The context of what I'll say is @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social has been in trouble for his videos telling fellow Illinois National Guard to not follow illegal orders The government bit off more than it can chew. They were struggling with a couple of generals opposing illegal orders; this is too much

Kat was accused of not having a chance of winning without running paid TV ads; I was there saying this. It's possible this is technically wrong because look at this TV news stations are basically running ads for her for *free*

Going back in time ten years ago to tell people here that Illinois actually turns into a quite competent state in the future.

The local politics were supposed to be the only downside I had moving to Illinois in 2019. Sometimes life gives you really good surprises. This reform would be a really nice for me!

The irony of me being so optimistic now about the possibility for change is I didn't vote in 2008, the first election I could have, because I was so cynical about politics I roughly correctly guessed what Obama would do in office.

Fucking Mobius strips, man.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is great because you have a world with magic and where people's spiritual energy can manifest into a powerful creature but occasionally it gives you a science lesson and explains while realistically this magical thing is happening.

Gerrymander? Why, I hardly even KNOW 'er!

TEAM DARK

The political instincts on this woman are so good. I still have her as my favorite for the district.

Days with big sports games are so funny on my timeline, all the accounts that usually refer to states for political reasons suddenly use them for the games going on and I like to pretend they're still talking politically for funny results.

Henrietta Lacks's unique cells have become a pillar of modern science (they weirdly replicate endlessly, any research on cells is easier with them), and you would hope her family would at least benefit from it, but no. It's been big pharma making massive cash off of her; this must change

I've talked about helping @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social for my congressional district, but Val for a Nevada state House seat also has my full attention Nevada is home in my heart but my single mom couldn't quite make it work so we moved I support this single left-wing mom trying to help Nevadans

A perk of having me as a friend to somebody coming out as trans is I am really really really bad with names Really bad Of course I don't deadname, but like, I've already probably forgotten your dead name after a little while, too.

Some AO3 author just discovered that whatever they write will come to pass in reality

This is entering my lexicon

I'm still not over the fact that liberals claimed Alexander Hamilton, very right wing, as one of their own. Yes shouldn't surprise me but *come on*

Thomas Massie is a very occasional leftist ally; he is very conservative and we fight a lot of it, but honest so you know where he stands, and he stands against Israel deserving guaranteed money from us and for standing up as a check and balance against Trump like his job as a House rep should be

I don't know how to explain "Bubba" was my nickname growing up, I really don't

I decided to learn about Alexander Hamilton, and enjoy the musical if you want, but I'm just a bit mad to that a liberal made a musical to celebrate the legacy of the creator of a right-wing party, it was the left-wing opposition party that believed in freedom of religion, and made him lib-coded

A weirdest side effect of paying very close to politics is I'm forced to remember my past Bucks County, PA is seen as a weird, special, important place politically with how it still votes very split ticket and is swingy and you'll never guess where I moved to as a teen and developed my depression

The progressive grassroots campaign I've been supporting, the one I even got for an episode in my podcast, has officially MADE THE BALLOT. Down here in IL-13, down in central Illinois, I'm supporting @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social

If aliens are real and we get into a huge space society, our contribution to it all from Earth may be the Michelin Star system for restaurants One star means worth stopping in as you pass by, two stars means worth a detour, three stars means you can plan a vacation for it, that's PERFECT for space

My character development is years ago I would never have considered using laundry beads before meeting my wife but now I absolutely love them, they really keep clothes feeling absolutely fresh for a while until I'm ready to wear them.

It's incredibly annoying knowing where Dick Durban, who voted for this and is retiring after this term, lives in my city (state capital, yo) because it's rather nice, I wouldn't mind having a house there, he's retiring next to the park we had my wedding reception in because I really like the park.

My live reaction to this imagery:

Bernie Sanders got into congress winning what was originally seen as a safe GOP seat, and helped shift the historically Republican Vermont into a blue state, by putting the focus on the people truly responsible for our problems.

This is what peak looks like.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

This one slipped through the cracks, but week, Bucks County, PA, voted for its first Democratic district attorney since the 1800s. Bucks County is where the mythical Republicans who sometimes go Blue live, which usually goes Dem president but insists on a GOP House rep. We'll see where this leads!

I truly believe Colorado is a libertarian state first and foremost. When it was deep red it would think about freedom of the wealthier and all their "hard earned cash"; now they consider the freedom of children and how they have more if we get what is spare change from the wealthy to help them.

live view from cuomo hq

It's time!

Forget getting rid of daylight savings or making it permanent We should just have every Sunday be 25 hours long, there are no potential consequences from this.

Because if he does a good job at being mayor of *the* NYC, every myth that liberals and the rich tell us about why things can't get better will get dispelled, and more leaders like him will emerge and win elections.

Nothing on the show, I love it, but I wonder how many people Gilmore Girls inadvertently scared away from participating in their local government by portraying a Town Hall style government (if you have a mayor, it works differently) that meets ALL the time instead of once a year + rarely when needed

Thank you to everyone who’s supported us. And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:

My local record shop also has a mini-arcade in it that I love to go to once in a while Among other things they have a Dale Jr. pinball machine of all things there is so satisfying, any ball you launch loops around the board at least once as it makes engine revving noises, it's peak.

Yesterday ICE came to Staunton, Illinois, a town of around 5K people in central Illinois, over three hours from Chicago, to get a well beloved member of their community who has been there for decades and operated a restaurant. This is hellish; the cruelty is the point.

The Far Right as a whole gained power in this election, and if the centrist can't deliver big change working with FOUR other parties then what do you think is going to happen? Unless The Netherlands *actually* learns from Trump-Biden-Trump, this is just delaying the inevitable.

Spotted on the floor of the Senate: Sen. Kennedy is having a very John Kennedy moment shouting about "DEI Owls"

Hey @kenklippenstein.bsky.social you might want to fact check this just in case but everything I know suggests Kat Abughazaleh may be charged due to this little thing I like to call NSPM-7 (terrorism charges due to peaceful protesting) and if only we had somebody letting the world know about NSPM-7

There's a section of Undertale that's very easy to forget Unless you've beaten Deltarune chapter 4, go back, and are like ooooooooh Tricky Toby Fox, you mentioned The Angel, you've had that set-up for almost a decade. These games are an experience.

We live in an episode of Veep

One, that's a picture of Dylan Blaha who I want to win my House district, for reasons you can see why. Two, I'm in this photo but it's totally this meme, but that's okay, I made it.

5,000+ petition signatures for a grassroots campaign!?!? Yeah she is a serious contender, I know of several hopefuls who dropped out because they couldn't get the 1000~ signatures they need, she has a ton of momentum. I hope you can work with @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social next year, Kat!

The important thing going forward, now that we have the chance, is not every populist Democrat is going to look like Mamdani, like if you live in a more rural area try talking about getting right-to-repair laws for farming equipment, just listen about your own area's neglected wants and needs.

This is the (non-voting) rep from DC. January 6th was the absolute best time to fight for DC statehood, it wouldn't have happened if DC used powers a state has access to, and the person whose JOB was to fight for it just was skipping work.