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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 1d

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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 1d

I used to travel there a couple of times a month for work. Great museums and plenty of bookstores. But the best way I can describe it is it’s a city filled with all of the Worst People from law school

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 2d

Reading the replies and it’s clear we have to educate the zoomers on what a Max Baucus is

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

OBAMA: “Better’s good… we’re not gonna get to perfect. Do I think single-payer with no profit motive would’ve been smarter? Absolutely.”

President Obama tells Maron the ACA was a compromise because he didn’t have the votes for what he really wanted. #MedicareForAll

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 2d

Nods along in Peter Bienart

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Wolfowitz - famous Straussian steeped in classic texts and, notably, a real piece of shit

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 2d

Union rules. That’s clearly bargaining unit work

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Bob went to Villanova. Which means he’s been to WaWa

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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

He fixes the cable

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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

My immediate reaction at seeing this was “Its probably him”

This fucking guy

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

decadent and depraved

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

I’m 46 and regret I may not live to see a Rockies / Marlins NLCS

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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

Well, everyone knows it‘s easier to destroy government programs than build them. What this administration presupposes is... maybe it isn’t.

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

Father Dowling says there actually is no mystery here

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 3d

As a Midwesterner of Irish Catholic descent, I didn’t realize there was an option

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 4d

You gotta at least pay MacArthur if you want him to engage in domestic political repression

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 5d

Bar I used to go to had one of these

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 6d

Nodding in Cardinals fan

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 9d

In LA for work all week and was able to catch Kamasi Washington on what will likely be my only free night. Nice seats!

On stage are Kamasi Washington playing tenor saxophone, just to his right his father Rickey Washington is seated and playing soprano saxophone, and to his right is Maurice Brown on trumpet.

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 9d

Jan de Ray Industries

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 12d

All meatball diet, as best I can tell

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 12d

As Atrios has noted for many years, these guys (non-gendered) who style themselves as ultra-savvy and sophisticated are actually the easiest marks

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 12d

TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 17d

Soft Yglesianism

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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve often called him credulous but I think guileless is much more precise description, well stated.

I do have a hard time squaring that with his professional success though. Seems like someone this baby brained would get eaten alive in business

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TRD @trdon.bsky.social · 17d

I blame Chris Hayes

Tweet from Chris Hayes March 25 2016 that says “Next thought: what if the devil himself visit me & says: “I can give you a Cubs World Series victory, but then Trump becomes President.”

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