I love* the fact that the media spent years telling us the country had changed forever because of an R +1.5 environment and when it's a D +13 environment they're like "woah there partner, this probably doesn't mean anything."
As is right and proper. The burden of leadership is to remain answerable to people whose hopes will always exceed what politics can deliver.
Micah@rincewind.run · 9h agosome expectation setting: if we do get chris van hollen instead of schumer we’re all going to be mad at him within a week not because schumer is better but because that’s just what happens with caucus leaders
I am real tired of the false promises of an “all throw, no take” idea of politics. Part of living in a society is accepting that you’re going to have to do unpleasant things like pay taxes, and that you do it because personal sacrifices like it are what keeps society moving.
I can not stress enough how EVERY New Yorker saw potholes on their block get filled, or snow getting shoveled. Even as a non-parent, I know about 2k and 3k. We get warnings for EVERY big weather event. It really does feel like, "oh!! Is this what the government was meant to do all along?!?"
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · yesterdayI suspect the real place for Democrats to solidify this win will be at the state and local level. That's where Ds have the chance of IMMEDIATELY making change and helping people in their everyday lives. Push your local pols to Mamdanify the shit out of the entire country, y'all. And BRAG about it.
im beginning to think the wapo editorial board might have some kind of agenda
Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social · 3d ago"If Democrats lurch far left on policy, the voters who gave them an enormous victory on Tuesday will probably be strongly tempted to switch back to the GOP or stay home in future elections." Read more from the Editorial Board: https://wapo.st/4z0x1j8
After bad Dem cycles like 2024, pundits rush to warn Dems to moderate to regain power. After bad GOP cycles? Yep, they rush to warn Dems to moderate else lose power. Let’s see how pundits handle this story about right-wing Turning Point’s horrible 2026 election: www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/u...
Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost. Some Republicans Are Furious.
Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.
nytimes.com
Something I have been thinking about for months is that after Charlie Kirk was killed, the elites in this country ABSOLUTELY believed that this was going to be one of the most significant events in recent U.S. history. But when it wasn't, they were not curious at all to analyze why.
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
Postmaterial politics are so crazy what do you mean a $6 latte is more elitist than a $80,000 pickup
No disrespect for Maj. Breach, but with that name she has no business working in cybersecurity. It just looks bad!
“How does it feel being a loser, Mr President?” ~~ Question of the year.
And the story is “I’m here to make your life materially better and more fun.”
Robin Bradford@tuphlos.bsky.social · yesterdayHappy Saturday. Have some joy.
Note that even considering accountability in any form against perpetrators of misdeeds immediately makes them "victims" entitled to relief. This kind of organized crying is foundational to the Right, and their media collaborators will increasingly echo this nonsense
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump calls for Democrats who have sent oversight letters and messages to Republicans to be imprisoned and orders Todd Blanche to investigate
Oh my god. That is EXACTLY what happened. Someone suggested a Heritage Foundation and Fox contributor and he mixed them up. 😂😂😂
Libby on the Label@drainbead.bsky.social · 2d agoWould be hilarious if someone suggested "How about Dana White?" and Trump just looked at the first hit on Google and said "Sounds like a plan!" Meanwhile the person who made the suggestion meant this woman.
Truly we have entered the Duke Phillips era of the presidency
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States. I have requested that he bring with him assistants … Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!”
Long interview in the NYT with Schumer. Not one mention of ICE. Not a word about the destruction, lawlessness, & taxpayer funded MURDERS by ICE. What an insane miss by a man who is past his prime, & doesn’t understand why Dems were elected. Abolishing ICE has to be a top priority & policy issue.
Stephen Miller: This whole period that happened after World War II where the West began apologizing and groveling and begging— Host: I don't even know what you're talking about right now. I asked you if there would be an election in Venezuela.
Any Dems reverting to tired old guard talking points about "reaching across the aisle" to compromise w/ Trump and Miller should be laughed out of the room on their way to losing their next primary. We're building the next political era, and you can get with it or get left behind.
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 2d agoMake him do it. Veto a minimum wage bill. An anti-corruption bill. An end the war bill. A stop ICE bill. A save medicaid bill. A lower prices bill. Make him veto everything people want. Create the contrast, electoralize it, win in '28, and then make it all law in '29. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful...
Picking Miller is picking losing Arizona and Texas for good.
April Glick Pulito@aprilglick.bsky.social · 2d agohard to look at this map and not see the role ICE played in republicans losing
What The New York Times describes as "concerns about election fraud" are just lies
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d agoKobach is out. “.. the first time in 20 years that Kansans have elected a Democrat as attorney general.” @nytimes.com #KS www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/u...
We should get sick of seeing video updates from the Dems on the oversight and judiciary committees
Melissa Jo Peltier@melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 2d agoMamdani has the formula. Use media & the internet. Keep it entertaining, even if it’s a serious matter. Bring the audience in symbolically as a part of the process.