Not what this article is entirely about but I HATE scam pacs what do you mean they raised $678 MILLION AND ONLY ELEVEN MILLION WENT TO CANDIDATES AND CAMPAIGNS

Emily Amick@emilyinyourphone.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I found some tea at the FEC

I found some tea at the FEC

Is AOC running for President?

What a stroll through recent FEC list acquisition data taught me

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starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

Superb reflection by @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social on current state of political violence in US emilyinyourphone.substack.com/p/how-the-ri...

How the Right Reacted to Charlie Kirk's Death

At one point yesterday evening I was sitting on my phone processing the videos of Charlie Kirk’s murder and the news about 47th school shooting this year.

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As always, @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social nails it. "We should not have to live in a country where school shootings and political violence are the norm. Our neighbors, our families, our children deserve better. And that’s what we are fighting for."

How the Right Reacted to Charlie Kirk's Death

At one point yesterday evening I was sitting on my phone processing the videos of Charlie Kirk’s murder and the news about 47th school shooting this year.

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I think a lot of people were surprised by the scale and reach of the Charlie Kirk influencer ecosystem this week. There’s another massive influencer ecosystem you might not be aware of, and it’s MAHA. And they’ve set their sights on taking down abortion.

"Democracy is a living, breathing beast whose strength hinges on the full unhindered participation of ALL citizens." Sami Sage & Emily Amick, Democracy in Retrograde #WeThePeople #StrongerTogether @samisagesays.bsky.social @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social

Take action & find joy, as the feud you need to fight.

If your whole political identity is “resisting government overreach,” then why are you silent when ICE arrests people without warrants, hearings, or ID? Tyranny isn’t always a big speech and a boot. Sometimes it’s just a cell phone and a badge that says nothing.

This is not just about Medicaid, it’s about how we want to function as a country. If we think life is better for all of us if we take care of our neighbors, or if we want to let corporations write the rules, cut the safety net, and call it ‘freedom.’

@emilyinyourphone.bsky.social's explainer on the pronatalism movement connects the dots with a lot of helpful information. Read it if you haven't already. (And she's having a subscription sale this week if you're interested.) open.substack.com/pub/emilyiny...

EXPLAINER: They Want Us All to Be Breeders

A pronatalism explainer for those who thought this was just fringe nonsense

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One thing about me is if you text about your medical ailment, I will suggest Gato.

guys they're going to stop feeding TSA's bomb-sniffing dogs, per Fox News nat security correspondent:

Hey folks – my phone system is having some tech difficulties and hanging up on callers that opt to leave voicemails. Your calls are important to me, so we're working hard to get it up again, but to be clear, I’m a NO on the CR, so if that’s why you’re calling, I hear ya!

@schatz.bsky.social when are you going to tell us what you were thinking?

Thank god Dems didn't give up that valuable weapon, the filibuster! How would they oppose this administration without it?

Has any org put out a release breaking down what’s actually in the CR?

I cannot believe Congressional dems scheduled their retreat for this week - it’s like they never planned to fight.

Private Equity is about to do with Social Security what they did with Joanne’s.

An Elon Musk Friend, Antonio Gracias, Joins His Effort on Social Security

The involvement of Antonio Gracias, an investor who has known Elon Musk for two decades, suggests that Mr. Musk has made overhauling the Social Security Administration a priority.

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Dems should accept a 30 day clean CR and then spend the next month actually preparing a massive messaging war.

At least 50% of Tesla owners are bad drivers. The correlation is strong.

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

A lot of MAGA about to learn that riding in a Tesla makes you nauseous

Tesla infomercial on the White House lawn is not the future I dreamed of while watching QVC with my grandma

Sometimes I like to think about the lives of the people in Russia tasked with following me around the internet

I listened to this podcast and I fear we have lost the plot on dating. People really treat it like it’s an algorithm to be gamed when it is in fact about two people getting to know each other.

ICYMI, SkinnyTok is trending and it’s as bad as you think

I think the internet has totally changed the value of a conference. You can now see people speak from your bathtub. The value of a conference is the in person connections and networking. I wish conference coordinators would make more time for that and less time for a million panels.

The fact that this man has no values or empathy always shows

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · last yr.

From the man who backed out of a fight with Mark Zuckerberg and an appearance on the Daily Show: "I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat". This is "my dad works for Nintendo" level stuff.

It’s interesting that two out of the three biggest lib independent media conglomerates (Contrarian, Bulwark, Meidas - I think) are former republicans.