I see a lot of discourse about how Bluesky sucks, and while there are cultural problems here, as there always has been in microblogging, it doesn't have anything resembling the low lows of X.

I have seriously lost track of how many times we've completely obliterated Iran's military and how many times Trump has reopened the Strait of Hormuz.

BREAKING: Eight children were killed in an "extensive" mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, police say. The suspected shooter is also dead.

I am so annoyed by @mattyglesias.bsky.social's head-in-the-sand takes on the DC mayoral race that I made this stupid meme

i really do not think it is a good idea for metro DC DSA to launch such aggressive, negative, and misleading arguments against other candidates like @miguelfordc.bsky.social. half the electorate in W1 is still undecided AND it’s an RCV environment.

Land use policy is climate policy.

Americans elected the only new yorker alive who has never set foot in a bodega bsky.app/profile/atru...

Can't believe these guys have me rooting for the Catholic church

the montana supreme court remains the most based in all the land

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ICE is arresting delivery drivers at a San Diego military base. According to an attorney interviewed by Kate Morrissey, military police at the gates call ICE on any driver who is not a citizen or green card holder, even if they have permission to be in the country. capitalandmain.com/ice-has-arre...

Ginsberg not retiring at age 80 after 20 years on the bench was one of the great disasters of modern liberalism, and it blows my mind that so many liberals still stitch her face onto tote bags.

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

Doors were supposed to close at 4 for the Turning Point event that had announced starting time at 5. I got in a few after 4 and this is the scene:

a vote for my presidential candidacy in 2032 is a vote against the gambling/prediction market/crypto industries. lina khan and a small army of her acolytes will be my FTC and FCC.

AOC: "The President of the US is a rapist. The President of the US is implicated in the Epstein files. He is convicted in court on 34 counts of felony fraud"

Trump admin has repeatedly put out reports, etc. specifically saying that they would not touch single-family zoning

My HOA is two weeks away from obtaining a nuclear bomb

Politico refers to the exceptionally brave women who were responsible for breaking the Swalwell story as "social media warriors." They can barely contain their condescension.

I remain convinced that one of the most important things the next Democratic president can do to avoid falling victim to a Biden-style vibecession is to mercilessly, relentlessly crack down on crypto and organized gambling. Just go full scorched-earth.

An uncomfortable reality for left-NIMBYs is that a very large share of the deed-restricted affordable housing that California has built over the past decade is a direct consequence of YIMBY legislation.

A group pushing for e-bikes to be regulated in D.C. says it was the the fault of a 10-year-old boy riding an e-bike in a bike lane that he was hit (and injured) by a man riding a dirt bike down 14th Street.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race for governor of California on Sunday evening after multiple women accused him of sexual assault.

I’ve seen enough. God is 1) real 2) nonbinary 3) primarily motivated by a deep hatred of JD Vance

The strikethroughs will multiply rapidly

It's also just idiotic. What are the odds that allegations like this stay buried forever when someone starts running for governor of California?

BREAKING: three *more* women have come forward to @cnn.com and accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos: www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/u...

Steyer 2026: What else are you going to do at this point

As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes:

Democratic-run cities are unable to get out of their own ways on smoothing the path to making permanent and cheap something everyone outside of a few cranks likes. bsky.app/profile/yona...

the time has come to send elon to the strait of hormuz

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

Building homes that empty-nesters *want* to downsize into should be a centerpiece of grand zoning strategy going forward

Nearly 20,000 people have been detained in just over a year, in the DC area. READ THAT NUMBER AGAIN. The impact? Communities living in fear, avoiding public life (going to work, dropping their kids at school), and constantly questioning the occupation of our city. ICE OUT NOW 🗣️

Car ownership in Paris is down 30%, compared to just 5% outside of city limits. And frankly Grand Paris Express, while an impressive amount of mileage, doesn't seem well designed enough to significantly change this dynamic.

Liberals now have significant majorities on all three "Blue Wall" state supreme courts: 5-2 in Wisconsin, 5-2 in Pennsylvania, 6-1 in Michigan. Their latest win, tonight in Wisconsin, is a romp: Chris Taylor leads by about 20 points, having so far flipped 15+ counties that went for Trump in 2024.

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Two weeks to remove him. Now.

This is a post about why Elizabeth Warren seems so strangely ill-equipped for this moment in American politics, but it's really about the limitations of left-populism as an answer to right-populism. publiccomment.blog/p/what-s-goi...

If you carry out war crimes under orders, you are guilty of war crimes

Donald Trump is openly threatening war crimes against the entirety of Iranian civilization. 25th Amendment proceedings must begin immediately, but if the Cabinet is too cowardly, the House should begin the impeachment process now.

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

But also, this is a failure to actually try to speak with moral authority and make them care. Dems don't think they can whip up moral sentiments and show moral leaderhsip. Which is a huge fucking problem.

the next DEM president has to start referring senior ranking military officers, particularly in CENTCOM, to the Hague. or start charging them under UCMJ. i dont care. there have already been way too many examples of textbook "screw my career, this is an unlawful order" situations.

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

This insane asshole has been doing nothing but crimes since the day he took office, you're the only branch of government with the power to remove him and you're not even going to try because it might not work? Why are you even there? To feel important and do insider trading?

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

Alex Jones calls for the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

Since 1966, historic districts have steadily expanded to cover much of Lower Manhattan. As more areas are covered, new housing is effectively banned there, driving displacement and higher rents.