MichaelDorset

@stillcraftsman.bsky.social

No DMs. Craftsman at heart, draftsman by profession. I'd retire tomorrow if I could afford it; I've got lots of stuff to do at home. If hope can save democracy, I'm trying to do my part. It's not easy. I was/am OldWhiteGuy on the bird app, FWIW

Not sure why this imaginationless reactionary murder-covering-up sack of shit has any buzz right now but if he does it's because the dumbest, most imaginationless assholes at The Bulwark, the Times and Neera Tanden want him to while exactly zero other people, and FEWER Democratic rank-and-file, do.

Stop Trying to Make Rahm Emanuel Happen

Elite political reporters are eager to boost his presidential bid. But there has seldom been a candidate more poorly suited to a historical moment.

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I would like to huzzah the profound brilliance of Democrats running all candidates past Republicans to make sure they are unattackable by Republicans, meaning an entire Democratic Party field of venomous Jesusy "remigration"-spouting neo-nazi assholes. Then we'll be "electable," boy howdy.

Jay D Johnson@refusenik.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here's a question for @robertdownen.bsky.social I wonder how Islamophobic Texas Republicans will attempt to use Abdul El-Sayed in their attack ads against Talarico and the Democratic Party in general? The same really applies nationwide. It's why establishment Dems solidly backed Stevens.

"When I derailed the train nobody died because there are many other trains that people might have conceivably used." yeah but they did die, they died and now they are dead because you killed them, you fucking death's mask frog voice mass-murdering Nazi prick you.

The emoluments clause, called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal employees from receiving gifts, payment, or other object or service of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers,

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We white settlers simply don't have any more right to be here than anyone else. That's the bottom line. That's what "no one is illegal on stolen land" really means. We simply do not have any moral right to exclude other people from a country built by force and genocide.

3/3 ..And it feels like we're back where we were before we started the war—except maybe a little bit worse off. And my understanding is that the ceasefire says we've now got 60 days to develop a plan to deal with the nuclear issue, but we don't know yet what that plan is.”

2/3 …This administration, or a prior version of this administration, pulled out of it, which caused then Iran to develop more nuclear capacity. We've now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. ⬇️

🧵 1/3 Obama explaining the situation with Iran “There was a deal in place in which Iran had agreed not to develop nuclear weapons that the entire international community, including Israeli intelligence, our own intelligence agencies, assessed was working. ⬇️

I understand that our institutions are going to recognize the authority of the Supreme Court, by the way. What I'm saying is it's very important for *us*—all of us—to view the fascist 6 as completely illegitimate, and let that observation of obvious truth inform our politics and worldview.

In my opinion hardwood Democrats who don't want to be replaced shouldn't have sucked shit for so long without listening to everyone screaming at them about it. We need to see so many of them replaced in so many primaries. Every time it happens is cause for hope and should cheer people everywhere.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Grimly amusing Dem machines think they deserve some sort of entitlement hierarchy. My entire life, everything has been moving backwards, politically, democratically, bureaucratically, judicially. You are all failures. You are presumptively part of the rot that must be removed down to the root.

This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.

A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family

Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.

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We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5