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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 3h

Utter madness

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 7h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 7h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 14h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 4h

Fair pts

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t think he is saying no kings is better or more historically significant, bc it obvs isn’t

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 4h

Will is being pedantic here and there are many ways of measuring and defining the CRM but its central protests were not all that huge

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 4h

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 5h

this is objectively true. the march on washington, for instance, was about 250k. this isn't a criticism of the movement. this is a LESSON TO LEARN about why focus and clarity can matter more than raw numbers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_o...

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 5h

you know this attitude is a truly a perfect illustration of how the modern left can't duplicate the Civil Rights Struggle, only cargo cult it

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 5h

FYI for newbies!

The American Prospect @prospect.org · Nov 18

We've got a starter pack! Follow Prospect writers here: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 18h

my man, nobody is "sure to win" against Susan Collins, she is literally one of the most talented & successful Republican politicians of the last 60+ years. anyone who says ANY Democrat is a sure thing in Maine clearly has no clue what the fuck they're talking about other than their own vibes.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 5h

"This brilliant anti-establishment candidate can win only if he faces no opposition from the establishment" is a transparently self-refuting argument but you see it all the time

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 5h

I have no opinion about the Maine Senate primary but "my guy is a world-historic political talent, and if he gets a primary opponent this is tantamount to him being forced out of the race" is a singularly unpersuasive argument

CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 18h

my man, nobody is "sure to win" against Susan Collins, she is literally one of the most talented & successful Republican politicians of the last 60+ years. anyone who says ANY Democrat is a sure thing in Maine clearly has no clue what the fuck they're talking about other than their own vibes.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 5h

telling anti-Yoon activists they aren't real protestors

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 5h

If your definition of protest requires copping a felony charge, you've self-limited your corps of protestors to a handful of twenty-somethings with nothing better to do and nothing to lose

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