I want a free and secure Israel without warmongers like Netanyahu. I want a free and secure Palestine without terrorists like Hamas. I want a free and secure Iran without hate mongers like the Ayatollah. And, I want a free and secure United States without fascists like Trump.

Speaking of "I don't hate the Dems" this guy is my senator so that's partially why.

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h ago

It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike.   When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.

OK, this is a real thing that happens outside of politics, too, where people LOVE to see a good thing and behave like they're too cool for it.

Daniel Gilmore@gilmored85.bsky.social · 7h ago

Yes, we 100% saw it with Mamdani last year where the fact that a lot of Cuomo voters/NY Establishment Dems came over after the primary made them furious bc it wrecked their narrative that Dems actually hated the guy & a vote for him was a vote to stick it to the Democratic Party

Its good actually when Democrats come together after a primary and acknowledge that Republicans are actually the real threat and should be kept out of office at all costs.

It gets an actual chuckle out of me seeing people on here say "now the TRUE test is whether the shitlibs can live up to their own words and line up behind El-Sayed!" only for Stevens, Whitmer, every prominent Michigan Dem, the DSCC, etc. to have endorsed El-Sayed before they can finish the sentence.

Personal view is that everyone, at every level, who is appointed after denying the 2020 election result should be impeached and removed the day after the next election. They have already proved they are opponents of democracy.

John Springford@johnspringford.bsky.social · 3h ago

Death Of Stalin stuff. It's the gravitas of the staging and the ludicrousness of the words

the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 5h ago

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

Mike Rogers was born in Michigan and spent most of his life in Michigan. so why is AES calling him Mike from Florida? well, Rogers moved to Florida in 2022 and basically has only come back to run for office. so good luck explaining how that’s an unfair hit, Mikey

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election

Dem voters, as far as I can tell, have two priorities: 1. Win the election 2. Fight the Trump admin as hard as possible in cases where they are worried that the two conflict, they lean towards “win” via whatever bizarre view of electability has penetrated their personal information bubble

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social · 18h ago

I have no idea if this is what's going on or not but the results tonight are all consistent with my broad belief that Democratic primary voters are scared to death of losing again and as much as they like left/progressive ideas they are fucking terrified of losing again

So the fact that everyone in Dem leadership said El-Sayed has our full support means that the cosplayers are going to shut the fuck up now, right?

the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.

I can see that just in the past single YEAR it's gotten better in regards to people caring about planting native plants and delawning their yard to try to bring back insects and ecosystems I grew up in the 80s and while there were way more thriving insects, no one gave a crap about ecosystems

Obviously I’m on Mockingjay now, & marveling at how well the universe anticipates the role video & propaganda would play in wars like Syria & Ukraine. “Would a rebel army actually risk real resources to film a propaganda video?” Turns out absolutely yes

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 2d ago

Made it to Catching Fire - truly, Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of the most profound ‘gone too soon’ actors of my lifetime

omg I found the picture ❤️

ECP@ecppdx.bsky.social · 19h ago

Years ago I coined the milleneuve, which is a unit to measure how horrible the sky color is based on Villeneuve films. Blade Runner 2049 is around 900mn. Today is around 250 I'd say. (It's a very scientific scale.)

i think a lot of well-meaning people fall into a rhetorical trap where they take the bait and argue about male vs. female performance in sports rather than arguing for the value and dignity of women’s athletics generally. don’t let yourself be dragged into a bad faith framing.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

the best HS teams in the country have multiple guys who will be in the NBA in a couple of years. they aren't normal high schools, they're basketball factories. but this literally doesn't matter. the value of women's sports isn't contingent on their performance vis a vis men.

The US clings to it's "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" or worse, "It is broke, but only effects poor people, so don't fix it" mentality. People warned that handling infrastructure this way is a national security risk but major expenditures for the public good is basically taboo at this point.

Dustin Volz@dustinvolz.bsky.social · 5h ago

NEW: Cyberattacks on U.S. water supply now being reported in 12+ states and 100+ municipalities, though some may be unrelated to wave of suspected Iranian attempts. The nationwide threat follows years of ignored warnings and neglect to water systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

"What's the most unhinged argument we can make to criticize people for doing something that doesn't affect us in any way? No bad ideas, let's get some concepts on the whiteboard."

I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

oh my god: a trump-endorsed candidate lost the GOP primary to a guy who suspended his campaign last month: www.politico.com/news/2026/08... trump completely washed, juiceless, cooked, it's over, lamest of the lame ducks, many people are saying it

Trump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped out

Amir Hassan lost to Tom Smith, who had suspended his campaign but is now jumping back into the race for the purple 8th District.

politico.com

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 17h ago

Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

Once again, this show is the MCU exception that proves the rule.

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woke stifler@yelix.bsky.social · 6h ago

i saw a clip of the upside down kiss from raimi spider man and it’s crazy how much more horny that is than anything in the MCU

It's a common mistake to extrapolate what a Voters will do from the meltdowns of a few high-visibility social media accounts. Yeah there's a handful of people who seem to have, uhhh, some issues with Muslims who are going to PUMA this. So what. No one converts 100% of their primary opponents.

this is not at all clear and is a poisonous sentiment

Another Josh Smith@jcsmith55.bsky.social · 7h ago

It's pretty clear that, for centrist/establishment Dems, "Blue No Matter Who" applies only to progressive voters whose preferred candidate lost The establishment has cooked their brains into thinking winning over moderate GOP voters is a winning strategy

As I was saying

Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 4w ago

At some point we are going to have to reckon with what percentage of the Thought Leadership we get from this class of people is just drug addiction. Either a lot of credulous reporters have never listened to someone tooted out of their mind go on a monologue or they're afraid to call it out.

correct are you serious about beating fascism or not? get in, we’re beating them in november you can be mad, you can be disappointed, but at the end of the day having someone with D in any and all seats is better than having someone with an R in them

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 10h ago

I meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.

thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

my total speculation is that the social media panopticon has made social desirability bias insurmountable, and so people just don't tell the truth (this is not a dunk on the poster) bsky.app/profile/sarw...

Nicholas Sarwark@sarwark.org · 7h ago

Do you think respondents are falsifying responses or that pollsters are not contacting a representative sample?

2026 could be at risk for setting a new record- most expensive national average price of gasoline on Labor Day. currently Labor Day 2012 is the record holder: $3.83/gal. we're at $4.06/gal today- if a deal to reopen the Strait doesn't materialize, we could break that.

My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.

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%