the willingness to say “what the fuck are you even talking about, you freak” is a refreshing commonality among much of the new Class of 2026 officeholders

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 17h ago

everyone from Nashville hearing this: do whut

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 11h ago

NEW: In leaked recordings, Peter Thiel argued that Nashville should be a moral alternative to Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church, which he called “a dubious ally” against a hypothetical future Antichrist Democratic president.

yes! this is the Mamdani Lesson. for the general public, it matters a great deal that you are Doing Something. the priority for the next congress should be to move fast on the lowest hanging fruit. (i think this will require filibuster reform at the very least)

Conor P. Williams@conorpwilliams.bsky.social · 20h ago

Been thinking about this—substance matters but maybe the perceived momentum matters even more. Like, whether you lean more towards accountability or oversight or ___, the goal should be endless activity. Show the country that this Congress is On The Case(s). Democrats are the Do-Something Party.

The cybertruck was a total disaster but without it we would never have had this one perfect quote. www.wired.com/story/owning...

No, it’s time to dismantle ICE entirely and investigate the crimes committed by its armed goons and then turn that info over to state and local prosecutors

House Judiciary Dems@democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 2d ago

It’s time for ICE to take the masks off, turn the body cameras on, and start answering to the American people who pay for their bloated budget.

This kind of explaining what the government does at the minute level is something Dems need to be doing year round

Matt Serwe@serwewx.bsky.social · yesterday

WEATHER BALLOONS ARE BACK BABY!

nobody gives you a sweeping mandate like this because they want you to work with the people they just ran tf outta office

i can't get over how an election cycle that saw Republicans run a constant barrage of anti-lgbt ads has ended in Texas electing a Democratic chief justice who is lesbian

Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, a once reliably Republican County named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest

Scott Colom Flips County Named for Ku Klux Klan Founder Nathan Bedford Forrest

Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.

mississippifreepress.org

Happy Gilmore’s first caddy as your psychiatry professor.

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · yesterday

would you rather have augustus gloop as your accountant or chunk from the goonies as your lawyer

Van Hollen is currently saying that Dems will claw back money set aside for ICE, and use it to replace funds stolen from Medicaid and SNAP. Y'all. We're there.

The AP has called #NC09 for Democrat Richard Ojeda. Ojeda ousted Republican incumbent Richard Hudson... the chair of the NRCC. Which means: The NRCC chair lost reelection due to a new gerrymander that state Republicans drew (with encouragement from national Republicans). Bonkers.

Rahm Emanuel’s approval rating when he left office as Chicago mayor was 18%

Vox@vox.com · 2d ago

What Democrats should do with their majorities, according to someone who's been there before. www.vox.com/politics/509...

BREAKING: Maine Senator-elect Troy Jackson says he will NOT vote for Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader, saying he’ll be supporting somebody else. There are now at least SIX incoming Democratic senators who have said they won’t support him. Let’s go.

When Belgian The Riddler answers the phone:

Luke Knox@lukeknox.me · yesterday

There was a guy in the Godzilla Minus Zero credits whose title was “Chief Godzilla Officer” and I am not proud of the wave of jealousy that moved through me.

Going through some Colom videos/ads and they are remarkably non-cookie-cutter-consultant ads

Scott Colom@scolom.bsky.social · last wk.

Sinators. Happy Halloween! (this is a joke!)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

California Gov. Newsom says he will commute all death sentences in state to life without parole

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

bit.ly

gotchu

jack@jackh97.bsky.social · 10mo ago

does anyone have that video

the breakdown by age in Mississippi is genuinely stunning. legit could be a blue state for a long time if we build on Colom’s victory

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2d ago

what i can't get over, looking at louisiana and mississippi and even alabama, is that the votes are *there*. it is absolutely possible with long term investment to make them competitive states

Converting the country to mass transit via football tailgate trains 

Lena G R@lenagr.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wisconsin just got money to extend the Hiawatha to Madison! It’s just a start, still needs state matching funds for two trains daily at 59mph, but it’s gonna be so popular. They hope for 6-8 daily fast trains someday! www.wkow.com/news/top-sto...

A big local flip: Democrats have flipped the school board in Georgia’s Cobb County. This is important, the second largest school district in the state.

If you’re doing “no consequences just affordability” while this is happening you have rocks in your head

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2d ago

Yesterday and overnight, this Journey ICE jet landed in: -Cabo Verde -Nigeria -Cameroon -Eswatini All but Nigeria are third-country removal “host” countries. Immigrant passengers onboard to Eswatini will have been shackled at the ankles, wrists, and waist for at least 27 hours.

Public healthcare extended to pets. Yes actually A Public Animal Health Fund to ensure veterinary care no matter their owner's income level. That wildlife services are properly funded to reduce the number of injured wild animals. And animal/ecology education made a fundamental part of school.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d ago

What's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)

Massie burning it all down on his way out the door has TREMENDOUS potential to be both significant and hilarious

AZ Intel@azintel.bsky.social · 2d ago

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says he plans to introduce a motion to impeach Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth when Congress returns next week, claiming that multiple GOP sources said they expect it to pass. - CNN

In the next two years an enormous number of Trump acolytes will try to find an exit ramp so they can save their careers and keep grifting and reinvent themselves and it is Nuremburg-level important that they are not able to accomplish that. The shit needs to stick to their fur, forever.

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 3d ago

CO GOP state Rep who lost his seat

In a just society? 200 tater tots

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d ago

how many tater tots do you think twenty bucks should buy you. I think it should be around 80

Ok this is fuckin funny

When MN Demss gained a 1 seat majority in the state senate this is what they did. YOU. ACQUIRE. POWER. TO. USE. IT.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Now is not the time for-" i'm gonna stop you right there, it's the time for EVERYTHING