In all seriousness though, elder millennial jokes aside, I think it’s important to resist the media framing of any mainstream resistance to the status quo as just the shrill nonsense of middle-aged women with nothing better to do. This isn’t the first time they’ve run out this playbook.

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Conspiracy brain has ruined the left.

"I avoid politics." No bestie, you avoid uncomfortable conversations about politics. From the moment you were born til the day you die, you've been thoroughly and utterly enmeshed in the policies, systems, and governance of a society that shapes your experience. You just try not to think about it.

I was invited to my best friend's wedding, but I didn't like the entree choices for the reception, so I decided not to go.

"The politician's job is to *win the election*." NO. Their job is to *govern*. The voters' job is to select the one who will best govern (for everyone). The election is the means, not the goal. Treating the election as the goal is half the reason we get so many terrible people in office.

Accidental Tao - 2016 "The mainstream view is that we, like computers, make sense of the world by performing computations on mental representations of it, but Chemero and others describe another way of understanding intelligent behaviour – as a direct interaction between organisms and their world."

I think it’s notable that a whole lot of Jewish (and non-Jewish!) folks are saying that the antisemitism here is as bad as it’s ever been and getting worse maybe worth paying attention to the voices of people who live this stuff

Literally vice chair of the DNC. There’s a huge difference between “no one is saying it” and “I never hear about it”

idk if its a rise in conspiracy thinking or what but so many people don't understand that like the DNC, DCCC, DSCC don't pick candidates to run in primaries, people decide to run or not, campaign committees can reach out and show people polling but in the end they don't hire the candidates

He actually won by 5 votes after a recount but that’s still extremely close and proves that voting does matter!

what i want to see out of future democratic party leaders is a recognition that federal spending is legitimately good, that we should do more of it, and that doing so will require collective contribution that many, many people are going to scream absolute bloody murder about

America is a country where anti-intellectualism was considered cool and nerds were considered acceptable to bully and exile from society. So congrats, we now are a country where the average person is an idiot trained to conform, while the smart people were never taught social or humanities skills.

Birb Rituals - Timeline cleanse

or they could say... "We fucked up getting rid of DEI. Target was special because it was an inclusive environment for everyone, which created a harmonious vibe, but we got scared in November 2024 and acted stupidly. We are reinstating our policies and want to earn your business back."

There is nothing that is good for Black women that isn't also good for everyone else. Talking to Black women voters is talking to all voters. The other voters need to look past their misogynoir.

Dear internetizens Despite the work of sophists, populists, and large accounts There are universals among the operations of humankind:

If you can understand right now that all Americans do not support Trump do not support what he’s doing and are not Trump You can also understand that all Jews and all Israelis do not support Bibi do not support what he’s doing and are not him. 1/2

It's Dem Leadership WRITE UP TIME! 🤸‍♀️ W/ savory treats to help refute trolls & doomers and PLANZ 🧐 youtu.be/H2o17Ukmqdo?... *cracks knuckles*

#NHPolitics Finally, a win for NH!

James Talarico on building a coalition with white nationalists: “What if we found the courage and the vulnerability to do the difficult work of building a movement based on radical love that could create solidarity between latinx…a movement so powerful it could even liberate WHITE NATIONALISTS”

If you want to stop self-inducing rage every time elected Democrats post like normal people instead of for your hyper online ass, follow some electeds you aren’t familiar with & you’ll actually see proposed bills, constituents getting money back, & committee action you loudly think isn’t happening.

You can have peanut butter or marmite, and if you don't choose, other people will choose for you.

The biggest reason I'll likely never take natalists seriously is the same issue I have with anti-abortion folks: Their rhetoric and aims consistently are framed around "babies," with zero effort spent to address the needs of potential parents or societal problems making raising children unappealing.

if you wonder how the police see the kinds of corruption that enrages us from their perspective as something they can justify papering over because the bad cops surely can't be *that* bad, you could do worse than looking at how journalists defend the misconduct of other journalists

Primary voters in a small number of districts play an outsized role in deciding who wins Congress. The Trump-initiated mid-decade redistricting is driving that number of competitive seats even lower. n.pr/3MSa13P

Joe is out and about again today and connecting with people. 👇❤️

DOD civilian employee roles that do not facilitate "lethality" should be assessed for restructuring or elimination, the memo states.

On his birthday, we honor the legacy of John Lewis.

This is seriously fucked up taskandpurpose.com/news/army-wa...

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Challenge for the "Never Newsom" people who say he's pushed _everywhere_. Show me a few _significant_ posters actually "stanning" for him (not just "_anyone_ over the republican, even _if_ it's Newsom"). I promise to repost that to every person I see questioning the "Newsom everywhere" narrative.

We can’t make the same mistakes we made with Obama and Biden. This country cannot afford it. We can’t keep voting for a Democrat, expecting impossible things and then don’t vote when they can’t deliver. We can’t have a repeat of the last 10 years. 1/

Wow.

I have yet to see _anyone_ actually stanning for Newsom. I have seen _tons_ of accounts spreading the "No Newsom, no matter what" message and claiming that "the libs have anointed him". Consequently, I have to figure it's really an op designed to suppress voting _this_ year. So, please just _stop_.

Worth reading to the end.

I saw 10,000 tweets of people posting their grocery receipts post covid. “This is Biden’s economy!!” And now that food is 30% more expensive than pre pandemic? Crickets.

Refusing to vote will _never_ be the moral choice. If you don't like the top two candidates, then pick _someone_ (anyone) else, or at the very least, go down-ballot to find candidates and issues you do like. Not voting is _silence_, and silence is _consent_.

"The dems do (don't) do this, so I won't vote (for them)." JFC - "the dems" is literally _thousands_ of people. Some of them will have policies and positions you like, some won't. You only get a say in the ones who _directly_ represent you, and only if you _vote_.

Just a reminder as you panic about stuff the admin quite literally does not have the manpower to do, that the conservative majority Supreme Court is very likely killing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in June whenever they rule on Louisiana v Callais. Stop dooming, talk to voters, & make plans.

Bookmark this because this is the main issue at hand. The dirty secret.

Asking this in good faith: Who is a candidate that leftists would actually vote for in 28?

ELECTION TAMPERING & VOTER SUPPRESSION - Strat3gy Fireside Chat Time! As you are aware, the midterm elections are being undermined by several dozen directions of assault. As American citizens it is our job to see what we can do to help thwart that shit.

Why haven't democrats _done_ more when they are in control? Well, because we have only _given_ them full control (House, Senate, and President) for brief 2-year periods, and only during major economic disasters where putting out the fire takes most of their time.

If any of the alternative/3rd parties _truly_ want to be taken seriously, they should focus all their efforts on one or two smaller red states (or blue, for the libertarians) as voters _there_ could freely support them without acting as any sort of "spoiler" for the country as a whole.

ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

We're in a nation-wide game of "chicken" - if we swerve, we lose; but if we accelerate too much, _everyone_ loses.