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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)
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PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3📚+1 in progress: How WE Make US Democracy. Dad w/ jokes. 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms"😂 nathankalmoe.com .. more

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h
The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark.

These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:

Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen

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Matthew J (is) Tired @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 7h
Gift article. That day should have changed everything — in pretty much the exact opposite direction to the way things have turned out.

Good review here of the crushing, colossal, repeated failures of principle and courage which turned the outcome of that dreadful day completely inside out.
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 7h
This essay does more damage to him than whatever the guy said about him.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 7h
Party of death & misery

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 7h
Perfect media coupling for a regime that values fealty over competence.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h
"First day... first day, big problems here. Uh, are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go..."

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fir...

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7h
Five years ago.
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 7h
🚨 "Canada, for several months now, has been developing a military strategy for how they will respond if there is an incursion over their southern border...that is now a real thing that the Canadian military is thinking about. Didn't use to be."

– @economist.com's Hal Hodson

(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
Donald Trump says America will “run” Venezuela. What happens now? | The Economist Insider
Donald Trump says Venezuela’s people are “free again”, now that its dictator has been removed. But freedom remains far from certain. Join Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy...
www.economist.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 8h
😢 it’s my fave Star Wars and the best at politics (tho a low bar!)

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h
- DOJ’s continued losses over challenges to its invasive subpoenas seeking trans minors’ medical information: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-f...

- the problem with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford’s attack on SCOTUS critics: www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8h
We underestimate how impactful harassment and threats of violence are on politicians. Clear, large uptick in the number of major incumbent politicians not running/retiring specifically due to harassments and threats of violence. The harassers are like 0.1% of the population but hugely impactful.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 8h
Andor

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 8h
The other guy got battle of Algiers, which was my first thought.

Dr Strangelove & Failsafe…

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h
If you got away from news over the holidays, good for you.

You can catch up on some of the key news at Law Dork, where I covered:

- SCOTUS’s preliminary order blocking Trump’s National Guard efforts in states: www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now
More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops.
www.lawdork.com

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daniel s. @self.agency · 8h
venezuela has the most overcrowded and violent prisons in the world and if you were at 173% capacity and broke due to sanctions, you would also release whoever you thought wasn't a public danger www.prisonstudies.org/country/vene...
a chart of venezuela's prison population since 2000

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 8h
Death of Stalin paired with Burn after reading?

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 8h
FYI it was the franchisee & headquarters is disavowing. bsky.app/profile/carl...
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13h
I deleted an earlier post praising Hilton for stating that ICE agents were not welcome.

Hilton states "This hotel is independently owned and operated, and the actions referenced are not reflective of Hilton values.”

Well, telling ICE to get lost reflects my values.
Hilton shares fall after DHS says Minneapolis hotel canceled reservation due to immigration enforcement
"We are not allowing any ICE or immigration agents to stay at our property," an email cited by DHS said.
www.cnbc.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 8h
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it's 'based on no scientific input' thehill.com/policy/healt...
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it’s ‘based on no scientific input’
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who cast a critical vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, on Monday blasted the reduction of the childhood immun…
thehill.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 9h
If only you were a senator or something, sweetie

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 9h
Same day they are trying to kill kids by removing vaccine recommendations, a reminder that they also wanted to kill people by destroying medical and scientific research
joshuasweitz.bsky.social Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 9h
Federal Appeals judge affirms prohibition of arbitrary cuts of research infrastructure rates (i.e., the IDC rate slash announcement of early Feb. 2025).

As the ruling explains, NIH's X/Twitter statements contributed to the federal government's loss in court (!!)

🧵
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by David R. Miller, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 9h
Each day this continues is a signal to the rest of the world that we were okay with it
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
complete batshit insanity
Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 9h
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
Ensures that all the diseases covered by the previous immunization schedule will still be available to anyone who wants them through Affordable Care Act insurance plans and federal insurance programs, including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children program. Families will not have to purchase them out of pocket. Among peer nations, the U.S. will continue to offer the most childhood vaccines for free to those who want them.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 10h
Namely, the “centrist” ones.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 10h
There’s also this bullshit that suggests some Dem leaders lack any admirable values: www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Democrats eye a villain-to-ally arc for Elon Musk
The messy public breakup between two MAGA heavyweights makes some Dems wonder if there's a role for them to play.
www.politico.com

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Nute Year, Nute You @nutedawn.bsky.social · 10h
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 10h
Much of the world should fight Trump over Greenland if they don’t want to be next.

But it’s the same collective action problem causing all the domestic institutions to fold.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?

MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO

T: So force is on the table?

M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 10h
Work update: I am running the United States of America now ... by definition i am in charge because i have me stationed inside the country. I set the terms and conditions ... for them to do commerce, they need my permission.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Stephen Miller: "What the president said is true. The United States of America is running Venezuela ... by definition we are in charge because we have the US military stationed outside the country. We set the terms and conditions ... for them to do commerce, they need our permission."

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 10h
all i'm saying is if I was the EU and I had a dozen highly competent intelligence agencies I would be having those bastards leak every horrible piece of shit they have on everyone in trump world 24/7 right now

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 11h
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
drewmagary.bsky.social Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 16h
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com