I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 16h agoOne way to be safe is to never write an electability take
It’s Amy Coney Barrett all over again. Collins, facing reelection, will vote no on an anti-abortion nominee who gets confirmed anyway
Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · 22h agoBREAKING: Susan Collins cited our report on Blanche's promise on a private call with religious activists to restrict abortion pills in announcing today she will not vote to confirm him. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Computer: say it. say the words. Me: can we not do this today? Computer: we do this every day. say it. Me: (*sigh) I would like to stay logged in on this device Computer: (*chuckling)
Apparently DEI was the only thing standing between us and death lettuce
Reuters@reuters.com · 2d agoMichigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E
ai could not draw frog in the way i draw frog. from love. from heart
Trump 2 has shown that the bulk of federal, state, and local "law enforcement" don't perform any useful functions at all. If they did, it would not be so easy to re-task them to brainless gestapo work like rounding up whole neighborhoods and waiting outside public buildings.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 6d agoI wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.
these are bribes and theyre illegal and when people are like “what do you want the dems to do,” i just want them to say what i just said and promise to investigate as a crime when theyre in power, disincentivizing businesses from participating in this farce
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d agoFour-byline alert: 🚨 “.. no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects. .. Trump has been demanding large checks .. telling executives and lobbyists that their companies should give $25 million or $50 million.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
© Max Ginsburg. 'The Friends.' Oil on canvas, 1981. 101.6 x 55.9 cm.
“I had a million doses of Joker venom that my henchmen and I were prepared to pour into Gotham’s water supply. And the Bat-Man got Commissioner Gordon to stop me from doing that.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
DoorDash has been silent as its delivery drivers are hunted and killed by federal agents. Now, the company is backing #HR9720, a bill attacking DC Home Rule. We are calling on everyone to #DeleteDoordash. Let us know you've deleted your account and share your reasons why: deletedoordash.com
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Our demands for DoorDash on H.R. 9720, ICE raids, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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drunk girl trying to tell her friends that she thinks they are “weekend at Bernie’s” with McConnell, but she has got completely the wrong movie and keeps calling it “doing a Fish Called Wanda” with him and I’m dying
"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last wk.Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
"Every chief and sheriff whose officers still sit at those tables is now professionally attached to a federal enforcement culture that is producing dead people on neighborhood streets and outside their own front doors. Where is the local pushback?...
SFDB@sfdb.bsky.social · last wk."[ICE] is not law enforcement. [It] is a militia with a badge." - David Myers, retired commander, San Diego Sheriff's Office
Big Tech is Big Trouble for climate. Check out my oped @desmog.com on the double whammy Big Tech is perpetrating: 1) a bonanza build-out of fossil gas to fuel AI data centers, 2) sale of AI to Big Oil to find more oil, faster. And these companies call themselves climate champs! #datacenters #AI
Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer
The industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.
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Destroying Earth isn't enough for these guys. Space! The next frontier.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2w agoNew US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction
happy 60th bday to woke star trek 🥳 yes we are celebrating all year
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last wk.A celebration of sixty years of Woke. #SDCC
People are like defunding the police isn’t possible but look at us out here defunding education. We can do anything!
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 2w ago
Their plan is to say as little as possible and win by default, which in their mind is the safest path that doesn't alienate anyone. This misses the opportunity to galvanize the public around important issues, and then they throw up their hands about how the voters are ignorant and apathetic
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last wk.I do find it amazing that even in this moment, the Dems can't come up with some sort of "Contract for America" like language that offers an alternative to Trump. Maybe they have it, but whatever governing vision they have is lost in the noise.
I was pulling photos from Getty Images today and this one took my breath away for a second. "Plain clothed federal agents pursue a man through the lobby of the Hennepin County Government Center before tackling and arresting him Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn."
Residential electricity prices are soaring in Ohio after the state spend more than $1.6 billion on subsidies for data center construction. It’s become a hub for the power-thirsty industry but now a major issue in the Senate and governor races…
Aidan Williams@aidanwilliamstv.bsky.social · last wk.NEW from me: Ohio Democrats are seizing on ratepayers’ frustration over data centers and rising electricity bills as they look to flip the governorship and a key Senate seat. GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"yes, sometimes Trump says and does egregious things to harm our democracy and economy and all that - but sometimes he also praises me, so it all balances out" 💩
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · last wk.Susan Collins on her complex relationship with Trump: “There have been times when the president has tweeted that he very much disagrees with my votes. There are times when he has said in interviews that I’m a good person. And so I’ve been on the receiving end of both of his views.”
It was NEVER that there wasn’t enough money. It was ALWAYS that they wanted OUR money to trickle up to the billionaire Epstein class and not be invested in anything that benefits the people of America.
Kat Hartness@kathartness.bsky.social · 2w ago
Madison fills the streets in a vigil and rally to demand justice for Corey Ruiz. MPD announced today they will open a homicide investigation.
i maintain that it's chrome's fault that it allows me to open so many tabs at once, and no i don't want to download an extension. i want to open as many tabs as my heart desires
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 2w agoseconds before disaster
Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars - KFF Health News
Prisoners with severe medical conditions can be granted compassionate release, but without a long-term care facility willing to accept them, many continue to wait in prison as their conditions worsen.
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