if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law
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It seems I am not yet accustomed to my new primal form
The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.
I watched cable news... I thought that less than 2% wins = complete mandate... We were told that this constituted a vibe shift and that the left should get with the fascist program.... What's changed? [OK offline again, lol]
its very telling that the mainstream media narrative is that dsa has wacky and unreasonable positions when the republican party position is that abortion should be banned, latino families should be put in concentration camps, black people should be shot by cops and transgender people shouldnt exist
if you can form a collective arrangement to sell potato chips,you can form a collective arrangement to sell labor. the libertarian objection to unions is nothing more than chauvinism for capital.
David Barth@davidbarthy.bsky.social · 2d agoUnions are an extortion scam.
the three guys who voted in favor of that birthright citizenship EO should be impeached and removed just for that alone. it's sufficient! you simply cannot do the job you were assigned to do. time to go. kavs lawyer-weaseling around it just barely saves him
Stooges / Fun House / Raw Power is my standard answer to this question
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
(Reassuringly) the president has the zoomies
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
friendly reminder that Peter Parker is, canonically speaking, a Jets fan
Odyssey this. Odyssey that. We Odyssey ICE abolished.
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
You can pry the em-dashes from my cold, dead hands
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
referring to Democrats as ”the party of MLK” is laughable. doing so as evidence that pacifism and open borders are dangerous ideas is utterly unhinged
Stephen Robinson@playtyperguy.com · last wk.Moderate Democrats have apparently gotten much worse at math since the very recent past when they blamed the left for losses in 2000, 2016, and 2024.
Few things more responsible for where we are now than the bipartisan consensus amongst the powerful that the powerful must never be held accountable for their actions.
rich traditions@helldude.bsky.social · last wk.you don't have to let this guy walk free among you
I have a half-baked theory that the near-universal burying of COVID as basically an inconvenience for parents and nothing else is to make people forget the country actually can do things like UBI and child tax credits.
They’d rather be told they’re liars who should be subjected to violence by those who don’t read their work than be told they are stenographers who are failing at their stated principles by those who do read their work.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2w agoA lot of criticism of the White House press corps on Bluesky tonight, primarily coming from a journalism as fourth estate, truth to power, informing the public, valuing free speech perspective. In case you were wondering why many prominent media figures prefer spending time on X.
One thing he's been (more or less) correct about is that the press IS the enemy of the people.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
a room full of utterly hideous creatures. cosseted, soulless, innately servile, so far beneath contempt we don’t yet have a word that captures the depth of it
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
America 2026: The President is being celebrated at an event where an award is given for finding out he's a kidfucker
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 2w agoRemarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.
What’s especially funny about this is that Family Feud is the game show that doesn’t care if you possess objective world knowledge like Price is Right or Jeopardy! — it’s about having some rough idea about how normal people think.
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 2w agoI’m not even a big Springsteen fan, but if anyone ever tells you Bob Seger is better than Bruce Springsteen, you have my permission to punch that person in the face
Luke Epplin@lukeepplin.bsky.social · 2w agoBruce Springsteen just put up a lyric video to "I'm on Fire," and it's a good reminder that these hot takes about Bob Seger being better than him are pure bunk. Seger never did anything as weird, disturbing, and bleak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipZz...