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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.

How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 1d

She literally just said this about every senators state.

Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 2d

“Why are people so angry nowadays”?

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 2d

U.S. billionaires reached a record breaking $7.6 trillion in wealth as of September 2025, an increase of $4.7 trillion in the less than eight years, per MorePerfectUnion.

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a microphone with the words is that a joke written below him

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a microphone with the words is that a joke written below him

media.tenor.com

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 3d

Audit companies are using AI to audit companies who use AI to provide other businesses with AI services. Our next recession will be our worst and our least surprising.

www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 9d

@ny-knicks.bsky.social gonna win before the @newyorkjets.bsky.social do this year mark it

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19d

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 20d

"After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like," Obama has said.

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 20d

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social should have been on that ticket.

thehill.com/homenews/cam...

thehill.com

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 21d

Delighted that USA Today published my opinion piece today on @americanprogress.bsky.social's plan to undo Citizens United through state corporation laws.

Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion

Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.

www.usatoday.com

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 23d

I can’t believe I read this guys book

Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 23d

@everytown.bsky.social built a (depressing but essential) tool America has needed for decades, and everyone ought to bookmark it.

everytownresearch.org/labs/everysh...

EveryShot

EveryShot is an AI-powered tool that tracks US shootings and gun violence in real-time, using US news outlets as sources of information.

everytownresearch.org

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 23d

Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark political money, the @americanprogress.bsky.social has figured out how to slam them back shut.

Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 23d

Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark political money, the Center for American Progress has figured out how to slam them back shut.

CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."

The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant

By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.

www.americanprogress.org

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Travis Miller @justtmill.bsky.social · 25d

No, I am not thinking "What if Purdue drags Notre Dame to hell next week in South Bend?" Why are you asking me, man in a Purdue hat?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 27d

"Even in a contest against men twice his age, Mamdani has begun to sound like the adult in the room on issues of public safety, offering detailed, thoughtful policy proposals."

🙏 @errollouis.bsky.social

Mamdani’s New Ideas on Crime Show Make His Opponents Look Old

What he understands and they don’t.

nymag.com

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 26d

THIS is the conversation I want to have

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Why Charlie Kirk Had No Counterpart on the Left

Over the past decade, Kirk built an entirely new infrastructure for the GOP.

www.politico.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27d

The real issue isn’t left vs right.

It’s not white vs black.

It’s not citizen vs immigrant.

It’s not gay vs straight.

The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28d

How much longer are we, the people going to tolerate a government that is actively working against us?

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28d

We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 28d

Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · 29d

Just holding this election will need to count as a win

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Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · Sep 7

Wow breaking news

Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just another day in the country whose values we apparently don’t respect enough

Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · Sep 6

As others on this site have noted, everyone involved in this macho renaming exercise is also afraid to take the subway

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