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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1h

This is good. On the linguistic roots why, people say Mandami and why it's not just linguistics (i.e. the impulse is linguistic but at this point for certain people it's deliberate)

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

We just had a three-day trial in Portland where Portland police testified that this wasn't true.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Tricia McLaughlin lies shamelessly: "Why President Trump called the National Guard into Portland is because our officers were facing mass assault and mass attacks."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 1h

I ask because I suspect there will be a lot of tedious discourse about how Dems lost by winning. www.offmessage.net/p/exploit-th...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1h

One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1h

The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1h

Employees of DigitalMint, a company that specializes in negotiating ransoms in cyber attacks, were part of a small crew the feds say conducted five hacks that scored more than $1 million. trib.al/xNqsalu

Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says

Employees of DigitalMint, a company that specializes in negotiating ransoms in cyber attacks, were part of a small crew the feds say conducted five hacks that scored more than $1 million.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1h

To their credit, Mamdani and Spanberger -- for all their differences -- have not, and they are winning.

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 1h

Both Fetterman and Platner have been quite focused on attacking Democrats over the past several days. That commonality says a lot.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1h

Once again, marginal income tax and capital gains tax rates are too low and pose an existential threat to American democracy

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1h

“recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.” Point blank. Damn. Imagine the even greater damage this sandwich would have done if it’d been a contact shot.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1h

Come for the Firefly quote, stay for the most ironic debunking of all debunkenings.

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Kim Kardashian and the Apollo Moon Hoax

Oh god, THIS again?!

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1h

"How would less fortunate corporations like Walmart, McDonald’s, and Amazon get by without SNAP and other programs to subsidize their sub-poverty level wages that leave many of their workers reliant on benefits?"

It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations

“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1h

Instead of asking the Speaker of the House if he has a view on <critical separation-of-powers QOTD>, maybe reporters should start asking him if he reads any newspapers or otherwise informs himself on those matters to which we might think the Speaker of the House ought to be paying attention?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2h

Running gag goes meta as Johnson says he knows nothing about Trump knowing nothing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1h

A weapon of ass destruction.

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

'Federal prosecutors opposed Dunn’s lawyers’ motion to dismiss the charge, writing that Dunn was “recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range".

POINT BLANK RANGE. A SANDWICH. LMAOOO

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 3h

all the anti-mamdani hysteria seems to assume that we have had a long succession of Extremely Good Mayors in new york

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 2h

Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.

An abandoned building by the beach where a window overlooks the sea. The water through the window resembles a painting, so someone has scrawled Free Rothko on the wall.

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Iván @ivant.bsky.social · 2h

Dando vueltas

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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 2h

New awareness campaign

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

'Federal prosecutors opposed Dunn’s lawyers’ motion to dismiss the charge, writing that Dunn was “recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range".

POINT BLANK RANGE. A SANDWICH. LMAOOO

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kevin C. Moore @kevncmoore.bsky.social · 1h

Increasingly tempted to write a Borges-style parable about a civilization so obsessed with keeping track of health metrics that they cease to exist.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

As SNAP funds froze, mayors and governors have pledged to supplement the missing federal assistance, while federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration should use contingency funds to keep food aid running despite the government shutdown.

Uncertainty hits after vulnerable Americans woke up to a SNAP freeze

Amid a benefits pause, nonprofit groups plan to work extra hours to get food out to vulnerable residents, and local community members are also stepping up.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 4h

In addition to the fact that Cuomo is a creep, he devised a system to keep Republicans in control of the NYS legislature for years. He constantly fucked over New York City as governor, even though we are 45% of the state’s population, because he was so preoccupied with upstate conservatives.

NPR @npr.org · 6h

Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted. n.pr/49uczOs

Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life and his version of the Democratic Party

Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1h

Sometimes I wonder if giving up a steady paycheck was the right call and sometimes I don't.

Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 3h

Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post

Wash post on Mamdani: The young politician wa born into a life of wealth and privilege, and from tht perch he adopted a worldview centered around destroying the economic system that made his adopted country thrive.

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