Greg D
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New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
That's the way you do it.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek just took back control of the national guard.
She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.
She is sending the Oregon national Guard back home and is directing the California national guard to leave the State.
October 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
That's the way you do it.
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DAAAAA YANKEES LOSE
Vlad and Papi coming together to hate. A-Rod and Jeter just having to sit there and take it.
Vlad and Papi coming together to hate. A-Rod and Jeter just having to sit there and take it.
October 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
DAAAAA YANKEES LOSE
Vlad and Papi coming together to hate. A-Rod and Jeter just having to sit there and take it.
Vlad and Papi coming together to hate. A-Rod and Jeter just having to sit there and take it.
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I get that the rhetorical strategy here is "look we're the reasonable ones and they're the crazy ones" I just don't think that's a good strategy. The administration is totally lawless and keeping the government open to "help with the cost of living" is an endorsement of that lawlessness
Schumer on government funding: "Our position remains this: We want to keep the government open by engaging in bipartisan negotiation where we can address some of the grave harms Donald Trump has caused to our health care system and help Americans with the cost of living."
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I get that the rhetorical strategy here is "look we're the reasonable ones and they're the crazy ones" I just don't think that's a good strategy. The administration is totally lawless and keeping the government open to "help with the cost of living" is an endorsement of that lawlessness
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It's incredible that billionaires still think they can buy and bully this election for Cuomo. You can't beat this shit with money.
July 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It's incredible that billionaires still think they can buy and bully this election for Cuomo. You can't beat this shit with money.
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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
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This was never about science or proper medical care.
Here's a list of major medical authorities supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth:
(thread)
Here's a list of major medical authorities supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth:
(thread)
June 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This was never about science or proper medical care.
Here's a list of major medical authorities supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth:
(thread)
Here's a list of major medical authorities supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth:
(thread)
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
Donald Trump is a failed businessman, con artist, and fascist. If he wants to end protests in Los Angeles (and elsewhere) he should resign and become a hermit.
June 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Donald Trump is a failed businessman, con artist, and fascist. If he wants to end protests in Los Angeles (and elsewhere) he should resign and become a hermit.
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The regime is looking to provoke violence so they have an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, criminalize dissent, and federalize the National Guard.
The movement can win with mass participation if we maintain non-violent discipline and win defections from the security forces.
The movement can win with mass participation if we maintain non-violent discipline and win defections from the security forces.
June 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The regime is looking to provoke violence so they have an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, criminalize dissent, and federalize the National Guard.
The movement can win with mass participation if we maintain non-violent discipline and win defections from the security forces.
The movement can win with mass participation if we maintain non-violent discipline and win defections from the security forces.
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I mean, he's about as stupid as a human can be without a being a stunned lemur, but as governor, he would only be Alabama's problem
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday launched a website to campaign for governor of Alabama in 2026, ending months of speculation about his political future.
🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/05/will-tommy-tuberville-announce-a-run-for-governor-of-alabama-today-what-we-know.html
🔗: https://www.al.com/politics/2025/05/will-tommy-tuberville-announce-a-run-for-governor-of-alabama-today-what-we-know.html
May 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I mean, he's about as stupid as a human can be without a being a stunned lemur, but as governor, he would only be Alabama's problem
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#MSH45 | May 19, 1980
NBC’s David Burrington reported on a landscape transformed. "Flaming clouds of gas," rivers bursting their banks, houses and cars swept away.
“It seemed nature had gone berserk,” he said.
USGS scientists warns activity could last months, but another May 18 is unlikely.
NBC’s David Burrington reported on a landscape transformed. "Flaming clouds of gas," rivers bursting their banks, houses and cars swept away.
“It seemed nature had gone berserk,” he said.
USGS scientists warns activity could last months, but another May 18 is unlikely.
May 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#MSH45 | May 19, 1980
NBC’s David Burrington reported on a landscape transformed. "Flaming clouds of gas," rivers bursting their banks, houses and cars swept away.
“It seemed nature had gone berserk,” he said.
USGS scientists warns activity could last months, but another May 18 is unlikely.
NBC’s David Burrington reported on a landscape transformed. "Flaming clouds of gas," rivers bursting their banks, houses and cars swept away.
“It seemed nature had gone berserk,” he said.
USGS scientists warns activity could last months, but another May 18 is unlikely.
45 years ago today.
#MSH45 | 8:32 a.m.
The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens.
The bulge collapses outward.
Within seconds, a lateral blast surges through the disintegrating slope.
7 miles north, Gerry Martin describes what he sees—until the radio goes silent.
The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens.
The bulge collapses outward.
Within seconds, a lateral blast surges through the disintegrating slope.
7 miles north, Gerry Martin describes what he sees—until the radio goes silent.
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
45 years ago today.
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Introducing the new blood of Christ
May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Introducing the new blood of Christ
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this is one reason trump and the GOP are inseparable tbh the culture wars have always been the cornerstone of GOP grievances
"What links his two weekend executive orders is not Trump’s concern for blue-state jobs or fair, accurate journalism—but Trump’s longing to control the culture of the United States from the White House. Trump’s first 100 days have been the largest full-scale culture war offensive in GOP history."
The Culture-War Furies Behind Trump’s Film-Tariff Plan
The president doesn’t have the authority to impose tariffs on movies produced abroad, but he still wants to be the right’s designated culture commissar.
www.thenation.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is one reason trump and the GOP are inseparable tbh the culture wars have always been the cornerstone of GOP grievances
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Jan Schakowsky, the incumbent in my race, will reportedly not seek re-election. So it seems like a good time to reintroduce myself —
I’m Kat Abughazaleh and I’m running for Congress.
I’m Kat Abughazaleh and I’m running for Congress.
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Jan Schakowsky, the incumbent in my race, will reportedly not seek re-election. So it seems like a good time to reintroduce myself —
I’m Kat Abughazaleh and I’m running for Congress.
I’m Kat Abughazaleh and I’m running for Congress.
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Lust for authority is a sign you've never had it or would be so blind in its pursuit you'd abuse it
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Lust for authority is a sign you've never had it or would be so blind in its pursuit you'd abuse it
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Video of North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson in 2020: "I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote."
Mark Robinson: 'I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote'
In a newly unearthed video, North Carolina’s GOP nominee for governor says America was better then because Republicans "fought for real social change."
www.huffpost.com
March 6, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Video of North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson in 2020: "I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote."
Cute baby photos always seem like the move for breaking in a new social media feed.
January 10, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Cute baby photos always seem like the move for breaking in a new social media feed.