Dumbstash
@dnlmsstch.bsky.social
Politically Star Trek religiously Star Wars.
Lawyer, pragmatist
Lawyer, pragmatist
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Dumbstash
@dnlmsstch.bsky.social
· May 13
After everything I am coming to the conclusion the really important discourse is the popular culture one because having good (not necessarily interesting or unique) popular culture takes is the best proxy for good political takes.
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
There are 8 members of the caucus who are not "united" we all should be working to get the surrender monkeys back on board
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 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There are 8 members of the caucus who are not "united" we all should be working to get the surrender monkeys back on board
Democrats didn't get played ... because they knew this was going to happen. They just gave up.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Democrats didn't get played ... because they knew this was going to happen. They just gave up.
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Either way he shouldn't be the caucus leader and every senate democrats who is not trying to oust him - is also unfit to be a democratic senator
The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Either way he shouldn't be the caucus leader and every senate democrats who is not trying to oust him - is also unfit to be a democratic senator
Maybe we can develop a system where the government inspects factories to make sure they are not poisoning babies with substandard products because they cut corners for profit.
Preliminary tests showed that ByHeart baby formula contained the type of bacteria that produces the toxin linked to a botulism outbreak, California health officials said. https://to.pbs.org/48chilR
Preliminary tests find germ that causes botulism in ByHeart baby formula
Consumers should stop using ByHeart powdered infant formula immediately.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Maybe we can develop a system where the government inspects factories to make sure they are not poisoning babies with substandard products because they cut corners for profit.
I stocked up because I knew this was coming
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I stocked up because I knew this was coming
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What's interesting here is that Trump keeps calling it the Democrat Shutdown and the polling showed that people didn't believe it and blamed the Rs, BUT Chuck folding now and getting nothing makes it look like this all WAS a Dem shutdown for no reason at all. Trump wins again because of Schumer
In a new post, President Trump makes various threats and promises to air traffic controllers who have very, very difficult jobs and hold the safety of air travel in their hands.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What's interesting here is that Trump keeps calling it the Democrat Shutdown and the polling showed that people didn't believe it and blamed the Rs, BUT Chuck folding now and getting nothing makes it look like this all WAS a Dem shutdown for no reason at all. Trump wins again because of Schumer
Primary all of them
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Primary all of them
Don't seek reelection. Someone else should have your seat.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Don't seek reelection. Someone else should have your seat.
Me: Should I buy EU 5?
[Checks notes - I have 2667.2 hours in EU 4]
... thats a deeper question than I wanted to ask ... maybe the real question is ... am I going to buy it before the expansion and mods are out ... because I am probably buying it eventually.
[Checks notes - I have 2667.2 hours in EU 4]
... thats a deeper question than I wanted to ask ... maybe the real question is ... am I going to buy it before the expansion and mods are out ... because I am probably buying it eventually.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Me: Should I buy EU 5?
[Checks notes - I have 2667.2 hours in EU 4]
... thats a deeper question than I wanted to ask ... maybe the real question is ... am I going to buy it before the expansion and mods are out ... because I am probably buying it eventually.
[Checks notes - I have 2667.2 hours in EU 4]
... thats a deeper question than I wanted to ask ... maybe the real question is ... am I going to buy it before the expansion and mods are out ... because I am probably buying it eventually.
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House dems need to promise senate dems in blue states they will do primary challenges for anyone that agrees to this
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
House dems need to promise senate dems in blue states they will do primary challenges for anyone that agrees to this
Is it @erikloomis.bsky.social that writes all the LGM obits?
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Is it @erikloomis.bsky.social that writes all the LGM obits?
Fly by the seat of your pants is NOT how you want to run a aviation sector
BREAKING FOX NEWS: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy goes on the record: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Fly by the seat of your pants is NOT how you want to run a aviation sector
I managed to convince boomers right wing aunt (in Brasil) that she needs to block people on social media who lie to her (especially about Mandani - she lives in Rio and was very worried about NYC municipal issues).
So I am calling this a win.
So I am calling this a win.
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I managed to convince boomers right wing aunt (in Brasil) that she needs to block people on social media who lie to her (especially about Mandani - she lives in Rio and was very worried about NYC municipal issues).
So I am calling this a win.
So I am calling this a win.
Is this why MTG is trying to pretend she is sane?
I can't tell if this is currently 1) unthinkable or 2) conventional wisdom but I kinda think Johnson is going to lose the Speakership when the House comes back in session
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Is this why MTG is trying to pretend she is sane?
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Trump is about to discover greedflation. We should encourage this.
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Trump is about to discover greedflation. We should encourage this.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Add him to the wall of honor
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Add him to the wall of honor
One of the reasons that house republicans feel comfortable voting for insanely unpopular and unworkable policies ... is because they know it wont pass the senate. Ending the filibuster will make a few house republicans less likely vote for crazy things for fear it will pass.
you have to wonder what sort of legislation the House tries sending to the Senate if they kill the filibuster. do they finally get around to privatizing social security like during Bush?
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One of the reasons that house republicans feel comfortable voting for insanely unpopular and unworkable policies ... is because they know it wont pass the senate. Ending the filibuster will make a few house republicans less likely vote for crazy things for fear it will pass.
As a former policy debater in high school and college and now an attorney... I reached the conclusion that the only way to win a debate is to have a better understanding of your own position and there is no value in debating someone to try to convince them.
Has anyone ever won a debate with a machine? It doesnt stop
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As a former policy debater in high school and college and now an attorney... I reached the conclusion that the only way to win a debate is to have a better understanding of your own position and there is no value in debating someone to try to convince them.
Any sensible reading of the constitution would not put the onus on congress to stop a military action. The president cannot start a war unless congress preemptively says no. That's no how this is supposed to work.
US Senate fails to get enough votes to advance resolution to block Venezuela military action
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Any sensible reading of the constitution would not put the onus on congress to stop a military action. The president cannot start a war unless congress preemptively says no. That's no how this is supposed to work.
Trump's model for the presidency is Paul from Goodfellas
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trump's model for the presidency is Paul from Goodfellas