Drew 🫧
@lucagoers.bsky.social
34 | Appalachian | No one ever expects my accent to be as thick as it is | Happily taken | Urbanist | Lover of all things blue | he/him
Im bored so I mapped out the 58 battleground districts listed here. A lot of them are the obvious swing seats like in Iowa or MI-07. However there are surprising additions like Tennessee being included
Democrats@democrats.org · 18h ago58 days until the midterms. 58 battleground House districts. 58 days to win.
He said he would be better than Biden. Just didn’t specify in what way. Better at higher prices!
Dj@djsoke.bsky.social · 3h agoIncredibly, we’ve somehow managed to get higher oil and gas prices than the equivalent point in 2022
My heart is with the families who have been devastated over yesterday's events. This Labor Day, we affirm that every worker has a right to dignified and safe work, so no family ever has to experience this.
I just don’t think this should be happening in America & I don’t think believing so makes me some type of radical.
Jessica Kutz @jkutzie.bsky.social · 3d agoI spoke to three moms who lost all of the food in their fridge and freezer during the blackout in Gary Indiana. They all had their replacement SNAP benefits denied. Experts told me they are concerned about how the state is operating the program after the disaster. 19thnews.org/2026/09/gary...
the man who lunged at dr. amy acton had two guns and a taser. how is that not an assassination attempt?
Amy Acton was attacked at the Canfield Fair — and both campaigns are responding
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton was attacked Sunday afternoon while visiting the Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, according to her campaign.
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Amy Acton, Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was attacked at a campaign event; multiple people reportedly injured
Amy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injured
Amy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.
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So Amy Acton is surely gonna become governor after this right? The attacker was a registered Republican who got mad she called out his brother for being a predator
A leading figure of the fringe right-wing Sweden Democrats Party (Sverigedemokraterna) is caught disseminating disinformation for the Russian intelligence services, underscoring suspicions about the party's connections to the Kremlin. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
En Suède, des connexions prorusses qui embarrassent l’extrême droite
La compagne d’un haut responsable des Démocrates de Suède, employée au Parlement à Stockholm, est accusée d’avoir fait de la désinformation au profit de la Russie. Un scandale qui secoue l’alliance au...
lemonde.fr
"a lot of people don't call it a war. I call it a military conflict, because it's small potatoes for us." Families of US service members are now accusing the Pentagon of downplaying the extent of injuries sustained and saying they are not being treated by the US military as combat casualties.
Congress has not officially declared war. She says "my husband lost his life because we're in a war, and then I was told that because it's not technically a war, we lose out on something. It all comes down to principle." Trump responded that US strikes on Iran were "intermittent" and said
The Trump administration is now refusing payouts for US soldiers who died in the US-Israeli war against Iran "because it isn't a war." Libby Klinner, widow of 33-year-old Maj Alex Klinner, says the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following her husband's death because
"Biblical Grounds is a browser-based game that sees you play as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton through four different levels. Paxton dodges lawsuits, fights his ex-wife and an anthropomorphic marijuana leaf, and debates U.S. Senate rivals."
Finally, you can play as Ken Paxton in a video game about Texas politics
Have you ever dreamed of seeing the AG rendered in Game Boy Advance graphics? You're in luck.
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Sorry gay guys, the rebrand of edging to gooning was a big misstep.
Obviously we know mail ballots are already going out in NC. For those curious, here are some upcoming dates for mail ballots & IPEV elsewhere: - In person early voting starts on 9/18 in ID, MN, SD, & VA on 9/18 - Mail ballots out in ID, MN, NJ, NY, OK, RI, SD, VA, & WI between 9/17 - 9/19
Watching The Nanny and just learned today that Nile’s’ actor isn’t actually British 🙃
I mean, this straight dude was also there booing hateful anti-trans propaganda, FWIW.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRiley Gaines: "I went to the WNBA game in Minneapolis. It was a bunch of, like, disgruntled lesbians."
We might have to accept that there are near or outright majorities of real fuckin racist people in most Western democracies.
Double your money back if this is not the most uplifting, heartwarming thing you read today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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Every single Republican elected official says worse shit than Hasan every single day.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRaskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"
Reminder: Virginia Republicans like Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Earle-Sears and Jason Miyares rallied with this horrible person, Riley Gaines...because they thinks she's awsome, apparently. bluevirginia.us/2026/09/sund...
in addition to blatant transphobia and homophobia i think a lot of what's going on right now has to do with the fact that folks on the right a) don't know how to experience joy and b) are jealous to the point of anger that other people do
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRiley Gaines: "I went to the WNBA game in Minneapolis. It was a bunch of, like, disgruntled lesbians."
The Trump administration and Musk being in effect pro-AI child porn seems like a good thing for Democrats to point out.
FC@effcons.bsky.social · 2d agoElon Musk Loses Bid To Block MN Law Against AI Child Porn www.joemygod.com/2026/09/musk...
Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence
After two very disappointing mayoralties, transit users are asking, "Are we finally getting our long-promised Bus Mayor?" The answer? Time will tell.
The Mamdani-Hochul Bus Plan: Priority Corridors, Bus Rapid Transit, Lane Enforcement And, Finally, All-Door Boarding - Streetsblog New York City
After two very disappointing mayoralties, transit users are asking, "Are we finally getting our long-promised Bus Mayor?" The answer? Time will tell.
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Trump takes out three tankers yesterday, the Iranians take out three tankers today. Give it a few more months and there won't be any more tankers.
very obvious why Canadians feel this way now but Americans still need to internalize how bad the PR damage of the last 2 years has been and how hard it is going to be to rebuild trust
Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · 2d ago"The US is a trustworthy ally of Canada" Disagree: 74% Agree: 23% Nanos / Sept 2, 2026
In which WSDOT plans to add bike lanes to just 0.8 miles of a 2.75 mile repaving project and "defer" the rest, in spite of the 2022 Complete Streets mandate. Why? Because the department doesn't want to touch the existing lane configuration.
The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · 2d agoNEW STORY// Washington's Complete Streets Mandate Stops Short in Mukilteo By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
