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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 10h

I think a lot about how Michelle Obama remarked on regularly being in rooms with the most powerful and wealthy people in the world and her chief takeaway was that they're just not that smart

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 21h

Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.

If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?

Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:

Opinion | Why Did Business Jump on the Trump Train?

And how can it ever be considered trustworthy participants in a democracy?

www.wsj.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 2d

I’m honestly entertaining the idea that immunity shouldn’t protect Trump after all this. Having flouted his oath incessantly since the hours after he swore it, his acts in breach of his duties can in no sense be counted as official.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 22h

Trump Is Waging a Catastrophic War on Data newrepublic.com/article/2009... via @newrepublic.com

Trump Is Waging a Catastrophic War on Data

A president steeped in lies seeks to cut of the flow of accurate information at its source.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

if this really really rich nepo baby really wants to be the Governor of Maine as a Democrat it'd be good idea for him to let his (extremely rich) Dad know that it's not a good look to keep writing blank checks to the current Republican admin.

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

Hi @anguskingiii.bsky.social, since you're with him, can you convince your father/top supporter to stop voting with Trump and Republicans? He keeps doing it and he knows better - or should

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Spotted: Angus King introducing Ron Wyden to his son Angus King III, who is running for Governor

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

www.commondreams.org

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 1d

T-shirt idea:

It Turns Out Authoritarianism is Worse than Cringe
#Resistance

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats' version of triangulation is really just about punching left. It's as much running right by rote as it is an actual strategy

Our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social makes the case today in @prospect.org! 🧵

prospect.org/politics/cen...

Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris

Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.

prospect.org

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

The tenor of Playbook this morning is state media levels of credulous.

Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

It was a national crisis if a 19 year old at a fancy college moved to cancel a paid gig for a comedian.

But it's... just a Wednesday when the effing president literally decries freedom of speech while arresting people baselessly across the country.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2d

Forget Republicans - how do you think any so called impartial reporter from traditional corporate media outlets would have reacted if an 80 year old Democratic President was talking about taking "the freedom of speech away" from people in America?

Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

Dementia

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Wannabe Dictator

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Sad

but

Dangerous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Zach Goldberg @zgoldberg.bsky.social · 2d

Can't wait for CBS, under its new leadership, to report on the President saying "we took the freedom of speech away."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

Dementia

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Wannabe Dictator

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Sad

but

Dangerous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis prospect.org/politics/tru...

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2d

No, progressives aren't pushing degrowth.

Read our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social's latest in @theslingutah.bsky.social!

www.thesling.org/the-hollowne...

The Hollowness of Growth as an Objective - The Sling

While degrowth as a framework has been around for a while, its extremely limited presence in the zeitgeist is a relatively recent phenomenon. Modern progressives are not anti-growth; they simply recog...

www.thesling.org

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule newrepublic.com/article/2014... via @newrepublic.com

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 2d

As a rule, most of the positive takes I have consumed about the possibilities of AI the past couple of years are from the authors of Abundance (Ezra and Derek).

We've long argued Abundance is a way to get the center-left to support pro-AI rule/norm breaking.

And AI... sucks? wapo.st/4o18DIU

Analysis | Americans have become more pessimistic about AI. Why?

Four theories to explain the surveys that keep showing sour public opinion about AI.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then this guy speaks again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 2d

While the FAA is, by its own admission, overworked, understaffed, and working with outdated technology, its also opening the door for drones and uncertified eVTOLs to flood our airspaces.

Who asked for this? From our @kjboyle.bsky.social

The Trump Administration is Deregulating our Airspace. Who Asked for This?

Drone and eVTOL companies have spent big money lobbying with Trump-adjacent firms.

open.substack.com

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