Lol. I read the article about the new centrist think tank, and my goodness, why would anyone back this guy who seems to... not be very good at his job? All of your candidates failed to generate excitement in the base and lost, except for the one who did, but then flipped on everything immediately. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidylf4th6pxh6hrmol5vs5fysmq3lawk66gszasc5tzygr2cg2mb4
It is quite incredible how all these new groups are defined by all the good things they *won't* do. Have some fucking principles and talk about what you do believe in. RE:
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jamelle (@jamellebouie.net)
trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics...
I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk,...
Just noting, this letter (from the URL) is to "big tech" so according to Congress, Bluesky is "big tech" now. 😜 RE:
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Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net)
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Lol. If you look up "it's okay when the President does it" in the dictionary, they have a picture of John Yoo. So for him to say this is quite something. This is the guy who wrote the legal memo justifying torture. And now he's all "hey, there's a line!" RE:
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)
“.. There has to be a line between crime and war,” said John Yoo, a former deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush. @...
It is truly incredible how blusteringly incompetent these guys are. RE:
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Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social)
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3...
Lol. Protesting the President is RICO now? RE:
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Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)
Deputy AG Blanche: RICO is available to all kinds of organizations committing crimes and committing wrongful acts… So is it sheer happenstance th...
Clay Higgins saying there are no 230 protections for companies that don't suppress people celebrating Kirk's death is not just wrong on the law but a very clear attack on First Amendment protected speech. This is actual government jawboning in pursuit of silencing disfavored views. RE:
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Jess Miers 🦝 (@jmiers230.bsky.social)
This is an abuse of government authority from Rep. Clay Higgins. It's jawboning. It's a violation of the First Amendment. And Americans on the left...
For anyone who missed our Kickstarter for the very fun card game One Billion Users (or if you backed it and want extra copies) we just put up our remaining stock for sale. There are not that many, so this is your LAST CHANCE to get one. We also have a few discounted "damaged box" copies... RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Missed The Kickstarter? You’ve Got One Last Chance! Limited Copies Of Our Social Media Card Game Are Now Available Over the past few months, we...
Also, likely to have Warner Bros. Discovery (which includes HBO and CNN) based on what's been said. So, you know... Of course, I'm sure we'll continue to hear about how "the woke liberal media" is against MAGA. RE:
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Darin Self (@darinself.com)
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