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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 2h

amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

You sit, according to the polls, on the cusp of a historic political victory. You would be the youngest mayor in a century. You’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor. You’d be its first democratic socialist mayor.

I wouldn’t actually be the first democratic socialist mayor.

Who would it be?

David Dinkins was a member of D.S.A., he identified also as a democratic socialist.

Thank you for the correction.

Very welcome.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 6h

my god there has never been a more accurate use of this

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 7h

If I had Bezos-level money, I'd make sure all these guys got RealDolls, GenAI and Grok, then gently sequester them on disused oil rigs where they could each be Napoleons in splendid isolation, nursing their delusions and grievances, unable to harm the rest of us. No taxes, but also no guns.

Ineffable Jeff @ineffablejeff.bsky.social · 9h

Shot + chaser

And are you married?

I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?

Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I'm driving, I'll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

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Ineffable Jeff @ineffablejeff.bsky.social · 9h

Shot + chaser

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 9h

X is a nazi bar.

Screenshot of a Twitter/X thread. At the top, a tweet by verified user David Pakman (@dpakman) reads: “JD Vance says the ‘I LOVE HITLER’ Republican leaks are no big deal because it’s ‘kids in chat rooms.’ In reality these are young Republican leaders likely to gain more power in a hypothetical future Vance administration. Terrifying stuff.” Below are icons showing 368 comments, 99 reposts, 888 likes, and 147K views.

Underneath, a reply by Myron Gaines (@MyronGainesX) contains antisemitic and offensive language. His tweet says: “Yeah we like Hitler. No one gives a **** what you woke jews think anymore. Bro was a revolutionary leader and saved germany. The jews declared war on Germany first. If can israel deny a genocide with 4k video proof, I’m questjoning everything you guys have said about the painter during WW2.” Below are engagement metrics showing 574 comments, 931 reposts, 9.3K likes, 555 bookmarks, and 811.8K views. Content includes hate speech.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9h

Focus on Mike Johnson. Just because he’s little and pious and speaks without opening his mouth doesn’t mean he’s not - at this moment - as dangerous as Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

America First open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Passport

Could this be symbolic of anything?

open.substack.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9h

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20h

"This nation’s Young Republicans are more than just veteran political operatives and attorneys: they’re kids. And sometimes, kids say the wrong things. They can’t be held responsible for using slurs 251 times in just under 8 months."

Young Republican Kids Say the Darndest Things

“Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery, and rape…. Vice President JD Vance downplayed [the] bi...

buff.ly

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 4d

Once American democracy made it possible for a Black man to be elected president, American conservatives decided that it had to be destroyed

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

While Vought traces the “leftwing revolution” back a hundred years, to the progressive era, there is no question that the election of Barack Obama was a radicalizing moment for him and many key thinkers on the radical Right - as were the multiracial protests in the summer of 2020.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 18h

Have the Five Families of the DC restaurant scene had a meeting yet? Agree on some things? One can only hope.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 21h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 19h

Now, I care not who maintains the contrary, but all this is both foolish and unnecessary.

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 19h

Saw Waiting for Godot on broadway with the 15yo tonight. Fantastic production too to bottom, and I must say: Alex Winter, I was not familiar with your game. Stunning performance.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

On the Charlie Kirk show, Vought said federal firings could hit “north of 10,000” during the shutdown.

Companies lay people off to survive. This is different. He sounded like he’s enjoying the chance to fast-track his agenda. This isn’t about saving money, it’s about sabotaging the government.

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday 🎁🎉🎈🎂🎊

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

JD Vance: Trump is America’s Hitler
MAGA: Let’s make you VP!🥳

Young Republicans: H*tler was great, gas them all, rape is epic
MAGA: Boys will be boys!🤷

Americans: Charlie Kirk was not a good person
MAGA: Such vileness has never before been uttered in this land. This means war!🤬

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus fucking Christ my anger is becoming untethered. These people need to to pay a steep price for all of this, and I think, I HOPE, that eventually they will.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Mat @keelingover.bsky.social · 1d

So he is literally invading blue cities. Your democracy has died and you were warned.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who still believes Israel has ever operated in anything resembling good faith would be thoroughly cured of that delusion if they read about Marwan Barghouti. In a world with any justice, he would be president of Palestine.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Deion Flanders @djkahn.bsky.social · 1d

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