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@cmarkerm.bsky.social

Theatre educator, producer, writer, composer and performer; juggling marriage, adult children, and their partners. Grandfather! Politically obsessed.

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Texas Republicans being more committed to cheating voters with a frankenstein map than to doing emergency legislation to fix the state's flood warning systems is pretty much all you need to know about them.

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I know we are the stupidest county *right now* but are we the stupidest country ever?

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Tennessee Is About to Execute Byron Black β€” Despite His Intellectual Disability Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him anyway.

Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him anyway.

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The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

DO NOT LOOK AWAY

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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FWIW, violation of Hatch Act is not a criminal offense, it's a civil administrative violation.

Person who violated the Hatch Act could lose his/her job or pay a fine.

13 people in lardass' 1st assministration violated the Hatch Act.

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The Invention of β€œSesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

β€œSesame Street” and its sequel, β€œThe Electric Company,” were, β€œwith lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

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The man who just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because their numbers supposedly weren’t accurate just claimed that he lowered drug prices in America by 1500%.

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β€œEvery fabricated deadline, every manipulative text, every email screaming that democracy will end without your $15β€”each one burns through something more valuable than money: trust.” data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...

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Canada’s McIntosh grabs fourth gold to cap dominant world swimming championships Canada’s Summer McIntosh capped a dominant world swimming championships with her fourth gold medal on Sunday, winning the women’s 400-metre individual medley in championship-record time.

Summer wins her forth gold with a record time!
What an amazing athlete.
www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...

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still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs

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This is what is happening right now.

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All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

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β€œ.. This is the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic,” Ms. Yellen said.

@bencasselman.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

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www.upi.com Boeing defense machinists strike in Missouri, Illinois - UPI.com

Boeing defense machinists strike in Missouri, Illinois https://twp.ai/4iox9m

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Virtually zero legacy media coverage of this statement. A couple of stories, that’s about it. The lies and insane statements have become completely normalized and are largely ignored now by Big Media.

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Ken Paxton is great because he's never not testing the limits of human reasoning. He's a pioneer in stupidity. He's like an astronaut for the completely spaced program. You've never seen someone more dedicated to being openly moronic without a shred of charm to show for it.

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πŸ‘‡πŸ½

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Raspberry Beret

Prince Mamdani is a sexy motherfucker and it's probably a sign o' the times that his Republican opponent dresses like it's 1979.

by Maureen Dowd

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Would you like see the ACTUAL footage of what was said about the Epstein files by a hard hitting Democratic leader like .
@azsecretary.bsky.social
before it was EDITED...and CUT from the footage...because it made the Republican he was debating look like a moron? Thought so. I was able to get it.

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White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report | Fox Business Video National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief and the consumer impact of tariffs on 'Fox News Sunday.'

Hassett went on TV and claimed you can’t trust the economic data anymore because all the recent revisions are partisan.
A bald-faced lie.
Every serious economist still in this administration should resign. They are actively underminding the US economy by lending their credibility to this horse****

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I didn't have "Eric Adam's Giving Ethics Advise to Anyone" on my Trumpian Disaster Bingo Card.

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This trivial man is responsible for taking food and medicine from poor people. Many died. He’s such a foolish, awful, and unhelpful person.

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β€˜It’s tedious. It’s repetitive’: why life admin is awful, and how to do it anyway

Personal paperwork can be mentally taxing and emotionally draining – it’s no wonder so many of us put it off. Here experts share their advice for facing the inevitable:

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