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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve been in the room where they make these calls. “Oh the Washington post fact checker is going to review this, we need to support our argument”

NOBODY CARES! Just say the thing

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h

Democrats think people give a shit about explaining. Nobody cares. Just make the attack.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h

Better than his usual but it needs to be much shorter

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h

Good to see @schumer.senate.gov trying something different, tbh.

(Maybe he can endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social now since he’s borrowing from his video style…)

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 11h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9h

Good to see @schumer.senate.gov trying something different, tbh.

(Maybe he can endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social now since he’s borrowing from his video style…)

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 11h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 9h

The Washington Post is Fox News in print

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 9h

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 12h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 15h

Third, when is Ken Vogel going to quit fucking that chicken.

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, couple of quick questions.

First, what year is it? Second, who was president in 2017?

Ken Vogel via Twitter:
https://x.com/kenvogel/status/1975654772620599691

NEW: In 2017, Hunter Biden pursued a deal to sell land around the US Embassy in Romania, & possibly the land on which the embassy sat, to a joint venture that included a Chinese government-linked company.

The venture, & the Chinese company, collapsed.

4:09 PM · Oct 7, 2025

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, couple of quick questions.

First, what year is it? Second, who was president in 2017?

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

Not everyone associated with the Clintons and Obamas suck. I’ve worked with some of them even.

But a lot of them suck big time.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

One of the big reasons so many liberal orgs suck is that they’re more about “how close are you to the Clintons/Obamas” w personnel than about “do you have any idea how to be effective?”

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

The very well funded Center for American Progress has been in operation since 2004. The Democrats do not have “nothing” they’re just not trying.

LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social · 15h

The Republicans have a very well organized think-tank (Heritage Foundation) for strategizing and coordination of messaging. They control what we are seeing day to day.

The Democrats have nothing. No sense of leadership, no direction, no messaging. We need a think-tank asap!!

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

Well… www.americanprogress.org/people/tande...

Neera Tanden

www.americanprogress.org

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

For every GOP org (other than media) there’s usually a center left one. The problem is execution not resources.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

Yup

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

The Dems have been successful at convincing many of their supporters that the GOP is vastly out spending them but the bigger problem is the GOP plays the game and Dems just hope to fall ass backwards into political success

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

The very well funded Center for American Progress has been in operation since 2004. The Democrats do not have “nothing” they’re just not trying.

LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social · 15h

The Republicans have a very well organized think-tank (Heritage Foundation) for strategizing and coordination of messaging. They control what we are seeing day to day.

The Democrats have nothing. No sense of leadership, no direction, no messaging. We need a think-tank asap!!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

There are 12 guys like this in every club in Delhi and you need to cover your drink every time you talk to one of them

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

you'd think a party with so many lawyers would understand speaking to a jury and getting a visceral reaction but i think too many dem lawyers are corporate types or stuck in academic circles

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

and even on that one they tend to suck all the life out of the issue. health care is blood and guts and pain and democrats make it sound like excel 80% of the time.

Rod Green @thetheredundant.bsky.social · 15h

I don't think Dems are comfortable talking about anything other than healthcare.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

its a republican war on kids, but democrats are too chicken shit to actually fight

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

The Supreme Court is considering a free speech challenge to a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy aimed at young people questioning their sexual orientations or gender identities in a case likely to have national implications.

Supreme Court weighs challenge to bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids

Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, argues that the state's ban violates her rights under the Constitution's First Amendment.

nbcnews.to

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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 15h

It goes without saying that if Obama had ordered the Illinois National Guard to invade Texas, Greg Abbott would have ordered all of those soldiers shot on sight.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

its like someone set fire to your house and all you can talk about his how the sidewalk is uneven. like yes, sure, the sidewalk is a problem. but the house burning down is a pretty big deal too.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

its perfectly fine for dems to talk shit about health care. but thats basically all they are doing and it sounds disconnected from whats really going on.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

it doesnt help that when trump and miller say crazy shit the leading democrats are like "um um health care costs! health care costs! this is all about health care costs!"

Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 15h

I've seen a few people question why these sorts of comments haven't hurt Miller, Trump, etc. the way "basket of deplorables" hurt Clinton.

And I think it's just because we expect them to say and do mean shit.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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