Mark van Roojen

Mark van Roojen

@markvr1.bsky.social

Phil prof, woodworker, metalworker, cabin builder, vegetable gardener, flyfisher. Leftish Dem, worried about climate, who believes in coalitions; old and cranky.

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Replying to @bgrueskin.bsky.social

Here’s the ad that has Florida Republicans going the prior-restraint route. (The details of the grand-jury report have been widely known and shared for 2 months.)

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In your heart, you know he's right

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "What worries me right now is complacency about this race in Georgia, overconfidence about this race in Georgia. There's no such thing as a landslide victory in the state of Georgia. This remains the crucial battleground state."

Been deleting/blocking/unsubscribing from emails w Carville in them. Guy just seems to have no judgement.

Joshua B. Hoe@joshuabhoe.bsky.social

People's LIVES ARE ON THE LINE and the only answer is TRUMP losing control of the purse What, and I cannot stress this enough, THE F*CK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE Imagine being more afraid of the DSA pushing Jeffries left than letting Trump keep control of the House INSANE

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A lot of Democrats have been suspiciously quiet about the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home, which is why I’m so glad President Obama is speaking out. We cannot ignore this stuff.

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Moose for Mary 🫎🪧(And before you ask – the supporter who sent this in assured me it wasn't AI!)

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We've got to nationalize SpaceX. We have no choice. We can't operate our military without them and we can't trust them to serve our national interest. There is literally no other option.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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Susan Collins went from a 100% LCV score in 2008 to a 0% LCV score in 2024. Once an environmental champion, Collins has fully embraced the extremist, pro-polluter MAGA agenda. Her days of faux outrage and only voting against Trump when it doesn't matter are over. #LCVVF

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Thinking of buying an EV? Great. Before you decide, bear in mind that every Tesla sold helps fund a fascist who has killed tens of thousands, is betraying Ukraine & is working to install Trump as a dictator-for-life. There are lots of other choices. Say NO to Musk, BOYCOTT Tesla & Starlink.

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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My God these people are insufferable, and they need to be stopped. And fully exposed.

Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social

Leaked audio of Mike Rogers calling on Republicans to use off-duty police officers to intimidate voters in Detroit in an attempt to manipulate the Michigan Senate race:

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SULLIVAN: We weren't supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we? MODERATOR: No, neither one of you got questions beforehand PELTOLA: I'm prepared!

Hmm. This will likely show up in a hearing when they throw out anything they found.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

Huh. Apparently Katie Miller deleted this tweet that I had the foresight to screencap. Turns out I can TOO make things go viral on Xitter, even.

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REMINDER: Rep. Ilhan Omar came to US in 1995 when she was 12 with family as part of asylum program. She became a US Citizen in 2000 at 17. She got married 9 years LATER on Feb. 12, 2009 at 26 years old. She did NOT marry her brother or anyone to become a citizen. She ALREADY was a citizen!

Musk in fact has more in common with the chips that populate his data centers than with the people who live around them. So that is where his "empathy" goes.

4fuxake@blueheartedly1.bsky.social

This 👇

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Not only should brooks and others shut up. But Ossoff is the best example in the country of a Democrat playing dominance politics and using it to control the whole terms of his race.

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I like to say if you’ve been to one village, you’ve been to one village. We have more than 220 villages across Alaska, and every one of them deserves a voice in this campaign. Grateful for the warm welcome up here in the North Slope!

There's actually no excuse for charging prisoners for phone calls. If there is a security issue I'm sure that could be handled without much trouble.

Joshua B. Hoe@joshuabhoe.bsky.social

1. Contraband cellphones are pretty normal in prisons, which is one of the reasons I and others have called for some kind of approved personal phone 2. In essence, now, only the people with the power or money to have access can use the phones (or control who gets to us pay phones and when)

Gotta make sure not to lose mine with the picture of a Bighorn sheep as opposed to the one with the guy who just wants to sheer the sheep.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social

This appears to be the new national parks/federal lands entry pass.

He's got an ocean of lies which we can just call the Trump Ocean of Lies, though I guess we've already called it that.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Trump: “We need an ocean. So I was thinking of either the Atlantic or the Pacific. We call it Trump Ocean or Ocean of the Americas, something like that.” Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social

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The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.