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bearwithit.bsky.social
Rationalist, Realist, Cautious Optimist. No party affiliation.
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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

submitted 1 day ago • 163 comments

We need to save some smoke for voters. Trump was very clear during the campaign that he planned to settle Russia's war on Ukraine quickly and on Putin's terms. 77 million people voted for him anyway, and now he's following through. American voters sold out our ally.

submitted 2 days ago • 372 comments

"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.

submitted 4 days ago • 512 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 78 comments

Lenin and Stalin. Trump and Musk.

submitted 10 days ago • 38 comments

In the year of the snake, no less … From @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Mitch McConnell voting no on terrible cabinet picks because he doesn’t have to run for reelection is all the proof you need that we must have term limits. You shouldn’t only have a spine because you don’t have to run again. We are breeding chicken shit power hungry electeds.

submitted 10 days ago • 837 comments

Other than renaming things and making “proclamations” by executive order, am I correct that the only thing this administration has *actually* done is halt the production of the penny?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

We're seeing a level of executive overreach that is unprecedented in the US But other countries have defeated autocratic forces before—& Americans can learn from their successes We outlined a pro-democracy blueprint👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...

submitted 12 days ago • 31 comments

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Ron Howard FTW 🎯

submitted 13 days ago • 486 comments

Is Wired the best mainstream journalism outlet we have left?

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