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political analyst | she/her

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

I’m listening to Republican strategist Sarah Longwell on NPR talking about public opinion of Trump’s tyrannical posture and she just said:

“When I ask voters in focus groups if they think Donald Trump is an authoritarian, the #1 response by far is, ‘what’s an authoritarian?’”

[michael @FilledwithUrine]

they should invent an election where you watch the results and don’t want to kiII yourself

[maybe: clare @clur19]

pulling up ready to lib out so hard for the next 72 hours

[jenny_tightpants🪑 @halomancer1]

"vote by mail" this, "vote in person" that. brother, i'm doing both multiple times

[Brock Purdy Appreciation Station @TylerRichard]

So I was looking for a place to eat in Springfield

[katie @katefeetie]

Ohhhhh my god u don't like Kamala so you're not gonna vote? she's a cop so you wanna sacrifice women's rights and the supreme court? Should we throw a party?should we invite ross perot

[Dan Cluchey @dancluchey]

You say it's Joever; I say it's just Kamencing.

[Mr. Chau @Srirachachau]

The multiple Bidens theory is funny if only because that means they bring out the bad one sometimes for whatever reason

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. One of the main drivers of inflation in the US is skyrocketing rents, which are up 30%+ over the last four years.

So, it's surprising that the recent FBI RAID on a corporate landlord based in Atlanta has received little attention.

The raid was part of a federal probe of an alleged CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AMONG LARGE LANDLORDS TO JACK UP RENTAL PRICES

Follow along to learn how the scheme works

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[i know now @powcampsurvivor]

turns out i don’t actually have autism i’m just weird and not good at hanging out

[Keith @nagy_minaj]

Me when oomf brings up tweets I wrote in a previous era

[Jake Sheridan @JakeSheridan_]

This would create thousands of good union construction jobs

[Find me on bsky @colin-fraser.net @colin_fraser]

A math department at a major university in the US is now offering a semester long course on “game theory”.

Yes, you read that right.

Games. The things tiny children play.

The dumbing down of America continues…

[CAL @dunkindunots]

Connections category idea: popular middle name ideas for the 15th century French aristocracy

[@dfarecs @lethalrejection]

this is what it felt like living in dc

[trotskyist contingent at orange walk @notbenfish]

yeah man my mid size american city is so cool. we have a light rail line. there are a couple microbreweries. a beer is $12 and I pay manhattan levels in rent