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@alcibiades1234.bsky.social

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 16m

This should be against the law

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 37m

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 41m

Never forget:

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Jeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 15h

REMINDER: For anyone confused, your political views are more than opinions. They're a reflection of your values, your empathy, and the way you see humanity.

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 48m

I read nonfiction history! Just finished Henry V by Dan Jones

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 55m

Gin & tonic

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 1h

Mostly through self-destructive bad habits

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 1h

Downed a beverage after a double shift ask me anything

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 5h

Granted…. My 401k has just 36k n it lol. But I’d rather not lose that money.

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 5h

I called my 401k company and they said they don’t offer a plan that doesn’t include AI investments…

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 6h

If this is an issue for most voters, then why are most of the people in Congress elected by people who are OK with supporting this?

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 6h

More than 60 million Americans voted for this motherfucker

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

ERIKA KIRK: He did pray for his enemies, which is very hard, but he did

TRUMP: *shit-eating grin, shrugs*

ERIKA KIRK: I saw him do it

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 6h

If you look at politics as a simple question of politicians doing what it takes to be elected by the electorate: wouldn’t it be more practical to say they are electorally rewarded for taking that money instead of rejecting it?

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 7h

When the artificial intelligence bubble pops and the stock market collapses, it might be one of those days where we all remember where we were when we found out.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 13h

MEDICAID IS INTENDED FOR THE POOR. FOR THE POOR. WHETHER THEY ARE ELDERLY, DISABLED, WORKING POOR, PREGNANT, CHILDREN, OR NOT EMPLOYED. IT IS FOR THE POOR. PEOPLE DO NOT STAY POOR FOR THE MEDICAID.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, that’s one of my problems with the whole prescription of media being the solution to our political problems

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 13h

I was seeing it more like voluntarily getting rid of the power of incumbency and increasing the likelihood of a party flip for these seats.

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 14h

This thread seems to indicate that that theory is correct.

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 14h

The same thing is true of term limits as opposed to age restrictions. Except even on a bigger scale.

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 14h

I think something people are not considering is that if you enacted this age limit in a state like Maine or New Hampshire it would mean that three times the number of open seats would be available in the next election and it would mean that each of those seats can be more easily bought with money.

Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing against Mills personally but party bodies and legislative caucuses could voluntarily adopt retirement ages for elected officials.

"Will you be 80 or older if you run for re-election?" seems like a reasonable cutoff without creating new problems.

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 14h

What does this have to do with stancil?

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𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 14h

If half of the electorate thinks that you are too far to the left even when you are on the right, how many would say you’re too far left if you’re on the left? 70%?

𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒾𝓈𝒽 🐬 @alcibiades1234.bsky.social · 14h

And at the exact same time, all of the people who are actually to the left, believe that their candidates are too far to the right and so they also refused to participate, even when they would be very helpful.