If “party leadership and centrists immediately fall behind El-Sayed to defeat the Republican” does not align with your priors about the Democratic Party you should both reflect on why and also update those priors
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Was once called a NATO chauvinist and it felt good.
every single major corporation, business, sports league etc needs to have a plan in place for being brigaded by the conservative podcaster grifting complex
"Certainly some of Trump's fans enjoy the grossness and cruelty, but that ain’t wit. We have seen wit in politicians in the past, and one must wonder whether our age would even recognize the real thing."
Trump Was Never Funny
Too bad—humor is a good thing in a politician.
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your average republican thinks theres kitty litter boxes in classrooms and immigrants are eating your pets. your average republican cares more about a Black actress playing the little mermaid
Jessica Tarlov@jessicatarlov.bsky.social · last wk.Your average Republican is pro-IVF, skeptical of six week heartbeat bills, against deporting productive, law-abiding immigrants, and for gay marriage.
Oh hey it’s me in the Bulwark going after the Bridge Colby aka The Cheese for his very dumb approach to strategic alliances.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · last wk."He volunteered to launder Trump’s bellicose, bizarre acts by finding an intellectual coherence that isn’t there." And he's not that good at it. @joestieb.bsky.social on Elbridge Colby:
We need to crack down HARD on people running red lights and stop signs to reestablish the norm that you will actually stop for them.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · last wk.I've seen more people just straight-up run red lights in San Diego since Covid than I had in my entire life up to that point. There's essentially zero traffic enforcement in Southern California.
*guy living under Trump* “Haley Stevens is the most toxic form of politics”
Wtf Confused Nick Young Meme
ALT: Wtf Confused Nick Young Meme
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Hey everyone, here is proof that @whstancil.bsky.social 's biggest reply guy (martianmcfly) is a bot. No human can post this much in such a short time period. Is this evidence that Stancil has a coordinated astroturf campign of reply guys programmed to agree with him? Probably, need to investigate.
Joe Biden was the poorest guy in the Senate when he entered and also the poorest guy in the Senate when he left
Senator Andy Kim@kim.senate.gov · 2w agoThis is a jarring visual every American should see. Trump has made $2.24 BILLION as President. Trump gets richer while you pay more for everything. Corruption like we've never seen.
this mf called me "thee" oh my god? ?? ????
Martial Law Abiding Citizen@martianmcfly.bsky.social · 2w agoMy dear friend, it’s already happened! I dare thee to find a conversation about economics not already plastered with, not with lowly data or bourgeoise empirical information, but with the mighty face of CHART FOR DINNER
this is the sort of comic you draw when you lose an argument online and you’re still mad about it but don’t really understand why you lost
Lemondrop 👉 anime arbor! 📚@lipstick-lemondrop.bsky.social · 3w agoholy moly @hausofdecline.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com ???
Ossoff has so much sauce good lord
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3w agoOssoff: “You refuse to answer a simple matter of the fact about the 2020 election.” Clayton: “I’ve given you my answer.” Ossoff: “What is your answer?” Clayton: *doesn’t answer* Ossoff: “Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question?”
I'd be seriously very happy with either combo of Ossoff/AOC
Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3w agothere are two contenders who truly have the will to power: Ossoff and AOC
They wanted to heighten the contradictions, but without hurting anyone
Jorvorskie Layne's@jorvorskielaynes.bsky.social · 3w agoAs soon as Evelyn Normielib picked up the sword, a lot of Marxist-Leninists started tutting about collateral damage
What nobody wants to hear is that Democrats would have done a lot more progressive shit under Biden if there had just been more of them.
.@timmiller.bsky.social gives credit where it's due; you were right about Graham Platner.
A lot of people dislike physical neighborhood change, real estate developers, and yuppies more than high rents and homelessness.
Rootless Suburbian@rootless.bsky.social · last mo.Someone explain anti-YIMBYism to me like I'm 12. It makes no sense.
I think we should take all the weapons we're sending to Israel and instead send them to Ukraine.
@jack-waugh.bsky.social · last mo.No More Weapons Shipments to Ukraine, Israel, or Taiwan worldbeyondwar.org/no-more-weap...
Even if this wasn’t delusional, it would speak to 1) an organized left too incompetent to gain power with all this support in waiting, and 2) a sociopathic mass of non voters allowing fascism to proceed out of some kind of petulance masquerading as righteousness.
Sam@samd.bsky.social · 2mo agothe idea that there is a latent far-left socialist majority that refuses to vote is legitimately just the political equivalent of a cargo cult
i believe the american experiment is fundamentally good and worth preserving
becca laurie@imbeccable.bsky.social · 2mo agoa beautiful scene on smith street
Joe Biden was regularly attacked for refusing to distance himself from his son and continuing to love him through very bad circumstances. That unconditional love was presumably a very big reason why his son made it through and appears to be doing well. I’m appreciative of the example Joe set for us.