Joey Mac

Joey Mac

@corncobflop.bsky.social

Reader, Baseball, Norm fan, IT for work, Suburban Cook County, Chicago, Soccer Dad, Bulls, Sox, Bears

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Joey Mac reposted

pet peeve of mine that you see in all sorts of contexts: posing questions that "need to be answered" that have been answered many times. this just mires the debate in an endless loop where one side has to argue and the other just asks the same questions over and over.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Calls for expanding #SCOTUS are entirely (and increasingly) understandable. But as today's "One First" explains, there are at least four difficult questions that those who support expansion should have to answer—especially as compared to other possible reforms: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-257-...

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My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.

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Replying to @lastpositivist.bsky.social

Car is expensive, housing is expensive, grocery is expensive, energy is expensive. And all those cumulatively had a huge jump since 2019 and earnings hadn't caught up to it. It is probably driving a lot of inflation sentiment.

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"We're tired of being called racist for being super fucking racist" is, in fact, an accurate representation of conservative thinking. They want all their ugly instincts & prejudices but they don't want any social disapprobation for them.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer"

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We can win in places that no one expects.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Striking: Internal polling from the Dem-aligned House Majority PAC finds strong dislike of Trump vastly outweighs strongly favorable sentiments toward him even in red-state House districts he won. This intensity gap is a key factor in expanding the map for Dems: newrepublic.com/article/2151...

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I assume what AP means is: "Lies about noncitizen voting are being used by Trump to attack elections his party is set to lose and to set up an authoritarian effort to overturn the results" If so, they should just say that.

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This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."

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You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.

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A federal agent fired a pepper ball launcher from the vehicle he was driving, striking a protester in the stomach. This was outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview this afternoon. 📸 Evan Stone www.instagram.com/evan_stone_p...

BlueCollarJazz@domguan.bsky.social

Happy 4th of July from the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, where ~2 hrs ago a Fed fired pepper balls from inside his blacked out SUV, striking an older protester in the torso. Others rendered aid, quickly wiping the irritants off them and getting them a fresh shirt before taking them to the hospital.

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Replying to @headquartersnews.bsky.social

This is classic Trump. Gets an idea, rushes into it w/o adequately preparing, not giving any thought to potential problems or consequenses. This is how America landed in a stupid stupid, unnecessary, disastrous war of choice! He's a 3yo manchild who never ever thinks beyond immediate gratification.

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

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It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

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Translation: they are proposing a bill that says you cannot under any circumstances use a computer for any purpose without allowing the United States government continuous monitoring and a backdoor

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For decades, birthday party clowns folded balloons and played games. John Wayne Gacy is taking a different approach.

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For decades, men from Milwaukee voided even the appearance of cannibalism. Jeffery Dahmer is taking a different approach.

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The first president to publicly plan a mass extinction event being an old out of shape pedophile is somehow the most American aspect of this entire situation

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i do think it’s worth recognizing how utterly full of shit all these pandemic policy critics were

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social

MAHA rose to power claiming they would have handled Covid perfectly. When given authority they deliver chaos and drama. Pure incompetence.

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Replying to @mtsw.bsky.social

"Reality TV star Sean Duffy thought it was a good idea to have only a single Air Traffic Controller in the tower at one of the busiest airports in the world. This is the tragic result when Trump picks unqualified cronies for big roles, deadly crashes and chaos in our airports." is how I'd draw it up

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There was ONE ATC in the tower at LGA during last night's crash. ONE ATC, at LGA!, dealing w ALL air and ground traffic, including a plane filling w a strange smell and no gate to return to. The Pentagon wants $200B for a vanity war, but our ATC towers are empty. Budgets are moral documents.