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Ben Orlebeke
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all my haters become my waiters when i sit down at the table of success
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The hospital decimation, the refugee camp bombing, the journalist assassinations, the dead humanitarian aid workers — take *any excuse* to get off this murder train and tell Americans that while Israel has a right to defend itself (or whatever will please centrists), it's now gone too far.

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Today Jimmy Carter is officially too old to play with Lego

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Calvin’s dad thought leader

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BOborlebeke.bsky.social

also also, "Latino" or "Hispanic" aren't particularly useful terms when speaking about such a diverse population of people from different countries, speaking different languages and dialects, from different generations, etc

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also, of course, lots of Latinos are very Catholic and are swayed by abortion

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What if I told you that Dems moving far right on immigration and a "shifting national mood" are mutually reinforcing, and that continuing to try to out-hardline the GOP will perpetuate that trend to the effect of progressive reform becoming increasingly impossible to achieve

Kamala Harris' tough-on-migration pitch at the border points to a shifting national mood
Kamala Harris' tough-on-migration pitch at the border points to a shifting national mood

Some Democrats concede that they need to prioritize border security and enforcement before they can get to other goals, like expanding legal pathways for newcomers.

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Well, there it is. As I have long argue and as my colleague @dceiver.bsky.social recently wrote, Trump’s (and Stephen Miller’s) most lasting and absolute victory is on immigration, where they’ve not only won but won conclusively by no contest

Harris to propose toughening Biden’s asylum clampdown during border visit
Harris to propose toughening Biden’s asylum clampdown during border visit

Her visit to Arizona will be Harris’ first trip to the southern border as the Democratic nominee,

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I've gotten Amtrak wifi to work maybe once

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Ben Orlebeke
@borlebeke.bsky.social
all my haters become my waiters when i sit down at the table of success
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