Three of the most unpleasant looking mutants you've ever seen in your life: You wouldn't want a doctor in charge, would you?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.

They don’t call it Misery for nothing

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 5h ago

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

I guess the PACs should have spent the full $64m.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 12h ago

Unfathomable

A Republican mega-donor??? Doing PONZI schemes??? Who is from an area with a large population of ethnic Dutch immigrants??? Where have I heard this before?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 18h ago

This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.

I’ll [vote for] any motherfucker [with a D by their name] if they’re [running against a Republican]! -Clay Davis

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 17h ago

i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Nor do we want to be on Truth Social. I would hate to find a welcome home there. I would hate to be somebody who would be palatable to such a place. We don't go on Truth, because nobody needs bullies. They *do* try to come on Bluesky, because bullies need the rest of us.

Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · yesterday

The burden is always on us lefties to welcome them, debate them, compromise with them, find middle ground, and generally make them comfortable. It’s totally one directional. No one is calling for Truth Social to make any room for us.

bring back shame www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together?

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

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A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · yesterday

Everywhere should be a hostile place for Republicans. They should not be able to find a friend anywhere. They should lose all their professional and familial relationships. They should be blocked from signing up to social media platforms, clubs, and yard sales. They should be ejected from fairs.

"The idea of society may sound appealing, but it's old men who will take the hit, planting trees under whose shade they might never sit."

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Love the message, the video, the cuts. What we need right now. Well done @abdulelsayed.bsky.social !

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 2d ago

Shameless plug since Abdul’s team hasn’t uploaded it here— posted on July 24th

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I think this is fundamentally wrong but in an interesting way I will need to write about sometime. The key is a) consumers do not choose what is produced, or how, they choose between what is produced. This is a crucial difference

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d ago

I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering

These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

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There are a lot of Ohio Republicans in the news right now and it can get confusing. I'm here to help.

Ohio State Fan's 'O..H..I..NO!!' Football Reaction

ALT: Ohio State Fan's 'O..H..I..NO!!' Football Reaction

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This may dramatically slow down the attacks on science. It also provides a template for how to prevent the federal government from becoming a patronage state. It’s a big deal!

Politico@politico.com · 3d ago

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Evil Billy Corgan wants people to believe that having their friends over for a cookout and not charging them for profit is communism

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 3d ago

and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

Bring back “From Beyond” levels of horny

From Beyond Hp Lovecraft

ALT: From Beyond Hp Lovecraft

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Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 4d ago

Bring back Marble Sculpture levels of horny.

The whole AI mess has been a massive W for Team Lifelong Struggle With Self Loathing and our inherent distrust of anything that shows us kindness, it’s a shame we aren’t worthy of it!

It’s not a panacea, but the fascists are getting 20-25% of the vote & aren’t dominating politics in multiparty systems. Also, Americans love to point to 🇮🇱 & 🇬🇧, which are two of the worst-designed parliamentary systems. Anyway, more & stronger parties are absolutely a bulwark against fascism.

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 5d ago

people love the idea of a multi party system. based on israel, UK, and really lots of other places, I'm much less convinced. our problem is fascism. if we don't defeat fascism, it doesn't matter how many parties we have.

The left has gone completely insane

It is existential. These vampires want to replace humanity with machinery.

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 4d ago

One of the most important issues of our time is that the future of humanity is presently being authored by people who have nothing but total contempt for humanity and seek the erasure of everything that gives being a human meaning. It’s not just annoying. It doesn’t just suck. It’s existential.

"Immigrants helped end one of the most evil regimes in human history," this guy says with the hardest r he can muster

Nied@nied.bsky.social · 4d ago

That's right!

One of the things that the 2026 World Cup will be remembered by is all the racism. Random fans, random politicians, everyone was commenting on the ethnic backgrounds of members of some of the European NTs and calling them "African". If you're one ofthose people., I have some questions...