Tom Baker
@tomabaker.bsky.social
I don’t know a lot about one little thing but I know a little about a lot of things
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Dear cartoonists: can someone do Musk leading Trump around by the nose?
December 19, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Dear cartoonists: can someone do Musk leading Trump around by the nose?
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"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
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220-215. 53-47. 48.43%-49.91%.
No landslide. No realignment. Just an election.
No landslide. No realignment. Just an election.
December 4, 2024 at 5:35 AM
220-215. 53-47. 48.43%-49.91%.
No landslide. No realignment. Just an election.
No landslide. No realignment. Just an election.
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What landslide? Trump will win by 1.5% points, one of the most narrow margins in history.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 PM
What landslide? Trump will win by 1.5% points, one of the most narrow margins in history.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
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The way I’d put it is…a not insignificant portion of the internet—and the world, I guess—defines themselves not by the things they do and love, but their opposition to others. When you take that away, they’re bereft of purpose.
What prompts someone to create an account like that? Don’t they have a life to live or something?
November 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
The way I’d put it is…a not insignificant portion of the internet—and the world, I guess—defines themselves not by the things they do and love, but their opposition to others. When you take that away, they’re bereft of purpose.
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The other exploding area of dark money in politics is the crypto lobby.
They have dumped insane sums in elections in both parties (Dem primaries + GOP general elections).
It’s pretty bad
They have dumped insane sums in elections in both parties (Dem primaries + GOP general elections).
It’s pretty bad
It's called cryptocurrency, but new FDIC data shows that most Americans don't use it as currency—they mainly hold on to it for price gains, not for transfers or purchases.
www.fdic.gov/household-su...
www.fdic.gov/household-su...
November 24, 2024 at 1:51 AM
The other exploding area of dark money in politics is the crypto lobby.
They have dumped insane sums in elections in both parties (Dem primaries + GOP general elections).
It’s pretty bad
They have dumped insane sums in elections in both parties (Dem primaries + GOP general elections).
It’s pretty bad
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Pace your outrage.
November 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Pace your outrage.
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There's always room for another piece about how Democrats have to understand the supposed complexities of the Trump voter's feelings, never any about how MAGA needs to settle down and engage with reality.
November 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
There's always room for another piece about how Democrats have to understand the supposed complexities of the Trump voter's feelings, never any about how MAGA needs to settle down and engage with reality.
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GOP to quietly move Matt Gaetz to a new parish.
November 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
GOP to quietly move Matt Gaetz to a new parish.
I just joined the bluer skies and I was going to migrate my follower list but then decided I wanted a clean start.
At first I was only going to follow people smarter than me. After lurking for a week I realized pretty much everyone is smarter than me.
So here’s a cat meme.
At first I was only going to follow people smarter than me. After lurking for a week I realized pretty much everyone is smarter than me.
So here’s a cat meme.
November 14, 2024 at 3:55 PM
I just joined the bluer skies and I was going to migrate my follower list but then decided I wanted a clean start.
At first I was only going to follow people smarter than me. After lurking for a week I realized pretty much everyone is smarter than me.
So here’s a cat meme.
At first I was only going to follow people smarter than me. After lurking for a week I realized pretty much everyone is smarter than me.
So here’s a cat meme.