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Another way to sum up where we are right now: An administration almost exclusively filled with white people, openly attempting a return to white identity politics, is polling at 55% approval with white people. And if you’ve disenfranchised everyone else… congrats, you’ve now won all the elections.

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the NHL somehow vaults to “best all star game in America”

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We are doing this show in an incredible venue and I’m very tempted to buy some koosh balls and a launcher.

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When Trump does a tremendously shitty distracting thing to distract from a cripplingly bad political development, the answer isn’t to yell “ignore the distraction!” It’s to hold space for both 🥰

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Trump just had two of his worst ever polls on his handling of the economy, he’s underwater double digits, and his only plans out are 2 budget proposals that can’t pass or flinging around more tariffs. We are going to test if the election was really about grocery & gas prices very soon.

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got a new Getty Image

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Would love to know specifically which parts of white nationalism Senator Warner thinks the Democrats should adopt for the next cycle.

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SNL50 really reminding me what joy it is to be a late night writer, what a privilege to be stupid on purpose and get to steal airtime from a network.

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I don’t even know how many people remember this from 10 years ago but way back then @onlxn.bsky.social did this kind of alternate reality trumpworld running script thing and I truly miss it

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@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social makes a clear-eyed case for hope (and addresses every caveat you’ll bring up as you read) www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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“ya gotta be nice to Trump voters who realized he’s bad” isn’t just bad advice, it’s very white because it comes from the same weird place as “this racist just saw something bad happen to their black brother in law and they finally realized racism exists” nah baby it ain’t that easy

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Opinion | The Democratic Party needs new faces by Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, and James Carville

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big day for ‘United States v. Greater Blouse, Skirt & Neckwear Contractors’

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Democratic Senators operating with a mentality they can pick and choose their way through this era, believing voters will reward their boasting midterm pitch of “we helped the authoritarians when they had ideas we liked.” A position which necessarily subjugates freedom to policy. Unserious at best.

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This is one reason we're mad at Democrats in Congress. They could—as Republicans have done for decades—gum up the works and make it harder to move the fascist agenda forward. Instead they agree to make it easy. With only a handful of exceptions, every Dem in Congress needs to go. Clean house.🧹

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I’m hosting A Late Night Show at the @atxfestival.bsky.social this year with my friend/announcer/parole officer Jim Fagan. It’s going to be what future generations will call “appropriately deranged for the times.”

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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The uncomfortable truth is the "Trump campaigned on egg prices" thing is something Dems tell themselves to rationalize what happened in November. Trump actually campaigned on hate and abusing power -- and won! The sorry state of the American electorate is a difficult thing to come to terms with.

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if you complain that getting to be one of the 500 most powerful Americans in government requires leadership outside of rote procedure, you should resign fascism doesn’t give a fuck about your feelings. fight or get out of the way

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on a raw dirtbag level of analysis: musk, trump, et al are obsessed with machismo that immediately signals to a real bully that they are glass jawed, and haven’t been in a fight since the last time they were mad at their wife would not have survived the Preston Brooks era of America

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Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"

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Flexing to voters that you (incredibly unconstitutionally) destroyed the place that does…. checks notes Consumer Protection is the kind of paint chip eating brained move at the core of Elon. A Nazi with Nazi parents and grandparents determined to serve them another massive L in this century.

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Ain't good. Compared to Senate Dems, House Dems have less leverage. One exception is the budget fight. But here's the Dem House Leader TODAY declining to use that leverage. If you have a Dem rep, ask them to use their leverage. And tell them to tell Jeffries to lead. Stay tuned - more to come.

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Really need to drive home to apparently every headline writer: Trump Slashes Agencies is when an elected GOP Congress makes draconian budget cuts to things they don’t like. Trump Slashes Agencies is not Elon Musk and youths actively occupying govt buildings and “firing” people.

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Never thought I would see it* *the WSJ call something racist www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

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if we all get out of this alive very high on my list of goals is getting lunch with @jamellebouie.net

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I am available to write filibusters for these Senators, but there may be a few references to Buckaroo Banzai slipped in there.

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MORE BARGING

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if RFK Jr takes away the Hershey Sundae Pie I will occupy the HHS offices in a tent

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“There are too many stories / it’s all too sad / it’s a new thing every day” You live here! Right now in this moment! Sometimes reality demands of you larger things than you want to give. Too bad.

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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

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What is scenario elected Democrats are imagining (in their minds, where this is a half-alarm fire)? Everything is bad, but they fundraise for 26 as the resistance, use the DNC to pick off any new wild cards in primaries, and know the votes will roll in b/c they’re the best of 2 bad options again.

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Democratic Party’s newly elected Chair, Ken Martin: “There are a lot of good billionaires out there that have been with Democrats, who share our values, and we will take their money. But we’re not taking money from those bad billionaires.”

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is someone putting together an elite team to primary every elected Dem who does not feel a millennial amount of rage and stakes? because I, very seriously, will volunteer to help

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your reps are standing in an ant pile, covered in fire ants. please call them and tell them to step out of the ant pile. they pay attention to these calls!

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