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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 9h

You cannot force a cultural zeitgeist shift and Republicans are getting increasingly angry at that fact

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 9h

Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don't rename roads after Charlie Kirk

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Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don’t rename roads after Charlie Kirk

twp.ai

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 1d

Not to discount the enormous damage they have done, and still can do, but this really might be one of the dumbest governments in the history of the world.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

Good Senior Data Science job (remote) at MoveOn:

job-boards.greenhouse.io/moveonorg/jo...

Senior Data Scientist

Anywhere in the continental U.S.

job-boards.greenhouse.io

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 1d

What will bring down Trump in the end is the fact he's obsessed with attacking his enemies and completely ignoring the country's actual problems. Inventing fake crises is no substitute for addressing real problems. This administration lives in a reality of its own making. That's dangerous 1/x

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 1d

Also, pretty sure she just said “these mother fuckers are crazy” 😂re Trump admin

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 1d

VP Kamala Harris at A Day of Unreasonable Conversations focusing on the epidemic of institutional distrust.

Picture of Kamala Harris and Neephesa Collier on a stage at A Day of Unreasonable Conversations

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 2d

Short panel on media distrust (and crisis of credibility) at A Day of Unreasonable Conversations and love that Hasan Piker streaming currently lol.

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social is here too and sharp as hell.

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 2d

“To begin to treat Americans and their leaders as outside the national community because of whom they voted for — to tie the rights of American citizenship to partisan loyalty — is to begin to strain the bonds of union.” - @jamellebouie.net

Opinion | Who Is Donald Trump Responsible To?

www.nytimes.com

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 4d

If you want to read more, the best thing I ever wrote for 538 about GOP distrust in media as a social identity: fivethirtyeight.com/features/why...

Line chart from 2000 to 2020, showing D, R, I trust in media. Tanked among R, surged among Ds during Trump's first term.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4d

At the time, scholars of this topic noted that, in Trump's first term, the independence of institutional media orgs from him went with a surge in trust in the media from Democrats. Major media org's cooption and capitulation in Trump's second term has gone with a drop in Democrats' media trust.

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 4d

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4d

At the time, scholars of this topic noted that, in Trump's first term, the independence of institutional media orgs from him went with a surge in trust in the media from Democrats. Major media org's cooption and capitulation in Trump's second term has gone with a drop in Democrats' media trust.

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 4d

This administration is so full of spite it should be embarrassing. But so is its base.

Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 4d

You know Tina, you should be really thankful for all Ike does for you.

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats and Republicans distrust mass media for different reasons. For the GOP, hating the media is an in-group identity signal. The media is part of "the establishment," so they hate them.

Still, the dip in younger Dems trust in media is important to watch, too.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

Really striking data point from @gelliottmorris.com on Substack

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 4d

The NFL booked the second biggest pop star in the world for the Super Bowl halftime show, and the right wing is desperately trying to convince people that they should be mad about it.

Also, she ends with "We'll fix it." By...making singing in Spanish illegal? Nuking Puerto Rico? What?

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent Op-ed by @pastpunditry.bsky.social, on the history of the censorious right.
What she observes here for the US also goes for other national contexts, where formations on the far right often self-depict & are seen as free-speech absolutists, when they're anything but...

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 5d

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 5d

Excited for this kind of commentary on 60 Minutes in a few weeks.

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 6d

unfortunately yes.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 6d

America 2025:

The ideal man is a ruthless killing machine with a Jesus tattoo and rippling pectorals.

The ideal woman is a teen-coded AI heroine who is canonically a virgin.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d

Very good @aselrod.bsky.social piece. They are attempting to summon into existence the New MAGA Man, similar to the New Soviet Man and other totalitarian imaginings and creations:

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 6d

“What Trump, Hegseth, and MAGA are hoping to build is a military that instead reflects the violent, racist nationalism they espouse.” www.liberalcurrents.com/war-fighters...

War Fighters and the Enemy Within: Trump, Hegseth, and the Assault on The American People

Trump and Hegseth are cultivating a military that sees liberals and minorities as enemies to be fought and is willing to follow orders to do so.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 6d

Walter Cronkite on CBS News removing his glasses as he reads the news bulletin of JFK's death.

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 6d

gunna need the Cracker Barrel bots on this asap.

IGN @ign.com · 6d

Burger King abandoned its 'Creepy King' mascot, the one with the uncanny valley face and bizarre commercials, because it was too scary for families with young children who would end up at McDonald’s instead. bit.ly/4h2xppV

Burger King Says It Ditched “Creepy King” Because He Was Scaring Off Families With Kids

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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 6d

I mutter this to myself at least 3 times a day.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 6d

"This is a very race-conscious administration. It just happens to be the case that its policies, its prescriptions, its advocacy, its project is in service of whiteness. ...Whiteness is a race, too. It's also an ideology," says @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social. newrepublic.substack.com/p/race-and-r...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d

Never should have stopped calling these guys weird. They're so freaking weird.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

Ted Cruz just posted a video montage with photos of every Democratic senator altered to make them wear sombreros and mustaches. It’s set to the song Macarena.

What the fuck are we doing here?

Ted Cruz v @tedcruz
X.com
The 44 Senate Democrats who voted for Schumer's Shutdown should know that the Sombrero posting will continue until they re-open our government.
Hey, Macarena!

[photo of Amy Klobuchar that’s been altered]

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