Well. This certainly steals the thunder from "I covered my totenkopf tattoo with Norse end-times iconography" for downright campaign suicide.

The man can't bring himself to say he'll vote for the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE???? oh ffs what is *wrong* them

I worry that people are fetishizing the so-called "3.5% rule." It's not some magic metric that ensures all will be hunky-dory if it's achieved. If we get there and things aren't magically all better, people may just give up in despair & hopelessness. But real resistance means doing ALL the work.

ORLY? When did *that* happen? Let's do the math. Got a totenkopf tattoo in the Marines. Re-upped to BLACKWATER ffs. Wrote nasty Reddit posts, tried to scrub them. OK, maybe he regrets everything and wants redemption. So do the work, man. Make your apologies. But don't expect to be a Senator.

I gotta say: Bernie jumping the Nazi shark over Platner was NOT on my pre-primary bingo card.

In 2024, Republicans won 10 of the state's 14 congressional seats, despite winning only 53% of the total congressional vote. They turned a sliver of a majority into two-thirds representation. Now they've ultra-gerrymandered to get 11 out of 14, by even further diluting the vote of Black citizens.

The fact that nobody in his circle thought to get ahead of this or called him out on it is also disqualifying. He doesn’t have people around him who said: "you need to get rid of that Nazi shit on your chest." What the hell.

Translation: "we can never have free and fair elections again." King Trump knows democracy will depose him.

This gives me hope. The America I believe in isn’t going to roll over and die.

When he says the needful thing, I am going to amplify it.

This isn't really complicated, at all. If you don't like Mills or don't think Mills is ideally positioned to unseat Susan Collins, go find another candidate who doesn't have *Nazi tattoos*. The primary isn't until June 2026. I mean, c'mon people, how is this even a question?

Some ideas for continuing to resist. contrarian.substack.com/p/15-more-wa...

Also: a very good reason to HAVE PRIMARIES.

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I wanted to get behind Platner. But something about him just gave me the heebie-jeebies. And this? This is *not good*. Frankly, it’s Hegsethian. I'm out.

So much this. Imagine how little they think of the rest of us that believe we'll just somehow go along with all this BS. No. Push back. Every time.

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own. Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.

I know this is cringe, but I have to celebrate this little milestone. Thank you all.

A little too on-the-nose metaphorical… oops, I mean literal. Trump takes a wrecking ball to our cultural and political heritage in service to his own monumental ego.

Losing the blue check, eh? Undoubtedly the worst economic trauma of your young life. Mazel tov. May it continue to be thus for you. Meanwhile, the rest of us want to preserve (and improve!) legislation that kept millions alive and out of bankruptcy.

This is the problem in a nutshell: governing based on who you "like" and who you "hate" is NOT DEMOCRACY. Democracy demands adherence to equality under the law, not personal allegiance or animus.

I went without insurance for 25 years as a self-employed worker, and the ACA was a huge life-saver. Would I rather have single-payer universal healthcare for all? OF COURSE. But dunking on the ACA right now doesn't help THOSE WHO NOW WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD COVERAGE. Come join us in the real world.

Perhaps I'm crazy, but I tend to think that it's a bad thing when the President lies about things we can all see. And it's *not great* that many in the media are so eager to let him play up those lies.

Sue them at every opportunity.

Here's a good read. We don’t have to reinvent the wheel, just adapt it to our abilities and our times. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/cleve-jones-...

Do people really want their leaders to be Edgelords? Is raining shit on protestors from a fighter jet truly a popular aesthetic or intent, nationally? I don't think so. I think it appeals to only a very thin slice of the MAGA base. Everybody else is like: WTF is this? Ew, gross! So dignified. 🙄

Seth is right about this: broad coalitions are ESSENTIAL at this juncture. We must work with others who also put democracy and equal justice first on their agenda. Once democracy and equal justice are secure, we can debate everything else.

A little housekeeping note: on Bluesky, likes are lovely, but (unlike Twitter) they don't influence what other people see. If you like a post, please consider reposting it or quoting it and adding your own thoughts. That's what gets it in front of more people

This made me giggle. And giggling is good for the soul.

Current online front page of @nytimes.com this afternoon doesn't even MENTION No Kings. You'd never know it happened. So much for being the news publisher of record. SHAME.

A national strike needs serious lead-time to be effective.

Read this whole thread.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

This is what honor looks like.

He's actually proudly posting a video of himself SHITTING ON AMERICANS on X. The president of the United States is proud of AI slop showing him SHITTING ON PEOPLE exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Any questions? We've hit an unfathomable low in vulgarity and contempt from a sitting president.

Huh. Who woulda thought.

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

My hometown, making me proud!

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

It was a good day for democracy.

No King's Day in my neck of the woods.

Excellent idea.

Nothing to see here; just a run of the mill JUDICIAL PURGE.

I'm look at YOU, YALE (my alma mater). Do the right thing!

Once again demonstrating that with RFKJr. there is no bottom to the stupidity.

I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law. Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

First Amendment rights are no longer sacred in America. What possible justification is there for this?

This IS my happy Friday face.

More evidence that having too much money makes you insane.