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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 8h

It’s a good question and had impact no doubt. But my sense is apathy, exhaustion, and people giving up (at least on the Dem side).

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 8h

If (when?) Dems lose next year, this will be the main reason. When we don’t vote, we lose.

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 12h

Yesterday voters in my N.C. county turned out to choose city and town council members.

No, that’s not exactly right. 10% - 1 in 10 eligible voters - turned out for the primary.

This is not a properly functioning democracy.

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words it 's fine above him

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words it 's fine above him

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 12h

So many reasons why people don’t vote; apathy being the main one IMO. But I’ll add that trying to find *any* information about the candidates (other than the top two mayoral) was basically impossible. It was the candidate websites and not much else. Local news is in crisis, and yet we need more.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 19h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s video of the incident

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 12h

As we know from past experience, when members of Congress can’t fly because of a shutdown, that’s when things get serious.

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 19h

Want to know how Dems will lose in 2026? Here in Greensboro, NC, in the mayoral and city council races, voter turnout was 10.53% (22,208 out of 210,900). Pathetic. And how Dems lost the NC Legislature in 2010, and how the GOP won’t suffer in 2026. People need to vote. er.ncsbe.gov?election_dt=...

NC SBE Contest Results

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 19h

Here’s my defining picture of this moment in America, based upon public reaction:

a man in a suit and tie is standing in an office with a plant in the background .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in an office with a plant in the background .

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 22h

"Asked about the White House's position on back pay, Trump told reporters ...
'For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.'"

White House looks for a loophole in the law that ensures federal workers get paid after a shutdown

The memo suggests furloughed workers aren't entitled to back pay, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 22h

Who said it? Soprano or Trump? "For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way." Answer in reply.

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if shame still existed?

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 2d

“American.”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

The administration has determined that if you describe this accurately for what it is, you are also an enemy of the state

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 7d

How dare journalists quote the president's words in the exact context in which they were spoken.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 6d

Aside from it not being a denial and the middle school (“I know you are but what am I?”), it underscores the obvious: It’s up to us to challenge and vote and minimize this disaster in 2026. No one else will and can do it.

John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 6d

This should be picked up by all the networks and major papers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 6d

Aside from it not being a denial and the middle school (“I know you are but what am I?”), it underscores the obvious: It’s up to us to challenge and vote and minimize this disaster in 2026. No one else will and can do it.

David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not a denial. Meanwhile, Johnson and the GOP enable.

David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not a denial. STAT: PAGING ALL AMERICANS

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d

Rep. Dean: The president is unhinged

Mike Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 7d

I buy The Verge’s “wait it out” and “hopelessness” theories, but I’ll add another: Apathy.

Why voters keep shrugging off Trump’s corruption — Vox

Tom Homan, the White House border czar, allegedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents posing as business executives during a sting operation last year, according to MSNBC.

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 7d

Confirmed, and file this under “only Google knows why,” since the code is a trade secret. But given their drop-in-a-bucket settlement with Trump, it’s definitely suspicious.

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia — The Verge

Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query “does trump show signs of dementia” as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar s...

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David S. Levine @davidslevine.bsky.social · 7d

Trump and his party killed children who would have lived if Harris was in office. “That medication, already paid for by U.S. taxpayers, was … close — a little more than seven miles away. But it hadn’t reached the clinic where Suza was being treated because [of] Trump’s suspension of foreign aid …”

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. — The Washington Post

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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