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Mary @marybadthings.com · 4h

BRUH!

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 6h

And he wants to meet with me one on one. I’ll pass.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 7h

I think he’s irritated by me because I didn’t do an extra credit assignment about Charlie Kirk. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 9h

🙃🙃🙃

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

Mary @marybadthings.com · 12h

He also wants to meet with me one-on-one to discuss my “journalism aspirations”

Mary @marybadthings.com · 12h

👀

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 12h

My comms professor sent this email to the entire class this morning. Loves how he talks about having balance but then links to Bari Weiss’s newsletter 🙃

On this particular discussion: Kind of intrigued that all of you favored federal funding for public broadcasting. I did too, once, but as our nation has become more and more hyper political I’ve becoming personally convinced that political balance is important for any news gathering organization.

That balance did exist once. It doesn’t anymore.

Below is a story which a former NPR editor, Uri Berliner, wrote for the Free Press. Berliner also looked at voter registration records for NPR’s news staff in Washington DC. There were 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans in the news room.

That’s a problem. If a newsroom has 100% belonging to one political party and 0% to the other, it’s impossible to make an argument that there won’t be significant bias in its news coverage, IMHO.

Here’s a story written by a former NPR editor which explains what he observed over time.

An excerpt: Back in 2011, although NPR’s audience tilted a bit to the left, it still bore a resemblance to America at large. Twenty-six percent of listeners described themselves as conservative, 23 percent as middle of the road, and 37 percent as liberal.

By 2023, the picture was completely different: only 11 percent described themselves as very or somewhat conservative, 21 percent as middle of the road, and 67 percent of listeners said they were very or somewhat liberal. We weren’t just losing conservatives; we were also losing moderates and traditional liberals.

An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America.

That wouldn’t be a problem for an openly polemical news outlet serving a niche audience. But for NPR, which purports to consider all things, it’s devastating both for its journalism and its business model.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

Pray for Dolly Parton, y’all!! people.com/dolly-parton...

Dolly Parton's Sister Says She 'Was Up All Night Praying' After the Country Icon, 79, Postponed Shows amid Health Issues

Dolly Parton's sister is asking for prayers for the country icon a week after she postponed her Las Vegas residency due to unspecified "health challenges." "Last night, I was up all night praying for ...

people.com

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

Now why is Tina catching strays? 😂

orynthia blue. @javeauriel.blacksky.app · 1d

I also don’t like her dismissing the amount of work that goes into choreo in general. Just because she moves similarly to Tina Belcher doesn’t mean it’s not strenuous af for others

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

Okay, this explains it

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

I’ve always found this to be true

Texas Equal Access Fund @teafund.org · 1d

FACT: People who support abortion access are 72% hotter than people who don't.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

I know this article is based on Ernst Fraenkel’s writing as cited by Justice Jackson, but this also describes Jim Crow policies that inspired the Nazis.

In the Third Reich, Hitler’s will replaced German law. Whatever he wanted, he did. If anyone was perceived to threaten the Nazi project of a fascist ethno-state, no legal protection could save them. Fraenkel called this realm the “prerogative state.” But the broader legal system didn’t immediately crumble under arbitrary rule. To the contrary, the Nazis purposefully left some of the existing legal system intact in the 1930s and courts were allowed to function, particularly in areas of contracts and other economic concerns. This parallel “normative state,” Fraenkel observed, enabled Germany’s capitalist system to continue against the backdrop of an uninhibited regime. Most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state. The dual state is thus two-faced twice over: it is characterized by a bifurcation in the law, but also by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

Of course Josh Williams is behind this. He will inflict as much pain and suffering as possible on Ohioans in order to raise his political profile.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 3d

An Ohio lawmaker wants judges to consider a defendant’s immigration status when they set conditions for bail or hand down criminal sentences.

Ohio lawmaker wants judges to consider immigration status in setting bail, parole, sentences • Ohio Capital Journal

An Ohio lawmaker wants judges to consider a defendant’s immigration status when they set conditions for bail or hand down criminal sentences. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania…

ohiocapitaljournal.com

Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

They don’t care about mothers and children, they care about the farmers, who are their base voters.

WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) aims to improve access to nutritious foods for low-income pregnant women, mothers, and young children. After enrolling in WIC, participants receive monthly checks, vouchers, or transfers to their Electronic Benefit Transaction (EBT) card that are to be used to purchase specific, WIC-approved foods, which provide important nutrients that participants otherwise may lack. WIC funds also support local economies and providing crucial revenue to small farmers. WIC FMNP currently provides fresh produce to more than 1.7 million WIC families, while simultaneously generating $14 million in revenue for 17,926 farmers, 3,390 farmers markets and 2,894 roadside stands.[1]

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 1d

*stares in Article 1 of the Constitution*

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 2d

Disgusting way to hate-bait and platform an abuser. Shameful @stephruhle.bsky.social

11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT: @stephruhle.bsky.social sits down with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to talk his NYC mayoral campaign, why he thinks a Zohran Mamdani victory would lead to a Trump takeover, and more.

Tune in at 11pm ET.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

He got his ass handed to him in the primary. So why does he want a round 2? It’s got to be a humiliation kink.

11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT: @stephruhle.bsky.social sits down with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to talk his NYC mayoral campaign, why he thinks a Zohran Mamdani victory would lead to a Trump takeover, and more.

Tune in at 11pm ET.

Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

This Chicago raid reminds me of earlier this year when @legallylove.bsky.social said Black people need to be on guard about these attacks against immigrants and the 14th amendment because our citizenship status won’t save us, and folks tried to argue with her.

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

May the people responsible for this burn in hellfire.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d

Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth without anesthesia during power outages, and risking infection because water and sanitation systems are destroyed. interc.pt/42vx3lD

A photo illustration of a mother and child, overlaid with the headline, "Mothers in Gaza Give Life to the Next Generation of Palestinians Despite Genocide," and the DEK, "As the Israeli government enters the third year of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, mothers keep bringing new Palestinians into the world."

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

This man is only 1.5 years older than me. Look at how badly hate ages you.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 2d

Love getting my clients a win

a cartoon character with a smile on his face is standing and looking at the camera .

ALT: a cartoon character with a smile on his face is standing and looking at the camera .

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 3d

I hope they go back to the season 1 format for the third season and get better islanders. The only people to root for this season were Justine, Garbi, and Andrea. The men were trash. #LoveIslandGames

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 3d

Damn, Lucinda really ain’t liked #LoveIslandGames

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Mary @marybadthings.com · 3d

I hope Justine never lays eyes on that loser again #LoveIslandGames

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