Michael
@fleerultra.bsky.social
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Michael
@fleerultra.bsky.social
· Dec 14
I made a starter pack of people I follow who (a) post about news, politics, and law a lot, (b) don't post about a ton of other things, (c) have interesting takes that make me think. don't be offended if you're a mutual but not included, it's probably bc of (a) or (b) not (c) go.bsky.app/AqgdUFZ
imo this is bullshit. I have woken up incandescently mad at dem leadership and the senate dems just about every day since February. dem polling is in the tank because THEIR OWN VOTERS DON'T LIKE THEM. some people are so tired of them they're willing to overlook a fucking nazi tattoo
The people mad today were equally mad six months ago when the same thing happened and then forgot it happened mostly. With that said I think the risk for Dems is that the rage persists in an inchoate way that can’t even really be cured, since no one remembers where it came from
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
imo this is bullshit. I have woken up incandescently mad at dem leadership and the senate dems just about every day since February. dem polling is in the tank because THEIR OWN VOTERS DON'T LIKE THEM. some people are so tired of them they're willing to overlook a fucking nazi tattoo
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
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Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
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buzzer beating alley-oop is the single coolest way to win a basketball game and I don’t see how you can even argue
WHAT A SET FROM SPO WHAT A FINISH FROM WIGGINS WHAT A NIGHT OF BASKETBALL
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
buzzer beating alley-oop is the single coolest way to win a basketball game and I don’t see how you can even argue
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WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NBA TONIGHT?!?!?!
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NBA TONIGHT?!?!?!
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what in the blue hell is in the wire tonight
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
what in the blue hell is in the wire tonight
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I guess it's called "corruption." I've never heard that before. I said wow what a beautiful word. It comes from the Latin [spicy voice] corrumpere. But it's something we're doing and we'll be doing it perhaps more than ever before
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I guess it's called "corruption." I've never heard that before. I said wow what a beautiful word. It comes from the Latin [spicy voice] corrumpere. But it's something we're doing and we'll be doing it perhaps more than ever before
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bill kristol and his less radical allies, the online communists,
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
bill kristol and his less radical allies, the online communists,
this is why both online communists and people like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social are better allies right now than someone like angus king. it's painful to confront that reality but it is the reality and the sooner everyone accepts, the sooner we can build a better one and better future
i’m ready to look past differences and align with anyone who actually believes we are in an existential fight. unfortunately that doesn’t include significant number of elected democrats!!
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
this is why both online communists and people like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social are better allies right now than someone like angus king. it's painful to confront that reality but it is the reality and the sooner everyone accepts, the sooner we can build a better one and better future
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Rhetorical pleas against infighting are always begging the question about who's actually on the same side as you.
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 3:06 AM
Rhetorical pleas against infighting are always begging the question about who's actually on the same side as you.
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“We’re in an existential fight so let’s band together with cowards who sell everyone else out at the earliest opportunity” isn’t exactly the St Crispin's Day Speech
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“We’re in an existential fight so let’s band together with cowards who sell everyone else out at the earliest opportunity” isn’t exactly the St Crispin's Day Speech
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YouTube TV making me log in on a browser like I’m 100 years old to activate their little $20 “yup, we’re in a programming fight again” rebate is pretty galling. Just take it off the next bill you turds
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
YouTube TV making me log in on a browser like I’m 100 years old to activate their little $20 “yup, we’re in a programming fight again” rebate is pretty galling. Just take it off the next bill you turds
this game is truly awful lmao
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
this game is truly awful lmao
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look man. im the US-born son of an immigrant too. ill never understand how so many brown immigrants and children of immigrants are this delusional about who they are throwing in with. THEY HATE YOU TOO
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
look man. im the US-born son of an immigrant too. ill never understand how so many brown immigrants and children of immigrants are this delusional about who they are throwing in with. THEY HATE YOU TOO
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Democracy kinda depends on voters hearing accurate facts and analysis more than they hear made up nonsense, and that’s kinda sort of an issue
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Democracy kinda depends on voters hearing accurate facts and analysis more than they hear made up nonsense, and that’s kinda sort of an issue
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Well as long as these beans are actually magic, I think we came out way ahead here (senate minori
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Well as long as these beans are actually magic, I think we came out way ahead here (senate minori
my strong suspicion is that dems believe they’ll coast to major gains in the midterms no matter what, and their awful posture right now on all the horrors is less about winning next november and more about what they’re rhetorically committed to do should they win
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
my strong suspicion is that dems believe they’ll coast to major gains in the midterms no matter what, and their awful posture right now on all the horrors is less about winning next november and more about what they’re rhetorically committed to do should they win
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Yes, and now everyone realizes we can't win with this team. Time to blow it up and rebuild. Tank for some picks.
No one’s feelings are wrong. That’s not my point. We’re in a real battle, against a corrupt and malevolent foe, with huge stakes. We must win.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Yes, and now everyone realizes we can't win with this team. Time to blow it up and rebuild. Tank for some picks.
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This is what Shaheen meant by working together to solve problems
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is what Shaheen meant by working together to solve problems
?????
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
[while covering for your colleagues while they lie through to their teeth to their own voters] the key is to move past internal recriminations,
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 9:47 PM
[while covering for your colleagues while they lie through to their teeth to their own voters] the key is to move past internal recriminations,
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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