She’s definitely running. Ok…let’s see how this goes then. Does this play in the suburbs and the rurals? Long way from Manhattan. Count me a skeptic. But they play the games for a reason.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

The best deal the US has left is to walk away, leaving the strait in Iranian hands and defacto declaring them regional hegemon. The problem is the consequences for US wealth/power and Israel’s future are catastrophic. Hence the push for delays when its clear DC has no cards to play.

Elites and markets are pricing basically an imminent end to the war on US terms. This is obviously delusional. Not only has the war already gone on for far longer than thr US and Israel predicted, but it could stretch out into 2027-2028. Oil reserves almost depleted, early stage global shock

Iran has more allies than Trump has

Cooked

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 7d ago

New @apnews.com poll: “Trump’s overall approval rating is at 33%, slightly below where he stood at this point in his first term and similar to where former President Joe Biden stood about one and a half years into his presidency, when inflation peaked.”

US has fumbled a the biggest lead over a number 2 in human history since the USSR collapsed. In only 30 years! Just rent extraction from elites and inflated incomes for their credentialed helpers. This loss to Iran forecloses any hope of even fighting China, let alone winning.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.

> @bloomberg.com

The DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee just voted to propose this starting order for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary calendar:

Wealthy elites don’t face consequences. He’ll get more media features, he’ll be running more left campaigns and organizations. The entire point of being an elite is not facing consequences. Consequences are for everyone else.

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/o... Ezra you are shameless (and that guy is 27?)

DSA aren’t revolutionaries. Their candidates strongest base of support comes from high income, high education urban whites. People with cush jobs and bright futures and big 401ks. They want to become Pelosi, not destroy the establishment. Which is why the handwringing is has become boring.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2w ago

The DSA Is a Parasite The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party. by James Kirchik www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This is an irrelevant fight. DSA has held local office for 10 years. What has actually changed? The decline in support for Israel is due to the country becoming less white/evangelical and thus identifying more with the Palestinians. Fundamentally this has become boring, it doesn’t actually matter.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2w ago

The DSA Is a Parasite The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party. by James Kirchik www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

When I say a politics of white reconciliation based on a premise of anti-Blackness people act as if I’m spinning shit out of thin air but…

Oil reserves running low, SOXX rolling over, US power on the decline. What’s a western oligarch to do? Fun times ahead.

Societies collapse because elites no longer believe in the system and begin undermining it for personal gain (the ones not destroyed by outside forces anyway). Trump is a symptom of this. Speech tonight is just another sign of major trouble ahead for the US political system. This isn’t a blip

"Bolsonaro has begun a twenty-seven-year prison sentence for his role in January 8, while the instigator of January 6 sits in the Oval Office...Should we in the United States try a Brazilian strategy?" spoiler: I answer yes. me, for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...

Truth Without Reconciliation

Why did Brazil’s democratic institutions hold firm while those in the United States so quickly wilted?

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No pipeline in the region is out of range of Iran’s missiles and drones. If anyone overplayed their hand it was DC and Tel Aviv.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3w ago

BLAS: “.. Tehran risks overplaying its hand: If it continues to squeeze, it will lose strategic leverage — not immediately, but over the next five years or so as its neighbors build more bypass routes.” @javierblas.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Fetterman is in Sinema territory. Approval among Democrats has plummeted so much it’s practically impossible to win a primary; overall approval ratings are artificially inflated by Republicans who like that he bucks and criticizes Dems but wouldn’t actually vote for him. Quinnipiac poll:

US and Israel have no cards against Iran. Zero. Gonna take awhile for delusional elites to get it through their heads. Will be a very painful process for them. Because geopolitically the decline is only gonna speed up and get worse.

Hey remember how I said anti-Black racism was becoming acceptable alongside sexism in certain online "left" circles after recent primaries

People won’t be talking about him in 20 days lol. Unless you’re President literally nobody cares. Status and power are fleeting in the social media era. Nobody remembers

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Stephen Miller on Lindsey Graham: "He's someone we're still gonna be talking about 200 years from now"

Trump is not a product of US decline he’s a symptom of it. The rot goes deep. Lies, grift, asset inflation, elites and their well paid cronies not producing anything meaningful for society. The US had the biggest lead over #2 ever when the USSR collapsed. Squandered completely in 1 generation!

US and Israel have no cards against Iran. Zero. Gonna take awhile for delusional elites to get it through their heads. Will be a very painful process for them. Because geopolitically the decline is only gonna speed up and get worse.

Or maybe the price on actual delivery is still way above $100 on crude outside the North American marketplace and the North American crude oil markets are being held artificially low for political reasons.

This is why I say the politics of white reaction to Barack Obama specifically and Black political power more broadly is completely bipartisan. You could genuinely say it is in some sense apolitical.

Dr. Marcus H. Johnson@marcushjohnson.bsky.social · 4w ago

To be fair I think the peak of Black political influence is behind us. CBC is mortally wounded by court rulings. Blue states will respond by carving up Black districts. Left will fight to reduce the power of southern primaries in Presidential nominations. Doge, anti-DEI, etc. On our own now.

To be fair I think the peak of Black political influence is behind us. CBC is mortally wounded by court rulings. Blue states will respond by carving up Black districts. Left will fight to reduce the power of southern primaries in Presidential nominations. Doge, anti-DEI, etc. On our own now.

Charles Gaba ✡️@charlesgaba.com · 4w ago

Holy Shit. 👀 www.huffpost.com/entry/surgin...

Holy Shit. 👀 www.huffpost.com/entry/surgin...

A Rising Democrat Said Black Leaders 'Defang The White Left.' He Told HuffPost He Regrets It.

Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence's rise in a Michigan swing district has alarmed party strategists.

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The function of elites in a declining society is to remain elite. You can’t trust any US political leaders, elected or in orgs. They’re going to lie to you and tell you everything will get better so they can keep extracting rents and getting donor money. Their lives are getting better. Are yours?

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

“.. we’re approaching Soviet levels of opacity here. .. you might remember back in the days, when a Soviet leader would get a cold, and next thing you know, you had a new Soviet leader. “.. we are owed transparency.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/o...

They’re just cashing in. Its a big money club and you’re not in it.

C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️@thehousered.bsky.social · 4w ago

Need to be super clear to folks that there is a growing class of “progressive” political consultants with elite backgrounds that are cashing in on antiestablishment sentiment amongst voters, and their payday isn’t at all about your concerns. slate.com/news-and-pol...

If he was a Chinese billionaire he’d probably be in prison for fraud. But in the US we let our oligarchs commit mass crimes against the hapless masses. That’s what they mean by freedom and liberty btw. Freedom for elites and their well paid cronies to steal from you and lie to you.

Forbes@forbes.com · 4w ago

The billionaire CEO said the company planned to land astronauts back on the moon in the next few years, before eventually building a permanent “metropolis” on its surface.”

Once again the drama begins.

This the stuff they were saying on twitter when…nvm

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4w ago

Scott Jennings says he spoke to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes this morning.