Swopa

Swopa

@swopa.bsky.social

Dormant political blogger, amateur screenwriter. I follow both politics and the NBA here. swopa.net

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i know that this happens so often it is an easy target for jokes and ridicule but seriously how does this happen so often

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social

I dont know if it's because they love republicans and want them to win but holy crap is this an embarrassment. the equivalent of reckless disregard in terms of journalism fuck ups. Just the simplest damn googling.

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Replying to @darthbluesky.bsky.social

reminder that trump and elon musk love taking credit for things they had nothing to do with it is more instructive to focus on what they deny being involved in

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Replying to @opinionhaver.bsky.social

feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them

Post a vampire who isn't Dracula? I just wrote a screenplay about one (set in Vatican City/Rome)...

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“Don’t take your eyes off of him” is something u say about a guy who is going to try to steal your wallet or put something in your drink lol

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

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The destruction of 60 Minutes was a feature, not a bug, imo. Billionaires want investigative journalism to die a swift death. Which is what makes @pablo.show, @propublica.org, etc., such a sight for sore eyes.

David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social

I think this is correct, and I've been thinking a lot about what replaces all this stuff. If it is going away, you'd think the institutional players would have some idea of what might take its place. But they don't seem to have a vision for that, or any interest in it. It's private equity mindset.

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Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Trump: "If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate...I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000."

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I will never forgive the centrist chumps who pushed the lie that the the right wing cares about free speech.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

"The unpopular President calls upon government regulators of the media to make the bad polls disappear" is a statement that can only possibly describe an authoritarian regime.

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this guy definitely understands the task lol

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

Jon Ossoff tells Lawrence O’Donnell: “It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults — public officials, paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust… No one cares about their feelings.”

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See, it's funny because a good chunk of corporate America is in deep Wednespoop if they can't get this technology to not suck by the end of this fiscal year.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com

great stuff

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ok but what is the downside tom

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tom Cotton: "Ultimately, it's not about Prime Minster Netanyahu and Israel -- it's about arresting Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in the future if they ever travel abroad."

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"yes sir...please drive up to the pickup window to get your order sir"

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Vance: "I've never seen a single bit of credible evidence that the President of the United States engaged in wrongdoing with minors, ever."

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Durbin has spoken with the wallet inspector and we can rest assured that any previous incidents involving misplaced cash or “identity theft” were simply misunderstandings.

Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social

Durbin came to talk to us after meeting w Todd Blanche - said Blanche said "I made a mistake" about the weaponization fund. Durbin asked for assurances that the admin won't interfere in the midterms — says Blanche said "we won't." Also seemed pretty sure that there aren't many swayable Republicans

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Yes, it's what you think. Nobody bought the crypto on the market, it was sold directly to entities like UAE Sovereign Wealth ($500m), Alt5 Sigma ($1.5B, after which the company essentially collapsed and it's about to be delisted), and "Whale 0x0249," an unknown person who funneled $80 million.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. He also reported earning $636 million in royalties from Celebration Coins.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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I am certain absolutely no money or stock was exchanged to facilitate this reversal

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Trump administration will reverse a hastily applied export ban on AI company Anthropic’s latest technology, allowing the company to once again offer its top AI models to customers around the world.

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one kind of striking thing about the 250 birthday fiasco is aren't there usually just regular people visiting the capital every day did this event actually repel visitors

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Punch right as hard as you punch left and then talk to me.

Mark Zaid, Esq@markzaidesq.bsky.social

We are witnessing MAGA equivalent of destruction of Democratic Party through election of progressive Socialists. If you think this ends well for country, I believe you're sadly mistaken. Extremism on one side simply fuels opposite growth on other side. We need moderates.

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Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton has numerous scandals to his name, including affairs, impeachment, and felony indictments. As an unbiased political reporter, it's my job to find an equal number of scandals linked to James Talarico, including but not limited to his ordering vegan tacos.

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Can the NYT stop printing the pronouncements of unnamed US officials that are unconfirmed by Iran. Unless they're willing to add how many times US officials have promised things that didn't happen since the conflict began.

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"This is what you get when you elect Republicans." Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly. Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time. Fucking say it!

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The tech bro messaging is so bad that I’ve become violently opposed to AI even in small areas where it might help me, because fuck these people. I want them to fail as hard as possible.

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social

These guys really could have sold AI as “this is going to make your lives better.” Instead they picked “this is going to take your job and ruin all the art you love and you better embrace it or get left behind.” And they expect applause at commencement speeches!

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Republican men: I would beat Serena Williams at tennis. Also Republican men: I could not possibly win a fight with a 79-year old man who has never once darkened the door of a gym and who gets winded climbing a half flight of stairs.

Darcy James Argue@darcyjamesargue.com

The buried lede here is that more Republican men say they would win a fight with a *bear* than a fight with Trump.

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I'm old fashioned but when the two sides are trading ballistic missile strikes, the ceasefire has broken down. There's firing. The firing has not ceased.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

US military just carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas: Senior US official said, but this is NOT a restarting of the war.-Fox News

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The mainstream media constantly draws false equivalence between Dem gerrymandering retaliation and GOP gerrymandering without ever noting the Dem efforts are happening because of voter referendums and the GOP ones in defiance of them

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

The GOP would likely hesitate to get this aggressive if the state supreme court hadn't already signaled last summer that it's not taking the redistricting constitutional amendment adopted last decade too seriously. boltsmag.org/florida-map-...

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Probably won’t get the full picture of what happened at the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight until some reporters who actually know how to report stories arrive on the scene

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When outlets continue to elevate news analysts with histories of being relentlessly and catastrophically wrong, it really gives the game away. Being right will get you fired; flattering the powerful will give you a career.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social

just a few minutes away from Bret Stephens getting another prediction wrong

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I don’t root for a drunk driver to drive home safely without killing anybody. I root for someone to take their keys away.

Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social

Sean Hannity accuses media of rooting against US in Iran war coverage: “Why did they root against our country?.. For crying out loud, can you just hope even if you disagree that it works?”

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Ohhh, _that's_ what his job was.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

WHOA. Lewandowski is accused of demanding fees from a private prison company to steer them ICE contracts, at a time when he was widely known to be running DHS on Kristi Noem's behalf, then punishing them when they didn't pay up. Congress should conduct a full and bipartisan investigation into this.