Davy Crockett
@davidcrockett08.bsky.social
Venturing over here for a look. To quote myself, “I told the people of my district that I would serve them as faithfully as I had done; but if not, they might go to hell, and I would go to The Other Site.”
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The thing about convincing yourself that inflation concerns were fake and what really matters is posting is it also leads you to be completely unable to understand the actual motivations of most people.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The thing about convincing yourself that inflation concerns were fake and what really matters is posting is it also leads you to be completely unable to understand the actual motivations of most people.
The idea a Convention of the Online run by a Podcast company is actually an example of “the Democrats’ Big Tent” is just the perfect example of how our Politics Media’s social media addictions skew its understanding of the country
"Democrats have decided to embrace a big-tent mindset. Now comes the hard part" - @elainegodfrey.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Limits of the Democrats’ Big Tent
A convention showed that it’s more medium-size.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The idea a Convention of the Online run by a Podcast company is actually an example of “the Democrats’ Big Tent” is just the perfect example of how our Politics Media’s social media addictions skew its understanding of the country
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Sincere question: what does victory look like?
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
bsky.app/profile/jame...
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
bsky.app/profile/jame...
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sincere question: what does victory look like?
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
bsky.app/profile/jame...
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
bsky.app/profile/jame...
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Excellent, excellent column this by Martin Wolf - capturing a neglected truth, which is this government is an 'Old Labour' one, not in the way it was useful for Blair and Corbyn to caricature, but in the 'how those governments actually governed (and mostly lost):
The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour
In education, labour and housing we risk going back towards what we know will not work
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Excellent, excellent column this by Martin Wolf - capturing a neglected truth, which is this government is an 'Old Labour' one, not in the way it was useful for Blair and Corbyn to caricature, but in the 'how those governments actually governed (and mostly lost):
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This is actually a huge get
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30)
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is actually a huge get
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
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Look, it is essential that other people materially suffer for my personal sense of validation, and before you say that seems bad, consider that I’m using a metaphor about stoves to make it sound fun instead!
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Look, it is essential that other people materially suffer for my personal sense of validation, and before you say that seems bad, consider that I’m using a metaphor about stoves to make it sound fun instead!
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Just try to understand that some people might have a different calculus when it comes to upending the lives of actual real people than you do while posting.
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just try to understand that some people might have a different calculus when it comes to upending the lives of actual real people than you do while posting.
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Actually I'm gonna come right out and say that again I get the feeling that a lot of the "solidarity with federal workers" from a lot of posters on here at the beginning of the year was nothing but a cudgel to score online points.
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Actually I'm gonna come right out and say that again I get the feeling that a lot of the "solidarity with federal workers" from a lot of posters on here at the beginning of the year was nothing but a cudgel to score online points.
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(I will also quietly note one more time that every single person insisting the Dems had SO MUCH LEVERAGE should probably be asked to list all the meaningful policy gains the out-party has ever won in a shutdown prior to 2025, including when operating with *majorities*. Hint: the answer is 'zero'.)
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
(I will also quietly note one more time that every single person insisting the Dems had SO MUCH LEVERAGE should probably be asked to list all the meaningful policy gains the out-party has ever won in a shutdown prior to 2025, including when operating with *majorities*. Hint: the answer is 'zero'.)
(Also these people wanted it because there’s nothing Online loves more than doing the same discourse over and over again even if “Remove the thing blocking Congressional Republicans in the middle of their trifecta” is very stupid.)
I think way too many people convinced themselves the GOP nuking the filibuster was a possibility, which it never really was, so what was their endgame for ending the shutdown?
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
(Also these people wanted it because there’s nothing Online loves more than doing the same discourse over and over again even if “Remove the thing blocking Congressional Republicans in the middle of their trifecta” is very stupid.)
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Yeah this part is darkly funny. Before this started, *many* people here insisted that Dems getting an ACA credit extension would be a massive GOP win (because 'TOUCH THE STOVE'!). Now many of the exact same people are denouncing it as a massive failure if they don't get one!
The goalposts keep moving on this too. If the outlines of this alleged deal are correct and it goes through and the GOP either welches on the promised vote/votes against extending the ACA credits, that’s what Bluesky wanted pre-shutdown, but now it’s the Dems selling out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Yeah this part is darkly funny. Before this started, *many* people here insisted that Dems getting an ACA credit extension would be a massive GOP win (because 'TOUCH THE STOVE'!). Now many of the exact same people are denouncing it as a massive failure if they don't get one!
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(I do not think this is true and I think Bluesky constantly writes a *lot* of cheques it cannot cash)
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
(I do not think this is true and I think Bluesky constantly writes a *lot* of cheques it cannot cash)
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Indeed, it’s almost like “stove touching” is a horseshit framework which gets thrown around wildly on BSky by people who seem to think it makes them sound tough
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Indeed, it’s almost like “stove touching” is a horseshit framework which gets thrown around wildly on BSky by people who seem to think it makes them sound tough
Hypothesis: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is like The Last Jedi for the TOS world—a deliberate deconstruction of its predecessor and the pieces it introduces into the broader franchise.
Discuss.
Discuss.
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hypothesis: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is like The Last Jedi for the TOS world—a deliberate deconstruction of its predecessor and the pieces it introduces into the broader franchise.
Discuss.
Discuss.
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Dude, the stupid text messages are the difference between him losing by the same margin as the Lt. Governor’s race and losing by half that margin like he is right now.
I get you’ve spent all year regurgitating whatever Virginia GOP consultants blabbed to you about, but turns out they’re bad at this
I get you’ve spent all year regurgitating whatever Virginia GOP consultants blabbed to you about, but turns out they’re bad at this
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Dude, the stupid text messages are the difference between him losing by the same margin as the Lt. Governor’s race and losing by half that margin like he is right now.
I get you’ve spent all year regurgitating whatever Virginia GOP consultants blabbed to you about, but turns out they’re bad at this
I get you’ve spent all year regurgitating whatever Virginia GOP consultants blabbed to you about, but turns out they’re bad at this
It’s deeply funny how we’re throwing in “Democratic nominee got 50% of the vote in place Harris got 68%” in here with two Governor-elects crushing their states’ 2024 margins.
Like, dude, I get he’s a green room regular for you, but one of these things is not like the other!
Like, dude, I get he’s a green room regular for you, but one of these things is not like the other!
I mean this is so far pretty close to a 10 out of 10 night for Democrats. Winning everywhere! Statewide in PA and GA, huge margin in VA gov race. Sherrill tracking double digits as well! Mamdani above 50% in a the highest turnout in NYC since 1969. Big pick ups in VA House of Delegates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s deeply funny how we’re throwing in “Democratic nominee got 50% of the vote in place Harris got 68%” in here with two Governor-elects crushing their states’ 2024 margins.
Like, dude, I get he’s a green room regular for you, but one of these things is not like the other!
Like, dude, I get he’s a green room regular for you, but one of these things is not like the other!
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But the Internet assured me young men hate CIA agents and cops’ daughters
Exit polls say Abigail Spanberger won young men 56–42 today. Talk about a narrative buster.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
But the Internet assured me young men hate CIA agents and cops’ daughters
Among the many terrible methodology choices in it is attributing all the deaths from the post-Arab Spring revolutions and Civil Wars in Libya and Syria to the War on Terror, an absurd causality leap that practically infantilizes the very people it’s ostensibly trying to humanize
This War on Terror death study is awful, attributing violent and nonviolent deaths in 7 countries to the US.
Afghanistan and Iraq, already stretching. Pakistan, Somalia? The US caused every death from disease?
You don't need to juke the stats to criticize Dick Cheney. The real evidence is enough.
Afghanistan and Iraq, already stretching. Pakistan, Somalia? The US caused every death from disease?
You don't need to juke the stats to criticize Dick Cheney. The real evidence is enough.
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Among the many terrible methodology choices in it is attributing all the deaths from the post-Arab Spring revolutions and Civil Wars in Libya and Syria to the War on Terror, an absurd causality leap that practically infantilizes the very people it’s ostensibly trying to humanize
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This War on Terror death study is awful, attributing violent and nonviolent deaths in 7 countries to the US.
Afghanistan and Iraq, already stretching. Pakistan, Somalia? The US caused every death from disease?
You don't need to juke the stats to criticize Dick Cheney. The real evidence is enough.
Afghanistan and Iraq, already stretching. Pakistan, Somalia? The US caused every death from disease?
You don't need to juke the stats to criticize Dick Cheney. The real evidence is enough.
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This War on Terror death study is awful, attributing violent and nonviolent deaths in 7 countries to the US.
Afghanistan and Iraq, already stretching. Pakistan, Somalia? The US caused every death from disease?
You don't need to juke the stats to criticize Dick Cheney. The real evidence is enough.
Afghanistan and Iraq, already stretching. Pakistan, Somalia? The US caused every death from disease?
You don't need to juke the stats to criticize Dick Cheney. The real evidence is enough.
Election Twitter Obsessives Talk To Like One Dad Or Guy At a Sports Bar Or Really Anyone Offline, Like A Single Real Male Human In Person At the Kids Soccer Game or Tailgate Challenge
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Election Twitter Obsessives Talk To Like One Dad Or Guy At a Sports Bar Or Really Anyone Offline, Like A Single Real Male Human In Person At the Kids Soccer Game or Tailgate Challenge
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she is also talking about someone who *did not vote for the Democratic Nominee in 2024*! Like, again, this is just not the hill to die on over the particular issue of impact on the party brand specifically
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
she is also talking about someone who *did not vote for the Democratic Nominee in 2024*! Like, again, this is just not the hill to die on over the particular issue of impact on the party brand specifically