Lotta white dudes angrier that Emily Wilson wrote two (2) articles that criticize a white dude they like than they ever were at the hundreds of racists and bigots throwing shitfits about the casting of a trans man and a Black woman
Del Marra
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This next song is called get fucked. (h/t webcomicname.com)
The thing is that they don't defy party lines, it's overwhelmingly Republicans doing this and lying about it is weird and pretty shocking. What the fuck is this.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d agoThere 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.
Not sure if he understands how much easier he just made it for us to flip the Senate
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d agoFLAG: Trump just said he doesn't object to withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination — keeping him in an acting capacity as AG — until after Sens. Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.
Honestly god bless 'em. Hope they're getting more subscriptions and whatnot, they deserve it
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.Short answer: yes. Our tech team are working on it and we hope to be back to normal soon. Emily Wilson is on the LRB Podcast in the meantime: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Obscene wealth has always been closely linked with the fantasy of harming the hoi polloi in the name of "protection," but this makes it sort of hackily obvious.
Rafi@rafil.bsky.social · 2w agoNot only should this be illegal but if you have ever put down a deposit a vehicle like this you should lose your drivers license, right to vote, and right to bear arms, and be ineligible to take out bank loans or credit cards.
Loooootta men in the replies desperately nodding along going "YEAH YEAH TOTALLY WEIRD WHAT A SHITTY MOM THIS IS SO FREAKY AND HORRIBLE AND HER KID'S PROBABLY GONNA BE FUCKED UP BECAUSE OF THIS YUP EXACTLY" Really telling!
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 3w agoBy far the most terrifying opening paragraph I've read in an FT piece giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... omg @soumayakeynes.ft.com
This will not happen. Ever. The Democratic Party does not do this, it's never done this, and those who pretend that it does are the ones you should never leave your drink unattended around
I wonder if it's at all to do with the fact that Nixon really, REALLY hated the Kennedys and JFK specifically, and by the time the building was ready to open Nixon was president and there was the sense that if anyone was gonna try to fuck this up it'd be Nixon
Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is really absurd given how frankly weirdly explicit the statute is that the Kennedy Center is meant to honor JFK and absolutely nobody else.
The ENTIRETY of AIPAC spent about $50 million last year. this is one of dozens of conservative dark money PACs out there donating to what are essentially false flag progressive PACs.
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · last mo.2. Newly filed FEC documents reveal that three PACs that claim to oppose GOP policies — Lead Left PAC, Real Change PAC, and California Blue PAC — are wholly funded by Conservative Americans PAC. Conservative Americans PAC received $30 million this cycle from a GOP dark money group, the APA.
I wonder if Cornyn getting fucked over by Trump is, for some reason, the straw breaking the GOP's back in the house and senate. Be fucking hilarious if it was.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3mo agoBREAKING: Mitch McConnell just slammed the Trump slush fund: "So the nation's top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick."
The Venn diagram of the people shitting on the No Kings protests and the people bragging about attending anti-Israel protests is a fucking circle
Yeahhh this is pretty much what I figured. All the "AIPAC is a unique evil that must be DESTROYED" rhetoric is coming from people who know Jews are a very handy boogeyman and work backward from there
How Does TrackAIPAC Actually Track AIPAC?
The social media warriors have helped make AIPAC a politically toxic brand — and fueled debate over what it means to be "pro-Israel."
theintercept.com
It's amazing how the one instance where leftists' theory of "we have to hit rock bottom before we can have Revolution" might ACTUALLY WORK is immigration rights. Trump might just usher in the open borders I've supported my entire adult life.
Del Marra@delmarra.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis is a newish account because I need to yell about politics, so for the record: I believe that any person who wants to become an American citizen should be an American citizen. No exceptions, no caveats. Our country is exceptional and we should want as many people as possible to share that.
Calling it now: in ten or twenty years' time, when people write award-bait movies/plays/shows about this time period, they will lionize the conservative white dudes like Fetterman and Massie while shitting all over the libs who were yelling about this shit since 2015 and before. You watch.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6mo agoSen. John Fetterman is calling on Trump to fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Indivisible's theory of Democratic influence is that you punish Democrats when they do things you don't like, but—and this is crucial!—you ALSO punish Democrats when they do things you like. The key is that you must always, no matter what, hate Democrats. That's how to change the party.
Indivisible Brooklyn@bkindivisible.bsky.social · 6mo agoNo better way to show our 💙for MN than a blizzard rally outside @schumer.senate.gov (7th day in a row!) We are so thankful that ni Dems are voting for DHS$, but we also know that this is just a 1st step in stopping ICE terror! Hold the Line, Chuck! @indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
The thing about the “acktually armed resistance is the only way to revolution” reply guys is that the ones who aren’t feds have no plans for armed revolution: they just want an excuse to stay at home and jerk off while feeling morally superior to the people doing the actual work or resistance.
Something I've been mulling over wrt the vaccine bullshit—I think one reason RFK might be doing this is so that people who get vaccinated won't be eligible for the "vaccine harm" reimbursement. He's been obsessed with the fact that the govt, not pharma companies, pay for any claims of vaccine harm.
How many fucking times does this have to be repeated? 1. Impeachment is done by the House, not the Senate. 2. The House is controlled by Republicans, not Democrats. 3. Democrats already impeached him, twice. Republicans refused to convict him, both times. 4. Republicans also control the Senate.
Considering that the American public has suffered a mass delusion for like 70 years that the GOP is better on the economy (seriously, I want to read a book about this particular bonkers belief), this is kind of staggering
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew polling of registered voters from Third Way: Republicans and Democrats are tied at 38% on which party is most trusted to handle the economy. Democrats are: Up 11 points on handling cost-of-living concerns Up 6 points on energy costs and tariffs Up 20 points on health care Via Playbook
IS3FG if it turns out Weiss is a sleeper agent for Democrats
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Streisand effect remains undefeated
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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...did Trump gin up this whole war on the assumption that, because previous US wars were profitable for oil companies, oil companies will automatically want him to go to war with whatever random oil-having country he remembers the name of and would therefore reward him???
Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social · 8mo ago🇺🇸🇻🇪 The Trump administration has quietly asked U.S. oil companies whether they would return to Venezuela after Maduro leaves power — but so far, none are interested, - POLITICO Low oil prices, political risk and Venezuela’s deteriorated infrastructure are deterring investment.
I'm so glad this is happening, also resigned to the fact that these four men will be given more plaudits for this one act than any Democrat, anywhere, will be given for anything
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 8mo agoFOUR REPUBLICANS just signed the House Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote on the Hakeem Jeffries bill to extend health care tax credits for 3 years: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA). Gives it the required 218 signatures. Huge news
I read this and sincerely, fuck Aaron Agosto for writing it. Fuck these people for voting for a cruel bigot who made them feel smug about their own cruel bigotry, and FUCK Politico for once again taking a potshot at Democrats for no fucking reason other than that they hate their mommies.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8mo ago“.. He led me into the Hilltop, where half the people inside knew his name, to a corner where we sat drinking diner coffee. ‘You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,’ Zink said.” @politico.com #DOGE www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Pundits will give 100x more credit to a couple of GOP state legislators in Indiana for this one thing than they will ever, ever give to any Democrat ever. Count on it.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 8mo agoINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of Trump’s redistricting push.
Weird how this will pass without comment, but a female politician calling the GOP "full of shit" the other day was called a vulgar tryhard
We're gonna find out that there was some sort of custody dispute and Leavitt's brother called ICE on this poor woman
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8mo agoWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to the Trump admin's ICE actions sweeping the country — her nephew's mother was arrested by agents in Revere, Massachusetts this month. www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...