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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 21m

Político is no more serious than the average gossip rag at the checkout aisle

Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1h

1. Trump Culture War quote.
2. Johnson CW quote.
3. *Imagined* Schumer CW quote.
4. “These culture wars get sillier by the day.”

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 14h

When SCOTUS rules that a president can break any law given his name is Donald Trump and that states cannot ban the torture of gay children, they’re not doing textual interpretation. Any analysis that assumes they are is a deeply flawed one.

W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 20h

The Supreme Court isn’t an arbitrator of the constitutionality of legislation, it is a reactionary political body that is attempting to achieve reactionary political outcomes. Nothing more, nothing less. We should stop pretending otherwise.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 15h

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 17h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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merritt @merrittk.com · 18h

literal fedposting

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 21h

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

an underrated part of the Bari Weiss story is that her wife is a California heiress to two different family dynasties.

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 20h

Elbows up

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

"You are a transformative president" -- I regret to inform you that Mark Carney is kissing Trump's ass

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 20h

The Supreme Court isn’t an arbitrator of the constitutionality of legislation, it is a reactionary political body that is attempting to achieve reactionary political outcomes. Nothing more, nothing less. We should stop pretending otherwise.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

Collaborator News Network with a 1992 LA riots photo to support Dear Leader

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

After seeing One Battle After Another (2025) a second time I think the most incredible thing is how they made a 3 hour movie feel like it’s just one hour. The pacing is incredible.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

AOC*

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

Yup, she’s also an AOV level small donor fundraiser. She’s awful, but she comes about it authentically.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

On one hand, that means she genuinely supports mass deporting every immigrant in the country, because she’s didn’t get her rise through think tanks who understand capital needs migrants. On the other hand, she can have a genuine reaction to the prospect of millions of people losing healthcare

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

MTG is awful in more ways than I can count, but she does happen to be a normal person as compared to all the lawyer-pipeline Ivy grads in Congress. She’s a bigoted crank, but like the kind your aunt is friends with on Facebook.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

👀 Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying she’s not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” She says GOP leaders don’t have a plan.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 1d

The state of online media is such a bummer, I sometimes think: who cares? Then, I read something so smart and so funny and so uniquely the product of this compromised but generative space, that I remember: I care!
This, by @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social, is a tour de force. defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

defector.com

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

Your sleep paralysis demon's sleep paralysis demons:

Spook E Peyote @niceandinnocent.bsky.social · 1d

Hello yes we are 2 normal fellows

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

"The message is perverse and plain: even the economic arteries that a New Middle East was supposed to consolidate are being sacrificed to sustain the Iron Wall."

Israel is seeking full domination of the region. After Gaza, no Arab country is safe

As the US enables Israel's violent expansionism, regimes across the region have failed to marshal a credible deterrent

www.middleeasteye.net

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many liberals who just scour Bluesky looking for negative things about Democrats so they can defend them in the replies. What an awful existence. Partisanship is such a toxic poison.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

A wide spectrum of opinion ranging from "Israel is amazing" to "Israel is pretty good."

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

Voices from all corners of the spectrum, provided that they are not to the left of Mitt Romney

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING— David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, just sent out this email to Paramount employees re: The Free Press acquisition/Bari Weiss. Says she has passion for "rigorous, fact-based reporting & a relentless commitment to amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum."

Text shared w me:

Dear Team Paramount:

I think we can all agree that the temperature of our nation's social discourse feels higher than ever. Too often, the space once reserved for thoughtful dialogue has been consumed by partisan division and hostile disputes. If we are to move forward, we must find our way back to the ideals that shaped both our country and civilization itself: open exchange of ideas, vigorous yet respectful debate, and a genuine regard for the beliefs and traditions of others.

This challenge extends to the media. While it was founded with the mission of informing the public and fostering discussion on the issues of the day, too often it has become a platform that amplifies the very partisanship tearing our society apart. George Washington warned that the primary danger in politics is partisanship. Today, that danger extends far beyond politics - threatening the fabric of our communities. When we reduce every issue to "us vs. them" or "my way vs. the wrong way," we close ourselves off from listening, learning, and ultimately growing, both as individuals and as a society.

I don't pretend to have a solution to this challenge. But I do believe we each have a responsibility to do our part. At Paramount, we have both a unique opportunity and an obligation as stewards of one of the most iconic and respected news organizations in the world. We are challenging ourselves to do better - recognizing that we have the ability to reach a broad audience and demonstrate constructive, respectful, and bipartisan dialogue in our own work.
Our mission is clear: to ensure that this global platform remains a place where people can seek the truth, gain understanding, and engage with the facts. That is our purpose.

With this in mind, I am excited to share that The Free Press is joining our Company. Since its launch just five years ago, The Free Press, under cofounder Bari Weiss' leadership,

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

This is so profoundly stupid. Just the clearest win-win you could possibly have, and we’re destroying it for no reason.

Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 1d

America’s world-class universities are one of our best exports – it’s a shame Trump is diminishing that advantage.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly wild claim to make. You Dem partisans will defend anything.

How the Biden Administration’s Expanded Asylum Ban Puts Lives at Risk and Contradicts American Values

This policy brief analyzes the Biden administration’s decision to finalize and expand its asylum ban first established in an interim final rule in June 2024. These changes further block access to safe...

www.nilc.org

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

How about by literally deporting more people than Trump did in his first term?

Biden carried out the highest level of deportations since 2014, new report says | CNN Politics

Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 271,484 immigrants last fiscal year, marking the highest level of deportations since 2014, according to a newly released annual report.

www.cnn.com

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

That is literally not true. That may have been something Kamala Harris talked about, but the James Lankford bill that Harris and Democrats endorsed was not designed to increase asylee judges. You're creating a world to justify Democrats that does not comport with reality.

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Lottie @sellottie.bsky.social · 2d

It’s happened again

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