Joe Shorter ⚜️

@joeshorter.bsky.social

(he/him) Blerd. NOLA Ex-Pat. Tulane Alum. Democrat. 🐩 Dad. Data Nerd. DEI Champion. Sports Fan. Ravenclaw. My opinion is my own. #RollWave #WhoDat #COYG #NOLAGold #ReyLo #SaveTheAcolyte #SaveProdigy #KHive

Worth noting that in 2018, Lauren Underwood and Haley Stevens each flipped a red House seat to blue and have held that seat ever since. The test of a party is the ability to win on the other party's turf. For all the talk of DSA ascendancy, they've not once flipped a seat.

R. Souissi@rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Imma just say it. At 85%, White Kids who came from a place of privilege running the DSAs after they helped benefit from gentrified communities, have no survival instincts. That's why they are scared to challenge Red Districts. They are scared to face their parents.

There is shooting yourself in the foot, there is stepping on a rake, and then there is whatever cosmic level of self-sabotage the Trump Organization just achieved. In what might be the single greatest “be careful what you wish for” moment ever in legal history, Donald Trump set out to prove

It was only a matter of time until news media started attacking Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump. Anyone who openly advocates for Black Lives is an enemy of the U.S. and presumed selfish, even corrupt.

So let me get this straight: Fauci needs to be in jail for god knows what according to The GOP, Fox News watching butt plugs & ashy Hoteps that beat off to Umar Johnson clips but the pedo President that was found legally to have raped E. Jean Carroll is a saint. Right? Fuck you all.

A non-voting but not-resigning McConnell might be the option for Dems in both the Senate and the fact that this story will not go away. Regardless of whether Beshear can remove McConnell (he can't), Beshear *DOES* have the power to keep this in the media's eye.

Kentucky’s Governor tells Sen. McConnell to reveal more about health status or ‘resign’ | CNN

Scrutiny over Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell’s health status grows, as Gov. Beshear calls on more transparency around the senator’s health

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