@dtobes.bsky.social
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my letter to the CEO, President, and COO of Services Corporation International, the owner of Dignity Memorial, which manages the cemetery in which my mom is buried that was being used as an ICE staging ground this afternoon.
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
my letter to the CEO, President, and COO of Services Corporation International, the owner of Dignity Memorial, which manages the cemetery in which my mom is buried that was being used as an ICE staging ground this afternoon.
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Democrats should demand the firing of Stephen Miller as a condition for reopening the government.
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Democrats should demand the firing of Stephen Miller as a condition for reopening the government.
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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Best post of 2025 to date.
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Best post of 2025 to date.
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It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."
September 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This is so incredibly fucked op beyond belief. Just straight up lies from HHS and RJK. Fuck him so hard. 1/
www.axios.com/2025/09/05/r...
www.axios.com/2025/09/05/r...
RFK Jr. to draw link between Tylenol and autism, new report says
The mention of a Tylenol connection would revive a medical controversy over the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy.
www.axios.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is so incredibly fucked op beyond belief. Just straight up lies from HHS and RJK. Fuck him so hard. 1/
www.axios.com/2025/09/05/r...
www.axios.com/2025/09/05/r...
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Yes this!
Dem leaders should pivot like this to attack Republicans. It is so easy. Be aggressive.
Dem leaders should pivot like this to attack Republicans. It is so easy. Be aggressive.
It is so easy to say,
"Well I haven't heard about that, but it sounds like more baseless right-wing bullshit"
The Republicans literally never acknowledge a scandal in their party.
Just.... Don't engage in attacks on other Democrats. It's so fucking easy.
"Well I haven't heard about that, but it sounds like more baseless right-wing bullshit"
The Republicans literally never acknowledge a scandal in their party.
Just.... Don't engage in attacks on other Democrats. It's so fucking easy.
Wow.
Jeffries may not realize it, but he needs Mamdani more than Mamdani needs Jeffries.
The world is changing, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, and you are on the wrong side of that change.
Jeffries may not realize it, but he needs Mamdani more than Mamdani needs Jeffries.
The world is changing, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, and you are on the wrong side of that change.
August 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Yes this!
Dem leaders should pivot like this to attack Republicans. It is so easy. Be aggressive.
Dem leaders should pivot like this to attack Republicans. It is so easy. Be aggressive.
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This is a real AP photo
August 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is a real AP photo
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Experimental philosophy
August 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Experimental philosophy
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Just doing some free volunteer work for the NYT
August 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Just doing some free volunteer work for the NYT
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my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
the other thing is that no one who fetishizes manual labor actually cares to improve life for people who are in those circumstances! no support for unionization or a generous welfare state! no interest in policies that make life easier for people who work their hands or afford them more autonomy!
July 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
Daaaaaaaaaamn
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
June 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Daaaaaaaaaamn
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We had a deal on nukes, not perfect, but good. Trump tore it up, making the US an unreliable negotiator. Unsurprisingly, he failed to get a better one. Now he’s attacked Iran, unprovoked. When the terror attacks come, and they likely will, we will have Trump to thank. And the price of eggs.
June 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We had a deal on nukes, not perfect, but good. Trump tore it up, making the US an unreliable negotiator. Unsurprisingly, he failed to get a better one. Now he’s attacked Iran, unprovoked. When the terror attacks come, and they likely will, we will have Trump to thank. And the price of eggs.
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NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
Fuuuuck Durbin
Okay, I wrote a longer thing about @durbin.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov apparently wanting to hand Donald Trump a huge weapon with which to censor online speech.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics, a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate…
www.techdirt.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Fuuuuck Durbin
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SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
Trump take egg
February 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Trump take egg
This is bone-chilling stuff
Incredibly chilling and clear-eyed piece from @frank-bowman.bsky.social spelling out the implications of Trump’s latest executive orders—which, stripped of their muddled legalese, essentially anoint him as a monarch with absolute power. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday
Having already subdued Congress, Trump has now openly announced that the Führerprinzip governs the executive branch.
slate.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is bone-chilling stuff
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Gift link.
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
February 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Gift link.
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.
And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.
If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
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"even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making"
"Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"
"Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making"
"Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"
"Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"
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There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/
February 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/
This is a great take
Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.
white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
February 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is a great take