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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 2d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Shatchamacallit

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

B&Ms

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 2d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

S&Ms

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d

Powell's press conference is more consequential than usual:
1. December rate cut may not happen
2. The FOMC is divided ("strongly differing views")
3. Powell very worried—about both inflation and unemployment.

Stocks are falling, bond yields rising, as he speaks.

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Jason Coskrey @jcoskrey.bsky.social · 3d

Livan Moinelo got the crowd a little excited by almost getting a hit (that would've driven in a run).

He's part of a dying breed as next year's Japan Series will mark the last time NPB pitchers will hit as the Central League plans to adopt the DH in 2027.

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Andy Kostka @afkostka.bsky.social · 3d

Jim Palmer, on Twitter, offers his review of former Orioles pitcher Seranthony Dominguez

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The evidence is now in,” David French writes. “The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and — most important — it has proved to be bad for the millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain.”

Opinion | ‘I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going On in Here’

The N.B.A. should have known this was coming.

nyti.ms

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 5d

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

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rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 8d

wow, which common vaccine was it?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9d

He lost the 2020 election. He knew it. He lied about it. And now he’s demanding your money because knowingly lying didn’t make him President.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 23d

Still true!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 23d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Oct 1

That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 30

Oh yes, this is clearly now.

A post on X by Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan
) expresses frustration, asking how anyone can read a definition of fascism and not be alarmed, emphasizing that it is happening now. The post includes a quote from Cody Johnston (@drmistercody
) from one day ago, defining fascism as a form of political behavior marked by an obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood, and compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity. The definition describes a mass-based party of nationalist militants working with traditional elites, abandoning democratic liberties, and pursuing redemptive violence for internal cleansing and external expansion without ethical or legal restraints.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Oct 1

Hillary Clinton referred to SOME Trump supporters as”deplorable,” and the political media had a meltdown. Trump refers to all Democrats as anti-American radical communists and “the enemy within,” and it’s no big deal. His reckless and dangerous demonization has been fully normalized.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · Sep 30

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · Sep 30

Everything with this administration is 19th century solutions to 21st century problems.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · Sep 14

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism.
The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White
America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt.

The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The
Department of Homeland Security boasted of
"the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement."

Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced.
Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · Sep 12

Someone in the band should spin-off a new group called Podcast On YouTube

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · Sep 7

Notice to flat-Earthers in Earth's Eastern Hemisphere witnessing a Total Lunar Eclipse right now

Once again, please alert the authorities if your eclipse tonight looks like this:

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · Sep 7

Let's be clear what this image represents.

Those skull masks were first popularized on the far right by a very specific Nazi terror movement that began on the pro-terror Ironmarch forums and entered mainstream news with the Atomwaffen Nazi terrorist murders.

THAT is the reference here.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Sep 7

Normal fucking country

ICE in tacky skull siege mask (commonly worn by neo Nazis)

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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · Sep 7

People who don’t believe in government are bad at governing.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 4

We didn’t change the name of the Department of War to Department of Defense.

DOD was entirely new, combining Cabinet level Depts of War, Navy and the new Air Force into a brand new thing.

Unless they’re also reviving Navy & AF and the rest as their own depts, this isn’t “restoring” a damn thing.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Sep 4

NEW: Donald Trump to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War”

“Restoring the name Dept of War will sharpen the focus of the Dept on our national interest and signal to adversaries America’s readiness to wage war to defend its interests.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Aug 31

At least while alienating all of our allies, Trump has been instrumental in bringing others closer together.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Aug 23

Florida bans the Diary of Anne Frank.

A literary classic that serves as a cautionary tale about the rise of fascism and the importance of documenting atrocities as they’re occurring.

We all must document this time in history. Keep copies. Write everything down.

Make sure that the truth will out.

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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · Aug 24

The bottom line is why do so many people hate the “left” and revel in culture war BS. That has nothing to do with issues or rational thinking. Something those of us on the left do pissed people off enough to make them elect this shithead and destroy the modern American state. Let’s find out what.

John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · Aug 24

Well done Luke, great read. Did anyone mention the 1997 Mariners visit? Junior Griffey and if I recall a very chaotic scene that Barry Saunders chronicled in the N&O, ripping Griffey & the Mariners … I cannot find that piece online. Out of 30 years of Mudcats games, it’s my most vivid memory.