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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 1h

"Backstabber Gets Backing!" New by me. open.substack.com/pub/robertma...

Backstabber Gets Backing!

What a Trump endorsement of Bill Cassidy might sound like

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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 2h

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Are we going to talk about Trump’s dementia now? Or is Jake Tapper still going to pretend his text interview with Stephen Miller was really with Trump?

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 21h

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3h

“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 3h

This is I think worth noting. Last week Politico, Axios, & co were quite gleefully saying that Democrats were going to get blame for the shutdown, now theyre sounding the alarm for Republicans. This shutdown hasnt turned out the way they thought it would for their GOP allies.

hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 3h

this is as much a message from politico to the GOP as anything else: politico would be happy to launder any message the GOP offered if it had one to launder; they don't, so this is politico's execs telling the GOP to either shit or get off the pot

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 3h

ICE agents with half a brain should be terrified.

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 12h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 13h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 3h

Hellscape

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 10h

i’ve wondered whether the traditional tactic of peaceful resistance to shock the conscience of observers who see nonviolence met with force is still possible in a media environment where only novelty can get the attention of the people you need to be shocked, and portland seems to have an answer

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 3h

From today’s Baton Rouge Advocate. Apparently, Bill ran out of space. A pity he couldn’t tell us why he voted to impeach his good friend and partner just 4 1/2 years ago.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13h

This is my favorite part: Tom Cole and Susan Collins spent decades waiting to lead the Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate, respectively, only for Trump to render the committees absolutely useless.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 21h

I really don't see how they can keep photos of the president with teenage girls under wraps forever.

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Maureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 16h

Drop what you’re doing and read this.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22h

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Legacy newspapers: "Print media is dying, and the public will suffer for it."

Also legacy newspapers: "We can't offend the government with information and framing that helps the public."

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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 23h

CBS reports ICE agents have repeatedly made fake 911 calls. Each time, police found no threat. In Illinois, that’s a felony.

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 17h

They’re losing the public on this thing. They know it. And this is us seeing their flop sweat.

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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