new york. new york city. listen to me. there is still time to arrest this man

emotive butlerian jihad now: the machine may not wear a human face.

That the executive can't spend money, and thus do stuff, without the regular and periodic approval of a representative legislature isn't some incidental hiccup. It is the core premise of the power of the purse, the most bedrock foundation of Anglo-American constitutionalism from time immemorial.

Even now, as a longtime Survivor fan, I am sometimes surprised by how many casual fans still think the show is about athleticism or survival skills instead of strategy, even though the show itself has put strategy at the forefront since Richard Hatch won in Borneo.

Let's do it.

As an earnest gay public school teacher who has also sung Papa Roach at karaoke, I have to agree.

It's not an exaggeration to say that Musk sees foreign aid as suicidal empathy. In his eugenicist views, it's suicidal to keep Black and brown people alive while white people are not having enough children. The deaths of 600,000 are not an unintended consequence. It's what he wanted.

I don't hate it.

there is no political proposal that more divides the tiny percentage of us who live and breathe politics and literally *everyone else* than politician salaries

His charisma is fundamentally incompatible with me (and likely many of the people on Bluesky) but it’s kind of insane to say it doesn’t exist

If you are going to propose this, why keep the current exceptions to the filibuster? Why allow the extreme judicial and executive nominees to go through but put roadblocks up for legislation?

The political geography of the South is a fascinating thing. 1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)

Oh she also thought Harris had kicked those hecklers out of the rally because they said "God is great" or something. So, you know, I'm not exactly expecting a political realignment here.

An evangelical preacher's wife from my hometown is lib posting about it. I remember voted against Harris because of abortion. She's adding a lot of caveats because her followers are mostly MAGA, but the videos are really upsetting her.

She wants to run for statewide or national office and needs a rebrand to make it happen.

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con. Please.

“At the height of the AIDS crisis, when so many others wanted to push LGBTQ people under the rug, Nancy Pelosi fought proudly for us to be treated with dignity. In her first remarks on the House floor in 1987, she announced that she had come to Congress to fight AIDS.”

Sargeant is increasingly sick of this

I have a lot of respect for Leah (and some for Ross, and none for Helen) but I can't help but notice this "conversation" is three people who've ~never worked in either a traditional corporate environment or a working class job talking about women in the workplace.

The kind of news that makes @eleanor.lockhart.contact go "Yes. YES."

This isn’t true. I was there. (from The Argument)

Oh she ran in a ridiculously gerrymandered district last year. She has the best shirts.

It looks like it's going to end up being a D+15 night in the House of Delegates generic ballot, and things did indeed get goofy.

just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important

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The DCCC has poured a ton of money into keeping you in your seat. You were being recruited to run for Senate. The idea that you don’t have room in the Democratic Party is absurd. You’re mad that you’re not in charge.

“Aren’t dictators great folks? I’ve always said I wish I could be a dictator. And I’d be very great at dictating. Speaking of great, you know what isn’t great? JD. He knows what I’m talking about. Not great!”

In a video played in federal court in Chicago, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino tells his agents: "This is OUR fucking city." He's Trump's conquistador.

I honestly don't think I've ever seen one state senate president go off on a neighboring state senate's president before, especially from the same party.

Folks, Mamdani didn't talk like this. Getting small businesses on his side actually was a part of his campaign.

You can't rebrand until you actually change the reality on the ground. It's bizarre that some people (on a variety of topics) don't seem to recognize this.

Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath

I think there's a distinction between mainstream Dems and the Dem establishment - I see Mamdani's win as a rebuke of the latter, who hesitated to endorse him, not the former, who secured Mamdani's victory by switching their votes from Cuomo in the primary to Mamdani in the general.

The second sentence is not coherent. It just genuinely does not make internal sense.

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

Appreciate him articulating this explicitly although people will continue to rationalize bsky.app/profile/atru...

The funniest reactions to the elections are the Republicans on Twitter saying stuff like “well after Jay Jones won, we are never taking scandals seriously again, we will nominate candidates who have no morals and say anything!!!” - like I’m just not sure anyone is going to notice the difference

After last night, we really need to find a strong candidate to run for the South Carolina governorship. Mace would be the best possible opponent for flipping that seat.

Interesting that Krista Bokhari was within 100 votes of Tariq Bokhari’s last total, and would have won with that number…if the Dems hadn’t dug 4,000 additional votes out of the woodwork.

Ah, she’s beautiful.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." SAY. THAT. SHIT!

“Jesus says very clearly at the end of the world, we’re going to be asked, you know, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not? And I think that there’s a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what’s happening.”

Queer art isn't illegal. But lawmakers in Oklahoma believe that if they make the criminal liability threatening enough, event spaces, permit boards, municipal clerks and protest organizers will treat it as if it is — and do the censorship for them.

Ken Martin's DNC is just stunting on the NY Dems at this point

WE ARE REACHING LEVELS OF BACK THAT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE POSSIBLE

Getting to do this again next year will be fun.

really important element of this basically total victory is that it puts the fear of god in republican incumbents and may bring the redistricting push to a total halt

Yeah man good luck with that