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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Trump, in his own words, said "Let's Go Brandon" wasn't harsh enough and he just preferred "Fuck Joe Biden."

🧵 This is a hard thread for me to share. My beautiful daughter @mrsholden2019.bsky.social is a 5th grade teacher, having dedicated her life to educating our nation’s youth. She is amazing. Her students adore her. Parents clamor every year to get their children placed in her class. 1)

I used to think "Do these people even know how insane they sound?" But now, after nearly 10 years of this, they've just cast aside all self respect so it just flows naturally. The entirety of the GOP is pathetic.

It sure seems like the press needs to start abandoning these meetings and leave him with nothing but Fox, OAN and Newsmax.

I was very disappointed when I opened to the New Abnormal to see the description start with "On the final episode of..." but very pleased to hear that Danielle and Andy were continuing on their own show. Great hosts, great content, great guests.

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Ah yes, the old "addition through subtraction" mantra.

I’m going to take this a step further: If you vote no on cloture, but do not publicly call for Schumer’s resignation, sit down until you have something worthwhile to say.

Hard to argue with this.

The United States, to hear some tell it, is currently experiencing a “plutocratic coup.” Its democracy is in decline, reports have warned. In light of that, I’d like to share a slightly personal story -- one that keeps me up at night: youtu.be/VDccQaYgwNk

You could not pay me to watch this garbage.

Soon, Donald Trump will be President 1 issue that concerns me is the COST to taxpayers for Trump's mass deportation and who profits from taxpayers' money First up Costs Our economy would suffer too New Report Shows the Devastating Costs of Mass Deportation search.app/P12aff3FbJWj...

Watch his video diatribe several years ago about his younger brother, Rick, basically blaming Rick for him having no relationship with him. As an older brother, it's incumbent upon you as the older sibling to try to bridge the gaps. He just walked away. Says a lot about Skip.

Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Just these 100 counties in purple produce 53.8% of America's entire GDP, and contain 41.3% of the population. 😲 Credit: @statisticurban

Here's how CNN covered Luigi Mangione's note: "This manifesto, these rantings and ravings of an individual that obviously has some aberrant thoughts in his mind and that's why he put it down on paper. So all of that is certainly very disturbing."

This may be the most important post-election post you will read. It is absolutely the way media people should be handling Trump and his henchmen/women. Confront every lie they tell and don't stop until they've acknowledged their lies.

What about all those other questions you wanted to ask? Forget them! Exactly. Once you accept that first lie and move on, why even bother asking more questions when you know it's going continue in a firehose of lies? What good does that do, unless your objective is to actually promote lies.

Congrats to CNN for Lowest-Rated Week in Decades open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

It's not surprising Trump wants people in his cabinet loyal to him, who will execute his whims and cravings. It's also not surprising that Trump is less concerned about competency than the aforementioned loyalty. Finally, it's ALSO not surprising there are so few both loyal to Trump AND competent.

This is why people left.

How is it everyone on the left knew this but the NYT is now just figuring this out?

AOC has become one of the most sound, logical politicians of our time. Granted, she has close to zero competition from the right, but posts like this aren't some liberal "Newspeak," she just makes sound common sense. A rarity these days in US politics.

It's taken a while but I'm trying to follow most/all of the accounts I used follow. Noel Casler is a welcome addition. If you follow me you should also follow Noel.

It is going to get really shitty, but the MAGA crowd will blame it on something else (or just migrants). When was the last time any Republican took responsibility for the results of their own policies? As their leader said when asked where the buck stopped, "I don’t take responsibility at all."

Wonder why the rule of law is failing? Here are six reasons . . . the rot at the top. This is what happens when we allow government officials to operate in an ethics-free zone with zero accountability.

I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night. We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is. It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump. 🧵

It's official, Bluesky just hit 20 million users!

So how would Trump's plan to bypass the Senate & install his Cabinet via "recess appointments" work? I delve into the mechanics at @atrupar.com's Public Notice. The essential detail: It all comes down to House Speaker Mike Johnson's willingness to play ball

The blue check system Elon implemented simply ruined Twitter.

And legacy media went along with it the whole time, saying "Trump has disavowed any connection with Project 2025" because of course he's telling the truth.

Erin Reed's piece goes into further detail, by explaining how the whole transgender issue was ramped up and politicized over the last 5 years. www.erininthemorning.com/p/opinion-th...

They literally refuse to accept the results of any election they don’t win. Even in an election cycle like this, still they find a way to frame themselves as victims. And Elon humors them.

Bill Maher is now insufferable.

Yep

Listening to Phish. Everything's Right So Just Hold Tight. I hope we can get back there.

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For all of us with a feeling of despair, please read George Takei's inspirational story.

1. The debate continues over why Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris. So far, it seems to be centered on two related arguments. One is that the vice president didn’t do enough to appeal to white working-class voters and their concerns about the economy. So they voted for Trump.

Anyone you see on your timeline right now praising RFK Jr. is a person you never need to take seriously on anything ever again. It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.

NEW: Video I first obtained during Mike Huckabee's 2016 presidential run show him saying "there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian," and arguing for a state outside of Gaza/West Bank in Jordan, Syria, or Egypt. He was just nominated for ambassador to Israel. www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/p...

"I have to say, I've really been enjoying the platform Bluesky. It functions almost identically to Twitter—but without all the baggage,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

Mark Meadows is no longer of use, so Trump's SCOTUS kicks him to the curb...

welcome to the 100k+ people who have joined Bluesky in the last 12 hours!!! 🦋 🎉

My time on Twitter is over. I'm not sure who is still not here but this is by far the best alternative.