No matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 22h ago30,000,000 dollars
Run the Jules Verne
@turtlebeeheart.bsky.social
Biased against nothing* and down for almost anything. Organize the South. * Does not apply to MAGA, racists, Nat C’s et al
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 22h ago
Last night my neighbor saw me plunging my hand into the soil, grabbing a fistful of worms then raising them triumphantly above my head as I laughed and lightning crashed around me. Going to be difficult to explain that one.
Bolts staff writer Alex Burness explains how Southern states ignored a Reconstruction-era law and manipulated the criminal legal system to prevent Black people from voting. This year, that has finally caught up with one state: Virginia.
now i can use the two t in lettuce to remind me there are two r in diarrhea
i have eaten the shrimp that was at the culvers' and which you were probably saving for the rich forgive me they were delicious so crispy and so opulent
cat piss to dog shit: “we both smell great”
Marlow Stern@marlownyc.bsky.social · last mo.Bill Maher got played by JD Vance on “Real Time” tonight and admitted he may vote Republican in '28: “If this is where the Democratic Party is going… this obsession with Israel, with the Jew-hating... if this is where they’re going, my vote is in play.” variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates guaranteed progressive ire and primary challengers by whining about representative democracy
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support for a centrist initiative aimed at pushing back against the party’s tilt toward democratic socialism.
for iphone users, if you very suddenly regret NOT turning off biometric unlock, press the lock button on the side 5 times in row - this will lock your phone and require the passcode before biometric unlock can be used again, preventing police from using your face to unlock it against your will.
Marje, herself@minn-finn.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat I have learned today 1)Things to say to Feds: “Let me see your badge and the warrant.” and “I want to speak to my lawyer.” 2) Turn off biometrics on your phone 3) Keep your whistle handy We keep us safe.
Dear Nancy Mace, AhhhhhHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHA LOLLLOLOLOLLLOLOLLL Bye now! Worst wishes, 92% of SC
“You are not obligated to complete the work, nor are you free to abandon it.”
Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 2mo agoThe arc of the moral universe only bends towards justice if we bend it. There's no karmic comeuppance for fascists. There's just us. Community and hard work and a willingness to to take risks and fail.
Just a reminder that immigrants inside Delaney Hall are on their ninth day of a hunger and labor strike in protest of inhumane conditions and this was Governor Sherrill’s response last night:
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2mo agoRIGHT NOW: NJ state troopers with riot gear are forcing protesters supporting the hunger strikers of Delaney Hall and media ppl down the street. They’re firing flashbang grenades at the ground to force people to disperse, per the @statuscoupnews.bsky.social livestream www.youtube.com/live/yTlpCYk...
Watched 5 minutes of Jack Schlossberg, and it’s like they cloned Bobby Newport and chucked him directly into a campaign. Yikes.
That one time you’ll ever hear me say Shane Massey is correct. Except he’s a giddy proud little asshole about it, and I’m over here just incandescent with rage.
Ari Berman@ariberman.bsky.social · 3mo agoBreaking: South Carolina Senate rebuffs Trump, declines to take up redistricting before midterms, preserving Jim Clyburn's majority-Black district South Carolina State Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey: "We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already"
I wish I had one of those guys with the little brooms in Curling to help me through my ADHD Paralysis
It’s people from the future coming back, isn’t it
Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · 4mo agoLast week, a 20 year-old man threw a molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion; two days later, people fired a gun at it. Earlier that week, someone fired gunshots into an city councilman's house who approved a data center. Why the AI backlash has turned violent:
Target here. We’ve noticed a lot of our valued customers haven’t been coming around much lately. So we’re teaming up with your local police department to send the rest to jail.
A lot of sources are saying that he stormed out of the Supreme Court not because he was having a manbaby tantrum, but because he filled his diaper with a massive dump
New bit I've perfected if anyone brings up a problem: I don't really follow politics but it was never like this before Trump. "But the Democrats and the funding and--" Yeah like I said I don't really follow that. There was always politics but before Trump it was never like this. That's all I know
Paul J. Dauenhauer@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 5mo agoAtlanta airport
🎵the world is a vampire / im gonna ride it all night long 🎵
This might be the longest Bluesky thread I have ever seen.
Pacific Antifascist Research Collective@pacantifa.is · 5mo agoFrank Figueroa, 49, the ICE Special Agent in Charge in Central Florida, pleaded no contest in 2006 to indecent exposure after exposing his genitals and masturbating while staring at a 16-year-old girl in an Orlando mall food court. Figueroa avoided a formal conviction and retired with full pension.
It's going to happen soon. And god that day is gonna be so fucking funny. And we're all gonna laugh so much together and the work won't be over but it will be a wonderful day and they'll say "Stop that" and we'll say "lol no"
If you missed the chance to see DOGE's Justin Fox stonewall on the definition of DEI during a deposition, here you go:
