What triggered MAGA was Markwayne Mullin saying we should fix agricultural visas. The real transgression was Mullin admitting immigrants can help the economy, and that reform can *actually achieve this.* MAGA wants migration to be seen as fundamentally unmanagable. newrepublic.com/article/2138...
MAGA is raging at DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin for discussing immigration reform. But the real reason MAGA is so furious is he admitted immigration can be managed in a way that benefits our country. This is absolutely lethal to white nationalist ideology. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam
Markwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: That immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.
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Losing a race and then launching conspiracy theories to attract Trump's attention is apparently the best resume booster now for Republicans.
Julianne McShane@juliannemcshane.bsky.social · last wk.SCOOP for @ms.now w/ Akayla Gardner: Trump met with Spencer Pratt in LA this week, a White House official says Republicans have been floating Pratt as a future presidential contender after his relative success in the LA mayoral race. 👀
I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/2323...
Kenny Mayne (@kennymayne)
This is a test. This is only a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System. Had it been an actual emergency, you would have been notified to do something by government agencies that have been purged.
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This is like when a football analyst says “if you throw out this guy’s disastrous, game-deciding plays, he’s actually playing quite well.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Kevin Hassett on Fox News argues that if you exclude the sectors that lost hundreds of thousands of jobs, "you actually had a number that was about plus 100,000" 🙃
The aura of an OC wearing a hat with a weiner dog acting as a pump action shotgun.
The conventional wisdom that Democrats “have to move to the middle” to win elections is evidence-free horseshit. It’s beginning to sound like all the NFL coaches who used to argue that you just can’t start a black quarterback. You know until they did. And then they won.
From the deepest recesses of my soul: Get fucked Andy Ogles
VoteHub@votehub.com · last wk.VoteHub projects Charlie Hatcher to win the Republican primary for Tennessee U.S. House District 5.
The works Lauren Collins drew on while writing her new book “They Stole a City.” www.newyorker.com/books/what-w...
Four Histories of Race in America
The works Lauren Collins drew on while writing her new book “They Stole a City.”
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Trump's massive media censorship operation began largely with a lie campaign accusing Trump opponents of censorship. This is its origin story:
Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 2w agoThe paperback of Invisible Rulers is out today! To celebrate I dropped audio of the Twitter Space where Mike Benz first groomed Matt Taibbi into believing there'd been "mass censorship" of "hundreds of millions of tweets"—something he'd then testify before Congress. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...
“I stopped talking to my therapist. I felt like I was ranting like a lunatic and he was listening politely and asking me, ‘Is the bad man in the room with you right now?’” On how 21st century fascists make you sound crazy: badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...
The Fascists Are Making You Sound Crazy
You will appear to be a complete lunatic if you explain the political realities of competitive authoritarianism.
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“Overwhelmingly, these sources said that what was most unsettling to them was that for many months, they’ve been wargaming & meticulously planning how to defend their upcoming elections from Trump in ways that mirror how they’d plan to protect elections from a foreign adversary, not the president…”
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · last wk.disturbing the level of resources & time that election officials, elected Dems, & others across the U.S. are devoting to preparing for if Trump tries to sic ICE, troops, or armed feds on their polling sites @justinglawe.bsky.social & I take you behind the scenes on how: zeteo.com/p/inside-dem...
looking very healthy and extremely natural sir! thank you for protecting transgender for everyone!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump on Democrats: "They will overturn it if they take over. All of the things, including men in women's sports, transgender for everyone, they will overturn it if they get in. We can't let that happen." 🤔
The level of projection for these people is staggering
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoDr Oz: "When you steal money from the federal government, you ought to go jail and go to jail for a long time"
Dr. Anthony Fauci's lawyer responds to the Monday attack from Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers: "Aaron Rodgers doesn't know what he's talking about. He should stick to football."
Dr. Anthony Fauci's lawyer says Aaron Rodgers "should stick to football"
The ball is back in Rodgers's court.
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It's actually really important to make this more of a story than it is. Repression is ramping up and the less support those folks get, the wider the net will be next time. People will not be scared into submission if they hear about this, they will be more determined to fight. More of this please!
Sam Levin@samtlevin.bsky.social · 3w agoA Minnesota religious studies professor is facing six years in prison, with the DOJ saying he is part of an "antifa" conspiracy against ICE Erik Davis speaks out about his prosecution, largely based on a handful of his comments in Signal chats. He's not accused of any violence “It’s petty revenge"
On this day 3 years ago a man sent up a call for aid and his neighbors answered, giving us the greatest video of the decade. Happy Chairteenth to all who celebrate.
How? Democrats largely decided to withdraw from the interior states w very few exceptions. They did this by refusing to counter talk radio (this was a choice) and then dismantling Howard Dean's 50-state project. Currently, the party is trying to come back to states though.
@fogbaby.bsky.social · 2w agoYet Kansans still keep electing mostly R legislators. Can anyone explain that ?
When they conclude she committed suicide, understand she most certainly did not.
Black Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Home in Jackson, But Details Are Sparse
Jackson police are investigating the death of a Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a home in Mississippi's capital city.
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Anyone who says El-Sayed is "unelectable" because he won a primary against $50 million in AIPAC funding by only 3 points instead of 15 is doing you an incredible favor by letting you know you never need to listen to them like they are a serious person ever again
Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoQ: Can you rule out that Iran is behind the water attacks? TRUMP: I don't think so. I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.
