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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 9h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 1h

It looks like the poster for the dinner murder mystery you desperately didn’t want to get stuck attending

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 10h

🎼
I DONT MIND THE SUN SOMETIMES
THE IMAGES IT SHOWS…
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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 10h

[Butthole Surfers thru a megaphone voice]

RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

trumps nazi goons trying to pepper ball a frog

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 14h

the most banal and the most amazing thing is that the *vast* majority of people behind him are thinking, “no he’s not, he’s just bullshitting you,” — but we (largely the press) don’t make them *say* that. So no one ever has an earnest conversation about the number 1 thing that’s happening right now

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 18h

our Mayor is saying what we’re all thinking

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 21h

the time of year when some trees start dressing like Nelly

The tree that is half red leaves, half green, split down the middle

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

joycevance.substack.com

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 1d

The title of the attachment to my can’t-miss cold email to Seann William Scott:

Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 1d

dude what's with all the ragweed

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

About 1 in 3 US Nobel prize winners are immigrants.
About 1 in 4 were government employees at some point.
About 44% of all Nobel prize winners were educated in US higher education.
As Trump demands a Nobel prize, he is destroying the means by which America came to dominate the prizes.

Sources below

Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1d

Two things of note in today's announcement of the 2025 Nobel physics prize (besides the work being honored).

1: The US institutional dominance of the prize continues.
2: 2 of the three laureates are immigrants, drawn here decades ago by the then-unmatched opportunities for science here...

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Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap, Sister Hazel has released an *unexpected* amount of music

Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 2d

Boy, the Spanish language fireball blazing apple ads are *way* less obnoxious than the ones in English

Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 3d

tfw you see people reposting stuff you enjoy from someone, so you follow them, only to find that was all of the good ones

Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone who enjoyed any football today, remember that Kristi Noem thinks the NFL sucks.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4d

ANNIHILATION (2018)

SIMONE 🩷 @simonee.bsky.social · 4d

today is Snoopy's 75th anniversary 🥲

Screenshot from Snoopy's wikipedia page showing his first comic appearance in Peanuts on October 4th, 1950

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 4d

Long way to go, but should UCLA complete a stunning upset, it’d be funny to see the third-full stadium crowd “storm” the field

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 4d

Funny because it is literally true

Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 5d

Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats to Husker volleyball for WIPING THE FLOOR with Penn State, in their home arena! 💪🌽🏐

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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 5d

Whatever else, can we all agree to pronounce this, “kuh-BALL”??

I mean, I know that already has a troubling homonym, but still.

The ability to yell, “Kick the damn kuh-BALL!!” several times a week?

We need this!

Jourdan Rodrigue @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social · 5d

Vic Fangio thinks it’s changing kicking. Is he right?

Yes AND no.

Inside the new K-ball rule change, what specialists and coaches around the league are doing with it and why observational data and hard numbers are both important: www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...