D.M. Ridley
@ridleydm.bsky.social
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Do you call for Schumer to step down as leader by the end of this year?
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Do you call for Schumer to step down as leader by the end of this year?
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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All the yes votes came from Senators who are retiring or not up in 2026.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
All the yes votes came from Senators who are retiring or not up in 2026.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
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Hey 2028 Dems,
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hey 2028 Dems,
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
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A fine example of the erratic insanity of Trump's 'emergency' tariffs - and their real costs for American businesses www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A fine example of the erratic insanity of Trump's 'emergency' tariffs - and their real costs for American businesses www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Battery plants can create advanced manufacturing jobs, help the US compete economically with China, diversify global supply chains, improve grid resilience & provide domestic supplies for automakers.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
DOE cancels more than $700M in battery, manufacturing projects
The nixed grants appear to be the first the Department of Energy has confirmed from a list that outlines $20 billion in potential cuts.
www.eenews.net
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Battery plants can create advanced manufacturing jobs, help the US compete economically with China, diversify global supply chains, improve grid resilience & provide domestic supplies for automakers.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
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It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.
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The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.
October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
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as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
Your daily reminder that while leftists weren't the only reason Trump won, they're among the reasons, and they're at or near the top of the list of reasons Trumpism could endure.
Middle class whites that want brunch can go fuck themselves. They are why we are here.
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Your daily reminder that while leftists weren't the only reason Trump won, they're among the reasons, and they're at or near the top of the list of reasons Trumpism could endure.
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If you try to hijack the fight against Trumpism into a fight against the pre-Trump capitalist status quo, you will lose, and put the fight against Trumpism in jeopardy.
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you try to hijack the fight against Trumpism into a fight against the pre-Trump capitalist status quo, you will lose, and put the fight against Trumpism in jeopardy.
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Oh no not my "power analysis", I clearly haven't read enough theory that explains the very good reasons you oppose protesting a tyrant
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Oh no not my "power analysis", I clearly haven't read enough theory that explains the very good reasons you oppose protesting a tyrant
You've turned off replies because people are rightly yelling at you. Instead of embracing the widespread popularity of protests against Trump and celebrating their popularization you're being a gatekeeper and a killjoy.
Whatever effective protest is, it's not complaining about protesters.
Whatever effective protest is, it's not complaining about protesters.
people are repeating things i said in this trying to defend a neutralizing strain of co-option so im going to now turn off replies and encourage you read each post slowly, think about it for a good while. & i’ll remind you that i have reported on countless protest movements over the past five years.
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
You've turned off replies because people are rightly yelling at you. Instead of embracing the widespread popularity of protests against Trump and celebrating their popularization you're being a gatekeeper and a killjoy.
Whatever effective protest is, it's not complaining about protesters.
Whatever effective protest is, it's not complaining about protesters.
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in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa
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It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc
If you think your power bills are too high, Trump is the reason.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If you think your power bills are too high, Trump is the reason.
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This is one of the rare times in Illinois politics when you could call for the governor to be jailed and be incorrect.
The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is one of the rare times in Illinois politics when you could call for the governor to be jailed and be incorrect.
Good thread on the dangers of using inflation numbers across eras. And happy Christmas to all who live in this century.
Wheat-per-bushel prices wholesale vary, but over the last 20 years, between a $3-10 per bushel range, so a third of that minimum wage worker's paycheck ($106) is going to buy ~15 bushels a week (405kg, 1.35 million calories, 17 times what Cratchet is buying).
www.macrotrends.net/2534/wheat-p...
www.macrotrends.net/2534/wheat-p...
Wheat Prices (1959-2025)
Interactive chart of historical daily wheat prices back to 1975. The price shown is in U.S. Dollars per bushel.
www.macrotrends.net
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Good thread on the dangers of using inflation numbers across eras. And happy Christmas to all who live in this century.
We are never going to usefully address climate change by cajoling people into giving up things they enjoy. This attitude strikes me as one that is not only deservedly doomed to failure, but risks doing incalculable damage to the climate movement.
She was very strict about it, but I think that not eating meat and not flying (at least frequently!) for pleasure should be baseline commitments for anyone who wants to be seen as serious about the climate.
October 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We are never going to usefully address climate change by cajoling people into giving up things they enjoy. This attitude strikes me as one that is not only deservedly doomed to failure, but risks doing incalculable damage to the climate movement.