Gotta say, Dan may have just dropped the most robust post-election analysis to date. Props to Dan.
nobody gives you a sweeping mandate like this because they want you to work with the people they just ran tf outta office
Chuck Schumer get ready to learn fetching Potbelly for the rest of the caucus buddy
Keith Edwards@keithedwards.bsky.social · yesterdayBREAKING: Maine Senator-elect Troy Jackson says he will NOT vote for Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader, saying he’ll be supporting somebody else. There are now at least SIX incoming Democratic senators who have said they won’t support him. Let’s go.
My top line takeaway from the election is up: NOBODY HAS TO BE LEFT BEHIND. It turns out we DON’T have to sacrifice trans kids to win. We DON’T have to deport our neighbors. We DON’T have to support abusers with Nazi tattoos. We can just *have principles* and win. My latest in @thenation.com
Actually, Democrats Don’t Have to Sacrifice Trans People or Immigrants to Win
For two years, leading Democratic factions have insisted the party must abandon key populations to win. Tuesday proved them wrong.
thenation.com
Hey @schumer.senate.gov pack your bags and see if the Baileys have a spare room for you to crash at for a minute
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · yesterdayBravo Senator Hamilton. There will be no Schumer coronation. The people won this election. The people demand a public process. The vote isn't til December. Let Schumer make his case. See if he can convince all of us.
“.. And what you’re telling me is that the United States of America is going to send individuals back to that region, facing what you and I and everyone who would ever look at this would know would be, at a minimum, a serious threat of certain death.” “Yes, your honor.” apnews.com/article/iran...
Absolutely normie Youtube channels are doing 'when our time comes we will not apologise for the terror' videos now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lbm...
Winning an Election Isn't Enough
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Hear me out: what if the speaker of the house was a baddie
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d agoIt was in fact the Haley Stevens call.
The only phone call this dude needed to make was to tell the feds to head down to Mar a Lago and just make sure all that was handled
Brittany Shepherd@brittanyshepherd.bsky.social · 2d agoSCOOP: @JoeBiden has been working the phones, making around 40 calls, as he watched the party he once led have explosive victories from his home in Wilmington. Biden spoke to Beshear, Lance-Bottoms, Bayh, Shapiro, Amy Acton, and more: www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...
The time is now. RFK Jr. must resign or be fired. End of discussion.
It turns out that if you’ve spent years doing crimes without intervention, accountability does *look like* revenge. But it isn’t!
If you are a BlueSky power user, they have to give you a column. Thats the law now.
Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 2d agohas the New York Times announced the roster of new progressive columnists they're bringing on board, the restructuring and creation of new verticals, and other dramatic steps they're taking to reflect the Real America they didn't properly understand or nah?
Microsoft: Closures! Sony: Lay-offs! Nintendo: So we had to reimagine the OOT N64 map for the remake and just asked the artist who made it 30 years ago. He's sitting at his desk.
My current political mood can be summed up as "Fuck civility, fuck grace, punch these fascist fucks in the face." So, don't look over here for suggestions on how to unify across party lines. Impeachment baby. Impeachment.
Crying my eyes out at this joyous video Bernie Sanders just dropped, double crying at the proper filing and storage of all the moments 🥲
Americans do not like data centers. We saw that in the midterm results. And Elon Musk? Chased off the land by its people, the billionaire looks to the sky. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/american-vot...
Calling it a “Tsunami” is actually really offensive to appreciators of Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.” This was more of a flood, if you will
I said this on @nativelandpod.bsky.social but I'll repeat it here: A dangerous narrative is going to be "the GOP gerrymandering didn't work." NO. It worked GREAT. We just OVERCAME it. But we'd have even MORE seats, and different candidates could have won those seats, without the gerryamndering.
The rule of law is not a partisan thing, it is the fundamental agreement that we all abide by because we live in a society. If you don’t follow the rules, you to pay a price. So enforcing the rules isn’t about getting even, it’s about making sure that the system continues to exist. Enforce the law.
allison montgomery, the trans woman who won in alabama, deployed messaging like this where 1. she directly calls republicans pedophiles and sex pests 2. she directly points out that sex testing kids is pedophilic. compare this to the spineless cis wafflers who face no danger here lol
CONGRATS TO BOTH OUR ENDORSED CAMPAIGNS!! Last night, both Ash Esposito and the Baltimore Baby Fund won their elections! This was one of many wins DSA saw last night, and we couldn't be more grateful for all the people who put so much work into getting us one step closer to a socialist future. 💪 🌹
three things that should be extremely clear after last night - people hate the tech overlords and you need to go after them - theres no reason to be scared of their money - there is no downside in bringing them to heel
Peggy Flanagan: "You said no more masked goons shooting our neighbors ...Taking back our country from the grip of the most corrupt administration in history starts tonight... When Minnesotans fight for one another, we can inspire a nation. Because when you come for one of us, you come for all of us"
It’s incredibly important to recognize that Democrats running up the score so high they exceeded the margins of fuckery is not a sign of democratic health. It is a time-limited reprieve to secure the government before we lose it. This was the failure of the Biden Era that cannot be repeated.
Dems should look to history and study both The Long Parliament of 1640-60 and the French National Assembly of 1789 for some fun ideas on how a legislature facing a tyrannical King can undermine and eventually topple him.
The resistance of Minnesotans this winter changed the trajectory of our country and that cannot be overstated.