Shaz
@demsocdems.bsky.social
25. Just a Random dude on ET. Am for good things which always falls under the label of liberal, socialist, progressive, or social democratic. Pakistani-American. Houston, TX
Don't even have to google it to know its Gottheimer
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Don't even have to google it to know its Gottheimer
Is kind of annoying when people say “The Democratic Party pushed x candidate on us” when that was Democratic Primary voters.
Its a democratic process, it just shows the flaws in Democracy, even under a more left wing electorate like Dem primary voters.
Its a democratic process, it just shows the flaws in Democracy, even under a more left wing electorate like Dem primary voters.
February 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Is kind of annoying when people say “The Democratic Party pushed x candidate on us” when that was Democratic Primary voters.
Its a democratic process, it just shows the flaws in Democracy, even under a more left wing electorate like Dem primary voters.
Its a democratic process, it just shows the flaws in Democracy, even under a more left wing electorate like Dem primary voters.
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I mean how are candidates doing with direct raising
This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I mean how are candidates doing with direct raising
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Eventually this website is going to succeed in getting Will Stancil murdered and it‘s going to be really fucked up when everyone starts dancing like Ewoks after the Death Star blew up.
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Eventually this website is going to succeed in getting Will Stancil murdered and it‘s going to be really fucked up when everyone starts dancing like Ewoks after the Death Star blew up.
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No, I think this is 1000% true, and is basically what I have been saying since the heyday of "cancel culture" discourse. We're seeing the worst aspects of fandom culture metastasize throughout the rest of the culture.
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
No, I think this is 1000% true, and is basically what I have been saying since the heyday of "cancel culture" discourse. We're seeing the worst aspects of fandom culture metastasize throughout the rest of the culture.
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in the light of seeing Lula do to Bolsonaro what we should have done to Trump, and what that's done to the Brazilian right in a country with a significantly worse history of political violence than ours, I am not in the mood to be charitable about John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, and the filibuster
Joe Biden was entrusted with the safety of America and its people in the face of one of the worst crises we've faced since the civil war and failed on every level while also making his supporters complicit in support for a genocide
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
in the light of seeing Lula do to Bolsonaro what we should have done to Trump, and what that's done to the Brazilian right in a country with a significantly worse history of political violence than ours, I am not in the mood to be charitable about John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, and the filibuster
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The fact that her reaction is almost certainly opportunistic makes this more, not less, significant.
GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The fact that her reaction is almost certainly opportunistic makes this more, not less, significant.
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Trying not to put on my tin foil hat here, but if your strategy was to get the media to think you’d toned it down while actually going harder against the observers, a tactic you’d deploy would be to use a fifth column to divide the observers and box out the press, under a left-coded pretext.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Trying not to put on my tin foil hat here, but if your strategy was to get the media to think you’d toned it down while actually going harder against the observers, a tactic you’d deploy would be to use a fifth column to divide the observers and box out the press, under a left-coded pretext.
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Final results in the Louisiana #HD60 (Trump+13) special election:
Chasity Martinez (D)- 62%
Brad Daigle (R)- 38%
Martinez holds this Trump+13 seat for the Democrats and puts in a nearly 40 point overperformance from 2024 in the process
Chasity Martinez (D)- 62%
Brad Daigle (R)- 38%
Martinez holds this Trump+13 seat for the Democrats and puts in a nearly 40 point overperformance from 2024 in the process
February 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Final results in the Louisiana #HD60 (Trump+13) special election:
Chasity Martinez (D)- 62%
Brad Daigle (R)- 38%
Martinez holds this Trump+13 seat for the Democrats and puts in a nearly 40 point overperformance from 2024 in the process
Chasity Martinez (D)- 62%
Brad Daigle (R)- 38%
Martinez holds this Trump+13 seat for the Democrats and puts in a nearly 40 point overperformance from 2024 in the process
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
My Rotis have been getting better and better. Have improved a ton when they’d just be super dry rectangles.
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
My Rotis have been getting better and better. Have improved a ton when they’d just be super dry rectangles.
How is he ice skating and skiing in his mid-70s?
Id be so scared of falling down and just dying from that at that age.
Id be so scared of falling down and just dying from that at that age.
Snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice fishing—you name it, folks come from all over to Wisconsin to do it!
Winter recreation is not only fun, it’s a major economic driver of local and statewide economies. I've been proud to support this critical industry as governor.
Winter recreation is not only fun, it’s a major economic driver of local and statewide economies. I've been proud to support this critical industry as governor.
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
How is he ice skating and skiing in his mid-70s?
Id be so scared of falling down and just dying from that at that age.
Id be so scared of falling down and just dying from that at that age.
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From AdImpact again. Talarico’s ad advantage is now 17:1, Crockett has still not gone up on TV, from what I can tell.
Early voting starts in 11 days.
Early voting starts in 11 days.
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
From AdImpact again. Talarico’s ad advantage is now 17:1, Crockett has still not gone up on TV, from what I can tell.
Early voting starts in 11 days.
Early voting starts in 11 days.
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I feel if Zohran does moderately well as mayor both the ultras and the right will go insane
Apollo gift of prophecy
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I feel if Zohran does moderately well as mayor both the ultras and the right will go insane
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AIPAC listen to me, it is extremely vital that you spend all of your money, literally all of it, on running ads against Chuck Schumer in 2028 because he said a mean word about Netanyahu one time in 2024
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 AM
AIPAC listen to me, it is extremely vital that you spend all of your money, literally all of it, on running ads against Chuck Schumer in 2028 because he said a mean word about Netanyahu one time in 2024
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Andy Kim refusing to allow Phil Murphy to coronate his wife has actually destroyed one of the most entrenched machines in American politics.
the story here, which Kornacki gets right, is not exemplified in Mejia leading
it's that she's barely beating Malinowski who, while not a leftist, was an anti machine candidate who faced down an absolute money cannon of negative ads from DMFI and the machine
the *machine* lost here spectacularly
it's that she's barely beating Malinowski who, while not a leftist, was an anti machine candidate who faced down an absolute money cannon of negative ads from DMFI and the machine
the *machine* lost here spectacularly
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Andy Kim refusing to allow Phil Murphy to coronate his wife has actually destroyed one of the most entrenched machines in American politics.
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AIPAC might have just inadvertently and single handedly tanked a pro Israel candidate and sent a woman to Congress who says Palestine is the victim of a genocide
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
AIPAC might have just inadvertently and single handedly tanked a pro Israel candidate and sent a woman to Congress who says Palestine is the victim of a genocide
Actually shocked that Meijia won. Wow, quite amazing.
Partially AIPAC’s and the New Jersey Machine’s fault for not focusing on her at all and only attacking Malinowski, but hope to see more primaries like this.
Partially AIPAC’s and the New Jersey Machine’s fault for not focusing on her at all and only attacking Malinowski, but hope to see more primaries like this.
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Actually shocked that Meijia won. Wow, quite amazing.
Partially AIPAC’s and the New Jersey Machine’s fault for not focusing on her at all and only attacking Malinowski, but hope to see more primaries like this.
Partially AIPAC’s and the New Jersey Machine’s fault for not focusing on her at all and only attacking Malinowski, but hope to see more primaries like this.
Wait, what the hell, Meijia can win?
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Wait, what the hell, Meijia can win?
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A fun Bluesky thing is that people will arrogantly condescend to you about insane opinions that cannot have more than like 200 adherents total as though you are the weirdo for not holding them.
“this mf eats food WARM 🤮”
“this mf eats food WARM 🤮”
I appear to have kicked a beehive full of supremely disturbed people who believe Chris Hayes is right wing.
February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A fun Bluesky thing is that people will arrogantly condescend to you about insane opinions that cannot have more than like 200 adherents total as though you are the weirdo for not holding them.
“this mf eats food WARM 🤮”
“this mf eats food WARM 🤮”
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Republicans bullying Tim Walz into retirement only to be met with Heaven's Stapler coming right at them
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Republicans bullying Tim Walz into retirement only to be met with Heaven's Stapler coming right at them