El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

this is right-on

M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 4h ago

Some things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?

This is filling up -- and you should go. It's really exciting to see several chapters springing up across the country these past two months -- it's real important to build a counter-movement the manosphere/fascist crap that's radicalized otherwise apolitical dudes bsky.app/profile/dads...

Dads For All - Twin Cities@dadsforalltc.bsky.social · 5d ago

We have our kick-off scheduled! Free pizza! A free drink! That's reason enough for you and all your cool dad friends to stop by and see what's up. luma.com/7ukhfaba We're creating a way for dads to connect, hang out, and maybe make our community better, too 👍

it turns out at the end that everyone was just practicing for the real villain

The Independent@the-independent.com · 11h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

Why is this 2010 @politico.com piece on the Tea Party so giddy www.seattlepi.com/national/pol... but the below piece is so scoldy

Tea partiers turn on GOP leadership

Whether it's the loose confederation of Washington-oriented groups that have played an...

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Chris@chris-hhh.bsky.social · 7h ago

Wakes up, sees AES and several other lefties win in MI, income tax elimination and democracy-limiting measures lose in Missouri, abortion ban lose in KS (!), etc etc @politico.com: "Moderates are relishing in their stronger than expected showing." www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Wakes up, sees AES and several other lefties win in MI, income tax elimination and democracy-limiting measures lose in Missouri, abortion ban lose in KS (!), etc etc @politico.com: "Moderates are relishing in their stronger than expected showing." www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

The razor-thin margin will only deepen divisions over the future of the Democratic Party.

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The decisive failure of GOP referenda in Kansas Amendment 1 and Missouri Amendment 4 yesterday is yet another reminder of something I've been saying for a while: Voters, even Republican voters, now regularly despise and repudiate GOP attempts to use them to destroy democracy.

Seems like the new StP city officials saw folks like Mamdani's success of social media and thought the secret sauce was 10,000 relentlessly positive posts a day about local groups and festivals Maybe they could show *things getting done* too, tho www.currentaffairs.org/news/meanwhi...

Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done

As Trump creates economic havoc and commits war crimes, the socialist mayor of New York City demonstrates what serious, responsible government looks like.

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There’s no actual alternative to polling but I just don’t believe they capture public sentiment in any reliable way anymore

"If there is one lesson to be gleaned from the Trump era, it is that anyone can do, or say, anything they want in the name of political convenience—with zero shame & total panache—and nobody will hold it against you, or, at any rate, they’ll forget about it in a few days" slate.com/news-and-pol...

There’s One Simple Word the Left Needs to Start Saying if They Want to Win

I really don’t think we need to be debating the legitimacy of Thanksgiving right now.

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Activist and grassroots organizer Will Lawrence has won the Democratic primary election in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, with a campaign focused on data centers’ regulation and demanding accountability for big tech and AI companies. www.wired.com/story/anti-d...

The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics

Climate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium.

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triggering stuff

Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 17h ago

There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this

this is just a huge gift for dems

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h ago

Trump: "I think any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake ... data centers, if you look at the state, everything is good around them"

Humorous to me how, when a Dem candidate is a centrist, the narrative is about how leftists have to grow up and support them. When the candidate is a leftist, the question is whether they can rally adequate support. So some people are responsible for running a winning campaign, you say? Interesting.

The reason Trump’s approval keeps hitting a new all-time low every day, and why Republicans might lose the Senate, is because GOP voters are losing their enthusiasm for his agenda, while independents move in droves toward an energized Democratic base. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...

Quite an upset in the #KSGov Dem primary. State Sen. Cindy Holscher, who came out against data centers and the Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal, has defeated state Sen. Ethan Corson, who had a big financial edge and an endorsement from term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly.

"The underlying message of 'The Odyssey' is [...] an allegorical musing on America, a nation whose leaders have shattered cherished norms and precedents and turned their back on the principles of its own framing—leaving chaos, mayhem and destruction in their wake" www.rogerebert.com/features/the...

The People from the Sea: How "The Odyssey" is About America

A reading of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster as a commentary on the current state of America.

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sure but dems keep showing everyone that they agree w the gop: "fraud" is just grants to poor and minority folks if dei attacks portrayed sharing power across racial boundaries as illegal and wrong, fraud attacks try to portray sharing resources across racial boundaries as illegal and wrong

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · yesterday

"The sabotage of government functions is itself a reward for antiliberals, but also a weaker IRS fosters easier tax evasion and financial fraud for their rich and powerful friends." www.liberalcurrents.com/actually-col...

CoreCivic expects Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees to start arriving at the 1,800 bed Appleton, Minn., facility as early as this fall. with a ramp up to full capacity by mid-2027. The contract kicks in next week. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Appleton detention facility could start holding ICE detainees this fall

CoreCivic, which owns the 1,600 bed Prairie Correctional Facility has been awarded a contract to hold detainees.

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should overlay a pic of any college president, CEO, media exec, elected leader, or US Senator who expresses that no, despite their power, they have no power -- that's why they tried to work out a deal that's certain to fail

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

"Once you adjust typical economic aggregates for hours worked and inequality, Western Europe clearly pulls ahead of the United States." peoplespolicyproject.org/2026/08/04/w...

Western Europe Is Richer Than the US

Let's put an end to the stupid GDP discourse.

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Also true. We’re a party of ‘pick me I’m not like other Democrats’ and Republicans are a party of ‘hell yeah I’m a conservative republican”

Petard@maisondesnark.bsky.social · 2w ago

To be fair, the moderate wing of the Democratic party also denigrates and runs against the Democratic party. Not sure that dynamic existed in the GOP during the tea party era.

btw afik none of the White House reporters (the same ones who dined on steak at lobster at the correspondents dinner w/ Trump and his officials) asked Trump any questions about money laundering today or yesterday. 🤔

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 4d ago

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.

I am subsidizing local public schools, that I may never even use

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

The core of MAHA -- that big interests make us sick -- is right Touble is, the answers provided are usually quackery because *other* interests -- and the electeds that benefit from them -- like it that way On data centers and glyphosate and pfas and so much else, Dems could win

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

"Most social media companies are pro-MAGA. With an upcoming wave election, do you want yours -- which is uniquely protected from user collapse -- to change?" "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people"

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 same week capital one closed the trump accts due to money laundering

Jake Peralta Cool

ALT: Jake Peralta Cool

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Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

"It’s unbelievable to subject kids to these kinds of invasive medical exams that have no basis in health or safety. One of my daughters is a rising fourth-grader, and she played a sport last year. Are you going to ask a fourth-grader to undergo this?” s/o @momsrising.org

The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes

In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.

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I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering

These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

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