Truth! This is always how it done. Why money is free speech? Fuck Citizens United! We need to flip the script on their commercial politiking. Use their ads against them. Chop them up- show voters their messaging lies. We need an effective meta, meta-meta communication strategy.

David Hoff@davidhoff10.bsky.social · 14h ago

Get ready for GOP to spend the zillion dollars in their coffers on ads portraying El-Sayed & Mandami as the faces of the Democratic Party. GOP are masters of getting people to vote against their interests with scare tactics, & they are going to do it again. No need to bother with actual policies.

Get ready for GOP to spend the zillion dollars in their coffers on ads portraying El-Sayed & Mandami as the faces of the Democratic Party. GOP are masters of getting people to vote against their interests with scare tactics, & they are going to do it again. No need to bother with actual policies.

Wonder what GOP harping on communism is about? Every election they find an issue most people don’t care about, but moves the electorate a couple of percentage points (2024 – Transgender; 2004 – Gay Marriage, etc.) which is all you need to win elections. I worry it’s going to work once again.

To all Dems complaining about Abdul El-Sayed as US Senate candidate in Michigan, if you want to win in November: shut your pie holes! The future of our country depends on Dems taking back Congress. Every Dem nominee needs either full throttle support or stay silent. Don't do the GOP's work for them.

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

Why is this not a top story in every news outlet in the country? POTUS has 300 accounts closed because of suspicions of money laundering, and it gets barely a shrug. Just another day in Trump's America. Pathetic. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.

apnews.com

Climate change is real.

One of the saddest things about Lindsey Graham was that he was the result of a homophobic culture that forced him to hide his true self, and as a result he became a lonely self-loathing person who would do anything to avoid being outed.

Reactions to Lindsey Graham’s death by Sen. Schiff, Coons, etc., speak volumes of what ails the Democratic party. When you describe as "political differences", being an unabashed supporter of a completely corrupt POTUS who's done untold damage, you don’t get the reality we're living in.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Democratic politicians telling us today how sad they are about Lindsey Graham's death because he purportedly had such a "great sense of humor" are why Democrats are currently struggling with a base angry and resentful at the evil agendas promoted by the likes of vile toadies like Lindsey Graham.

Just got off a 20 or so minute call with Mitch McConnell and he says hi 👋

Great piece. "Graham Platner is no Donald Trump, but they are both object lessons in what happens when people choose to ignore an avalanche of red flags simply because someone is on the right team."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

New in PN: A sentient collection of red flags "When it came to Platner & his supporters trying to push back on the misdeeds that ultimately doomed him, there was never anything of substance or real. He just demanded people accept he was a totally different person than all evidence showed him to be"

1/ If you or someone you love gets SNAP, Medicaid, or any safety net help, read this. The new law does not just cut benefits. It buries you in paperwork built to make you quit. Here is the trap waiting for you, and how one artist survived it. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

In today’s Starting Point, Massachusetts health care operators are expressing alarm over the Supreme Court ruling siding with the Trump administration’s effort to end immigration protections for Syrians and Haitians.

Who will take care of our older and disabled people? - The Boston Globe

Health care operators in Mass. express alarm from the Trump administration's effort to remove Haitians here.

trib.al

So, the thing about ableist language—and slurs in general—is not that it hurts people's feelings. It can do that, sure, and that's bad, but the issue with ableist language—and slurs in general—is about that language's role in a system of oppression. It's about what using that language does.

I eagerly wait for the press to ask Trump how he can give $300 billion to Iran, when he was outraged over Obama sending 'plane loads of cash', (which was actually $1.7 billion of their own unfrozen assets). I'm guessing it'll be a long wait. @mediabusters6.bsky.social www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Am I the only one who could care less about the World Cup, and am already sick of hearing about it?

And this is different than the US, how? Senior officials in the Russian Defense Ministry & some in the Kremlin, insist on protecting military expenditures, stating reductions would badly damage economy because so many businesses R reliant on military-related contracts. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Heading to my 45th college reunion this week, today’s Doonesbury made me laugh out loud. There is nothing more insufferable than arrogant highly privileged old farts giving unsolicited advice to young people. May I never become that! www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2...

Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 31, 2026 | GoComics

Read Doonesbury—a comic strip by creator Garry Trudeau—for today, May 31, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!

gocomics.com

I don't believe in capital punishment, but I'm willing to make an exception for people who watch videos on the subway on speaker.

Can someone please explain what the F we're doing indicting a 94 year old? US policy towards Cuba for past 60+ years (w/exception of Obama) has been a failure, & resulted in misery for the wonderful people of Cuba & their beautiful country. And it continues.... www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...

Cuba's Raúl Castro indicted in US over 1996 fatal downing of two planes

It's the latest move in the Trump administration's pressure campaign against Cuba's communist government.

bbc.com

“Kars4Kids commercials banned in California over deceptive and misleading jingle” Forget deceptive practices. I would ban the Kars4Kids commercials, because they're the most annoying thing on the planet, and equivalent to torture through water boarding. www.msn.com/en-us/autos/...

If you play music in public without headphones, you are a cunt. It really is that simple.

1 of 5) In honor of the late Jim Ward's 67th birthday, here’s examples of his comedy brilliance on the Stephanie Miller Show @stephaniemiller.bsky.social + a bonus: an interview w/Jim. Jim–you are so missed! Stand-Up News – 5/20/06. Jim as Sid Fleigelman at the end! web.archive.org/web/20060717...

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

Under absolutely no circumstances can Colorado be allowed to host the next Democratic National Convention now. But it seems like exactly the state that @democrats.org’s absolute loser chair @kenmartin.bsky.social would try to steer the Convention toward.

People don’t always see the battles autistic people fight internally every single day. Sometimes we’re smiling on the outside while feeling completely overwhelmed on the inside. A little understanding and patience can mean everything. ❤️