These posts from @andr3wsky.bsky.social on threads (I checked to see if he also posted here but he didn't) were actually hard to read, because Black folks have said this *so* often and been argued *down* about it, reading someone say it as a 💡 feels damn near insulting. But maybe ppl will listen

Yes. Whether it's Thune going on CNN and making mob threats, DHS auto-replies blaming Democrats, or Stephen Miller squawking about how "hardcore" the government is, this reeks of flailing and desperation. It doesn't mean we're anywhere near out of this. But it means there are openings.

I'm not going to comment on what Democrats should do. I have my opinion, but I always recognize that there are no good options. Here is what I will comment on. Republicans are often, in our view, "invulnerable." JD Vance did not appear invulnerable in his commentary today. He seemed nervous.

Stephen Miller pisses himself at the thought of riding public transit

There is literally nothing more cringe than Stephen Miller babbling that he is more hardcore than gang members.

I don’t think there is a single correct answer about this shutdown. There are pro’s and cons either way. We just have to trust our guts and do what we think is best. Being a dick to me about it or acting like you have all the answers—when no one does—will get you blocked.

I guess threats of mass-firing Democrats who are federal workers isn't going to work, eh? It's not like they haven't already been firing Democrats. Analyst says Democratic support for shutdown over compromise is "up like a rocket" - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/anal...

Travel well, legend

From my son: Pete Kegseth and Commander Cankles.

You probably think Democrats are doing nothing right now, right? Would you believe me if I said that they are doing a 24 hour live stream about the effects of losing healthcare and the shutdown on every day people with personal testimonies? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dm-... 1/2

I’ve been rage crocheting pumpkins. Happy October 🧶 #crochet

Good morning! Happy October 1st! Spooky season is officially here! FTR: bats rule

Then fuck them.

I swear to goodness a huge part of the reason we’re in this mess is because a lot of folks on our side couldn’t be bothered to even read the freaking Cliff notes of Project 2025. There’s no way to fix a laziness problem with messaging. 🤷🏾‍♀️ They literally told us they were going to do all of THIS!

If you have to tell people that you are one of the good guys—you aren’t.

Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit Happy October 1!

The specific ask is healthcare, but at root the principle is that if they need democratic votes, republicans don’t get to tell them to go fuck themselves and then blame them for the results. And at root *that* is about the republicans’ autocratic tendencies.

Hundreds of thousands of stasi agents won’t even get paid. Are you happy now libs? Not so funny when the secret police have to work for free

but they will not be paid, which will do nothing for morale

You have to vote every election. No more apathy. It matters

May the right fire burn within me.

generals gathered in their masses/president calls them all fatasses

I don't know who needs to hear this but: The party that controls 0 out of 3 branches of government cannot shut it down. They also cannot keep it open. 1/

Stonehenge Sunset.

I suggest those of you spending your time shitting on Hakeem and Chuck, watch this: youtu.be/UjJY_bVOzek?...

About to buy my very own shotgun and learn to use it.

Mark Zuckerberg is introducing a feed that's just 100% AI slop. No pesky creativity from real people to get in the way. Eat up little piggies

Time for posting some spooky art 👻

(Battle Hymn of the Republic continues playing)

1/2 Friendly reminder that Hakeem Jeffries is not responsible for: - the majority of white people who voted, doing so for Trump - for the third time - white people voting uncommitted or 3rd party - the tens of millions of white people who didn’t even bother to vote

this isn’t true, but i strongly encourage the president to keep telling the country he’s going to cut off their social security and medicare

Renaissancery on the font cover

BREAKING A federal judge that the Trump admin's policy targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation violated the First Amendment. His blistering, 161-page ruling starts with a threat he received in chambers and his response.

Too many people take the rambling on display today as another reason for crouching in fear instead of making fun of whatever that shit was.

Nobody’s stopping Mike Johnson from rescheduling a House vote that doesn’t cost more people healthcare & nobody is physically stopping John Thune from negotiating in good faith instead of whatever he’s bitching about.

Now he is reading the teleprompter in hopes of getting more of a response

Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."

I get the feeling that Trump/Hegseth really want these folks to clap & cheer and sitting there politely and silently is also a form of resistance.

Trump would not be doing this if he wanted the shutdown. www.hud.gov#openModal

Black people actually did call all of this, so did Indigenous people. White people just thought we were exaggerating because you were fine with the violence toward communities that you thought wouldn't include you. But the thru line from eugenics, bleach, and Ivermectin to here was incredibly clear

Many of this are left cold by this. I sure am. But this - the kind of performative Andrew Tate cartoon-masculinity, the clumsy swagger, the maundering braggadocio, the needy desperate I‘M A MANLY MAN I’M A MANLY MAN, speaks to a howling void of inadequacy in some people’s souls.

This Trump speech to the generals—in absolute silence—is really something.

So…let me see if I have this right. The federal government is gonna shut down in 30hrs, and the party that controls the ENTIRE federal government is trying to blame the party that controls NONE of the federal government for the looming shutdown?

He thinks he’s talking to a rank and file made up of boys who want to kill like it’s a video game, and not the top brass of the career military. It’s bizarre.

The Ukrainian military—the toughest, most experienced, most adaptable, most successful on the modern battlefield—is beardy old men, women, artists, gamers who can’t deadlift sh*t but can fly a drone into a Russian helicopter rotor Focusing on capabilities, not “looks,” is how you achieve victory

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

Any white person claiming that no one could have guessed it would be this bad is either disingenuous or straight up manipulative.

Good advice for a Monday night!

That is just plainly not true. Your budget slashed help for people who buy Affordable Care Act plans. That's 22 million Americans whose premiums are going up - RIGHT NOW - by double digits directly because of a policy you passed.