Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler.bsky.social
Progressive politics, livable cities, democracy, Manhattan(s) • he/him 🏳️🌈
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feckless and stupid people play acting at political strategist when they should be denouncing a *substantively* corrupt move
Here The Washington Post Editorial Board treats Donald Trump ordering DOJ investigations of his political adversaries as a *political* misstep, never once so much as hinting that it is an *abuse of power*
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
feckless and stupid people play acting at political strategist when they should be denouncing a *substantively* corrupt move
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The GOP’s coalition is holding on by a bare thread and when Trump is gone it will fall apart. Our task (and it’s not easy!) is to build a Democratic Party capable of picking up the pieces.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The GOP’s coalition is holding on by a bare thread and when Trump is gone it will fall apart. Our task (and it’s not easy!) is to build a Democratic Party capable of picking up the pieces.
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uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
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the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
Subvert democracy.
Face legal consequences.
Get pardoned by the subverter-in-chief.
Rinse, repeat.
Face legal consequences.
Get pardoned by the subverter-in-chief.
Rinse, repeat.
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Subvert democracy.
Face legal consequences.
Get pardoned by the subverter-in-chief.
Rinse, repeat.
Face legal consequences.
Get pardoned by the subverter-in-chief.
Rinse, repeat.
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Any deal that counts on GOP being good faith partners in governance misunderstands the modern Republican Party. Idiotic and out of touch!
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Any deal that counts on GOP being good faith partners in governance misunderstands the modern Republican Party. Idiotic and out of touch!
We need leaders who will unceasingly fight for our futures—and against fascism.
Too many of the old guard won't; it's time for a new generation.
Too many of the old guard won't; it's time for a new generation.
Not seen a single House D or potential 2028 D support this. They must be the D's who want a future.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We need leaders who will unceasingly fight for our futures—and against fascism.
Too many of the old guard won't; it's time for a new generation.
Too many of the old guard won't; it's time for a new generation.
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Tim Kaine saw Dems win by generational margins in his home state just a few days ago and then decided to cave to the fascists. fucking insane. primary him tomorrow
*SENATE DEMOCRAT KAINE SAYS HE BACKS NEW GOP BILL TO END SHUTDOWN; WINS NEW RESTRICTIONS ON RIFS
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tim Kaine saw Dems win by generational margins in his home state just a few days ago and then decided to cave to the fascists. fucking insane. primary him tomorrow
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Am out w a non-online more-moderate normie, and when I mentioned that Schumer may be caving his reply was almost unprintable.
Even that random Long Island couple that lives in Chuck’s head think he should hold the damn line.
What is wrong with these people?
Even that random Long Island couple that lives in Chuck’s head think he should hold the damn line.
What is wrong with these people?
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Am out w a non-online more-moderate normie, and when I mentioned that Schumer may be caving his reply was almost unprintable.
Even that random Long Island couple that lives in Chuck’s head think he should hold the damn line.
What is wrong with these people?
Even that random Long Island couple that lives in Chuck’s head think he should hold the damn line.
What is wrong with these people?
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yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.
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NEW. Powerful piece by Miles Bruner.
"I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
"I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
NEW. Powerful piece by Miles Bruner.
"I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
"I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The media’s overriding concern is not being accused of bias by the right, which means all coverage is framed around granting the right the maximum benefit of the doubt, however implausible. Such that sewage becomes “a brown liquid” until other possibilities are ruled out. Maybe it’s cake batter!
I get that there are times when disputes over news coverage are a matter of emphasis or perspective on big, sprawling events, but it feels bad for public trust in a publication when it fails to accurately describe a video that’s 20 seconds long, and that everyone can see.
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The media’s overriding concern is not being accused of bias by the right, which means all coverage is framed around granting the right the maximum benefit of the doubt, however implausible. Such that sewage becomes “a brown liquid” until other possibilities are ruled out. Maybe it’s cake batter!
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I get that there are times when disputes over news coverage are a matter of emphasis or perspective on big, sprawling events, but it feels bad for public trust in a publication when it fails to accurately describe a video that’s 20 seconds long, and that everyone can see.
October 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I get that there are times when disputes over news coverage are a matter of emphasis or perspective on big, sprawling events, but it feels bad for public trust in a publication when it fails to accurately describe a video that’s 20 seconds long, and that everyone can see.
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the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted
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Official count estimates are up - before it was "nearly 7m" then it was "roughly 7m" now it is officially "more than 7m." Trend is up!
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Official count estimates are up - before it was "nearly 7m" then it was "roughly 7m" now it is officially "more than 7m." Trend is up!
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Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
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You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.
September 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.
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the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back bef...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the evidence in favor of the traditional understand of the birthright citizenship clause is so overwhelming that a bunch of conservative legal hacks had to conjure a fake literature int existence to create the appearance of dispute. i expect the court to side with trump, of course.
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Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers
The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.
slate.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Two things:
(1) “Candidates should be authentic communicators driven by their values & rooted in community” is in direct tension with “candidates should hold [insert ideology here]”
(2) Unless you’re proactively getting people to run, you don’t really get a say in any of this!
(1) “Candidates should be authentic communicators driven by their values & rooted in community” is in direct tension with “candidates should hold [insert ideology here]”
(2) Unless you’re proactively getting people to run, you don’t really get a say in any of this!
September 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Two things:
(1) “Candidates should be authentic communicators driven by their values & rooted in community” is in direct tension with “candidates should hold [insert ideology here]”
(2) Unless you’re proactively getting people to run, you don’t really get a say in any of this!
(1) “Candidates should be authentic communicators driven by their values & rooted in community” is in direct tension with “candidates should hold [insert ideology here]”
(2) Unless you’re proactively getting people to run, you don’t really get a say in any of this!
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i think one thing people have a hard time grasping is that the central figures of the trump administration are not bad as in "the worst republican blowhard you know," but bad as in "the worst people you have ever heard of." donald trump is a serial rapist whose best friend was a pedophile.
September 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
i think one thing people have a hard time grasping is that the central figures of the trump administration are not bad as in "the worst republican blowhard you know," but bad as in "the worst people you have ever heard of." donald trump is a serial rapist whose best friend was a pedophile.
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Strange, the bully is kicking my ass even though I've been telling everyone how much I respect him. Maybe he hasn't heard
September 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Strange, the bully is kicking my ass even though I've been telling everyone how much I respect him. Maybe he hasn't heard
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they hate your freedom to challenge them and want to end it www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
Kimmel’s suspension prompts free-speech Republicans to reconsider their boundaries
One Republican said she no longer considers the First Amendment to “be sort of the ultimate right,” as she would “in normal circumstances.”
www.semafor.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
they hate your freedom to challenge them and want to end it www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
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Free idea that literally every Democrat in Congress could and should get behind today: Impeach Brendan Carr.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Free idea that literally every Democrat in Congress could and should get behind today: Impeach Brendan Carr.
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jesus christ
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
jesus christ