I would be a little more forgiving of takes like this if their answer was “address the economic problems that caused people to abandon the system in favor of a new populist far right” and not “be nicer to Nazis who cheered on cruelty to marginalized people” like c’mon man

the Bee gets most of its clicks pandering to the absolutely dullest caricatures of the left possible so most of their work is dogshit but occasionally they’ll punch right and purely from a comedy standpoint it’s almost always a million times better

It’s like they made a film just for meeee. Cannot wait. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. youtu.be/U9yk4RInSYA

In all this celebration today over Wilson, let it not be lost that Sara Nelson is also OUT as the city council pres. We might truly see some good local governance that seeks to make this a city for EVERYONE!

A tragedy

Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner

One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.

SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”

Thread. If Wilson retains her lead, she will be the first truly progressive mayor this ostensibly "progressive" city has had since I moved to WA.

@pfrazee.com, we really need @bsky.app to let us know why Sarah Kendzior's account was suspended and if there was a good reason—or any reason at all. Transparency is important with such high profile suspensions (but also, everyone should be informed about why they get suspended).

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

If Seattle wanted to BE progressive instead of just LOOK progressive, this race would’ve been decided on day one

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age

I love everything about this entire escapade

I mean,

"I wish white men could support a Black woman candidate." (Monkey's paw finger curls)

Sex workers are workers.

There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.

as long as we always remember the context behind the quote: supporting the basic human rights and dignity of trans folk

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time. But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.

I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy

News Inn Photo:

Mogwai intensifies

This is appalling. There has to be a way to hold massive companies accountable for *knowingly* facilitating & profiting from criminal behavior. And yes, I understand the value of Section 230, but here we have a trillion $ company that profits by letting its users get scammed. Has to be a better way.

I've been in Kansas City for two weeks of job training, as I was back in May. Once more trying to keep myself entertained. I've got this to say about KC: the museums are FIRE. Seriously, the WWI monument & museum is astonishing, and the Nelson-Atkins Art museum is world class. And there are MORE!

I would kinda love to be listening to these proceedings today

every straight fitness influencer couple

This is a nightmare, honestly. A growing unchecked army of violent bigoted brownshirts bragging about hurting people. And this is just the stuff we see, that we know. There's certainly much worse waiting to be learned.

A big metal lady FROM OVERSEAS.

King County, supposed liberal bastion, is filled with people so fucking lazy and tuned out we can't even crack majority participation rates in a state with the easiest methods of voting. We truly get what we deserve.

and voting literally couldn’t be easier here

The entire turnout in Washington state election is abysmal. We feel safe in a blue state, so we get complacent. We gotta match the energy of the East Coast, and California. What the hell are we thinking, staying this one out?

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."

I think she can close the gap but still ... the enraging hypocrisy of this supposedly progressive city that inspired me to create The Needling persists. Shouldn't be this close at all. NYC gets to party tonight and we don't because this city is full of so many closeted conservatives.

C'mooooooooonnnnn Katie Wilson

Bluesky rn

Who is going to remind Alan Dershowitz of his promise

the first muslim woman being elected to statewide office (in any state!) the day dick cheney died is beautiful

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often

Just so y'all know... @katmabu.bsky.social is next.

A lot of Very Serious People will be pretending to be confused about What This All Means as a way to avoid the simple inconvenient reality: Voters like it when candidates are kind sincere non-weirdos who are passionate about big popular ideas that will actually help real people.

i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.