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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 10h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah we gotta do some major redistribution, no way around the tectonic political instability that massive inequality creates

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 19h

Politicos have always blurred the lines of truth with rhetoric, but yes, we must find some kind of workable disincentive for the cavalcade of blatant, transparently false lies our political culture produces today.

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 19h

Complete dissolution I don’t think is the only option, but it should be on the table. The conventions of checks and balances this system was designed with are laughable safeguards given the current circumstance. But what replaces it should we go that route?

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 2d

We continue to be hostages to the most illiterate men on the planet

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 20h

Yep, I wouldn’t structure a convention to cater to captured institutions we’re trying to break with, there’s real difficulty in setting it up to do that and avoid the billionaire capture of new systems — you’d have to go beyond the Article V structure and reach deeper to find a democratic process

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 20h

In that vein, I’d sharply limit the bounds of prosecutorial immunity. Bring individual consequences for wrongful prosecutions. Right now it’s way too easy for the individual to hide behind the shield of the state to hold them accountable for misdeeds, similar to qualified immunity for policing.

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 20h

Curious how you envision this separation might work? Policing and prosecution are deeply intertwined both mechanically and culturally.

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 20h

Yeee that’s what I’m talking about, partition and realignment might be the way forward since meaningful unity in vision of govt feels impossible right now.

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 20h

One of my reforms is to rebuild backbones of the internet away from advertising. I’ve been reflecting on the devolution of Google Search vs the load-bearing nature of Wikipedia as sources of epistemological truth for a society, and comparing to utilities where market structure undermines function.

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 20h

We may just not do any of these and continue to limp from crisis to crisis instead of charting an affirmative path, we may forgo governance outside of markets and devolve to an even more comprehensive society of billionaire-driven authoritarianism, but indulge the thought of the pendulum toward hope

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 21h

If this nightmare ends, the new era must be a new Reconstruction of American Democracy. What do you think such an era needs?

I think a constitutional reconvention makes sense, but I do get the sense reforms have to be deeper than just governance, the information ecosystem is so rotted.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Everyday now there is new information detailing just how economically unviable AI is. Data centers will be the new abandoned Walmarts, but on an even larger scale.

futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 2d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 2d

Broadway bike lane missed the letter by one vote, and CM Kashmann was absent from the workshop. Probably going to run the amendment anyway, we encourage folks to reach out to Council and show their support.

www.denverpost.com/2025/10/10/d...

Denver City Council asks for $19 million in additions to mayor’s budget proposal

Several proposals were narrowly rejected, including suggestions to dedicate $2 million to the Denver Basic Income Project.

www.denverpost.com

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 2d

Bennet and Hick give no fuck about trans rights.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 3d

JVP and IfNotNow, two Jewish groups principally committed to nonviolence, are both on the government’s list of left-wing violent extremist groups

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

Admin cracking down on Soros, Indivisible, ActBlue, & Jewish peace groups is incredible projection in light of federal contractor El*n M*sk spending more on politics in 2024 than anybody in human history and all the big money corruption of 2025

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

A staffer on Stephen Colbert's show wanted to ask the first ever Muslim candidate for mayor in the history of New York City to play a game of thumbs up, thumbs down about an ongoing genocide.

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 3d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 3d

israel has been holding over 1,700 people hostage the whole time it has been demanding the release of its hostages

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3d

Netanyahu's mouthpiece, Amit Segal, casually admits on Twitter that his country has been holding 1,700 people from Gaza hostage, including children.

Among other things, according to the decision:

- 250 security prisoners will be released.
- 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre will be released.
- 22 minors under the age of 18, residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved in the events of October 7 and were arrested after the massacre, will be released.
- 360 bodies of terrorists will be returned.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 4d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 4d

Does that mean you’d support repealing the ban on rent control as Gov?

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 4d

The Mayor says everyone has to do their part w/r/t cuts when justifying the cuts to the Clerk, but his own budget excludes the police department from cuts.

To this Mayor, police are essential to society but democratic participation is not.

denverite.com/2025/10/07/d...

These voting centers and ballot boxes will be cut if the mayor’s proposed budget passes, clerk says

Clerk and Recorder Paul López says Johnston’s plan is a “threat to democracy.”

denverite.com

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Denver Area Man @burleyzack.bsky.social · 4d

Turns out that whole slavery thing, not a settled issue

coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/07/c...

Colorado trial over coerced prison labor begins in Denver | Colorado Newsline

The lawsuit alleges Colorado prisons violate the law by punishing incarcerated people who refuse to participate in mandatory work programs.

coloradonewsline.com

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