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Sean McKeown

@sifuabs.bsky.social

Life is an endless series of contextual ethics problems. Then you die.

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Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 10h ago

This is an excellent political education ad. It manages to be uncompromising in its committment to racial equality, while at the same time making the point in a way that makes it clear that Southerners of all races can and must fully support equal justice. Scott Colom deserves his win.

MadGreek 🧿@madgreek2024.bsky.social · 12h ago

My job is advertising. Trust me when I tell you, this ad that Scott Colom ran in Mississippi was so powerful, it got everyone out to vote! He ran an extraordinary campaign. I am so happy that he won. I think we can take on the South in the next two years. We got Texas and Georgia. It can happen.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · yesterday

Alaska just added roughly 24K ballots to the Senate race, & Mary Peltola won this batch by 7 percentage points over Senator Sullivan. This grows her lead from 1.1% to 1.8%. She is now up 49% to 47.2%. And Peltola now has more votes than the two Dan Sullivans combined.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Warren: "Democrats must deliver popular, meaningful legislation to Trump's desk, and then dare him to veto it. Dare him to veto an increase to the minimum wage for hard-working Americans ... you can't win what you don't fight for"

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2d ago

One formative thing that happened to me in 2018 is that I talked privately to some folks who worked in congressional Dem leadership at a very high level. At the time everyone thought there was a coming Dem crackdown on Trump. And they told me in no uncertain terms: no there wasn’t.

Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 2d ago

Can we finally have a conversation about what a colossal waste of money political fundraising is? Donate to your local public library instead. newrepublic.com/article/2163...

How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party

Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.

newrepublic.com

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 2d ago

There's a strong argument that, in practice, big money is about gaining control of the party, not of Congress.

Bar chart titled "Haley Stevens's losing primary drew more money than the 15 closest House races combined." One tall bar shows $54.2 million in independent expenditures for Stevens or against her rivals in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, which she lost. Fifteen short bars show party and pro-Democratic outside spending in the closest House general elections, totaling $34.3 million. All fifteen have a Democratic two-party vote share between 49.43% and 50.52%. The Democrat trails in nine and leads in six. Three races received $0 (SC-2, NC-7, TN-4). Four received $0.4 million or less (NC-10, FL-26, NC-3, NC-5). The largest was FL-13 at $7.1 million. Vote counts are unofficial AP figures as of Nov 9, and 11 of the 15 races are uncalled.
Dan Alexander@danalexander21.bsky.social · 4d ago

1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers. This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.

60 Minutes@60minutes.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ross Douthat asks the President how his net worth rose by nearly $3 billion, according to a Forbes estimate, since he returned to office. Watch the interview Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on 60 Minutes.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 4d ago

INTEL: I've spent days talking to DC insiders. Schumer does not yet have the votes. His strategy is to make it seem like an inevitability - it ain't. But who else? This is where I've shifted. Will gets it right: it's Chris Van Hollen. And I think people are misreading the signals.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 4d ago

This lost cause is worth fighting for The Dem establishment's coronation of a weak Chuck Schumer as Senate majority leader is NOT a done deal if the people fight back Reward the senator who fought Trump when everyone else was cowering in fear My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/van-...

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d ago

honestly getting pretty tired of folks assuming that the people who want new congressional leadership don't understand how congress works. there are plenty of people on both sides who don't know congress. and it is a choice to focus on them instead of the serious arguments others are making.

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 6d ago

KEVIN: I read an article about the leader of this machine god cult thing… ME: The one about Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality? KEVIN: The what ME: Harry Potter and the Methods of…I swear it’s a real thing. KEVIN: I know. You wouldn’t make up something that stupid.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 7d ago

look I'll take positive feedback in whatever form it comes but I do want to gently remind all the "wow Indivisible's playing hardball now" folks that we literally got into this by writing a guide to replicating the Tea Party

Daniel Collette@danielcollette.bsky.social · last wk.

Something broke Indivisible in 2026 and I’m here for it. They went from “protests that ask you to RSVP” to primary out every damn apathetic politician and take Schumer’s and Jeffries’ heads on a platter.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: I comment on the election, in part by discussing some of my experience at Dialog 2024 and former Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll. My main focus: Blame attribution drove the results of the election but blame fades. www.crisesnotes.com/the-2026-mid...

The 2026 Midterms: Blaming Trump is Temporary but Household Economic Circumstances Are Forever

Editors Note: Reminder, I still have tickets for sale for today’s event with Paul Krugman! Tickets are also on sale for next week’s event with Phil Rocco on fiscal federalism and his book on the 2020 ...

crisesnotes.com

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social · 7d ago

NEWS: Ds review 181-page dossier from ex-Warren/Sanders staffers ID’ing hundreds of executives & corporations to target Envisions “resignations of major CEOs, hauling people in, material restitution” Tech giants, crypto, sports gambling, gas & more www.washingtonsun.com/congress/dem...

Democrats Are Reviewing a Plan to Investigate Corporate America

Party lawmakers have reviewed ideas for subpoenas, hearings and oversight next year.

washingtonsun.com

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last wk.

Texas Democrats: —flipped a US Senate seat —flipped Governor —flipped control of state House, flipping 14+ seats —flipped control of Texas Board of Education —flipped 4 seats on Texas Supreme Court —flipped 3 seats on Court of Criminal Appeals —flipped 3 seats on a Court of Appeals GOP just created

Jeff Goodell@jeffgoodell.bsky.social · last wk.

Nobody was talking about climate in this election, but climate won big last night in Texas. Why? Let me tell you about my one and only encounter with the new governor of Texas: A year or so ago, I was invited to speak at a backyard event in Austin for a local environmental group....