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Ireland faces pressure to stop sending Russia an ingredient vital to its war on Ukraine

AUGHINISH, Ireland (AP) — The Karin, a 400-foot-long (120-meter-long) cargo ship, sat moored this week on Ireland’s boggy River Shannon estuary. Soon it set sail for Russia laden with a white powder t...

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I never thought I would see the day when people who considered themselves "progressive" would refer to a Black congressman as "AIPAC Shakur". Apparently, racism is permitted when you're disrespecting Jews in the same breath.

Time for St. Bernard to retire. Past time. Talk about out of touch.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Bernie Sanders announces "I will not be supporting Chuck"

It’s worth considering that everyone has told themselves the lie that Russiagate was a dud, and that’s why the onslaught of investigations and actions was mostly a failure for Dems. The problem is that it wasn’t a dud. It was true. The media/public didn’t care. Do Something just … didn’t work.

The "AIPAC Shakur" comment betrays the real reason Black tokens exist in the DSA: to provide political cover for the racism of white leftists. How so? Simple. if you confront Trent about using the pejorative, he'll deflect by suggesting its use is OK because it was coined by a Black person.

When I saw the numbers from Hinds County, I paused. It is not just that these voters would have been disenfranchised for no reason. It is that they would have been denied the chance to be part of history. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-sp...

I spent two years defending these Mississippi ballots

Another number will forever be burned into my mind: 4,669. Scott Colom’s margin of victory over Cindy Hyde-Smith to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

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LOL

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SpryOldLorax@spryoldlorax.bsky.social · yesterday

I'm just so tired of the credulous gullibility, the obvious craving for ANY excuse to bash Democrats and specifically Dem Leadership for things that they didn't do, or for things that the person didn't comprehend or grasp the context of, or for things that REPUBLICANS flat-out did, not Democrats.

‘High-pressure systems allow more solar radiation to reach the Earth’s surface, heating up the land. Likewise, as temperatures rise, soils gradually dry out, reducing their ability to cool the surface through evaporation, which causes the land to heat.’ Solar modules can keep the soil moister.

We just experienced a Black, Latino, Southern, marginally more working class electoral revolution and almost no one from these communities are in mainstream media to reflect that reality for the audience.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 19h ago

I can tell the news stations that fired all, or most, of their Black people because they have nobody to talk tonight

Jeffries does another historic discharge petition *while not in control of the House*. Wild shit!

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterday

🚨 BREAKING: The new Epstein discharge petition just hit 218 signatures. Every Democrat signed, plus Massie, Mace, Norman and Fitzpatrick. That forces a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let survivors and state AGs sue DOJ to release the files. Johnson can’t stop it.

You can't "run out the clock" on district judges anymore either. In April 2019, Senate Republicans went nuclear and cut post-cloture time on district picks from 30 hours down to 2. Across ~25 pending picks (~4 circuit, ~21 district), max post-cloture debate is ~162 hours over 7+ weeks.

People keep citing Nov. 2024 and claiming 6 hours of GOP roll-call votes forced Schumer to drop four Biden circuit nominees. Nope. Manchin opposed party-line judges, and Sinema plus Dem holdouts left all four short of 50 votes anyway. Thune doesn't have that problem: he has 53 GOP votes.

The eagerness of the supposedly pro-Democrat media to panic about bullshit is a constant source of good PR for Republicans.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 24h ago

The Hegseth thing was a fail but largely a symbolic one. This is not symbolic. We're seeing real time proof points for a leadership not quick enough on its feet. No time for screwing around.

Apparently, without notice, the House Republicans arithmetic has changed on only Josh and the other knowers know it, while Democratic House Leadership has somehow missed it! Big if true.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 24h ago

The Hegseth thing was a fail but largely a symbolic one. This is not symbolic. We're seeing real time proof points for a leadership not quick enough on its feet. No time for screwing around.

And Happy Veterans Day to Medgar Evers, Mississippi did you proud tonight

I hope everyone takes a good hard look at this picture. Trump’s under-construction ballroom is now bigger than the rest of the White House. Much bigger. The contrast says everything you need to know about this President and his priorities.

Last year, Ezra Klein encouraged Democrats to run anti-choice candidates to win in "Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri." Both Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Adam Hamilton (Kansas) won by running on reproductive freedom. Oops!

It has been an honor to be part of the legal team that helped secure this historic victory. I could not be prouder of the work Elias Law Group does every day to help Democrats like Scott Colom win elections, citizens vote and progressives make change.

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · yesterday

🚨BREAKING: Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, unseating Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, CNN and others are projecting. Colom will be the first Black senator to represent the state in over 140 years.

A DSA leader admits the group’s policies are designed to exclude Israeli members. The push came after an Israeli member expressed concern for her family members in Southern Israel on October 7th. This is xenophobia.

I can understand our frustration. We had a monumental, generational election, and these guttersnipes are shitting on it. But the guttersnipes are shitting on it because they know they have no power. And it's driving them mad.

Jasmine Crockett is due an apology for helping with down-ballot elections.

Nice job ignoring war crimes on their own continent with tangible support coming from their own shore. Pudding for brains www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine

The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list

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Yup

This guy sounds like an advisor to the British Labour Party.

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 2d ago

Adam Jentleson of Searchlight Institute recommended in his Ezra Klein interview today that Democrats embrace spanking children as a "a very powerful signal" that connects with voters "on a values basis." I didn't think I could dislike the man any more than I already did, but lo!

Them: "I hate AIPAC" ME: "I hate Citizens United." Them: "Genocide Apologist." Them: Block. Them: Add me to their moderation lists.

I like how these racist "leftists" can't give up on the KKK language they grew up with, even when pretending to be humanitarians.

@philcoffee.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sooner or later, we are going to have to address the disingenuous use of the race card to run interference for a political action committee that supports genocide.

If we’re going to get universal healthcare it’s important to constantly tell people that the Democratic Party sucks and can’t do anything

This always makes me take a step back because Black communities have literally been dealing with these exact points for generations, and the Dirty Butt Performative folks overlook it. Hell, they benefit from it.

@davidaritter.bsky.social Did you delete your anti-Dem clout farming post about the Democrats who couldn't make a traffic accident disappear?