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@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social is urging fellow Ds to vote FOR the corrupt crypto CLARITY Act.
I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that her 22 year old son received a $30 mil investment from a VC fund led by a crypto billionaire
www.politico.com/live-updates...
I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that her 22 year old son received a $30 mil investment from a VC fund led by a crypto billionaire
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Gillibrand privately urges Dems to advance crypto bill
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's posture on the legislation puts her at odds with progressives in her party.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social is urging fellow Ds to vote FOR the corrupt crypto CLARITY Act.
I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that her 22 year old son received a $30 mil investment from a VC fund led by a crypto billionaire
www.politico.com/live-updates...
I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that her 22 year old son received a $30 mil investment from a VC fund led by a crypto billionaire
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Dude is out there saying stuff that would have been shocking for a mainstream politician to say in the early 1900s, and this is how they frame it.
Bo French, a candidate for Texas’ railroad commissioner, tests boundaries of political speech as both parties struggle to define what’s off limits. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: on.wsj.com/3SI6qZe
Bo French, a candidate for Texas’ railroad commissioner, tests boundaries of political speech as both parties struggle to define what’s off limits. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
Plus, Trump says there’s no need for AI guardrails as long as he is in the White House, and why Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is roiling oil markets.
on.wsj.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Dude is out there saying stuff that would have been shocking for a mainstream politician to say in the early 1900s, and this is how they frame it.
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This is particularly crazy when you see how many NFL venues are scheduled to host Kanye West, a guy who literally released a song about Hitler. Including two of the stadiums who threatened Sheeran!
But he didn’t say anything good about Palestinians so it’s fine.
But he didn’t say anything good about Palestinians so it’s fine.
September 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This is particularly crazy when you see how many NFL venues are scheduled to host Kanye West, a guy who literally released a song about Hitler. Including two of the stadiums who threatened Sheeran!
But he didn’t say anything good about Palestinians so it’s fine.
But he didn’t say anything good about Palestinians so it’s fine.
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"I mean, come on. That’s one of the most sociopathic things I’ve heard Ted say, and that’s saying a lot." Worth reading the entire thing just for this line.
anyway, here’s a gift link if you want to read the whole thing and then yell at me, or greg casar, or the ai company CEOs, or anybody else really! www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
Congressman Greg Casar Wants to Stop AI From Killing Us All
The Democrat from Austin talks to Texas Monthly about his bill to prevent the development of superintelligence, which experts warn poses existential risks to humanity.
www.texasmonthly.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"I mean, come on. That’s one of the most sociopathic things I’ve heard Ted say, and that’s saying a lot." Worth reading the entire thing just for this line.
I’m sorry to say this but once you hear that Chris Collinsworth’s voice sounds like James Austin Johnson’s Trump you can’t unhear it.
September 14, 2026 at 1:29 AM
I’m sorry to say this but once you hear that Chris Collinsworth’s voice sounds like James Austin Johnson’s Trump you can’t unhear it.
No disrespect to @robertdownen.bsky.social. But Cornyn has nothing to lose. Burrows needs low stakes chances to throw a bone to his Democratic members. Leach is in a real race, and he and Patterson represent many thousands of South Asians. Wake me up when Abbott, Paxton, & Cruz disavow Bo French.
After months of staying quiet on his gutter racism, top Texas Republicans are now condemning a post in which Bo French, candidate for Texas Railroad Commission, posted a photo of brown UT students at yesterday's game and said "the problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined."
September 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
No disrespect to @robertdownen.bsky.social. But Cornyn has nothing to lose. Burrows needs low stakes chances to throw a bone to his Democratic members. Leach is in a real race, and he and Patterson represent many thousands of South Asians. Wake me up when Abbott, Paxton, & Cruz disavow Bo French.
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On the same day Ted Cruz gets roundly booed by Texas fans, Abdul El-Sayed has Michigan fans running over to shake his hand.
Please tell us more about who's popular with Real Americans™
Please tell us more about who's popular with Real Americans™
September 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
On the same day Ted Cruz gets roundly booed by Texas fans, Abdul El-Sayed has Michigan fans running over to shake his hand.
Please tell us more about who's popular with Real Americans™
Please tell us more about who's popular with Real Americans™
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This is a very moving piece that I'd recommend everyone read and consider.
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
www.transiticsnews.com
September 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is a very moving piece that I'd recommend everyone read and consider.
Nothing about this is an exaggeration. The only comp is basically “what if Joe Biden pardoned El Chapo who then campaigned for Democrats?”
September 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Nothing about this is an exaggeration. The only comp is basically “what if Joe Biden pardoned El Chapo who then campaigned for Democrats?”
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If the media is going to demand that Democrats disavow a Twitch streamer they’ve never associated, they better demand Ted Cruz disavow the Republican convention attendee who responded to Cruz’s own attacks on Democrats with calls for their murder.
September 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
If the media is going to demand that Democrats disavow a Twitch streamer they’ve never associated, they better demand Ted Cruz disavow the Republican convention attendee who responded to Cruz’s own attacks on Democrats with calls for their murder.
This is a great lesson; I’m gonna show this video at candidate trainings. Anyone who’s even *been to* a little league game knows Vivek looks like a complete tool in these vids. I’d bet he’s maybe never swung a bat before? Candidates! Don’t fake who you are! People can see it! What a dork.
September 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This is a great lesson; I’m gonna show this video at candidate trainings. Anyone who’s even *been to* a little league game knows Vivek looks like a complete tool in these vids. I’d bet he’s maybe never swung a bat before? Candidates! Don’t fake who you are! People can see it! What a dork.
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it's not her platform, but hinojosa's ad strategy is saying that abortion is bad and trans people are silly. anyone who cares about abortion or trans people has no one else to vote for, so i guess she figures why not attempt to reach the unknown number of texans who want to hear that from a democrat
Gina Hinojosa responds to Greg Abbott's ads hitting on her votes on transgender people by saying "My pronouns are mom/Texan and soon-to-be governor."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1g...
Pronouns
YouTube video by Gina Hinojosa
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
it's not her platform, but hinojosa's ad strategy is saying that abortion is bad and trans people are silly. anyone who cares about abortion or trans people has no one else to vote for, so i guess she figures why not attempt to reach the unknown number of texans who want to hear that from a democrat
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"Doctors, lawyers and engineers" is an international online Nazi trope. The "joke" is that non-White people are too stupid to be anything other than a criminal or someone who leeches social services. Read a Spanish newspaper about Ceuta, e.g., and you'll see "médicos y ingenieros" in the comments.
This is yet another telling example of the Trump regime’s racism.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
There’s no pretense here of targeting criminals - the usual excuse for mass deportations.
DHS is specifically encouraging Haitian “doctors, lawyers, scholars and engineers” to leave.
Any decent society would value these people.
September 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Doctors, lawyers and engineers" is an international online Nazi trope. The "joke" is that non-White people are too stupid to be anything other than a criminal or someone who leeches social services. Read a Spanish newspaper about Ceuta, e.g., and you'll see "médicos y ingenieros" in the comments.
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JD Vance on two separate occasions last week declined to criticize Tucker Carlson -- and in fact suggested that asking him to distance himself from an architect of his political career in unAmerican. www.mediamatters.org/jd-vance/jd-...
September 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
JD Vance on two separate occasions last week declined to criticize Tucker Carlson -- and in fact suggested that asking him to distance himself from an architect of his political career in unAmerican. www.mediamatters.org/jd-vance/jd-...
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Don’t trust @thebulwark.com. They want Trumpism lite and deniable oligarchy. The Weekly Standard’s DNA remains within them
Got 'em:
The @thebulwark.com added an editor's note to the review, acknowledging that the author's direct affiliation with the Foundation for American Innovation ("the foundation shaping the tech right," according to Inc.) created a conflict that should have been forthrightly disclosed.
The @thebulwark.com added an editor's note to the review, acknowledging that the author's direct affiliation with the Foundation for American Innovation ("the foundation shaping the tech right," according to Inc.) created a conflict that should have been forthrightly disclosed.
September 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Don’t trust @thebulwark.com. They want Trumpism lite and deniable oligarchy. The Weekly Standard’s DNA remains within them
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It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
September 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
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Here's yet another figure about whose direct connection to Republicans our Hasan Piker-obsessed media seems to have scant curiosity or follow-through.
September 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Here's yet another figure about whose direct connection to Republicans our Hasan Piker-obsessed media seems to have scant curiosity or follow-through.
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Oh my, federal prosecutors have indicted a state House candidate (Thomas Ross) in Missouri, alleging that he asked his campaign manager to plant cocaine on his primary opponent.
Thomas Ross, a Republican, won the primary by 32 votes and is now the GOP nominee in a red-leaning seat.
Thomas Ross, a Republican, won the primary by 32 votes and is now the GOP nominee in a red-leaning seat.
Missouri House candidate charged in plot to plant drugs on Republican primary opponent • Missouri Independent
A Republican legislative candidate in Joplin plotted to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent in an effort to derail her campaign, federal prosecutors allege.
missouriindependent.com
September 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Oh my, federal prosecutors have indicted a state House candidate (Thomas Ross) in Missouri, alleging that he asked his campaign manager to plant cocaine on his primary opponent.
Thomas Ross, a Republican, won the primary by 32 votes and is now the GOP nominee in a red-leaning seat.
Thomas Ross, a Republican, won the primary by 32 votes and is now the GOP nominee in a red-leaning seat.
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just trying to imagine if like, Hasan Piker said this and not a former high level White House Advisor and #1 donor to Republican campaigns in 2024 and 2026
Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles
September 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
just trying to imagine if like, Hasan Piker said this and not a former high level White House Advisor and #1 donor to Republican campaigns in 2024 and 2026
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This is the top republican donor
Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles
September 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This is the top republican donor
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“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’”
“A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Haitian immigrant in Ohio takes his own life after losing temporary protected status, family says
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he felt humiliated by an ankle monitor ICE officers placed on him after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’”
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The mother of a USNA midshipman was detained by ICE AT HER GREEN CARD INTERVIEW and is now being held in a concentration camp and I find it insane that people don’t understand how THAT is a bigger national security threat than any undocumented immigrant.
August 31, 2026 at 9:17 PM
The mother of a USNA midshipman was detained by ICE AT HER GREEN CARD INTERVIEW and is now being held in a concentration camp and I find it insane that people don’t understand how THAT is a bigger national security threat than any undocumented immigrant.
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there have been so many shitty clickbait headlines wrongly screaming about TX “suspending” more than a million voters ahead of the midterms
here’s what you actually need to know/do to verify voter registration if you live here in TX www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
here’s what you actually need to know/do to verify voter registration if you live here in TX www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
Voters on Texas’ suspense list haven’t been kicked off the voter roll
Election officials need to confirm their address, but registrations in suspense haven’t been canceled.
www.votebeat.org
August 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
there have been so many shitty clickbait headlines wrongly screaming about TX “suspending” more than a million voters ahead of the midterms
here’s what you actually need to know/do to verify voter registration if you live here in TX www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
here’s what you actually need to know/do to verify voter registration if you live here in TX www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...