If people are getting their policy ideas from old fantasy novels we are so cooked.
Jon Walker
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Former Journalist. Now government regulator. Author: After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy.
How did the Trump Administration make an actually good thing happen? Oh, they missed deadlines set by the court
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10h agoCongratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Public projects in Portland have a nasty habit of doubling, tripling, and quadrupling.
The Oregonian@oregonian.com · yesterdayThe project’s funding gap raises questions about whether it will proceed as planned.
Looks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe
Tom Perriello was the original progressive winning in a swing seat. He voted for the ACA with no regrets and lost in 2010, but so did all the middle-of-the-road Rahm recruits
CNN@cnn.com · 23h agoFormer Rep. Tom Perriello will win the Democratic primary in Virginia's 5th Congressional District, CNN's Decision Desk projects. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4wbZT6y
Glad to see voters realizing the direct election of gov positions that voters can't really evaluate performance of is actually bad. Wish Oregon would do away with our insane number of elected judge positions.
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 21h agoAP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.
Anti-establishment wave is not the year for a re-run
Nathaniel Rakich@baseballot.bsky.social · 21h agoThe AP has called the Democratic primary in #MO01 for Rep. Wesley Bell. He's currently crushing former Rep. Cori Bush 71–26%, although only 26% of the vote is counted. A high-profile loss in an otherwise good year for progressives.
AP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.
60 Minutes had major Epstein scoop before Donald Trump’s hand puppet fired the reporter www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/60-m...
60 Minutes had major Epstein scoop before Donald Trump's hand puppet fired the reporter - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bari’s Weiss’s rolling catastrophe continues: Deutsche Bank AG failed to promptly notify authorities of more than $250 million in questionable transfers tied to Epstein, according to Wyden’s report. T...
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They hated Will because he told the truth.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · yesterdayI think the reason people get so obsessed with “boots theory” is because it lets them tell themselves that buying cheaper stuff represents an injustice being done to them. The fancy boots are more cost-effective, but they’re unjustly deprived of that advantage
Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
This is great evidence for what it is generally impossible to reduce health care spending by making it better. In general we have made health care better! People are living longer! And most of those are healthier years BUT it still means more total "sick' years 1/ www.healthdata.org/news-events/...
People are living longer but spending more years in poor health
People around the world are living longer than ever before but spending more of those additional years in poor health, according to a new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet P...
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SB 79 has been in effect for a month now, so I wrote my take on how implementation is going. Pretty well, I think! But there are some important tests coming for HCD @cayimby.bsky.social cayimby.org/blog/sb-79-o...
SB 79, One Month In: Taking Stock of California YIMBY’s Signature Bill
SB 79, California YIMBY’s signature legislation that legalized apartment buildings near transit stops throughout California, went into effect on July 1, 2026. Under the law’s provisions, jurisdictions...
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Don't pay too much attention to elections outside my state but wild to me even state DSA is doing the "property taxes must be cut for upper middle class home owners class" thing. No one here admits you can't build Swedish level of social welfare state with Texas level taxes.
Milwaukee DSA@mkedsa.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you hear concerns about @FrancescaHongWI's electability in November, remember she has the only platform that addresses the issues that impact all of Wisconsin - data centers, property tax cut by taxing the rich, universal child care, badgercare expansion.
And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d agoThe President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.
This is just "we need to reassure them on sports fairness" but for Measles & tooth decay instead of transphobia.
The thing about the Trump admin is literally everything is a con. From the biggest to the smallest. I won't even be surprised if even the toilet paper in the White House was only two-ply but being billed as three-ply
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d agoTransportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
Only correct way to do the Odyssey is by casting Jason Mantzoukas for every role. Odysseus - Jason Mantzoukas Simon - De-aged Jason Mantzoukas Penelope - De-aged Jason Mantzoukas in a wig Athena - Jason Mantzoukas with a push up bra. Cyclops - Jason with eye patch and bald cap
Arnold Palmer has the all time PGA record for shooting his age when he hit a 71 at the age of 71. But Trump of course is shooting a 70 at age 80 making him a much better golfer. Why is everyone laughing?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
My heart refuses to accept it but the polling and other data point to Dems being more likely to win the Texas Senate seat than the Michigan one.
New from me: Some data points for a MAGA melt-down: *Hardcore Trump loyalists declining *Right wing influencers losing viewers *The Heritage Foundation is rife with dissent and incompetence, with conservatives worried about the pipeline of talent 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/is-maga-me...
Is MAGA Melting Down?
Signs and wonders, portents and data points
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we are talking about covid because their base is pissed and telling pollsters they won’t show up and the racism dial is already turned as far as it can go but they think maybe there’s a little blood to be squeezed still from the fauci stone. that’s it. that’s the only reason we are doing this.
One of my greatest wishes as someone who lives on Division would be if #Portland would pull over, tow, and crush into cubes all cars modified to be extra loud.
Willamette Week@wweek.com · 3d agoIt’s a Class C traffic violation to operate a vehicle whose exhaust system exceeds 88 decibels.
The craziest thing about Fauci’s diary is that Donald Trump is illegally refusing to release further evidence that he participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes.
TO RECAP: - Prez paid his corrupt friend millions to turn Reflecting Pool blue, it turned green - matting came loose - so he arrested an Olympic athlete and 6 other innocent Americans and tried to pin it on them - all his cronies lied that these people as vandals - case dismissed on zero evidence