Jake Christie
@jakechristie.bsky.social
host/producer of @mcuniversitypod.bsky.social / host of THE MUSEUM OF TWITTER on TikTok
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Republicans don’t believe in this stuff! Like we all continue to be in awe of it because we’re viewing it through the lens of electoral calculus, but they aren’t! They really do believe this stuff (like the ACA) shouldn’t exist
he's going to ask Vought to nuke SNAP even after the government reopens, isn't he
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Republicans don’t believe in this stuff! Like we all continue to be in awe of it because we’re viewing it through the lens of electoral calculus, but they aren’t! They really do believe this stuff (like the ACA) shouldn’t exist
my hot take about Jar Jar Binks is that he’s not even the most offensive racial stereotype in The Phantom Menace and you could argue he’s #3
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
my hot take about Jar Jar Binks is that he’s not even the most offensive racial stereotype in The Phantom Menace and you could argue he’s #3
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"We can't reform the Dems, we need a new party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix climate change on earth, we need to colonize Mars" in that however hard the former is, the latter is *way* harder
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"We can't reform the Dems, we need a new party" is the political equivalent of "we can't fix climate change on earth, we need to colonize Mars" in that however hard the former is, the latter is *way* harder
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
and you'll just need the D voter base so you wind up with the Schmemocrats, anyway
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you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
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you’d have to rebuild so much financial, political, and legal infrastructure, and that’s a lot of capital to expend when you can just directly choose your nominees for the democratic party in a primary. this is pretty straightforward imo
Parties are shells that are continuously remade. Compare Ds/Rs in 1868, 1904, 1932, 1972, & today on class, race, gender, immigration, & religion.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
"The best way to solve these problems is to leave the Democrats behind!"
"No, you can solve these problems more effectively by taking over the Democrats"
"LOOK AT WHO LOVES THE DEMOCRATS!"
"No, you can solve these problems more effectively by taking over the Democrats"
"LOOK AT WHO LOVES THE DEMOCRATS!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
you’d have to rebuild so much financial, political, and legal infrastructure, and that’s a lot of capital to expend when you can just directly choose your nominees for the democratic party in a primary. this is pretty straightforward imo
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Parties are shells that are continuously remade. Compare Ds/Rs in 1868, 1904, 1932, 1972, & today on class, race, gender, immigration, & religion.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
"The best way to solve these problems is to leave the Democrats behind!"
"No, you can solve these problems more effectively by taking over the Democrats"
"LOOK AT WHO LOVES THE DEMOCRATS!"
"No, you can solve these problems more effectively by taking over the Democrats"
"LOOK AT WHO LOVES THE DEMOCRATS!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Parties are shells that are continuously remade. Compare Ds/Rs in 1868, 1904, 1932, 1972, & today on class, race, gender, immigration, & religion.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
Most of us want more parties, but that isn’t* viable w/o proportional representation.
Since 1972, all nominees are directly chosen by voters. Do that.
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Did Guillermo del Toro burn some of your houses down or something. Maybe he should
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Did Guillermo del Toro burn some of your houses down or something. Maybe he should
they’re not prepared to do what is necessary to stop America from sliding into autocracy, so therefore they must convince themselves we’re not sliding into autocracy
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 1:07 PM
they’re not prepared to do what is necessary to stop America from sliding into autocracy, so therefore they must convince themselves we’re not sliding into autocracy
Yup. If you’re unwilling to vote, donate, help, or run for office, you absolutely would not be willing to do the *much worse* shit that would come after electoral politics.
I’m at the “vote, donate, help, run for office or shut the fuck up” stage of political activism on socials man.
Cause most of the “we gotta burn it down, we need a new system” folks won’t bust a grape.
Cause most of the “we gotta burn it down, we need a new system” folks won’t bust a grape.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Yup. If you’re unwilling to vote, donate, help, or run for office, you absolutely would not be willing to do the *much worse* shit that would come after electoral politics.
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That doesn't mean let up on the pressure, oh no. Just that I cannot, and you cannot, let your sense of purpose depend on Democratic Senators doing the work. They - en masse - will not. Not yet anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
That doesn't mean let up on the pressure, oh no. Just that I cannot, and you cannot, let your sense of purpose depend on Democratic Senators doing the work. They - en masse - will not. Not yet anyway.
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I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.
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Vote and get involved because you're going to like the alternative to being asked to participate in a political group even less
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Vote and get involved because you're going to like the alternative to being asked to participate in a political group even less
I’m past being disappointed, I’m past yelling on here about how feckless they are, etc.
Let’s just fucking replace these people and make their lives hell until we do.
Let’s just fucking replace these people and make their lives hell until we do.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m past being disappointed, I’m past yelling on here about how feckless they are, etc.
Let’s just fucking replace these people and make their lives hell until we do.
Let’s just fucking replace these people and make their lives hell until we do.
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Trump sure does look unpopular. Welp, time to cave to each of his insane demands
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump sure does look unpopular. Welp, time to cave to each of his insane demands
I’m sure someone else did this but still
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I’m sure someone else did this but still
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Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
That might be the best footwork I’ve ever seen on a catch
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
That might be the best footwork I’ve ever seen on a catch
once you realize people like this are just unconsciously trying to justify their own paralyzation and inaction, you can’t unsee it
lol fuckin defeatist morons
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
once you realize people like this are just unconsciously trying to justify their own paralyzation and inaction, you can’t unsee it
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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There's a whole lot of people who like to say they know a lot about politics, but when you look at what they say (and the bigger tell, what they think other politicians do and believe) it's clear that their understanding is a funhouse mirror version from memes, YouTube, and podcasts
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
There's a whole lot of people who like to say they know a lot about politics, but when you look at what they say (and the bigger tell, what they think other politicians do and believe) it's clear that their understanding is a funhouse mirror version from memes, YouTube, and podcasts
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Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
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Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix today, so expect a bunch of “I don’t get the big deal” takes from people uninterested in the movie who half-watched it on their phones.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Frankenstein is available to stream on Netflix today, so expect a bunch of “I don’t get the big deal” takes from people uninterested in the movie who half-watched it on their phones.
on the one hand, this feels too good to be true, but on the other, a +14 Sherrill poll would have seemed too good to be true on Monday so who the hell knows what the environment is lol
Ohio - Net-Favorables:
All:
🔵 Acton: +14%
🔴 Ramaswamy: +1%
Independents:
🔵 Acton: +21%
🔴 Ramaswamy: -14%
Hart Research / Sept 22, 2025 - (Released today)
All:
🔵 Acton: +14%
🔴 Ramaswamy: +1%
Independents:
🔵 Acton: +21%
🔴 Ramaswamy: -14%
Hart Research / Sept 22, 2025 - (Released today)
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
on the one hand, this feels too good to be true, but on the other, a +14 Sherrill poll would have seemed too good to be true on Monday so who the hell knows what the environment is lol