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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

If you still have a Cooling or Games account there or whatever, you’re funding this.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 17h

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite sign today:

A woman with an “auntifa - aunties against fascism” sign

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 2d

Fight the urge to go dunk on trollish USG accounts; it's like mud wrestling with a pig, you both get dirty and the pig likes it. Instead, focus on picking Bluesky fights like Alf intended: by willfully misunderstanding skeets from people who actually agree with you entirely

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 9d

Rs getting rid of the filibuster would be a HUGE win for Dems.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9d

If GOP wants to abolish the filibuster over this, awesome. It helps Rs way more than Ds. It’s also a central reason for loss of faith in government over the last 25 yrs. Rs can reopen the govt tonight if they want. If they want to do it to make sure 15 million lose their health care that’s on them.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 9d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 9d

If GOP wants to abolish the filibuster over this, awesome. It helps Rs way more than Ds. It’s also a central reason for loss of faith in government over the last 25 yrs. Rs can reopen the govt tonight if they want. If they want to do it to make sure 15 million lose their health care that’s on them.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 9d

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 17d

They shouldn’t!

Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 17d

Why should congressional Democrats participate in negotiations with Trump at all?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Trump: "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut ... I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity."

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 18d

“which she depicts as a theocratic menace to secular government and liberal freedoms”

Uh…yeah? That’s what it is?

I noped out at “A more unifying approach”. NOPE. Fuck right off with that. No unity to be found with people who think some *other* people don’t have rights or shouldn’t exist.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 18d

Look at this Nazi asshole. He’d put on a grey uniform and goose-step down Pennsylvania Avenue if he thought he’d get away with it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 18d

And this is why no Democrats should vote for ANY budget deal with Trump. He'll just illegally violate it anyway. So screw 'em. Republicans have a trifecta, figure it out.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18d

We are now in the domain of not just illegal impoundments, but targeted illegal impoundments to punish liberal spaces. Not different from what Trump is doing to to universities.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 18d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent message. Stick to it. No votes, period.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 18d

This is good! More like this.

Now they need to stick to their guns.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 18d

National Dem leaders will be making excellent, data-driven arguments about how Trump will continue to increase healthcare costs as his goons drag them to prison after the show trials.

The degree to which the national leadership is disconnected from the actual state of the country is astonishing.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 19d

...is this a thing we can do? What are the other nominees? How many can get in?

DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 19d

IT'S BIBLICAL THAT'S WHY

No seriously this is government of, by, and for Christian Nationalists. It's not more complicated than that. These are people who think the world is 6000 years old and Noah's Ark is a real thing that happened.

I wish I was joking.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, “go big” is the play here. “We’re not helping you fund your illegal activities. Stop, all of it, immediately, or figure out how to fund it on your own.”

That’s the only good play for Democrats.

Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 19d

Go big or go home?

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 19d

I think people should be alarmed now because waiting until they consolidate enough power to carry out the desires he’s voicing now is a bad idea.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 19d

Send it and leave town. Make them either cave, or get rid of the filibuster.

DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 19d

"And since Trump has shown his willingness to illegally violate funding mandates, we won't vote for ANY bill without automatic triggers that cut off pay and funding for specific departments and personnel who act contrary to the clear text of the bill."

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 19d

"When the administration has no regard for the law, taking away their money is the only way to stop their crime wave. We're not providing a single vote for government funding without an end to kidnappings by masked thugs and the military occupation of cities Trump doesn't like"

Not that hard!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21d

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d

If a shooter’s politics are hard to pin down, he’s a leftist

If a shooter’s politics are right wing, he’s hard to pin down

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 21d

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”

Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?

www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN

A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.

www.cnn.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 25d

the first admin certainly had some of this, but this time around, it’s just this fucking whiny crybaby bitch shit from every member of the cabinet all goddamned day long. fucking loser ass presidency.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

oh my god lol -- Trump calls for UN workers to be arrested because his escalator didn't work yesterday

A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday — Not one, not two, but three very sinister events! First, the escalator going up to the Main Speaking Floor came to a screeching halt. It stopped on a dime. It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster. This was absolutely sabotage, as noted by a day’s earlier “post” in The London Times that said UN workers “joked about turning off an escalator.” The people that did it should be arrested! Then, as I stood before a Television crowd of millions of people all over the World, and important Leaders in the Hall, my teleprompter didn’t work. It was stone cold dark. I immediately thought to myself, “Wow, first the escalator event, and now a bad teleprompter. What kind of a place is this?” I then proceeded to make a Speech without a teleprompter, which kicked in about 15 minutes later. The good news is the Speech has gotten fantastic reviews. Maybe they appreciated the fact that very few people could have done what I did. And third, after making the Speech, I was told that the sound was completely off in the Auditorium where the Speech was made, that World Leaders, unless they used the interpreters’ earpieces, couldn’t hear a thing. The first person I saw at the conclusion of the Speech was Melania, who was sitting right up front. I said, “How did I do?” And she said, “I couldn’t hear a word you said.” This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. I’m sending a copy of this letter to the Secretary General, and I demand an immediate investigation. No wonder the United Nations hasn’t been able to do the job that they were put in existence to do. All security tapes at the escalator should be saved, especially the emergency stop button. The Secret Service is involved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 29d

They all need to go and be replaced with people 20 years younger.

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DanSternCardinale @dsterncardinale.bsky.social · 29d

We're angry bc the D leadership sucks. They suck at strategy. They suck at communication. They regularly cave on values the party they claim to lead stands for. They go after a democratic socialist mayoral candidate harder than a fascist president.

Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 29d

Not just over Mamdani.

I agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social that Schumer and Jeffries and D leadership greatly underestimates the backlash that is building against them. The CR/budget/shutdown lack of fight, the Charlie Kirk day of honor support: the D base is angry at the D leadership.

Axios @axios.com · Sep 16

Scoop: Democratic leaders face growing revolt over Mamdani

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29d

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women.

The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

I agree with the concerns expressed by
parents and players that we have to take into account biological factors such as muscle mass and unfair student athletic advantage when we determine who plays on which teams, especially in contact sports,, Harris writes. "With goodwill and common sense, I believe we can come up with ways to do this, without vilifying and demonizing children."

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