@emilypeck.bsky.social I am from a town of 400 people in rural Colorado & fyi — travel (near & far, cheap & expensive) literally changed me, gave me perspective as to what was possible & broadened my horizons. It made me more curious, more empathetic & more willing to take risks & welcome discomfort

@dahlialithwick.bsky.social can you direct me to that gentleman you interviewed on bonus episode - struggling to find his new podcast

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social can you do a show on the #estherproject please

My hot take no one asked for - Elon paid Trump $250MM in election support not to do anything with #DOGE other than gather unparalleled amounts of data & acquire more government contracts. That was the deal. Nothing more

I’m fucking sick of opinion politics. I’d really like less podcasters and more expertise. It’s really bad for society am I wrong?

Preach

Blargh

Now this is what I’m talkin about!

I’m feeling like American culture has been completely usurped by creatures of tech bro + game theory + ADHD capitalists + Fox News. Our culture is one built on toxic individualism, a lack of emotional intelligence, inability to focus, inhumane dominance & multidimensional addictions. #Capitalism

This @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social interview was infuriating. I support her supporting her constituents and rural life, but she seems to have no space to see a world view outside her own. She seems brittle, and uncompromising… not a representative willing to represent all types of Americans.

Just watched @marcelias.bsky.social on @60minutes.bsky.social great articulate explanation how critical the rule of law is to society but especially to the corporations and the commerce system, otherwise we will be like China with a dictatorship @hcrichardson.bsky.social @tristansnell.bsky.social

@eringloriaryan.bsky.social thoughts on your thoughts about progressive women’s pubs - perhaps they fell off a cliff because toxic masculinity a la brosphere has made for a rather blah reality for women. All this chatter about boys & men falling behind/or not being ok, but for us lib gals it’s…

To think self indulgent antivax conspiracy theory (cough, also known as privilege) will be the death a wildly important organization (tho has its problems I know). Our country of individual liberties is killing itself due to over self indulgence.

Serious question… how are we feeling about invoking the 25th amendment? Trouble with it is JD may be even scarier in some ways… but seriously our president is not just dangerous, but unfit #amiwrong?

I feel this sums up not just the legal world but the business world people just can’t seem to fathom reality

Insane. Clean energy is job creation and stability for those doing these jobs.

#hvny meet me for @indivisible.org hands off protest 04/05 in kingston!

#hudsonvalley friends show up w/ me in kingston! Don’t bring your phones, DO bring a sense of agency.

Genuine question w/ this conversation circulating in professional punditry - y’all keep sayin trump is a great marketer… But beyond making personal wealth from his efforts, marketing is supposed to convert for business. And he’s a terrible businessman. Square this circle for me.

Client base please read @emilypeck.bsky.social’s axios piece

#merica pt 3

Highly recommend everyone to read @chrismurphyct.bsky.social full thread. Very enlightening even if also very horrifying.

#merica pt 2

Forget that the deportation was illegal, or that habeas corpus rights were ignored. The U.S. government asserting it can't get the dude back from our new best buds in El Salvador is some ultra weak shit.

Tonight, between Booker and the Florida results, is a night to remember that the unraveling of American democracy is not inevitable. Trumpism’s vision for the future is not inevitable. We have a voice—and a vote too.

Thanks @corybooker.com for having the gall to filibuster. It might not lead to much, but it sure ain’t nothin.

I’m not quite sure how anyone could say that what this administration is doing will equal a short, painful chapter economically. Every action taken as a whole seems to be be adding up to a clearly long term, if not permanent, negative impact economically for Americans. Just sayin

This is absolutely horrifying. Behavior, thinking, etc. NO. But I’m just a single citizen in a country of almost 350 million… I fear this might happen if the collective apathy enables this lunatic.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 billionaire

I’m not affiliated, but I think this is necessary and happy to see it.

Educated populations are paramount to democracy.

This Greenland colonization thing is fucking crazy. Textbook empirical play. Barf

My family genuinely wants me to quit posting and delete my descent posts… but I believe, as @hcrichardson.bsky.social has validated that it is imperative that we remain vocal. Blegh.

Gotta tell ya, I’ve listened to SO MANY @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social interviews for his book’s press junket in the past 10 days and his convo w/ @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social has been the most prescient. Not the same talking points & legit example of the failures of liberal governance that made me 🤯

This articulation is perfect.

All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”

Very Well Said and Accurate….

#JoeRogan is genx’ers #rushlimbaugh, but more influential. And that’s a bad thing.

These issues are bigger and badder than they appear folks.

Hot take - the republicans are continuously using a previous administration as just cause for their major failings. This isn’t a sustainable strategy long term for their ineptitude & failings (ie signal security breaches) boomerang responsibility back on the party in charge of ALL 3 BRANCHES.

Legit question(s)

So how do we feel about firing based on merit?

This article is a DRAG, but important read for any left leaning person in the USA. Generally thinking shit is not looking good, beyond the shit also being so stagnant for having zero effective strategy in place. Blargh to say the least.

Disappointed but unsurprised

I think what one of the more unsettling things is for me is how my generational group seemed unable to grasp how much of their lived existence is based on programs built for collective good… It’s obvious now - an inability to connect individual liberty w/ the social services one benefits from = NOW

Amen to this his @adamgrant.bsky.social 🎯

This @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social piece is an absolute must listen for anyone wondering how we go from here. #woof it’s not looking good unless real, meaningful change in party position(s) & messaging & leadership come and come fast.

If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

Schumer has GOT to go