doormat democrat (DD)
@doormat-democrat.bsky.social
a deep red state lib sick and tired of being "led" by fucking losers.
Pinned
"I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them, and they think it's Hell." — Harry Truman
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
They want all the privileges, none of the responsibilities, and that's what they assume everyone else wants to. To them society just is an endless battle among factions & tribes to claim privileges & avoid responsibilities.
Petulant children.
Petulant children.
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They want all the privileges, none of the responsibilities, and that's what they assume everyone else wants to. To them society just is an endless battle among factions & tribes to claim privileges & avoid responsibilities.
Petulant children.
Petulant children.
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
It is fundamental to reactionary psychology to reject responsibility for anything negative. It's always someone else forced them, someone else's fault.
Consequently, pretty much every fascist has a story about how the left-- the professors, the queers, the academics, the kids --"radicalized" them.
Consequently, pretty much every fascist has a story about how the left-- the professors, the queers, the academics, the kids --"radicalized" them.
All Trump loyalists get a libidinal thrill watching him piss on the Constitution, but I wrote about the subset who feel exposed by their obvious hypocrisy, and so pretend it's all a regrettable consequence of Barack Obama radicalizing them. www.offmessage.net/p/they-radic...
They Radicalized Themselves
And we can pinpoint when it happened.
www.offmessage.net
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It is fundamental to reactionary psychology to reject responsibility for anything negative. It's always someone else forced them, someone else's fault.
Consequently, pretty much every fascist has a story about how the left-- the professors, the queers, the academics, the kids --"radicalized" them.
Consequently, pretty much every fascist has a story about how the left-- the professors, the queers, the academics, the kids --"radicalized" them.
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
We’re going to steal your shit unless you expressly state you don’t want us to steal your shit, and be very specific about which shit you would prefer us not to steal ‘cause if it ain’t on your list it’s ours now
September 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We’re going to steal your shit unless you expressly state you don’t want us to steal your shit, and be very specific about which shit you would prefer us not to steal ‘cause if it ain’t on your list it’s ours now
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
What I can’t stop hearing is that you caved after saying forever you wouldn’t allow a cave unless one (1) demand was met, and whether the demand was ever going to be met notwithstanding, you ended the shutdown by explicitly submitting to the demand not being met
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What I can’t stop hearing is that you caved after saying forever you wouldn’t allow a cave unless one (1) demand was met, and whether the demand was ever going to be met notwithstanding, you ended the shutdown by explicitly submitting to the demand not being met
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
if this was the valid political, WHY PICK THE FIGHT ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU FUCKING DIPSHITS
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
if this was the valid political, WHY PICK THE FIGHT ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU FUCKING DIPSHITS
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
digusting doormat democrat
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
digusting doormat democrat
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
"Vance is welcoming Nazis in all but name into the GOP. Their oft-stated goal is an ethnic cleansing of the United States and the vice president’s family. And Vance has moved to form a coalition with them, while the press cannot even attempt to explain to America what this means." @thefarce.org
Last week, JD Vance became the de facto leader of the Republican Party, a role he could potentially hold through the 2060s.
And how did he greet his power? By welcoming gutter racists who love Hitler and spew hatred at his wife into the GOP.
And how did he greet his power? By welcoming gutter racists who love Hitler and spew hatred at his wife into the GOP.
JD Vance now leads the GOP. And he wants the party to welcome Hitler lovers.
The VP wants peace with gutter racists who spew vile hatred at his wife. And the press refuses to reckon with what this means.
www.thefarce.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Vance is welcoming Nazis in all but name into the GOP. Their oft-stated goal is an ethnic cleansing of the United States and the vice president’s family. And Vance has moved to form a coalition with them, while the press cannot even attempt to explain to America what this means." @thefarce.org
"everyone will see who is standing with them!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"everyone will see who is standing with them!"
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Outcomes aren't important to anyone, just positioning yourself as the pathetic dupes crying that the wallet inspector never gave it back. Voters love this. Excuses are so much better than delivering, and people really respect marks.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Outcomes aren't important to anyone, just positioning yourself as the pathetic dupes crying that the wallet inspector never gave it back. Voters love this. Excuses are so much better than delivering, and people really respect marks.
i cannot stand this dopey "who's on your side" shtick
Democratic Senator Shaheen says ending the shutdown wasn't a failure because it achieves a later vote that will get Republicans on the record.
"Americans...are gonna know who's on their side and who is not."
"Americans...are gonna know who's on their side and who is not."
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
i cannot stand this dopey "who's on your side" shtick
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
My entire life Republicans’ game has been to stymy, undercut & undermine when Democrats have power so they can point to the resulting failings as evidence progressive policies are dysfunctional & then they get power & aggressively gut every social gain & Dems are still like ‘maybe we can negotiate’
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My entire life Republicans’ game has been to stymy, undercut & undermine when Democrats have power so they can point to the resulting failings as evidence progressive policies are dysfunctional & then they get power & aggressively gut every social gain & Dems are still like ‘maybe we can negotiate’
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Most alarmingly, only Senators trapped in this bubble could believe, against all evidence, that preserving the filibuster is a pro-democracy, save-the-Republic move, as opposed to the very thing that is rotting away the Republic, which is the deep disconnect between elections and policy outcomes.
I imagine what actually scared them into caving was the threat of Trump getting Republicans to actually eliminate the filibuster
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Most alarmingly, only Senators trapped in this bubble could believe, against all evidence, that preserving the filibuster is a pro-democracy, save-the-Republic move, as opposed to the very thing that is rotting away the Republic, which is the deep disconnect between elections and policy outcomes.
the real problem.
But OK, where do these DC-media assumptions come from? From X, from Fox News—also from Politico, Axios, the NYT, CNN, TV networks—and the staffers, consultants, and donors with whom these Senators spend too much time (instead of w/constituents) who amplify and repeat what these outlets are saying.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
the real problem.
thread. more often than not, Beltway conventional wisdom is Republican propaganda meant to manipulate behavior of voters and their opposition.
The 100%-wrong mainstream-media-DC-consensus is that it’s always the twentieth century and what voters mostly want—from Democrats anyway—is “working across the aisle,” so taking performative votes to show where you stand while ultimately cutting a deal on whatever terms are offered is good politics.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
thread. more often than not, Beltway conventional wisdom is Republican propaganda meant to manipulate behavior of voters and their opposition.
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
I think that is certainly true to an extent. However, the timing of the cave suggests another worse possibility: the Senate Dems were always planning to cave and were just holding out til last Tuesday, so it didn't depress turnout.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I think that is certainly true to an extent. However, the timing of the cave suggests another worse possibility: the Senate Dems were always planning to cave and were just holding out til last Tuesday, so it didn't depress turnout.
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
shame on you! shame! shame on you today, shame on you yesterday, shame on you for the past 10 years to utterly no effect whatsoever because you are utterly shameless...shame!!!
Hassan: My vote was to do two things: 1) Make sure the government is functioning… 2) continue the fight to a realistic platform to get the premium tax cuts done. If that is not successful, then shame on the Republican Party and shame on Donald Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
shame on you! shame! shame on you today, shame on you yesterday, shame on you for the past 10 years to utterly no effect whatsoever because you are utterly shameless...shame!!!
Cuck Schumer even said so himself back in March, the first time they caved.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Cuck Schumer even said so himself back in March, the first time they caved.
"i know better than you" - Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, James Comey
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"i know better than you" - Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, James Comey
Reposted by doormat democrat (DD)
Dems lol
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dems lol
Shaheen: "We are stupid suckers who routinely fall for the heart-warming prospect of bipartisan cooperation with our dear colleagues who want to kill us."
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Shaheen: "We are stupid suckers who routinely fall for the heart-warming prospect of bipartisan cooperation with our dear colleagues who want to kill us."