It’s why they always add the “Hussein” to Obama’s name. What they don’t get is that there are numerous voters with names like “Abdul & Hussein”.

Currently trying to get some editing done on my gay romance webnovel Fractured Heart since the smoke outside is making it unhealthy to run errands and it's giving me a headache when I try to clean house, but my cat Rosie as per usual won't stop getting in the way 😩

Like I talked about this recently but if there’s been one consistent straightforward truth of my sentient political lifetime it’s that the democratic base is anti-war. Iraq gave us Obama 08. Israel, Iran, Venezuela et al is giving us this. Not everything is that complex.

Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2w ago

Talked to @meredithshiner.com youtu.be/wJ9F4lurczk?...

again I need to point out that Chuck Schumer is not only wrong on the substance but getting annihilated on the politics. He’s failing at the thing he (so wrongly) says is his top job. His leadership is unsustainable. That’s just simple fact at this point.

Meredith Shiner@meredithshiner.com · last yr.

Chuck Schumer to Bret Stephens, March 2025: “My job is to keep the left pro-Israel.”

We live in a world where Pirro is a voice of reason. Pack it up.

Jeez. Remember a time when presidents thought it improper to even make comments about ongoing criminal investigations? This one directs them.

Also, she has someone running against her, but we are amplifying her statements and lack of judgement while I have seen no statements by her opponent, a pro-democracy candidate, boosted. As usual, she'll win by double digits with help from the left.

She and Murkowski would alternate. "It's your turn to vote no and pretend you rep your constituents."

You can always count on Susan Collins to do the right thing when it doesn't matter

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

hey @politico.com are you okay? it's been an hour, aren't you going to post some more goofy shit about how this progressive winning an election is actually bad

Hear that Democrats? A clear authentic vision wins every time. This is not a time for “bipartisanship”. Abdul represents the best of the party of old … the New Deal, FDR, the Great Society, and even the ACA. People-focused priorities and fealty to the Constitution.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

establish democrats doing what they do best: spend millions more than the opponent and lose

Even with nearly 80% of the ad spending, Haley Stevens lost. Money can shape campaigns, but voters still have the final say. - Haley Stevens: $63.9M (79%) - Abdul El-Sayed: $7.3M (9%) - Others: $9.7M (12%)

Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

Eh, that's just fire season, nothing to worry about (he says as the second largest city in Washington burns to the ground)

This is why we need to stop trashing our own. People will pick the guy who promises cheaper food and healthcare over the Florida Republican every time.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." MLK

It’s also a coping tool for poor and lower middle class white people to convince themselves that they’d be well off if it weren’t for “DEI.” And there are a *lot* of such people in Michigan.

So sick of the trained USian consumer brain equating principle w/ refusal to vote the lesser evil. Primaries are for that shit

Not the main point, but I really like how El Sayed acknowledges that *we were all placed in an incredibly shitty situation* by being asked to vote for that platform or help trump win. We are collectively still so mad about the choice people made that we miss that we were all in the same boat /

He did exactly what they wanted him to do: express his dissatisfaction to try to get her to change her position but then set his principles aside to VBNMW because Trump is a bigger threat to his constituents. Even complete obedience is not enough for these people.

Ugh you can't tell as much in cell phone pictures, but it is nasty and ORANGE today 😩 the smoke is in the house too, not as strongly but I can definitely smell it, and I've had a low key headache since yesterday that I can only assume is from smoke particles getting in...

Looked up "fires near me" and...yikes. But climate change is a hoax dontaknow 🫠

NBC just called for El Sayed!

Free long distance calling....man, I remember ad after ad for "cheap" long distance that was ten cents a minute. Now, there are lots of ways to video call across the world for free.

Phones. In the 80s you had to pay to call people in the same state as you, and even more to call people in other places, and a small fortune to call overseas. And it sounded like shit.

the slow removal of public smoking has been a boon for humanity

Frozen food used to be borderline inedible. It now ranges from perfectly fine to genuinely good.

If you sign up for their credit card and spend $5000 in the first 3 months, spike removal is a free upgrade and they won't spit in your coffee.