W.E.D.em Boyz
@leftistwonk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Movie enjoyer. Animal lover.
Is this Vance saying his close family member didn't vote for the Trump-Vance ticket in 2024?
February 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Is this Vance saying his close family member didn't vote for the Trump-Vance ticket in 2024?
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They said it. We’re all thinking it.
February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
They said it. We’re all thinking it.
The more I think about this, the more outrageous it is. It's always important to treat Trump as an illegitimate president, but never as much as now. His support is in the tank and midterms are coming up. He desperately needs the SOTU boost. Every Democrat should have to be pulled from the chamber.
Trump is in the Epstein files thousands of times, he is shredding the first amendment, he is brazenly corrupt, he is opening concentration camps in their districts, and he is starting an unprovoked war with Iran. WHY WOULD YOU NOT DISRUPT THE STATE OF THE UNION.
The whole D leadership needs to go.
The whole D leadership needs to go.
House Democrats try to shut down disruptions at Trump's State of the Union
Jeffries told his members to either show "silent defiance" or boycott the speech.
www.axios.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The more I think about this, the more outrageous it is. It's always important to treat Trump as an illegitimate president, but never as much as now. His support is in the tank and midterms are coming up. He desperately needs the SOTU boost. Every Democrat should have to be pulled from the chamber.
A genuine enclosure of the commons!
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A genuine enclosure of the commons!
The capitalist manufacturing consent machines are bickering
February 19, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The capitalist manufacturing consent machines are bickering
I agree with this in substance, but it is also really important to note that "popularism" is fake. It could just as easily be called "XYZism." It's not a real theory of the way the world work, it's just a linguistic rebrand because centrism has become politically toxic.
this is just the fundamental issue with all popularism, because it’s a strategy cooked up in seeming complete ignorance of how elections work at a very basic level. like, the popularist position is that even doing the original Median Voter Theorem strategy is too radical!
"Obama should pivot on [x issue]" dawg you know that the democratic base is highly educated and the primary system tends to select for people who *are* social liberals, right?
February 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I agree with this in substance, but it is also really important to note that "popularism" is fake. It could just as easily be called "XYZism." It's not a real theory of the way the world work, it's just a linguistic rebrand because centrism has become politically toxic.
It's kind of funny how the Texas Dem primary has taken the form of the left vs center ideological fights of the last decade, but really it is just two centrists battling it out
February 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It's kind of funny how the Texas Dem primary has taken the form of the left vs center ideological fights of the last decade, but really it is just two centrists battling it out
Democrats just ran an entire campaign explicitly calling Trump a fascist dictator and now they want to ensure nobody boos him during his propaganda hour. It's a real mystery why voters don't connect with this party.
Trump is in the Epstein files thousands of times, he is shredding the first amendment, he is brazenly corrupt, he is opening concentration camps in their districts, and he is starting an unprovoked war with Iran. WHY WOULD YOU NOT DISRUPT THE STATE OF THE UNION.
The whole D leadership needs to go.
The whole D leadership needs to go.
House Democrats try to shut down disruptions at Trump's State of the Union
Jeffries told his members to either show "silent defiance" or boycott the speech.
www.axios.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Democrats just ran an entire campaign explicitly calling Trump a fascist dictator and now they want to ensure nobody boos him during his propaganda hour. It's a real mystery why voters don't connect with this party.
It’s genuinely astonishing how every one of the “new atheists,” to a person, didn’t simply turn out to be reactionary but like explicit genocide defenders who spent thousands of hours with Jeffrey Epstein
February 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
It’s genuinely astonishing how every one of the “new atheists,” to a person, didn’t simply turn out to be reactionary but like explicit genocide defenders who spent thousands of hours with Jeffrey Epstein
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ICE still undefeated in the realm of behavior so antisocial it’s been explicitly forbidden since the dawn of civilization
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
ICE still undefeated in the realm of behavior so antisocial it’s been explicitly forbidden since the dawn of civilization
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Watching a senile sex criminal start wars for no reason while Congress shrugs is enough to make you go insane
The U.S. military has moved into place for possible strikes in Iran, leaving the White House with high stakes choices about pursuing diplomacy or war.
As Trump Weighs Possible Iran Strikes, U.S. Military Moves Into Place
President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
nyti.ms
February 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Watching a senile sex criminal start wars for no reason while Congress shrugs is enough to make you go insane
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serious (if not unbiased) question: Can you name an artist, in any medium, with a body of work equivalent Frederick Wiseman's? 47 films over nearly 60 years, some of the best right at the end, a cumulative portrait of staggering breadth and insight. In movies? Only Scorsese comes close.
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
serious (if not unbiased) question: Can you name an artist, in any medium, with a body of work equivalent Frederick Wiseman's? 47 films over nearly 60 years, some of the best right at the end, a cumulative portrait of staggering breadth and insight. In movies? Only Scorsese comes close.
Most pop history books are from a professor who paid 7 grad students to sloppily string together an extremely tenuous set of connections. Gladwell is a genuine smart sniffing crank. He really believes every stoner thought that pops into his head for 5 seconds is sacrosanct wisdom.
Malcolm Gladwell has the ethos of an anti-vaxxer; he's no better than Andrew Wakefield, leaving errors, half-truths, and outright lies behind him wherever he goes.
February 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Most pop history books are from a professor who paid 7 grad students to sloppily string together an extremely tenuous set of connections. Gladwell is a genuine smart sniffing crank. He really believes every stoner thought that pops into his head for 5 seconds is sacrosanct wisdom.
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Malcolm Gladwell has the ethos of an anti-vaxxer; he's no better than Andrew Wakefield, leaving errors, half-truths, and outright lies behind him wherever he goes.
February 19, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Malcolm Gladwell has the ethos of an anti-vaxxer; he's no better than Andrew Wakefield, leaving errors, half-truths, and outright lies behind him wherever he goes.
Two things are true here
1) AOC was never going to give an answer other than this one on Taiwan, and it’s dumb to expect otherwise
2) It is an appropriate criticism that she was clearly unprepared for standard FP questions on both China and Iran while at an FP conference that she prepped for
1) AOC was never going to give an answer other than this one on Taiwan, and it’s dumb to expect otherwise
2) It is an appropriate criticism that she was clearly unprepared for standard FP questions on both China and Iran while at an FP conference that she prepped for
Saying "um, ah, well..." for thirty seconds and then changing the subject has been the literal policy of the united states as regards the defense of Taiwan for decades. The whole point is to avoid giving a straight answer. If you want to critique on FP at least read a Wikipedia first.
AOC’s Munich Stumble Is a Warning to the Left
It’s time for progressives to get more sophisticated about national security and foreign policy.
nymag.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Two things are true here
1) AOC was never going to give an answer other than this one on Taiwan, and it’s dumb to expect otherwise
2) It is an appropriate criticism that she was clearly unprepared for standard FP questions on both China and Iran while at an FP conference that she prepped for
1) AOC was never going to give an answer other than this one on Taiwan, and it’s dumb to expect otherwise
2) It is an appropriate criticism that she was clearly unprepared for standard FP questions on both China and Iran while at an FP conference that she prepped for
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Wishing a meaningful & reflective Mark Wahlberg 40 Day Challenge to all who observe.
February 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Wishing a meaningful & reflective Mark Wahlberg 40 Day Challenge to all who observe.
It’s crazy how explicit it is in mainstream press that only would-be Republican voters are of any interest. Famously, they obsess over white men in diners. They only cared about Latino voters when they swung GOP in 2024. They don’t care about black voters, or that women are hugely anti Trump.
February 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It’s crazy how explicit it is in mainstream press that only would-be Republican voters are of any interest. Famously, they obsess over white men in diners. They only cared about Latino voters when they swung GOP in 2024. They don’t care about black voters, or that women are hugely anti Trump.
This race has gotten so weird and nasty. The "straight up racist" ad that Crockett is citing uses the same filter throughout the ad, which would mean it would also be darkening the skin of black CNN anchor Abby Phillips, who speaks positively in favor of Talarico in the ad.
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
This race has gotten so weird and nasty. The "straight up racist" ad that Crockett is citing uses the same filter throughout the ad, which would mean it would also be darkening the skin of black CNN anchor Abby Phillips, who speaks positively in favor of Talarico in the ad.
I feel like persuasion is the most overused word in electoral politics. You don’t really persuade voters. You build a brand, advocate for a policy platform, and then advertise it. You’re losing if you’re trying to segment the electorate and convince individuals. Just not really how it works.
saw somebody yesterday refer to "soft republicans" that could hypothetically be turned to our side if we just reach out to them hard enough and i'm not sure how to tell you this but those do not exist
February 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I feel like persuasion is the most overused word in electoral politics. You don’t really persuade voters. You build a brand, advocate for a policy platform, and then advertise it. You’re losing if you’re trying to segment the electorate and convince individuals. Just not really how it works.
Yeah I mean I’m pretty excited about the green technology that is revolutionizing huge swaths of the world. The same green tech that China had decide to go all in on, while we go all in on AI which has yielded embarrassingly small returns on investment.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Yeah I mean I’m pretty excited about the green technology that is revolutionizing huge swaths of the world. The same green tech that China had decide to go all in on, while we go all in on AI which has yielded embarrassingly small returns on investment.
I hate the way the words “polarization” and “partisanship” haw become interchangeable in our discourse. We SHOULD be polarized against the world we live in of climate destruction, inequality, genocide, etc. Partisanship is a brain poison that allows us to defend those things if our team does them.
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I hate the way the words “polarization” and “partisanship” haw become interchangeable in our discourse. We SHOULD be polarized against the world we live in of climate destruction, inequality, genocide, etc. Partisanship is a brain poison that allows us to defend those things if our team does them.
Yeah that’s perfect, “anti Trumpism” which doesn’t fight Trump’s budget cuts and leaves millions of Californians food and health insecure
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Yeah that’s perfect, “anti Trumpism” which doesn’t fight Trump’s budget cuts and leaves millions of Californians food and health insecure
Every left wing podcast episode is about how a book from a right wing philosopher in 1937 birthed the modern conservative movement and every right wing podcast episode is about the nasty thing Jimmy Kimmel said on TV last night
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Every left wing podcast episode is about how a book from a right wing philosopher in 1937 birthed the modern conservative movement and every right wing podcast episode is about the nasty thing Jimmy Kimmel said on TV last night
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1. BTW: If you're curious to know more about Doug Wilson, I have two stories for you.
The first is from back in 2023, when I went to Idaho to investigate Christian nationalism in the region and, among other things, met w/Wilson for a long interview about his views. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...
The first is from back in 2023, when I went to Idaho to investigate Christian nationalism in the region and, among other things, met w/Wilson for a long interview about his views. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
1. BTW: If you're curious to know more about Doug Wilson, I have two stories for you.
The first is from back in 2023, when I went to Idaho to investigate Christian nationalism in the region and, among other things, met w/Wilson for a long interview about his views. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...
The first is from back in 2023, when I went to Idaho to investigate Christian nationalism in the region and, among other things, met w/Wilson for a long interview about his views. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...