Markus Stobbs
@markusstobbs.bsky.social
Working toward a kinder world
He makes a strong argument for the Dems to shut the govt down with the next spending bill. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Stop Acting Like This is Normal | The Ezra Klein Show
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September 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
He makes a strong argument for the Dems to shut the govt down with the next spending bill. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
No Kings Protest in Boulder, CO
June 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
No Kings Protest in Boulder, CO
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I watched the same thing happen in Andor Season 2.
June 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I watched the same thing happen in Andor Season 2.
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Vladimir Putin is a sworn enemy of the United States.
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
May 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Vladimir Putin is a sworn enemy of the United States.
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
Appeasement was never going to work.
Why is that so difficult to understand?
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
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The Art of the Deal
April 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Art of the Deal
“In a competitive authoritarian system, a leader comes to power democratically and then erodes the system of checks and balances…He then attacks the media, universities and nongovernmental organizations to blunt public criticism and tilt the electoral playing field in the ruling party's favor.”
Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism
Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“In a competitive authoritarian system, a leader comes to power democratically and then erodes the system of checks and balances…He then attacks the media, universities and nongovernmental organizations to blunt public criticism and tilt the electoral playing field in the ruling party's favor.”
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The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
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I should have made more AOCs.
April 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I should have made more AOCs.
We’re watching our President get an Economics 101 lesson with the world markets and American industry as his classroom 🤔
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April 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We’re watching our President get an Economics 101 lesson with the world markets and American industry as his classroom 🤔
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They want to annex Canada and Greenland after running on avoiding World War 3.
March 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
They want to annex Canada and Greenland after running on avoiding World War 3.
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Who has seen one of these out in the wild?
Canada Posts Giant Billboards in 10 Red States
God bless Canada!
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March 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Who has seen one of these out in the wild?
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Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
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So much of "Abundance" is about failures of government in California specifically. So I was pretty damn interested to hear what @gavinnewsom.bsky.social thought of it, and how he'd answer some of those critiques.
Then he invited me on his podcast.
youtu.be/Bt_LQNS7hmU?...
Then he invited me on his podcast.
youtu.be/Bt_LQNS7hmU?...
And, This is Ezra Klein | This is Gavin Newsom
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March 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
So much of "Abundance" is about failures of government in California specifically. So I was pretty damn interested to hear what @gavinnewsom.bsky.social thought of it, and how he'd answer some of those critiques.
Then he invited me on his podcast.
youtu.be/Bt_LQNS7hmU?...
Then he invited me on his podcast.
youtu.be/Bt_LQNS7hmU?...
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
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Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
March 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?
A gorgeous short
To Scale: TIME
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March 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A gorgeous short
Such a wasteful for-profit system
Our for-profit health care system is not only broken & cruel, it's extremely wasteful.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
March 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Such a wasteful for-profit system
An amazing book about a liberalism that builds abundance in place of a conservatism based on false scarcity. We may be in for 4 years of oligarchs protecting their own profits, but we might as well prepare for the swing Left that will follow. A great vision and playbook!
Abundance
Check out Abundance - <B>From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, <I>Abundance </I>is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plent...
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March 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
An amazing book about a liberalism that builds abundance in place of a conservatism based on false scarcity. We may be in for 4 years of oligarchs protecting their own profits, but we might as well prepare for the swing Left that will follow. A great vision and playbook!
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These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
A timely and timeless song
Roberta Flack - Tryin' Times (Official Video)
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March 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A timely and timeless song