Ted Brassfield
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@algreen.house.gov has the energy the Dems needed to show tonight
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me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
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Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
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#OVER/UNDER is open for new players, and it's a great time to dive in. The mass chaos of the initial days has cooled into more regular play, there's new clarity around the rules/safety tools, and overall, the story is spinning up for an interesting new Act II. Join in! samsorensen.blot.im
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October 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#OVER/UNDER is open for new players, and it's a great time to dive in. The mass chaos of the initial days has cooled into more regular play, there's new clarity around the rules/safety tools, and overall, the story is spinning up for an interesting new Act II. Join in! samsorensen.blot.im
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
Zines are written. A market exists for real physical drawings of coins. A mime won a comedy show. A myth of space? whales spontaneously arose & the union sponsors their flashfic contest. And now a super exclusive but free horror CYOA experience exists. #over/under
![Text of an ending to the game.
You lived because someone else chose to die.
That's a weight youll carry forever.
VMISSION SUCCESS: SURVIVAL ENDING
Access Code: EVAC-APPROVED You survived. At a cost. They always do. [Return to Start]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hx6jbqdw7fcngqeeeqbgyf2p/bafkreibecexcdlwe2t56ud7h25iicc7f3kt2fuov5ynlxachqpdo4hlohy@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Zines are written. A market exists for real physical drawings of coins. A mime won a comedy show. A myth of space? whales spontaneously arose & the union sponsors their flashfic contest. And now a super exclusive but free horror CYOA experience exists. #over/under
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
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A driver intentionally drove their car up on the curb to hit a protester in Ohio yesterday.
This is the protester’s reaction, broken leg and all.
You may break our bones, but you will not break our spirit.
This is the protester’s reaction, broken leg and all.
You may break our bones, but you will not break our spirit.
October 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A driver intentionally drove their car up on the curb to hit a protester in Ohio yesterday.
This is the protester’s reaction, broken leg and all.
You may break our bones, but you will not break our spirit.
This is the protester’s reaction, broken leg and all.
You may break our bones, but you will not break our spirit.
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Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
The emergent gameplay in @samsorensen.bsky.social's #over/under is something else. An adhoc repair crew spent two hours last night mostly failing to fix damage to a 🤖civil rights group's office. People wagered on & cheered 🪲 fights. A cookbook was published. And none of this affects the strategic
October 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The emergent gameplay in @samsorensen.bsky.social's #over/under is something else. An adhoc repair crew spent two hours last night mostly failing to fix damage to a 🤖civil rights group's office. People wagered on & cheered 🪲 fights. A cookbook was published. And none of this affects the strategic
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place
Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place
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On Jan 6 in DC, ~2500 MAGAs violently protested. DC police reported 174 police injuries, 9 deaths, & 1500+ criminal convictions.
On Oct 18 in NYC, ~100K Americans peacefully protested. NYPD reports 0 injuries, 0 deaths, & 0 arrests.
FACT—Right wing violence remains America’s biggest terror threat.
On Oct 18 in NYC, ~100K Americans peacefully protested. NYPD reports 0 injuries, 0 deaths, & 0 arrests.
FACT—Right wing violence remains America’s biggest terror threat.
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On Jan 6 in DC, ~2500 MAGAs violently protested. DC police reported 174 police injuries, 9 deaths, & 1500+ criminal convictions.
On Oct 18 in NYC, ~100K Americans peacefully protested. NYPD reports 0 injuries, 0 deaths, & 0 arrests.
FACT—Right wing violence remains America’s biggest terror threat.
On Oct 18 in NYC, ~100K Americans peacefully protested. NYPD reports 0 injuries, 0 deaths, & 0 arrests.
FACT—Right wing violence remains America’s biggest terror threat.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.
Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.
Stay safe out there.
Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.
Stay safe out there.
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.
Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.
Stay safe out there.
Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.
Stay safe out there.
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This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
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literally no need for this
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
literally no need for this
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
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Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.
www.thenation.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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This is deeply, deeply fucked up on SO MANY levels I don’t even know where to begin.
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is deeply, deeply fucked up on SO MANY levels I don’t even know where to begin.
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Court is weird, they ask you to say “nothing but the truth” but then insist you call the judges “your honor”
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Court is weird, they ask you to say “nothing but the truth” but then insist you call the judges “your honor”
First up, signing onto the ICC, then shipping all of these people to the Hague.
MAGA cannot be reformed or allowed to continue to corrupt our nation.
MAGA cannot be reformed or allowed to continue to corrupt our nation.
Homan: "If the hateful rhetoric continues, there will be bloodshed. People are going to die ... there is going to be more bloodshed unless this hateful rhetoric stops."
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
First up, signing onto the ICC, then shipping all of these people to the Hague.
MAGA cannot be reformed or allowed to continue to corrupt our nation.
MAGA cannot be reformed or allowed to continue to corrupt our nation.
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🎙️ “This government structure never really took young people, especially the Gen Z people, as serious political or non-political actors," said climate activist Tashi Lhazom last month on #StateofSouthasia. Next week, she is slated to join #Nepal's cabinet.
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GenZ hopes for an inclusive new Nepal: State of Southasia #32
All eyes have been on Nepal since last week when a large but loosely organised protest by young people in Kathmandu turned into a revolution that brought down the government. On September 8th, many…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🎙️ “This government structure never really took young people, especially the Gen Z people, as serious political or non-political actors," said climate activist Tashi Lhazom last month on #StateofSouthasia. Next week, she is slated to join #Nepal's cabinet.
buff.ly/kOglt5x
buff.ly/kOglt5x
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If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
October 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...