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Tony Byrne

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · Jun 19

Key to understanding Trump is avoid thinking in terms of ideology (he has none) & therefore policy. Instead think grammar. He simply cannot stand to be an object in any important moment. Of course when a dramatic war started he needed to commandeer headlines and make himself the proverbial subject.

mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · Jun 19

unless the first sentence of this article is “i’m a giant idiot mark,” i’m not interested

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 17h

There is a massive problem across this country with adopting and normalizing right wing propaganda phrases

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 18h

Love this. Thanks for sharing!

Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 1d

A person can hope

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3d

A sure sign of anti-bike concern trolling is an elected official who lives nowhere near the bike lane in question suddenly becoming *very* concerned about emergency response time, a thing she would never do if this were just normal bumper-to-bumper traffic on a street with no bike lane.

Post on X from Joann Ariola:

Joann Ariola NYC Council District 32
@JoannAriola32
Can somebody at
@NYC_DOT
please explain to me how this is even remotely acceptable? With the new parking lane, cars can't pull out of the way to let this ambulance pass.

When every second counts in an emergency, this could literally mean death for someone in a crisis. I have heard from so many people about how this Court Street redesign was a terrible idea, and this really seals the deal. Someone could be dead because of this.

Local Law 6 of 2025 - which I introduced, and was passed - mandates that local firehouses MUST be consulted before changes like this go into effect. Did the local firehouse sign off on this?

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TheReal_Jaime @thereal-jaime.bsky.social · 6d

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 9d

Yikes. Exactly what happened in Connecticut

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Marc McDonald @marcmcd.bsky.social · 9d

The President of the United States just stood before an audience of his top military brass and asked for their loyalty as he deploys troops against American citizens.

Corporate Media: Are Dems being too combative by causing a government shutdown?

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 12d

Among other things, it is insulting to ask Coates, an actual intellectual, to play the role of a politician—or, worse, of a consultant.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 12d

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

www.nytimes.com

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 13d

Nobody ever refers to a detached single family house with a garage and a yard as “luxury,” despite it being an order of magnitude more luxurious than ~98% of apartments.

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 13d

Winner: best September skeet

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 13d

Now this is Content

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collie.bsky.social @collie.bsky.social · 14d

American homeowners see themselves as a persecuted class despite the entire economy being built around subsidizing them.

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 14d

Can confirm empirically this is true

Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 15d

If you see this, quote-post a concert picture you took

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 16d

So, just to confirm I am understanding properly:

Some number of gun deaths are acceptable under the 2nd Amendment, but no amount of commentary about a deceased podcaster is acceptable under the 1st?

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 16d

I would wear this.

Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 17d

Super interesting and very accessible read. A related issue, which seems to have escaped this round of litigation, is how much Google dominates the analytics of its own ads’ performance…

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19d

I would like Never Trump Republicans to demand that George W. Bush appear and speak up for democracy in this country. Why do ppl always ask Obama to do things and “where is Kamala”? Where is the 43rd President of the United States while democracy crashes & burns. This is the party he led. 1/

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Openly Gray 🇯🇲🌹 @trice10552.bsky.social · 20d

George Floyd was also born on October 14 so I know who I’ll be remembering that day!

Uncle Cam @unclecam404.bsky.social · 20d

Called this over on twitter and few days ago

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 21d

On my neighborhood discussion board NIMBYs will almost always preface their opinions with “I’ve been living here for X0+ years and…” despite our bylaws that state explicitly that meet duration should never matter…

Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 22d

Hooray!

Sam Moghtaderi @sammogh.bsky.social · 22d

And this one is from right here in Washington, DC!

A “Do Not Enter” traffic sign, with a sign below it that states “EXCEPT BICYCLES”.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 24d

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.

The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.

Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020

A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

www.texastribune.org

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Tony Byrne @tonybyrne.bsky.social · 24d

Interesting debate on inclusionary zoning at #yimbytown. @justupthepike.bsky.social making the case for variable funding policy depending on the jurisdiction. Some counties need it funded; some don’t.