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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Aug 20

Honestly maybe my favorite-ever podcast series FYI 👇

Chris Wade @chriswade.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hell of Presidents, our history of the U.S. told through the office of the presidency, also now available as dedicated feed. Also incredibly proud of this one, think we "snapped" with these
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · Aug 19

rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat

John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · Aug 19

just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today

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oriana schwindt @schwindter.bsky.social · Jul 29

it's crazy that you can be a writer for the new york times and not know who the current mayor of new york city is or the current budget of the NYPD, who despite a constant presence in the area failed to intercept a man walking around with a GIANT FUCKING LONG GUN

Jeffery C. Mays @jeffcmays.bsky.social · Jul 29

Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...

Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Jul 1

Just two good shows!!!

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · Jun 26

The problem will continue to be that nothing will actually fix this except proposals from people to her left. They all think they can get by with just discourse

West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · Jun 26

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused economic agenda for Democrats on Thursday, urging her party to take more seriously the dissatisfaction voters feel with their personal finances, reports @fischler.bsky.social.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urges Democrats to refocus on middle-class issues • West Virginia Watch

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused agenda for Dems urging her party to take voters dissatisfaction more seriously.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · Jun 25

Zohran’s plan is to open five grocery stores in food deserts, there’s absolutely no way that TCW ends up anywhere near one, he would find being near it to be below his station

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 25

when i buy whiskey from the ABC store, that's like the soviet union, to me.

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Jun 26

Busses can never be free and groceries can never be government issued but also there will always be hundreds of millions of dollars to make absolute sure neither happens.

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 11

I wrote about this extraordinary moment in which LA leaders still seem to believe they can produce a series of megaevents in cooperation with a federal government that has occupied their downtown and is openly abducting their constituents

Tactical alert

"We are one year away from the World Cup, how could this be happening?"

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Apr 26

The difference is he’s advocating for the same thing under terminology instead of like, anti-woke alpha patriotism or whatever.

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 30

They’ve been doing straight-up incredible greatest hits sets the past two years but I peeked at their Deftones setlists and uhhhh the boys are back in town!

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Studio episode one gave me legit stress dreams and I could hardly even watch episode two. Best show in awhile!

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 28

It would so obviously print money if there was a multi-format multiplex anchored by the Cinerama dome in HOLLYWOOD I simply do not understand.

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 23

What a time to be alive!

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Mar 21

Amid the ongoing political chaos it is important not to lose focus on what the root cause of all of this is: Some people have too much money.
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The Underlying Problem

This is happening because some people are too rich.

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 21

Okay fine!!!

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 21

Like yes it would be nice to have a central figure we could rally around to accomplish good things, since that worked so well for evil things, but I assure you this is no longer the man.

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 21

Hot take: It’s actually good he’s keeping quiet, because he so clearly would not be any better at meeting this moment than any Democrat everyone is mad at.

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · Mar 21

barack and michelle obama deserve to be booed relentlessly everywhere they go for their silence in this moment

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Mar 17

Happy third anniversary to the time the Chicago Bears tried to rekindle The Troubles

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 16

Watching the tides turn against a certain New York senator who I have openly hated with every fiber of my being for over a decade.

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Mar 12

Haven’t ever felt mounting horror in quite the way I did while reading this entire thread.

Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hi, hello. In order to grasp the significance of Trump crowning himself a King, you have to understand that he is literally carrying out a plan crafted by Curtis Yarvin, a right wing extremist, to overthrow democracy and replace it with dictatorial rule by a monarch-CEO.

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · Feb 1

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a group of people so forcefully committed to never winning anything again and missing the point so aggressively they’re on the verge of making the other side look strategic

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Feb 1

Democratic Party’s newly elected Chair, Ken Martin: “There are a lot of good billionaires out there that have been with Democrats, who share our values, and we will take their money. But we’re not taking money from those bad billionaires.”

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Alex Eldridge @alexeldr1dge.bsky.social · Jan 31

Unknowingly saw him introduce Diabolique and now he's like... stamped onto that movie in my mind.

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