being in the DSA is fun because you get to spend most of your time helping people with social anxiety canvass for democratic school board candidates and then go online to see people with blue wave emojis in their bios compare you to pol pot

The state party just moving full-steam ahead on this without waiting for Platner to actually drop out seems like it's intended to make it impossible to quietly start supporting him again if he doesn't.

another thing this episode has convinced me of is that DSA voter guides are bad in partisan primaries. if a Democrat isn't good enough for us to make them a DSA campaign and/or isn't willing to take DSA on as true partners, just stay out of primaries

I don't know who keeps pitching these Georgia senators and comparable pols as 2028 contenders, but I assume its elites who just don't understand that voters want BIG ideas right now. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Politico reporting Graham Platner's team "contacted state party to discuss the process if he drops out"?! GTFO rapists don't get to decide shit for the rest of us with democracy on the brink.

when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not

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Give me a way to turn Copilot off!!!!

He doesn't take no for an answer

Having ideas matters!

Yep. And NY voters are going to send Schumer and Gillibrand a very clear message that bigotry won’t be tolerated

Electronic systems need to get with it re: Irish surnames. Some of us have more than one capital letter or an apostrophe!

good to see that public contrition and self-reflection is still a thing that happens

According to my phone, I’ve walked about 35 miles since I arrived in Spain on Wednesday!!

The Sims (2000)

This is slightly corny but I think it's true - the thing about DSA candidates that *actually* freaks out the ancien regime dems is that they are young, energetic, and clearly very motivated to do specific things

a triumphalist 250th in a Harris presidency would have felt so fake. comfortable, yes, but we all know there's more work to be done. we'd be lying to ourselves, resting on our laurels, and it would hurt our chances of making good on the promise.

The embodiment of a picture being worth a thousand words. Caption: Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

¡Feliz Orgullo de Madrid cariños!

We’re in Madrid for Pride and I saw a douchebag wearing a MAGA hat 🤮🤮🤮

A quién le importa lo que yo haga a quién le importa lo que yo diga Yo soy así y así seguiré nunca cambiaré

Don’t threaten me with a good time, but let’s make it 28 hours just in case

You’re living on another plane of reality if you think Ossoff is a serious 2028 contender. What has he done as senator? What are his ideas? The warning signs are all around us that the Democratic Party is disconnected from its voters so I take the Ossoff presidential speculation more as projection.

This country is begging for a pro-immigrant message from a popular politician. Let’s hope it’s more forceful than Mamdani’s statement after the SCOTUS birthright decision…

Uh…

I think DSA should disband the IC so that bad-faith critics have to admit they just dislike DSA

I read that Chait piece about the DSA and he’s so fucking intellectually lazy, conflating one faction within DSA as speaking for the whole. Maybe instead he should interrogate why voters support this agenda:

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

One thing that's undeniably true is that throughout all of 2023 and 2024 we were told that if we wanted better politics on Palestine we need to elect better Democrats and now that we're doing that we're being told not to do that lol

What does Jake Tapper consider a good use of his attention as a primetime cable news host? Well, here he is asking Dan Goldman, who lost his seat to Mamdani-endorsed Brad Lander by 31 points, if he thinks Zohran Mamdani is a secret antisemite.

DONT TOUCH YOUR STUDENT LOAN PLANS, YALL. @debtcollective.bsky.social sued so you dont have to. You have til AT MINIMUM September. #Studentloans #debt

I literally lolled when I saw this. Too little, too late. www.axios.com/2026/07/01/h...

On Damnatio Memoriae and de-Trumpification. (Gift link) Been waiting for this one to go up. Please read and share.

@w42st.bsky.social do you have a contact email for tips?

I don’t think DSA wins are a fluke

DSA/Indivisible and the like have got to go after vulnerable incumbent senators in 2028, way too much left on the table here.

The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.

One day of Pride month left and I would like to say: TRANS RIGHTS

2028 New Hampshire Democratic primary poll 👀

AOC on her amendment to withhold offensive and defensive weapons to Israel: “I think after witnessing US-funded weapons help perpetuate genocide of Palestinians. I think that people want to see more accountability into where public taxpayer dollars are going.”

Israel kills three Palestinians in Gaza as attacks on tents continue https://aje.news/6opacn

Somebody is just BEGGING for a primary challenger in 2028

Take away the Court’s jurisdiction. Dismantle it. It’s antidemocratic.

Heads up for Chicago trans/NB ppl! Love this.

swing and a misssss!

New York City residents are celebrating the reopening of public pools — including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who jumped into the water while wearing a suit at an East Harlem pool on Saturday. Outdoor public pools will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through Sept. 13.

Happy Pride Weekend! I encourage every straight person reading this to try to be a better queer ally in any way possible. Many, many LGTQers live precariously & a small act of kindness (ask them their pronouns, do them a favor, offer them food, buy them a drink, etc.) can go a long way. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈