This is unironically what it's going to be like if even a single DSA backed candidate makes it into the Dem Primaries for 2028

I think it is fair to say that maybe sending Richie Torres and Bill Clinton to dearborn to say that it's actually cool to kill children indiscriminately and you're a bad democrat if you disagree was a bad move.

play by post@playbypost.bsky.social · 3h ago

El-Sayed has received more raw votes in Dearborn than Harris did in the general 2024 lmfao

The US began this war by demanding Iran give up its ballistic missiles, and has instead given up its own (non-nuclear) ballistic missiles

Travis@someforeignfield.bsky.social · yesterday

The US Army has expended "virtually all" of available ATACMS ground-launched missiles during the war against Iran. This comes after expending all of the available more modern PrSM missiles. These were all launched from Kuwait, Bahrain, or other nearby Gulf countries.

Lol @mcopelov.bsky.social blocked me over these replies. Really sad and pathetic. Since he blocked me I'll stop using kid gloves: Mark is the most annoying kind of Liberal Zionist. This type never acknowledges their own ideology or defends it, they just cast aspersions about everyone else.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · 2h ago

Sure. Let me know if you're ever able to coherently defend your position on this issue and articulate how you differ from Yglesias et al. on it. You certainly haven't yet!

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes

I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.

Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 14h ago

One way to be safe is to never write an electability take

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

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

It's looking like Hartzell Gray won't be making it in Missouri, which is a shame. Was a close fight though.

Donavan McKinney lets go here's hoping.

"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!

it must feel so fucking good to be a michigan swing voter who spends 10 hours a day on facebook

Abdul El Sayed's open-mindedness on the question of how to actually resolve the question of Palestine is one of the best indicators of his overall intelligence and sincerity. Policymakers in DC should adopt a rights-based approach which prioritizes ending the occupation and apartheid systems.

Ron Skolnik@ronskolnik.bsky.social · 22h ago

El-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

Remember reading this ages ago and it's pretty pertinent now. Wasn't in great shape to begin with and I imagine now with Hegseth it's accelerated into Super Stupid. americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/02/amer...

America’s National Security Wonderland - American Affairs Journal

While America is battling exhaustion and political polarization at home, it is now facing something it’s never faced abroad: it is locked into a security competition against multiple opponents who, wh...

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rich traditions@helldude.bsky.social · 18h ago

couple months ago: let's show these assholes why americans are drowning in medical and other personal debt now: wait what we don't even have the weaponry now either

Dale would make an incredible Quebec separatist

Luke Knox@lukeknox.me · 19h ago

in the Québécois version of King of the Hill (“Henri pis sa gang”), Boomhauer is named Papineau and sounds like this

Shock: Oh no, they shipped DHL Denial: I got a USPS code so maybe it's not with DHL? Anger: DHL is gonna lose my shit again Bargaining: Does the DHL website seem better? Guilt: Buying local would have avoided DHL Depression: It's gone. It's gone. It's gone Acceptance: DHL app says Thursday now

There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 20h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

Unc's still got it.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 23h ago

The Samurai and The Prisoner sees Kiyoshi Kurosawa at the height of his powers: aftermath.site/the-samurai-an...

America is an integration engine. Even our mullahs be recording sunglasses selfie videos in they truck

its a big day for politics ball. inviting all the neurodivergent nerds over for the big election day!!! big bets underway, exciting polling data, be still my heart. i cant be bothered to run the grill, im running exit polls.

One of my favorite short stories of all time. There’s an animated short film of it from the Soviets in 1984 that’s trippy as hell and worth the watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNH...

"There Will Come Soft Rains" - Budet Laskovyj Dozhd

YouTube video by Candyrunner

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Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

summer heat

Under-discussed Michigan politics story is that a co-founder of Uncommitted is about to become the Democratic nominee for a seat to the State Senate with the backing of Governor Whitmer

The rumors are true. Stand by for more.

So the US military killed everyone on a medevac plane by testing a GPS weapon. futurism.com/science-ener...

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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"This presents a problem for the right: If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them." defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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