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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · Jun 13

We are a small, independent publication that is quite dependent on social media shares at the moment.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 10h

I don’t think things actually atomize in modern society though. I still live my life in a web of relations. The premodern village life sucked ass though

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 11h

Tbh I hate gemeinschaft and am glad modernity did it dirty

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h

They believe they will never be out of power and relatedly, even if they eventually are, there will be no accountability.

Refusal to openly, credible, emphatically threaten them with it isn't just a failure on the principle of the matter for what should happen then. It worsens the situation now.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 13h

Welp back to Gemeinschaft folks, pack it up

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 15h

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral
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Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the
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Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 16h

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 13h

Read theory press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 20h

the unstated implication of caldwell's faff is that discrimination against minorities somehow enhances military effectiveness rather than degrading it

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

the chris caldwell of 1948 would have been arguing against desegregation of the armed forces www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 15h

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16h

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 17h

In principle the former in practice the latter

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 19h

Half the Answer #38: Caitlin and Trent talk with journalist Jacqueline Sweet about how violence is framed in media as political, the rush to score points for one side or the other, inconsistent standards for freedom of the press, and the scammy nature of our president and his public statements.

Half the Answer #38: Mass Shootings, MedBeds, Media Mistakes and Misconceptions

Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Jacqueline Sweet about how violence is framed in media as political, the rush to score points for one side or the other, inconsistent standards for free speech a...

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 20h

You ok sir

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 20h

Here’s hoping the result is closer to the +12 polls than the +3 ones

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 21h

Thanks for the gut check. That's how it read to me too!

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kevinwglass.bsky.social @kevinwglass.bsky.social · 21h

I think there's a distinction between a joke and a laugh line. This reads and sounds like a laugh line - ha! odd bedfellows in this room! - but it's not a joke. She clearly is happy to make common cause with a roomful of people who want to overturn Obergefell as long as they agree on whatever else!

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

It was a joke; NYT excerpt going around is misleading

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot in Bari Weiss’ 2023 FedSoc speech that merits scrutiny but I think the Times did a disservice by closing with this quote — given what she says immediately after. fedsoc.org/commentary/f...

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21h

"'We’re training warriors, not defenders,' Hegseth said. And he was eager to dispense with the idea that those warriors should fight with anything like restraint or rules. Those are for sissies, sissies like the women and LGBTQ+ soldiers Hegseth wants out of the uniform."

War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on the American People

Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 21h

I would simply publish @aselrod.bsky.social instead

War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on the American People

Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23h

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 22h

Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-

Oh.

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