Dave Sund 🔱
@davesund.bsky.social
Nebraska political hack, Blue Dot voter, legislative staffer, UNO & Creighton alum, JD, Mariners fan. Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.
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"In losing, Dems have said: we will relinquish future opportunities to use deadlines to bend Trump to our will. That is a posture of weakness that voters will pick up on."
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Trump’s Rage over Shutdown Boils Over in Rant that Should Wake Up Dems
Trump’s angry new rant about air traffic controllers and the government shutdown showed his weakness. A sharp observer of Senate Democrats explains why they seem to be caving—and what they can do inst...
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"In losing, Dems have said: we will relinquish future opportunities to use deadlines to bend Trump to our will. That is a posture of weakness that voters will pick up on."
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Either it’s a code name or he’s a Time Lord.
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Either it’s a code name or he’s a Time Lord.
On this point, it’s worth remembering that virtually every US Senator is extremely wealthy before you even get to the fact that they live on a steady diet of cable news and DC groupthink.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On this point, it’s worth remembering that virtually every US Senator is extremely wealthy before you even get to the fact that they live on a steady diet of cable news and DC groupthink.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
Ultimately this is the problem Democrats have always had: they are the party of government in a nation that fundamentally (and often for very good reason) distrusts government. And so even when the Republicans control literally everything Democrats can’t fathom being anti-government.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Ultimately this is the problem Democrats have always had: they are the party of government in a nation that fundamentally (and often for very good reason) distrusts government. And so even when the Republicans control literally everything Democrats can’t fathom being anti-government.
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democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Mamdani is going to impose Daria law. you’re standing on my neck
Mamdani is going to impose Sananda Maitreya law where you have to change your name if you're Terrence Trent D'Arby.
Mamdani is going to impose Zendaya law, where everyone will have to boycott Sydney Sweeney
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Mamdani is going to impose Daria law. you’re standing on my neck
The dumbest part of this deal is that in less than three months we’re going to have to go through this same dance again.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The dumbest part of this deal is that in less than three months we’re going to have to go through this same dance again.
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
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in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
Nebraska @ UCLA is one of the Top 10 uniform matchups in college football.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Nebraska @ UCLA is one of the Top 10 uniform matchups in college football.
It is very funny that this Florida State team beat Alabama.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It is very funny that this Florida State team beat Alabama.
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Since suing the ACC in December of 2023, Florida State is going to be 6-16, (2-12 in ACC).
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Since suing the ACC in December of 2023, Florida State is going to be 6-16, (2-12 in ACC).
So, like San Diego State might be the favorite to get the G5 spot in the playoff now?
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
So, like San Diego State might be the favorite to get the G5 spot in the playoff now?
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You’ve gotta remember Kirk Ferentz once won a game 7-3 and thought to himself “I must have the quarterback from the other team”
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You’ve gotta remember Kirk Ferentz once won a game 7-3 and thought to himself “I must have the quarterback from the other team”
Oregon took its sweet time calling any of its timeouts damn.
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Oregon took its sweet time calling any of its timeouts damn.
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Everyone's true "welcome to the Big Ten" moment is not when they win a conference title, or beat Ohio State or Michigan. It's the first time they drown in a bathtub at Iowa when its like, 38 degrees outside.
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Everyone's true "welcome to the Big Ten" moment is not when they win a conference title, or beat Ohio State or Michigan. It's the first time they drown in a bathtub at Iowa when its like, 38 degrees outside.
Yeah that’s incomplete.
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Yeah that’s incomplete.
I can’t tell if it’s YTTV or the local feed but the Iowa game is unwatchable for reasons other than why Iowa football is normally unwatchable.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I can’t tell if it’s YTTV or the local feed but the Iowa game is unwatchable for reasons other than why Iowa football is normally unwatchable.
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Gus Johnson just made the exact noise he would emit if a chestburster emerged from him
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Gus Johnson just made the exact noise he would emit if a chestburster emerged from him
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Gus Johnson's voice died for this, thank you for your service
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Gus Johnson's voice died for this, thank you for your service