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You can trash the country, the Constitution, and democracy, but hands off the economy.
It's hard to fuse the Platonic ideal of begging the question with an idiotic straw man predicated on a complete ignorance of American politics, but Bazelon nails it.
Just flawless.
Just flawless.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's hard to fuse the Platonic ideal of begging the question with an idiotic straw man predicated on a complete ignorance of American politics, but Bazelon nails it.
Just flawless.
Just flawless.
I can't tell you how many people here said "I won't vote for Harris because the lesser of two evils is still evil."
So really, there's no difference between Harris and (yes) Hitler. They're both evil! The only moral stance is to do nothing!
Wait, you could talk shit about "The Revolution."
So really, there's no difference between Harris and (yes) Hitler. They're both evil! The only moral stance is to do nothing!
Wait, you could talk shit about "The Revolution."
Impossible to underestimate the depth of the dark impression of “all things are at least a little bad and therefore all things are equally bad” upon American politics post-2016
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I can't tell you how many people here said "I won't vote for Harris because the lesser of two evils is still evil."
So really, there's no difference between Harris and (yes) Hitler. They're both evil! The only moral stance is to do nothing!
Wait, you could talk shit about "The Revolution."
So really, there's no difference between Harris and (yes) Hitler. They're both evil! The only moral stance is to do nothing!
Wait, you could talk shit about "The Revolution."
So would every Democrat in America.
Rep. Pete Sessions: "Would I love to see Ted Cruz being our presidential nominee for the Republican Party? Yes I would."
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So would every Democrat in America.
"Wait, 'nasty, brutish, and short' is supposed to be...bad?"
I guess if this is what abolishing the carceral state looks like, I'm not really sure what the difference is between doing that and making every single living soul into a one-person carceral state.
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Wait, 'nasty, brutish, and short' is supposed to be...bad?"
Evergreen.
"I'll never forgive the Democrats for not doing the things they actually did."
"I'll never forgive the Democrats for not doing the things they actually did."
Look, you can't just bring facts to the Two Minutes of Hate. It's impolite to try and interrupt engagement-chasing like that.
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Evergreen.
"I'll never forgive the Democrats for not doing the things they actually did."
"I'll never forgive the Democrats for not doing the things they actually did."
"He didn't defend the Nazis -- he defended the people who gladly marched aside Nazis to defend monuments to white supremacism and who were unbothered by chants of 'Jews will not replace us.'"
There are still people who will tell you Trump didn't defend the Nazis in Charlottesville with his "very fine people" comments because of that bad-faith snopes article, but all you have to do is watch the way he can't stop defending Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"He didn't defend the Nazis -- he defended the people who gladly marched aside Nazis to defend monuments to white supremacism and who were unbothered by chants of 'Jews will not replace us.'"
This is impossible. In 2024, Trump won by having a majority of voters cast ballots against him...
Okay, wait.
Okay, wait.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is impossible. In 2024, Trump won by having a majority of voters cast ballots against him...
Okay, wait.
Okay, wait.
This is heartbreaking: a homeless, 17 year-old girl turns to sex work because she wants braces.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is heartbreaking: a homeless, 17 year-old girl turns to sex work because she wants braces.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
"If the full file is ever released we are confident that no connection would be found" is the exact *opposite* of fact-checking: it's speculation that glibly ignores the mountains of evidence that suggests that Trump was at least complicit in sex-trafficking children.
If my time zone math is right, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler published this gem about two hours before the WSJ published their story hahaha
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"If the full file is ever released we are confident that no connection would be found" is the exact *opposite* of fact-checking: it's speculation that glibly ignores the mountains of evidence that suggests that Trump was at least complicit in sex-trafficking children.
What's really amazing is they marginalized the mainstream polls that showed it was a 5-8 point contest and highlighted the outliers: "Breaking news: a poll from RedNationUSA shows the race is within the margin of error!"
It is long past time for New Jersey political reporters to get off Twitter.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
What's really amazing is they marginalized the mainstream polls that showed it was a 5-8 point contest and highlighted the outliers: "Breaking news: a poll from RedNationUSA shows the race is within the margin of error!"
Did he just come from his side gig playing sax in a wedding band in upstate NY?
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Did he just come from his side gig playing sax in a wedding band in upstate NY?
NFW this happened.
Dr Oz on the guy who collapsed in the Oval Office: "The president, God bless him, called the wife from the Oval Office giving her updates on how her husband was doing. When you actually know the man as a human being, not as a political actor, you have to love him."
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NFW this happened.
As everyone knows, communists and jihadists are longtime collaborators. bin Laden was close friends with both Habermas and Perry Anderson, and Hassan al-Banna visited Gramsci in prison.
Ted Cruz: "The heart of the Democratic Party today is communist and jihadist and extremist."
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As everyone knows, communists and jihadists are longtime collaborators. bin Laden was close friends with both Habermas and Perry Anderson, and Hassan al-Banna visited Gramsci in prison.
This is an amazing video. At first, people seem to think Seavey is joking although it's clear he's dead serious. Also, his critique of Andrews' celebration of cruelty and moral bankruptcy applies perfectly to Trumpism.
since Helen Andrews is in the news again, how about everybody enjoy the best TV cspan ever did, where she gets relentlessly demolished as a truly awful person by her *libertarian* ex-boyfriend
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer on C-SPAN2 BookTV
YouTube video by C-SPAN
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is an amazing video. At first, people seem to think Seavey is joking although it's clear he's dead serious. Also, his critique of Andrews' celebration of cruelty and moral bankruptcy applies perfectly to Trumpism.
"Neo-Marxists," "cultural Marxism," "woke," "virtue signaling," "Communist" -- it's amazing how many of the words central to the far right are intentionally meaningless.
On the other hand, "globalists" has a very specific meaning.
On the other hand, "globalists" has a very specific meaning.
She's 85 years old. That might have something to do with retiring.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Neo-Marxists," "cultural Marxism," "woke," "virtue signaling," "Communist" -- it's amazing how many of the words central to the far right are intentionally meaningless.
On the other hand, "globalists" has a very specific meaning.
On the other hand, "globalists" has a very specific meaning.
White guy here. If I read that everyone was against my candidates except white guys, I’d wonder what was wrong with my group.
GOP: "we lost, rather than reflection on why.......we must stop women from voting! Anyone who doesn't support misogynistic, racist, & bigoted policies shouldn't be allowed to vote"........if they keep saying they're going to take away our right to vote, let's see what that gets them in the midterms.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
White guy here. If I read that everyone was against my candidates except white guys, I’d wonder what was wrong with my group.
In all seriousness, she seems to be having some serious mental issues.
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In all seriousness, she seems to be having some serious mental issues.
Winning is one way. Losing is another way.
Being wholly irrelevant? That's the Third Way.
Being wholly irrelevant? That's the Third Way.
![Screenshot of article that reads: “A Mamdani victory is a serious political problem for those in the party who believe, as we do, that our primary focus must be on flipping red and purple seats blue, expanding the map for Democrats, and creating a path back to Congress and the White House,” Matt Bennett, executive vice president of center-left think tank Third Way, told MSNBC. “The [Democratic Socialists of America] platform — which Mamdani has not repudiated — hands a potent set of weapons to Republican ad makers eager to tie Mamdani-style politics to Democrats running in much tougher places than deep blue New York.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreidedpbe5cweyx6x5pz66ypn74fumifyvinjjr4prysjpvopaqi4vi@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Winning is one way. Losing is another way.
Being wholly irrelevant? That's the Third Way.
Being wholly irrelevant? That's the Third Way.
Car prices have definitely increased, but it would be better to use the median cost instead of the average. Base MSRP on a Honda Accord is a little over $28K, and the Accord Touring Hybrid is under $40K
The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways. n.pr/47B4pRT
Cars are essential in most of the U.S. They're also increasingly unaffordable
The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Car prices have definitely increased, but it would be better to use the median cost instead of the average. Base MSRP on a Honda Accord is a little over $28K, and the Accord Touring Hybrid is under $40K
Agree with all of this. Matty became the apotheosis of both pundit brain and reactionary centrism: he deeply believes that swing voters (who are extremely low info) can be won by embracing the policies he supports -- which are exactly in the middle of the two parties.
My working hypothesis is that the reason Matt Yglesias was booed off of Bluesky isn’t because Bluesky is too leftist or too toxic.
It’s because he sucks.
It’s because he sucks.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Agree with all of this. Matty became the apotheosis of both pundit brain and reactionary centrism: he deeply believes that swing voters (who are extremely low info) can be won by embracing the policies he supports -- which are exactly in the middle of the two parties.
I know Trump doesn't read, but couldn't someone have explained to him who Gatsby is and what happens at the end?
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I know Trump doesn't read, but couldn't someone have explained to him who Gatsby is and what happens at the end?
There are a not insignificant number of people on Bluesky who know literally nothing about the Fairness Doctrine but are convinces that it fostered a Golden Age of Journalism and that most of our current problems stem from its repeal.
it’s quite likely that if the fairness doctrine had not been rescinded, the MAGAkkkult would never have risen, nor would this Constitutional crisis (including the endemic weaponization of compelled speech) and the general War on our Constitution lead by trump.
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There are a not insignificant number of people on Bluesky who know literally nothing about the Fairness Doctrine but are convinces that it fostered a Golden Age of Journalism and that most of our current problems stem from its repeal.
"She tries to ask thoughtful but revealing questions: Where does he go to church? What is he reading?"
She seriously thinks male Trump supporters *read*?
She seriously thinks male Trump supporters *read*?
This Washington Post article about MAGA people trying and failing to date in Washington is...really something
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"She tries to ask thoughtful but revealing questions: Where does he go to church? What is he reading?"
She seriously thinks male Trump supporters *read*?
She seriously thinks male Trump supporters *read*?
Yes, low-info swing voters will be persuaded by detailed policy positions, as...uh, Donald Trump proved.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yes, low-info swing voters will be persuaded by detailed policy positions, as...uh, Donald Trump proved.
Here's the thing: Harris beat Trump by a little under six points a year ago and Trump is now extremely unpopular in NJ and nationwide.
Yeah, the GOP have gotten a 6 point swing in a year, but it's unlikely without some major shock.
Yeah, the GOP have gotten a 6 point swing in a year, but it's unlikely without some major shock.
Might need to revise my estimates upwards. The late movement on these two races is uuuggglly for the GOP
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here's the thing: Harris beat Trump by a little under six points a year ago and Trump is now extremely unpopular in NJ and nationwide.
Yeah, the GOP have gotten a 6 point swing in a year, but it's unlikely without some major shock.
Yeah, the GOP have gotten a 6 point swing in a year, but it's unlikely without some major shock.