@connoremcoffey.bsky.social
Beleaguered Mets fan living in Knoxville, TN
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At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Am always exceedingly proud of my kids, but tonight feel especially proud that they’ll share an alma mater (Webb School, Knoxville) with @aftynbehn.bsky.social - who ran a hell of a race tonight in #TN7 & gave so many of us a real reason to feel hopeful for TN’s future.
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Am always exceedingly proud of my kids, but tonight feel especially proud that they’ll share an alma mater (Webb School, Knoxville) with @aftynbehn.bsky.social - who ran a hell of a race tonight in #TN7 & gave so many of us a real reason to feel hopeful for TN’s future.
@mets.com baseball is a business, of course; players come & go, things happen. But certain departures sting a little more than others.
We’re gonna miss you, Brandon - thank you for everything.
We’re gonna miss you, Brandon - thank you for everything.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
@mets.com baseball is a business, of course; players come & go, things happen. But certain departures sting a little more than others.
We’re gonna miss you, Brandon - thank you for everything.
We’re gonna miss you, Brandon - thank you for everything.
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The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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There are many more of us than there are of them.
We must never forget this, no matter how dark things may (correctly) seem.
We must never forget this, no matter how dark things may (correctly) seem.
Feels like, between ..
1. “No Kings” rally
2. Benioff apologizing
3. Young Republicans getting suspended
4. Universities rejecting White House “contracts”
.. authoritarianism got something of a margin call this week.
1. “No Kings” rally
2. Benioff apologizing
3. Young Republicans getting suspended
4. Universities rejecting White House “contracts”
.. authoritarianism got something of a margin call this week.
October 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There are many more of us than there are of them.
We must never forget this, no matter how dark things may (correctly) seem.
We must never forget this, no matter how dark things may (correctly) seem.
He is much weaker & more vulnerable than you think, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov
HOLD THE LINE!!!
HOLD THE LINE!!!
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
He is much weaker & more vulnerable than you think, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov
HOLD THE LINE!!!
HOLD THE LINE!!!
She means you, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov
It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
She means you, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov
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Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Kirk was a racist who thought black people shouldn’t be pilots. He thought women should be subservient to men. He hated MLK and the Civil Rights Act. He didn’t care about political violence against Paul Pelosi and Democrats. All his own words. You can deplore the shooting without honoring the man.
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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No one deserves to meet his eternal reward this way - but imagine, just for a sec, if a comparably influential progressive media figure were tragically shot & killed.
Now imagine the right wing & Republicans being held to the same moral standards in their responses.
Nope - I couldn’t either.
Now imagine the right wing & Republicans being held to the same moral standards in their responses.
Nope - I couldn’t either.
Guy who declared war on Chicago shocked by violent political rhetoric. And the mainstream media is going to carry all of their water.
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
No one deserves to meet his eternal reward this way - but imagine, just for a sec, if a comparably influential progressive media figure were tragically shot & killed.
Now imagine the right wing & Republicans being held to the same moral standards in their responses.
Nope - I couldn’t either.
Now imagine the right wing & Republicans being held to the same moral standards in their responses.
Nope - I couldn’t either.
Hey, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social - with all due respect, it is time to endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - he is the nominee of *your* party, overwhelmingly supported by *your* district’s own voters.
Strongly recommend getting on the train before it’s really too late - folks will remember.
Strongly recommend getting on the train before it’s really too late - folks will remember.
September 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hey, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social - with all due respect, it is time to endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - he is the nominee of *your* party, overwhelmingly supported by *your* district’s own voters.
Strongly recommend getting on the train before it’s really too late - folks will remember.
Strongly recommend getting on the train before it’s really too late - folks will remember.
Are you listening @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov ???????
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me.
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
Illinois’s J.B. Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
newrepublic.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Are you listening @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov ???????
"Their insistence on owning guns, with very few restrictions, means that mass shootings—including in schools and churches—will always be part of American life."
Fundamental question from @jvl.bsky.social -
"Why won’t people just acknowledge that this is a tradeoff they’re willing to make?"
Fundamental question from @jvl.bsky.social -
"Why won’t people just acknowledge that this is a tradeoff they’re willing to make?"
This might be the angriest I’ve ever been in print.
Kash Patel tweeting about his pullup workout instead of doing the job of counterterrorism kind of broke me. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
Kash Patel tweeting about his pullup workout instead of doing the job of counterterrorism kind of broke me. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Their insistence on owning guns, with very few restrictions, means that mass shootings—including in schools and churches—will always be part of American life."
Fundamental question from @jvl.bsky.social -
"Why won’t people just acknowledge that this is a tradeoff they’re willing to make?"
Fundamental question from @jvl.bsky.social -
"Why won’t people just acknowledge that this is a tradeoff they’re willing to make?"
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Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
August 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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@danpfeiffer.bsky.social offers a helpful, reflective perspective on the Dems' language debate...and as is often the case, it's much more of a both/and, vs. either/or.
cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-obsess...
cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-obsess...
The Obsession Over Woke Language Misses the Point
The focus on certain words is a way to avoid much tougher questions.
www.messageboxnews.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social offers a helpful, reflective perspective on the Dems' language debate...and as is often the case, it's much more of a both/and, vs. either/or.
cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-obsess...
cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-obsess...
Again, for @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @senatedemocrats.bsky.social leadership in the cheap seats - the POTUS painfully reminds almost every day he is a shockingly addled old man - functionally incapable of leading a neighborhood potluck, let alone this country.
Call it out, stop accepting it.
Call it out, stop accepting it.
Trump lovingly holds up a picture himself with murderous dictator Putin someone (Putin?) sent him, says Putin wants to come to the World Cup.
A truly bizarre moment.
Q: Why would anyone come to this event here after all this guy has done?
A truly bizarre moment.
Q: Why would anyone come to this event here after all this guy has done?
August 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Again, for @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @senatedemocrats.bsky.social leadership in the cheap seats - the POTUS painfully reminds almost every day he is a shockingly addled old man - functionally incapable of leading a neighborhood potluck, let alone this country.
Call it out, stop accepting it.
Call it out, stop accepting it.
🧵re: CDC shooting - feels trite to keep offering the “can you even imagine” takes - but can you even imagine the firestorm (& not just on Fox) if this were a Black shooter enraged over DOGE cuts & a white PO had been killed?
It’s stunning how much right wing depravity we’ve decided to just accept.
It’s stunning how much right wing depravity we’ve decided to just accept.
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🧵re: CDC shooting - feels trite to keep offering the “can you even imagine” takes - but can you even imagine the firestorm (& not just on Fox) if this were a Black shooter enraged over DOGE cuts & a white PO had been killed?
It’s stunning how much right wing depravity we’ve decided to just accept.
It’s stunning how much right wing depravity we’ve decided to just accept.
Any high ranking/influential Dems still on the fence about this need to get on side ASAP.
If you live in/represent a Blue State, want to gerrymander the FUCK out of your state, support and are willing to fight for a national anti-gerrymandering law you are principled, consistent and doing exactly the right thing.
August 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Any high ranking/influential Dems still on the fence about this need to get on side ASAP.
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While Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams trip over each other to win the approval of billionaires in backrooms, our campaign remains focused on working New Yorkers and their clear desire for a different kind of politics.
July 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I wouldn’t say every Democrat running for office should frame the consequences of Republican governance this way, but…most of them should.
People are dying - with more tragedy still to come.
And if you think the GOP wouldn’t…man, I don’t know what to say - you weren’t made for this moment.
People are dying - with more tragedy still to come.
And if you think the GOP wouldn’t…man, I don’t know what to say - you weren’t made for this moment.
The flood should remind us -- as the Uvalde school shooting did -- that Republican governance is incompetent & leads to more people dying.
Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wouldn’t say every Democrat running for office should frame the consequences of Republican governance this way, but…most of them should.
People are dying - with more tragedy still to come.
And if you think the GOP wouldn’t…man, I don’t know what to say - you weren’t made for this moment.
People are dying - with more tragedy still to come.
And if you think the GOP wouldn’t…man, I don’t know what to say - you weren’t made for this moment.
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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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From tens of thousands to literal billions, every freakin' one of them is in it to get theirs. It's just a big fucking grift.
And Steven Miller.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
And Steven Miller.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
From tens of thousands to literal billions, every freakin' one of them is in it to get theirs. It's just a big fucking grift.
And Steven Miller.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
And Steven Miller.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
The fundamental question with which our country will have to grapple (or not, I suppose?) for decades.
How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names, but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader??
Trump: "Enrichment doesn't mean, like, air conditioning, and it doesn't mean to jack up your car. Enrichment is a bad word."
June 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The fundamental question with which our country will have to grapple (or not, I suppose?) for decades.
Nothing but the deepest admiration for this incredibly brave woman (and increasingly more like her) who are standing up to Trump's & Miller's stormtroopers.
WATCH: “This is f*cking kidnapping! That’s not your badge… I do have a little bit of education… get the f*ck out of here, racial profiling is illegal…”
A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
A brave woman melts ice 🧊 💪🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWbEs...
June 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Nothing but the deepest admiration for this incredibly brave woman (and increasingly more like her) who are standing up to Trump's & Miller's stormtroopers.
1. Zero thought of even considering a shout out to innocent Iranian civilians, who, of course, are subhuman, undeserving of their own sovereignty.
2. You’re the governor of Tennessee, literally no one cares what you think about war & geopolitics.
We barely care about your thoughts on Tennessee.
2. You’re the governor of Tennessee, literally no one cares what you think about war & geopolitics.
We barely care about your thoughts on Tennessee.
June 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
1. Zero thought of even considering a shout out to innocent Iranian civilians, who, of course, are subhuman, undeserving of their own sovereignty.
2. You’re the governor of Tennessee, literally no one cares what you think about war & geopolitics.
We barely care about your thoughts on Tennessee.
2. You’re the governor of Tennessee, literally no one cares what you think about war & geopolitics.
We barely care about your thoughts on Tennessee.