I like how George Washington abused the powers of his office by asking a local federal official where Ona Judge had escaped to try to find her; literally an impeachable offense by the first and 'greatest' president

"This is what you get when you elect Republicans." Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly. Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time. Fucking say it!

I think the state house flips before the US Senate election

We should be pressuring Julie Menin to step down or concede tbh absorbing patients may not even be necessary (fingers crossed) bsky.app/profile/mari...

Is there a talking points document somewhere that can be used to contact our councilmember to express our support for your budget over the one proposed by Menin?

Oh have you heard the glorious news, is the cry from every mouth Ozaukee is taken, and the rebels put to rout; And Rebecca the chivalrous, she ran to save her bacon— When she saw General Wikler’s Yanks, and “Ozaukee is taken!” www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3nY...

@sky.skymarchini.net seems like Ras Laffan and Abqaiq exploded

Ted Cruz probably would have been president if Trump hadn't run

bsky.app/profile/did:... @cryptotheism.bsky.social you might want to look at this account lol

I think "Israelis and Palestinians hate each other enough that a shared state is impossible" is a basically reasonable position, but this argues for forcing Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza, with violence and crippling sanctions if necessary.

TFW No state capacity

This is unlikely still but here is what we would get if the swing in Georgia (and by extension roughly Wisconsin) were replicated uniformly. You all need to get out there. We can do this. Getting something like this would be an extinction level event for the Republicans.

If Bibi believes that American public opinion is on a long-term trajectory against Israel - which it is - then "cashing in all his chips" sooner rather than later - for instance, goading the idiot despot into launching a war, and then sabotaging ceasefire - is "rational," I'm sorry to say

My over/under is 2025 Virginia AG race of around 7% If it passes by more than that, then good night for Dems If it’s closer than that, then good night for GOP It’s shaping up to be a high turnout election So no matter what, can’t be excused by low turnout

Was thinking of Spanberger approval discourse Think redistricting referendum will be big moment Winning can fix a lot of issues If it passes easily, shows backlash is mainly online phenomenon If it’s close, then shows swing voters feels Dems are overplaying hand

Perhaps the median voter ought to be informed about what happens to the price of eggs if the USA is fully autarkic.

IT WAS KNOWN AND SHALL BE KNOWN

*slapping the roof of America's densest major city* We can fit so much more housing in this thing

Oman's foreign minister showing up to work on his sigma grindset to secure $40 billion in passive income

if you're not familiar with SG's colour system, please allow me to introduce you, it's amazing

Fourth. This is a fascinating window into how much WORSE — more expensive and with US assistance?! — the future shipping picture might be post-war. An astounding setback for the oil industry and shipping industry, which will be built into the price of gas going forward. bsky.app/profile/prch...

... has anyone noticed that the 2 week ceasefire pushes the presumptive reignition of the conflict just past the VA redistricting referendum?

oh, so it's a literal øresundstold aside from the location :COOL:

2015: "cryptocurrency will cut down the power of state-aligned central banking, thereby democratizing finance and gradually freeing the world from the shackles of Big Government!" 2026: "Generalissimo announces new initial coin offering for RansomCoin" www.ft.com/content/02ae...

one of the more remarkable trends evident in Trump's second term is that so many of the people who screamed bloody murder over the idea of courting moderate Republican votes in elections are actually 100% onboard with courting people on the right as long as they're cranks and anti-Semites

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Conventional wisdom about the American electorate, be gone—even these St. Louis suburbanites are willing to pay taxes for their public services

“Democrats are already at D+5 or D+6 — roughly where they were at this point in 2017, before the 2018 blue wave.” Did you mean this point in 2018?

Heavily Hispanic precincts on Milwaukee's south side are shifting sharply toward Democrats, with a 56-point swing in one Lincoln Village precinct. Taylor is getting 91% compared to Harris's 64%. Milwaukee County overall is running 11 points more Democratic vs. 2024.

Okay hype posting aside this is a rubicon moment and Republicans about to learn the hard way on that state/municipal level elections have consequences

with 32 percent in Taylor is winning Ozaukee (the O in the WOW) by 12

we are going to see Democrats winning places in November they haven't won* since the civil rights act passed *non-Dixiecrats

So the terms of the ceasefire, if they held beyond the end of hostilities, would be Trump giving Iran something like 25-Iran-Deals worth of cash *per year* in exchange for not limiting their nuclear program at all, apparently (they have not promised to give up the HEU).

For comparison, the JCPOA ('Iran Deal') payment that everyone in MAGA excoriates was $1.7bn. The $2m-per-ship toll regime on the Strait would generate at normal traffic something like $40bn *each year* for Iran (120 ships per day at $2m per split 50/50 with Oman).

So apparently the ceasefire deal includes Iran continuing to charge tolls (split with Oman) on transit through the Strait, as reported by the NYT, AP and others. If that's true, I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a capitulation by Trump. Just abject surrender.

Jon Ossoff is going to win by double digits at this rate

"unconditionally surrender" "we unconditionally surrender" "we unconditionally surrender... to oman!"

OK NEVER MIND THEN I GUESS WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THIS LMAO

btw, the Tang dynasty lost a war against Iran Abbasid Khorasan (the Talas campaign) on behalf of an expansionist ally who didn't really help them (the Karakota Empire) and lost control of the western Silk Road three years before the An Lushan rebellion

Which, to be clear, "cut and run" has seemed like the best move for USA since this war started But, you know, in general it's not considered advisable to start a war of choice where "cut and run" immediately becomes your best play

If Iran gets this, Trump will have effectively solidified Iran as the regional hegemon

Trump seems to be saying that they agreed to Iran's terms but Iran's terms are his terms

Emissary of Night follows me??!!

seething

I guess it's also a tollqabooth now

tfw you do nothing and win

What‘s annoying is that things could have been fine. Not perfect, maybe not even great. But we have the resources and technology for *fine.* It would have been trivially easy to bring society to a “Cs get degrees” level of okay. It was actually harder to get things to this level of shit.

AAAAHHHHHH

This is from an atlas from the 90s, so disregard the population stats. but just as a comparison of geographies, pretty fun.