Democrats in the short term need to relentlessly hammer this is all Trump's fault, which is obviously true. And then rip the bandaid off immediately to end things. Don't give journalists a chance to stab us in the back.

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 11h ago

Honest question: What's the Democratic solution to this problem? I think they need one because this is likely going to be a problem until Trump's not in office, and nobody's going to be able to put the toothpaste back into the tube.

This slopulism is dumb and we will regret stoking the flames. You realize the *exact* *same* arguments are already being deployed against clean energy projects?

Portland DSA@portlanddsa.bsky.social · 20h ago

2/3rds of Oregonians support a statewide data center moratorium that a bunch of our electeds and candidates called for yesterday. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

Maybe she can go back to starting the revolution via podcast lol

Katherine Alejandra Cross@quinnae.com · 21h ago

Leave it to Sawant to be the sorest loser tonight in a crowded field. I give her four Brianna Wus out of four for her dismal matching of campaign and constituency; just a disaster waiting to happen, ready to blame everyone but herself.

Leave it to Sawant to be the sorest loser tonight in a crowded field. I give her four Brianna Wus out of four for her dismal matching of campaign and constituency; just a disaster waiting to happen, ready to blame everyone but herself.

There was an interesting study about the 2016 GOP prez primary in IL. Each CD gets 3 delegates & unlike almost every other state, the GOP elects them directly. They are bound to their candidate & cannot switch. In theory, this should be a winner-take-all. In practice, GOP voters are insanely racist.

John@johnlk.bsky.social · 22h ago

So, uh, a candidate who suspended his campaign a month ago is winning a landslide against a Trump endorsed candidate because of anti-Muslim prejudice against a guy who is not Muslim (and I guess probably also just regular racism). How often does a candidate who suspended their campaign win?

There are dozens of us @melissaryan.bsky.social

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 22h ago

What is u doing

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

Don’t Fear The Needle

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 23h ago

I miss the needle bring the needle back

Not to mention... Air travel has markedly gotten better over the past 40 years lol. It's never been cheaper. It's never been faster. There's more direct flights. There are more flights and destinations. Inflight entertainment options are better. The food is good now too.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.

Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · yesterday

I support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.

Gastown isn't a place. It's a people.

Good lord I wish some of you could read on this text based social media website.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

the 2025 Seahawks were the #4 team of all time by DVOA, are on Hard Knocks starting this week, and also somehow have a credible “nobody believes in us” story for 2026. if you are not a strongly rooted NFL fan there’s plenty of room on the wagon

republicans hold both chambers and the white house, getting a measly three-month CR with none of your priorities but big priorities of the minority party is an absolutely shambling loss, this isn't a win for collins or any other republican and the white house and house will probably still reject it

“If this was true, I would be in jail” is not a real profession of innocence; it is a brag about how strenuously the state protects the male right of private sphere violence against women and children.

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3d ago

Those who believe things like this are working hard at not understanding the finite options available to someone whose abuser has not been prosecuted, found guilty, etc. by the law. And how rarely those things happen to abusers, esp. high-status white male abusers.

>stigmatize the hell out of AI >make it loud and clear that if anyone uses AI people will look down on them and it will hurt your career >big creator gets caught using AI, asks for forgiveness >"if AI is so good, then why do you need to be forgiven for using it?" 10/10 vicious cycle, no notes

Less dignity than Pirro. What a fucking loser

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 4d ago

Oh my. Pirro v Burgum is on people. (Cannot see how they both stay in their jobs)

It’s not just that the younger newer staffers are stupider and more bigoted than ever, it’s also that the older staff have fled. There’s almost no one on the GOP side who predates 2011 for instance.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 4d ago

that horse is out of the barn and three international flights away at this point

If Abughazaleh had won instead of Biss and he claimed that AIPAC had “bought” the election, the same people tripping over themselves to defend their parasocial waifu would recognize that claim as complete nonsense.

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 6d ago

I guess now that she’s not running in a district with a large Jewish population, it’s time to let the dogwhistles sing

These guys are such morons. Data center don't bring in "so many jobs"... and that's the actual appeal of them to cities & counties! It's pure tax revenue without having to build out a bunch of new infrastructure to support additional residents.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

I guess now that she’s not running in a district with a large Jewish population, it’s time to let the dogwhistles sing

These pubs could hire recovering addicts who are journalists (there are plenty of us!) to write these stories, but they would rather lie to the brunch set. This entire article is horseshit. Doesn't address how drugs are getting to the street in the first place and points fingers at the helpers.

jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE@tickedoff.bsky.social · 6d ago

challenging www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

One thing you can see in the latest Stancil blowup is that a sizable share of this website thinks that good intentions are the only thing that matter in policymaking, and expressing skepticism that a policy will really work as intended is equivalent to stealing food from the poor.

Seems like the right call given everything this week. In addition to all the usual reasons SPD is terrible.

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 7d ago

Hearing on good authority that Police Chief Shon Barnes has just been fired. He just left the mayor's office this evening after being inside for quite a while. Barnes is currently calling around the police department to tell his captains. Still waiting on confirmation from mayor's office and SPD.

literally these are books that would be pulped if not bought for 10 cents on the dollar. do rare books sometimes make it into there? yeah, if someone is careless, but that's *upstream* of what happens on sale, not *downstream*. you fundamentally are rescuing something from the fucking pulper.

evil maid@lenazun.bsky.social · last wk.

there's no need to get outraged by every single thing. book destruction is not some kind of sin. it's not like they're trashing rare editions. lots of books get pulped all the time. now you're just looking for ways to be mad.

one old the other things is that apart from the trauma, WFH was both good and bad for us in a lot of ways, coming back from WFH was often done in an intentionally abusive way meant to assert the authority of the bosses, and in the immediate aftermath the layoffs began

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.

One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.

Strange Bedfellows

and written words made for a children's picture book

Malaclypse the Middle@malaclypse.bsky.social · last wk.

A face made for the written word.

Do y'all know about @electioncheatsheet.org? It's a nifty little customizable endorsement aggregator & makes it pretty clear who you should vote for in the **AUG 4 PRIMARY** (folks like @ronpdavis.bsky.social & @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social) Go check it out: electioncheatsheet.org

60 Minute’s loss is the NYT’s gain but the truth is they’ll hire someone even worse so everyone’s a loser

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.