I need folks who are always posting, "Why does Texas vote the way it does???" to pay attention to stuff like this.

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 14h ago

Per Texas media, it’s looking like +100K registrations were affected. Secretary of State is saying that it shouldn’t affect voting.

Western Massachusetts lesbian bar discourse is everyone finding out at once what it's like when you have a meeting and the Organizing Experts Who Learned To Organize On TikTok show up

impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat

This is utterly enraging and I gotta be honest, I have no idea how to fix it. It’s a symptom of a much, much deeper problem. The next two years are just going to be a slog.

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · 22h ago

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

@holgate.permanent.red mentioned ACA and insurance costs going up as one underdiscussed possibility for why even red state voters are angry with republicans right now, and i think this may be another

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 16h ago

"About five million people in the country have already lost SNAP benefits — the government’s primary anti-hunger tool — because of the Trump/GOP bill... One retiree in Ohio described SNAP benefits as a 'lifeline.' Her benefits dropped in March from $250 to $44" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...

a year ago the Cillizzas of the world were saying democrats were falling into Trump's savvy political trap by criticizing ICE. Now a Kansas Republican senator facing re-election is sweatily tweeting his concern about ICE.

Charles Gaba ✡️@charlesgaba.com · 16h ago

They’re panicking.

I don't pin a whole lot of hopes on Dems but I am keeping my fingers crossed that a good number of them come into office in January ready to put on a show as an audition for 2028

Being a bully is the only thing they know. That doesn’t work forever.

Denial so strong your October surprise is just "oh wow holy shit we're fucked"

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2d ago

this feels like the week where the panic is starting to *really* set in for republicans. you’ve got reps left and right pulling trump endorsements off their websites and collateral, senators tentatively sort of nodding at the idea that they may need to start taking some shots at trump flunkies

It is the promised land but oh man do you ever have to wander through some deserts first

RA Walker@tchrgrrrl.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've driven a friend of mine to Costco twice. Both times, I left with new dents in my car. 🙄

Shout out to the lady at Costco who, when I walked 2 feet away from my kid-occupied cart, PLOWED INTO IT with hers and pushed it a full three feet. Then locked eyes with me and cackled

Did a double take at the Costco pump today despite being an Entirely Too Much News Consumer

People are afraid to talk about how hard fresh oregano goes

the footage of the president speaking at a news conference and you can't hear him because it's the press he banned who bring the sound equipment is too on the damn nose because guess what we wouldn't have if people hadn't kept insisting on handing this asshole a microphone over & over & over again

boycotts don't work if they have an expiration date!

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

WaPo statement: @washingtonpost.com

If you came to Bluesky during the invite times you are legally required to refer to the person who invited you as your sire

If you squint you can kind of almost see the grim reaper waiting patiently in the shadows

according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty

Philip Bump@pbump.com · 4d ago

ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.

If you aren't getting excited for the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death, you have no business calling yourself a fall person

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 4d ago

You, a fall person: Ohmygosh I love fall!! Pumpkins! Cozy sweaters! Hot tea and cider! Pumpkins! Pumpkin Spice Lattes! The changing colors of leaves!!!! Me, a spring and summer person: :: pulls hoddie tight over head :: beware: the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death is nigh

Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.

Also notable here: Scalise is using Trump's appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner as evidence to claim that Trump is a fan of the press. The people who organized the dinner are being used exactly as predicted.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.

if you don't support trans rights, you are a loser

But would the president screen it in the White House? Also yes

Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · 4d ago

Okay, someone said "You couldn't make BIRTH OF A NATION today!" in the context of political correctness or some nonsense and... Yes, it could be made today. It was independent and self-financed. It was essentially a Daily Wire production of its day. Don't test me, I know more than you do.

It frustrates me so deeply that cis people simply cannot concieve of transphobia as something serious.

RitzCat@mbalax.bsky.social · 5d ago

Well, “we will drag you all down with us”, when lots of folks are facing even more danger today than the trans community is from Talarico Dems (how about those being held in concentration camps, sent to Eswatini or Gitmo, or killed by ICE?), is kind of being an asshole according to my worldview.

Wow this is... really not okay

Got so desperate I turned down my AC thermostat two degrees last week, just to make it start to feel like autumn was coming

Golden Dome will never not sound like something Trump tried once in a bugged Moscow hotel room

Evergreen Intel@vcdgf555.bsky.social · 5d ago

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Between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, Judaism absolutely kills it at autumn. Christianity is terrible at autumn. Zero cool festivals. No apples. No honey. No pomegranates. No getting to build a little house outdoors

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5d ago

It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.