We did a mid-year candidate swap a couple years ago, so I see no reason why we should break tradition by not having Kamala Harris replace Platner.
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 4w agoPlatner aide lists terms for dropping out: “If he was to step down it would only be with a guarantee of being replaced by a candidate who he believes is true to the values and vision and policy agenda of the campaign that Maine voted for." @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
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All I’m saying is that Shawinigan Handshake would be an amazing band name. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawini...
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James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · 2mo agoHistorically, when the Canadian Prime Minister walks through a crowd of protesters, the biggest documented risk is that a protester will be attacked by the Prime Minister.
I’m sorry, I can’t suspend my disbelief enough to think that Trump is actually Taravingian.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2mo agoReporter: If the president's in such perfect health, why does he keep going back in for checkups? Oz: He likes the results. He does really well. Uh, he aces the test every single day
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Labour will say “your strategy of implementing proportional representation and putting forth a sensible left-wing agenda pales in comparison to my strategy of winning over Reform voters” and then not win over any Reform voters.
I’m working on it, OK? It takes longer to save up for leasing one than I expected, and I’m not so sure about my DIY skills.
War on the Rocks@warontherocks.bsky.social · 3mo agoLeasing nuclear submarines from a foreign power buys experience. Building your own is the only way to keep it.
I would love to watch a Lebowski / Tremors / Dune crossover about a washed up hippie who takes too may hallucinogens and starts thinking they’re Paul Atreides at the same time that their small desert town runs into graboids.
Kind of a shame that they missed the chance to call him Aayatollah Khamenei.
Thor Benson@thorbenson.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt appears we may have replaced Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei
This story is, excuse my language, absolutely fucking crazy
Cas Piancey@cascoinfoundation.org · 5mo agoNew story from Protos: How $850 million seized from Crypto Capital Corp was apparently tied to the Israeli Mafia moving cocaine directly out of Colombia and into Europe, 100 kilograms at a time. Read the whole story here: protos.com/crypto-capit...
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This reminds me of my favorite fact about Sherman: marching bands were determined to relentlessly troll him by playing “Marching Through Georgia” whenever he was present. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchin...
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“Sherman himself came to loathe "Marching Through Georgia" because of its ubiquity in the North, being performed unremittingly at public functions he attended. When he reviewed the national encampment of the GAR in 1890, the hundreds of bands present played the tune every time they passed him for an unbroken seven hours.[59] Eyewitnesses claim that "his patience collapsed and he declared that he would never again attend another encampment until every band in the United States had signed an agreement not to play 'Marching Though Georgia' in his presence."[56] Sherman maintained his promise for all his life. However, the song was played at his funeral.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6diohofysasfbj6w2jl3nc6b/bafkreigqahffa5p6gisyj5p32ls35la2i2ribqjlqch3h535e424tmfepu)
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 6mo agolistening to the JP version of Marching Through Georgia www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhoN...
The background to Jeb Bush’s “please clap” comment in 2016 was actually way more depressing in retrospect — he was saying he wasn’t going to be a divisive jerk and his audience of Republican voters just sat there stone-faced. bsky.app/profile/dept...
depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 6mo agoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_...
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@jonrauch.bsky.social I'm glad to see you finally acknowledging it, but I'm surprised that you're not really grappling with why you were personally so late to recognizing it or dismissive of people who got there earlier. Seems like an opportunity for reflection or like some mea culpas might be due.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 6mo ago"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
another day volunteering for the greenland invasion. everyone keeps asking if they can fuck the penguin. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it
Tobias Harris@tobiasharris.bsky.social · 6mo agoHow is this real
All I’m saying is that there’s no evidence that Ted Cruz doesn’t munch on Texas’s power lines shortly before migrating south to warmer climates to spawn.
William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2y agoIf 25% of the population believed that a creature called ‘Glonzo’ caused high power prices by chewing through transmission lines, any competent politician would be negligent in not trying to find a way to exploit this. This doesn’t mean that these people wouldn’t be fucking morons.
I do think there is something like The Blob and I also think it cannot be blamed for Trump’s foreign policy decisions. Both are bad, albeit in distinct ways.
Reupping this because it is even clearer this the end goal of Trump and Vance and Rubio. It will be the most catastrophic strategic own goal as well.
c0ast3r 🇺🇸@c0ast3r.endrun.io · 7mo agoI am telling you, he and Vance are going to make the US leave NATO.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.... For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
Really sketchy and misleading fundraising email from the @roycoopernc.bsky.social campaign — they edited the sender’s name to make it look like I’d already talked to them even though it was the first email from them.
alt history where the louisiana territory stays culturally french but has a revolution to become independent; spain keeps the western US but mexico still has a revolutionary war; and Greater Mexico is the dominant superpower in north america
“I think the subnivean domain will define the 21st century.”
Decker Eveleth@dexeve.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'm sorry, what?
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Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · 8mo agoHow did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear? "Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
