Just gonna take a moment to call for eliminating FPTP. It wouldn't change the outcome but the coming discourse would be less toxic by at least a bit.
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i support [$democratic_candidate] for [$public_office] and believe that their politics is a perfect fit for [$state]. I would drag my [$genital] over [$harmful_object_or_substance] to vote for [$democratic_candidate] this fall.
Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 15h agoI support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.
If you were Harris and RFK Jr was close to endorsing you and you think it puts you over the finish line... what would you promise?
I generally prefer more concrete demands in my political messaging, but for immigration policy we genuinely do need culture war (positive). Decades of tolerating media that shows migrants and drugs as a valid source of criminal danger, on broadcast television, it’s rancid and accepted.
Jonathon M. Floyd@jfloyd314.bsky.social · 2d agoThe average America is just totally, completely wrong about immigration, thanks to a combination of a lack of education and a deluge of right-wing propaganda for which the left has never had a remotely satisfactory answer. The standard normie response of "Just come legally!" is utterly unrealistic.
Its really telling that when you see a dog pile on this site the wost people will be screaming the most hateful shit and end every post with "turn on replies you coward" but also turn off all their replies AND qts.
Reported for threats of violence. (Tackling Ed.)
I don't think Newsom get very far in the primary but he has a particular type of vibe which ... I cant quite describe but make me uncomfortable with him having too much authority
Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 4d agoNewsom actively wants to be the guy at the top of a competitive authoritarian system that favors him and his cronies with the party. His dream is to be the American Luis Echeverría.
Newsom actively wants to be the guy at the top of a competitive authoritarian system that favors him and his cronies with the party. His dream is to be the American Luis Echeverría.
Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d agoAmong potential 2028 contenders, Newsom seems the most committed in trying to turn Trump's allies into his own allies, hence constantly kissing the assess of the worst people in the country, like this gift for the Ellisons. Bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how the Dem base likes that.
AIPAC lost in Illinois... Biss was not their guy. A lot of people quoting and commenting are conveniently ignoring of the fact AIPAC also attacked the winner.
Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 6d agoI guess now that she’s not running in a district with a large Jewish population, it’s time to let the dogwhistles sing
if voters think democrats are weak on crime, one weird trick to fix it and other problems would be burying miller under the jail
I think that not only is this good politics, but the stability of American society depends on it. Liberal American normies are out for blood, but *everyone* is in an anti-system mood. If we don't feed that beast some sacrifices, it'll find someone who can, and those sacrifices will be innocent.
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 5d agoChaperoning a preschool trip to the aquarium and one of the other dads who is vaguely familiar with what I do comes up to me and goes “man I sure hope we get some Nuremberg-style trials at the end of all this”
What movie had the greatest assassination of all time and why is it Tokyo Gore Police?
"The people who work on farms often don't own them" is something that would have been completely intuitive to 99% of people for 99% of human history but is completely unintelligible to the people who make US public policy.
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d agoA very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed.
I have a very particular belief that public officials, especially cabinet levels ones, should be prosecuted for perjury for lying like this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBARTIROMO: Last time we spoke, you told me you were expecting 4% growth in the second half of the year. The number was way lower. How would you assess that? HASSETT: The reason why the number was 1.5% was because we imported so many capital goods because we're building factories so fast
trans rights frankly is a top 5, potentially top 3 issue for me despite not being trans and not having any trans family being bigoted against trans folks not only hurts my trans friends and every trans person but is so predictive of further bigotry
Reminder that airplane highjacking was invented when a spy decided to get himself and his boyfriend out of a tight spot.
It is stunning that rather then using Gemini I choose to cobble together a collection of scripts and use a different model to interface with my google docs. And I was inspired to do this by many other people doing it before me.
Ed@ed3d.net · 6d agoCORRECT. EXTREMELY CORRECT. this and gemini-for-workspace are transformative, in that they transform people's brains into wanting to nail the product managers behind them to the wall
youtu.be/mraLsg-G4wA?... Remembering Mama Cass Elliot, who left us #OTD 1974.
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We learned from the gerrymandering fight that the most effective way is to stop the GOP from doing shit like this is to actually reciprocate until they cry. Doing that for disaster aid feels monstrous but the only other option is winning every election forever...
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
I will be so glad when the choose your own adventure polling for the MI primary is done.
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · last wk.Michigan - DEM Senate Polling: El-Sayed: 48% Stevens: 37% Tavern Research / July 27, 2026
Wow a day with Stancil in the discourse and a whole bunch of people with 30 followers showing up "just learning about how toxic he is" but some how already have a collection of dozens of screen shots and links... So weird. What could explain that?
I think Zohran’s grocery stores are a worthwhile policy experiment. That said, the idea that people in food deserts eat less produce due to lack of access has been thoroughly debunked. The real problem is that low-income people can’t use SNAP for hot prepared foods.
Understandably, folks focus on how much Peltola over performs a generic Democrat (and she does). But the Alaska Democratic Party is probably one of the best organized Democratic parties in a red state. If they flip the governorship and Senate seat, it will be because the party earned it.
Part of the way I know the race isn't close is that there are not a ton of people on here arguing about it.
brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · last wk.holy shit, new State Navigator Wisconsin poll
“HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT MY GOOD FRIEND MARY PELTOLA??”
explore.org@explore.org · 2w agoYearly bear cam maintenance staff reporting for duty.
Its my fault. I wished that people would finally shut up about the 2016 and 2020 primaries.
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ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · last wk.2026 primary season is emotional terrorism