Big money spent $70 million to try and defeat Abdul El-Sayed and it didn't work! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

Humorous to me how, when a Dem candidate is a centrist, the narrative is about how leftists have to grow up and support them. When the candidate is a leftist, the question is whether they can rally adequate support. So some people are responsible for running a winning campaign, you say? Interesting.

Just cartoonishly evil.

Truthout@truthout.org · 23h ago

An Israeli court has temporarily blocked a plan, cooked up by far right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to construct a moat full of crocodiles around a notoriously abusive prison that holds Palestinians, over concerns that the crocodiles would be harmed or mistreated.

German courts have decided it is not against the law to call Israel a Nazi state. I want you to take a minute and consider to what degree you need to get German courts to agree to that, in a country where the Nazi salute gets you arrested. Israel is a Nazi state. It is committing genocide.

Ghoul.

This is, of course, completely and demonstratively false, but she knows that. Because she’s a shill.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unveiled a new plan to cover 30% of the city with trees by 2040. And I’m quite positive that MAGA lunatics are losing their collective shit over the idea of more nature instead of dirty poisonous coal.

I just want to write Little Red Riding Hood/ Werewolf porn, but Christ keeps calling me to use Godzilla toy art to combat the street preaching snakes polluting his good word. I'm just going to leave this here for posterity.

Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

CNN's new polling has Trump's standing among Republicans at its all time low

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · last wk.

The only responsible attitude for liberals and progressives to align on is that all right-wing grievances, claims and believes are not only false, but malicious lies. Nothing passes the mouth of an American conservative in public life that is not meant to harm and destroy the lives of millions.

Let’s play Ratio Stancil.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last wk.

Politics aside, do people believe city-run grocery stores with deeply discounted prices are a good POLICY idea? What are they intended to accomplish, in your view? What problem do they solve? Would you implement them if not running for election? I'm sincerely curious in people's answers here.

I’m trying to get the Republican messaging for the midterms straight. Is it: The economy sucks but it’s Biden’s fault and Trump’s tariffs and war has nothing to do with any of it. OR The economy is great, we’re the hottest country in the world, & Trump deserves all the credit.

Capitalizard is the personification of the capitalism-in scaley kaiju form. He's one of the Systemic Lizards I write about on The Bird Degree. If you ever wondered why it feels like you are living inside a bad sci-fi movie, now you know. Find more here: substack.com/@thebirddegree TnT

Andy Beshear, the Governor of Kentucky, can be reached at (502) 564-2611. A very nice lady will answer, and will direct you to a voicemail line where you can leave your thoughts about Mitch McConnell. Make sure to call be 5 eastern.

I wish I was special So fucking special But I’m a creep I’m a weirdo What the fuck am I doing here?

Everyone coming on my feed and explaining to me that all is lost, I note what I have noted before, that there are no Negro Spirituals entitled, “Welp, I Guess It All Sucks and I Am Giving Up.”

NYT: Is there room in the party you want to create for moderate Democrats? Zohran: Yes. Full stop. NYT: … Zohran: I’m not interested in expelling people from parties. I think that’s what you do when you can’t win the debate within the party. 1/2

A record number of Democrats voted to stop sending more aid to Israel. This didn't happen by accident. It happened because millions of people spoke out, organized, and refused to stay silent. Our movement is making a difference. Keep organizing. Keep building power.

Thinking how at the end of the Star Wars trilogy an entire galaxy celebrates the death of the emperor without a finger wagging coda where a sad-eyed long haired scold in bespoke clothing warns that this reduces everyone to the same level as the genocidal tyrant who got tossed into a laser shaft.

You're laughing? Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham are in hell being sewn together into a human centipede and you're laughing?

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

At least trump is spending his last few months watching his sycophants die in disgrace as the world celebrates.

GOD: “Take them. They’re yours.” SATAN: “I don’t want them.” GOD: “Look, they devoted their lives to joining you.” SATAN: “Yeah, but I’m scared of having that much competition in Hell. They'd probably organize a coup.”

Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.

In death we should treat Lindsey Graham with the same respect he gave to millions of people in the Middle East whose death he fervently advocated for — and that of course is none at all.

Lindsey Graham died the way he lived, as a minor distraction from Mitch McConnell