Hard to overstate how obvious this was in Minneapolis. They'd roll around the neighborhood in full gear, doing nothing immigration-related at all, wait for angry crowds to gather, and then attack them with tear gas and pepper spray! It was a violent siege and the feds owe us billions in reparations.

Older Democrats don't appreciate that in 2026, winning and losing happens in the comment section, not the editorial page or the courtroom. Rank and file Dems, and less-engaged people who get their news from social media, sense that older Dem leaders shrink from that battlefield and lose respect.

"It’s not acceptable for one side of Congress to resemble a Klan cookout, and it’s also not acceptable for journalists to treat it as non-news. Because it’s getting worse all the time." Good roundup of Republican racism in this piece:

Yup. That’s why AOC & Mandami are so popular, and why Tim Walz garnered so much approval when he called the GOP “weird”

We just got back from the UCONN/Duke game. I'm an over 40 year UCONN fan. All I can say is wow! Who saw that coming?

Bad immigration economics assumes every extra person is one less seat. Good economics notices they also bring a seat, a side dish, and demand for the bloke selling drinks. The first story is fear; the second is how economies work.

It's all about showing they're "not biased!" to people who will never subscribe to them

Instead of No Kings, considering Trump is so weak and stupid I prefer, No Limp Dick Wannabe Dictators.

We need actual pro-Democratic media. Not leftist media that takes shots at Democrats. Not vaguely left-leaning media that promotes cowardly bothsidesism in the name of "balance" (and appeases no one). Vociferously, unapologetically, pro-Democratic media.

YES YES YES!!!

This sort of stuff makes us look like losers not only to our base but to the average, disengaged voters who just want whoever seems tougher. I've been shouting this for years.

If there's a central explanation for Dem unpopularity, it's that: they don't really seem to want anything, or be willing to fight for anything, they just want everyone to follow the rules & be proper & polite. No one outside of DC gives a shit about that stuff! Fight for good things. That's all.

Meanwhile, Dems often seems to value proper process & procedure MORE than they value their own goals & interests. They seem almost EAGER to sacrifice their goals & interests in the name of being Reasonable & Fair about process. They are A students, forever trying to kiss up to the teacher.

And, worse, the average voter is the kid shooting spitballs in the back row, who thinks the Dems are weak losers and teacher's pets.

We're way past "when they go low, we go high." I want reprisals under the next Democratic administration.

This should be an impeachable offense. I understand that we’re way past any of that, but that shouldn’t stop us from naming it.

“.. They have to treat the President like a child,” wrote Rep. Seth Magaziner. “So embarrassing for everyone involved.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...

Cartoon by Drew Sheneman

Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began" "We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created" "This is insanity"

Non-gazillionaire Republican voters vote Republican because they think they are getting one over on the Liberals, who they believe, question the intelligence of said right-wingers. Someone should tell them that doubling down on stupidity may not be their best offense.....

C-SPAN caller to Rep. Pete Sessions: "Your party has given the power of the presidency to an insane, pedophelic serial killer"

If conservatives are being silenced, why don’t they ever shut the fuck up?

The protests are great. Just call them something that doesn't make him look like a big, bad dictator (which the average ignorant voter *likes* about him).

Cartoon by Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Ice officers are getting harassed at airports and that brings me joy at levels you cannot understand. Fuck them.

I've seen videos of two different crowds screaming "you're un-American pieces of shit" at ICE agents and while I'm not sure if that's going to work on a t-shirt, it definitely fits the moment

I'm gonna get flamed for this: "No Kings" just draws attention to Trump as a *powerful*, *strong* figure. The average disengaged voter *likes* those vibes about him and thinks we look *weak*. Playing the righteous underdog may have worked 60 years ago, but it doesn't today.

It's "owning the libs" all the way down. And the average voter sees this trolling as a sign of strength.

What we have to reckon with is why people vote for Trump despite hating Trump policies. The fact is, he gives off dominant vibes, while we give off underdog vibes, and nobody wants to be on the losing side. We need to show the attitude that we deserve to be in charge. Mockery, not fear.

Beyond being a scumbag, it's just pathetic, loser behavior. "Ooh, look at how transgressive and cool I am." Like a 14 year old.

Wearing a 45-47 hat is the pinnacle of beta male behavior. Pretending to be tough while bowing down to a total loser

Republicans killing US scientific and technological supremacy to own the libs.

Though there are certainly instances of actual fraud, let's be real: Republicans now use "fraud" as a dog whistle for "black and brown people receiving government funding."

This is the conservative pitch to most Americans: Sure, you might be suffering as a result of our policies, but other people -- people who are different from you, people you don't like -- they're suffering a lot more than you, so it all works out.

It has always been in its cringe era. MAGA is for losers.

Even in this, he kisses Trump's ass and makes him a victim. Christ these people are pathetic. Total losers.

👀 Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent resigns, saying: “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.”

Why are we earnestly criticizing a statement that was clearly meant to try to sound tough with no consideration for the literal meaning? Go after them on their fake toughness instead of the debate-team stuff that just makes us sound like dorks.

Here’s my plea to the national security press: don’t report what he announces at face value. You’ve been suckered over and over to cover his fake trade deals and ceasefire “announcements” like they are real. He’s desperate to look like he’s got a plan. Make sure it’s not fake.

In this Ohio diner, Iran is what you did when your ex-wife's lawyer tried to serve you papers. But they do know this: At least we're talking about the Strait of Hormuz and not the Gay of Hormuz.

The best summing up of Trump i've ever seen.

Less fear, more contempt and mockery, please.

Average Democratic fundraising email: "Help! Trump is hopelessly close to victory and we're getting relentlessly pummeled by GOP attacks!" Average Republican fundraising email: "Help us dominate those sissy libs and restore American might!" And we wonder why vibes-oriented voters go the wrong way.

Whether they are or not, the way we win isn't by proclaiming MAGA as "a grave threat to democracy" (which makes us sound like losers), it's by treating them as *a fucking joke*.

Fox News and Newsmax anchors say that anyone who opposes the Trump/Netanyahu war in Iran is antisemitic. TikTok Groypers say that the war is part of a Jewish banking conspiracy to flood America with refugees. For busy right-wing extremists, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Trump picking the most incel-sounding (and looking) motherfucker in the industry is entirely on brand.

These people are such fucking losers lmao

The only reason that the median Republican hasn't called for Massie to be stripped of his citizenship and deported is that he is white.

Whether they are or not, the way we win isn't by proclaiming MAGA as "a grave threat to democracy" (which makes us sound like losers), it's by treating them as *a fucking joke*.