DaMac

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DaMac

DaMac

@DaMac80

A libertarian with too much empathy to follow through.

Philadelphia, PA Joined Haziran 2017
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DaMac
DaMac@DaMac80·
@altunisahmed @Gibboanxious I find it hard to accept who I see as bigoted and hate filled, completely lacking empathy and saying "I got mine." I truly wish I didn't see you that way. I tried for a long time not to, even took my granny to church a dozen times with an open mind, but all I heard was hate.
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Mario@altunisahmed·
@Gibboanxious The replies on this thread illustrate the fundamental difference between the political left and right in this country. Again and again you have people saying, “I hate his politics, but I’ll give it to the man—he’s a great actor.” The political left is not capable of that.
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Stephen Gibbons@Gibboanxious·
I know everyone thinks his Glengarry Glen Ross scene is Alec Baldwin's finest acting performance, but this must be a close second.
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@EggerDC Early on in the Trump era, despite really disliking him, I found myself seeking ways to defend him from the more ferverous criticisms. I wanted ti appear more rational and less progressive I guess. Fetterman reminds me of that stage of grief, which I long ago abandoned.
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Andrew Egger@EggerDC·
It is genuinely difficult for me to understand why Fetterman takes 100 percent of the opportunities he sees to deride "TDS" online. It doesn't seem to be connected to any broader political aim. I guess it's just what hits for him and he's a poaster like the rest of us
U.S. Senator John Fetterman@SenFettermanPA

Stop this henpecking. $13M? This is an iconic American place and was in serious disrepair. Get over the TDS and celebrate this is getting done for our 250th. 🇺🇸

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DaMac@DaMac80·
@SenFettermanPA Disliking the Israeli government is not the same as disliking Jews and every time you act like it is swing voters get dumber.
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U.S. Senator John Fetterman@SenFettermanPA·
I know David and his legendary father, Cyril. As I’ve affirmed, I’m not changing my party—but I fully understand David’s personal choice. The Democratic Party must confront its own rising antisemitism problem.
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hi@cannab1senjoyer·
@RightWingCope I'm kinda surprised the government hasn't tried to regulate streaming actually.
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Right Wing Cope@RightWingCope·
sloptuber accuses other people of having "fake jobs"
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@ZODIAC_MF Always been funny to me Gecko is seen as a villain and his speech a horrid example of his immorality, yet it actually summarizes the mainstream beliefs of like 60% of Americans.
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PJ Ace
PJ Ace@PJaccetturo·
@101sfinance I'm not saying it's unequivocally the best but show me something with this amount of production value, this would cost $ 500K+ and take 6+ months before AI It's incredible what a small team can do now
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PJ Ace@PJaccetturo·
This is one of the best short films I've seen in years. Very soon, we'll stop calling it "AI film" and just call it film.
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@ScottWRasmussen @mattyglesias My dream is a US where county government is the smallest government and every county gets a rep in the House.
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Scott Rasmussen
Scott Rasmussen@ScottWRasmussen·
New England is actually a great example of why smaller districts would be better. If we had 50k people per district, there would be plenty of Rs in New England. Even more important, representatives would actually know the people from their district and we'd have a Congress more responsive to voters
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Matthew Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·
A decent share of the people I see pointing to New England actually have a very deep and detailed understanding of redistricting and are engaged in what’s known by experts as “lying their assess off” to mislead people in their audience.
Aaron Blake@AaronBlake

A good rule of thumb: If someone in your feed is pointing to New England as an example of egregious gerrymandering, just know that they only have a surface-level understanding of redistricting.

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💣MindofMunitions@MindofMunitions·
That may be factually true, not exactly that simple but for the sake of argument... That does not change what I said. Any court that rules the native people of this country have no right to national sovereignty is illegitimate. It has only the authority granted to it by us. If it hands down a decision that says we have no authority to defend our borders it delegitimize and strips itself of all authority in that act.
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@JayTC53 @Thiss_Youu Prices? Higher. Debt? Higher. Wars? More. Get out of the cult my dude.
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J@JayTC53·
@Thiss_Youu Americans aren't "suffering" we're thriving under Trump. Another horrible post
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@m9836785 @daveweigel I would guess she feels a need to prove herself that actually ends up making her look less competent.
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m983678@m9836785·
Can’t say I’m much of an RBG scholar but KBJ dissents feel so contrived. And it’s all so unnecessary. Not sure any of her solo dissents lend anything constructive to the discourse. Maybe there’s value to an amici she’s reflecting. No clue. Just seems weird. I feel a little bad for her bc I don’t think she’s as silly as her ego makes her seem.
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David Weigel
David Weigel@daveweigel·
The RBG cult is too psychologically interesting, I waste three minutes thinking about it whenever the topic comes up. What’s the most popular message on RBG merch? Typically it’s “I dissent.” The stans aren’t venerating her opinion in United States vs. Virginia or Evenwel v. Abbott. She’s the icon of being smart and right while losing. This has transferred over to KBJ fandom; she never wins, but look at her epic roast in this dissent. It’s a cult of never holding power but being smug that the people holding power are wrong and maybe the biopic in 20 years will say so.
Andrew Kaczynski@KFILE

This is incorrect (she had had cancer twice)

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DaMac@DaMac80·
@ernunnos @SonnyBunch Musk rode into Washington on a chainsaw with a mandate to find and kill fraud and waste in the federal government and he... didn't really do much, then quit. Maybe it's there, maybe it's not (I tend to just blame bad management), but either way Trump hasn't fixed that either.
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Jason Steiner
Jason Steiner@ernunnos·
@DaMac80 @SonnyBunch That's unrealistic, but the productive classes are making enough to support many complete parasites in luxury. x.com/i/status/20337…
Nick shirley@nickshirleyy

🚨 Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger... We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP. We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening. These fraudsters have been able to defraud American taxpayers for years without any pushback from the public and politicians. It is time to EXPOSE IT ALL and end America's fraud crisis.

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Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch@SonnyBunch·
I tend to think Trump remains relatively immune from backlash to his rampant graft because his most ardent admirers *don't care* that he's siphoning billions to himself and his sons. But if the economy gets bad enough ... thebulwark.com/p/trump-corrup…
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@ernunnos @SonnyBunch I actually respect saying "It's a global world now, adapt" a lot more. Harsh truths instead of comfortable lies. The nationalist hope for 4 bedroom houses on a single factory worker income is never going to happen. Zero chance. Yet passionate MAGAs believe it. It's sad.
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Jason Steiner
Jason Steiner@ernunnos·
@DaMac80 @SonnyBunch This is how badly the white working class has been sold out: if you bother to lie to us, that's more recognition than we're used to getting.
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@ernunnos @SonnyBunch He's not really delivering for the white working class that love him, though. He cons them with anti-woke stuff while selling them out at every opportunity.
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Jason Steiner
Jason Steiner@ernunnos·
@SonnyBunch Democrats have never cared about blatant graft as long as the politicians delivered on abortion & free PrEP. Republicans have learned to play the game. Deliver for us, you can reward yourself. Don't, and we'll find someone who can.
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@hasanthehun Majority of Americans don't want your revolution. Democracy is working. They don't really want Trump either. Run good moderate candidates that don't constantly mention social issues and work for working people and you'll win.
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hasanabi@hasanthehun·
the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state. those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡@PollTracker2024

Breaking news: The Supreme Court of Virginia has struck down new congressional map that Virginia voters passed last month.

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DaMac@DaMac80·
@Legal_Fil The south was gonna do this after SCOTUS either way, man. Come on.
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Legal Phil@Legal_Fil·
While TX started the cycle, CA was a proportional response. Dems then had a chance to deescalate after Indiana & chose not to. The consequence is that Repubs elsewhere will now put the pedal to the metal, seeing efforts to deescalate won’t be reciprocated by Dems …
Greg Price@greg_price11

🚨 BREAKING: The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned the Democrat gerrymandering referendum, ruling that the process to put in on the ballot was unconstitutional. Virginia will keep their 5 Republican districts.

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DaMac@DaMac80·
@matthewstoller The DEM base will not let them do this, just like the Republican base won't let them be sane. Only fix is backroom closed primaries, as the founders designed, which sadly won't happen.
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Matt Stoller
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller·
"Neera Tanden said Democrats can learn a lesson from Mark Carney, who moved his governing Liberal Party to the right on some issues and surged in popularity." semafor.com/article/05/08/…
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@ImFiredUp2 @shanemassey I know the only thing that matters is winning and none of these gerrymanders are really fair, but treating the Carolinas like they're Mississippi is pretty ugly.
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Chad Caton🎙🇺🇸
Chad Caton🎙🇺🇸@ImFiredUp2·
Moving the Primary to August 11th in Sc to redraw Jim clyburn’s district has passed committee 3-2. The Senate Majority leader @shanemassey is still hell bent on blocking it in the senate!!
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DaMac@DaMac80·
@jaeporeon He'll never get through a primary and shouldn't run anyway (which is silly but it is what it is).
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jae holzman@jaeporeon·
i didn’t anticipate columns like these saying my reporting will be josh shapiro’s biggest issue should he run for president but life comes at you fast
Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social@Will_Bunch

A Pa. activist and his right-to-know requests bring the receipts on Josh Shapiro's cozy relationship with Amazon as its $20B push for energy-guzzling data centers angers locals Did Amazon deliver a blow to Shapiro's White House dreams? My new column inquirer.com/opinion/tech-d…

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DaMac@DaMac80·
@sephius1999 Framing everything through a lens of racism has failed to win us anything for decades now, can we please stop doing it? Focus on economic inequality please.
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🪷 A Harris Democrat✊🏾
🪷 A Harris Democrat✊🏾@sephius1999·
It's funny how white men get to run for office multiple times after failing each time...but Black ppl or women have to be perfect the first time.
POLITICO@politico

.@GovPritzker told our @jmart he'd be "surprised” if Kamala Harris didn’t run for president again. While noting her continued popularity, Pritzker suggested a 2028 bid would be hard to resist, even as Dems historically favor fresh faces after defeat. 🔗 politi.co/3QLeTJL

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