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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 5h

At least in the historical record of the 21st century (or post 9/11), the Democratic Party’s main objection *has* been the tone/tenor of immigration enforcement. Obama was the Deporter in Chief until the second Trump administration, the numbers don’t lie.

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 6h

what is the official Democratic Party response to the violent detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants. what is it. what do we find officially objectionable about what is going on - that they're being too mean about it, that they're being sloppy?

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 6h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 2h

The thing about the little pig man is that the press doesn't have the bizarre instinctive deference to him that Trump gets.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 3h

This is the exact energy I want to hear from Graham Platner.

I know people are going to think "Fetterman" until and unless he gets into the Senate and does well, but I just don't think he's going to Milkshake Duck.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Connor Lynch @connorlynch.bsky.social · 4h

“The amount of activity on it is relatively new.”

You are on the court! That’s not a thing that just *happened*, you decided to do it!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 4h

Idk seeing all these clips of admin officials getting grilled makes me think they're not really getting away with this politically

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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

This is getting directly to the trust issue, and is a demonstration that they understand a bill with their ask isn’t enough for them to believe their ask will be respected.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 5h

Justin Fields is awful but he would have a knack of lighting up Detroit's Defense by scrambling because we played so much Man Coverage. I wonder why Glenn wanted him.

Fields is the ultimate "do you know ANY ball" test for casuals to me. I myself am not particularly knowledgable but uh...

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 19h

There is no point in engaging with good faith with MAGAts.

They just shamelessly lie about anything that makes them look bad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

Fascists only care about aesthetics, Example #561490874.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

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Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 1d

No funding for fascists. That's the messaging. Run with it.

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 1d

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Samus is Here @samusishere.bsky.social · 1d

One issue society has is that every single major institution hates society and wants to kill as many people as possible.

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

You mean this?

If voters only care about end results but the result of Trump paying the troops is the Government shutting down for longer...

Doesn't it follow that keeping it shut down will massively hurt more than paying the troops will help?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Is illegally moving a bunch of money around to pay the troops good for Trump’s brand? Probably. Will it keep the government shut down even longer? Almost certainly.

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Jodie 🐲 @gikairan.bsky.social · 1d

Shit like this literally poisons the well, and its entire purpose is to make you believe REAL videos of this heinous shit might be fake

Even if this is really happening, it doesn't mean you should accept AI generated versions of events - because the AI versions are dangerous misinformation tools

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 1d

This is good, actually. This is the kind of thing we need to build a pro-court expansion majority.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, this is how much it has cooked people’s brains after like one year. Think of what 10 years of this will do. Think of the brains of kids who will grow up not only unable to spot AI but unable to understand “real” and “AI generated” as two different concepts.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson and Colt Keith should be ashamed of themselves.

hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

14 Innings what the fuck?

Both Detroit and Seattle Fans have got to be enraged at their batters.

If this is the end - The Tigers sure did not go down easily.

hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

She also praised Trump for killing those fishermen in the airstrikes.

I just don't give her benefit of the doubt.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 1d

Weird right wing people are not interesting because they’re mainly just stupid or racist. Weird left wing people are insane in interesting ways. This is why we will wins

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

one thing that's funny is the weirdo canadians/nazis on x the everything app increasingly have to monitor this place to get their rage fix now. you won! enjoy your cool app with your cool friends

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 1d

Just to make sure we're all on the same page- the Democrats *are*, in fact, pushing for the prosecution of anybody who assists Trump and Vought in their illegal RIFs:

democrats-budget.house.gov

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

next thing you’ll tell me is that the same society that sneers at public displays of charity towards the most weak and vulnerable will elect, in turn, a government that is entirely predicated on terrorizing its own domestic population of ethnic minorities, laborers, and the poor writ large

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 2d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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hammerhead179.bsky.social @hammerhead179.bsky.social · 1d

Why oh why do Democrats have such low approval when they listen to guys like this?

NickyFrank40 @NickyFrank30 Jan 23

I actually think the best thing to happen for Democrats in New York is to get rid of congestion pricing in 2025.

Mike Lawler @lawler4ny Jan 22

Getting rid of congestion pricing is top of mind for many constituents of mine - and with President Trump's support, we're going to get it done.

Jan 23, 2025 7:55 PM UTC