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1. outrageous and offensive
2. speaking as someone who's spent eight years running an organization with a very clear rule that "when the primary's over we get behind the winner, no matter what", I do not think centrist Democrats understand the pandora's box they are unleashing with this bullshit
2. speaking as someone who's spent eight years running an organization with a very clear rule that "when the primary's over we get behind the winner, no matter what", I do not think centrist Democrats understand the pandora's box they are unleashing with this bullshit
October 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
1. outrageous and offensive
2. speaking as someone who's spent eight years running an organization with a very clear rule that "when the primary's over we get behind the winner, no matter what", I do not think centrist Democrats understand the pandora's box they are unleashing with this bullshit
2. speaking as someone who's spent eight years running an organization with a very clear rule that "when the primary's over we get behind the winner, no matter what", I do not think centrist Democrats understand the pandora's box they are unleashing with this bullshit
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Lynchburg No Kings Rally @indivisiblelyh.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Lynchburg No Kings Rally @indivisiblelyh.bsky.social
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings
Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?
lol. lmao.
lol. lmao.
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings
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lol. this is our world now. The oligarchs rule, sorta. But the politics itself is unstable. And they’re casting around for the sweet spot of safety.
Salesforce boss Benioff walks back Trump praise after widespread backlash on.ft.com/4ojL2n0
Salesforce boss Benioff walks back Trump praise after widespread backlash
Venture capitalist Ron Conway resigns from board of company’s philanthropic arm in protest at comments
on.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
lol. this is our world now. The oligarchs rule, sorta. But the politics itself is unstable. And they’re casting around for the sweet spot of safety.
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Police just detained two protesters.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Police just detained two protesters.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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This entire article is, unsurprisingly, kicked off by Brett Kavanaugh and includes this: "A spokesperson for Kavanaugh did not return an emailed request for comment."
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This entire article is, unsurprisingly, kicked off by Brett Kavanaugh and includes this: "A spokesperson for Kavanaugh did not return an emailed request for comment."
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October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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should the government allow journalists access to them? yes. of course. but it's always been a carefully curated version of reality. denying access shouldn't be a death sentence to reporting. if anything, it should make you want to work even harder to figure out why they're keeping you out.
October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
should the government allow journalists access to them? yes. of course. but it's always been a carefully curated version of reality. denying access shouldn't be a death sentence to reporting. if anything, it should make you want to work even harder to figure out why they're keeping you out.
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
October 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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MAGA wants us afraid and divided, but we’re not backing down. Let’s make October 18 the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
MAGA wants us afraid and divided, but we’re not backing down. Let’s make October 18 the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
Hegseth puts us all at risk
Why put all the American commanders in one room?
snyder.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
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Schumer Says Dems Will Demand a Halt to White House’s Spending Freezes After All talkingpointsmemo.com/news/schumer...
Schumer Says Dems Will Demand a Halt to White House’s Spending Freezes After All
Congressional Democrats are expected to release their own, alternative continuing resolution today,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Schumer Says Dems Will Demand a Halt to White House’s Spending Freezes After All talkingpointsmemo.com/news/schumer...
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It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
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It is possible to condemn political violence without venerating objectively bad people who made America worse. Let's try for that.
September 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It is possible to condemn political violence without venerating objectively bad people who made America worse. Let's try for that.
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No one has been able to invent a technological innovation that is better for learning than simply reading books and getting together in small groups to talk about them.
September 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
No one has been able to invent a technological innovation that is better for learning than simply reading books and getting together in small groups to talk about them.