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Darjeeling Tea Ltd @darjeelingltd.bsky.social · 14h

This fucker pressured O’Connor to rule in favor of Bush in Bush v. Gore in a purely partisan decision leading us directly to where we are today and he’s gonna wax poetic about partisanship?

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 14h

Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday he was troubled that partisanship seemed to be “creeping its way into the court,” and that the state of political discourse in the country has gotten so vulgar

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Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on the Supreme Court

Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says he is troubled that partisanship seemed to be “creeping its way into the court,” and that the state of political discourse in the country has gotten ...

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 17h

As we head into the 2026 midterms, it’s critical that we remember how important election workers are to having safe and secure elections. Check out this screening of THE OFFICIALS followed by a panel discussion about the future of election administration in the U.S. — tonight!

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Lakshya Jain @lakshya.splitticket.org · 22h

I’m usually of the opinion that fights are overrated.

But I also think Democrats aren’t losing the shutdown, despite picking a fight, and that it won’t matter at all for 2026 anyway. The numbers suggest they’re doing OK and journalists are just bored.

www.theargumentmag.com/p/it-will-sh...

It will shock you how much this shutdown never happened

Voters have short memories

www.theargumentmag.com

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Tom @603homebrewer.bsky.social · 20h

He said yesterday he assumes it was him.

Tom @603homebrewer.bsky.social · 20h

Should be an easy no even for this asshole

Tom @603homebrewer.bsky.social · 20h

I have been listening to people say for years they just want insurance the way it was. They think it’s going to be $150 a month and cover everything 😂 good luck

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll take the over.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

80/20

TomB @tdb011235.bsky.social · 1d

Given the trend, what do you guess are the odds of seeing military at polling places next year? At the moment I'm giving it 1:3 odds.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Tom @603homebrewer.bsky.social · 1d

He’s blowing up the boats because Obama. 😂

Tom @603homebrewer.bsky.social · 1d

Tapper is defending CBS because he’s friends with Bari Weiss

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂😂😂😂

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"One of Trump's biggest supporters is saying, we want him to be a benevolent authoritarian strongman....I'm a little alarmed that they're putting that into the public discourse."

"Wait till Trump reposts it."

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 2d

....you literally voted for all of this. He is doing LITERALLY everything he said he would.

You simply choose to ignore the awful shit he said because, pronouns or something....🤷‍♂️

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 2d

When is Adelita Grijalva going to be sworn in?

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Box of Frogs @boxoffrogs.bsky.social · 2d

Dear reporters: Ask him to explain how.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Tom @603homebrewer.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know anything about it again.

Crooked News @crookednews.crooked.com · 2d

Trump on what he would do if convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell asks him for a pardon: “I’ll take a look at it. I will speak to the DOJ. I wouldn’t consider it or not consider it, I don’t know anything about it. So, but I’ll speak— I will speak to the DOJ.”

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Darjeeling Tea Ltd @darjeelingltd.bsky.social · 2d

It is obvious that a cohort of techno nerd sociopaths have enacted a massive con where they’ve convinced themselves AI will be able to do everything. And they won’t need to worry about paying workers or dealing with annoying demanding employees.

40% of our economy is now running on this con.

Yikes

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dr Oz touts AI doctors and "our effort to try to do in healthcare what we already have in banking and Uber Eats and digital streaming."

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about Bari Weiss is how fucking boring she is, she’s not even bad in a fun way. Anyway, congrats. I will continue not relying on cbs news

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Some news: Psyched to announce that I'm joining @thebulwark.com as economics editor next month.
I'm currently still on mat leave, but will return to co-hosting @theweekendprime.bsky.social as well soon.

crampell.substack.com/p/nu-news

Nu, News

I'm joining The Bulwark as Economics Editor.

crampell.substack.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

Every Trump speech now produces approximately two dozen 30-second clips peppering the feed that each alone should trigger impeachment or 25th amendment proceedings and are indistinguishable from what your worst uncle would produce if he had any idea how to make ai-generated videos

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

Once again, where is the CNO? SECNAV? After what just happened in Quantico, when will the military top brass speak up?
I asked this after the disgrace at Ft. Bragg, too.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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TJ Wells @twells.bsky.social · 4d

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d

A Russian drone strike on a railway station in northeastern Ukraine struck a passenger train and injured dozens of people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today.

‘Savage’ Russian drone strike hits Ukraine passenger train

Moscow has stepped up attacks on rail and energy infrastructure in Ukraine.

www.politico.eu

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

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