Pack2010
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A history major mind but also a physician, Christian - Micah 6:8, Centrist dad but not a dad (yet)
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GOP retirements ahead of looming wave?
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
GOP retirements ahead of looming wave?
Its uncanny how much this feels like the 2010-2014 GOP
The Dem Establishment's problem is that they can't stop having these moments. This comes right after refusing to side with Mamdani against Cuomo until the last moment (or never, even after the Trump endorsement, if you're Schumer!), which comes after voting en masse for all sorts of horrid noms...
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Its uncanny how much this feels like the 2010-2014 GOP
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
Those of us who are ex-Republicans who lived through the nutty wing of the party starting every government shutdown are getting a sense of deja vu now. This gambit has never been successful because of this basic point.
"A couple million people should just go without paychecks for however long it takes until either the Republican party decides it no longer hates the ACA or the 120th Congress is sworn" is not a viable or serious theory of victory, as more than a couple of us pointed out in Sept
Then why do the shutdown at all? What did it accomplish? The Democrats knew going into the shutdown that it would mean federal workers eat shit indefinitely - Republicans even cited it as a reason Democrats would break: and they were right!
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Those of us who are ex-Republicans who lived through the nutty wing of the party starting every government shutdown are getting a sense of deja vu now. This gambit has never been successful because of this basic point.
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
People were warned but they didn't listen
a big part of this is that a lot of people had a weird model that Trump II would be like Trump I and that there would be normal GOPers in charge of domestic policy
a lot of this, i think, is latino (and to a lesser extent, asian) voters realizing that the administration and the base are only going to get more radical on immigration + minority policy
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
People were warned but they didn't listen
Wonder if Rod talked about a certain problem thats cropped up in the online right with JD
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wonder if Rod talked about a certain problem thats cropped up in the online right with JD
Imagine if the government had told protesters this outside an abortion clinic
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Imagine if the government had told protesters this outside an abortion clinic
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Everyone involved in this should be in prison
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Everyone involved in this should be in prison
Uh.....this is kind of a stupid move politically (well and morally too)
BOSTON (AP) - Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
@apnews.com #SNAP
@apnews.com #SNAP
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Uh.....this is kind of a stupid move politically (well and morally too)
Democrats didn't do a great job messaging about inflation last year but at least they didn't do whatever this is
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Democrats didn't do a great job messaging about inflation last year but at least they didn't do whatever this is
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The political geography of the South is a fascinating thing.
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The political geography of the South is a fascinating thing.
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
1996 NC GOV (D+13) vs. 2024 DC GOV (D+15)
Current mood
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Battle Hymn of the Republic
YouTube video by Enclave Radio
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November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Current mood
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Oof
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Oof
*looks at last night's results in heavily Hispanic precincts*
Yeah Stephen keep it up, keep making the electoral backlash even worse
Yeah Stephen keep it up, keep making the electoral backlash even worse
ICE detained a US citizen with a toddler in the backseat. ICE had to be bullied by the crowd to not do their usual MO and drive off with the man and just leave the car in the road. The crowd asked them to let the family come take the baby. Instead they drove off with the child
Armed federal immigration agents drive away with a toddler in the backseat
Armed federal agents drive off with toddler in the back seat of car after arresting the child’s father, a U.S. citizen, who is accused of assault.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
*looks at last night's results in heavily Hispanic precincts*
Yeah Stephen keep it up, keep making the electoral backlash even worse
Yeah Stephen keep it up, keep making the electoral backlash even worse
.....wow
Per @votehub.com , this is perhaps the biggest sign of what happened tonight. In Union City, an 82% Hispanic City in Hudson County, Sherrill received more voted in AN OFF YEAR than Harris did last year.
2024 President: D+17, 11,316-7,940
2025 Governor: D+68.8 13,304-2,402
2024 President: D+17, 11,316-7,940
2025 Governor: D+68.8 13,304-2,402
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
.....wow
"Is it enough to just run against Trump to win the House?"
I mean yeah it almost certainly is
I mean yeah it almost certainly is
JEFFRIES: We're seeing the Latino community is moving decisively in our direction, working-class Americans moving decisively in our direction--
HUNT: Is it enough to just run against Trump to win the House?
JEFFRIES: Do you think that Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill just ran against Trump?
HUNT: Is it enough to just run against Trump to win the House?
JEFFRIES: Do you think that Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill just ran against Trump?
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Is it enough to just run against Trump to win the House?"
I mean yeah it almost certainly is
I mean yeah it almost certainly is
Uh....not sure this analysis should be comforting to Republicans?
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Uh....not sure this analysis should be comforting to Republicans?
The crazy thing? We still have another year for things to get even worse with this incompetent administration
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The crazy thing? We still have another year for things to get even worse with this incompetent administration
Ruh roh
If it is a harbinger of what the electorate will look like in next year’s midterms, it’s not too late for the GOP to panic. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/democrats-romp-in-new-jersey-and-everywhere-else/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/democrats-romp-in-new-jersey-and-everywhere-else/
Democrats Romp in New Jersey, and Everywhere Else | National Review
If it is a harbinger of what the electorate will look like in next year’s midterms, it’s not too late for the GOP to panic.
www.nationalreview.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ruh roh
The ironic thing? I don't think he'd be that upset by tonight
We did it for you Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The ironic thing? I don't think he'd be that upset by tonight
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be careful with pollsters who invest a lot of time and money into marketing based off single election performance, and don't appear to take methods too seriously
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-best-p...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
be careful with pollsters who invest a lot of time and money into marketing based off single election performance, and don't appear to take methods too seriously
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-best-p...
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Yeah, we might start seeing more Republicans in Congress calling it quits after a night like this
Now, the question I have for the Republicans is, where do you go from here. Because, the voters are already incandescently mad at you, 10mo in.
How do you think the voters are going to feel after another 12 months of this, or 3 years of this, when you have midterms or the presidential election?
How do you think the voters are going to feel after another 12 months of this, or 3 years of this, when you have midterms or the presidential election?
The voters, after 10 months of Republican government: holy fucking shit get me outta here
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yeah, we might start seeing more Republicans in Congress calling it quits after a night like this