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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 4d

Every one of you: post at least once a day about some small thing that makes you happy that has nothing to do with politics. This is a hard and fast rule. I won’t be keeping a spreadsheet or anything but if you don’t do it, I’ll know.

Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social · 5d

I think, for those of us on the political left, we need to address morale as a real and pressing issue that will fuck up our ability to fight if left unaddressed. We *need* to figure out a way to keep people feeling at least minimally good about things even in shitty situations.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 56m

Also it’s pretty cool that he achieved this peace plan in part by threatening the annihilation of Gaza if they didn’t sign on. Peace!

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

Christ people have lost their whole goddamn minds.

I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 7h

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

Eric Andre GIF

Alt: Hannibal Burress saying “why are you booing me? I’m right.”

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

This is how I landed on it ultimately.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

I agree, but the second season’s intro has a depth to it and it kept revealing more of itself with the context of each successive episode.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

A delight every time he was onscreen.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, pacing felt a bit off and kept waiting for a big confrontation that never came.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

I agree, but the second season’s intro has a depth to it and it kept revealing more of itself with the context of each successive episode.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7h

Peacemaker finale was pretty good, not great (though there were great bits). Season overall was great though, and after taking a while to get used to it, I’ve convinced myself that the intro (song and dances) are an improvement over season 1.

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 9h

Peacemaker season finale:

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 9h

People who think the things republicans want to happen to people should happen to people are republicans.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10h

🚨🚨🚨NEW JUDGE FARUQUI BANGER JUST DROPPED🚨🚨🚨

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Page 12, the conclusion:
This litigation and the delay caused by it could have been avoided if the government had simply gone to one of the other federal grand juries. That escape hatch remains open today. At any time, the government can short circuit this dispute by taking their federal charge before a federal grand jury. The question then is why are they now afraid to do so?

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 11h

The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block money to refurbish the 747 plane given by Qatar to President Trump for use as Air Force One.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12h

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 11h

The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block President Trump's use of National Guard troops in various cities - if local officials oppose their deployment from other states.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 12h

Oh huh wait is this not how the government is meant to work?

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 18h

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13h

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 12h

One cool thing about peace deals is if you threaten one side of one of them with complete annihilation if they don’t sign onto it. Peace!

Chris Cillizza @chriscillizza.bsky.social · 17h

What if...Donald Trump actually deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 12h

If you ever see me say that Democrats need to adopt Republican tactics and strategy to defeat Republicans because Republicans are so bad, and you remember this post (the one you’re reading right now), please find it and quote it at me so I can tell myself through time to log off.

a man in a suit and tie with the words stop it above him

Alt: a man in a suit and tie with the words stop it above him

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

#BREAKING Federal judge in Chicago temporarily blocks the Trump administration from "ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

Perry says the order will say defendants are "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 12h

325,000 Massachusetts residents could lose their health care under Trump’s Medicaid cuts.

Yet Republicans are in a witness protection program, refusing to even show up to fix this crisis. Health is the first wealth, and Republicans want the American people to go broke.
youtube.com/shorts/UXZaC...

Senator Markey Calls Out House Republicans To Work Together to Re-Open Government

YouTube video by Senator Markey

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

Update: the part where I was like “I’m glad I did it”? Yeah, I can barely walk now, lol. Still glad I did it but good god I’m more out of shape than I’d realized.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

Update: the part where I was like “I’m glad I did it”? Yeah, I can barely walk now, lol. Still glad I did it but good god I’m more out of shape than I’d realized.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 13h

Turned out I was glad I went, it was good to get moving, and it felt bad at the time, better in the middle, and good to have done. But yeah, at the beginning I was slow and my limbs felt like lead and my breathing was torturous. Agony.

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