America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Basically, the putsch ultimately succeeded, which is galling to say but that's what happened.

"The wolf tells us that brick houses will never work and straw is the ultimate building material."

Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is

They literally gave her a puppy

Friendos in Pennsylvania, I just called my congresswoman, Mary Gay Scanlon, at the district office — (610) 626-2020 — asking her to vote against any capitulation resolution, and asking her to call for Schumer to step down as majority leader. Her staffer said “we are keeping tallies of this”

Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.

Uncomfortable truth about US politics is we’ve been in a constitutional crisis this whole century, and there is no way out short of a revolution. Kind of a midwit thing where the super low-info voters get that and the polisci professors get that and everybody else is like, Dems gotta try harder!!

Happy birthday, Marines

Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

The thing that gets me about Democratic senators is the degree to which they treat their base with casual contempt. Say what you want about the Republican party, they actually give a shit about what their voters want

I just left @bluntrochester.senate.gov a really long vm to let her know why she should not vote with Republicans. Encourage all constituents to do the same.

It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown

THE DUNNING KRUGER TIMES

Please if anyone has room in their lives and homes for two very very sweet kitties. A good friend’s allergies are getting worse and he can’t keep them (and they can’t be separated)

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

Can I tell you about someone else whose followers included adult content creators

SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates. In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.

Somebody at Virgin Media google translated the rugby position 'hooker' into the Welsh for prostitute 😄

Putting this out into the ether but a friend of mine has two cats, a bonded mother daughter pair ~5 years old, that he has to rehome for allergy reasons. They’re extremely cuddly and he’s heartbroken. Mid-Atlantic. Let me know if anyone wants some loveable kitties.

something…annoying…about replies to this that are just like “this is wrath of khan.” first of all, i am aware of the existence of WRATH OF KHAN. second of all, although WRATH is a submarine movie, it is more RUN SILENT RUN DEEP than RED OCTOBER

this is the most informative label on Bluesky, mufo-gossipy division

“In all our discourse about male loneliness and alienation, we’ve given short shrift to the many ways political leaders have choked off healthy or neutral expressions of masculinity,” and that they’ve done so intentionally. www.offmessage.net/p/fascists-d...

MAGAface is a fuckin jump scare

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way. Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August. Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

Mamdani’s win is a warning for media: Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.

Also, Housing Theory of Everything plays a big role here. It's one thing to ask electeds and staff to accept some austerity in their ability to purchase consumer goods, but low salaries often just mean they can't afford to live in DC or the places they represent without being independently wealthy.

@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com The most vindicated man of the late Cold War

As Tesla's board approves Musk's $1 trillion pay incentive, it's important to recognize what an atrocity this represents: youtu.be/2wetEKGZdUo

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

I really think the Reform, reconstructionist, and Conservative Jewish movements should convene bet dins and vote to place Stephen Miller under herem.

You’re gonna wanna see what this is in reply to. Hayes straight up murdering a man.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning

What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”

a man was just found not guilty by jury lollification

Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C. www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...

great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"

holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end