American Politics can stay irrational longer than you can stay rational

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

Hey quick note here, Joe spent his entire life helping create the current fascist regime. He isn't your friend and his advice stinks. He's a coward and a hog, ignore him and bring your policy demands.

One thing I think Bluesky devs should really address is how people will put you on a harassment list(or several) and then block you, cutting you off from being able to report it. It's already a highly abused system and is only going to get worse.

This is almost literally what the English Civil War was fought over.

Well it looks like not all the American Lawyers went over to the dark side. There's still a glimpse of the rule of law and integrity left in America.

Reduce the price of one time article reads and I will. One article shouldn't cost more than 10 cents. Set up some microcurrency system that can span multiple papers and get you in. But if I get a banner ad I swear...

Hasan Piker doesn't even own the dog, he pays a Hollywood production company for a rental dog (non-union)

What does it offer the public then?

Currently at the ICE facility in portland, OR. Some far right agitators have posted plans online to attack the mutual aid stations and take over the area at 7:00.

I hate his stats. "6.1 hours of TV and LEISURE TIME"?? Which is it? "I dont know the study so let's say 20%" also wild. and then at the end he says "How do I get you 2 more hours?" and then tries to pretend like it's your idea to work more

Is Larry Ellison trying to buy this place?

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

WATCH: Donald Trump is governing like an authoritarian. But now, Republicans are claiming it's the Democrats driving the government shutdown? “That is a pretty tough sell!” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

This is a setup to squeeze groups out of supporting Zohran. NY can win this fight.

Can you imagine OPB, or any other media outlet really, publishing an article where random people in Portland offer their opinions on, say, Roseburg or Springfield?

Does anyone care is almost never the right question. People care. The issue is that people don't know what to do.

Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated. Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was “beneath the men and women of ICE.” This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.

John Thune is shutting down the government because he cant compromise

It's always "The Economy", and never "the EconoWe"

Jesse Watters on Fox News of Cable television, calls for Bombing of New York City building. Is this in the Public Interest?

This whole thing is beyond vile.. even make fun of affordable housing. How gross can you be? bsky.app/profile/patr...

I don't want to say anything... but I do think that these stories need to contextualize what they mean by "farmers" - some of these are not small family farmers but very well off land owners who hire undocumented people who they treat terribly for profit. AND their workers are punished not them.

So Ezra, I presume Kimmel did politics the right way

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Where were you on 9/10? 24 years after 9/11, Charlie Kirk went to heaven

All those liberal influencers on the DNC payroll love to hang out with and collaborate with noted CSAM possessor and general sex pest Destiny. It's like a two-bit version of how normalized it was for politicians to hang out with Jeffrey Epstein

@bluesky moderation is suspending people for posting Kirk's own words which tells you everything you need to know.

Morality is when 'no crimes'

I don’t give a shit if JD Vance doesn’t give a shit about the Constitution. Striking civilian boats in international waters is both unconstitutional and a war crime. The party of “law and order” clearly doesn’t care about respecting it.

To spell some shit out unambiguously: fascism requires domestic abuse to propagate itself. Demands it. There is no way to humanely teach your children that might makes right. There is no way to gently love a spouse you think is your genetic intellectual inferior. These are inextricably linked.

Is DOGE pro DOD name change? Is it efficient for the budgets later? Like I dont think the war department needs funding if the Pres shutdown 7 wars.

Because noise has become the signal.

idk the Lincoln party seems more your brand Suozzi

Sooknanan: And from the plaintiff's perspective, you do not think that that's true? Plaintiff's counsel: We know that is not true for all the children in the class...and even if it were, the provisions the government cites as legal basis does not override other protections in the statute

Should have started owning it by calling it Darth Money or something

Someone get Gov Pritzker on the phone and ask him to immediately convene all Blue State governors to Chicago. He can do that.

They are telling people what they plan to do. Will Democratic politicians believe them? Unlikely.

Can't she simply refuse to be removed?

@bigjoel.bsky.social push the PragerU vids. The discourse is hot

I disagree with a lot of people I really respect at this moment. I don't see the situation in the U.S. as they do. I think that people are refusing to land the fascism plane because they don't want to start actually thinking through what that means.

It's a real blessing to be able to collective care in this way. ko-fi.com/prisonculture

Importantly we will be launching a campaign to get every member of the Council on record about the 0.5% budget demand. So we need people who are represented across the city to meet with their Council members. More soon.

If I were a political party out of power, I would get on YouTube every day at the same time to run down the latest political news and alert the public what the party was doing about each issue.

Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate. I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵

I actually found this resource put out by the Democrats useful: democrats.org/trump-tax/ - I like the state by state breakdown. Emailing this to my *non-political* family and friends.

🧵 I've been exploring more ideas around disordered discourse, one of them is how communities use doubt as a weapon to deny anything that threatens their group-think. It’s not about serious inquiry. This isn’t healthy scepticism. It’s about reaffirming identity and loyalty.