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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20h

Bari Weiss’s time running “The Free Press” was paved with excuses for right-wing illiberalism, Jonathan Chait argues. In her new role leading CBS News, she must “prove that her defense of liberal values is not so easily bargained away”:

Bari Weiss Still Thinks It's 2020

She co-founded The Free Press as a bastion of liberalism in an illiberal time. Her arrival at CBS is paved with excuses for illiberal friends.

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Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 32m

For now. Unless your last name is Comey

Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 34m

People here on Bluesky trash The Atlantic. I love that magazine. Everyday I check in to see their latest. I don't agree with every artlicle but when I read one like one by @bethmacy.bsky.social I feel I understand the world a little more.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson is second in line to the presidency, but he wants you to know he has no opinion on anything and takes responsibility for nothing. His go-to line is “not in my lane.”

Jen Psaki last night…

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Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 49m

she looks ill

Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 50m

except Ming had charisma.

@dickinthedirt @watergator.bsky.social · 7h

Ming the Merciless?

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Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 54m

an alterative explanation
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What Happened to Ohio?

The fraying of my family and our working-class hometown

www.theatlantic.com

Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 55m

Here in Canada we are suffering from insominia. We stuggle to get to sleep living next to a once great empire in decline

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Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 1h

Ohio Beth Macy wrote an article with her explanation of Ohio's decline
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What Happened to Ohio?

The fraying of my family and our working-class hometown

www.theatlantic.com

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Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 3h

Ear is never winnable, but war is. And Ukriane is winning. Putin's war machine is running out of gas. When the Russian economy collapses, the orcs will retreat back to their lair. Yes Ukriane is winning.

Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is rotting look at his hands and cankles

Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 4h

Agreed, we must do everything possible to end Putin's war of aggression against Ukriane. We must impound every ship of Putins shadow fleet and sanction every Russian bussiness. We must give Ukraine all the financial and military aid they need to defeat the terrorist state of Russia. Slava Ukraini

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 4h

Put this in the Louvre:

"My refusal to vote for Harris helped put a maniac dictator in charge of the world's largest economy & nuclear arsenal, & he wants to raze Gaza to build a luxury resort, but the IMPORTANT thing everyone must acknowledge is that I was right & liberals were--as always--wrong."

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

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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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 13h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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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.

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Smoot Hawley remix @manssearch4meaning.bsky.social · 10h

I remember people driving down the highway 2 with a F@ck Trudeau flag. Yes indeed. Idiots.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

Gov. Josh Shapiro: "I respect the Canadian people and Canada's sovereignty... When POTUS bullies Canada, threatens to make them the 51st state, belittles them, undermines their sovereignty, that undermines the interests of our farmers and the people who work in our factories."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

Sickening.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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🕷️ Venomous C I N E M A ® 🐍 @furiouscinema.bsky.social · 3d

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Todd Alcott @toddalcott.bsky.social · 1d

Another gem from 2019, could have run any day of the past decade:

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 19h

is this press pool so neutered that no one is going to ask any of these people a normal question

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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