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c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Working more and more like some Marvel movie second string villain

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

Now that he has his Roy Cohn he needs a Jacques-Louis David - "an American Bonaparte (albeit more Louis Napoleon than the original) sitting astride the nation itself." but all he has are plated gewgaws as tacky as himself

jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

they desperately want footage of soldiers shooting americans

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

The triangulation politics of the Clinton era continues to ruin the party’s future and relevance to the world we face now. They were a long term disaster and actually a continuation of Reagan era BS

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

As soon as the sentence starts “yes crime is a problem but…” I know it’s another one of them that’s accepted Trumps framing and time to turn the channel

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Definitely joining ICE they need bodies comfortable with cruelty

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

There nothing we can do easily w the senate But repealing the Apportionment Act of 1929 designed to keep power in rural areas, instantly adjusts balance in the house and the Electoral College (where each rep adds an elector)

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

So many judges to impeach- Trump Administration Can Withhold Billions in Aid, Appeals Court Rules www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

This represents the failure of Democrats to live up to the challenges of our time by not having made DC a state when they had the chance Live Updates: Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Not overlooked just overwhelmed

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

FAFO

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s always the bald cruelty that’s point,

Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted

Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) reposted

Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

The times proudly wears it’s bias like an arm band

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

This article is full of New York Times weasel words and phrasing. Oh “he claims he is not a communist.“ the Times wears it’s bias like an armband.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

Another ringing endorsement for Mamdani - do you really need a better reason to vote Mamdani?! Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

This is all doable- stop whining and fearing the future- good article w the right road map - Mamdani Has Done Something Special. Progressives Need Black Voters to Make It Last. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (@profciara.bsky.social) reposted

⚖️ This is so clearly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court who decided corporations have speech rights better decide that these human beings still have speech rights too.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

You can call her Packing but actually it’s bringing it up to the logical number. It should be 13.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

In case it’s not clear, I mean DC statehood within 30 days

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s why if the Democrats ever do take power again, they have to expand the Senate instantly and at the same moment, expand the core by four dilute Republican power till it becomes meaningless. No more games no more play no more old rules

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

CBS/ Paramount cancelling Colbert is another rhyme from the past, guess I’m just old, but doesn’t anyone else remember the Smothers brothers same network same cowardice different president

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

CBS/ Paramount cancelling Colbert is another rhyme from the past, guess I’m just old, but doesn’t anyone else remember the Smothers brothers same network same cowardice different president

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

SCOTUS doesn’t bend the knee it bends over It has to be expanded at the first opportunity F all this regular order crap Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/u...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

This term the GOP SCOTUS looked at Dred Scott and Korematsu and said hold my beer

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

If the Dems ever get back (doubt they’ll be given a chance) no more BS games- expand the court expand the senate, DC statehood, do not ever let the GOP ever get another toe hold on anything They play by no rules neither should we

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Well if it isn’t Ilsa the wolf Barbie

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

My first question for Allan would be who is this we you’re talking about or are you now a royal we

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Which should have happened in week one of the Biden administration

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t know how many times I’ve had to hear you explain to an older white male lawyer that they don’t know wtf is going on and you’ve always been right. One thing I know is if your hair is on fire, my head is being chopped off.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

It’s important to remember that Alabama is a state that lives off the government teat , i’d say he’s a rat that lives off blue state, largess

Democracy Skies in Blueness - Resist (@democracyblue.bsky.social) reposted

This is what happens when you follow a "businessman" with six bankruptcies.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

You’re not going to see something truer posted tonight

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

More white fragility reported on by fragile white men

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

The word of the day is prescient…be seeing you

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

No excuse for anyone who approved any of his nominees “Some ….Democrats who voted for Noem say they'd now oppose her …”

New Kings Democrats (@newkingsdems.bsky.social) reposted

WIRED (@wired.com) reposted reply parent

As you get ready to rumble, our WIRED guides: How to: 1. Protect yourself from government surveillance www.wired.com/story/the-wi... 2. Protest safely www.wired.com/story/how-to... 3. Protect yourself at the border www.wired.com/story/how-to... 4. Advocate for 🏳️‍⚧️ rights www.wired.com/story/how-to...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

The Press has to stop using the phrase preemptive strike. There is nothing that anyone has presented that shows this was a defensive strike rather than a first strike. Using preemptive strike is just falling in line with Israeli framing.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s a wonderful way of putting it in a good way for me to explain my vote to others. Thanks.

Julia Davis (@juliadavisnews.bsky.social) reposted

Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his fellow propagandists rejoiced about events in California, hoping they mark the beginning of a civil war in the United States they've long been rooting for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWo7...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

We should accept at this point that local PD‘s NY or LA Are 100% behind what ICE is doing

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

How long till we have Kent State redux Holman seems to relish the horror

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

They’ll wait until it’s spontaneously, combusts like every other one of their programs

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess it’s back to the old days - Ripple the choice of all old winos

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

Further proof of Institutional Collapse in the Age of AI - "submit columns with help from an A.I." The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...

Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) reposted

Looking forward to the confirmation hearing.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

I think our last election answered that question

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Really it’s time to eat the rich

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you, followed on your advice

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

And I bet they only had to pay him 50 cents in the dollar- Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost U.S. $1 billion

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

What do Harlem and Harvard have in common? Trump‘s never been to either, but is been terrified of both his whole life.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

A parting gift from Mayor Adams www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

Good Boy (@goodboy.bsky.social) reposted

A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted

OK, another cat post. The connection here is that most media coverage of Trump IS the chase of laser dots on the carpet.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

💯a cult of personality I wish they’d hurry up and get to the Kool Aid part of the show

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Good it’s something I already subscribed to, but I will miss you so much on your show

jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

To paraphrase a question Ms Redstone “For a merger ? Why …..it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for merger”

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

In the race to see who’ll sieg-heil first, Florida or Texas Florida wins www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted

Mountains of shame on Shari Redstone and everyone else involved here trying to settle such a ridiculous and baseless legal action. They’re so poor, all they have is money and they will eventually pay the price for their grotesque behavior.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

They thought Harvard would blink, they didn’t so now they’re winking

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted

the three of us are having a conversation

jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

weird, what could explain this

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess he could have declared the 5th, he has a lot of experience with that

Melody Schreiber (@melodyschreiber.com) reposted reply parent

If you think workers will report their injuries to OSHA, think again. They asked that I not share any identifying details that could lead to their visas being revoked. Visa holders are so nervous, they’re asking friends to go to the grocery store for them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

So little sympathy, so much schadenfreude

NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted

If the woke kids hadn't made people like me vote for Trump, we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Or he’s just an idiot

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Love smoked paprika, thanks will try it

Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted

economist friend points out that Trump just did a decade of wealth taxes in 3 days

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh they got what they paid for

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

What’s the rub on the chicken?

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

You do it all

Philip Gourevitch (@pgourevitch.bsky.social) reposted

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

ivermectin “Actually, that tastes like dead cancer.” Do I really want to stop him , I don’t think so www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

I tried to explain this to youngsters all the time they have no idea what it was like when I was in my 20s and 30s here in the 70s 80s and 90s we were lucky when there were only five murders a day

Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I am fascinated by this fourth wall–breaking footnote from Justice Jackson criticizing the majority for handing the Trump administration "a notch in its belt at the start of a legal battle in which the long-term prospects for its eventual success seem doubtful." It's more about optics than law ...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

Is posting this anti-semitic or is that only if i am a college student? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted

The new scotus decision doesn’t quite allow impoundment. But if the president can extort state governments through cut off of all funds, the states no longer have republican govt which the constitution guarantees them, and states shld then be free of their obligations and obedience to the executive.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

Trump loves to attach his names of things. How about this for branding - Trump Friday?

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Do you think it’s because they read “And Tango makes Three”?

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Love that I mean even the shocking past is great

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

ICYMI - "The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before." Gessen knows Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Mara Gay (@maragay.bsky.social) reposted

There is no American democracy without Black people.

Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) reposted

More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs www.startribune.com/iron-range-l...

Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted

Ezra Klein and Jon Stewart over-simplify and caricature the restrictions on this $42.5 billion broadband grant program to falsely paint the whole thing as an irredeemable waste. But they fail to mention a lot of important stuff because they didn't actually understand what they were talking about...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Best thing of the day

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Ruffin was my only excuse for watching but now they just doubled down on cowardice and advance obeisance Bye

Matty Rosenberg (@mattyrosenberg.bsky.social) reposted

So much winning…

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Does musk not know that he is America’s largest source of natural schadenfreude

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

Just the lowest and so stupid. The leopard is going to eat your face anyway only now we’ll cheer when it happens

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably paid more for her lips and eye job. Gotta keep the Trump look going.

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

How soon before we start poisoning people for Putin

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

As the prophet said ETTD

Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted

Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest. theins.press/en/news/280037

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social) reply parent

Which obviously and unfortunately, much of America has an endless appetite for. Adam Servers “the cruelty is the point “is because there’s an audience for cruelty here.

Jay Rosen (@jayrosen.bsky.social) reposted

"Most people, including a lot of journalists, don’t understand what an executive order even is. It’s not a law or even a quasi-law. An executive order is really just a memo from the president to his staff..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/notes...

c-kinbote.bsky.social (@c-kinbote.bsky.social)

You don’t think it could be because it was a black woman telling them the truth do you?