlie Kirk
January 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy.
by Charlie Kirk
by Charlie Kirk
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Atlanta United eliminate Inter Miami! Lionel Messi and the Supporters' Shield winner fall to the lowest-ranked team in the MLS Cup Playoffs!
Atlanta finished 34 points behind Miami in the regular season. Biggest upset in MLS history, easily!
Atlanta finished 34 points behind Miami in the regular season. Biggest upset in MLS history, easily!
November 10, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Atlanta United eliminate Inter Miami! Lionel Messi and the Supporters' Shield winner fall to the lowest-ranked team in the MLS Cup Playoffs!
Atlanta finished 34 points behind Miami in the regular season. Biggest upset in MLS history, easily!
Atlanta finished 34 points behind Miami in the regular season. Biggest upset in MLS history, easily!
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until the day I die I will never understand why he was even still allowed to run after this
November 5, 2024 at 3:13 AM
until the day I die I will never understand why he was even still allowed to run after this