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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 7d

so it seems the big deal comedians had with "cancel culture" is that we plebes didn't pay them to shut up

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · 8d

Better late than never. A dahlia from Filoli Gardens. #bloomscrolling

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14d

On the ICE shooting.

1. It's terrible.

2. Too many disturbed people have access to too many guns in this country.

3. Too many political figures use incendiary and dehumanizing rhetoric. By far the most significant of them is the president. The fish of political violence rots from the head down.

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · 14d

Especially the ones with Arnold

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Trump is aggressively ignorant. He does not learn, actively resists it, and has surrounded himself with people who enable his stupidity.

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · 19d

It's ridiculous. Most of my friends didn't even know who he was until he was shot.

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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 24d

I’m not sure anything is shocking anymore and maybe that’s the problem, but this should be shocking.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 27d

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28d

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29d

I implore the majority not to be shamed, guilted, or bullied by bad-faith, hypocritical right-wing trolls and corporate media who engage in "both sides" bullshit.

Call out MAGA's cruelty, celebration of violence, and lack of concern for violence against the majority.

They foment this crisis.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Aug 14

Parents, be vigilant against PragerU instructional materials in your kids classrooms! It’s an extremist outfit masquerading as an educational nonprofit. It’s a far right wing response to PBS kid’s programming, it is propaganda designed to appeal to children and careless or bigoted educators. Beware!

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 16

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

n.pr

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Aug 14

i’ve certainly had my issues with newsom but right now he’s nailing the moment

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?

Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · Jul 24

I liked this show so much when I saw it in SF that I went again when it was in NYC. I'm sad for the people of DC but glad she is standing up to Trump.

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · Jul 24

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

www.nytimes.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jul 22

Just to say the obvious: This is someone who is saying: people are going to die because of what Trump/Noem/DOGE are doing and I am not willing to be left holding that bag.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jul 22

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue unit has resigned, telling colleagues he was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration imposed that delayed the agency’s response to deadly flooding in Texas, according to three people familiar with his reasoning.

Ken Pagurek, who worked with FEMA’s search and rescue branch for more than a decade and served as chief for the past year, told associates that his concerns had been mounting since the start of hurricane season and that the administration’s changes to the agency were causing “chaos.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jul 20

And we thought Mamdani got a lot of people to register last time

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · Jul 19

Exactly. My 87 year old mom is a Mamdani fan and it's because he's an authentic politician with ideas who's willing to fight for this country. Establishment Dems better get on board or they will further disenfranchise their voters.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · Jun 30

I didn’t start out this month as a Zohran stan but every additional Islamophobic or straight up idiotic attack against him makes me more pro-Zohran. By November I’ll have a Z face tattoo

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · Jun 29

You are fighting the wrong fight. Focus on fighting MAGA and support Mamdani, the future of the Democratic Party. I’m an old Democrat and even I can see that what you, Swalwell and Gillibrand are doing is wrong. I will not donate to the party with this division.

dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · Jun 29

I am an older, forever Democrat, and if this keeps up I will become an independent. The party needs to embrace the future.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Jun 26

People are surprised that Cuomo isn't dropping out of the general election, but it's actually pretty on-brand for him to ignore the consent of others.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Jun 26

the mamdani thing is showing you how limited the range of acceptable opinions actually is in america. republicans can be a stone's throw away from endorsing genocide and thats fine but one guy goes slightly to the left of dem party orthodoxy and we're right in the middle of soviet russia

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dmhardt.bsky.social @dmhardt.bsky.social · Jun 26

Disappointed in your support of Cuomo and your comments about Mamdani. As an older long time Democrat I am disappointed in those who can’t rally and support the younger generation. No more money to Democrats who don’t see that people want the party to change.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jun 25

Will no one stop this maniac who wants to make life easier for people?!?!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 25

MAMDANI'S SOCIALIST PROMISES: BABY BASKETS TO NEWBORNS

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