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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 1h

Apparently Ejae, aka Rumi, also was recovering from bronchitis so definitely had to move it down

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2h

has anyone else spoken to david shor, the democrats' premier pollster and noted race science afficionado, on this topic, because this sounds like a particular rationalist Wormtongue

Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 2h

yeah, ezra basically believes that left-liberalism is doomed and we have to dislodge the current ruling party at whatever cost with whatever coalition we can piece together. its extrapolating way too much from 2024 which was more about the overarching landscape than the policy or messaging

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 9d

just my two cents on Ezra Klein: he is generally good on policy and his work on things like housing is helpful

the problem is that his punditry is misguided for two reasons:

1) he is not skeptical enough of right wing bad faith

2) he is acting like the U.S. is Hungary, where the right is popular

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3h

i am not sure mike johnson’s plan of abandoning the capitol to a bunch of snarky house dems (of which there are many) with nothing to do was a smart strategic move

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 4h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 3h

I know the labeling of their enemies as “Antifa” is a cynical move to justify punishment under some abstract collective, but it’s also very funny that they are positioning themselves as anti-antifa, or, you know, as fascists.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly if Marvel wants to do a Star Wars What If? series I will give them my money

Luke Horn @lukebro92.bsky.social · 3h

Disney should give someone a budget to at least write a comic on this premise.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 3h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8h

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 8h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 8h

Pat Fitzgerald is extremely mad and I simply would not want to be anywhere near the prosecution in this case

I don't think it makes it to trial and if it does they are going to be humiliated

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12h

A second set of pre-trial motions is due by Oct. 30.

Comey’s defense counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald, said he expects that batch to include a motion regarding abuse of grand jury process and an “outrageous government conduct” motion.

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 10h

Basically I strong believe that people only read Politico/CNN/Axios soundbites of what Dems say and the occasional Schumer post and I'm like, "so you also don't listen to Dems, you think they can just post themselves viral in this environment? Says a lot about you."

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 10h

*cracks up* They know that it's going to be worse than Kendrick somehow, and Kendrick full on did Not Like Us on stage.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 11h

Bad Bunny needs to bring out the KPop Demon Hunter girls and go, "they had the biggest song of 2025, y'all!" as part of this just to stick it to these fucking chuds even more. NOBODY WANTS LEE GREENWOD, MIKE, you fucking disingenuous loser.

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 11h

Let us consider how many "the best song ever" songs in musicals are the worst. We're all looking at you, Rent. Golden is a #1 song on the pop charts right now.

Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 11h

The most dramatic war for next year's Oscars is gonna be about whether Sinners or KPop Demon Hunters deserves music-related Oscars more, and also, "Golden" deserves that Best Song Oscar for the impossible feat of writing an excellent pop song for a movie musical.

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

www.youtube.com

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brad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 11h

once again gonna bring up that he lives, in dc, in the basement gimp room of a wealthy pervert who makes his wives watch porn to know how he wants them to service him

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t think it makes sense for Dems to publicly demand that Vought be fired as a condition of passing a funding bill, but they should hint publicly (they have been) and say explicitly in private that it’s one of the only things that could signal enough trust to pass a funding bill.

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 11h

More and more people are saying this is to avoid the Epstein files. ;)

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 12h

If I'm hearing the Speaker and Republican leadership right in this press conference they are now saying they will keep the House in recess for the fourth week in a row as troops and federal workers start missing their paychecks

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 11h

a fortunate quirk is that doing food and medical support for impoverished children, foreign and domestic, *also* is about the biggest bang it is possible to get for our buck.

so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 11h

Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11h

Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

"Belichick was always a fraud" is a ridiculous argument, go back and watch either Rams super bowl

he got old, he slowed down and couldn't keep up with the changing game anymore, and he lost his ability to evaluate talent

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 12h

Bill Belichick won 10 games with Matt Cassell and then made the playoffs with Mac Jones, so I don't think the UNC thing necessarily proves that he was always a fraud, like some folks are saying.

I think it proves he is *currently* a fraud, though.

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 11h

Next year is going to be a Republican bloodbath and the GOP is all in on "ILLEEEGALS!" and "THEY GONNA TRANS YOU" as their only talking points.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, watching the rurals find out after decades of fucking around is quite something.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 13h

The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 23h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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