The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

A telltale sign of someone not actually paying attention to politics is when they don't know that Democrats have passed a bunch of protections for abortion rights and queer people

the people who collect data for government statistics like the unemployment rate, the census, etc, have boring, tedious, thankless jobs that they overwhelmingly do with integrity and honesty.

We're really lucky in the US to actually get to vote for a left-wing party to defeat Republicans. Imagine if we even had to vote for Mitt Romney's new party instead, lol

I have defeated @besttrousers.bsky.social. I am the new Knower of Medians. Bow before my ability to look at the middle of a set of numbers.

How it feels to be on social media and think AI is a worthwhile use of resources, has an unclear impact on employment, and poses no real threat to humanity

One of the biggest zombie beliefs out there is that inflation-adjusted US wages/salaries are stagnant The body has been dead for over 10 years but the idea staggers on

The existence of public sector unions puts pro-union politicians in the uncomfortable position of acting as management in a labor negotiation. That's fine. The expectation there should be that the pro-labor position is "negotiate in good faith" not "they have to give the union everything they want"

A single vote for Trump in the birthright citizenship case would be as bad as anything the Court has done since Bush v. Gore. This issue has been settled for more than a century. It is the jurisprudential equivalent of asking what 2+2 is. Any answer other than 4, something is deeply, deeply wrong.

Just had a dream I was hanging with the boys and Mamdani while playing Magic. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social do you fw Magic: the Gathering?

That's right. In fact, our first order of business should be simplifying income and payroll taxes, rather than raising rates. We can collect a ton of revenue, mostly from the rich, while making people's lives easier and making later tax increases more effective. www.epi.org/publication/...

recalling today how Biden's One Big Oil Trade was an example for how all kinds of markets could be stabilized prospect.org/2026/03/11/i...

The FBI hiring a bisexual enby to post about Post-Keynesian economics and how taxes are good:

Love Canto Bight, love The Last Jedi, simple as

Fully funding BLS is such a no-brainer. We're talking about .002% of GDP! I wouldn't blink at them getting 10 times that! static1.squarespace.com/static/5bedb...

Has anyone noticed that everyone who uses AI less than you is a an out-of-date luddite and everyone who uses it more than you has forgotten how to think for themselves and trusts it too much

"What do you think of Congress" well I think it would be a good idea

The IRS before Trump: —Improved customer service —Saved us millions with Direct File —Cracked down on wealthy tax cheats The IRS after Trump: —Leaking our data to DHS —Cutting investigations into rich tax cheats —Fired 20% of workforce —Worse customer support Happy tax season!

"What do you think of liberal newspapers?" "I think they would be a good idea"

A theory like gravity is a theory.

This is insane. ICE is out of control here, still. They must leave.

Detainment means putting someone behind bars for no other reason than that they have crossed a line on a political map. Deporting a person means taking them by force away from their friends, neighbors, family, lovers, colleagues. It is taking them away from their chosen life and projects.

It is a horrible thing but one of the *points* of non-violence is that state violence in response causes outrage to spread.

This is a wonderful overview of the finances of Social Security, both historically and today. But I have to put my MMT hat on here. It doesn't address a key fact: the trust funds are an accounting gimmick. It's money the government owes itself, it itself has no real economic consequences.

Lol. Lmao.

If you're a Minneapolis observer and ICE pulls up outside your house, I suggest you either go inside and lock the door, or pull out your camera and say "Hey, what are you doing here?" Do not lose your cool. Do not do ANYTHING that could REMOTELY be construed as violent. That is what they want.

"'perfect' competition means indeed the absence of all competitive activities" 🔥🔥

Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.

Every once in awhile, I have a banal take like this that surprisingly still upsets people

Crazy how all the right-wing ideologies have mainly just merged into fascism at this point, in the US at least

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

This seems pretty big tbh. www.reuters.com/world/us/new...

I think circumcision is fine. How does this website feel about this take?

Getting some weird looks in Penn Station. Unclear if it's because I am wearing a crop top or because I'm downing handfuls of Cinnamon Chex

Trump's raw authoritarian power grab in DC is part of a growing national crisis. He's playing dictator in our nation's capital as a dress rehearsal as he pushes democracy to the brink. This assault on freedom is exactly why we've fought for DC statehood and to give DC control of its National Guard.

one longstanding dream of mine has been to wield a dark and terrifying runeblade

Abolish ICE

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Really really hope Cuomo loses, but either way I'm excited to see what election pathologies do or don't occur

Also, the state can make money out of nothing to get people to do stuff. It's awesome