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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

Democrats Must Abandon the Moderate Messaging of The White Dude Data Complex

Democrats have their lowest favorability rating since 1994, & still believe they can be "Republican-lite" & win elections by ignoring a progressive, anti-oligarchy message. They're wrong.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 6h

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 6h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 6h

It’s nerve racking

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 8h

Calling it route 95 and not 128

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 8h

I wonder why they keep doing this

Democrats @democrats.org · 10h

House Republicans just adjourned their pro forma session.

This is the fifth time they’ve refused to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 9h

No one is talking about how devastating this is going to be for small business owners that contribute to their employees’ premiums.

Like people, they will NOT be able to sustain the massive price hike we’re all about to experience.

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16h

At a time when we should be guaranteeing health care to all Americans as a human right, President Trump and his Republican colleagues are threatening to make our broken system even worse by doubling premiums for more than 20 million Americans.

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 14h

Fortnite skins have shown up to the Portland “warzone”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 17h

Yes there’s an ethical issue with sora AI videos, and they’re also downright disrespectful to the dead.

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Google, show me a Freudian slip but with a fascist twist

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

10/7/25😳miller: “has plenary authority” then immediately stops

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 1d

Mood

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 1d

This is tyranny

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

www.nytimes.com

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 1d

From Epstein to health care cuts, it's all one story.

Republicans are running a billionaire protection racket.

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 1d

As much as I despise MTG, we need to welcome this. More GOP and MAGA breaking from Trump here is what will (hopefully) lower our healthcare costs.

www.newsweek.com/marjorie-tay...

Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with GOP on rising health costs

"When the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE,2 she said.

www.newsweek.com

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 1d

So let me get this straight, forgiving loans is illegal, but selling loans against the agreement of the term of the loan is legal?

I got into an agreement with the government, not a private entity.

Class action lawsuit awaits.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that Trump and his administration promised full transparency?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

AOC: "Stephen Miller is a CLOWN. He looks like he's 4’10”. He looks like he's angry about the fact that he's 4’10”. He's taking that anger out at any other population possible. Like, LAUGH AT THEM. Laugh at them."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 2d

I'm back, what did I miss?

a man is crawling through a large pipe in the dirt

ALT: a man is crawling through a large pipe in the dirt

media.tenor.com

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 2d

Taking a stroll down memory lane with Michael Fulwiler about how losing my best friend to suicide brought me down a path to co-founding a thriving group practice with over 25 clinicians and meeting the growing need of therapy in our community.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDuW...

Turning Personal Trauma into a Career in Private Practice with Dr. Bryan Harnesberger

YouTube video by Heard

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 21d

Need everyone to check in on their loved ones

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 21d

RIP 1st Amendment

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 21d

www.pewresearch.org/science/2025...

How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society

Americans are worried about using AI more in daily life, seeing harm to human creativity and relationships. But they’re open to AI use in weather forecasting, medicine and other data-heavy tasks.

www.pewresearch.org

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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 21d

The fascist mentality is a mentality of the subjugated "little man" who craves authority and rebels against it at the same time.

- Wilhelm Reich (Mass Psychology of Fascism, 1933)

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 23d

Yeah, you can call it fascism

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