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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
Hey @seattledot.bsky.social the new protected bike lane curbs on Union look great in the rain! Hope to see even more of these soon!
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey @seattledot.bsky.social the new protected bike lane curbs on Union look great in the rain! Hope to see even more of these soon!
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Here's how the progressive mayoral candidates in this story did yesterday:
Buffalo: Sean Ryan wins
NYC: Mamdani wins
Syracuse: Sharon Owen wins
Albany: Dorcey Applyrs wins
Seattle: Too close to call
Minneapolis: Goes to 2nd round, incumbent Jacob Frey with slight lead over socialist Omar Fateh
Buffalo: Sean Ryan wins
NYC: Mamdani wins
Syracuse: Sharon Owen wins
Albany: Dorcey Applyrs wins
Seattle: Too close to call
Minneapolis: Goes to 2nd round, incumbent Jacob Frey with slight lead over socialist Omar Fateh
Voters in major cities head to the polls today to choose between establishment Democrats and progressives focused on affordability and upending the status quo. “People are very frustrated with the broken status quo that doesn’t seem to be working for working people.”
From the Coasts to Rust Belt, Progressive Candidates Take On Dem Establishment
“What is being pushed by the corporate wing of the party is increasingly unattractive to voters,” said an organizer.
truthout.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here's how the progressive mayoral candidates in this story did yesterday:
Buffalo: Sean Ryan wins
NYC: Mamdani wins
Syracuse: Sharon Owen wins
Albany: Dorcey Applyrs wins
Seattle: Too close to call
Minneapolis: Goes to 2nd round, incumbent Jacob Frey with slight lead over socialist Omar Fateh
Buffalo: Sean Ryan wins
NYC: Mamdani wins
Syracuse: Sharon Owen wins
Albany: Dorcey Applyrs wins
Seattle: Too close to call
Minneapolis: Goes to 2nd round, incumbent Jacob Frey with slight lead over socialist Omar Fateh
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People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
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No, man, Republicans are in charge of the government.
Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?
Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.
Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?
Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
No, man, Republicans are in charge of the government.
Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?
Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.
Do you think Democrats are the ones who keep telling the House to stay on vacation week after week in order to prevent the release of the Epstein Files?
Because I'm pretty positive that's *you* who's been doing that.
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Godfrey doing his Trump impression with Dr. Dre in the studio 🤣💀
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Godfrey doing his Trump impression with Dr. Dre in the studio 🤣💀
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this is a prime opportunity for democrats to explicitly tell their voters "they say you're a terrorist, but youre just a patriotic american who is trying to get by in this world."
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
this is a prime opportunity for democrats to explicitly tell their voters "they say you're a terrorist, but youre just a patriotic american who is trying to get by in this world."
This must be so embarrassing for these ICE boys
PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This must be so embarrassing for these ICE boys
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Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.
From the AskReddit community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community
www.reddit.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.
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If two parties insist on “dueling versions” of reality, but one party includes journalists, local cops, local residents, and the other includes plagiarists, propagandists, and Orwellian GOP liars, it’s worth saying there is one reality, and one lurid fantasy. newrepublic.com/article/2016...
MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit
A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.
newrepublic.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If two parties insist on “dueling versions” of reality, but one party includes journalists, local cops, local residents, and the other includes plagiarists, propagandists, and Orwellian GOP liars, it’s worth saying there is one reality, and one lurid fantasy. newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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Wow, they did all that and got *two* suspected gang members? Suspected? Wow. And two of them? Wow.
Plus a guy with a previous charge of marihuana possession? Wow.
Wow, that is impressive. Wow, when are we throwing these heroes a parade? Wow.
Plus a guy with a previous charge of marihuana possession? Wow.
Wow, that is impressive. Wow, when are we throwing these heroes a parade? Wow.
DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wow, they did all that and got *two* suspected gang members? Suspected? Wow. And two of them? Wow.
Plus a guy with a previous charge of marihuana possession? Wow.
Wow, that is impressive. Wow, when are we throwing these heroes a parade? Wow.
Plus a guy with a previous charge of marihuana possession? Wow.
Wow, that is impressive. Wow, when are we throwing these heroes a parade? Wow.
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Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely
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"What’s clear from Trump’s disastrous Anchorage meeting and the emergency summit of world leaders that followed is that no one in the White House has a plan for ending this war." - @themaxburns.bsky.social for us today.
The Emperor Has No Deal - Dame Magazine
Donald Trump shuffled restlessly on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson just outside Anchorage. He glanced back toward Air Force One, then to the Tupolev Tu-214 idling catty-corner to the pr...
www.damemagazine.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"What’s clear from Trump’s disastrous Anchorage meeting and the emergency summit of world leaders that followed is that no one in the White House has a plan for ending this war." - @themaxburns.bsky.social for us today.
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I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
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A good read: "Can We All Live With One Less Car? It's not something that most people are doing yet. But all of our demographic and economic trends suggest it's way more possible than it used to be."
futureofwhere.substack.com/p/can-we-all...
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
futureofwhere.substack.com/p/can-we-all...
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
Can We All Live With One Less Car?
It's not something that most people are doing yet. But all of our demographic and economic trends suggest it's way more possible than it used to be.
futureofwhere.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A good read: "Can We All Live With One Less Car? It's not something that most people are doing yet. But all of our demographic and economic trends suggest it's way more possible than it used to be."
futureofwhere.substack.com/p/can-we-all...
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
futureofwhere.substack.com/p/can-we-all...
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
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1/ @vermontgmg.bsky.social was kind enough to let us republish his fantastic piece on how scary giving $200 billion to a run away, ill-disciplined, and ill-trained force is.
It is a must read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It is a must read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
1/ @vermontgmg.bsky.social was kind enough to let us republish his fantastic piece on how scary giving $200 billion to a run away, ill-disciplined, and ill-trained force is.
It is a must read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It is a must read: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Just to recap — a white “straight news” reporter at the NYT can make the comments in the first post freely, but a black opinion columnist cannot post the second and third.
Sneering about the “woke left” “enforcing language”? OK!
Saying white supremacists might not be trusted sources? No! No!!!
Sneering about the “woke left” “enforcing language”? OK!
Saying white supremacists might not be trusted sources? No! No!!!
July 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just to recap — a white “straight news” reporter at the NYT can make the comments in the first post freely, but a black opinion columnist cannot post the second and third.
Sneering about the “woke left” “enforcing language”? OK!
Saying white supremacists might not be trusted sources? No! No!!!
Sneering about the “woke left” “enforcing language”? OK!
Saying white supremacists might not be trusted sources? No! No!!!
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6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
June 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.
Also acceptable: BB King, MLK, LeBron James, and Elvis.
No Kings except Short Kings™️.
June 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Also acceptable: BB King, MLK, LeBron James, and Elvis.
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Yeah it's really something to see a U.S. senator being hit with the same impossible compliance demands that the cops scream at people before shooting them during a stop
"Put your hands behind your back."
"I'm trying, you have to let go of them first."
"I'm trying, you have to let go of them first."
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Yeah it's really something to see a U.S. senator being hit with the same impossible compliance demands that the cops scream at people before shooting them during a stop
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Newsletter: An OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries on men it describes as “subhuman”, and promoting misogynist ideas sourced from online incel forums.
“Without surgery, you won’t mog genetically superior guys head-on,” it tells one man.
www.citationneeded.news/openai-incel...
“Without surgery, you won’t mog genetically superior guys head-on,” it tells one man.
www.citationneeded.news/openai-incel...
OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries to “subhuman” men
OpenAI's featured chatbot recommends $200,000 in surgeries while promoting incel ideology
www.citationneeded.news
May 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Newsletter: An OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries on men it describes as “subhuman”, and promoting misogynist ideas sourced from online incel forums.
“Without surgery, you won’t mog genetically superior guys head-on,” it tells one man.
www.citationneeded.news/openai-incel...
“Without surgery, you won’t mog genetically superior guys head-on,” it tells one man.
www.citationneeded.news/openai-incel...
@cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov please join your colleagues in supporting this legislation. It’s obviously the right thing to do and a political winner for Democrats.
Kelly: Senator Ossoff and I introduced legislation to compel the rest of Congress to do what the two of us already do: put your assets into a blind trust, where you don’t have the ability to use any of the information you have to make money because of your job.
May 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
@cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov please join your colleagues in supporting this legislation. It’s obviously the right thing to do and a political winner for Democrats.
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New in PN: Maine fought the law, and Maine won
"After weeks of public fulminating, the administration quietly folded and quit trying to steal kids’ lunch money for the grievous sin of letting a couple of trans girls play sports. It’s a reminder that Trump, like any bully, can be fought and beaten."
"After weeks of public fulminating, the administration quietly folded and quit trying to steal kids’ lunch money for the grievous sin of letting a couple of trans girls play sports. It’s a reminder that Trump, like any bully, can be fought and beaten."
Maine fought the law, and Maine won
The Trump administration can't defend the indefensible.
www.publicnotice.co
May 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New in PN: Maine fought the law, and Maine won
"After weeks of public fulminating, the administration quietly folded and quit trying to steal kids’ lunch money for the grievous sin of letting a couple of trans girls play sports. It’s a reminder that Trump, like any bully, can be fought and beaten."
"After weeks of public fulminating, the administration quietly folded and quit trying to steal kids’ lunch money for the grievous sin of letting a couple of trans girls play sports. It’s a reminder that Trump, like any bully, can be fought and beaten."