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Democracy dies in silence – Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest is a warning - The Boston Globe
Democracy isn’t something we are. It’s something we do. And too few people in this country are doing it right now.
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“Resistance may or may not be futile. Acquiescence definitely is.”
- @yabraham.bsky.social
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To be fair that guy isn’t a democrat, just some rich asshole.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
To be fair that guy isn’t a democrat, just some rich asshole.
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that said i do think del toro’s frankenstein erred by cutting the creature’s canonical performance of Puttin On The Ritz
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
that said i do think del toro’s frankenstein erred by cutting the creature’s canonical performance of Puttin On The Ritz
Sounds like what didn’t work was electing and empowering “Third Way” “moderate” “centrists” instead of real Democrats.
Had to write about Angus King's declaration that "standing up to Trump didn't work" because I've never heard anything bleaker in my life.
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We’re Not Asking For Much, Angus
"Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work."
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November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sounds like what didn’t work was electing and empowering “Third Way” “moderate” “centrists” instead of real Democrats.
How about a prequel set in 1965: “The Return of Goldfinger?”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
How about a prequel set in 1965: “The Return of Goldfinger?”
Welcome to the heart of Dixie, where the state can’t afford to install sewerage in Black neighborhoods but can afford a billion-dollar prison.
Via Andrea Tinker: A $1 billion prison under construction in Elmore County will open about five months later than planned, and the state is looking to borrow money for an Escambia County prison, an Alabama senator said Monday. https://ow.ly/X7bX50XpKJe
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Welcome to the heart of Dixie, where the state can’t afford to install sewerage in Black neighborhoods but can afford a billion-dollar prison.
Hate to praise Das Politico, but this was a good piece.
Among other things, it described how Melech Bibi’s refusal to let the PA play a role in Gaza has led to a governance vacuum now being filled by 7,000 armed Hamas troops.
What a victory!
Among other things, it described how Melech Bibi’s refusal to let the PA play a role in Gaza has led to a governance vacuum now being filled by 7,000 armed Hamas troops.
What a victory!
Trump has promised peace for Gaza. Private documents paint a grim picture.
Trump has promised peace for Gaza. Private documents paint a grim picture.
The documents, presented in Israel last month to officials from the Departments of State and Defense, raise concerns including whether a multinational security initiative meant to keep the peace in Gaza can really be deployed.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hate to praise Das Politico, but this was a good piece.
Among other things, it described how Melech Bibi’s refusal to let the PA play a role in Gaza has led to a governance vacuum now being filled by 7,000 armed Hamas troops.
What a victory!
Among other things, it described how Melech Bibi’s refusal to let the PA play a role in Gaza has led to a governance vacuum now being filled by 7,000 armed Hamas troops.
What a victory!
Great job white people voting for a Mad King who thinks that feeding the hungry is “disgraceful.”
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great job white people voting for a Mad King who thinks that feeding the hungry is “disgraceful.”
Wait — you mean that there aren’t now 20 vacant co-ops in the Dakota?
Whoa.
Whoa.
b-b-b-but i was reliably told the moneyed class would flee new york the instant zohran was elected. archive.ph/2025.11.10-1...
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Wait — you mean that there aren’t now 20 vacant co-ops in the Dakota?
Whoa.
Whoa.
“Einknicken” is a really good German word because even if you don’t know German you know exactly what those eight Democratic Senators did.
Neue Episode: Der Höhenflug der Demokraten nach den Wahlsiegen der letzten Woche, die Reaktionen, welche strategischen Schlüsse daraus gezogen werden können - gefolgt von dem Einknicken von 8 Senator*innen im Shutdown-Kampf gegenüber den Republikanern und ihrem katastrophalen Messaging
USAUpdate 249: Dems in (Dis)Array - Höhenflug nach Wahlsiegen und Einknicken im Shutdown-Kampf | Annika Brockschmidt
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November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Einknicken” is a really good German word because even if you don’t know German you know exactly what those eight Democratic Senators did.
Dementia ex. 471
Trump on Air Traffic Controllers: The one’s that stayed, I'm sending them a $10,000 bonus.
Ingraham: Where is that money coming from?
Trump: I don't know.
Ingraham: Where is that money coming from?
Trump: I don't know.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dementia ex. 471
Yes all the polls are fake and Republicans should ignore them. This is very good advice from a genius.
Ingraham: Why are people saying they are anxious about the economy?
Trump: I don’t know that they are saying that. I think the polls are fake.
Trump: I don’t know that they are saying that. I think the polls are fake.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes all the polls are fake and Republicans should ignore them. This is very good advice from a genius.
Oh, Sarah, the torture and subversion of democracy carried out by the Bush-Cheney Regime, which you supported, has got be a strong runner-up in the moral and intellectual humiliation Olympics.
“Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon” is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Oh, Sarah, the torture and subversion of democracy carried out by the Bush-Cheney Regime, which you supported, has got be a strong runner-up in the moral and intellectual humiliation Olympics.
"Much of the world is alarmed about what the swaggering gorilla will do next, and much of the world questions the gorilla’s judgment."
- @greenhousenyt.bsky.social
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- @greenhousenyt.bsky.social
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Brutish, bullying, imperialistic: the Ugly American is back | Steven Greenhouse
Donald Trump is using US power to insert himself into other countries’ affairs, treating them as vassals
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Much of the world is alarmed about what the swaggering gorilla will do next, and much of the world questions the gorilla’s judgment."
- @greenhousenyt.bsky.social
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- @greenhousenyt.bsky.social
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They’ll kill gay marriage after the midterms
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
They’ll kill gay marriage after the midterms
This is the only upside to the Craven Eight’s miserable surrender: Johnson will have to seat Grijalva and there will be 218 votes to release the Epstein Files.
Whatever will Trump do? Ending the shutdown means bringing back the House for a vote on the Epstein files.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the only upside to the Craven Eight’s miserable surrender: Johnson will have to seat Grijalva and there will be 218 votes to release the Epstein Files.
Time to send this empty suit back to Millinocket
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Time to send this empty suit back to Millinocket
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
But it wasn’t a crisis of democracy when only Republicans did it in NC, TX, FL, GA which allowed them to keep the House in 2024?
No link to pisspoor @nytimes.com discussions with “some experts.”
No link to pisspoor @nytimes.com discussions with “some experts.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
But it wasn’t a crisis of democracy when only Republicans did it in NC, TX, FL, GA which allowed them to keep the House in 2024?
No link to pisspoor @nytimes.com discussions with “some experts.”
No link to pisspoor @nytimes.com discussions with “some experts.”
Finally someone standing up for America's embattled coffee and banana farmers!
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Finally someone standing up for America's embattled coffee and banana farmers!
Meritocracy in action!
(The actual story was broken by @mhackman.bsky.social in the @wsj.com but it's paywalled)
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(The actual story was broken by @mhackman.bsky.social in the @wsj.com but it's paywalled)
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DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Meritocracy in action!
(The actual story was broken by @mhackman.bsky.social in the @wsj.com but it's paywalled)
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(The actual story was broken by @mhackman.bsky.social in the @wsj.com but it's paywalled)
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These lawless murders on the high seas are on every single Republican who kept silent or voted against banning them, with plenty of blame left over for the.previous generations of GOP neocons who advocated for war crimes based on lies.
Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
These lawless murders on the high seas are on every single Republican who kept silent or voted against banning them, with plenty of blame left over for the.previous generations of GOP neocons who advocated for war crimes based on lies.
The definitive defenestration of National Review Dave
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The definitive defenestration of National Review Dave
Coming up in @nytopinion.nytimes.com :
Mamdani has not condemned everyone and everything I told him to so both sides have to answer for human rights failings
By
#Bretbug / St. David Brooks / Weird Ross / National Review Dave / Andy Cuomo
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Mamdani has not condemned everyone and everything I told him to so both sides have to answer for human rights failings
By
#Bretbug / St. David Brooks / Weird Ross / National Review Dave / Andy Cuomo
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Coming up in @nytopinion.nytimes.com :
Mamdani has not condemned everyone and everything I told him to so both sides have to answer for human rights failings
By
#Bretbug / St. David Brooks / Weird Ross / National Review Dave / Andy Cuomo
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Mamdani has not condemned everyone and everything I told him to so both sides have to answer for human rights failings
By
#Bretbug / St. David Brooks / Weird Ross / National Review Dave / Andy Cuomo
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Doesn't look like an undocumented immigrant to me
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Doesn't look like an undocumented immigrant to me
Certainly a big step up from Harvey Mansfield.
I wish Peter Coviello had been my college professor.
"I taught at a place called Bowdoin College for 16 years, and during the last of those there was a student in attendance you’ve perhaps heard of. His name is Zohran Mamdani."
Peter Coviello for @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Peter Coviello for @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Certainly a big step up from Harvey Mansfield.