Wanna unpack this a bit to head off accusations of “why would you turn an opportunity to slam Republicans for fraud into a complaint about Democrats?” Here’s why: 1/

Erich DeLang@erichdelang.bsky.social · 1h ago

Even he’s smart enough to know this is the right frame. Can you imagine a Democratic Party that not only messaged on this, they aggressively acted on it? Broke as many rules and cut as many corners going after the fraudsters as the GOP does to persecute the innocent? Anyway, it’s fun fantasizing.

A guy who, literally, believes his shit don’t stank.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

at some point we're going to have to regulate media platforms

Scott McGrath@smcgrath.phd · 3d ago

🧪 Medical professionals are losing the attention war on YouTube. In a 3,958-video sample, independent creators produced the lowest quality content but captured the highest viewership using exaggeration. #MedSky

Same day as a $1.6 billion govt contract for SpaceX you say?

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · last wk.

Quite the day of news! Probably unrelated. www.axios.com/2026/07/29/m...

Among many other things this is a good illustration of the necessity of untethering ideology and "fight" in intra-Democratic battles. The party is very united on fight, very divided on ideology. You unite on fight, let different constituencies/states find their center of gravity on ideology.

This really is the deal. Every elected Democrat needs to decide whether they’re getting on board with a) and/or b), think about what previously unthinkable moves they’re going to have to make or back to ensure a) and/or b) actually succeed, or resign their offices. That’s really the deal too.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 7d ago

There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.

There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

I think a party that can welcome anti-Trump Republicans can also embrace members of the DSA. I think it should, actually

Again, mostly agree with Will here, but let’s try this. I have an 813 credit score, and while I don’t like to brag, that has secured me an elite 23.49% APR on my main credit card. Now I pay it off every month and never pay any interest, but let’s say I was dumb (or sick) and had a $50k balance. 1/

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2w ago

“You can’t compare making 50k, and then getting a 50k windfall, to having a 100k income for a year. You nitwit.”

Hey, you know how, say, Anthony Fauci was a world class expert on infectious disease (Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2008, given by George W. Bush) and widely renowned, and then he said some stuff some in his area of expertise that people didn’t like and suddenly they’re “doing their own research?”

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2w ago

So much this: "Why the smartest people in the room keep missing that intelligence is often not the main bottleneck in the real world" www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/intelligen... Institutions, laws, and regulations matter. Politics matter (ask Dario and Sam!). Kids: Study social science.

I got mine when @whstancil.bsky.social was handing them out, so shoutout to him for the early access!

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tomorrow is "Shoutout the Person Who Gave You a Bluesky Invite Code" Day. It was a cool time for cool people to drag other cool people here.

If US politicians and military personnel don’t want to risk ICC jurisdiction, they should avoid committing war crimes.

troyliss@troyliss.bsky.social · 2w ago

There’s a bipartisan consensus in the US that the federal government will never recognize the ICC, because that would put US politicians and military personnel under ICC jurisdiction.

So who’s the reverse of Rogan? Who is as brain poisoned by left wing conspiracy theories as Rogan is by right wing nonsense but is a MUST for engagement, who saw Trump try as hard to get booked as Harris did with Rogan in 2024? Ok, who’s at 50% of Rogan on either the crazy or critical axis?

Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 3w ago

Joe Rogan is not a harmless, gullible bro. He’s a malevolent, gullible bro.

Probably not, but not because Platner had lots of skeletons in his closet, as that doesn’t seem to be a hurdle for future work.

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 3w ago

Platner's collapse — which came after POLITICO's exclusive report on a sexual assault accusation against him — has raised a question for Moraff and the other consultants behind Platner's rise: Will anyone trust them again to run a high-stakes campaign? www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Gotta reverse the order of the product slightly to make it work, but that make me Kenneth “Cheese Spread” Jarlsberg.

kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w ago

your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals

Code switching GOAT.

sirosenbaum.bsky.social@sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 3w ago

Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish

C’mon. Are these even real pathogens? Who’s ever heard of most of these? Like I know listeria, but the rest sound made up. I mean seriously, how many people did “Yersinia” ever kill?!

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11mo ago

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?

There's a related underrated structural deficit for Dems because of Senate malapportionment and gerrymandering. Because virtually 100% of ads are for specific elections and because the most pivotal races are in redder-than-median districts, ads people see are skewed to a conservative audience

niraliberalism@niral.bsky.social · 3w ago

it’s funny that the only political ads are for campaigns. never some ads to let people know what you’re doing, what you’ve done for them. Just start cold every 2 or 4 years.

good job blocking stuff out there today, Senate Dems

Same as it always is. You’ll lose the part of your coalition that doesn’t like this role-playing and unless you plan on endorsing “citizen’s executions” where 2A SYG vigilantes are encouraged to summarily execute any fellow citizens they think crimed, you won’t get to the right of the GOP either.

accidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦@accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 3w ago

What's the downside of role-playing being tough on crime? Yes most of these proposals have no actual effect on crime rates. Economic conditions do. But you have to win elections to implement pro-growth policies, and American voters have loved "tough-on-crime" messages for decades.

Senate Democrats are actually doing things thehill.com/policy/defen...

Senate Democrats block $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill

Senate Democrats on Tuesday defeated a motion to proceed to the $1.15 trillion annual defense authorization bill, legislation that usually enjoys strong bipartisan support but this year has become …

thehill.com

Had some timeline synergy this morning - second image is so you can see the headline of The Atlantic piece.

Are they at Joe Kahn’s house? Or Dash Sulzberger? Then probably not.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 4w ago

NY Tmes exec editor Joe Kahn said in 2024 that the issue of democracy's survival was not a top priority in his newsroom's coverage. Now Trump is sending federal agents to NYT reporters' homes to deliver subpoenas over coverage he doesn't like. I wonder if democracy is a priority for Joe now.

Two Toms Talking Theology A comic by me and @valigarmander.bsky.social Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry

Yeah, this is why Woke 2.0 will have to evolve in both directions simultaneously: 1. Less reflexive animosity and lashing out and generally more grace extended to allies even when they screw up to reduce broad backlash. 2. Ruthless cancellation of non-allies in a way that they stay canceled.

Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 4w ago

And the fact that White House officials can feel empowered to openly share their white supremacist views without so much as a peep from mainstream media says much about the moral state of the nation.

LAX—>ORD

Turns out the answer here is “yes, according to him at least.” Hat tip to @amdiamanti.bsky.social for the corrective.

Erich DeLang@erichdelang.bsky.social · 4w ago

Do we know he ever voted for Republicans? Like even in high school he was voted “most likely to start a revolution.” It turned out that as as the Chosen One of the Dirtbag Left he was a lot more dirtbag than left, but was he ever actually a Republican? Genuine question - prepared to be wrong.

Completely agree with this, caveated by saying that this sort of hardball should be extended to asshole criminals like Menendez and Cuellar and not just assholes who are threatening to the existing party power structure. Goose, gander, etc.

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 4w ago

i think they need to threaten to ruin his life even worse than it already is. if no one has told him that prosecutors will dismember his personal life looking for a reason to make him die in the deepest hole Maine has available, they need to make it clear that there is one way out: dropping out.

All I’ll say is that it’s not outside the realm of possibility that Platner is at once a rapist, an asshole, unfit for office, & also genuinely believes the things he said that made me support him at first. DSCC is salivating at the idea of Senator Jared Golden, and whoever that’s for it ain’t me.

The “can President Obama talk Derek into it again” moment. IYKYK