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Skunk ambassador to the weasel community! Fan of all things transformation Lv 37 | Michigan | everything is fluid | they/them | perverted (mostly) ace | gay panromantic | AuDHD | 🔞

Thanedar has accidentally made a few good votes, but his politics are so incoherent that he initially wasn't sure which party he'd run for governor under in 2018 (He ran as a D and came in 3rd in the primary after Whitmer and... El-Sayed)

Heartland Signal@heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3h ago

Progressive state Rep. Donavan McKinney ousts incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan primary https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/08/05/progressive-state-rep-donavan-mckinney-ousts-incumbent-rep-shri-thanedar-in-michigan-primary/

It’s not your fault you’re disabled. It’s not your fault you’re chronically ill. It’s not your fault you’re living in poverty, lacking health insurance, homeless or unemployed. The billionaire class wants us to believe these are moral failings so they don’t have to help people. We should help.

yeah, the issue with viewing elections as a linear algebra problem where you solve for the optimal policy platform is that you tend to generate candidates that cant credibly signal that they believe any of this

LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍@lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think there's some silent progressive majority out there in waiting, but I do think running candidates who are a lot less apollonian can move a significant number of feet, and the center is very bad at producing those