@rache684.bsky.social
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It’s notable that the Venn Diagram of a) people who think America is a Christian nation and b) people who are excited about violently expelling auslanders and creating tens of millions of stateless people, is close to a circle.
June 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s notable that the Venn Diagram of a) people who think America is a Christian nation and b) people who are excited about violently expelling auslanders and creating tens of millions of stateless people, is close to a circle.
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Trump went from suggesting "regime change" in Iran to congratulating that same regime and saying "Good bless Iran" in one day
June 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Trump went from suggesting "regime change" in Iran to congratulating that same regime and saying "Good bless Iran" in one day
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
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A right-winger -- a registered Republican, a Trump voter, an evangelical anti-abortion activist -- assassinates a Democratic official.
Republicans respond by blaming the left.
Democrats respond by blaming ... no one.
Republicans respond by blaming the left.
Democrats respond by blaming ... no one.
The words “Republican,” “right wing,” or “Christian nationalist” aren’t uttered. The “political extremists” aren’t defined.
If you can’t name the enemy I don’t see how you can fight it, or beat it.
bsky.app/profile/hake...
If you can’t name the enemy I don’t see how you can fight it, or beat it.
bsky.app/profile/hake...
The culture of violence that has been created by political extremists in this country must end.
June 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A right-winger -- a registered Republican, a Trump voter, an evangelical anti-abortion activist -- assassinates a Democratic official.
Republicans respond by blaming the left.
Democrats respond by blaming ... no one.
Republicans respond by blaming the left.
Democrats respond by blaming ... no one.
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Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet by an officer in Los Angeles:
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet by an officer in Los Angeles:
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ICE pretended to arrest a 21 yo in order to force her to call her undocumented mother to come leave the house (where she was safe from ICE arrest) to care for her baby. When the mother came, she was abducted and the daughter was suddenly of no interest to ICE.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
ICE pretended to arrest a 21 yo in order to force her to call her undocumented mother to come leave the house (where she was safe from ICE arrest) to care for her baby. When the mother came, she was abducted and the daughter was suddenly of no interest to ICE.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump is fighting for the average American by striking a deal with the UK that will reduce prices for Rolls Royces and Bentleys.
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Trump is fighting for the average American by striking a deal with the UK that will reduce prices for Rolls Royces and Bentleys.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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master class in headline accuracy
Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
Donald Trump and Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele discussed the U.S. deporting people to El Salvador's prisons in the Oval Office on Monday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
master class in headline accuracy
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Elon Musk is so desperate to control Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, he’s funding fake ads pretending to support Judge Susan Crawford — just to turn voters against her with phony “progressive” messages filled with misleading lies.
Don’t fall for it.
Read this: tinyurl.com/Elon-Schimel
Elon Musk is so desperate to control Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, he’s funding fake ads pretending to support Judge Susan Crawford — just to turn voters against her with phony “progressive” messages filled with misleading lies.
Don’t fall for it.
Read this: tinyurl.com/Elon-Schimel
A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s Su…
tinyurl.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Elon Musk is so desperate to control Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, he’s funding fake ads pretending to support Judge Susan Crawford — just to turn voters against her with phony “progressive” messages filled with misleading lies.
Don’t fall for it.
Read this: tinyurl.com/Elon-Schimel
Elon Musk is so desperate to control Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, he’s funding fake ads pretending to support Judge Susan Crawford — just to turn voters against her with phony “progressive” messages filled with misleading lies.
Don’t fall for it.
Read this: tinyurl.com/Elon-Schimel
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My hometown paper, The Stamford Advocate, isn’t afraid to report the truth.
Why is WaPo?
Why is WaPo?
March 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My hometown paper, The Stamford Advocate, isn’t afraid to report the truth.
Why is WaPo?
Why is WaPo?
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March 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal:
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal:
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."
@latenightercom.bsky.social
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Trump claims to put "America First," but repeatedly makes deals and statements that put Putin first.” www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
March 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Trump claims to put "America First," but repeatedly makes deals and statements that put Putin first.” www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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Republicans like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are trying to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
Republicans’ New Argument to Dismantle Section 2 Feels Eerily Familiar
Republicans are trying to strike down the VRA's Section 2 the same way they dismantled Section 5. Here's how it's different.
www.democracydocket.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Republicans like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are trying to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
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NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
bit.ly
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
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No wonder he doesn't want us getting vaccinated
So many Americans died from COVID, it boosted Social Security to the tune of $205 billion
The increase is “driven primarily by the premature death of people who would have received retirement benefits.”
fortune.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
No wonder he doesn't want us getting vaccinated
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The biggest cage match ever will be between Musk and Trump. Elon will try to implement AI in a manner that automates much of what Trump is now trying to control.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
February 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The biggest cage match ever will be between Musk and Trump. Elon will try to implement AI in a manner that automates much of what Trump is now trying to control.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
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Pandemics do not begin with official announcements.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Pandemics do not begin with official announcements.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern."
Pay attention.
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This whole essay is, of course, essential, but especially this section which nails why the resistance from both elected leaders and the public has seemed so muted at times.
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This whole essay is, of course, essential, but especially this section which nails why the resistance from both elected leaders and the public has seemed so muted at times.
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i mean, dems are saying the things we want them to say. warren's saying it. jefferies is saying it. wyden's saying it. omar's saying it. AOC is saying it. it's not landing on the front page of any major news website, but they're saying in plain language what's happening here.
"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
February 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i mean, dems are saying the things we want them to say. warren's saying it. jefferies is saying it. wyden's saying it. omar's saying it. AOC is saying it. it's not landing on the front page of any major news website, but they're saying in plain language what's happening here.
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all