Jamison Foser

findinggravity.netBruce Springsteen’s Chimes of FreedomMeet me in a dream of this hard land

27 Apr

I just published this deep dive about Bruce Springsteen and America and freedom and you and me and … all this. www.findinggravity.net/bruce-spring...

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Julia Azari

@juliaazari.bsky.social

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Social scientists have lent our names to calls for electoral system change and rule of law, because of the findings of our disciplines. We should do the same for anti-trans ads, which have dubious benefit and demonstrable harm. My latest at GP/BP goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/social-sci...

goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.comAnti-trans campaign ads are a bad strategy. Social scientists should say so.If we care about democracy, we should not tolerate this

this is a good thread

[Christopher M. Federico]@chrispps.bsky.social

In this regard, elite commentary on trans issues often centers on responses to 1-2 survey topics, e.g., sports participation, bathroom use, and so on, where opinion is less supportive of trans people. (10/n)

metrotimes.comMike Rogers begs Michiganders for money to 'protect' Elon Musk - Detroit Metro TimesRepublican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has found a new reason for Michiganders to open their wallets: He wants them to help protect Elon Musk from congressional accountability.

I will give Mike Rogers one hundred dollars if he promises to put this message in a television ad that airs before the weekend.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

Interesting approach by Mike Rogers to make his loyalty to Elon Musk & the oligarchy an explicit part of his campaign earlier this year. “When you stand with my Senate campaign today, you are directly shielding Elon Musk,” Rogers wrote. www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...

... that airs *in Michigan*

corporate media routinely describes Tim Scott as a moderate and celebrates his "relentless optimism"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tim Scott calls Annie Andrews "tranny Annie"

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The Republican politicians sold to you by the national media as reasonable, compassionate, thoughtful people are actually a bunch of irredeemable bigots, pricks to the core, just utter monsters.

If there is a Republican candidate you are considering voting for because he is an exception, a throwback to the good old days when Republicans were decent, honorable people, I assure you: no there isn't.

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

nytimes.comHouse Democrats Call for Special Counsel to Scrutinize Trump’s Ties to EpsteinThe request comes as Democrats are working to paint Republicans as corrupt and highlight their plans to investigate Trump should they win the midterm elections.

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The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

corporate media routinely describes Tim Scott as a moderate and celebrates his "relentless optimism"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tim Scott calls Annie Andrews "tranny Annie"

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"a refreshing outlier when both parties are dominated by loud voices playing to their bases ... I expect he will run a compassionate-conservative-style race that focuses on uplifting and uniting the country and making Americans feel proud again" "He’s aiming for a unity and optimism vibe"

"an upbeat, equal-opportunity, colorblind-capitalism-lifts-all-boats vision of the American experiment" "a sunny and optimistic figure, not an apocalyptic culture warrior" "Tim Scott offers sunny optimism for a great country whose best days really are ahead of it."

corporate media routinely describes Tim Scott as a moderate and celebrates his "relentless optimism"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tim Scott calls Annie Andrews "tranny Annie"

nytimes.comOpinion | ‘A Tim Scott Nomination Would Be a Nightmare for Joe Biden’: Our Columnists Weigh In on the G.O.P. Candidate (Published 2023)Times Opinion looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the South Carolina senator.

Tim Scott "could help soften the party’s image as a bunch of angry, racist old white guys" and is "a very positive, optimistic and upbeat guy" and "inspiring and doesn’t turn off moderates ... a conservative, but he’s not angry about it." www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/o...

no that was pulp fiction

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "In Washington, all the restaurants were closing. People were being held up. They'd walk into a restaurant. Like Jesse James. 'Stand up! Give us all your money.' They're eating dinner at a fancy restaurant. All the restaurants were closing."

he's on his honey bunny and pumpkin bullshit again bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on DC: "Nobody wanted to eat out. They were afraid. Even if you were in the restaurant, people would walk in and like the Wild West, 'Hold it up!' Everybody is standing there. Can you imagine? A fancy restaurant. They were robbing the whole restaurant. It's crazy."

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

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it feels truly insane that it’s not

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

the word "Bezos" does not appear in this article

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Will anyone ask Mike Rogers, Susan Collins, Darlene Graham, Roger Marshall, Michelle Tafoya, Jon Husted, Vivek Ramaswamy, Dan Sullivan, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ashley Hinton, Pete Ricketts, Ken Paxton, Mike Collins, or Michael Whatley?

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

Nothing about this currently on the homepage of the NYT; a brief article appears elsewhere. The Washington Post hasn't run anything at all. bsky.app/profile/mari...

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

@moiradonegan.bsky.social

Disclaimer: WaPo shittified its search feature so you can't sort or filter by date so it's possible I'm missing something but if so that's on them for intentionally making their reported articles hard to find in favor of shitty AI summaries.

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Moira Donegan

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That’s also why Vivek isn’t exactly lying when he says he didn’t mean to say Acton lied about being raped as a child. He doesn’t think she lied; he thinks that being raped disqualifies her from office, because she belongs to the class of people power is wielded against, not the class that wields it.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his)

@greene.haus

Trump's odd recent rally rhetoric is ultimately beside the point; surpassing anything else, his sexual orientation is 'nonconsensual.' Violating boundaries thrills him. Even his talk of Husted makes treats him as a slab of meat — there for Trump to ogle and manhandle.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

there are a ton of hilarious examples of this but none will ever top the participant in the NYT's recurring 2024 "focus group" who worked for one of the largest Republican political consulting firms in America.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

There are only two explanations for the NYT's habit of presenting GOP operatives and donors as true swing voters: 1. Their reporters and editors are somehow incapable of running a simple Google searches, showing just a staggering level of journalistic incompetence 2. They want to the GOP to win

the NYT journalist who ran that operation is now "assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust."

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Julian Sanchez

@normative.bsky.social

15h

The vile attacks on Amy Acton need to be seen in the context of a party that *needs* people to believe women fabricating sexual assaults is common as rainwater. Because it’s pretty much the only way to evade the conclusion that the president is a rapist.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Kevin Hassett's financial disclosures show assets with a total value of $6.1M–$25M+ projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kevin Hassett: "The affordability crisis is a myth"

politico.comMamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friendsThe choice of location has scrambled NYPD training operations, angering a police union and a Republican lawmaker.

there's like a thousand words in this and not one of them tells us if the mayor has a jump shot

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & Joe Anuta www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

guy's running full-court at 10pm and I'm supposed to be mad? I'm not mad, I'm jealous.

bookshop.orgVaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the PresentFor thirty years, techno-optimists have promised dramatic technological innovation as long as we--the public, journalists, regulators, and policymakers--keep out of the way. The results have been grea...

I am not saying James Comey should be persecuted by the thimblewitted fascists who seized control of our government with his assistance -- he should not be -- but I am saying he is the best evidence I have ever seen in favor of the concept of Instant Karma.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Reuters: US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY WITH TRANSMITTING NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION IN 2016 -COURT DOCUMENT

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Dave Karpf

@davekarpf.bsky.social

19h

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(I swear this isn’t going to be a hype thread for my own book. But, also, here’s the preorder link): bookshop.org/p/books/vapo...

16h

leave the dogs alone

wsj.comOpinion | Viktor Orbán, U.N. Secretary-General?Trump officials push the idea of a U.S.-Russia-China joint candidate.

PSA: I have a relatively high tolerance for unfriendly replies (I give 'em out, I'm happy to take some.) But there is a surefire way to get blocked:

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Daniel Drezner

@dandrezner.bsky.social

Are you fucking kidding me. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

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“We’ve turned a group of people into a campaign issue because it polls well. I just don’t think that’s OK. I think we have to treat people decently and humanely. And that’s all people.” secure.actblue.com/donate/ksvf-...

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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guy sounds like a human. just a guy, expressing his basic values. that is also an option available to us.

UPDATE: Not Great! bsky.app/profile/dani...

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nytimes.comBrazil’s Most Divided Town Shows the Nation’s Shift to the Right

two takeaways from this: 1) mike johnson doesn't know how polls work 2) mike Johnson should move his rallies from "big arenas" to "medium-sized bars"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "When I'm in these big arenas, I ask for hands -- 'Show me your hand if you've answered a poll in the last six months.' There will be like three hands among 300 people. I'm telling you, these polls are off. All of them."

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Matt Ortega

@mattortega.com

Please stop sharing Kalshi and Polymarket shit.

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Joe Adalian

@tvmojoe.bsky.social

Two days the NYT published this story that could've been written by the Bolsanaro campaign (or any GOP operative in the US.) It's all about how Lula trying to help poor people has been bad and how he's making Brazilians lazy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/w...

luddites will say AI is useless but they overlook the massive productivity gains that can come from offloading the task of remembering anything at all about your children

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

men have always been pretty questionable but imo not enough people have really wrapped their heads around how thoroughly the internet has cooked men's brains over the last ~15 years.

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social

Incredible gender difference in voting intention in Brazil.

The replies, in which a bunch of men demonstrate their inability to read the first six words of my post while denying the patently obvious fact that the Internet has cooked a whole lot of mens' brains, is reinforcing my point that the Internet has cooked a whole lot of mens' brains.

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BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

we can just be decent and humane. that is an option available to us.

cnbc.comAfter SpaceX restores high-speed service, Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink agreementUkraine says restrictions on Starlink and Starshield have been lifted, restoring connectivity to fast-moving military systems after disruptions.

He's been making everything so ugly for so long it's easy to forget that we don't have to be like this as a nation. But we don't have to be like this.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Trump: I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before, Nicki Minaj. That's hard to miss. Stand up.

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Regina Schrambling

@gastropoda.bsky.social

Real America:

Outspoken™️@out5p0ken.bsky.social

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

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Greg Pinelo

@gregpinelo.bsky.social

No single unelected person should have this much power. Musk is killing Ukrainians.

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

washingtonpost.comWoman in ad who said a Democrat endangers kids pleaded guilty to endangering kidsShellie Flockhart, who called Iowa Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott “dangerous” for kids, pleaded guilty after authorities said she drove drunk with her children in the car in 2017.

once again proving that the most fertile source for Republican attack ads is their own biographies

Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social

Republicans really firing on all cylinders in this campaign www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Reagan talked about welfare queens in Cadillacs, Trump talks about Somalian thieves in Mercedes Benzes, because being *real* racist has been a core strategy Republican politicians for a very long time, even if prior to Trump a lot of folks who should have known better enjoyed pretending otherwise.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."