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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

The people who complain about Dems as a circular firing squad don't understand that it's not circular because regular people aren't holding any guns.

When Dem senators vote for Trump's nominees, they've lined up with the Republicans to shoot at us. All we can do is shout from behind the blindfold.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h

The Dems who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins:

Baldwin (WI)
Bennet (CO)
Booker (NJ)
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gallego (AZ)
Hassan (NH)
Heinrich (NM)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Klobuchar (MN)
Ossoff (GA)
Peters (MI)
Rosen (NV)
Schiff (CA)
Shaheen (NH)
Slotkin (MI)
Warnock (GA)
Welch (VT)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "a broken and corrupt program" and says, "guess what? There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Donald Trump."

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h @halehroshan.bsky.social · 23h

the dodgers are the yankees of baseball and i’m upset. but what a season!

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

People on here will post anything. 'Baseball games have 9 innings.' No they don’t. That isn’t true.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can I also just say, again, that the Biden admin under no circumstances committed to “left-wing” migration policy, in any way, shape, or form. I want Douthat to articulate what specific policies he thinks are included in that, because I think he seriously misunderstands the policies at issue.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

Utterly bizarre to describe climate change policy as some kind of radical-left albatross.

The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular!

The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.

It is completely obvious that the party lost in 2024 because it overcommitted to a range of unpopular left-wing positions, some of which yielded disastrous policy results (like the Biden migration wave) while others merely persuaded constituencies that had voted Democratic in the past (like blue-collar Midwesterners or culturally conservative Latino men) that the party now cared more about climate change

In poll after poll, Americans have said that they know little to nothing about the IRA, with the most recent poll, out in April 2024, finding that 4 in 10 people say that they don’t know enough about the law’s provisions to have an opinion on them. At the same time, a July 2023 Data for Progress poll found that large numbers of Americans support provisions in the IRA when asked specifically about them, including tax credits for businesses that produce clean electricity, electric vehicles, and new clean energy technologies (69%); rebates up to $14,000 per household to improve home energy efficiency (71%); and ramping up production of American-made clean energy technologies (73%). And perhaps most significantly, support for these key IRA provisions has grown over time among all likely voters, especially Republican voters.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Obama sir we tried to tell you that you were running with a bad crowd (billionaires), they’re bad news

www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...

People who know Obama say he has been surprised and appalled in how many of the rich people who now form his social circle have made concessions to Trump. He's
reaching out to business and other institutional leaders, urging them not to bend to the current administration even if it
helps their bottom lines.

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Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 1d

Let's just lay it out. Epstein was a glorified pimp who used and sold the services of children to the wealthy, the elite, and the powerful. His clients will destroy anything and everything to stay hidden. They will even starve poor people. They have no bottom and no conscience.

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 2d

ICE officers mistook Durango father for someone else, official says, but arrested him and children anyway trib.al/ZOMAid0

ICE officers mistook Durango father for someone else, official says, but arrested him and children anyway

“It’s my understanding that the father was mistaken for somebody else when (ICE) encountered him,” testified Gregory Davies, Denver’s third-ranking ICE official, in court Fr…

trib.al

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps just stop asking Hillary Clinton what she thinks about anything at all.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 2d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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h @halehroshan.bsky.social · 2d

also shoutout to @philweiser.bsky.social for being on the ground with the couple hundred of us outside the chambers listening to the lagged Teams meeting recording since the room was full full full

h @halehroshan.bsky.social · 2d

#durango

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h @halehroshan.bsky.social · 2d

complete transcript from city meeting yesterday:

cops: we are completely unprepared to deal with federal agents breaking laws right and left in our community and that's just gonna stay true
the community: WTFFFFFFFFFF
city hall: ...
co electeds: here's a letter of disapproval to trump we signed

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h @halehroshan.bsky.social · 2d

not saying the City of Durango PD had any good response here, neither on the scene nor last night at the emergency city council meeting, but the chief claimed the regional ICE director was condescending & obstructive to him & i think it's neat the feds are pitting cop agencies against each other

The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 3d

BREAKING: Colorado Bureau of Investigation launches probe into use of force at Durango ICE protest

Colorado Bureau of Investigation launches probe into use of force at Durango ICE protest

State investigators will look to see if the federal agent, who threw a woman to the ground, violated state criminal law

coloradosun.com

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 3d

There's a bipartisan push by some in Colorado's congressional delegation to free a father and children seized by ICE on their way to school in Durango. ICE has not suggested the father committed any crime.

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 4d

There are no national media outlets in Durango, CO - 8 hours from Denver - like there are in Chicago or LA. Grateful to have local journalists + the Durango Herald covering the latest ICE thuggery.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

I am still darkly chortling about this a day later. "Democrats need to offer something to voters."

OK what are you offering?

"A modest tax credit and free community college for those who qualify."

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

Look at this shit. "We need someone with a positive vision! That's why I'm proposing minor technocratic tweaks and a bizarre, performative non-policy"

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 3d

so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

www.theatlantic.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, they are.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 4d

Erika Kirk with JD Vance tonight at Ole Miss

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.

Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism ➜ propub.li/43MugoG

Article excerpt: When ProPublica emailed questions to Newby’s daughter, the North Carolina Republican Party’s communications director, Matt Mercer, responded, writing that ProPublica was waging a “jihad” against “NC Republicans,” which would “not be met with dignifying any comments whatsoever.”

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "On Saturday, things are gonna become very dire."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

This is flat out false.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 3d

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
-22nd Amendment

"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States"
-12th Amendment

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