When I lived in a cultish community, they often used “unity” as a method to silence those who expressed disagreement or who were victimized by the system. Same dynamic here. One sided “unity.” Unity for me, not for thee.

Gun restrictions. Medical care for everyone.

Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise

If I had won the election to be the chair of the Utah Democratic Party I would be actively working with other members of the DNC to immediately censure the 8 Democrats who capitulated to Trump. I’d also draft a statement from the state party calling on Schumer to resign as leader. #utpol

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

still a lot in the air here in terms of the actual outcome

that was the first of a long line of humiliations for anyone who ever got into a fight with a podcaster on twitter on behalf of Democratic leadership, yes bsky.app/profile/thej...

Fingers crossed

"PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE"

I am once again asking Democratic congressional leadership to stop completely vindicating the most vulgar leftist 'both sides are the same' midwits

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

I don't think they even deserve to be called "centrists." That implies a point of reasonable compromise. Instead they are vichy collaborators. They aren't in the center; they are on the right.

[DESPERATE, HOARSE SCREAMING RESUMES] Mass protest and civil disobedience remains necessary as part of a diversity of tactics.

Even the senators who are retiring and think they won't have to face the wrath of furious Democratic voters should know that their last name is about to become so toxic that not even a goddamn nonprofit is going to want you on the board.

If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately. He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go. Literally resign tonight.

I'm looking to see not only which Senate Dem candidates oppose this surrender (all of them will) but also where they go beyond this with respect to senate leadership. I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.

If I had a nickel for everytime a losing Dem VP candidate later used their role as US Senator to fuck over the fight for healthcare I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.

Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

basically every democrat not in the senate fucking hates this shit they should study senate brain

Im literally sitting in an airport right now waiting for a delayed flight and all I have to say is fuck the surrender caucus

Am out w a non-online more-moderate normie, and when I mentioned that Schumer may be caving his reply was almost unprintable. Even that random Long Island couple that lives in Chuck’s head think he should hold the damn line. What is wrong with these people?

"they want to build a flat earth" is the gut punch line to dan olson's vid essay on flat earthers tracing the evolutionary logic from casual conspiracism to fascism theyre playing a totalizing game of mass make-believe that they must dragoon all of society into to make "real" in a postmodern sense

Keep Calling

On the one hand, great to be law. OTOH, how many Americans died during the century between when the House - representing the will of the American people - voted to make lynching a crime and when the Senate finally decided to pass the Emmitt Till anti-lynching act?

“Abolish ice” at this point is the conservative position. Everyone involved in the administration at any level is going to have to be tried for crimes against humanity and dealt with accordingly. This isn’t going away with elections and we certainly cannot “come together” after this.

Alternatively:

AM I DOING THIS RIGHT??

Inception sequel where the goal is to crack the egg of the Bailey's eldest.

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

his core identity is Islamophobia and support for genocide. not surprising, but good to have it confirmed.

I don't think it's inherently bad for there to be jobs in the service industry that have affective job responsibilities (in the classical sense "emotional labor") I do think those jobs should come with with substantial training, a 36-hour work-week, oodles of PTO, and free therapy.

We will destroy these fascists. We will make their lives miserable, and they will never forget what they have done. And then their names will be erased.

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

Somehow, Portland still wins in the funniest possible way.

An explanation I can understand. Including that the Trump administration could simply decide to release the money without a court order.

virtue signalling is good actually

After all, what have Americans Abroad ever done for the cause of liberty at home? We all remember the coward Franklin noping out to France

dare I say that packaging socialism in a genuine love for civic duty and the broader public makes a lot more fucking sense than packaging it in cynicism and ironic detachment towards the idea of government and public service. who’da thought?!

There is, unfortunately, only so many times you can bleat that you feel "unsafe" over transparent nonsense before people will stop taking you seriously. Which is going to be a major problem when we really, really need people to take us seriously! For the love of God, stop crying wolf!

Punch a Nazi today Punch a Nazi tomorrow Punch a Nazi forever

We must remember, probably the most effective expressive act in removing a fascist from public discourse so far was punching richard spencer on live tv

Literally, 'Fucking shoot me then!' bsky.app/profile/thes...