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I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.

@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social I think you are stretching things here a bit. It seems like he didn’t want it to be a Utahan and would have preferred it to be some outside force. This didn’t have the sinister edge you are implying. Agree with you on many things but gotta call a spade a spade.

Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine

Great news: In response to RFK’s anti-vax moves last week, NY will allow pharmacies to provide covid vax WITHOUT a prescription. (Age 3+)

But any tariff inflation will be transitory.

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The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to:

•admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states
•abolish ICE
•grant citizenship to any immigrant
•disband the 5th Circuit
•expand the Supreme Court

Seriously: Why the hell not?

Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington

More framing like this, please

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

Everything I've seen about Democrats' version of Project 2029 is far too modest and weak-kneed. Democrats need to look at the precedents Trump is setting (and shattering) and figure out how a progressive can maximally wield the power that this administration is concentrating in the executive branch.

Trump Is Building a Maximalist Government In a series of actions this week, the president sought to expand the government’s reach.

The New York Times uses the word “maximalist” because it’s afraid to use the word “dictatorship.”

This, a thousand times.

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

@kairyssdal.bsky.social has been setting an example for broadcasters (public and private) and mainstream reporters in his strict "let's the cut the BS" insistence on truth.

All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.

Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.

My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

But apart from some fun spats, things were mostly fine. We sang our songs, we sold our wares, some of us were rich, some of us were poor, some of us tried to sneakily recruit each other, good times.

AND THEN THE FUCKING BRITISH SHOWED UP.

The electrification imperative How a switch from burning fossil fuels to using electricity can unlock the full value of the energy transition

People inside (and outside) the energy world waste way too much time debating the merits of individual energy sources & technologies. The most important thing right now, which all our resources should be aligning behind, is ELECTRIFICATION.

TikTokers Say They Trolled Trump’s Birthday Parade By Reserving Tickets They Didn’t Use TikTokers Say They Trolled Trump’s Birthday Parade By Reserving Tickets They Didn’t Use

Over the past 48 hours, TikTokers — and BlueSkiers, Threaders, and even Twitterers —  took a cue from 2020 K-Pop stans and reserved tickets to a trump rally they weren't gonna use.

www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...

The New York Times front page.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

No kings crowd in Louisville

No kings crowd in Louisville

#nokings kicking off in Louisville

having a whole life where I mean to say something relatable but instead I say something that warrants a wellness check

Big Bad Breakfast

Is there no process for impeachment in the city government?

Still the best cup of chai in Louisville @ quills coffee, unfortunately not on Bluesky.

Donald would flip his wig if he saw it.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Schumer responded to Trump’s attacks on Americans by… voting for another one of Trump’s nominees.

What the fuck are we doing here?

Imagine what a competent opposition party could do with this stuff

Yes, this!

Has this ever been done in the past in the US? Is this an issue of who gets to play the shadow Prez?

Like the approach but one thing I don’t understand. We don’t have a media network/party organ (fox) that readily rebroadcasts these points. The MSM appears to be dysfunctional at best & in the tank for other team at worst. No rightwing bots or echo chamber on social so how do we amplify the message?

2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat

Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:

1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...