once again: it is not sufficient to undo this under the next Dem administration. you must convince people their careers are *durably* safe or evaporative cooling will create a military of white men

It is still 2016

It's comical to read some of the press whining from 2016 now www.huffpost.com/entry/2016-c...

Your sources are not authentic Dem voices. They and your owners and editors who filter their misguided voices into every narrative have steered NYT's coverage into the swamp for a decade plus now

Again: Trump's bizarre focus on defenses at the site of the White House, including deep bunkers, data centers, and drones only makes sense if he is having some terrifying conversations about a future violent confrontation in DC

Trump's bizarre focus on defenses at the site of the White House, including deep bunkers, data centers, and drones only makes sense if he is having some terrifying conversations about a future violent confrontation in DC

Susan Rice absolutely schools Bill Maher on Iran.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "May I remind you that we are having June 6 tomorrow. This is the D-Day anniversary." #Taco Trump: "Not a pleasant day for you. That was not a great day." German Chancellor:  "This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship."

Remember last year the German chancellor himself had to explain to Trump in the White House that the allied liberation of Germany from the Nazis was a good thing www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Great discussions on a lot of topics in this episode. Insightful point that musicians are canceling on the 250th event because they don't want to be politically polarizing while major CEOs make a show of flattering Trump notwithstanding the political baggage. Circumstance drives economic decisions

New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too. n.pr/4uJCV6t

They were an economic attack on cities and states Trump wanted to punish

The corruption will be epic, and this hints at another aspect that is underplayed. The blue states that are the economic powerhouse of the country will be systematically attacked by the others to loot and depopulate them and weaken their power

Trump is attacking blue state economic infrastructure, illegally impounding Federal funding, deploying state terror and trying to depopulate blue states. All completely un-American

Trump is moving on to looting blue states and working to depopulate them and drive up negatives. Hochul should finally remove Adams, and they all need to coordinate against this attack bsky.app/profile/swif...

The ICE surges were economic attacks on blue regions that Trump and Miller, etc, wanted to hurt, on top of being attacks on our rights and safety. They wanted to depopulate the areas and depress jobs and economic activity. They didn't go after red areas the same way

The latest episode of They Call Us Bruce podcast with @jennyyangtv.bsky.social is great and touches on a lot of sensitive issues like IVF and racial dynamics, including anti-Blackness. Very interesting and worthwhile

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has clinched the top spot on California's ballot for governor. With millions of ballots still to be counted, his November challenger is unknown.

Il y a 82 ans, 14 000 Canadiens ont débarqué à Juno Beach. Beaucoup d’entre eux ne sont jamais rentrés chez eux.   À l’occasion de l’anniversaire du jour J, nous prenons le temps de rendre hommage à ceux qui ont servi et consenti des sacrifices.

All Democratic candidates currently add up to 54% of the vote in this district, and that's likely to only grow. It will be veery difficult for Kiley to survive in November — as was planned by Prop 50 (as this is one of the newly gerrymandered districts).

@auonsson.bsky.social You have seen the Veritasium video on GPS jamming? youtu.be/tz23G_UXCGA?...

At a time of unrelenting attacks on Black history and Black communities, the Museum of African American History in Boston stands as a pillar of truth and conscience for our city and our country.

As a country, and just as Bluesky, we don't know how to process seriousness, toughness, and authenticity when they come from women and minorities competing with white men. It's a major reason we have Trump instead of Clinton or Harris. And it's playing out even now in primaries coast to coast

Instead of expending such a large chunk of his massive wealth on a vanity campaign trashing Dems who dared oppose him, Steyer could have spent on a cause like defeating Susan Collins in a critical seat. But then he prob likes Platner and wouldn't help a candidate there without a Nazi tattoo

NYT will take this as a challenge. They are pining for the glory days of emailz and age-gate

Steyer making it past Hilton (who is terrible) to second place means more weeks of heavy negative spending against the leading Dem, Becerra. Two Ds in a runoff with Rs locked out would usually be OK, but that vanity campaign. Prefer Steyer spends to support other Dems this critical cycle

Feels like the proton streams are crossing today on the Platner and Hunter Biden narratives

I had missed this. Platner was expelled from his private college prep boarding school? And reporters haven't uncovered the story why yet? (Classmates definitely know)

Here is the link to the episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus's brilliant Wiser Than Me podcast featuring the sharp and driven Janet Mills

八九六四

Oh no

From a major Platner defender before today's revelations

Seeing a lot of comments that Mills is slow with age or didn't care about the Senate. Quoted is a good podcast that debunks those accusations. Her campaign did not catch fire and didn't gather enough donations to compete. But people are rethinking things now

What was Putin promised about Europe and Ukraine in Alaska?

37 years after #June4, who gets to write about it, for whose consumption, and to what end? For @chinabooksreview.com, I examine Tiananmen in novels. The real question is not whether historical accuracy can give way to poetic license, but what truths are sought and revealed by the imaginary accounts.

The massacre of students in Tiananmen Square by a brutal Chinese government happened 37 years ago now www.dailykos.com/stories/2016...

We elected the modern Herbert Hoover, despite all the warnings

In 2017 it was clear we were in for four brutal years but could then turn things around. The impeachments were right but could not solve the problem. This time, I don't see how we go four years without suffering extraordinary damage. The country has to find a way to impeach and convict

I saw this phenomenon play out in the Ob/Gyn world when senior male doctors workloads decreased as they enjoyed their mansions, while up and coming doctors trained with latest knowledge carried the load but could never hope to achieve the same compensation

Dual posting to Twitter and Bluesky is going to keep becoming more awkward. I've seen some big D politicians with basically boring, unobjectionable tweets rack up tons angry replies from people expressing disappointment. Go look on Twitter though, and they are excoriated from RW nutcases. Untenable

So much of this was predictable

It really was predictable during the 2024 campaign that Trump's campaign was prolonging war and would result in worse outcomes

Absurd. Collins is as terrible as any R. We needed to beat her last election

This is the great Radiolab episode on Screwworm, which may be making a return to the Southern US under Trump, as they try to blame his predecessor radiolab.org/podcast/retu...

It's been 103 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump's illegal tariffs. He still has no plan to return the $1,700 he owes American families & now is trying to stiff businesses too.

Trump stole this money from hardworking Americans & business owners. Release the money, NOW.

"This country will now have to rediscover the energies that animated Freedom Summer and the March on Washington. If we don’t, the Jim Crow Southernization of America will continue apace." (from April) www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...

📣 In response to the VRA being killed, I’ve launched TWO new fundraising pages specifically to help dozens of Black Democrats get elected. This one is devoted to FEDERAL, JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE races. Donate today. #BlackJobs26 #BlackSky #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/black...

With the help of the Supreme Court continuing to show their partisan colors, Alabama has officially re-joined the Old Confederacy. But make no mistake, we intend to build a better Alabama where everyone has a seat at the table.

the death of 60 minutes and the rest of the VRA on the same night really brings home how the current conservative project is to kill the progress and ideals of the mid century

Scott Pelley tells the NYT: "The collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of ‘60 Minutes’ is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...