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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 14h

"We aren't playing games. We sent over a clean CR to keep the lights on and continue the appropriations process. Also, we fully support the President in not spending the money we've appropriated, meaning any deals we cut on the budget aren't worth the paper they're printed on. No games tho"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 16h

Same day means everyone will be done before midnight by definition, Enrique. Don't fight the hypo

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 16h

"150m paper ballots will be hand-counted in a few hours" is a particularly spectacular brand of idiocy

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 19h

It really does depend on the statute. For example, an anti-slapp statute that creates a substantive cause of action and not just a procedural motion to dismiss would seem to be no different than any other state law cause of action in terms of whether it should apply in Federal court

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Robby Kalland @rkalland.bsky.social · 19h

Hell yeah my favorite genre of NBA image: Yao making Shaq look like a normal sized man

NBA @nba.com · 19h

NBA royalty taking in the NBA China Games 👑

SHAQ 🤝 YAO

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 19h

That's not what he said. The question was "did Trump's campaigning impact anything" and he said the Nobel Committee sits in a room "filled with courage and integrity" and makes its decisions based on "the will of Alfred Nobel" (i.e. they aren't going to be moved by campaigns or threats)

Stop it

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 20h

My favorite bit in here is "look, you can find an idiot on the internet to believe ANYTHING; quoting random instagram commenters doesn't change what a reasonable listener would take from this statement"

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 20h

Somebody needs a new job. I don't see how you can be a "culture correspondent" while not immediately recognizing Johnny Cash as cool

mediadirectory.economist.com/people/jon-f...

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Mark Anderson @emer.net · 20h

This is the dumbest WSJ take ever and that is a competitive category.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 20h

The speed and booze addicted dressed in black playing raw live shows in prisons with a voice like god almighty himself guy is “deeply uncool”? What

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 4d

"Not my problem" tells me you don't know the first thing about what being Jewish means

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 4d

Just block and move on

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry but like, this isn’t a government, we don’t have some human right to rules-lawyer the management here into allowing us to Nazi-March through Skokie, Illinois because of the first amendment. We’re guests on the platform and admins have the right and responsibility to manage it.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d

“The inevitable result of posting this has been a steady drip drip of more of the same sh*t but hopefully you’ll all be able to see it as it accumulates (for if you’re in any doubt, and this is the “progressive” social platform!)”
👇🏼

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 6d

I feel slightly numb and mostly exhausted at the amount of antisemitism posting about antisemitism has triggered on my BlueSky posts

Being Jewish on social media means having to expect it, and I’d almost got desensitised it

Almost

To all the antisemites, I say: f*ck you

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

OK, this was a bit of an exaggeration, assuming you count "police and right wing commentariat" as "involved in the George Floyd protests" - they DEFINITELY thought it was relevant

AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

Literally nobody involved in the George Floyd protests thought "was George Floyd a good person?" had any relevance to "should police be allowed to suffocate him to death in the course of an arrest". Nobody "transformed him into a saint"

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7d

my guy thinks the floyd protests were about floyd

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

Literally nobody involved in the George Floyd protests thought "was George Floyd a good person?" had any relevance to "should police be allowed to suffocate him to death in the course of an arrest". Nobody "transformed him into a saint"

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 7d

my guy thinks the floyd protests were about floyd

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

I'll give you a few minutes to read this and then I'm blocking you. Don't need avid rapist-defenders in my followers

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

LOL. Yes, Neil's desperate desire to avoid having the claims against him litigated are indicative of how much he believes in his defenses.

Ah well. Respect to the judge but that's what appeals are for.

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

Don't pay enough attention to have any.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 7d

This is premeditated homicide and quite possibly piracy.

There is no even arguable legal authority for the president to commit an extrajudicial killing of these men. There is no declaration of war or other legal basis for any military action. There is no applicable legal justification or defense.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7d

Hegseth: ‘Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

Not an exaggeration

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)

Homeland Defender (Immigration Services
Officer)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Field Operations Directorate

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud.
This entry-level role requires no college degree and offers up to $50,000 in signing and retention bonuses. If you're driven and ready to serve with pride, join USCIS and become a vital part of homeland security!

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

Nancy Mace is very upset by this rhetoric, no doubt

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 7d

This party has ZERO desire to reach any kind of compromise with the Dems or even to convince them to vote for their CR. This is a party preparing to eliminate the Democratic party

Another Truth Social post:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
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A graphic that features stylized photgraphs of Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, AOC, Biden, and someone screaming I'm genuinely not sure who.
Text:
THE PARTY OF HATE, EVIL, AND SATAN
The Democratic Party is Dead!
They have no leadership!
no message!
no hope!
their only message for America is to hate Trump!

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Bird @hatulimyafim.bsky.social · 7d

Jews should not have been attacked in our places of worship on our holidays. Muslims should not collectively be blamed for it and face crackdowns on their civil liberties for it.

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 7d

Proudly unconcerned with antisemitism:

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 8d

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