Jumpin’ Punkin
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I study Congress; jazz; baseball; other things too
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Morgan Jerkins
about 12 hours ago
I hate to ask this but: Or what? What if they just don't do it? Then what?
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Alejandra Caraballo
about 12 hours ago
A non-negotiable for Democrats in the 2028 primaries is that they must promise to expand and reform the court. The Supreme Court has lost all legitimacy to rule and it needs to be completely overhauled. Nothing less would be an abject failure and acquiescence to Republican ratfucking of the court.
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Gillian Brockell
about 10 hours ago
Commercial airlines gonna have 10 percent of their flights cut tomorrow. Meanwhile Omni is humming along with three ICE removal trips in the last two days. The migrants on the plane landing in Vietnam have been shackled for 31 hours.
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Will Bunch
about 9 hours ago
Wow -- I saw him endorse Trump at the infamous rally last October in Latrobe, Pa., the same one where Trump talked about Arnold Palmer's genitalia I bet Trump pardons him
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Walter Olson
about 8 hours ago
Human millstone: Trump has been uniquely successful in dragging down the fortunes of Republicans in Virginia.
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Trump is why the Republicans lost in the recent Virginia elections - Liberty Unyielding
The GOP was crushed in the recent Virginia elections because Donald Trump is terribly unpopular in Virginia. Before Trump was president, the GOP easily controlled the Virginia state legislature, and h...
https://libertyunyielding.com/2025/11/06/trump-is-why-the-republicans-lost-in-the-recent-virginia-elections/
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about 19 hours ago
It’s happening now!
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
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Worsening listeria outbreak tied to pasta products kills 6, hospitalizes 25
Certain prepared pasta dishes were recalled from retailers like Trader Joe's, Kroger and Walmart between June and October. Health officials urge customers to dispose of them and clean their fridges.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5598279/listeria-outbreak-prepared-pasta
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And 77M voted for this
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about 5 hours ago
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Sherrilyn Ifill
about 9 hours ago
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
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Burgess Everett
about 12 hours ago
News: Democrats are inclined to keep their shutdown fight going, according to multiple people familiar. Republicans are weighing a funding vote tomorrow but Democrats are leaning toward blocking it at this point without more reassurances on ACA/federal workers
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
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Democrats lean toward digging in on shutdown fight
Coming off Tuesday’s election victories, the party wants to keep fighting for health care subsidies.
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/06/2025/democrats-lean-toward-digging-in-on-shutdown-fight
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Kyle Cheney
about 11 hours ago
NEW: California’s attorney general said Thursday he’s wary of moves Trump could make to use federal power to interfere in the 2026 elections — through intimidation, suppression or purges of the voter rolls.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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‘I’m wary about this president’: California AG sounds warning about midterm security
“We are in unprecedented territory with this administration," AG Rob Bonta said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/06/california-ag-rob-bonta-2026-midterms-00640628?utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=dlvr.it
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)
1 day ago
The Office of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to operate, even with the shutdown
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Howard French
2 days ago
Mamdani's victory wasn't only a repudiation of an old and exhausted political establishment in the city, it was also a triumph over the framing power of the political press, and none more so than the New York Times, whose coverage and editorials worked relentlessly to dampen his appeal.
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Good 🧵 if you’re traveling in near future
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😒 and he’ll take his sweet time with that
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Liz Covart
3 days ago
250 years ago this week, Lord Dunmore shook the colonies: “All indented servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to rebels)… free, that are able and willing to bear arms.” Dunmore’s Proclamation changed the Revolution. 🎧 Hear the story
#AmericanRevolution
#Revolution250
#Virginia
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Episode 424: Andrew Lawler, Dunmore's Proclamation & the American Revolution in Virginia
In honor of the 250th anniversary of Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation and the American Revolution in Virginia, which he helped fuel.
https://benfranklinsworld.com/424
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Jason Koebler
about 17 hours ago
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-supercharging-the-war-on-libraries-education-and-human-knowledge/
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HuffPost
about 14 hours ago
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
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DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty In Assault Case
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-sandwich-guy-not-guilty_n_690b8d7fe4b09953a606304d?utm_campaign=bluesky_feed
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Radley Balko
about 13 hours ago
Uh …
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They’re no longer useful to him
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Molly Knight
about 14 hours ago
One of Trump’s staffers just passed out. Rather than offer any comfort whatsoever, he is seething and disgusted. One photo sums up his entire pathology.
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Good assessment
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Robert Reich
about 14 hours ago
Lina Khan, the former head of the FTC, will now co-chair Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team. Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
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Baseball by BSmile
about 20 hours ago
“Winning isn’t everything, Charlie Brown.” --- “That’s true, but losing isn’t anything!” (Classic Peanuts - November 6, 1967) ⚾️
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Baseball by BSmile
about 17 hours ago
Pittsburgh
#Pirates
pitcher John Candelaria hurls a no-hitter vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers at Three Rivers Stadium! (1976) Happy 72nd Birthday to "The Candy Man", born on this day in 1953!
#MLB
#Baseball
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19thnews
about 14 hours ago
Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.
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States are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are out of options
Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/states-cutting-child-care-funding/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=Facing%20budget%20shortfalls%20&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Aaron Rupar
about 21 hours ago
New in PN: Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win "Guess everyone got tired of waiting for $2 gas & decided to skip right to transgender for everyone! But across the US, there were dozens of significant down-ballot races where Dems cleaned up in ways that bode well for the future"
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5 Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win
Ride the blue wave.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/2025-elections-dem-down-ballot-wins
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johnedwinmason
about 17 hours ago
Great profile of the artist Rama Duwaji (Zohran Mamdani is her husband) in the latest RVA Magazine. Includes many examples of her excellent work. She's a Virginia Commonwealth University Arts grad. Virginia can claim her! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, VCU.
rvamag.com/art/rama-duw...
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Rama Duwaji: From VCU Arts to New York’s First Lady
Rama Duwaji, a Syrian illustrator and 2019 VCU Arts graduate, is now New York City’s First Lady. Her work explores sisterhood, migration, and empathy through illustration, animation, and ceramics. Fro...
https://rvamag.com/art/rama-duwaji-from-vcu-arts-to-new-yorks-first-lady.html
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We need him here
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
about 18 hours ago
I think the ”super radical” takes that Mamdani is a counter revolutionary phenomenon are extremely tired arm chair shit Also he is gonna be Mayor of NYC so anyone who was expecting him to lead the revolution either works for the NY Post or doesn’t understand the system or both
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Beatgrrrl
about 17 hours ago
ICYMI: The New York Times is done with women
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Matthew Green
about 19 hours ago
I posted this 15 minutes before Pelosi announced her retirement. I’ll probably have something to say about her speakership later…but for now, here’s some new data about congressional Republicans resisting Trump.
open.substack.com/pub/misofact...
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Are Members of Congress Pushing Back against President Trump? Part III
Explaining GOP Resistance
https://open.substack.com/pub/misofact/p/are-members-of-congress-pushing-back-70b?r=cgryq&utm_medium=ios
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19thnews
about 19 hours ago
Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.
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After 35 years, Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress
Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/nancy-pelosi-retiring-congress/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_content=Pelosi%2C%20the%20first%20and%20onl&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Don Moynihan
about 17 hours ago
Part of the story of the Trump administration is the effort to demolish state capacities. Some will be very hard to rebuild and that is the point (thread)
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Burgess Everett
about 21 hours ago
Big day for shutdown - Senate Rs want an answer on reopening government and Dems will hold a critical meeting. If things are trending poorly, Senate might not stay in this wkend "We will have a lot of conversations,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. “And we need to.”
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
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🟡 Semafor Washington, DC: ‘Let loose the dogs’ | Semafor
In today’s edition: Day 37 of the government shutdown could prove crucial, and the Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump’s tariff regime.
https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/11/06/2025/semafor-washington-dc-let-loose-the-dogs#b
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Josh Huder
about 20 hours ago
Senator Tuberville has made some pretty epic tactical blunders during his time in the Senate. But, he gets this one spot on: Americans do not care about Senate rules. Nuking the filibuster wouldn't create the uproar many Democrats assume. But Republicans won't do it anyway.
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G Elliott Morris
about 20 hours ago
I’m taking a victory lap for my coverage of young voters over the last year. I’ve argued that Trump’s 2024 gains with voters <30 stemmed mostly from anti-incumbent sentiment from high inflation — and that “GOP gains” / a youth “realignment” was a mirage. Tuesday’s results suggest I was right.
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Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
Democrats outran their polls and swept statewide races from Georgia to New Jersey, on an agenda of affordability and a broad anti-Trump backlash
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data-driven-takeaways-from
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Cristian Farias
about 20 hours ago
The tariffs may go down in flames at the Supreme Court, but we’re not out of the woods just yet. To this day, John Roberts has shown no indication of wishing to dial back the worst aspects of his disastrous immunity decision, which the Trump administration is weaponizing in three other key cases.
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The Three Months That Could Make Trump King
In each presidential power grab, you can find the fingerprints of John Roberts. The worst may be yet to come.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/supreme-court-john-roberts-donald-trump.html
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Ethan Iverson
about 21 hours ago
new to me: Gieseking plays Handel, Bach, Scarlatti. Tremendous! A reason to live. Uploader Mark Ainley (The Piano Files) says it is one of Gieseking's best studio records.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ4B...
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Walter Gieseking: Columbia Masterworks ML 4646 (Handel, Bach, Scarlatti)
YouTube video by The Piano Files
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ4BvrnsLV0&list=RDgQ4BvrnsLV0
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ElieNYC
1 day ago
This man is your problem now, Istanbul
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Mark Jacob
1 day ago
FIFA, the international group that runs soccer’s World Cup, has a history of corruption and is led by a pal of Trump’s. For some reason, FIFA has invented its own peace prize, which will be awarded next month. Something tells me the fix is in.
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FIFA announces new peace prize to be awarded at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
https://apnews.com/article/fifa-peace-prize-trump-infantino-682042bcb23ba0e02dcc5f1e88894ffd
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Alejandra Caraballo
1 day ago
Starving the troops has famously gone so well for leaders throughout history. /s
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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label)
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When
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naylandblake
2 days ago
Imagine how many food banks Bloomberg could have funded with that five mil instead of flushing it down the toilet of the Cuomo campaign.
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Jim Saksa
1 day ago
This is FIFA folks. Plenty of time for Putin to bribe his way to a victory here
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Bryce Youngquist
1 day ago
mildly horrifying trivia: Fievel got its start as Disney thinking "hey, we should do an adaptation of Maus" the creator of Maus, unsurprisingly, was horrified and told them to fuck off
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Doomscroller General
1 day ago
Fun fact: Fievel is technically Ukrainian. The Mousekewitzes lived in Shostka, in the present-day Sumy Oblast in Ukraine, before they were driven out by the pogrom at the beginning of the movie.
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Brendel
1 day ago
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
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