John Kellden
@johnkellden.bsky.social
Cards for Insight: How to play Add your thoughts to and between the cards. Cultivate understanding as generative closure.
House Democrats "inundated" with anti-Jeffries calls. www.axios.com/2026/11/06/j... However, with how DC works, both Jeffries and Schumer will likely be voted in as leaders in their respective chambers. They only need to win a majority vote of their party's members.
House Democrats "inundated" with calls telling them not to elect Jeffries speaker
One senior House Democrat told Axios they got "over 500" calls in two days.
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The company you keep. "Blackstone, Apollo, and private equity trade groups employ Schumer alumni to push their interests in Washington as progressive senators push for tougher restrictions on the industry." readsludge.com/2026/11/06/t...
The Private Equity Lobbyist Network Surrounding Chuck Schumer
Blackstone, Apollo, and private equity trade groups employ Schumer alumni to push their interests in Washington as progressive senators push for tougher restrictions on the industry.
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we can never forget that they shot a mom and a nurse in the middle of the street and told us they deserved it
I remain but a small-town political scientist, & it’s still early in the evening, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Big Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn. No Fascism, as it turns out, is the Actual Popularism.
god yes one of the best parts of this will be the chance to be rid of Axelrod Plouffe Rahm Ezra Klein Lis Smith Carville and every other triangulating centrist garbagio who's been holding the world back
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d agoI remain but a small-town political scientist, & it’s still early in the evening, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Big Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn. No Fascism, as it turns out, is the Actual Popularism.
Damn — @vanlathan.bsky.social : “What MAGA needs to come to terms with is it’s not that Trump doesn’t love them anymore… it’s that he never gave a f*ck about you in the first place.”
When Democrats have the power, we have to use it. Universal childcare. Paid leave. Medicare for All. Abolishing ICE. No more incrementalism or moderating our aspirations. We need to do the work of repair, restoration, and reconstruction.
Stephen Miller is what happens when you respond to historic election losses by becoming even more evil, racist and stupid.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 8h agoTrump announces Stephen Miller will be his new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles.
one of the most insulting thing that elites tell us is that left-wing people live in bubbles and don't understand conservatives. we've been putting up with these people telling us that they want to murder us, take away our rights and enslave us for our entire lives, we understand all too well.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 6h agoright, the GOP made it very clear to me from the moment I became aware of its existence that they hated people like me.
THIS JUST IN... Things went really well in this election because of poll workers. As individuals and as organizations. They took care of business...and didn't give bad actors an excuse to do dirty deeds. Hug a poll worker. Or two. Or three!
“Hey we just got blown out in a historic landslide because people hate our policies and are sick of extremism, what should we do to reset?” “Let’s promote the most universally hated member of our administration!”
Great visualization of the issues midterm voters most associated with each party. Voters see Democrats as laser-focused on economic issues that impact their families, while Republicans are disconnected from their everyday struggles. via Blue Rose Research
Guaranteed it was also going 88 mph. That’s some serious shit.
i was recently into Landgrebe's intro to Patocka's 36 study of the Crisis material. the idea of these two hanging out in Prague, scoping out the Crisis lectures, staying up all night in cafes, etc! the throw Fink in the mix before and after Prague. wow. nupress.northwestern.edu/978081013361...
The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem - Northwestern University Press
The first text to critically discuss Edmund Husserl’s concept of the "life-world," The Natural World as a Philosophical Problem reflects Jan Patocka's you...
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AI semiotics: cool paper suggests that AIs are strongly impacted by visual symbols in ways they do not always recognize in their own chains-of-thought. The way they react to those symbols is very different than how a human might interpret them as well. arxiv.org/pdf/2610.364...
There is no climate justice without social, racial and economic justice.
The one thing we can thank Trump for… he woke up America and we swept out the trash, the grifters and the lickspittles. We woke up. We cannot relearn our ignorance.
Sign this petition if you want a new speaker of the house. www.change.org/p/house-demo...
Sign the Petition
House Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER
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A bird crashed into the glass and lay motionless, but its companion didn't abandon it. It stayed by its side until it was sure that they could both fly again. Original post
Reminder for anyone who needs to hear it: Investigating corruption and prosecuting individuals or corporations for wrongdoing is not "retribution" or "getting even." It's enforcing the rule of law. Just thought I should point that out.
Was it the war? Sure. It was also the blatant corruption, the inflation, the ICE overreach, the weird comments about random dude’s asses, the national guard fiascos, the self-dealing, the failed redistricting scam, and the fact that Trump is the worst fucking POTUS in history.
Why do we care? Oh we have a paper on that too! arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
The Risks of Industry Influence in Tech Research
Emerging information technologies like social media, search engines, and AI can have a broad impact on public health, political institutions, social dynamics, and the natural world. It is critical to ...
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