It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.

Michael McKee@mckonomy.bsky.social · yesterday

Well, that took longer than I thought, but he hath spoken:

Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/

this is not an accurate description of what's happening. not least because I can write code and get them to output something different there. I can understand why it *seems* that way, but this is just not accurate, and it's a shame they describe it this way in their UI.

This is really well done, great tour of recent history for those who might not understand the rights trans people have lost or the devastation in learning some Democrats want to entrench those losses rather than reverse them.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d ago

When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose

Again, Republicans have no principles beyond power and white supremacy. So whenever they pretend to be concerned about women’s sports, or about undocumented people, or about voter fraud, or whatever, no one, especially democrats, should take them seriously. Mock them as the depraved freaks they are

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"

Democrats need to (finally) realize that every single Republican argument is made in bad faith. Republicans don’t care about the sanctity of women’s sports, they don’t care about anyone’s safety in bathrooms, they don’t care about the scientific validity of gender affirming care.

Jay Reding@jayreding.bsky.social · 5d ago

Don’t give a goddamn inch to their framing of the issue. Reframe and attack. No more weakness, no more pretending that throwing trans people under the bus will win you a single vote. Attack, attack, attack. (And everything above is true to boot!)

This anti trans stuff is not hard to combat. You just need a little creativity and a theory of an electorate that isn’t mostly composed of recalcitrant bigots but can be moved by appeals to empathy and principle

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 6d ago

I would have gone out and found like an 8th generation Texan family who had an adult trans kid who fled Texas and cut an ad with them going "i voted the way i did to keep this texas family together, but Ken Paxton drove them apart. When the government reaches into the home, I begin to question it."

Somehow Democrats lose half their races against depraved monsters like this

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Dr Oz: "I'll tell you the part that's really bothering me. When you get those home care services, that's the number one job here in Manhattan and New York state. The number one job isn't being a TV anchor or Wall Street, it's providing support to your family."

Andrew is right. “No you’re wrong, I hate these people just as much as you do” is actually not a response that wins you any votes. “You’re right, I will defend all Texans from crooks and perverts like Paxton” is much more likely to.

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 5d ago

“youre goddam right im for them just like im for all texans” wouldve gone hard as a rebuttal had talarico not just spent the last 3 days tripping over himself to move right on this issue congrats to the talarico team for painting yourselves into a very predictable corner

“youre goddam right im for them just like im for all texans” wouldve gone hard as a rebuttal had talarico not just spent the last 3 days tripping over himself to move right on this issue congrats to the talarico team for painting yourselves into a very predictable corner

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 6d ago

Republicans went up today with a major ad run saying "Talarico is for they/them"

i think it is bad that the president is that helm of a deranged cult of personality

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

attacking trans people hurts dem politicians and that take is missing from this whole news cycle. dems attacking trans people makes it more likely you will lose, defending trans people makes it more likely they win I want democrats to win so they need to defend trans people

Particularly when the case for trans rights is not complicated, or difficult to make. No, Dems have just decided to sacrifice trans folks presumably because some idiot consultants told them they need to “neutralize” the issue, which is totally working because Reps are no longer attacking them on it

antifabrickpile.bsky.social@antifabrickpile.bsky.social · last wk.

It is so painfully tiresome to be harangued and lectured by dems who demand not only that we vote for democrats who don't support our rights, but also that we do it with a smile, without speaking up about our rights, without arguing, because hey, at least this guy doesn't want to kill you

Donald Trump is destroying the national capital to build Trump monuments. I wish liberal leaders would stop acting like it’s embarrassing to care. It’s an abomination, just like the war, the corruption, the racism.

So much this. For my entire adult life politics has been the Right performing obviously insincere outrage and being taken seriously, and the Left talking themselves out of expressing genuine outrage or passion for fear that it might offend some swing voter somewhere

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yes, I agree. Often the best they can manage is, “can you imagine if a Democrat…” This has been a dominant theme in left-of-center discourse my whole life and it’s just like…if you think something is outrageous, express outrage.

"What's behind the appeal of the far right?" is one of those questions pundits keep asking but wherever you look, the answer is simple: Racism and lying www.dw.com/en/germany-i...

If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.

Denouncing Extremists

One of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

Trump Admins latest move to bring vote by mail sabotage plan to SCOTUS is a good example of the absolute necessity of breaking the current Court's corruption. This is transparently unconstitutional. Even if it weren't some version of Purcell wld require not rushing something so poorly planned ...

Ebikes are the Hasan of transport politics. Sure there's some legitimate issues but they pale in comparison to what the opposition has totally normalized. Yet we only clutch our pearls about one.

No Kings but King Ludd@pilgrim76.bsky.social · 2w ago

In America, the daily threat of being flattened by an oncoming Ford F150 is just part of life, worth it for Freedom. But standing aside for an e-scooter? A personal and public health crisis that must be exposed in our nation’s op-Ed pages

In America, the daily threat of being flattened by an oncoming Ford F150 is just part of life, worth it for Freedom. But standing aside for an e-scooter? A personal and public health crisis that must be exposed in our nation’s op-Ed pages

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2w ago

You're the dean of a public health department and *this* is the first time you've thought about America's built environment? www.forbes.com/sites/bernad...

Wow, these sequestration rates (even in medium scenario) are not just unrealistic, they are fantastical. Our work on geological limits to carbon sequestration shows that even achieving 1 Gt/y will be challenging without significant tech breakthrough. Relying on CCS today is not a realistic plan!

Can we sequester carbon fast enough? Growing disconnect between models and reality

Can we sequester carbon fast enough? Growing disconnect between models and reality, Daigle, Hugh, Ravikumar, Arvind

iopscience.iop.org

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 2w ago

The article also includes a first look at the carbon dioxide removal deployed in these scenarios (based on the IAM used in the marker scenario). Some scenarios deploy what I would consider unrealistic levels – particularly those we have slower near-term emissions reductions like "Medium-Low".

Just as the election of Trump was on-its-face evidence of fatal flaws in our system of government, the fact that the most politically obtuse man in America is set to become the Democratic speaker of the house next year reveals deep rot within party leadership

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2w ago

What @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social told me the House agenda will be next year if Democrats win —Reverse Trump’s Medicaid cuts —Extend expired ACA tax credits —Restore Congress’s authority on tariffs —“Decisively” end the Iran war Beyond that: “We’ve established five working groups on affordability”

Ossoff: "What did we learn this morning? Yet another connection between Rep. Mike Collins and white nationalism, between Collins and neo-Nazi ideology. One of the congressman's staffers posting swastikas online and depicting himself in the costume of the Ku Klux Klan. Disgraceful and disqualifying."

Trump is an economic illiterate. But Democrats in general have been hesitant to simply say this. About time.

Insane that every democratic politician in the country is not on TV throwing a conipshit over Gary, Indiana. They are so bad at politics and especially bad at disaster politics.

Amazing

i wrote this last year but there is literally no publicly available evidence that donald trump knows what a tariff actually is

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 4w ago

In his speech yesterday, Canada PM Mark Carney seemed to try to explain to the President what a “trade deficit” is. You’re not just giving another country 100s of millions of dollars… You’re buying things from them! That you want!