Lawsome
@lawsomepup.bsky.social
30s. Gay kink. @switchbastien’s collared dogboy. Episcopalian. Politics. DC comics? Warhammer? MOTORCYCLES. “‘90s skate punk as gender presentation.” Not legal advice. Views my own.
I’m a the point where I’m genuinely concerned we get to 60 votes in 28 and can’t toss the filibuster.
Dave Against The Machine🏴@johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 4h agoAnother D+11 poll has hit the timeline today. It appears that the American people have not heard enough about Hasan Piker yet.
Here are the nine most important words in the entire post
Courthouse News@courthousenews.bsky.social · 2h agoIllinois Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday discouraged Democrats from engaging in the same political gamesmanship over Supreme Court nominees as their Republican colleagues if the party wins the majority in November. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/durbin-pours...
I like how anti-immigration activism or violence gets the most stereotypically "woke" response from the media and government now---you can kill your whole family and the police will be like "Look, he had a difficult childhood, he saw a Black person once and he was trying to process that trauma."
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 17h agoThis is your brain on Meta.
Anyway, let’s get Chris Gallant, the gay and apparently kinky firefighter and army vet elected to Congress.
Lawsome@lawsomepup.bsky.social · 10h agoWait wait, the guy challenging Nick LaRota in LI did modeling work for Mr. S? I thought he looked familiar! But also, sounds like a great guy, I wonder if I should give him money.
Wait wait, the guy challenging Nick LaRota in LI did modeling work for Mr. S? I thought he looked familiar! But also, sounds like a great guy, I wonder if I should give him money.
This is my personal 9/11
David Schleicher@profschleich.bsky.social · 2d ago❗New Article❗ The Great American Property Tax Freakout! Since 2024, many states have radically reshaped their property tax systems.The changes are an example of a national trend of carving out influential groups from taxation, in this case a majority group: homeowners papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It is genuinely wild to watch a medical device company with like widespread mainstream market share pandering to me specifically.
NorthShore ABDL🔜BFC@northshoreabdl.bsky.social · yesterdayWhat is middlespace? Middlespace sits between littlespace and adult life. It’s a chance to reconnect with the fun of childhood nostalgia while taking a break from the responsibilities of adulthood. ✨ Learn more in our guide to middlespace: bit.ly/4xu7HkT
Voter fraud cases are rare and basically take two forms: (1) Trump die-hard submitted an extra vote on behalf of a dead relative; (2) People confused by patchwork of inconsistent voter eligibility laws and/or provided erroneous or inadequate guidance by gov't materials and agents.
Alex Burness@burness.bsky.social · yesterdayA big update to an important case: Alaska is dropping charges against a family of American Samoans it had accused of voting crimes. It should not be forgotten that Alaska inflicted enormous hardship and trauma, for years, for a simple, understandable mistake that the state itself helped facilitate.
I think “Trump is historically unpopular” really refutes a lot of pretty big bets a bunch of very important institutions made in 2024 and 2025, and so there’s a lot of denial and trying to pretend everything is FINE going on.
Jake@jakenazar.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a remarkable hesitancy from DC insiders/handicappers, etc. to admit that a blue wave is the modal outcome at this point. My guess is it’s continued residual fear of being wrong like 2016 or 2020, but like, we do have a very good idea of what is going to happen
A lot of insiders bought fully into the whole 2024 vibe shift (which idiotically is because 2024 was called faster than 2020), so a blue wave runs against the mental modal. If you correctly assume 2024 was mostly affordability however 2026 polls make sense.
Jake@jakenazar.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a remarkable hesitancy from DC insiders/handicappers, etc. to admit that a blue wave is the modal outcome at this point. My guess is it’s continued residual fear of being wrong like 2016 or 2020, but like, we do have a very good idea of what is going to happen
eh, i think trans people were also a chosen target because the class of people who run these newspapers have “your child doesn’t turn out how you wanted them to” near the top of “horrible things i can imagine happening to me” so it’s a very natural thing for them to worry about through that lens
in 2021 there was clearly a directive at the NYT to find a minority and throw them up against the wall just to prove that the NYT isn't going to let BLM or its own staff walk all over them
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 2d agoi can't name a transgender athlete unless you count Warhammer 40k as a sport
it is a genuine crisis that there is a high probability a CNN reporter ignored whatever McConnell slurred and accepted copy directly from his office, like this is Pravda shit
the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 2d agoCNN would have us believe McConnell said this words lmao. they refused to allow video to be taken.
It’s honestly wild how little of a plan the Gulf States have for “what if the Americans tell us to take a hike?” For how they have behaved. Like yeah, obviously Trump screws over everybody who deals with him, but their long term prospects on the Democrsric party aren’t great either.
Jason "Red5" Lyall@jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d agoSaudi Arabia Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ After Being Rebuffed by Trump The kingdom is in a state of strategic shock after coming under attack from an emboldened Iran and failing to win more U.S. military support, analysts say.
Mister Bone Saw never thought the leopards would eat HIS face.
Jason "Red5" Lyall@jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d agoSaudi Arabia Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ After Being Rebuffed by Trump The kingdom is in a state of strategic shock after coming under attack from an emboldened Iran and failing to win more U.S. military support, analysts say.
the US's reckless decision to attack Iran without a coherent strategic plan has been a disaster for our regional allies, but of course there have also been downsides
Jason "Red5" Lyall@jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d agoSaudi Arabia Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ After Being Rebuffed by Trump The kingdom is in a state of strategic shock after coming under attack from an emboldened Iran and failing to win more U.S. military support, analysts say.
It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d agoThe 3-hour-and-45-minute “Musk” (plus a 10-minute intermission) hits theaters on Oct. 16, but it’s already causing a stir. The documentary paints Elon Musk as an emotionally unstable grifter with more power and influence than perhaps any other human. https://wapo.st/4ydlXzL
Sure this happens in the leftist enclave of the decadent Kansas State Fair but real America stands with the Senator
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4d agoThe crowd erupts in chants of "Shame on you!" as Roger Marshall tries to explain why he sued 700 of his patients, leading to 81 arrests:
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d agoI see the NYT is still platforming 'dei crushed white men' bullsh*t. Here it's buried in a 'why rural themed pop culture' is so popular in a piece written by a Princeton grad who lives in New York City. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...
Bring back a woke advice column. Woke advice columns were lowkey doing The Real Work. Advice columns are the anti-muse’s natural predator.
My universal suggestion is “ride a motorcycle and play Warhammer” but I think that’s just because they’re MY physically demanding and socially involved hobbies, respectively. But having one of each helps a lot.
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast@irhottakes.bsky.social · 4d agoI think a lot of people on here right now are caught in the cycle of being big mad on the internet where you fight because you're grumpy and you're grumpy because you're fighting. I'm not judging anyone for it. I've been there. But because I've been there, I know it when I see it. Folks gotta chill.
Anyway, this is why none of the factional infighting really matters. Either the republicans destroy the economy (making Racism feel unaffordable for the decisive portion of the electorate) or they don’t. The details of platform or policy basically don’t matter (candidate rizz DOES matter, though).
Lawsome@lawsomepup.bsky.social · 4d agoMy current theory of politics is that racism is a luxury Americans indulge when they feel like their personal financial situation is strong enough to risk putting a Republican in charge of the economy and all issue polling is us trying to invent palatable excuses for this behavior.
My current theory of politics is that racism is a luxury Americans indulge when they feel like their personal financial situation is strong enough to risk putting a Republican in charge of the economy and all issue polling is us trying to invent palatable excuses for this behavior.
Let’s be clear about this - if you care about trans rights and live in Texas you should race to vote for Talarico over Paxton. That doesn’t mean you can’t criticize him (he’s earned it on this issue), but the fundamental truth of VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO holds easily.
W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds
A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.
nbcnews.com
the success of the next Democratic administration will be directly correlated to their ability to convince a majority of the country to put the blame where it belongs and keep it there.
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 5d ago>~2 trillion dollar annual deficit >GDP of ~$30t >ergo deficit >6.5% of GDP country is fucking cooked, those are nearing greece 2009 numbers
I don't know I think insisting they give up large parts of the country because helping them fight a war feels bad to the left is pretty morally dubious
New Avatar looks fun and all but I will never not want Avatar Pius @airshipchronos.bsky.social
Seeing a Muslim immigrant mayor commemorate the anniversary does still give me the warm America tingles, despite everything.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 6d ago25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
