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The 2025 NJ LD-33 Assembly Election, a contest between Democratic incumbent Gabriel Rodriguez, Businessman and three time north Bergen Mayoral runner up Larry Wainstein, and Republican candidates Anthony Valdez and Cynthia DePice resulted in a landslide for the Democrats
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The 2025 NJ LD-33 Assembly Election, a contest between Democratic incumbent Gabriel Rodriguez, Businessman and three time north Bergen Mayoral runner up Larry Wainstein, and Republican candidates Anthony Valdez and Cynthia DePice resulted in a landslide for the Democrats
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@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
@victoriahunt.com do you have a favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
@victoriahunt.com do you have a favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?
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This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
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Washington's #SD05 may be a Harris+19 district on the surface, but it's much more Republican downballot. At the same time Harris won it by 19, the Democrats retained it for Senate by just 4!
They won the primary vote here back in August by 9, so they should win
RATING: Likely D
They won the primary vote here back in August by 9, so they should win
RATING: Likely D
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Washington's #SD05 may be a Harris+19 district on the surface, but it's much more Republican downballot. At the same time Harris won it by 19, the Democrats retained it for Senate by just 4!
They won the primary vote here back in August by 9, so they should win
RATING: Likely D
They won the primary vote here back in August by 9, so they should win
RATING: Likely D
@nomads.bsky.social mounted on horseback would be preferable, but a train will suffice.
Another leap forward for electrification in Illinois.
Innovative Rail Technologies and Motive Power Resources are unveiling the latest in zero-emission, battery-electric locomotive tech.
This is an important part of the future of rail — that future is being built right here.
Innovative Rail Technologies and Motive Power Resources are unveiling the latest in zero-emission, battery-electric locomotive tech.
This is an important part of the future of rail — that future is being built right here.
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@nomads.bsky.social mounted on horseback would be preferable, but a train will suffice.
This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@nomads.bsky.social The Khanate
The boundaries are blurry but roughly this
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@nomads.bsky.social The Khanate
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New: Two Amazon delivery drones crashed into a construction crane midflight in Arizona yesterday, prompting the company to suspend the service.
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
Amazon faces FAA, NTSB probe after two delivery drones crashed into crane in Arizona
The drones sustained "substantial" damage from the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary incident report.
www.cnbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New: Two Amazon delivery drones crashed into a construction crane midflight in Arizona yesterday, prompting the company to suspend the service.
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One of the definitive days of this admin imo was the WSJ identifying racist posts from a DOGE staffer - the kind of stuff that would be read out loud to you as HR explains why you're not getting severance - and Vance saying no, we won't let the media cancel people anymore.
Vance follows a coterie of online Nazis on X, has described Curtis Yarvin as a major intellectual influence, and openly attacks immigrants in blood and soil terms. The response of most of the political press? "Doesn't look like anything to me."
September 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
@lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
Happy 117th Birthday, Mr President
Happy 117th Birthday, Mr President
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
Happy 117th Birthday, Mr President
Happy 117th Birthday, Mr President
August 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Another read is not that SCOTUS is shy about confronting Trump but that they're basically on board with his project but would be embarrassed about the legal arguments they'd have to make if they upheld his actions on the merits, so they find procedural means to let him get his way.
1. Earlier, I said SCOTUS was ducking confrontations with Trump by "channeling" them to less effective places. Maybe better words are "fragmenting" them. Curbing nationwide injunctions. Scattering Alien Enemy Act cases to all 94 districts. Dividing funding challenges... bsky.app/profile/stev...
August 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Another read is not that SCOTUS is shy about confronting Trump but that they're basically on board with his project but would be embarrassed about the legal arguments they'd have to make if they upheld his actions on the merits, so they find procedural means to let him get his way.
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You can repeat this for almost any issue:
It's of course true that US democracy can survive {improper pressure on the Fed, changes to executive branch staffing, spending disputes with Congress, etc.} in normal times.
But we have an authoritarian president trying to consolidate autocratic control!
It's of course true that US democracy can survive {improper pressure on the Fed, changes to executive branch staffing, spending disputes with Congress, etc.} in normal times.
But we have an authoritarian president trying to consolidate autocratic control!
An ongoing issue in Trump II is people's insistence on evaluating every action in isolation.
It's of course true that US democracy can survive a partisan mid-decade redistricting under normal circumstances.
But we have an authoritarian president trying to consolidate autocratic control!
It's of course true that US democracy can survive a partisan mid-decade redistricting under normal circumstances.
But we have an authoritarian president trying to consolidate autocratic control!
Deep sighs
August 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You can repeat this for almost any issue:
It's of course true that US democracy can survive {improper pressure on the Fed, changes to executive branch staffing, spending disputes with Congress, etc.} in normal times.
But we have an authoritarian president trying to consolidate autocratic control!
It's of course true that US democracy can survive {improper pressure on the Fed, changes to executive branch staffing, spending disputes with Congress, etc.} in normal times.
But we have an authoritarian president trying to consolidate autocratic control!
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The Washington Post engaging in "debate" on this shit is terrifying.
This shit is dark -- laundering bad-faith morons like this. Without mRNA, we don't have Covid vaccines; we don't have potential for other vaccines and cures.
They want to kill us.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
This shit is dark -- laundering bad-faith morons like this. Without mRNA, we don't have Covid vaccines; we don't have potential for other vaccines and cures.
They want to kill us.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
August 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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The 2022 WA-03rd Congressional election, Following Incumbent Jaime Herrera-Beutler's third place finish in the Washington Jungle Primary, a contest between Moderate Rural Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Far-Right Joe Kent was set up;
August 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The 2022 WA-03rd Congressional election, Following Incumbent Jaime Herrera-Beutler's third place finish in the Washington Jungle Primary, a contest between Moderate Rural Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Far-Right Joe Kent was set up;
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The world's most prestigious university fails the Lando test:
"University officials...concluded months ago that even if they prevailed in their court fight against the government, a deal could help Harvard to avoid more troubles over the course of Mr. Trump’s term." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
"University officials...concluded months ago that even if they prevailed in their court fight against the government, a deal could help Harvard to avoid more troubles over the course of Mr. Trump’s term." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
July 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The world's most prestigious university fails the Lando test:
"University officials...concluded months ago that even if they prevailed in their court fight against the government, a deal could help Harvard to avoid more troubles over the course of Mr. Trump’s term." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
"University officials...concluded months ago that even if they prevailed in their court fight against the government, a deal could help Harvard to avoid more troubles over the course of Mr. Trump’s term." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
July 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis
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Whitman County, Washington has become a rare Democratic bastion in the eastern part of the state.
Containing the college town of Pullman, this county voted for Romney in 2012, but flipped to Clinton in 2016. It's gotten bluer since then, with Harris winning it by 9 last year.
Containing the college town of Pullman, this county voted for Romney in 2012, but flipped to Clinton in 2016. It's gotten bluer since then, with Harris winning it by 9 last year.
July 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Whitman County, Washington has become a rare Democratic bastion in the eastern part of the state.
Containing the college town of Pullman, this county voted for Romney in 2012, but flipped to Clinton in 2016. It's gotten bluer since then, with Harris winning it by 9 last year.
Containing the college town of Pullman, this county voted for Romney in 2012, but flipped to Clinton in 2016. It's gotten bluer since then, with Harris winning it by 9 last year.