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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 19h

Propaganda does not rely entirely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response, writes Calum Matheson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.

Scholars Must Recognize the Role of Affect and Emotion in Disinformation | TechPolicy.Press

The tactics of digital emotional manipulation are many and varied, but many of the most prominent exploit frustration and rage, writes Calum Matheson.

www.techpolicy.press

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 20h

instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 16h

With new congressional maps in CA, MO, NC, OH, TX, & UT, the national 2026 map would have 207 Harris seats, two MORE than the 2024 map. The median seat would move left from Trump+3.1 (AZ-01) to Trump+2.6 (OH-01).

I expect more GOP gerrymanders to come, but CA & UT have done a lot to counteract them

Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 19h

Dems will almost certainly flip one seat on Utah's new congressional map if it stands.

It creates a safely blue Harris+24 seat in Salt Lake City, replacing a GOP gerrymander that split the SLC area four ways to ensure every seat was dark red.

Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/join/cf1048c...

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Utah state court strikes the remedial congressional map enacted by the legislature on gerrymandering grounds and orders the state to use a map proposed by the plaintiffs for the 2026 midterms.

drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 4d

"It is clear now that claims of a fundamental realignment of American politics have been highly exaggerated." @gelliottmorris.com

The 2024 Trump "realignment" is over already

Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 7d

Good to see that California voters understand both democratic values and game theory much better than concern trolling pundits

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 10d

The thing about the Dodgers is that both Ohtani and Yamamoto are drastically underpaid

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Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

LA going crazy! 🎆 🎇 🧨

Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

Big time! Dodgers!! What a great series!

Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

Absolute nuke!!

Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

“…Defense wins championships.”

Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

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Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

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Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

What is Oklahoma doing?!?!?

Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 10d

Here we go! Now it feels like a Game 7!! 🔥🔥🔥

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11d

I'm being entirely serious when I say that this is one of the core commitments of reactionary politics: demand all the privileges, refuse any of the responsibility.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "It's their fault. Everything is their fault."

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 13d

My gut sense here is that Rs didn't think this would become an issue, then got pot committed to a terrible precedent just so they won't admit they were wrong.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13d

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.

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Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 13d

Amazing.

Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 13d

I’m crying

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.

“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.

“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. “So I just gave him my opinion.”

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14d

"21% of sports bettors say they’ve verbally abused an athlete, in person or online [...] 60% of Americans now express skepticism about the integrity of sport [...] Nearly half of men 18-49 have an online sports betting account."

i used to work for a sportsbook. i don't miss it. (gift link)

Opinion | Gambling Is Killing Sports and Consuming America

www.nytimes.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14d

We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.

I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.

People being blunt that Trump seemed confused and said his dementia test was a hard IQ test.

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Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 15d

Sweet!! What a game!!!!!

Dave Avramovich @daveavramovich.bsky.social · 15d

Just missed it…this game is great.