people will never give biden his due—it's like his presidency didn't exist. he was the most "working-class" president in recent modern history—down to the fact that he was ready to sell or re-mortgage his house to pay for beau's increasing medical bills before obama offered to loan him the money.
...private equity for 1000 alex
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possibly from an American Sci-Fi writer from the 1960s, but not sure of the story
we are and continue to be and unserious nation bsky.app/profile/thet...
scotus justice hugo black "The press was to serve the governed, not the governors."
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i hate framing like this. primaries are good for democracy and fear of the primary has given us career politicians who are "comfortable" in their positions instead of the fighters we deserve
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just once in my gen-x lifetime i'd love for the senate to do the right thing. the senate or scotus, i'm not greedy, i'll take 1 right thing from just 1 of these bodies — goodness i'm exhausted! bsky.app/profile/marc...
and because of scotus overturning chevron, this is now the purview of the courts (for better or worse — history will show)
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i think you meant to say "I guess Jake only acts like Rambo when he is beating up on a old man with a stutter" because that's what all the criticism of Biden comes down too ... attacking a guy with a disability
as justice black wrote in the majority opinion (NYTimes v. U.S.—the pentagon papers case) "The press is to serve the governed, not the governors"
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was watching "Harper" last night with paul newman and there's a great morning scene where he's using a chemex—2 classics together bsky.app/profile/geor...
someone in the senate needs to run a filibuster reading aloud Dark Money by @janemayer.bsky.social .... it is shockingly eye-opening (and anger inducing)—the result may also include tax-code changes with regards to charitable giving. bsky.app/profile/mall...
actually, it's a FEDERAL CRIME
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word of warning, do not read Dark Money congruently with an article up on @nymag.com website about women & the new right (nymag.com/intelligence...). did so yesterday and it left me angry, dismayed and with a slight headache
currently reading "dark money" by @janemayer.bsky.social & it's incredibly disturbing. that most of this money is tax deductible is equally outrageous!education & campaign finance are 2 of this country's most important issues—not sexy, but vital to our democratic well being!
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i could be wrong, but only 5 stayed behind to request asylum
australia IS offering asylum to the women's team ... trump just wants to take credit www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...
not only in sports, unfortunately
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@axios.com ummm ... no bsky.app/profile/beuk...
@markwarner.bsky.social NO ONE WANTS AI IN OUR DAILY LIVES. NO ONE asked for its intrusion or its environmental pollution. UNDERSTAND THAT. the only work to do is LIMITING AI. one needs to realize the damage unfettered social media use has done to our nation to see the impetus of reining AI in now.
wow ... she looks like maggie gyllenhaal —or i guess maggie looks like gish!
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in illinois a resident can same-day register to vote — even on election day. just have them bring something with their name and address (a lease would be ok) and something with their name OR address (a credit card is fine)
it's not basic self-awareness here, it's that this playbook almost always works. people testifying usually do not just state how it is or how it's perceived — they hem and haw and attempt to be polite ... kennedy just got caught in the wrong net this time!
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@blumenthal.senate.gov so you can vote to cut off funding for this debacle
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@schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social please take note — THIS is how you answer the question ... then you MOVE ON bsky.app/profile/mero...
joe biden & his administration knew. why do you think his press coverage was so bad & why he wouldn't do a sit-down interview with them! it's just too hard for people to admit that he knew what he was doing! they would rather make fun of an older man with a stutter! bsky.app/profile/owil...
because, as we all know, trump and his family are the only ones who can profit from the grift
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this is on the SENATE for confirming them. I will never pretend to know what the founding fathers were thinking, but i can 100% say they NEVER thought that congresspeople would abdicate their power
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what do we think would happen after congress approved a budget rivaling any military's? we need to get line-item budgets passed for these agencies—it's a frickin' free-for-all. especially when Rs "say" we can't fund healthcare but then we fund this shit—appalling!
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i will say to my grave that someone showed him "top gun: maverick" and told him it was real life and that's why we're now in iran
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