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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

Seriously, this feels like the political comms equivalent of a successful Queer Eye makeover.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

Like, where has *this* Chuck Schumer been all this time?

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16h

The Senate could soon take up legislation that’s poised to cement a massive deregulatory giveaway to crypto billionaires. Join Sens. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social & @smith.senate.gov to hear how we can push back against the crypto industry’s rhetoric and undue influence: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

(around images of featured speakers Senator Tina Smith and Senator Chris Murphy) OCTOBER 7TH
TAKING ON THE CRYPTO BILLIONAIRES

(logos for Americans for Financial Reform, Indivisible, People’s Action, Public Citizen, and Our Revolution)

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20h

Legacy newspapers: "Print media is dying, and the public will suffer for it."

Also legacy newspapers: "We can't offend the government with information and framing that helps the public."

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21h

Gallup has been surveying Americans' trust in legacy media since 1972. This year, a mere 28 percent of the public have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust in legacy media, its lowest level in more than five decades of tracking.

news.gallup.com/poll/695762/...

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck ICE, the true position of American patriotism.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Mostly, I'm already tired of hearing about it fewer than 100 hours after its release.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

I'm convinced that at least 75% of the discourse on The Life of a Showgirl has little to do with the album itself. It's an above-average record that's neither a masterpiece nor a bomb and being leveraged by many solely as a useful proxy for folks' competing resentments with the world and each other.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

“Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France resigned on Monday less than 24 hours after forming his cabinet, catching the nation by surprise and making his government the shortest-lived in modern French history.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/w...

French Prime Minister Resigns in Surprise Move

www.nytimes.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck ICE, the true position of American patriotism.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

This is so embarrassing for Mike Johnson.

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Xavier G. @xgonza.bsky.social · 2d

This is what Trump was barking about today.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) went on Fox News and explained the consequences of Trump’s government shutdown in one minute.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Babe, wake up. Yankees are getting demolished, and it’s only the fourth inning.

Blue Jays are beating the Yankees, 11-0.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

And apparently this answer by Sen. Mark Kelly was so effective that it pissed off Trump enough to rant about it online.

Trump rants about Fox News and Peter Doocy having Sen. Mark Kelly on to talk about the shutdown because Sen. Kelly nailed the interview. Specific language isn’t worth repeating here. Just know that Trump is pissed and whining about it.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) went on Fox News and explained the consequences of Trump’s government shutdown in one minute.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Summing up Trump’s government shutdown.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3d

"Fuck ICE" is a patriotic sentiment. Perhaps the most patriotic in this moment.

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Michael @michael3349.bsky.social · 3d

We need more women running shite.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d

"Imagine what it will do for the world to see a woman of great conscience and character, of profound empathy and grace, to serve in such a high and historic position of Christian ministry — and being proudly progressive at that."

A Woman Now Runs This Shit

The new Archbishop of Canterbury.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3d

Among other weird things about this Tilly Norwood situation, it’s surreal being a trans woman and watching anti-trans conservatives defend the use of an AI-generated “actress” that would take away work from women in Hollywood. It’s almost as though they never really cared about women.

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 4d

Not a churchgoer myself, but was brought up in the CofE and my mum, who is a member, is absolutely thrilled/buzzing and I am happy for her and the wider church community. Great news.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d

"Imagine what it will do for the world to see a woman of great conscience and character, of profound empathy and grace, to serve in such a high and historic position of Christian ministry — and being proudly progressive at that."

A Woman Now Runs This Shit

The new Archbishop of Canterbury.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

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Mark Wright @jmarkwrite.bsky.social · 4d

As a former Episcopalian, I fucking love this!

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d

"Imagine what it will do for the world to see a woman of great conscience and character, of profound empathy and grace, to serve in such a high and historic position of Christian ministry — and being proudly progressive at that."

A Woman Now Runs This Shit

The new Archbishop of Canterbury.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d

"Imagine what it will do for the world to see a woman of great conscience and character, of profound empathy and grace, to serve in such a high and historic position of Christian ministry — and being proudly progressive at that."

A Woman Now Runs This Shit

The new Archbishop of Canterbury.

charlotteclymer.substack.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d

My most self-sure cultural opinion is that I'm equally annoyed by people who aggressively despise Taylor Swift and find her steadfastly unlikeable and overrated and by people who cannot stomach anything less than the proactive and enthusiastic canonization of her artistry and personality by everyone around them.
I find you both equally tedious and insufferable. It is my fervent hope that you both experience a daily communion between your bare feet and stray, unseen LEGOs on the ground.

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