I am constantly haunted by the second Bush-Gore debate where Bush basically says "my good friend, the Republican Arab Senator from Michigan, tells me the racist Clinton-Gore administration has been profiling Arabs at airports."

1st Minnesota Volunteers Stan Account@himdogson.bsky.social · 23h ago

padraig of anne frank had white privilege fame was saying this outright without the implication a few weeks back, it's funny bc before 9/11 you could make the argument arab-americans were headed towards assimilating into being white but you sure as shit cant say that now

For the sake of Democratic Party cohesion, it should become conventional wisdom sooner rather than later that AIPAC is in the general sense little more than a Republican donor front.

IMEU Policy Project@imeupolicy.bsky.social · 7h ago

AIPAC is the biggest source of Republican money in Democratic elections, and now they are making clear they will spend even more to defeat Democrats in November. They advocate for policies the vast majority of Democrats viscerally disagree with. No Democrat should be taking money from AIPAC.

carville rode the coattails of one of the great political performers in the last several generations. carville is derek fisher talking like he's kobe bryant.

Rory Blank@roryblank.bsky.social · 7h ago

Man it's so funny when James Carville threatens to leave the Democratic party, like oh no, now the party might have candidates who are actually popular with their constituents and have popular policy positions and win elections what are we going to do noooo don't

Michigan senate primary 3 minutes after they were accusing each other of endorsing 9/11 or being backed by foreign interlopers

glad the nfc west isn't my problem. now to take a big sip of water and see who the broncos interconference division opponent is this season...

Dan Pizzuta@danpizzuta.bsky.social · 4h ago

oh

This afternoon she is retweeting far right accounts

A sad Old Friend update: Former #Rockies right-handed pitcher Germán Márquez has been designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres. Márquez put up a 5.26 ERA over 13 appearances with the Padres this season.

how is this the book cover of the only biography of the most consequential politician in 20th century Hawaii 😭😭😭

"Dad, we have to vote blue no matter who!" "Now hold on a minute there, Bobby. I'm all for protecting American values from Donald Trump, but if we don't play fair we lose those values ourselves. Talarico stole the nomination from Jasmine Crockett, and no matter what anyone says she's my Senator."

The ghost Adams warned him about has seized him: from now on, Zohran must speak in tongue-twisters

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5h ago

Shri Thanedar's politics - broadly left of center on domestic US politics but with a huge carve-out for Hindutva - actually makes him the closest non-Jewish analogue to a certain kind of American Jewish politics.

Joohn Choe@joohnchoe.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is the context for Thanedar and Modi. It's not just "is Thanedar pro-India," this is a simplistic phrasing of the foreign influence question for a country numbering 1.477 billion souls. The question is perhaps more properly "which India."

The fucking nerve of this woman of all people to play the “WNBA media cover everything except basketball” card WHOSE FUCKING FAULT HAS THAT BEEN LATELY, SOPH?????????

jesse@jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 6h ago

sophie cunningham just wants to go back to doing sports, guys

slippery

steel-is-real.bsky.social@steel-is-real.bsky.social · 7h ago

Use one word to describe the Nuggets offseason.

it is ironic/funny how often leftist orientalism comes about (imagined china versus actual china), because the actual framework is not on an ideological pole but on a geographic pole.

Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️@chenchenzhang.net · 18h ago

people love a "Chinese versus American" story so much. Zhong Shu has had all her education since high school in the US and is doing a PhD in political philosophy (specialisation in classics) in an American university.

more like "classicist interview versus variety show interview".

people love a "Chinese versus American" story so much. Zhong Shu has had all her education since high school in the US and is doing a PhD in political philosophy (specialisation in classics) in an American university.

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The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

Ulster-Scot yeoman Southern farm boy: gee, if I please my slave-holding Cavalier masters by destroying the Union maybe I can get my own slaves! Wisconsin German '48er, driven into berserker rage by snorting pure uncut Hegel: the system of German idealism will be completed with Confederate blood

A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

nytimes.com

Seems to me that focusing just on the margin flattens every relevant power dynamic — as if the candidates had equal resources — and the fact that mainstream political coverage does this should be a clue as to the interests it serves!

if someone had said a year ago "next year a leftist muslim will beat a sitting congressperson backed by her state's sitting governor and 30 million dollars of AIPAC spending—but the race will be close" people would have thought that sounded pretty gd good. gotta keep perspective!

Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 11h ago

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.

remember both parties are the same

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

Stevens's concession is weirdly gracious for the nasty-ass campaign she ran, pleasantly surprised!

Congratulations @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Outspent 11 to 1, Abdul proved that people-powered campaigns can still beat big money. Michiganders chose hope over fear, and a future rooted in dignity, justice, and opportunity.

the racism is what jumps out here but i love the final sentence being "yeah we're probably cooked"

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11h ago

The NRSC makes it clear how they will attack Abdul El-Sayed, calling him by his full name "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed" and tying him to Hasan Piker. #MISen