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Formerly a bemused Russian pornbot, now a bemused Blyskybot. I am but an egg. Nothing to see here, except repeated failure to pass the Turing Test. Not registered so no access to DMs.

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 18d

Which is why it’s important to start thinking about what might be put in its place (and how the destroyers of the old order can be held to account) without being constrained by biased rules interpreted by biased referees.

Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 18d

Note to lawyers: Dying constitutions are never fundamentally revised or replaced according to the rules of the dying constitution. (See, e.g., replacement of Articles of Confederation, and also ratification of current constitution's Fourteenth Amendment).

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

I know it isn’t a thing; I wasn’t asking a legal question.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 13d

It's not "sour grapes." Harris's loss tells us a larger story about how male leaders all too often sabotage female leaders.

Men screw things up, ask women to fix it, and then blame women when that proves impossible.

www.salon.com/2025/09/26/k...

Kamala Harris is right: Biden set her up to fail

Glass cliff theory shows how women only get power after men screwed everything up

www.salon.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13d

If we're finally going to crack down about lying to Congress under oath, I think there are several Cabinet members and a few Supreme Court justices whose testimonies might need revisiting.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Rep. Dan Crenshaw: "This is about lying to Congress under oath, and Comey needs accountability for that. He doesn't get to just walk through the woods and write poetry and do other weird things and post on Instagram anymore. He's gonna actually have to face it."

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13d

This man has left his nation in a state of total isolation. He is disaster for Israel's international standing and security.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13d

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13d

While AIPAC and Trump manage attacks on Mamdani over his position on the Gaza conflict, polling now consistently shows that Mamdani's views are the majority view of Americans, and of Jewish New Yorkers.

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

What if California were to decide to nullify the federal courts on this issue?

Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

> It has been cited, along with dehumanization, as one of the indirect or cloaked forms of incitement to genocide

See also: DARVO

surfdude29 @surfdude29.ispost.ing · 13d

TIL that the propaganda technique used in this executive order has a name:

"Accusation in a mirror is a false claim that accuses the target of something that the perpetrator is doing or intends to do."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror

This political violence is not a series of isolated incidents and does not emerge organically. Instead, it is a culmination of [highlight begins] sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a democratic society. [highlight ends]

Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

Hard agree.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 13d

At this point we are not living in country where the normal rules apply. I wish Democrats would recognize that. There is no reason, if Democrats take power, for them to acknowledge the validity of presidential pardons. That power was not meant to immunize a crime family from prosecution.

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

Swan, surely?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13d

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3237):

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13d

Literally the authoritarian playbook:
1. Call your opponents terrorists.
2. Deploy state power against them.

There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14d

This administration very literally favors Secret Police.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Vance: "When they encourage us to unmask ICE law enforcement officers, what do you think is gonna happen? ... what's gonna happen is political violence & it has gotten out of control in this country. We gotta stop it, we gotta condemn it, & that starts unfortunately at the very top of the Dem Party"

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

Are you saying Comey will be forbidden to enter them as evidence or refer to them?

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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 14d

Cold machine intelligences starting their slow work to eliminate vile jellies that call themselves human

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

These are not the boxes you are looking for.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 15d

Good morning. Nobody 3.5 year ago ever imagined that not only would Russia NOT have air superiority over Ukraine, but that Ukraine would be able to bomb Russian targets in Russia almost without intercept. Russia is failing

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

Now I’m just jealous.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13d

Trump has unleashed a gold rush among private prison companies taking on immigration detention.

In cash-strapped cities, like Walsenburg, Colorado, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it.

"Godsend" or "concentration camp"? A lucrative ICE deal divides a Colorado town.

Trump has unleashed a gold rush among private prison companies taking on immigration detention. In cash-strapped cities, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it.

www.motherjones.com

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JoyousPanther @joyouspanther.bsky.social · 14d

Left: Wow. We need gun reform.

Right: Wow. We need to put the left in concentration camps.

Media: Ok. It's time for the the left to bring down the political temperature here. Enough is enough.

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Oliver Alexander @oalexanderdk.bsky.social · 13d

The sooner Western European politicians actually realize that we have been at war with Russia for the past 4 years the better.

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John Culver @johnculver689.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, we know. Someone should tell Chuck, Hakeem, and Nancy. They seem to think the polls indicate Dems will do great in the midterms. They don't know they're going to Gitmo for being ANTIFA.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 13d

bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders.

we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

This, but with the Gadsden flag’s bloody snake on it.

Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 13d

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FUCK YOU,
MAKE ME

Font based off the Constitution Preamble script

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 13d

It's really not great that we all have to vote for Democrats now, but it's the old school Republicans doing a better job holding the line in defending our democracy than the Democrats, who are not managing to function like the opposition party they need to be.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13d

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Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

The mouths of constituents who did not apparently exist IIRC

Mike Jones @mikepjones1.bsky.social · 13d

He’s not even right about the swans.

Swans are evil bastards and if some hungry people want to take a bite out of a few of them I’m here for that.