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  No. This is *not* the hand you were dealt. Democrats built this, in every state election they ignored, where Republicans showed up and captured state houses - because they knew the downstream power of controlling state government and drawing maps. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3rvrfe6wlrvhyvu7ikrnvsum/post/3msmd7khst22k

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  Because the world is not Sim City and America is not just a bigger Finland RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b6tw6o27ogy4zf3qfdmrtcxg/post/3mroetrmkps2e

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  It never got this bad at the Naval War College while I was there, but lots of people wanted to try to enforce this kind of crap. One reason I wrote as often and as publicly as I did was to make the point that civilian faculty do not lose their 1A rights. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/... After Trump’s order, West Poin...

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  I like the cut of this lady's jib. I said in 2019 that I'd vote for Bernie Sanders if that's what it took, but my point at the time was "don't put anyone in that stupid position when Joe Biden is *right there*" RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ndi6yxnb7iqmphnbhko7qjro/post/3mqzluwwetc2o

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  The documents Trump cited don't even make his case - and actually refute much of it. But that didn'tg matter. No foreign regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president just did tonight to faith in U.S. elections. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Trump Just Did More Damage to ...

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  Let me just tap the sign again: What works for them will not work for you. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:no3jr6ffp4i6sogtvrauysoh/post/3mqcxbvrqqk24

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  If only there had been people to warn Democrats not to invest too much political capital in such a risky candidate RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4wyrpf24xq35roxcgb5b5jgd/post/3mpz4lbiesg24

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  This is a common belief, but the reality is that our system is messed up because parties over the past 50 years have become weaker. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hco662ccyvakyabrhkpzskzg/post/3mq6oph44bc2j

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  Parties are political associations and they can pick candidates any way they choose. Primaries, conventions, rock-paper-scissors. They have no government status and "the people" have no more right to pick their candidates then they do to pick the Exalted Ruler of an Elks Lodge.

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  Trump has lost control of this war and his flailing in Ankara shows just how completely adrift he really is. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control...

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  Good morning. I have lots to do today, but I will take a moment to say that this is stupid, because a Totenkopf is not merely a skull and crossbones. This is a Jolly Roger, a universal symbol of danger. This is a Totenkopf, an 18th century insignia that is now uniquely associated with the Nazis. /1 RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y5ahhrsu75w5wbqp4otz5fkj/post/3mpydxzo2wc2d

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  Pretty sure we all know the answer to why RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kru33wnictyzywkmpato7aty/post/3mpn5nenkps2j

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  If you're willing to stay out of a coalition to stop Trump because of Gaza, then you're just whining and you don't really believe what that America is in danger: You're just wearing your views the way other people wear designer clothing. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cpxctarnn6fy6zkhepnria2q/post/3mpn47trto22s

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  No, a small number of young people who live on their phones and don't know what "genocide" means have decided that this is more important than stopping an authoritarian takeover of the United States. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:flfa7b6kgjqp3bbh223tmpjk/post/3mpn4niaahs2c

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  The overwhelming majority of voters couldn't find Gaza on a map or explain anything about it in any way that would hold water for five seconds if their lives depended on it. Half of the people in this country can't name the three branches of government, FFS. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ics2en32qho7u5vttyvmanvb/post/3mpn47ixycdz2

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  Complaining about Gaza and dreaming about seizing the means of production while American democracy teeters on the edge of a cliff is one of the surest signs of privilege.

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  You mean "almost certainly a new member of Congress from the great state and city of New York" RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4ls55ktgjawv6gh4k4rfygtk/post/3mplxbyt6f224

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  If you couldn't recognize a Totenkopf, you're not "fairly knowledgeable about WW2" RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:olhz4kpvyvlakhao4ewrtn3o/post/3mphr7bqzks2u

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  Now this is art

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  And away we go. "In an interview last week with The New York Editorial Board, a substack, Ms. Avila Chevalier repeatedly avoided answering whether she would send a man who randomly killed another man to prison." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/n... Who Is Darializa Avila Chevali...

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  My concern goes beyond Platner, even if he wins, tbh. I keep pointing out that all elections are now national elections. I hope that having to defend him does not cause problems in other races. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7e5n24venie2pqgmrxbufga/post/3mnv4qec5mk24

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  Uh, no, my concern is that he's a bad person who will be a detriment to the prodemocracy coalition that is trying to stop even worse people RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jshgoml4gfbetb2v5hhq3nlz/post/3mnsljmhsgs2o

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  I had more to say about Platner, but I think David Frum captured most of it here for now: Cut him loose. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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  Again, without being pro or con either Mills or Platner: If the only criterion was "Collins must go and Maine must be a vote against Trump in the Senate," then the former governor was just as good a choice as a political neophyte with baggage. Electability would be all that matters. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6xf7mmtla2aezbzbcgykyzka/post/3mnl3q3dvxc2m

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  Think voting doesn’t matter? 766 votes.

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  I mean, you don't really need a translator

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  The secretary of the Navy is out. I don’t know why.

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  "Restoring democracy required opponents of fascism—nationalists, republicans, and Communists—to work together despite serious misgivings about one another’s views. Purity tests had to wait until the war was over." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... The Film That Explains Contemp...

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  We can't keep looking away from his emotional and cognitive issues. The attack on the Pope was the beginning of a full night of melting down. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Trump’s Dark Night on Truth So...