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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 11d

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Rufus Algonquin @exile1965.bsky.social · 10d

60 years old today. Doesn’t hurt as bad as I thought it might.

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Norah 🦋 Mami’s Small But She is Mighty 🔥 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 29d

How quickly they forget how they’ve contributed to the actual thing they’re condemning.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sad thing recent events have made me accept: a lot of US elites are weak, amoral people, whose guiding star is "what does power want?" mixed with "what's easiest for me in the short-term?" And that unfortunately means we can't appeal to principle or patriotism, we need to structure their incentives.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · Sep 8

I think the answer to the “paradox” of Trump consolidating dictatorial power despite being incompetent and unpopular lies in Democrats rattling their sabers at people and entities who capitulate to Trump over the objections of the American majority. But first they’ll have to find those sabers!

Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So

It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.

newrepublic.com

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is an absolute must read by Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social - federal judges spoke to him about their frustrations with the Supreme Court (how it's enabling Trump's attacks on them, how it's making a hash of the law on the shadow docket, etc.)

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases

Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

www.nbcnews.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 31

Mussolini didn’t actually make the trains run on time. That’s propaganda.

20th century fascists did “sheer vandalism” and elevated superstitions above science, often in self-harming ways.

The competence of fascists is another of their self-aggrandizing myths. It’s just that destroying is easy.

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Aug 30

That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Every time anybody calls any politically charged event or decision "a distraction" from some other thing, a jack in the box should pop up and punch them in the mouth

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 22

Justice Jackson used “Calvinball” in an official Supreme Court dissent.

It really is the best term for the unprincipled, inconsistent, sometimes contradictory, frequently un-American bullshit the Roberts court has foisted upon us, unsubtly putting ideology and partisan outcomes over facts and law.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 21

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · Aug 17

Picked this up at a used bookstore today. It was published in 2012 and now we know that it’s even worse than It’s Even Worse Than it Looks.

A book titled It’s Even Worse Than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Look what you made me do, explained the secret police as they violently violated someone's rights.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 16

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.

Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?

Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

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Rufus Algonquin @exile1965.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Aug 3

"This is considered impolite to point out in many mainstream venues, but to be a Republican in good standing today, you have to believe, or at least go along with, an insane amount of lies."

Firing the BLS Director for reporting monthly jobs data institutionalizes that lying, imposing it on others.

To Live Inside a Lie

Firing the top labor statistics official for doing the normal monthly jobs report is only the last attempt to force everyone else to abandon reality too

www.arcdigital.media

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Rufus Algonquin @exile1965.bsky.social · Aug 2

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Jul 27

I am old enough to remember cigarette machines that took (lots of) quarters & sound it made when you pulled the knob towards you & it snapped back into place and the pack landed in the little trough

I've heard that these still exist, but I can't remember the last time I saw one in the wild

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Rufus Algonquin @exile1965.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is where I post from.

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Skittles @skittlesmom.bsky.social · Jul 20

Silhouette of dead tree with green heron.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Jul 20

SecState Rubio’s explanation for why the US must use economic and other means to punish Brazil for following its own laws to prosecute a coup attempt is cancel culture.
I’m not kidding. He claims that Brazil, by acting in Brazil, has somehow censored Americans. And that this requires drastic action.

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s a rogue country.

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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast @realgilbertacp.bsky.social · Jul 10

#GGACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of the #1 record of 1975, "Love Will Keep Us Together" with this LIVE singalong episode (from Sid Gold’s Request Room in NYC) and tribute to songwriter/guest NEIL SEDAKA (and others)! Hear it NOW at gilbertpodcast.com! @franksantopadre.bsky.social

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Jul 10

Now when your Tesla autopilot crashes your car, you'll hear a helpful reminder to blame the Jews.

And not just any accusation, but one tailored by AI to your specific crash circumstances.

Order are coming in fast, so goose-step your way to the dealer and get a brand new Tesla Blood Libel today!

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Chris T. @chris-tsakis.bsky.social · Jul 9

My question exactly.

Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?

The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

www.theatlantic.com

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Rufus Algonquin @exile1965.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · Jun 27

If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · Jun 23

The capacity to not admit you were wrong is inexhaustible. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Republican’s Life-Threatening Pregnancy Collided With Florida’s Abortion Politics

Due in August with her first child, Rep. Kat Cammack says doctors last year hesitated to treat her ectopic pregnancy.

www.wsj.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Jun 16

Moe: What are you telling us, we're trapped like rats?

Russ Cargill: No, rats can't be trapped this easily, you're trapped like...carrots.

-- The Simpsons Movie

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Rufus Algonquin @exile1965.bsky.social · Jun 14

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The Beach Boys - 'Til I Die

YouTube video by Beyond Visible Films

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