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The entire point of Star Wars was that Anakin got manipulated into serving an authoritarian. You really thought this was a flex? The irony of identifying with a character who fell for every lie a powerful politician told him is absolutely incredible.
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The Trump administration is preparing to deport at least 150 Afghans over the next 48 hours, first to Pakistan and then to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Many of those facing deportation are relatives of those who worked alongside the United States. They could face severe retaliation from the Taliban upon their return.
@nickschifrin speaks to @shawnjvandiver for more.
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In a judicial opinion that begins:
“To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis on which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle.” Tim Snyder, On Tyranny
cc: @TimothyDSnyder
Judge Kasubhai says ICE has lost the presumption of rgularity that courts have long afforded to government agencies. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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The area in red has 1,335,977 residents and 40 early voting locations
The area in blue has 1,370,416 residents and only 1 early voting location.
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The OBBB was the largest redistribution from poor to rich out of any bill in American history.
Changes to Medicaid start Jan 1, potentially leaving 7.5 million people uninsured by 2034.
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Deeply troubling that this is the company that Byron Donalds keeps — and it’s a pattern for him. It’s not ideological, which is why so many Floridians across the political spectrum are rejecting him.
NEWS: A Florida businessman repeatedly identified in law enforcement and federal court records as a member of the Colombo crime family gave $100,000 to support Byron Donalds' campaign for governor. thenewsground.com/staluppi-c…
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has anyone considered, much like in other parts of life, that women and girls only apply for things when they meet or exceed the minimum criteria? and men are more likely to just apply.
this is a well known phenomenon in jobs, likely it's the same for university.
17,000 men apply to MIT
8900 women apply to MIT
600 men were accepted
612 women were accepted
If we assume male and female applicants to MIT are roughly the same, the probability this happens by chance, let alone every year for a while
The probability of a sex blind admission process creating this result is 1 in 4 × 10³¹
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Under a Republican president in the fifties, the top tax rate was over 90 percent and we built the interstate highways and the largest middle class in history. Then they told you taxing the rich kills growth. The receipts say otherwise.
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Is it a beautiful blue f'n wave?
Other election night guides were a mess, so I made one.
Hour by hour, what to watch, what it means
🟦 Hell yes
🟧 FFS GOP outperforming
⬜ Chill, early count can lie
Cook, DDHQ, Chuck Todd, Silver + more thru Nov 1.
Text a friend to vote 💙
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Pennsylvania officials caught a scheme involving 10 forged mail-in ballot applications submitted by a woman from Idaho.
The best part? She was an independent contractor for Mobilize the Message, a conservative voter outreach operation founded by Republican strategist Cliff Maloney.
The system worked as designed. All 10 applications were flagged and rejected. No ballots were issued.
The irony? A Republican-aligned political operation caught up in an election-fraud investigation. Meanwhile, Scott Perry was already misrepresenting what actually happened.
Facts matter. Apparently, especially when Republicans are doing the explaining.
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Talarico has Musk funding his opponent’s campaign and Putin funding social media slanders against him — Talarico must be something special to have the world’s two most powerful oligarchs lined up against him.
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Your quarterly reminder that President Biden and the Democrats "protected Teamsters pensions" over the objection of Trump, MAGA, and elected Republicans
And this piece of shit has taken every opportunity since then to ratfuck the Dems, big time in 2024 and now here
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
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Trump is dismantling the science system that made America a superpower. NIH has delayed or canceled over 2,000 grants on Alzheimer’s, cancer and more, NSF is withholding more than $1 billion, Energy lost over 1,000 scientists, and Pentagon labs lost 14% of their staff, which the Pentagon itself says could have grave consequences for defense. China is catching up while foreign Ph.D. applications drop 21%. We built this over 80 years, and it’s being gutted in under two. nytimes.com/2026/10/31/clima… #MedSky #LawSky #press #Science #NIH #NSF #Research #DOGE #China
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Union Vice President here✊🏻
We support our union brothers and sisters by voting for candidates who support workers, worker’s rights and unions. Your vote for a union busting candidate is a slap in the face to every union member. Shameful and disgusting.
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
