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FL4GG E4GLET0N
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Don’t look at me! I voted for Joe Exotic.
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“A woman [Mrs. Eliza Powell] asks Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy? A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.”

— A story recorded by James McHenry (1753–1816)
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This is what pivoting right to "win" always accomplishes.
”If Keir Starmer had sought to hold the door open for Nigel Farage, he couldn’t have done a better job. He has manufactured disillusionment and alienation on an industrial scale. By adopting Farage-like positions on asylum and immigration, he legitimises Reform while delegitimising Labour.”
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
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Senators should continue to vote against the GOP bill and negotiate a bipartisan deal to protect healthcare and fund the government.
STOP THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN
indivisible.org
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Democrats and reasonable Republicans know we must address the healthcare crisis and this bill failed — for the 12th time — to do that.

Simply put, everyone knows the bill that ends the Trump Shutdown will not be the Republican CR.
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On day 22 of the Trump Shutdown, Senate Republicans are holding show votes, the House GOP won’t show up for work and Trump wants to see shows in his new ballroom.

In 10 days, more than 24 million working Americans will see their healthcare costs double and GOP leadership is living in la la land.
Government Shutdown: Funding Bill Blocked For 12th Time
The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.
www.forbes.com
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The problem with "We don't even know if they were really drug traffickers" response to the Trump/Hegseth murder spree is it suggests if they were it's okay for our government to go full Rodrigo Duterte.
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And the dude has lost a lot of brain cells to the wellness grift
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ICE plans to hire private contractors for round-the-clock social media surveillance to track immigrants and activists.

Nearly 30 contractors sift through posts, photos, and messages—to be transformed into intelligence for deportation raids and arrests.

The police state is here.
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
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Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?
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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed
“Senate candidate has a Nazi tattoo” is just as disqualifying for a Democrat as it is for a Republican.

At that point, party affiliation is moot.
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"If you want to make room for the white working class, you must make room for Nazism" is a truly depressing referendum on a lot of different things at once
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The president is just bombing boats in the water arbitrarily because brown people are on them
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this feels completely banal? yes, a big tent political party is going to include voters who have bigoted views. i don’t think anyone has argued otherwise? the actual question at hand is “to what extent should a political party ostensibly committed to equality appeal to popular prejudices?”
Bigots in the tent
What did you think winning meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.
www.theargumentmag.com
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Was very cool to see @taylorlorenz.bsky.social masking for this interview at TwitchCon with the CEO of Twitch (less cool how he tried to dodge all accountability about misogyny on his platform).
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The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!

use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
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The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is