Brendan Davey
@brendandavey.bsky.social
Recovering Alcohipster | CUNY-CCNY employee | @psc-cuny.org delegate | History (MA) | Militant Cyclist
Public History Blog: https://halfbakedhistory.substack.com/
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But in the last year it’s gone from “scolding like a lame parent about moderation in ideology” to “we support fascism, sexual abusers, and a world that looks like the Handmaids Tale as long as anything slightly left doesn’t happen”
It feels weird to say goodbye to something so old, but we must.
It feels weird to say goodbye to something so old, but we must.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
But in the last year it’s gone from “scolding like a lame parent about moderation in ideology” to “we support fascism, sexual abusers, and a world that looks like the Handmaids Tale as long as anything slightly left doesn’t happen”
It feels weird to say goodbye to something so old, but we must.
It feels weird to say goodbye to something so old, but we must.
I read it every morning on my commute for 13 years.
I disagreed a lot but always felt I should start with the “middle-ground” perspective on something and go from there. I could lol at Bret Stephen’s without feeling like they were calling me scum because I didn’t agree with Bret Stephens.
I disagreed a lot but always felt I should start with the “middle-ground” perspective on something and go from there. I could lol at Bret Stephen’s without feeling like they were calling me scum because I didn’t agree with Bret Stephens.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I read it every morning on my commute for 13 years.
I disagreed a lot but always felt I should start with the “middle-ground” perspective on something and go from there. I could lol at Bret Stephen’s without feeling like they were calling me scum because I didn’t agree with Bret Stephens.
I disagreed a lot but always felt I should start with the “middle-ground” perspective on something and go from there. I could lol at Bret Stephen’s without feeling like they were calling me scum because I didn’t agree with Bret Stephens.
Hey this is slander. You can find .000001 ounce of logic with what Chamberlain did. These jackasses even had the gift of hindsight!
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Hey this is slander. You can find .000001 ounce of logic with what Chamberlain did. These jackasses even had the gift of hindsight!
This is why it’s so important to support groups like New Kings Democrats and the Rep Your Block initiative in New York. There’s no reason WE can’t be part of the political coalition.
Also seeing him march with @psc-cuny.org representatives instead of us having to picket for attention is inspiring.
Also seeing him march with @psc-cuny.org representatives instead of us having to picket for attention is inspiring.
The Democratic Party needs to change. Here in Brooklyn we've been organizing for years to kick out the old machine and transform the local party into the grassroots powerhouse it should be.
2026 could be the year we finally do it! But we'll need your help!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is why it’s so important to support groups like New Kings Democrats and the Rep Your Block initiative in New York. There’s no reason WE can’t be part of the political coalition.
Also seeing him march with @psc-cuny.org representatives instead of us having to picket for attention is inspiring.
Also seeing him march with @psc-cuny.org representatives instead of us having to picket for attention is inspiring.
Which is to say, they will never reach those people in any logical way. It has to be emotion based no matter how anathema that is to them. People, not on Bluesky, were saying “WTF my flight is canceled because of Trump? Fuck Trump!” And they’re just incapable of realizing how much of a boon that is.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Which is to say, they will never reach those people in any logical way. It has to be emotion based no matter how anathema that is to them. People, not on Bluesky, were saying “WTF my flight is canceled because of Trump? Fuck Trump!” And they’re just incapable of realizing how much of a boon that is.
I talked to a lot of voters this year and I think I know one “leftist” who didn’t vote for Harris.
I met over a dozen “I voted for Trump because the rent was too damn high and I’m voting for Mamdani because the rent is too damn high” voters though.
Dems had an easy bag and just threw it away.
I met over a dozen “I voted for Trump because the rent was too damn high and I’m voting for Mamdani because the rent is too damn high” voters though.
Dems had an easy bag and just threw it away.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I talked to a lot of voters this year and I think I know one “leftist” who didn’t vote for Harris.
I met over a dozen “I voted for Trump because the rent was too damn high and I’m voting for Mamdani because the rent is too damn high” voters though.
Dems had an easy bag and just threw it away.
I met over a dozen “I voted for Trump because the rent was too damn high and I’m voting for Mamdani because the rent is too damn high” voters though.
Dems had an easy bag and just threw it away.
That’s not always true, he got in my completely insignificant replies when I mentioned he was strawmanning whatever it was he thought “Marxism” meant.
I mean… clearly you didn’t because that statement makes no sense. No modern historian writes “I’m going to write against historical materialism as a determinant” because we all agree that it is.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
That’s not always true, he got in my completely insignificant replies when I mentioned he was strawmanning whatever it was he thought “Marxism” meant.
This one really says it all. They really can't operate outside the 1933 SPD German strategy of "Listen, let this Hitler dude do his thing because in 1934 we're REALLY going to show him how popular the whole 'National Socialism' thing is at the ballot box!" 🙅♂️
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This one really says it all. They really can't operate outside the 1933 SPD German strategy of "Listen, let this Hitler dude do his thing because in 1934 we're REALLY going to show him how popular the whole 'National Socialism' thing is at the ballot box!" 🙅♂️
The rest of the report 👇
This, of course, is about "regular" donors, not the big foundations/corporations with a ton of money to throw around that come straight from companies that are incredibly invested in AI in the first place.
This, of course, is about "regular" donors, not the big foundations/corporations with a ton of money to throw around that come straight from companies that are incredibly invested in AI in the first place.
Donor Perceptions of AI 2025 - Fundraising.AI
RESOURCES Donor Perceptions of AI 2025 Insights from 1,031 current US donors on the future of AI in philanthropy Overview In 2025, donor perceptions of AI have clearly matured. What was once defined b...
fundraising.ai
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The rest of the report 👇
This, of course, is about "regular" donors, not the big foundations/corporations with a ton of money to throw around that come straight from companies that are incredibly invested in AI in the first place.
This, of course, is about "regular" donors, not the big foundations/corporations with a ton of money to throw around that come straight from companies that are incredibly invested in AI in the first place.
It is significantly easier to take over the Democratic party and to make THEM form the stupid, ill-funded third party than it is to start a new one from scratch.
And that is a monumental task on its own. We can do it, though! Just stay on task and stop ideologically partitioning yourself.
And that is a monumental task on its own. We can do it, though! Just stay on task and stop ideologically partitioning yourself.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It is significantly easier to take over the Democratic party and to make THEM form the stupid, ill-funded third party than it is to start a new one from scratch.
And that is a monumental task on its own. We can do it, though! Just stay on task and stop ideologically partitioning yourself.
And that is a monumental task on its own. We can do it, though! Just stay on task and stop ideologically partitioning yourself.
Speaking as someone who lived in Connecticut then, and just had to live through multiple rounds of punching Andrew Cuomo in the face, it should be illegal to run in the general if you tried to win your party's primary and lost 🤷♂️
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Speaking as someone who lived in Connecticut then, and just had to live through multiple rounds of punching Andrew Cuomo in the face, it should be illegal to run in the general if you tried to win your party's primary and lost 🤷♂️
"You listen here, leopard!"
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"You listen here, leopard!"
You're really underselling how cool a comeback it is to ask Grok, "What movies with low Rotten Tomatoes scores are cool to like?" and then searching the app you own for posts about them to go, "I like that too."
We should all aspire to be as intuitive as the world's foremost bajillionaire.
We should all aspire to be as intuitive as the world's foremost bajillionaire.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
You're really underselling how cool a comeback it is to ask Grok, "What movies with low Rotten Tomatoes scores are cool to like?" and then searching the app you own for posts about them to go, "I like that too."
We should all aspire to be as intuitive as the world's foremost bajillionaire.
We should all aspire to be as intuitive as the world's foremost bajillionaire.
I know for a fact he's the kind of guy who asks Grok, "What movie has a bad Rotten Tomatoes score but is cool to like?" and then looks for posts about it to seem like he's a hip contrarian.
Whereas, when left to make his own choices, he proves he's an idiot, like when he tries to play Elden Ring:
Whereas, when left to make his own choices, he proves he's an idiot, like when he tries to play Elden Ring:
All the wealthiest people in the world are actually morons.
To commemorate Elon Musk getting another $100 bajillion dollars, I remind everyone to recall when he tried to brag about his absolute shit-tier Elden Ring build that even a total FromSoftware noob could tell was bad.
To commemorate Elon Musk getting another $100 bajillion dollars, I remind everyone to recall when he tried to brag about his absolute shit-tier Elden Ring build that even a total FromSoftware noob could tell was bad.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I know for a fact he's the kind of guy who asks Grok, "What movie has a bad Rotten Tomatoes score but is cool to like?" and then looks for posts about it to seem like he's a hip contrarian.
Whereas, when left to make his own choices, he proves he's an idiot, like when he tries to play Elden Ring:
Whereas, when left to make his own choices, he proves he's an idiot, like when he tries to play Elden Ring:
Yup. The only way to change anything is to make the Democratic Party recognize that we can constantly primary them if they don't man up.
Reminder that the last time Schumer had a serious primary challenger it was Geraldine Fucking Ferraro in 1998.
For 27 years he has been encouraged to do weak shit like this while the world crumbles around him.
Vote in primaries people. Every year. And push pols you like to run for higher office.
For 27 years he has been encouraged to do weak shit like this while the world crumbles around him.
Vote in primaries people. Every year. And push pols you like to run for higher office.
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yup. The only way to change anything is to make the Democratic Party recognize that we can constantly primary them if they don't man up.
edited second sentence so it actually makes sense:
The complacency and corruption begins at the most trivial, local levels, and NKD's commitment next year to get people to serve on the Kings County Committee to help support Mamdani will be HUGE.
The complacency and corruption begins at the most trivial, local levels, and NKD's commitment next year to get people to serve on the Kings County Committee to help support Mamdani will be HUGE.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
edited second sentence so it actually makes sense:
The complacency and corruption begins at the most trivial, local levels, and NKD's commitment next year to get people to serve on the Kings County Committee to help support Mamdani will be HUGE.
The complacency and corruption begins at the most trivial, local levels, and NKD's commitment next year to get people to serve on the Kings County Committee to help support Mamdani will be HUGE.
Also even more local groups like @newkingsdems.bsky.social that started "Rep Your Block." The complacency and corruption begins at the most trivial local levels, and NKD's commitment next year to get people on the to serve on the Kings County Committee to help support Mamdani will be HUGE.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Also even more local groups like @newkingsdems.bsky.social that started "Rep Your Block." The complacency and corruption begins at the most trivial local levels, and NKD's commitment next year to get people on the to serve on the Kings County Committee to help support Mamdani will be HUGE.
Time and time again the Democrats make the 1932-33 German SPD look like they were world class competent politicians.
In 1932 the SPD Germans really showed everyone with the "We'll see how this Hitler guy does in 1936!" strategy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Time and time again the Democrats make the 1932-33 German SPD look like they were world class competent politicians.
Which is why it’s so inexcusable that they picked the “least vulnerable” senators to vote yes. No one will remember the shutdown was because of “ACA subsidies” next year.
People might blame the R’s if they actually began to feel pain. I hate that trade off too, but that’s the world we’re in now.
People might blame the R’s if they actually began to feel pain. I hate that trade off too, but that’s the world we’re in now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Which is why it’s so inexcusable that they picked the “least vulnerable” senators to vote yes. No one will remember the shutdown was because of “ACA subsidies” next year.
People might blame the R’s if they actually began to feel pain. I hate that trade off too, but that’s the world we’re in now.
People might blame the R’s if they actually began to feel pain. I hate that trade off too, but that’s the world we’re in now.
I’ve left a lot of voicemails over the years to his office. No one’s ever called me back. I know SOMEONE’s job is to listen to all of these, but does he ever listen to that person? I don’t know.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I’ve left a lot of voicemails over the years to his office. No one’s ever called me back. I know SOMEONE’s job is to listen to all of these, but does he ever listen to that person? I don’t know.
I don’t think they can win anything by centering themselves on “immigration” either, but it does seem like the major oversteps by ICE and Border Patrol are radicalizing people I would never expect to get that pissed off.
Sadly, you’re probably right and it will need to keep getting worse.
Sadly, you’re probably right and it will need to keep getting worse.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don’t think they can win anything by centering themselves on “immigration” either, but it does seem like the major oversteps by ICE and Border Patrol are radicalizing people I would never expect to get that pissed off.
Sadly, you’re probably right and it will need to keep getting worse.
Sadly, you’re probably right and it will need to keep getting worse.
I think it was a smart thing to set their feet on, because it’s so defensible. I meant more that it feels insane that they’re acting like they need to capitulate because “A.C.A. Subsidies” will still be an issue in 2026 when honestly, they will probably need to evolve their message before then.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think it was a smart thing to set their feet on, because it’s so defensible. I meant more that it feels insane that they’re acting like they need to capitulate because “A.C.A. Subsidies” will still be an issue in 2026 when honestly, they will probably need to evolve their message before then.