And when the Senate voted to confirm Clarke in May, eight Democrats voted for her along with Republicans. Durbin Fetterman Gallego Hassan Heinrich Reed Shaheen Whitehouse www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Working on new terrain

she's real for that one frfr I've realized this year I also do NOT like fireworks. I can tolerate two days a year (the 4th and new years), but anything beyond that is egregious

Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 19h ago

you know i'm starting to think she just hates holidays for their own sake, not even as a woke thing

Well Im pretty sure that second one is a John Steinbeck novel bout the horrible things that money lets people do to each other and about how one's self worth is often intangibly tied directly to that there wealth but tolking was probably imagining up all sorts of dragons so I ca'nt really argue

the world if self-identified liberals read Rawls and CW Mills:

Mundo Feliz Onetreehsll: Ciudad Futurista

Alt: Mundo Feliz Onetreehsll: Ciudad Futurista

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ergopraxis@ergopraxis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This was seen by more people than I expected, and someone is complaining about liberal smug in the twitter QTs so in the interest of fairness I must note that this situation is definitely much more aggravated with self-identified liberals having no clue about liberal political philosophy

The second Trump era has, if nothing else, been a good illustration of the idea that the people at the top echelons of society, in finance, law, higher education, politics, etc., are often the most credulous fools you can imagine.

Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · yesterday

Look, they're not gonna stop doing it until it stops working

A lot of the MAGA crowd wants the US to essentially become like the UAE, where there’s an enormous foreign workforce who have substantially fewer rights than citizens and are subject to awful working conditions. It’s a fever dream, but it’s their fever dream.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...

*mf doom voice* obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake

psa: you can turn this on in settings so you always post with alt-text

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d ago

my third favorite is giving me a setting that I can turn on that doesn't let me hit post without providing alt-text, but that's my first favorite feature that doesn't involve trying to avoid being abused by other users.

“There's an old saying in Clausewitz—I know it's in Jomini, probably in Clausewitz—that strategy is the use of battles for... for... battles get you the thing you want.”

James@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's like what that German guy always used to say. Sustained kinetic strikes in lieu of a cessation in hostilities are negotiations by other means

has anyone unpacked christopher nolan casting a trans person to be the distraction sacrifice for a trojan horse to enter, and then destroy, civilization

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

can't find premium content like this on threads i'll tell you that much

Aint no box wine when she's gone

one time in a breakout recitation with a TA, one of the students asked a few too many questions for his liking (she was fine, just needed more questions answered, that's explicitly why these sessions existed) and for some reason he snapped

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

If your immediate response to this isn't "fuck you, old man," you should just leave journalism entirely.

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

HUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.

We can't solve a housing crisis without building more housing. Today we broke ground on the Casanova Residence, which will soon be nearly 100 affordable and supportive homes with on-site services for New Yorkers. Every new home is a step toward a City that everyone can afford.

I wish we could shake libs out of the consensus position that the progressiveness of a tax policy can be solely evaluated by looking at one side of the ledger I have had many conversations like this “This tax is regressive” >But the revenue is being spent progressively “Had not considered this”

NEW: Trump is unlawfully attempting to share millions of TANF recipients' private data. This program provides a lifeline and helps families with childcare, housing, and food during difficult times. I'm suing because when people are afraid to seek help, children and families pay the price.

Seth Moulton was given the chance to make several private equity investments that were not available to everyday investors with defense tech companies he helps oversee on the House Armed Services Committee. They are now worth millions of dollars. Bob Kuttner reports: prospect.org/2026/08/03/s...

Seth Moulton’s Sweetheart Deals - The American Prospect

In Rep. Moulton’s upcoming Senate primary challenge, questions about his lucrative investments in defense tech companies may prove more important than incumbent Ed Markey’s age.

prospect.org

I think it’s sort of like the mentality of guys who film antisocial prank videos: sure, they’re doing something embarrassing in public, but the rage they get in response outweighs the embarrassment and makes it worth it.

anyway every man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind, but some diminish me a lot less than most.

stripping OMB of the ability to dole out grants is an enormous win, this nukes the SAVE act, it prohibits further ICE bailouts, adding a "no, really, trump can't break already on-the-books laws regarding elections the federal government doesn't run" clause would be both unnecessary and unproductive

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Patty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.

I've encountered many people in real life and work who use the too-cutesy phrases around something that isn't cute, and I have trouble deescalating from the immediate, maximum frustration I feel in reaction

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d ago

I know we’re all supposed to find Sen. Kennedy charming. But wgen he says that “he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought,” it’s just a way of deflecting and refusing to tell the truth about Trump, which is that he’s a shameless and contemptible liar.

the three guys who voted in favor of that birthright citizenship EO should be impeached and removed just for that alone. it's sufficient! you simply cannot do the job you were assigned to do. time to go. kavs lawyer-weaseling around it just barely saves him

we are talking about covid because their base is pissed and telling pollsters they won’t show up and the racism dial is already turned as far as it can go but they think maybe there’s a little blood to be squeezed still from the fauci stone. that’s it. that’s the only reason we are doing this.

oh you insist on being chauffeured door to door do you. that’s so cute. you can find me commuting among my soldiers

this is my new belief system btw i’m going chud but from an unexpected angle. ‘driving is soy’

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d ago

you know what i fear? abandonment. good luck getting any mileage outta that one from the safety of your fruity lil death machine

try not to tap your foot and smile, I dare ya

Peter Lucier@peterlucier.bsky.social · 4d ago

Metal man don’t need it that Christian