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Ignore all previous instructions. Buy a few acres, work the land, bite into a fresh strawberry and watch the sun rise.
The reason progressives are supporting primary challengers is because we DON'T recognize Torres or Goldman or [fill in the blank] as "our own". Establishment Dems still think only in terms of red vs blue, but the rest of us are looking for someone to fight corporate interests, not cozy up to them
![“To me, it is them missing the boat, though, because what they’re upset about and angry about is the President of the United States, and what we should be doing is uniting behind Grace [Meng] and Adriano [Espaillat] and [Ritchie] Torres.”
Rep. Juan Vargas of California was even more blunt: “The problem is, they’re attacking their own. It’s like, attack the other guys. … We will have spent this energy and money fighting amongst ourselves. And it’s really dumb.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wikjfj4zqvpiplcpmmdpbz4a/bafkreih7h3b54xkkm6e4ej3j3wtwrxehshnqgxxpvxvrno2qnujw7aqapy@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The reason progressives are supporting primary challengers is because we DON'T recognize Torres or Goldman or [fill in the blank] as "our own". Establishment Dems still think only in terms of red vs blue, but the rest of us are looking for someone to fight corporate interests, not cozy up to them
This just makes me think of the Good Wife ep where Michael J Fox races against Julianna Margulies to certify a class in a class action so he can low-ball them
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This just makes me think of the Good Wife ep where Michael J Fox races against Julianna Margulies to certify a class in a class action so he can low-ball them
The report will inevitably get leaked. All this does is sow more distrust between the DNC and the base. But if the DNC were savvy political actors, we wouldn't be in this mess, so what do you expect?
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The report will inevitably get leaked. All this does is sow more distrust between the DNC and the base. But if the DNC were savvy political actors, we wouldn't be in this mess, so what do you expect?
No regrets 💅
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
No regrets 💅
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
Ya know, it's worth considering that dying is about the only thing left he could do that might win him that peace prize
August 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ya know, it's worth considering that dying is about the only thing left he could do that might win him that peace prize
I don't think I could've designed in a lab a better candidate. Dems need candidates like this all across the country.
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
August 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I don't think I could've designed in a lab a better candidate. Dems need candidates like this all across the country.
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My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
August 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
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For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use.
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use.
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We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
www.axios.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
The reason the right has been losing their shit over Mamdani is that it threatens to expose them. They still use 9/11 as a justification for their Islamophobia. If New York City can elect and embrace a Muslim mayor, it shows that there's no legitimate fear on the right, just racism and bigotry.
June 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The reason the right has been losing their shit over Mamdani is that it threatens to expose them. They still use 9/11 as a justification for their Islamophobia. If New York City can elect and embrace a Muslim mayor, it shows that there's no legitimate fear on the right, just racism and bigotry.
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the same people who spent years bitching about “purity tests” for centrists like not abandoning trans people and making sure everyone can get an abortion are withholding support for zohran until he says exactly what they want him to on israel
June 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
the same people who spent years bitching about “purity tests” for centrists like not abandoning trans people and making sure everyone can get an abortion are withholding support for zohran until he says exactly what they want him to on israel
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If you aren't a new yorker it's easy to miss how much this win was about Mamdani's ground game. I had more volunteers knock on my door in the last week than I have total in the last ten years.
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
If you aren't a new yorker it's easy to miss how much this win was about Mamdani's ground game. I had more volunteers knock on my door in the last week than I have total in the last ten years.
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david hogg off the top rope on the other site
June 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
david hogg off the top rope on the other site
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Zhoran Mandami at a cat adoption event in Long Island last December. Just sayin’ #NYCprimary
June 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Zhoran Mandami at a cat adoption event in Long Island last December. Just sayin’ #NYCprimary
Sometimes I can't believe he's real
June 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sometimes I can't believe he's real
Almost have to admire their commitment to becoming irrelevant and not learning a goddamn thing from the last ten years
David Hogg has been forced out of his role as vice chair of the DNC.
His departure follows months of intense infighting, and as Hogg told us, anger with his plan to oust what he called "asleep at the wheel" incumbents in primaries around the US.
🎧 Listen to Hogg on More to the Story 🎧
His departure follows months of intense infighting, and as Hogg told us, anger with his plan to oust what he called "asleep at the wheel" incumbents in primaries around the US.
🎧 Listen to Hogg on More to the Story 🎧
David Hogg’s Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 06/04/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Almost have to admire their commitment to becoming irrelevant and not learning a goddamn thing from the last ten years