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This rally between Nebraska and Kentucky was insane (from a couple of years ago) Just really skilled volleyball on both sides. Of course, I love that the Huskers finally won the point ❤️🌽🏐 www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLSDDbku/

COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

We gotta have a conversation about how comfortable Republicans have become saying "tranny" and nip that shit in the bud.

It’s not often you interview someone you ran against in a primary. But there was never any daylight between me and @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social on the need to fight authoritarianism and combat the worst excesses of the Trump administration.

There’s a lesson here for other parties around the world.

Good morning

This brilliant book by Serhii Sobko, with insights from the war in Ukraine, is now available as an ebook. I was honoured to write the foreword, and highly recommend it to any soldier or citizen wanting to learn about modern war. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HPCNLMY...

i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

"how do you get all these videos, CJ?"

Sal Frelick, my goodness. The Brewers just give you zero chances.

After work sunset hike before the time change this weekend

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

“The effort affects about 27% of Microsoft’s total workforce of 223,000 people.” Jesus.

marine corps boards crossing out their instructions "expel trans marines" and writing in "we keep this trans marine" is, frankly, a great example of what it means that a society is more than just its government

Maurene Comey served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan for around a decade. A judicial ruling finding her dismissal unlawful adds to concerns of politically motivated firings at the DOJ. n.pr/3UJ9SUh

So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...

Nothing and no one should stand between New Yorkers and their right to vote — least of all the government.
 Early voting is happening now through November 1. Election Day is November 3. See you at the polls!

I would love to live in a world where "President faces new rape allegation" isn't treated like a dog bites man story in the major media.

The FRENCH don’t play when it comes to a REVOLUTION

Not too early to start thinking about how grassroots pressure on a Dem House could help produce better results -->

There is a vaccine for this disease. There is no reason for anyone to ever get measles.

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

Relatedly, such a critical point from @brianbeutler.bsky.social. Guess who DOESN'T want a D electoral victory to be interpreted as call for investigations/accountability for Trump's corruption/authoritarianism? Trump and Rs, that's who! Dems can't let that happen: www.offmessage.net/p/wheres-the...

- Chief Blue Jacket after defeating Major General Anthony Wayne in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 20 August 1794

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

Really well done.

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

This drives me CRAZY. I grew up playing sports w/ boys. I played on a U12 boys select soccer team, b4 switching to a U12 girls team that kept beating us. Nobody had any issue with any of it. Youth sports have never had the strict sex/gender boundaries that “XX-XY” activists are now trying to defend.

This isn't hyperbole or a joke. Parents actually called the cops and got the black boy and his family removed and the league claimed they were trespassing because he was "putting on a show" and wasn't playing "fair."

let's fucking go

Brian Blessed saying “tennis balls, my liege” in the only way Brian Blessed can. (Superbly) (Just responding to all the Henry V posts today) (yes I know what day it is)

White nationalism or the U.S. Constitution.

A good day for democracy. Let’s keep this streak going.

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

Bloomberg has called it for Lula