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Dems are still favored to win the House when *this* is the electorate, btw. Dems are also still favored to win two of the seats on the current Virginia map. This fall, pissed-off voters will give Dems the House. Then in 2028, we *really* make the GOP suffer with redistricting.
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This bill was entirely a W.
Sen. Todd Young’s Heartland Visa Act of 2024 had quite the coalition of supporters, including -Americans for Prosperity, -AEI -Manhattan Institute -Niskanen Center -AOL co-founder Steve Case. The pitch? Bring highly skilled foreign workers and entrepreneurs into struggling American communities to reverse population decline, create jobs, and stimulate economic growth. Because apparently, the solution to revitalizing the heartland is importing foreign talent instead of investing in the people, businesses, and communities already there. SAUCE: young.senate.gov/newsroom/pr…
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Niche politics fact: This guy, known as “Joe Biden,” was president for a few years
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Hitlers principles of fascism: 1. Wear a coat 2. Have an eagle symbol 3. Be a big meanie head
It’s time to end this regime.
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People will say "He's just joking" but he actually does this already. It's an impeachable offense in broad daylight and it doesn't even occur to him that it's deeply wrong to govern in such a way.
Trump tells Ohio: Elect Democrats and I’ll be less inclined to help you
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Replying to @fanwithaplansch
People sporadically tell me a new episode is good and I'll give it a try and immediately stop when main characters start speaking. Do people not have ears? Every classic speaking character sounds wrong. I don't even hear the characters, I hear really old VAs and it makes me sad
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Had The Simpsons ended in 1998, its achievements would’ve been immortal. Had it ended in 2007, it would’ve been a great show but flawed. But it’s still ongoing. Alas, what can one say?
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thank you @googlemaps for protecting my dogs privacy
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Trump has appointed far more federal judges who are under 40 than his predecessors, ensuring that his imprint on the judiciary will last for decades. By contrast, Biden and Obama appointed 13 people in their 30s and nine judges under 40, respectively. politico.com/news/2026/10/04…
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History won’t be kind to this mindset. You made Gaza worse off, you enabled Netanyahu to open a broader war, you gave Trump the green light to terrorize immigrant communities, roll back trans rights, voting rights. You accomplished nothing and saved no one; everything has been made worse.
Tom Morello (@tmorello) says he didn't vote for Kamala Harris in 2024. "I saw how the corporate Democrat sausage is made. It is worse than you think. And there is a righteous fury at the corporate-controlled, money-controlled electoral system we have that is absolutely illegitimate. And people cannot choke down voting for a candidate, I understand it, cannot choke down voting for a candidate that's responsible for what happened in Gaza. And they just, they can't do it."
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Reupping this today. The only game that’s on right now in my market is Chiefs - Raiders. I was unenthusiastic about this game at first… until I remembered that among my moots, there is *someone* who likes the Chiefs and *someone* who likes the Raiders. That makes it more fun.
I don’t have a rooting interest in any NFL teams but I love watching my moots root for their teams for some reason.
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twitter activism be like
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This is intentional grounding unless your name is Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes lmaoo
NFL on CBS 🏈
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I think it’s a little underrated that Mamdani is succeeding where Wilson & Johnson are flailing mostly because the economic fundamentals are a lot better in NYC with a booming stock market.
NEW: Seattle’s mayor ran as a democratic socialist. Then she ran into reality. Katie Wilson has been hobbled by a $175 million deficit, staff upheaval and a steep learning curve on public safety, the city's most intractable issue. While New York under Mamdani makes for an easy comparison, it’s San Francisco that has become the envy of Seattle officials. A top adviser went there last month to study Daniel Lurie's tactics on crime.
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A few reasons why this is happening 1. Thanks in large part to ESPN everyone has decided that success can only be found in the playoff 2. The ability to flip rosters has eroded the idea of patience in program building 3. “Indiana did it why cant we?” Is a fallacy that too many people think is truth
Sunday Thoughts: It feels like half of CFB is having an existential crisis. So many people want to fire their coach, even some with a good record and some with a new coach. Feels like we're in an unhealthy cycle and a weird place. Almost nobody can sustain anything.
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"zionism" is a completely useless term because everybody uses a different definition from "greater israel" to "any israel at all" to "apartheid" to "the jews" and people will just assume that you mean whichever definition that makes you look the worst
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he will be put in charge of the treason trials
Just when I thought Jack Smith couldn’t be any cooler, he puts on a t-shirt, grabs a beer and goes to a concert.
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This is also why the New Jersey Nets never took off in the NBA: everyone in South Jersey had already chosen the Sixers, and everyone in North Jersey had already chosen the Knicks. When the Nets were in New Jersey, they *consistently* struggled to ever fill their arena, even during their two back-to-back Finals appearances in ‘02 and ‘03. No one wanted to make the trek out to the New Jersey suburbs just to see New York’s “other” team. That’s why they’re in Brooklyn now. Because although the crowd in Brooklyn might not be made up of bona fide Nets fans, at least *now* there will actually *be* a crowd, even if it’s just like, tourists.
Every so often NFL execs talk about a London-based team, which reveals that Americans fundamentally don't understand British sporting culture. Every British NFL fan already has a team. No one is going to abandon their team to support the "London Redcoats" lmao.
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There’s not going to be for much longer
I forget there’s more to Pennsylvania than the red circle
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Every so often NFL execs talk about a London-based team, which reveals that Americans fundamentally don't understand British sporting culture. Every British NFL fan already has a team. No one is going to abandon their team to support the "London Redcoats" lmao.
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