Nick Dean

simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.

“He thinks you’re dumb. He thinks you’ll buy any lie he says to shift blame away from him. He thinks you can’t understand that his actions only make sense for him and his friends. We know he’s wrong. We know you can see him for what he is: selfish, unfit, and weird.”

“He continues to make choices that are definitely going to make your life harder. When you wake up tomorrow, next week, next month or next year and wonder why everything is worse - he’s your answer.”

‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party struggling to decide what it believes in, what issues to prioritize and how to confront an aggressive right-wing administration.

Some options to consider:

“Since taking office, this man has done a lot to help himself and his friends. And nothing to help your everyday life improve.”

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The irony that I do not have the patience to wait the years it takes for my kids to learn patience is not lost on me

Bishop Mariann Budde’s bold choice to use whatever platform she was given hit me so hard.

It was refreshing and relieving and maybe it didn’t change anything but also…she knew she had to say and do something.

I feel exactly how she feels here: IS ANYONE GOING TO SAY ANYTHING?

There’s a house in my neighborhood that goes all out for the holidays and opens their yard to everyone. They have a wall where you write your holiday wishes too. ❤️

Omgggg look at ‘em

LI had a chance to evolve past professional networking with a splash of social media into something bigger.

I predict many folks, esp. those who are short on time and $$ for comms, will leave LI behind for Bluesky over the next year or so.

There’s lots of talk of fair talk about how Threads really missed the mark with some of its decisions and is clearly losing to Bluesky.

But I also think LinkedIn should be terrified. Ive not seen enough innovation and change from them even though they had a boom during Twitter exodus.

As someone watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade with a 6 and 2 year old I am just wondering where I donate to a stream of just the balloons because these kids are not thrilled by the 3 second glimpses of a balloon followed by a Broadway show performance.

I just found out via my Threads account that Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as Attorney General nominee.

Lots of new adds today on the #comms4good Starter Pack. Follow to bring the best folks doing communications at nonprofits and foundations (and our consultant friends) to your feed! And comment if you fit that vibe and would like to be added!

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a woman is singing into a microphone on a stage while crying . ALT: a woman is singing into a microphone on a stage while crying .

The frustrating thing about Drake is that I have streamed Heated on Renaissance enough times to pay for his BBL. I need to find a way to go up for Uncle Johnny without paying him anything.

White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.

A wider field view of Westerlund 1. A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes, due to the telescope’s optics. They have a variety of sizes depending on their brightness and distance from us in the cluster, and different colours reflecting different types of star. Patches of billowing red gas can be seen in and around the cluster, lit up by the stars. Small stars in the cluster blend into a background of distant stars and galaxies on black.

this is literally what it feels like to have astigmatism

We fail people in so many, many ways 💔

First day of vacation but the kiddo had a fever.

At least he is obsessed with Hamilton

I’m Nick! 👋🏻

“If I drop out of high school calculus, I’ll never graduate college.”

Who cares if it’s bait: fight the horrific bathroom bill and Congressional rule, tooth and nail.

The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.

This isn't a culture war. This is the only trans congresswoman, ever being bullied through the press and legislation, and having only 1 of hundreds of colleagues stand up for her. They can do more than 1 thing at a time. Defending her will not take so much effort that they can't do their jobs.

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This should totally exist! Would love to be added and for @burness.com to be on it!

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📽️ Go see Jesse Eisenberg’s film “A Real Pain”. It is very, very good! youtu.be/b2et8Vpu7Ls?...

Who’s one of your favorite follows here on Bluesky? 🦋

A fun thing about where I live now is that SpaceX tests LITERALLY shake my entire house.

After 3 years of Twitter chaos causing havoc most days at my job Elon Musk somehow has found a way to continue irking me.

Starting to feel personal.

The first few notes of Yeah are like sleeper agent trigger words that activate older millennials