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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · 5d

In short: Hamas said they won't release the hostages within 72 hours, they won't disarm, and they want to negotiate over Trump's proposal that he has repeatedly said is non-negotiable. But otherwise, they accepted the plan.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 6d

We are living through the most stupid of times.

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Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 7d

I hope we don’t discover life on other planets during the Trump era. I can take global humiliation, but I don’t think I can deal with universe-wide humiliation.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 8d

The government is shut down. Wouldn’t it be nice if it restarted and Kamala was president.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 10d

This assumes that both sides are equally terrible. A mistake that has been going on for years.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 11d

When asked if Jesus “will return to Earth someday,” more than half of all U.S. adults (55%), including three-quarters of Christians, said this will happen.
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When asked if Jesus “will return to Earth someday,” more than half of all U.S. adults (55%), including three-quarters of Christians, say this will happen. Protestants in the evangelical (92%) and historically Black (86%) traditions are more likely than other Christians to say there will eventually be a second coming of Jesus. Roughly four-in-ten Americans either do not believe Jesus will return to Earth (25%) or say they do not believe in Jesus (16%).

Respondents who said they believe Jesus will return to Earth were also asked how certain they are that this will happen during their lifetime. One-in-ten Americans say they believe the second coming of Jesus will definitely or probably occur during their lifetime, 27% are not sure if Jesus will return in their lifetime, and 19% say the return of Jesus will definitely or probably not occur during their lifetime.

The proportion of Americans who say they believe Jesus will definitely or probably return during their lifetime is higher among Protestants in the historically Black tradition (22%) and evangelical Protestants (21%), and lower among Catholics (7%) and mainline Protestants (6%). And the share of Black (19%) and Hispanic (14%) Americans who believe that the second coming of Jesus will likely occur during their lifetime is greater than the corresponding share of White, non-Hispanic Americans (8%).

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 12d

"The point of this kind of flex isn’t Jim Comey any more than it’s Tish James or the New York Times. The point is that after he comes for them, he can come for you. That’s how authoritarians work, how they have always worked, and it’s why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward."

The James Comey Indictment Is Huge. The Reaction So Far Is Exactly What They Want.

Why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward.

slate.com

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 15d

Kimmel 2028

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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 15d

Two things to keep in mind as Kimmel returns to the air.

1. He won't say anything negative about Charlie Kirk.

2. He didn't say anything about Charlie Kirk before.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 15d

It’s Mental Heath Awareness Day at the UN.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 15d

Shana Tova.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 16d

I don’t know about you, but I’m popping Tylenol like tic tacs from here on out.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 16d

Trump press conferences are the only time I really need Tylenol.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 16d

It's sort of perfect that Kimmel is returning to the airwaves to ring in the Jewish new year. Jimmy's not Jewish, but he's definitely funny enough to be.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 18d

Just got back from the Laver Cup, the last place where the USA is still part of the World team.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 20d

The character being tested is ours. We've seen that character wilt in our institutions, our universities, and our corporate boardrooms, in a parade of rapid-fire knee-bending. We've been let down over and over. But Jimmy Kimmel didn't let us down.

managingeditor.substack.com/p/the-jimmy-...

The Jimmy Kimmel Test

Follow the Merger

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 21d

Disney just turned our Democracy into a Mickey Mouse operation.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 21d

All of our institutions and corporations and leaders are betraying us.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 26d

The 3 stages of grief: denial, anger, ballroom

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 26d

Trump says we should be more like China and have quick trials.

I sort of agree with him when it comes to insurrection cases.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 27d

Like other acts of murder, the latest example is another tragic American chapter. Because of our reaction to it, from the Oval Office to the bubbling social media cauldron of misinformed rage it mirrors, it's also sadly predictive of more violence to come.

managingeditor.substack.com/p/this-is-us

This is U.S.

An American Story, Continued.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 29d

OJ is gonna find the real birthday card signer.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 29d

The new AirPods can measure heartbeat, so Apple will know how excited you are when Siri finally gets decent.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 29d

As far as I can tell, the Democrats main strategy is to spam-text us twenty times a day.

Instead of saying STOP to Trump, they've gotten us to say STOP to texts.

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · Sep 9

Guys, I'm beginning to think that Trump hangs around with unsavory people, mistreats women and girls, and lies about stuff when confronted.

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