Where did we go wrong . .

Where did we go wrong . .

@rerussell.bsky.social

Hitchens' razor: That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. “This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.” -T.S. Eliot "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -Santayana

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In the bag of dirty tricks is a false flag effort to sway the polls to your opponent, making it easier for their supporters to get lazy or busy or lose interest and not vote. We need every seat to be blue, from your local city council to US Senator, to fix this. Vote as if your life depends on it.

Ellenⓥ🌱☮︎@ennievegan.bsky.social

💙 Go Vote 💙

Self programming AI, autonomous/semi-autonomous robots, cars, and trucks, dark web. 📵🔌 So living off grid in a tribal commune with a bunch of like minded luddites is sounding better and better. Don't apply for membership unless you've got some useful skills, like growing food, healer, builder . .😏

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And thirdly, most importantly, there are the people. Food and water are delivered to our soldiers, who spend weeks and months on the front line, using drones equipped with Starlink. Has the speed been fully restored to its previous level? No. Is the speed being restored now? Yes,” Zelensky added.

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MAGA and pro-Trump bots pushing Ukraine to surrender to Russia just three weeks before the US midterms suggest Trump's pro-Russian faction fears losing Republican control of Congress. This looks like a last-ditch effort to secure concessions for Moscow before its political investment loses leverage.

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Did he write a book about growing up in Appalachia when he really grew up in suburban Ohio? No, that was you, JD! Did he keep changing his first and last names? And lied that he changed his last name when he got married? No, that was you, JD!

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New footage obtained by the WSJ shows Ken Paxton and his girlfriend watching fireworks at a party in Dubai alongside two men indicted on federal healthcare fraud charges who failed to return to the U.S. to face prosecution.

Eventually, somebody is gonna rollover on this whole bag of tricks and spill. Maybe to stay out of lockup, maybe out of spite, maybe a pang of conscience (unlikely). Whatever the reason, and I'm sorta surprised it hasn't started yet, once the floodgates open the rats will scramble for high ground.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

The Kimberly Guilfoyle situation could get interesting quickly. Probably the reason she GOT the Ambassadorship is to keep her quiet while Jr looted things. She knows a good deal of incriminating shit. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...

Yeah . . Grassley may not be super bright in the sense of having an expanded worldview where he realizes his responsibility as a US Senator, and therefor a person of note who should be advancing humans as a civilization - but he is cunning when it comes to bastardizing the system for his benefit.

Worst.President(s).Ever. They are not even good at being bad, they are just plain really terrible human beings seriously lowering the collective state of civilization through corrupt incompetence and singular levels megalomaniacal selfagrandizing greed and narcissism. Humans are our own worst enemy.

PBLarsen @pblarsen.bsky.social

Go figure?

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State sponsored ghoulism.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com

Only two countries currently systematically carry out capital sentences in public: Iran and Afghanistan. In 2025, the Taliban authorities carried out six such killings and the regime in Tehran 11, according to Amnesty International. Analysis from @jasonburke2.bsky.social 👇

Trump is toxic.

Keith Olbermann@olbermann.bsky.social

IMPEACH TRUMP FOR HIS TREASON: "Let (Iran) take out L.A." IS giving our enemies "aid and comfort." De-Trumpification accelerates. Abbott blows him off in Texas. Rogers. Sununu. Murdoch! Countdown Podcast now live: tinyurl.com/ym94az6k YouTube: youtu.be/pBrbdRo23DI

Polls say this is a flippable Senate seat, and it would mark a real change in the Senate balance. Dr.Andrews brings a modern educated political perspective, not a rubber stamp propagating a continuance of the elite ol' boy (girl in Grahams' case) closed pol network. Donate to her campaign, I did.

Dr. Annie Andrews@drannieandrews.com

Unlike my opponent, I’m not backed by AI companies or data-center developers. I answer to you — and only you. I know we can invest in technology without sacrificing local control, property rights, or our way of life.

Yeah, more of this please. End Citizens United.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

From past experience with the firms i worked at, it would be obvious that anyone performing as poorly as DJT and whining as much about it, was trying to get themselves fired. DJT you are welcome to resign. Please. You'll probably have to live elsewhere, but we won't mind.

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The final results are in and 2026 came in 2nd place behind 2023 for the total number of days with global surface temperature above 16.0°C. 2023: 128 days 2026: 126 days Don't fret. There's always next year ...

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Governor JB Pritzker: We are under siege now by a petty, corrupt narcissist who is rigging the system to enrich himself.

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While I'm enjoying the humiliation justifiably being heaped on Senator Eric Schmitt, I don't don't think enough mockery is being directed at his accomplice, Senator Kennedy, the Cornpone Clown, with this stupidly victorious expression as he smugly holds up the ridiculous "evidence."

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We must be prepared for that traitor in the White House to do ANYTHING to fuck with the midterm elections this year. Anything. And when he does, we must be prepared to do anything to defend our elections.

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They gave Iran the coordinates. Our soldiers paid for it in blood. He called it business as usual, then called the man behind it "outstanding" over dinner. This is not about party. This is the flag, bleeding, while the man sworn to defend it pours the wine.

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WTF! Flying the flag of our greatest rival, a country ruled by a diabolical communist dictator, all over our already hostage WH, is the most bizarre and possibly treasonous action ever perpetrated on American soil. And what the hell is Ivanka doing standing there with the cabinet of corruption?

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I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.

Why am I not surprised. Of course they'd weaponize this otherwise useless tool. I hope that they are this clumsy in all their efforts, but I fear there may be some competence hiding somewhere deep in the mad king's dungeons of sycophants and paid hirelings.

Justin Jest@justinjest.bsky.social

As we suspected:

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#Iowa Ashley Hinson's net worth quadrupled in Congress. Then she voted to cut Medicaid for 110,000 Iowans. Josh Turek survived 21 surgeries as a kid & won't take corporate PAC money. One got rich. One knows what you're up against. Vote Turek for the US Senate! #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1

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The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.

opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.