Wish I could feel good about polling for Ohio governor, but Acton’s position on trans rights is abominable

Julie Zebrak@juliezebrak.bsky.social · 3h ago

Amy Acton ⬆️ www.wvxu.org/politics/202...

All other issues and factors aside, this is a pretty stunning data point and result.

Matthew Facciani@matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 4h ago

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic Senate primary despite being massively outspent. Outside groups spent roughly $70 million backing his opponent, compared with about $3 million supporting El-Sayed.

Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

Journalism is increasingly concentrated in NYC and DC. Not because the industry is booming in NYC and DC, but because it is collapsing everywhere else. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is a weird ass list, but I was amused! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | The 25 Objects That Explain America (Gift Article)

Want to understand this country? Look at our stuff.

nytimes.com

Bigotry cooks peoples brains (see below)

Joyce Zywic@jaz15.bsky.social · 10h ago

Sorry. We're divided. They're right. No longer my party and it has been for decades. Can't get behind pro HAMAS, antisemitic candidates . Seems to be what Dems favor now. I'm out. Guessing I'm not the only one.

Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.

Kornacki cam call of AES defeating Haley Stevens

RIP Lloyd Center mall 😢

Absolutely disgusting

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterday

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

There are a lot of people who let their bigotry color their political analysis and it is bizarre to observe from afar

Why does the NYTimes refer to them as fireflies when most people on the eastern half of the US call them lightning bugs?

It's pretty annoying how people on here want to argue over positions I haven't taken concerning articles they haven't read but whatever

The Republican collapse seems to be picking up steam this week, as a flood of new polls came out with many showing Democrats topping the generic ballot polling open.substack.com/pub/usapolli...

The Republican Collapse Is Picking Up Speed

Fresh surveys show Democrats strengthening their position with just months until election day

open.substack.com

I'm not sure if X-Men '97 season 2 is still set in 1997 or 1998, but Creed would not announce his presidential run that soon after a recent election. Just sayin!

"No," he said, "millions. One Jewish life, it's 10 million [Palestinians]." Challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it. "Yes, I know," he replied. "But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous." This man is a lawyer. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge

Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.

bbc.com

Elons unfavorables are almost as bad as Trumps. It’s like the fascists are doing the DSA’s work for them in revealing how corrupt they are!

danny@dabbs346.bsky.social · 5d ago

Trump-endorsed Susan Collins gets help from richest man on planet who destroyed many programs in Maine #mesen #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/07/31/e...

oh!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d ago

"A new analysis of Black voters in the South indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left."

Great work Jared Polis

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 6d ago

SCOOP: A group of election deniers claim they met with CISA & said they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan." The group includes Tina Peters; Clay Parikh, who's served as a “special government employee” for the Trump administration; & two podcast hosts.

The political revolution is coming comrades!

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6d ago

With five days left and two polls showing him up by 10+ points, Abdul El Sayed has a new ad with AOC being pushed today

Remember: "Singlepayer is forever"

Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 6d ago

The left needs a candidate it can unite around in the 2028 primaries and AOC is the only real choice. Nobody else checks all of the boxes. Every other option is worse. If she doesn't run, it's a missed opportunity of historic proportions. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-r...

It's really not funny to treat trans poorly. They have to deal with people being horrible to them day in and out. And it doesn't cost any of us anything to be kind...

@kenjennings.bsky.social unfollowed. I encourage you to just apologize

as a straight dude I agree too. it's evidence of a weak will and/or poor attachment to good values, and we've all got LGBT friends or family. more practically I've seen way too many people go batshit fucking crazy down the transphobia waterslide

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 6d ago

Squishiness on trans rights is a dealbreaker for me because (a) it’s a straightforward issue of personal freedom and bodily autonomy much like abortion, and (b) the right is obviously coming after us cis gays next.

cannot overstate how much of people being put off of AI is specifically copilot’s fault

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 6d ago

Consider yourself warned: Microsoft is about to supercharge Copilot: “Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to autopilots...one super app spanning both consumer and commercial experience." Via Gizmodo

I started Leviathan Wakes this week and wow is it a good book

You better believe TMobile is getting sued for changing the terms of their Jump! 1.0 plan…

We should start thinking of Trump as a one term failed president—twice

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 7d ago

Trump Approval Polling: Disapprove: 65% Approve: 35% SSRS / July 27, 2026

If you want to understand the grocery store issue in NYC go to a Gristedes. You’ll get why Zohran’s plan is an absolute no-brainer

Trump is polling as bad as Truman in 1946. In that year’s midterms, Republicans picked up 12 senate seats and 55 in the House Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Un...

Josh Zingher@zingherpolisci.bsky.social · last wk.

After a slight polling bump, we've had a series of completely brutal polls for Trump over the past week. He's currently sitting at 36.5%/60.5% per FiftyPlusOne. If this holds, it will be the lowest approval for a president heading into a Midterm since Truman in 1946!