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William Adler
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Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. I wrote a book: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253481/
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · Jan 19
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that it's "whatever Trump says"
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How it started/how it's going
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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The Republicans are standing up to the power of Big Emergency Brake

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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The best people
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
(MSNOW) - President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge ..

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November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This is the way
rcolesworthy.bsky.social Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 4h
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"You'll be visited by three spirits"

The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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america so great now
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h
Video of her being dragged by authorities in Ghana:

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November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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“All told, nine of the 10 townships that shifted the most toward Democrats from 2024 to 2025 had a Hispanic population of at least 60 percent.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
A scatterplot titled “Heavily Hispanic Areas Swung the Most Toward Sherrill.” Each point represents a New Jersey township, with point size proportional to votes cast in the 2025 governor’s race. The horizontal axis shows the Hispanic share of the population from 0% to about 80%. The vertical axis shows the change in the Democratic margin from 2024 to 2025, ranging from about –25 to +75 percentage points. Most points with low Hispanic population are clustered near zero or show small shifts, with some red points indicating shifts toward Ciattarelli. As the Hispanic share increases, points trend strongly upward, indicating larger shifts toward Democrat Mikie Sherrill. The largest positive shifts appear in heavily Hispanic cities: Union City and Perth Amboy are labeled near the upper right, both showing gains of 50 points or more. Paterson, also labeled, lies around 60% Hispanic with a large pro-Democratic shift. Overall, nine of the ten biggest pro-Democratic swings occur in places where at least 60 percent of residents are Hispanic.
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Pew’s National Survey of Latinos (N=4,923) found:
— 70% of Latinos disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president.
— 65% disapprove of administration’s approach to immigration.
— 61% say Trump’s economic policies have made economic conditions worse. www.pewresearch.org/race-and-eth...
A figure from Pew Research Center presenting survey results on Latino adults’ views of Donald Trump’s job performance, immigration approach, and economic policies. First horizontal bar chart: “They ____ of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president.” The bar shows 70% net disapproval: 55% very strongly disapprove and 15% not strongly disapprove. On the approval side, 8% not strongly approve and 18% very strongly approve, totaling 27% net approval. Second horizontal bar chart: “They ____ of the Trump administration’s approach to immigration.” The bar shows 65% net disapproval: 48% strongly disapprove and 17% somewhat disapprove. Approval totals 21%: 11% somewhat approve and 10% strongly approve. Additionally, 13% neither approve nor disapprove. Third horizontal bar: “Trump’s economic policies have made economic conditions …” 61% say worse, 15% say better, and 22% say not had much of an effect. Note cites National Survey of Latinos conducted in October 2025 and U.S. adults surveyed in September 2025. Pew Research Center branding shown at bottom.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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What time do you get in?
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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god damn I love being an American
Wikipedia articles showing the text of the sixth amendment to the United States Constitution ^ Text In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
"I asked for their names. They didn't give me their full names," Hestmark recalled of the agents. "They didn't show me their badge numbers. They didn't remove their masks. They simply said, 'We have a warrant for his arrest, and they handed me a QR code, and they put my husband in handcuffs. And they took him and said I couldn't follow." "She was just stunned," Paul said. "She kept asking what was wrong, what did we do? We'd done everything right." "We kept asking them if there was something we could do, if there was any way we could keep her from being separated from the family," he continued. We’re just trying to figure out what's happening, and they're just telling us, I'm sorry. We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders."| • "I had to take my baby, our baby, from his crying mother's arms," Paul said. "We were completely shocked, and I feel like we were tricked," Hestmark said. "We went through every possible legal and appropriate channel. We followed the advice of our lawyer. We were told that our case was straight forward." "He just wanted to be part of this country and for us to start our future together. And he wanted to do it… "Tom isn't in the system. I can't find him," Hestmark said. "I can't call him. I can't put money into his account. The lawyer doesn't know how to proceed because he hasn't been charged with anything." Both said their spouses were able to call them Thursday night, and they believed they were still being held in the basement of the federal building as of Friday afternoon. "She said that she was scared. She was anxious, missed her baby. She just wants to come home," Paul said. "She said the agents themselves were in the detention down in the basement of the federal building, saying, What are we doing here? These aren't the sort of people were supposed to be arresting.” "They hadn't given him anything to eat or any information," Hestmark said. "They gave him a mat and a foil blanket to sleep on." As she was detailing his arrest Friday afternoon, Bilger called Hestmark again from detention. She said he told her they had moved him to the Otay Mesa Detention Center and back but he hadn't slept and still hadn't been processed. "My wife's alone and terrified," Paul said. "My baby doesn't have his mom to hold him. I can't work right…
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The "this is fine" meme
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Between this and the "40% of the economy relies on AI now", I'm, uhhhh, thinking we're in a serious bubble
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Clown show FP
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8h
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.

And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.

🎁
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A majority of the plan’s provisions were written by Witkoff and Kushner before they consulted Russian and Ukrainian representatives, a person familiar with its drafting said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was handed a copy of the plan at the White House during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Nov. 18 visit to Washington, a person familiar with the situation said. Axios reported the draft’s existence that evening. Rubio was aware of the Witkoff-Kushner initiative but didn’t know the full scope of what they had drafted before then, officials said.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.

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Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The Lord High Admiral is displeased and embarrassing himself.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
bruzzone.bsky.social Mario Bruzzone @bruzzone.bsky.social · 18h
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!

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November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Not the main point but every time I see this photo I can't get past the fact that it looks like Serena Joy from Handmaids Tale and the Hamburgler got together and did a bloodless coup
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h
American life and America itself are now being shaped—in terrible, even tragic ways—by people who really did mislead and outright lie to Congress under oath.
We’re Led by an Administration of Liars
Trump insisted Comey be prosecuted for supposedly lying to Congress—but his own administration is full of officials who lied to Congress.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Much Christianity
dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 21h
*stares at camera*
Erika Kirk jokes about touching JD Vance's a** after hug backlash Erika Kirk said that touch is her 'love language' as she defended her viral hug with JD Vance while joking with Megyn Kelly that it would have been better if she 'touched the back of his a--' Reanna Smith US News Reporter 06:02 ET, 24 Nov 2025 Updated 06:17 ET, 24 Nov 2025
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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good lord are we just gonna end up with a Nuzzi onlyfans
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

Don’t. Speak. Lies. On. The. Teevee. Shows.

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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM