it really sucks to know that it's actually conservatives that understand there are only two viable parties and intuitively grasp collective action in a way that the left will not, even in the face of obvious authoritarianism, commit to

Trump Voters 3d Party Voters Lazy, entitled assholes who stayed home. It’s all on you. You can get mad, call names, put us your little shitass lists, whatever. You did this and I hope it affects you personally.

A pretty damn good reminder that Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership know a shit ton more about how to maneuver with the extremely little power voters gave them, than the Do Something bloviators on social media do. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

WOW: Fox News reports that the DOJ used the same redaction standards for “politically exposed individuals and government officials” as it did for victims.

My friend, all you have to do is walk onto any college campus in this country to find well educated professors with doctorates who not only believe that but weave it into their teachings.

OK, this helped me finally understand the mixed commentary I keep seeing re: Abundance politics. Critics aren't necessarily against rapid growth of housing, green energy, etc. The issue is this "smuggling" of other politics and the lack of urgency around climate change.

Huh. I have been told on Bluesky repeatedly that Jeffries is a terrible, weak, ineffective leader, and that the Democrats aren't doing anything.🤔😒😉

"It's okay if I lie if I'm a good person" is a not surprisingly common belief, but "It's okay if they lie because I assume that they're a good person based on nothing" is a very surprisingly common belief.

We really need a "block all accounts in the replies" button

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

allies stop reposting dipshits and fearmongers challenge

this thread is depressing. I would like to imagine that self-professed journalists have an interest in a unity of truth but when you’re out there defending somebody who’s QTing rageposts replying to specific disinformation that she herself posted—what good is being accomplished here

this is it. this is the most bluesky post ever

Want to laugh? Listen to the AI voice on the NY Times website read the transcript of Trump's speech as if a normal human being is speaking. The absurdity of it becomes even more stark. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Housing subsidies are not taxed. The bonus will be.

ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

So Trump shouted, ranted at a rate of about 140 wpm, (his normal rate is about 90-95), yelled into the Mic, blamed everyone else for his issues (mostly Biden), showed he had no grasp of math or understanding of tariffs (his favorite word), & claimed he could manifest $$ B4 Xmas. Everything is fine.

they really said "Biden losing is punishing him". Biden got time to treat his cancer and looks more alive then before. LOOK HOW MUCH WE PUNISHED HIM. At least Gaza is in good shape, oh what's that? Israel AND Hamas are killing innocent Gazans. OOPS

Voting isn’t a prize you’re giving your chosen candidate. It’s a binary choice between two futures.

There seems to be some confusion over when Venezuela nationalize its oil industry, expropriating foreign producers. The 1st round happened in 1976, with the creation of PDVSA. The 2nd was in 2006, when Chavez seized the assets of several US firms that had returned to Venezuela via joint ventures.

If you are still on X/Twitter in any capacity as an artist, get off there right freaking now.

The woman cackling is sending me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Just forgive student debt. If the Supreme Court blocks you, we’ll give you credit for trying.” Then after exactly that happens: “You bastard, you wanted it to fail, or you’d have done it the secret good way where it can’t be overturned”

@kenmartin.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @democrats.org STOP NORMALIZING HASAN PIKER. 🧵 The left(-of center) doesn't *need* a Joe Rogan. We've never *needed* a Rush Limbaugh. The democratic coalition has super-star heroes Taylor, Sharpton, Beyonce, Springsteen, Oprah, & Kimmel. 1/

So this is today's source of rage (see the QTs, replies, etc.) "Newsom's vote to out trans kids to parents as precedent the fed gov should follow" Actual quote from the video: "I'd like to mention that Newsom signed a bill into law recently NOT to notify parents"

It's all downstream of the idea that Republicans are the natural rulers of this country. Their policies are a force of nature, and if the levees fail it's not the hurricane's fault. This is exactly the mindset Rs would like us to have. A bunch of nominal leftists don't realize they're being played.

It's just the law. Murc's Law 🤷‍♂️

It's still infuriating how many influential folks on social media have a surface distrust of the 'mainstream news', and yet are willing to create a firestorm based on a narrative that's almost wholly sourced via Axios and/or Politico.

If you ever find yourself wondering, “why don’t Democratic leaders search social media for suggestions from people who wish they were the base of the party they hate so much,” Just look at your average Do Something’s brain droppings. This is what they think is gold.

People love to shit on Dems but House Dems, in the face of an authoritarian executive branch and deferential House Speaker have in the first year: forced two discharge petitions (Epstein and ACA), and might win a government shutdown. Not bad for the minority!

incalculable damage to the world because Mister Trump’s rollicking pirate ship of wacky misfits was just too fun to hang out at happy hours with

Truth time: Hillary Clinton ran a good campaign. Kamala Harris ran a great campaign considering the circumstances. Trump ran a shit show of a campaign both times. He won anyway because 1. The mainstream media coverage did everything possible to help him 2. The voters made a dumb, terrible choice.

Have ANY OF YOU MF'ERS ACTUALLY READ THE THING? It ain't some kind of magical incantation. Do you know that it requires people he chose and appointed (the cabinet, VP) to turn against him? And then the GOP congress? Y'all are delusional.

They said “Obama’s daughter” 😭😭😭🥴🥴🥴

Right on time

It’s gonna get even worse tomorrow when the rapist in chief is asked to comment on it.

When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.

ROB REINER in BATMAN 1966 an episode which had both THE PENGUIN (BURGESS MEREDITH)& THE JOKER(CESAR ROMERO) battling the dynamic duo. HOLY HEARTACHE BATMAN. 😢 😢.

It's amazing the degree to which this discourse is widly absent from Bluesky compared to 2021-2024. What could have happened, it's a mystery

Miserable people who lead miserable lives want everyone else to be as miserable as them.

A left winger can get published in most mainstream media outlets as long as they come to the exact same anti-lib conclusions as most of the management and columnists

This is the entire incentive structure of modern day media in one post. Like Henry Ford said you could get his cars in any color you wanted as long as it was black, you can have any ideology you want as a commentator as long as you’re anti-Dem.

Re: cameras, there is good data, including a recent study out this week, that does show while there is initial revenue generation it does go down over time because people speed less. So yes, there is an initial surge in revenue, but that falls as behavior changes.

After flipping a district that’s been red since the 2010 midterms, in her 1st term Rep Underwood was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that became law with a GOP POTUS & a GOP-majority Senate, but rarely receives recognition or media attention compared to ineffective legislators like Bernie & AOC. 4️⃣/5️⃣

The elite class interests of "leftists" are threatened by the Democratic party. krebscycle99.net/2023/07/12/k...

Whoa! Sister don't take no mess! Especially when she see a Black so-called agent. Stupid SOB!!

We lost more than that his last year as president. Not that anyone members that part. All we talk about is how people were forced to wear masks and kids had to go to school via computer for a few months. And it was hard to get a haircut. The 1.3 million people who died are completely forgotten.

The thing you're gonna find about the people in this particular digital neighborhood... we don't fuck around. We all know resources are finite and cannot be wasted. It's why we dismiss unserious people as a matter of SOP. There isn't time for this. There's too much to do. Newsom doesn't matter.

Regarding speed cameras...we already have camera surveillance everywhere. Just look around. A visible camera placed on public roads with the specific task of capturing reckless drivers seems worthwhile to me. Abuse potential is no different, perhaps even less, than what we're already living with