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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1h

I think by nature he is more diplomatic than Francis, but he obviously won't back off a fight. It seems Francis knew both things.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1h

If you want to read it politically, Leo quotes Pope Francis near the top of the document, and he does it before quoting Saint Francis. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1h

They knock her for being a bartender. I think that is her secret.

Kerr Avon ♨️ @kerravon.bsky.social · 2h

Why do I get the feeling, sir, that AOC is the only member of the Squad with any real staying power, in terms of strategy and just being a normal person?

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 2h

This broke yesterday at the other place. I said, "I don't think we've mentioned Porter once in any context, because she's a fool and bully who's hated by everyone who ever worked for her."

Charitably she's a successful partner at a big firm who gets rich, terrorizes everybody, and cracks up by 55.

Cameron Kuss @ckuss.bsky.social · 2h

Katie Porter Goes Viral for ‘Unhappy’ TV Interview in California Governor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Katie Porter Goes Viral for ‘Unhappy’ TV Interview in California Governor’s Race

www.nytimes.com

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 3h

"My opponent doesn't give a damn about anybody, he made choices that put women and children on the street, and I'll show you" seems like elementary politics, but these days ...

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

The Advantage program was a lifeline for New Yorkers like Kasha, a working mom struggling to get out of a shelter and into stable housing.

But when then-Gov. Cuomo slashed funding, homelessness surged.

These are political choices. We can choose differently.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 4h

Hell of a picture.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. People are confusing a tactic for strategy.

John Rosevear @jrosevear.bsky.social · 5h

He doesn't seem like a viable national candidate, sir. But he's doing some things right, things that could *in part* serve as a template for a more viable candidate.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 5h

Returning to the question of humor, it's fine. Reagan used it. Bill Clinton. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But no one ever rode it to the top. A lot of people thought "Jon Stewart SLAMS Bush!" would lead to President Kerry. They never learn.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 5h

Newsom wants to set up a Clinton-Sanders situation. But he isn't a drop in the bucket compared to Mrs. Clinton as a politician, and the left isn't the left of ten or even four years ago. The regular Democrat has moved left.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 5h

Newsom turns Trump's online ways back on him. Which would be fine if the whole country lived on here and watched Maddow, but they don't. If it amuses anybody it's them alone. There might be something to if he didn't fall ass-backwards into alienating the left, but there we are.

leveloneminiboss.bsky.social @leveloneminiboss.bsky.social · 5h

The limitation of Newsom’s method is that it’s just a joke. Jokes are fine, but when they’re not funny, there’s nothing else to stick with you.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom's method is not equal to Pritzker's, and it's unworthy of a serious commentator to pretend it is.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 15h

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 15h

Suzyn Waldman—who I know for a fact doesn’t hold back in private—sounds like she is looking forward to taking in some Broadway shows.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 15h

“It gets late early out there.”

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

Yes. But because Norway was in union with Sweden at the time of Nobel’s death, the prize is the gift of the Swedish Academy.

Bob Timmermann @bobtimmermann.bsky.social · 16h

The Norwegians pick the Peace Prize.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

You never know what the Swedish Academy will do, but I would not be surprised if they make a statement similar to Rome.

Mike Branom @mikebranom.com · 16h

Now, Mr. President, the question that will *consume* the White House: Does Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

Chisholm looking into his glove like a sixth grader. Jesus Christ. Those plays happen to everybody. Baseball is difficult. But I long ago got less tolerant with the Yankees because they do it all the time. This is the big leagues, goddamn it!

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

Suzyn Waldman: “That’s awful.”

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 16h

The Israel-Hamas deal was possible any time in the past year or more. Trump is personally sick of Netanyahu and chose to apply the screws now. That’s all it is.

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Noted Texan Energy Executive @notedtexan.bsky.social · 22h

@dicknixon.bsky.social This is a very sophisticated message. The camera moves to avoid looking like AI. She wanted people to be certain.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 23h

"Oh dears" is a way to call attention to the tiresome fact that in some quarters any criticism of Newsom is seen as saying mocking is not a valid political tool. That's absurd. Of course it is. It's that his method talks to nobody but those who already want to hear it.

Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 23h

OH dears, is your way of calling for his tribalist followers to start the dog pile, because his views were challenged and his was lightly mocked.

sad clown.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 23h

“Oh dears.”

Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 23h

Oh dears, the one who fails to grasp what Newsom is accomplishing is YOU.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 23h

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Why mockery works against fascism: A primer on asymmetrical power, satire, and the Texas National Guard in Chicago

Authoritarians fetishize aesthetics... uniforms, fitness, control, "order," and spectacle.

Their power is performative, designed to awe, to intimidate, to project superiority.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

You might hate it if it's against you, but if you care about baseball you can't call it boring.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

It's the casual fan vs. the baseball fan. For a leader the Brewers have one of the great recent workhorses, Yelich. They have a real star of the future, Chourio. Frelick plays like his hero Pedroia. They grow pitching on trees, and they run/field as well as anybody. They rarely make mistakes.

Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 1d

As a long time Milwaukee resident I can tell you there are resentments here but sweating Chicago's status in the world is waaay down the list.

People on here seem to be complaining a lot about the Brewers not being 'cool' enough. To them I say: grow up and watch yr money burn this season.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom's method is not equal to Pritzker's, and it's unworthy of a serious commentator to pretend it is.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 1d

I am not sure.

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