this stuff is real and tangible in material ways we don’t have the expanded child tax credit today because joe manchin was personally opposed to it and couldn’t be talked out of his opposition he was also vote 50 of 50, if susan collins had lost in 2020 he’d have been vote 51 and we’d have it

Micah@rincewind.run · 11h ago

some specific democrats suck and they suck in ways that are detrimental to issues that you personally care about you know how you solve that once we are past the primaries? you elect even more democrats so that their votes are less important joe manchin couldn’t have done as much damage as vote 52

The good news is that almost everything is better than it was 40 years ago. The bad news is that almost everything is worse than it was 10 years ago.

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

Teach your children ‘democrats are not always good, but republicans ARE always bad’ and in 2026 you’ve covered like 90% of their practical civic education wrt voting.

Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · 21h ago

The best thing about Vote Blue No Matter Who is that it unloads a lot of cognitive burden. I wanted Tom Steyer to be in the Governor's race, but he's not so I'm gonna vote for Becerra. I don't follow his campaign at all: I'm voting for him because he's not a Republican.

This really isn’t that hard. Vote for whoever you want in the Primary. In the General election, vote for the winner of the Democratic Primary. Otherwise we’ll get more Republicans, which is the party that sent masked thugs to assault, kidnap, and kill my neighbors.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."

Immigrant Explains Difficulty Assimilating To Culture That Constantly Reboots Film Franchises

Evergreen:

Why are Republicans always sniffing around our daughters’ panties?

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d ago

"It’s unbelievable to subject kids to these kinds of invasive medical exams that have no basis in health or safety. One of my daughters is a rising fourth-grader, and she played a sport last year. Are you going to ask a fourth-grader to undergo this?” s/o @momsrising.org

But what if his kids are assholes? Maybe the movies he could have made would have been a better use of his time. 😉

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 5d ago

Rick Moranis left Hollywood at the peak of his fame to raise his children after his wife passed away. Original post

My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water, or an unborn child, all are syllables of the great word that is very slowly spoken by the shining of the stars. There is no other power. No other name.

“Flip that burger for your Chemo, cancer boy!”

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d ago

Trump's Medicaid work requirements are putting even terminally ill patients through bureaucratic nightmares to keep their health insurance — all to fund even more tax cuts for the wealthy.

That’s not great

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

Hackers have targeted water systems in several US states in a coordinated cyberattack that has caused some utilities to issue boil-water notices and switch to manual mode, taking their systems offline, according to US officials. https://cnn.it/4fw9Fvh

imagine getting dunked on by Playboy for being weird about women’s bodies

Playboy@playboy.com · 7d ago

What are the incel men up to over on X? Focussing on a quirk of women’s bodies most of us have never even thought about before now. Our take? "Making women mad and getting likes from fellow incels is all they have going for them." Read now: www.playboy.com/read/sex/the...

My dog did not like this intruder on our walk. He growled at it, and then nudged it with his nose and jumped back afraid of it. 😀

Much like oil traders, tech stock traders really should have a skeptical 12-year-old next to them at all times who just keeps saying, "Really? You sure about that? Cuz it seems real dumb."

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last wk.

SPACEX DROPS 20% UNDER IPO PRICE, LOSING $1.2 TRILLION FROM HIGHEST VALUE.

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

punkitt ‼️🧣@punkitt.bsky.social · 12mo ago

mucho texto i know but i wanted to write a lil thing about how u can treat yourself nice!!

Nothing like watching an old movie with the kids- ”Hey, that’s where that meme comes from!”

If they told me that Spiderman Brand New Day was just two hours of behind the scenes footage of Tom Holland and Zendaya’s lip sync battle I’d probably still go see it.

I bought my daughter a “Got any grapes?” shirt and I appear to have won her undying love.

Cooked lettuce sounds great

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 2w ago

“Because cyclospora can adhere tightly to produce, routine washing may reduce it, but it does not always completely eliminate the risk of the infection,” Mississippi State Epidemiologist Renia Dotson warned. “So cooking foods thoroughly kills the parasite itself.”

“You can make more without a college degree because of how much college costs” is the ultimate conservative dumb guy college take, grounded in the idea that there are a ton of trades jobs out there that will make you like $100k a year, and the data for it just isn’t there.

NPR@npr.org · 3w ago

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

Temperamentally, I am not fit to run for any elected office. But if I were governor of Florida, I’d require people who claim residency to physically be in the state for June, July and August. That would drive out the billionaire tax cheats right quick.

A bullsnake digging a burrow, proving that arms are totally overrated. #wildlife #nature 🐡

There’s nothing like waking up to the garage door opening and closing itself like a possessed demon in the middle of the night. Bad wiring? Bad switch? Bad remote? Bad garage door opener? Today I will try to figure out which it is on “The Joys of Home Ownership”.

They don't screen *against* violent behavior for their personnel hires – they screen *for* it.

AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...

apnews.com

okay gang. I know a lot of you have concerns. I’ve heard whispers of a trap, even an ambush. and I get it. these are difficult times. even *I’m* nervous. but guys. if we put all that worry aside, and we take this chance, and it pays off… we get a free wooden horse.

Taco Bell is a lettuce destination, not a lettuce supplier/source. Seems like someone is being protected and it's not the American citizen.

Futurism@futurism.com · 3w ago

Live más — on the toilet.

@klobuchar.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov Under no circumstances should Todd Blanche be confirmed. Pull every lever you have to prevent it. We must have justice for Epstein's victims and also for Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Minnesota must not rest until those things are done.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸@judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3w ago

Epstein survivor: We urge Senators Tillis and Cornyn to vote no on Todd Blanche’s nomination.