Words I want to hear: Accountability Subpoenas Hearings Impeachment Trials Words I don't want to hear: Bipartisanship Olive branch We go high Reaching across aisles Putting this behind us
NeuroATriplicate
@neuroatriplicate.bsky.social
The best description of my gender is "Nerdy Lesbian Ken." AuDHD. Working on a queer horror novel set in rural New England. They/them
The persistent truth of America is that our institutions are not aligned to our popular will. That is as true yesterday as it will be tomorrow. We have to grapple with that truth, define it, set the conditions for massive structural change in 2029.
It’s incredibly important to recognize that Democrats running up the score so high they exceeded the margins of fuckery is not a sign of democratic health. It is a time-limited reprieve to secure the government before we lose it. This was the failure of the Biden Era that cannot be repeated.
Stop calling her Lawyer Barbie. Lawyer Barbie passed the bar and would never work for Trump.
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This man would fail an A&O test and everyone knows it. He’d be considered unfit to make serious decisions for *himself,* let alone the rest of the country.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2mo agoJUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
“McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?” www.publicnotice.co/p/retire-in-...
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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“A no-show employee who disappeared w/out taking official medical or disability leave wld be sanctioned w/loss of pay and potential termination. Members of Congress—public officials whose salaries, benefits, and office perks are paid w/taxpayer dollars—shld be held to the same, not lower, standard.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 2mo ago“McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?” www.publicnotice.co/p/retire-in-...
You do not need to explain, to Queer or Black or Disabled people in America, that you can't always have a perfect thing. That is not news to us. You are not providing new information. It is the height of arrogance to assume that's not already part of our understanding of the world.
New video emerges of Mitch McConnell being loaded into an ambulance last month. No sirens as they drove away. www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/p...
McConnell was loaded into ambulance on a stretcher, according to eyewitness and new video | CNN Politics
Emergency responders took Sen. Mitch McConnell to an ambulance on a stretcher after being called to his home last month for a report of an unconscious person, according to new video of the incident an...
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Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
Mitch McConnell will die as he lived: screwing over the American People.
It’s almost like he’s been a really terrible person this whole time.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 4mo agoAxios is reporting that Platner has said he won't file paperwork to withdraw before Monday, which is the final day he can do so (and four days from now). www.axios.com/2026/07/09/g...
And as of Thursday afternoon, he still hasn’t done it. The deadline is 5pm Monday. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Maine says ‘no official withdrawal notice has yet been received’ from Graham Platner – live
In order for Democrats to finalize an alternative Senate nominee in Maine, Platner needs to officially withdraw from the race by 13 July at 5pm ET
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*Suspending campaign operations is not the same as withdrawing from the race, which is required by Monday under Maine law for the party to name a replacement.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4mo agoPLATNER SAYS HE’S DROPPING OUT of the Maine Senate race: “We believe that for the movement to continue, it can’t be me. And for that reason, we are suspending campaign operations,” he says in a video message tonight.
Stephen King's next book is definitely gonna contain a gravelly voiced good guy who not only uses all the hard Rs but also gets beat up by an inexplicable 1950's greaser who also goes into a full Tarantino mode speech rehashing the Protocols
On August 4th we’re gonna get an announcement that McConnell is dead, but OOPS it’s one day too late for KY to hold a special election. It’s exactly the kind of illegal, behind-closed-doors political BS that McConnell used to do all the time, so I guess they’re just honoring his legacy?
"There’s simply no way any of us could have predicted a Nazi SS guy with his eyeballs dangling out of his sockets and the Staff of Ra broiled into his flesh like grill marks on a meat slab would be such a terrible candidate for Senate."
If Only There Had Been a Sign that the Face-Melting Nazi from Indiana Jones Wouldn’t Make a Good Senator
“There’s simply no way any of us could have predicted a Nazi SS guy with his eyeballs dangling out of his sockets and the Staff of Ra broiled into his flesh ...
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The position of science and evidence in medicine has been greatly weakened by the politicization of trans healthcare. Totally unprecedented things are happening every day in terms of politicians and advocacy groups overriding medicine.
Not the main issue here, but no one accidentally gets a Nazi tattoo. It's either done by an artist who's cool with tying their work to nazism or it's done by an amateur who is also a nazi
Platner is a product of white people who are desperate for addressing classism but refuse to acknowledge that misogyny, transphobia, homophobia and racism are components of classism that need to be exorcised for the socialism they want. They want reprieve with no deconstruction of their bigotry.
The discourse about Platner is soul-crushing, but the discourse about McConnell is hilarious. What is this timeline?
I present to everyone: the single worst take on the Platner allegations possible
me emailing my therapist fake accusations so that in 5 years when my ex runs for office (a knowledge which i have divined from prophetic dreams) i can use them as a weapon against his campaign at the last minute because chuck schumer might ask me to(?)
I cant believe “Weekend at Bernie’s” is real life now and I don’t even know why I can’t believe it because it really is exactly something this stupid country would do just to maintain its own power imbalance. What a profoundly stupid country we live in.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn an apparently coordinated effort to show Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is alive and on the mend, a handful of his allies made public statements today saying they have spoken to him on the phone this week and discussed a variety of issues. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
“Okay you were all right about this guy from the jump but have you considered that I’m still a better person than you are?”
Francesca Fiorentini@franifio.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'm excited to be dragged into the pit of no return by the hogs on Bluesky for believing people make mistakes and can change. The SA allegations are awful. Please crucify me.
A stronger "HR lady" element in Dem politics would've nuked Platner sooner but instead a bunch of credulous & insecure dolts with podcasts & substacks just had to let their masculinity issues give Dems a candidate who imploded less than a month after winning the primary.
Will Wilkinson@wlknsn.xyz · 5mo agoI dunno, man. I usually agree with the HR lady, politically.
If anyone other than a cis man did even one of these things, they would be out of the race *instantly.*
NeuroATriplicate@neuroatriplicate.bsky.social · 4mo agoTrapping an SO in a room until she “calmed down,” Nazi tattoo, homophobic language, r-word *in 2026,* and folks are surprised that he committed SA? Democrats should have seen this coming.