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Independent journalist. I write words for Public Notice, the AV Club, and elsewhere. Subscribe to my newsletter The Play Typer Guy for more content (https://www.playtyperguy.com/subscribe)
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · Nov 12
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h
And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 11h
I have threatened to buy him a newspaper subscription numerous times
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h
I love how Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House and #2 in line for the presidency, is always like, “What? News?! I never read or hear anything that happens in the world, anywhere. I’m totally offline. What even is ‘social media’? They play news all day on TV!? Wow! That’s a surprise!”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d
5. The CNU poll shows Spanberger with a commanding +10 lead in the governor’s race. When asked which candidate would better handle transgender issues, voters sided with Spanberger over Earle-Sears by a 50–37 margin, giving Spanberger a whopping +13 advantage.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17h
This you, Kristi?
A screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). The top tweet is from user @covie_93 with the caption: “This tweet aged like Stephen Miller…..”. Below it is a tweet from Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) that reads: “If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states' rights. Over the last several years, we've seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can't let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too. South Dakota defends the Constitution.”
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 15h
Still waiting for a more efficient explanation of everything than "Everyone got brain damage from Covid": the airline executives charging a $155 predatory premium for legroom, the guy deciding to customize his own flight experience, the chain of command aborting the whole flight—busted mind-traffic!
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 16h
This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 13h
More calls for violence from Trump
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”
Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h
really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15h
This right here is Trump's ultimate goal: staying in power
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h
This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 13h
"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d
pre-scripting your sassy little zingers is so embarassing
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d
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 Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."
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Malaclypse the Fetus @omfproductions.bsky.social · 18h
I have been holding off because I am trying to balance my fondness for Cena's work with his most recent defense of the McMahons, but reading this recap I think I need to just suck it up and give it a watch for everybody else involved in the project too.
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 18h
How does anyone listen to Pritzker and Jeffries and think the latter is effective?
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 19h
be more like Governor Pritzker and speak as if your first concern wasn't whether or not the NYT editorial board would approve of your comments and find them warranted
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 18h
Criticizing voters is almost always fatal. Romney’s 47 percent comment was consistent with GOP policy but too “on the nose.”
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Jesse Singal Vapes Piss @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 20h
The upshot otherwise is to claim that "deplorables" was bad in part because Clinton was accurately describing a fascist undercurrent in Trump's support base that at a time when the mainstream media was unequipped to identify it, intentionally ignoring it, or actively trying to bury it. Which, okay.
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mrmoa.bsky.social @mrmoa.bsky.social · 19h
I was called a Bernie Bro in 2016 and hopelessly naive for thinking a woman could win for backing Warren in 2020 - by the same people!
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 19h
I wrote about Peacemaker, Nazi Earths and our own present reality open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...
What Is Your Perfect World? And Why Is It So White?
How do you define ‘happiness’?
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 20h
That is viewed as elitist condescension, which many resent more than outright contempt
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Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 20h
They're STILL making hay with Obama's "clinging to their guns" comment.
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 20h
Republicans hammered Clinton on “deplorables.” They didn’t dismiss it as a distraction from health care policy.

They also hammered the issue long enough to force Dems to publicly disagree with Clinton over it.
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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 1d
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.
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 20h
So, I think I have to dispute the idea that the left is the “nice ones.” Dems have come across as scolds and snobs for a while now
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 20h
Put in context, 2016 had a narrative of HRC and her staunchest supporters claiming that all of Sanders supporters (43 percent of primary voters) were toxic “bros” and then with “deplorables” half of Trump supporters were awful. Even if you agree with that assessment, it’s bad optics
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Stephen Robinson @playtyperguy.com · 20h
Yes,but “deplorables” also fit a bad narrative about Clinton — note also that this was when her supporters were derisively referring to “Bernie Bros.” It wasn’t a good look.
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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 1d
The reason it sticks to the Left is because we're supposed to be the nice ones.

The only Republican something like that has stuck to, to my knowledge, is Mitt Romney, and I think it's because he had the demeanor of a nice, polite person.
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