Dan Schleifer
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@kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social - no one is answering your phones. Hell, Tim doesn't even have voicemail. Sure, it's Sunday, but it's a Sunday when you might be about to vote. Don't cave. If you do, know that your constituents here in VA are prepared to support anyone that primaries you
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@kaine.senate.gov & @markwarner.bsky.social - no one is answering your phones. Hell, Tim doesn't even have voicemail. Sure, it's Sunday, but it's a Sunday when you might be about to vote. Don't cave. If you do, know that your constituents here in VA are prepared to support anyone that primaries you
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
HD86 has been called for Thornton (D). Dems now at 64 seats in the VA House of Delegates - a pickup of 13 seats! One more to be called, though it looks doubtful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
HD86 has been called for Thornton (D). Dems now at 64 seats in the VA House of Delegates - a pickup of 13 seats! One more to be called, though it looks doubtful.
Update: current count is Dems with 63 seats. Two races remain pending: HD49 & HD86
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November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Update: current count is Dems with 63 seats. Two races remain pending: HD49 & HD86
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Gooooo... homonyms!
a man in a white shirt and black suspenders is sitting in front of a window .
Alt: Go Muncie hand sign from The Hudsucker Proxy
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November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Gooooo... homonyms!
A friend just found these old Little Johns and Saigon Cafe menus while sorting through old paperwork. I miss them both! And fondly remember $3.75 lunch specials at Saigon Cafe, served with a free cup of soup and a single chicken wing. #cville
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A friend just found these old Little Johns and Saigon Cafe menus while sorting through old paperwork. I miss them both! And fondly remember $3.75 lunch specials at Saigon Cafe, served with a free cup of soup and a single chicken wing. #cville
I don't live in NY (and never plan to), but these debates are the best TV on the air right now. Best reality show ever. If you wrote the Silwa character in a piece of fiction, no one would believe you.
Debate sickos, the final NYC mayoral debate is streaming here!
Cosponsored by the great @thecity.nyc @wnyc.org @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social and cohosted by @katiehonan.bsky.social @errollouis.bsky.social @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social
Cosponsored by the great @thecity.nyc @wnyc.org @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social and cohosted by @katiehonan.bsky.social @errollouis.bsky.social @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social
NYC Debate For Mayor | Full NY1 Coverage
YouTube video by NY1
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October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I don't live in NY (and never plan to), but these debates are the best TV on the air right now. Best reality show ever. If you wrote the Silwa character in a piece of fiction, no one would believe you.
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well this absolutely fuckin rules
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
well this absolutely fuckin rules
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the admin that imprisoned and tried to deport a student over a pro-Palestinian op-ed, calling it anti-semitism, calls outrage over "I love Hitler" texts by young Republicans "pearl-clutching"
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
www.mediaite.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
the admin that imprisoned and tried to deport a student over a pro-Palestinian op-ed, calling it anti-semitism, calls outrage over "I love Hitler" texts by young Republicans "pearl-clutching"
The whole decision is worth a read, but this bit in particular hits hard.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The whole decision is worth a read, but this bit in particular hits hard.
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Was just woken up by the woman in the seat next to me. Our flight didn't take off and we needed to deplane and wait for a new plane.
Sucks, but so it goes. That said, WTF does "tentatively landed" mean?
Sucks, but so it goes. That said, WTF does "tentatively landed" mean?
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Was just woken up by the woman in the seat next to me. Our flight didn't take off and we needed to deplane and wait for a new plane.
Sucks, but so it goes. That said, WTF does "tentatively landed" mean?
Sucks, but so it goes. That said, WTF does "tentatively landed" mean?
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Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
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More from Dave
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
More from Dave
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The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
I refuse to click through so I can keep assuming it's Brawndo
August 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I refuse to click through so I can keep assuming it's Brawndo
Buying a used car (or, in this case, a truck) is so messed up. I know what I want and how much I'm willing to pay. Why can't I bid somewhere let the dealers compete? Instead I'm crawling websites and calling dealers to try to negotiate individually. So much friction.
August 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Buying a used car (or, in this case, a truck) is so messed up. I know what I want and how much I'm willing to pay. Why can't I bid somewhere let the dealers compete? Instead I'm crawling websites and calling dealers to try to negotiate individually. So much friction.
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Shame! Shame on the Trump administration for stripping legal status from thousands of our ALLIES, including many we evacuated from Kabul ourselves!
This makes our country utterly untrustworthy. No future ally will ever believe our promises; all can be taken away. We lose our honor.
This makes our country utterly untrustworthy. No future ally will ever believe our promises; all can be taken away. We lose our honor.
BREAKING: 4th Circuit lifts admin stay, lets Trump proceed with cancellation of temporary protected status for Afghans & Cameroonians. But appeals panel says advocates appear to have plausible case decision was preordained. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... #TPS
CASATPSCA4072125.PDF
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July 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Shame! Shame on the Trump administration for stripping legal status from thousands of our ALLIES, including many we evacuated from Kabul ourselves!
This makes our country utterly untrustworthy. No future ally will ever believe our promises; all can be taken away. We lose our honor.
This makes our country utterly untrustworthy. No future ally will ever believe our promises; all can be taken away. We lose our honor.
He filed his suit Pro se?!
July 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
He filed his suit Pro se?!
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This is … the best local TV political coverage I’ve ever seen
July 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is … the best local TV political coverage I’ve ever seen
In 2020 I was infuriated with militarized police and the mental impact the tactical gear had on both the police (we're ready for war!!) and the citizenry. I pleaded with city council to only buy pink protective gear (same price as black or camo). Time for a pink paint campaign.
"...this is what residents of Westhaven woke up to Tuesday morning last week — an armored vehicle with a heavily armed officer in the turret being used to execute multiple search warrants in connection with shooting investigations."
Militarized neighborhood search alarms neighbors
Police and prosecutors are cracking down on gun violence with neighborhood searches, tougher sentencing for gun possession crimes, and prevention and intervention measures.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In 2020 I was infuriated with militarized police and the mental impact the tactical gear had on both the police (we're ready for war!!) and the citizenry. I pleaded with city council to only buy pink protective gear (same price as black or camo). Time for a pink paint campaign.
First time ever using Ranked Choice Voting. It's awesome and I hope it catches on to general elections here in Virginia. Mad props to @sallylhudson.bsky.social and @rankedchoiceva.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
First time ever using Ranked Choice Voting. It's awesome and I hope it catches on to general elections here in Virginia. Mad props to @sallylhudson.bsky.social and @rankedchoiceva.org
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This is what rule by the confidently ignorant looks like; sabotage stuff you don't understand and then discover it was actually doing vital work well at trivial cost
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict politi.co/3HHsTQ4, via @politico.com
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict
President Donald Trump ordered the service to shut down in March.
politi.co
June 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is what rule by the confidently ignorant looks like; sabotage stuff you don't understand and then discover it was actually doing vital work well at trivial cost