arknet
@arknet.bsky.social
(Image credit: Marian Kamensky)
Identity & humanity are non-negotiable.
No Doomers. No deflections. No excuses.
AMPLIFY
UNIFY
#regnatpopulus
#ARpx #democracy
"We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon
Identity & humanity are non-negotiable.
No Doomers. No deflections. No excuses.
AMPLIFY
UNIFY
#regnatpopulus
#ARpx #democracy
"We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon
Pinned
arknet
@arknet.bsky.social
· 10d
Gifting, a free slogan to the democratic party:
YOU RULE
@ericswalwell.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
YOU RULE
@ericswalwell.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
Reposted by arknet
New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
Reposted by arknet
TurningPoint USA is still growing. They’re using their billionaire donors’ money to set up chapters in schools across the country.
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
Students - Voters of Tomorrow
With over 11,000 members and chapters in over 25 states, Voters of Tomorrow is the country’s largest student-led political movement.
votersoftomorrow.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
TurningPoint USA is still growing. They’re using their billionaire donors’ money to set up chapters in schools across the country.
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
If you're in a difficult seat, in between a rock and a hard place, and there's even a remote chance Dems could take the Senate, which under the circumstances there is, this is understandable. This was coming. The timing was not good. Protecting Republicans from consequences just makes things worse.
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If you're in a difficult seat, in between a rock and a hard place, and there's even a remote chance Dems could take the Senate, which under the circumstances there is, this is understandable. This was coming. The timing was not good. Protecting Republicans from consequences just makes things worse.
Reposted by arknet
Thank to you @docseuss.bsky.social for reminding us all of the previous confirmed kill when Joyce Carol Oates tactically assassinated Curtis Yarvin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank to you @docseuss.bsky.social for reminding us all of the previous confirmed kill when Joyce Carol Oates tactically assassinated Curtis Yarvin.
Reposted by arknet
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
His being a liar is unsurprising. Him being a compulsive one kinda is.
They've had over 15 fucking years but they're gonna solve it over the holidays while they're barely in session. Sure, Micro.
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
His being a liar is unsurprising. Him being a compulsive one kinda is.
There's going to be a power struggle in the Democratic Party. There has to be. The're stradding not two, but three party eras and it's unsustainable. FAR better to do this when they're in the minority than when they're not.
so if Ds are smart they might be in a better position in january.
ugly lining to silver lining is that there's not a whole lot of indication that Ds are smart.
ugly lining to silver lining is that there's not a whole lot of indication that Ds are smart.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There's going to be a power struggle in the Democratic Party. There has to be. The're stradding not two, but three party eras and it's unsustainable. FAR better to do this when they're in the minority than when they're not.
Reposted by arknet
fwiw...I guess my take after thinking about this for a bit...
1. the real villains remain the Rs, who have decided as a matter of policy that people should die rather than get health care, and who see starving people to death as a reasonable way to force concessions. (1)
1. the real villains remain the Rs, who have decided as a matter of policy that people should die rather than get health care, and who see starving people to death as a reasonable way to force concessions. (1)
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
fwiw...I guess my take after thinking about this for a bit...
1. the real villains remain the Rs, who have decided as a matter of policy that people should die rather than get health care, and who see starving people to death as a reasonable way to force concessions. (1)
1. the real villains remain the Rs, who have decided as a matter of policy that people should die rather than get health care, and who see starving people to death as a reasonable way to force concessions. (1)
Reposted by arknet
IDK, Kelly getting radicalized is pretty significant. He refused to endorse Schumer as leader this morning
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
IDK, Kelly getting radicalized is pretty significant. He refused to endorse Schumer as leader this morning
Reposted by arknet
I think this is absolutely right. They memorized the lessons of that era — triangulation, bipartisanship, government is somehow shameful — and can’t adapt to the very different world we’re now in.
IMHO, most of the Dem leadership came up through the ranks during the Reagan years and started getting seniority during the 1994 shellacking so a fighting retreat is their standard tactic. They don’t do brinksmanship well.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I think this is absolutely right. They memorized the lessons of that era — triangulation, bipartisanship, government is somehow shameful — and can’t adapt to the very different world we’re now in.
The Clinton Era is dying a slow and painful death, and the Obama Era had issues those strategists can't let go of, as well. The best current Dem politicians are unbound by either of those eras. What Sanders said about the Dem consultant class last night resonated. Time for them to go.
I think this is absolutely right. They memorized the lessons of that era — triangulation, bipartisanship, government is somehow shameful — and can’t adapt to the very different world we’re now in.
IMHO, most of the Dem leadership came up through the ranks during the Reagan years and started getting seniority during the 1994 shellacking so a fighting retreat is their standard tactic. They don’t do brinksmanship well.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Clinton Era is dying a slow and painful death, and the Obama Era had issues those strategists can't let go of, as well. The best current Dem politicians are unbound by either of those eras. What Sanders said about the Dem consultant class last night resonated. Time for them to go.
Reposted by arknet
Click through ⬇️ for some discussion of this and other topics.
Hey @ringwiss.bsky.social @kdbyproxy.bsky.social @americalabs.org @historygosh.bsky.social is there any* way Johnson can gavel in the House to vote on this bill & not immediately have to yield to a privileged motion to swear in Grijalva & then immediately have to deal with the discharge petition?
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Click through ⬇️ for some discussion of this and other topics.
100% this. No, one should trust those 5 who flipped now. I wondered when Schumer floated that one year extension deal whether some Democrats in the Senate were going soft.
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
100% this. No, one should trust those 5 who flipped now. I wondered when Schumer floated that one year extension deal whether some Democrats in the Senate were going soft.
Reposted by arknet
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
Blocked again. I have a knack. Politics ain't beanbag, especially when things are in a massive, generational, transitional shift. It merits discussion, and those can be unpleasant. That's just part of trying to keep a democracy. But you stay in the fight. Especially now.
Eight of them did. Have some perspective about the ones who've been working thanklessly for weeks on this stuff.
And yeah, you come into my mentions, and I decide how to respond.
And yeah, you come into my mentions, and I decide how to respond.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Blocked again. I have a knack. Politics ain't beanbag, especially when things are in a massive, generational, transitional shift. It merits discussion, and those can be unpleasant. That's just part of trying to keep a democracy. But you stay in the fight. Especially now.
It was a mistake because Democrats appear not to have the courage of their convictions. This is a chronic party problem and today fit into it, but the only way to solve it is to stand up for choices and commitments you make. Keeping Schumer or replacing him is less important than that.
In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It was a mistake because Democrats appear not to have the courage of their convictions. This is a chronic party problem and today fit into it, but the only way to solve it is to stand up for choices and commitments you make. Keeping Schumer or replacing him is less important than that.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com made a compelling argument about what they did, as one who knows from inside. But it comes down to what is lost. This will cause harm. Would they have gotten the subsidies? No. But they might have gotten an extension. They weren't going to wait until after Thanksgiving.
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com made a compelling argument about what they did, as one who knows from inside. But it comes down to what is lost. This will cause harm. Would they have gotten the subsidies? No. But they might have gotten an extension. They weren't going to wait until after Thanksgiving.
Reposted by arknet
My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
The old guard of the Democratic Senate have not lived through the necessity of cutting some of their members off. That's where they are, and they're gonna have to step up and do it if they want to keep their base's support. @whitehouse.senate.gov
who is this guy talking to
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The old guard of the Democratic Senate have not lived through the necessity of cutting some of their members off. That's where they are, and they're gonna have to step up and do it if they want to keep their base's support. @whitehouse.senate.gov
Reposted by arknet
As Nancy Pelosi told me a few years back about Democrats: “We’re enablers. We’ve become enablers. We can’t be that anymore.”
Nancy Pelosi was the most productive progressive leader in my lifetime: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Democrats’ Legislative Mastermind Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement
She had her flaws, but the 38-year House veteran was the most productive progressive leader of my lifetime.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As Nancy Pelosi told me a few years back about Democrats: “We’re enablers. We’ve become enablers. We can’t be that anymore.”
Reposted by arknet
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
This is true, but it's important to remember that corporate backing and backing of very rich green roots groups like Heritage, have had an impact that Democrats don't have a counterpart for. It would be nice if corporations realized they thrive because of us, not in spite of us.
This. There’s a reason why the Tea Party wasn’t a new party. It’s much cheaper to take over an existing party. Mamdani doesn’t have to be an outlier, we can find more candidates capable of meeting the moment and free ourselves from these centrists and their enablers.
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is true, but it's important to remember that corporate backing and backing of very rich green roots groups like Heritage, have had an impact that Democrats don't have a counterpart for. It would be nice if corporations realized they thrive because of us, not in spite of us.
Reposted by arknet
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
Reposted by arknet
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Look, Democrats are united, but one of the things they're united about is that certain leadership and a handful of elected Democrats need to go. They've overstayed their welcome, they've outlived their usefulness, and they need to find something else to do. @hassan.senate.gov
Nope. That was blown by Eight Senators Out. You can't recover it. It's irreversible. Johnson will not take it up. What Senate Democrats did last night was vote with Republicans to end Americans' healthcare. It was a foregone conclusion. You know that. This ain't your first rodeo. @kaine.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Look, Democrats are united, but one of the things they're united about is that certain leadership and a handful of elected Democrats need to go. They've overstayed their welcome, they've outlived their usefulness, and they need to find something else to do. @hassan.senate.gov