Its good actually when Democrats come together after a primary and acknowledge that Republicans are actually the real threat and should be kept out of office at all costs.

We cannot let this happen. If it does, we WILL lose. My hope is that the far left sees that the Democratic Base will fall in line behind whoever wins the primary and we can lower the toxicity levels in 2028. If it’s like this one was, we will lose. Full stop.

Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · 9h ago

Glad it’s over, thrilled by the results, and, I regret to inform you: The MI Senate primary (much like the TX one) is pretty good foreshadowing for what the 2028 Democratic presidential primary is going to feel like.

Part of me wonders if a rare positive from the whole Platner debacle is exposing what an actual unacceptable candidate looks like, both to expose the true moral vacuums on the left and to remind libs that there are many worse things than an AES type

They are assholes and hypocrites who want to benefit from our side being better at democracy. That’s fine. That’s not the right right now. 60 Dems you disagree with sometimes is better than 40 you agree with all the time. No more fucking around. We pick this back up in December.

It is precisely because I believe my faction of the party is better than the DSA faction that I don’t really have a lot of time for people acting like it’s acceptable not to vote for the Democrat in the general. If you live in Michigan, you gotta vote - and convince others to vote - for El-Sayed.

DSA membership is like the 8th most newsworthy thing about Bush lol (the rest are all horrendously negative)

Peter Lucier@peterlucier.bsky.social · 21h ago

In St. Louis city. We are a real place and a big enough city that you can name the city. And also there are other things about them.

in no particular order - fraud - faith healing - absolute dogshit constituent services, like the worst in the last quarter century of Congress - did I mention the fraud - breaking w/biden on stupid stuff - saying ridiculously stupid shit for no reason - some more fraud

Ok unironic idea- Slotkin analogue and El-Sayed analogue are the only two senators not to be captured when ICE analogue takes the Capitol during the 2029 Yoon moment. With her intel experience and his muscles they must sneak around the occupied Capitol and save democracy

1st Minnesota Volunteers Stan Account@himdogson.bsky.social · 9h ago

Buddy cop idea

Bigoted comments coming from any side is messy. If you can win something political while still being moral is great. Plus don't cry about winning generals when you can't get out of primaries.

It’s amazing how the people who yell at everyone about voting for their candidates (which, sure, anyone with a D by their name is better than the Republican, etc.) get just staggeringly petty when they’re asked to do the same for progressives.

more attention, owners are willing to spend more, and just as in human medicine there have been significant advances in veterinary medicine

across those 26 years, assuming a roughly even rate of increase, that's about 300 million years more time people got to spend with a friend they loved, and who loved them.

the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.

If anything Europe is *intensely* more MAHA than the United States. Just full on openly embraced crankery as official state policy on a lot of issues since the 1980s.

Your Ad Here@cooluser354.bsky.social · 2d ago

oh my god no it does not. Canada has maha type cranks. The UK does. Japan does, Germany does, Sweden does, India does, France does IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH YES ARE BROKEN MAHA IS A EUGENICS MOVEMENT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Genuinely, the vast majority of American voters believe that only laziness or criminal intent could be stopping the average immigrant from obtaining US citizenship. The truth is that becoming a US citizen takes years upon years of work and requires navigating a baroque bureaucratic nightmare.

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 2d ago

I remember a family member of mine saying “isn’t it like going to the DMV?”

I don’t know man, but maybe disenfranchising an entire group for a nebulous outcome isnt something we should support if we actually believe in Democracy. Max Miller is 37. Graham Platner is 41. Clearly youth is no guarantee of quality.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d ago

Pilots have to retire at 65. FEderal law enforcement officers, 57 (with some extensions to 60.) Surely we can agree that people over the age of—70? 75?—should not be allowed to run for federal office.

"Vote blue no matter who" isn't just a cudgel to smack the left when they're undermining centrist candidates, it applies the other way around too.

Anyways, the race is AES's to lose and crashing out and dooming over him winning is as counterproductive as crashing out and dooming over Stevens winning. We fight with the soldiers we have and not the ones we want and this is the point for unity, not deciding to go on a suicide mission.

I personally think it is bad that a nominally left-wing magazine is repeating *Entartetemusik* propaganda practically chapter and verse. Maybe they need some lines about the degenerate Negroid excesses of dubstep.

Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago

this man should get combat pay bc he was FIGHTING here

Anatomy of a Gundam show: 1) Dense geopolitical lore, sometimes but not always prioritized at the expense of character development 2) A view of war as an atrocity, regardless of circumstance 3) HEY GUYS LOOK AT ALL THESE BADASS ROBO-TANKS!

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

ok now that I've gotten public buy-in on the Taco Bell Principle, let's find out if we can apply it in real time

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · yesterday

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I have little to add to the chat, but I will say this: Those of us who spend a lot of time talking about politics overestimate how much other people care about, or are even familiar with, the labels we use to describe, denigrate, or celebrate candidates. Sometimes we’re high on our own supply.

No major media seems interested in the fact that senior DNC staff is openly undermining Ken Martin and literally withholding documents they don't want him to see, and you can bet the reason for that is that those are the same staffers media depend on for leaks so reporters won't spotlight them.

It's not clear who's gonna be the 2028 nominee, but it's pretty clear Ossoff won the 2025-2026 portion of the primary.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterday

NEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”

These people literally do not believe in America. "Reining in the president" is literally the fucking job of Congress. The people who founded America were extremely clear about that!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

But they won the Commie Corridor, so now we all must bow down and pay respects to the new Politics Knowers.

A bunch of these kinds of candidates have been losing in plenty of races, but these progressives are just not mentioning it. The way they talk about it, you'd assume they're making a clean sweep everywhere, but that's just not even close to true.

Vibecession Forever@ghazelleberner.bsky.social · yesterday

I’m not sure I agree with this framing. The “establishment” is ultimately a meaningless phrase. It’s not ideological. To hear many leftists talk about her, AOC is part of the establishment now. The stakes are higher for El-Sayed. Losing this primary should be a reckoning for the anti-Dem wing.

80% of the 2028 Democratic Primary Field:

Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast@irhottakes.bsky.social · yesterday

I'm pretty sure I'm either a social liberal, a liberal socialist, a social democrat, or a democratic socialist and against one or more of the other three. Maybe. Which one doesn't get me yelled at?