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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 56m

"Why can't Trump murder civilians indiscriminately at home like he does abroad" - Ross Douthat

Why Can't Trump's Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy?

Three keys to his success on the world stage could be applied at home.
By ROSS DOUTHAT

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 6h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 15h

Baseball!
Many saying

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if all the people that used to get paid by the federal govt used to put any of that money into the economy?

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know, just start trying shit! lock him in the dungeon! the answer can't be "nothing, and also you're not allowed to criticize them"

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans always make the strongest case for Democrats. too bad this version of the party doesn't exist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Promise they would not do any of those awesome things

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Grand Ole' Pedos

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

but you can wander over to Matt's newsletter any day of the week and never find any sort of acknowledgement that he validated authoritarians and actively contributed to the generational decimation of a corporate power reformist effort he professes to be one of the country's top experts in

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

How do we get paid to be there? I am willing to be paid!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Eric_Time @erictime.bsky.social · 1d

I love that all the GOP shitheads are just Grizz and Dot Com telling Jack and Liz that they need to get Tracy a Kennedy Center award or he’s going to lock himself in an electrical closet and just start cutting wires.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

So the govt is shut down, but the fake award dept is still open?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

a new gender emerges

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

We have moved on to bird watching

Two cats sit on a padded stool and look out french doors. It’s a sunny day outside, but we can’t see what they’re looking at

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually pretty bad for your mental health to know stuff

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Everybody knows how ideal the weather in London is for cycling. Could never work in Indianapolis.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. electing Presidents

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing JD Vance is coming to Indy today to be presented with the Nobel Dunce Prize

jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Indianapolis should do this for Center Township

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Vent Surfing season to all who celebrate

A large tabby cat is sitting on an HVAC vent because warm air is once again coming out of it

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

How are they able to get this baseball game in when Chicago is a war zone?

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

I’ve seen a lot of people make jokes about this like “oh 2002 was so long ago” but those early Bush Era AUMFs have been used ever since, including by Obama, by presidents to do whatever they want as they claim that this AUMF loosely applies to any other Middle East thing.

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man what a horrible way to end the game 😿

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jd for SP🎃🎃KY Streets 🚲🚸 @thedirte.bsky.social · 1d

So he’s got an entire ranch of horses, but he and JC choose to ride the same horse???

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 2d

A tearful Kim Robinson reports that God showed her that Charlie Kirk was rewarded with a horse ranch in Heaven and she saw "Charlie riding on a horse, with Jesus."