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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 7h

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 18h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13h

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 18h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 15h

Behind the projection booth doors: a 35mm beauty of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) running through the projector this morning. One of our all-time favourite prints pure, gritty horror, film on film the way it should be. Shows again Thu 23rd Oct at 6:30pm.

🎟️ : tinyurl.com/texaschainpcc

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 16h

I am so sorry.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 18h

Me taking to William: “Incredible work on suicide prevention. Just magnificent. Now here’s how we’ll tear down the monarchy.”

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 18h

My family’s charitable efforts (like where we do actual work beyond donation) is focused on kids’ hospice but I would one day like to figure out how to help fight suicide. I am constantly grateful I have [the recovery community] & wish “normies” had better access to something similar.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 18h

Brutal read but there is a very postive & beautiful development growing out of this tragedy. Rhian Mannings an incredible woman & credit where due; William could spend his days 1000 other ways. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Prince William visibly moved as widow tells of husband's suicide

Prince William's foundation is giving £1m to set up a suicide prevention network.

www.bbc.com

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your service🇺🇸

Andrew Granola @mourningcake.bsky.social · 1d

updated graphic if you need it

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a guy throwing a printer at a horse

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman eight months pregnant—she is an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School—and she is saying 'eff Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta."

gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-compl...

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 1d

DSA affirms our fundamental right to free speech and assembly. We will not be intimidated by the Trump administration’s cronies, and we will continue our struggle for democracy to the end. If you want to live in a free society, join DSA today. dsausa.org/join

Join DSA. Become a member today.

Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...

act.dsausa.org

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Haha I’m a lifetime member. Joined in 2017. Here’s a pic from a drive in 2020. Join me & tell fascists to eat our collective ass: www.dsausa.org

Comedian, London UK
Rob Delaney joined DSA

I joined DSA because I'm angry that workers live hand to
mouth and
and go bankrupt from medical debt while billionaires, aided by the government they've bought, stoke division and steal from me and you. Enough. (Also I love my fellow man; that's you)"
Join today at dsausa.org/join

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

“Fun” thread about our terrible SCOTUS

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Haha I’m a lifetime member. Joined in 2017. Here’s a pic from a drive in 2020. Join me & tell fascists to eat our collective ass: www.dsausa.org

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 2d

I am watching the Jake Gyllenhaal Road House with the volume turned down, cranking NIN’s TRON:Ares soundtrack. It’s called cinema.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 2d

Please make the London Review of Books have more followers than me @lrb.co.uk thank you

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

They’re lying because they want you to support them cutting your healthcare, and they want you to blame immigrants.

- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA

- 700 rural hospitals will close

- Health insurance premiums will double, or more

- 15 million will lose coverage

Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.

www.rollingstone.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 2d

Check this *magnificent* song Iyer wrote for Baraka: youtu.be/0SWCvmHzm7I?...

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 3d

In terms of a big disaster that could help lock in/advance some of the noble goals in the above piece, I think an AI bubble bursting leading to a bad recession/depression is a real candidate. Since AI has bubble/bullshit/myth aspects all over it. What do you think?

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 3d

So fucking cool. Insane INSANE to me that the US govt isn’t tripping over itself to get in on this & be rich (and um, exist?) forever.

Electrek @electrek.co · 4d

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

electrek.co

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 3d

He’s out! 131 flotilla members driven to Jordan border & released. I hear all UK members now out. A few still remain in Israeli custody but please don’t use me as any sort of definitive news source on this. ❤️🇵🇸

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 3d

I’m so inspired by the flotillas. I haven’t joined one because I feel my primary purpose at this time is to raise the kids I brought into the world to the best of my abilities (you can call that cowardice or rationalization; it may be) but if my kids were out of the house I’d be like my hero Malcolm

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