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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello Bluesky friends. A big welcome again to new folks including my new followers. Thought I set up a thread with my starter-packs which will give you a sense of content of politics/sports coming from my TL. Starting w/ smart reads: good humans I pay close attention to: go.bsky.app/SM6cvmB 🧵(1/14)

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7h

if this really really rich nepo baby really wants to be the Governor of Maine as a Democrat it'd be good idea for him to let his (extremely rich) Dad know that it's not a good look to keep writing blank checks to the current Republican admin.

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 7h

Hi @anguskingiii.bsky.social, since you're with him, can you convince your father/top supporter to stop voting with Trump and Republicans? He keeps doing it and he knows better - or should

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7h

Spotted: Angus King introducing Ron Wyden to his son Angus King III, who is running for Governor

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7h

West Coast = Best Coast. h/t @dceiver.bsky.social

Anti-ICE Protesters Mock Trump’s Claim That Portland Is A ‘War Zone’ In Silliest Way Possible

Social media users love how protesters in Portland, Oregon, are countering ICE and the Trump administration's fearmongering with weirdness.

www.huffpost.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7h

The less elite nepotism we have in politics associated or adjacent to Democratic politics the better. #MEPolitics

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7h

Spotted: Angus King introducing Ron Wyden to his son Angus King III, who is running for Governor

Angus King, an old white man with a moustache, standing next to Angus King III, a younger white man in a black suit, next to Ron Wyden, an older white man in a charcoal blazer

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

the more the far right try to oppress pop culture - the weirder (man, Tim Walz was on to something) they look.

This is all so pathetic.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming, hosted by Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

Zach Brian is like the Dixie Chicks of 2025. Isn't he? abcnews.go.com/US/love-coun...

"Country star Zach Bryan has responded to controversy sparked by his forthcoming song "Bad News," which contains lyrics critical of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions around the country.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who served in the U.S. Navy, posted on his Instagram Tuesday lamenting the polarized response to the song, which has yet to be released in full but a clip of which he posted online.

"I served this country, I love this country and the song itself is about all of us coming out of this divided space. I wasn't speaking as a politician or some greater-than-thou a------, just a 29-year-old man who is just as confused as everyone else," Bryan said."

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 8h

Worth noting OK's Republican Gov Kevin Stitt criticized the Trump admin's natl guard deployment in Chicago w/in 2 days of Prtizker and Newsom called out the cowardice of National Gov Assoc. Lesson here for all other Dem electeds and leaders in all states.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 3d

If @govpritzker.illinois.gov & @governor.ca.gov leave the National Gov Association for being silent as the Trump admin unleashes on Chicago, Portland @tinakotek.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov @governor.ny.gov and other Dem gov should also do the same in solidarity.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11h

all those missed holding calls in their two super bowls vs the Niners ... 😡 #FTTB

The Independent @the-independent.com · 11h

For years, Missouri’s Kansas City Chiefs have been the NFL team to beat.

But academics at the University of Texas El Paso and institutions across the eastern U.S. have suggested their winning record could have had a helping hand.

Read here: www.independent.co.uk/sport/nfl-re...

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12h

👀"Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.” - GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association.

Maybe @governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov's notices to the NGA are having impact?

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 13h

Thread

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 14h

Marjorie is hearing the footsteps (of voters).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the bad advice Trump is getting: "I don't think it's good advice that Republicans ignoring the health insurance crisis is gonna be good for midterms. I actually think it's going to be very bad for midterms ... costs have not come down."

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15h

Thread.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

Nobody wants to be like Mike.

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 16h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the government shutdown:

"I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening. ... We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House"

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

Constituent pressure intensifying on Mike Johnson.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

“.. In a rare CSPAN exchange, she asked him to bring House back for troop pay

“I’m begging you…My kids could die.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16h

Trump/Republican health plan for rural America: no general care; just suffer in long wait lines in the ER.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18h

“One of the most baffling themes of Donald Trump’s second term is how he is specifically ruining the cities and lives of his most loyal voters—taking their factories, their jobs, their health care, their hospitals, and their future.” @ryanlcooper.com

Donald Trump to Trump Country: Drop Dead

The president told MAGA voters exactly what he was going to do in 2024. Now he is doing it.

prospect.org

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 19h

Good am. Now 1,199 days left till January 20, 2029 - when Trump has to leave the White House. #Lameduck

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 19h

essss eeee ceeee

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 19h

Fairweather federalists: A coalition of MAGA attorneys general file amicus brief supporting Donald Trump’s militarization of a sovereign state and city.

Of note: This is not surprising, given some of these same actors supported overturning the election results in states Joe Biden won.

Counsel for State of Iowa

ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SUPPORT
Austin Knudsen
Attorney General of Montana
Gentner Drummond
Attorney General of Oklahoma
Lynn Fitch
Attorney General of Mississippi
Catherine Hanaway
Attorney General of Missouri
Alan Wilson
Attorney General of South Carolina
Steve Marshall
Attorney General of Alabama
Tim Griffin
Attorney General of Arkansas
James Uthmeier
Attorney General of Florida
Chris Carr
Attorney General of Georgia
Raúl R. Labrador
Attorney General of Idaho
Theodore E. Rokita
Attorney General of Indiana
Kris Kobach
Attorney General of Kansas
Liz Murrill
Attorney General of Louisiana
Michael T. Hilgers
Attorney General of Nebraska
Marty Jackley
Attorney General of South Dakota
Ken Paxton
Attorney General of Texas
John B. McCuskey
Attorney General of West Virginia

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

#ETTD

Bye Bye #Yankees.

Trump hanging w Aaron Judge and the Yankees in 2025.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

perfection.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

The Republican internals can't be pretty and Trump threatening to take away backpay of federal workers may just be the dominant messaging in VA elections in the closing stretch.

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

Christ, even the access crew at Axios are dumping on Johnson and GOP

Things have to be really bad for Republicans when their pals at DC gossip outlets are piling on

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

At this point Democrats in Congress shouldn't concede an inch unless Johnson and Thune meet all their demands.

Republican rank and file members know it - majority of public are siding with Dems over healthcare and tired of giving Trump blank checks. www.axios.com/2025/10/08/m...

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

AXIOS HEADLINE with Mike Johnson reading a folder:

"Mike Johnson faces growing internal revolt over shutdown

Kate Santaliz,Andrew Solender "

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

Does the NYT have different rules and standards for a Republican President compared to a Democratic one?

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 1d

Four bylines on that Biden story: Katie Rogers, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Carl Hulse

Surely one of these star NYT reporters could dig into how Trump is declining rapidly and being manipulated by his staff - tho Haberman, who has best access, might be saving it for her next book

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

Given what I quote posted - there shouldn't be any confusion re what I was asking of the NYT.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

When are we going to start seeing stories like this @nytimes.com? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...

NYT Screenshot:

'How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him."

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing. He looks right into the camera as he is saying this.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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