Moose
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i don't like it when people don't like a candidate and launder that dislike through an "electability" argument
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
i don't like it when people don't like a candidate and launder that dislike through an "electability" argument
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As a Jew, I've always worried that "Never Again" would mean "Never Again TO US," but it's wild to see someone just come right out and say that.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As a Jew, I've always worried that "Never Again" would mean "Never Again TO US," but it's wild to see someone just come right out and say that.
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Turns out if you try to enshrine bipartisanship in the function of your legislature by making it nearly impossible to pass substantive new legislation without support from the other party, the actual result is you encourage the executive to bypass the legislature & act unilaterally
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Turns out if you try to enshrine bipartisanship in the function of your legislature by making it nearly impossible to pass substantive new legislation without support from the other party, the actual result is you encourage the executive to bypass the legislature & act unilaterally
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🔬 Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from the genetic condition Kallmann Syndrome that can manifest itself in undescended testicles and a micropenis, researchers and documentary makers said, following DNA testing of the Nazi dictator's blood.
➡️ u.afp.com/SndH
➡️ u.afp.com/SndH
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🔬 Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from the genetic condition Kallmann Syndrome that can manifest itself in undescended testicles and a micropenis, researchers and documentary makers said, following DNA testing of the Nazi dictator's blood.
➡️ u.afp.com/SndH
➡️ u.afp.com/SndH
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If anything counts as a smoking gun, it’s this email.
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
If anything counts as a smoking gun, it’s this email.
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
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"Ceisler hopes officials in other parts of the country are watching. “It sends a message to elected public safety leaders across the country that partnering with ICE is a loser in any district that’s remotely a swing district,” he said."
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Ceisler hopes officials in other parts of the country are watching. “It sends a message to elected public safety leaders across the country that partnering with ICE is a loser in any district that’s remotely a swing district,” he said."
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
More great reporting from @burness.bsky.social
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/b0AtL8r
Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/b0AtL8r
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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This is it. The American electorate is ~30% people who genuinely want cruelty, ~49% people who actively oppose it, and ~21% ignorant dum-dums.
That’s not to excuse the dumbasses, but the majority of this country does not actually want this immigration policy.
That’s not to excuse the dumbasses, but the majority of this country does not actually want this immigration policy.
Every time Trump wins we get a round of takes that this is because American are all Nazis deep down but all the evidence is that Americans are morons who think “crime” is out of control and we just need to take down all the criminals, but don’t want it done to their neighbors.
I continue to believe that the Trump *campaign* successfully convinced quite a lot of people that mass deportations did not mean mass deportations; that it meant targeted enforcement against “the bad guys.”
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is it. The American electorate is ~30% people who genuinely want cruelty, ~49% people who actively oppose it, and ~21% ignorant dum-dums.
That’s not to excuse the dumbasses, but the majority of this country does not actually want this immigration policy.
That’s not to excuse the dumbasses, but the majority of this country does not actually want this immigration policy.
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Every time Trump wins we get a round of takes that this is because American are all Nazis deep down but all the evidence is that Americans are morons who think “crime” is out of control and we just need to take down all the criminals, but don’t want it done to their neighbors.
I continue to believe that the Trump *campaign* successfully convinced quite a lot of people that mass deportations did not mean mass deportations; that it meant targeted enforcement against “the bad guys.”
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Every time Trump wins we get a round of takes that this is because American are all Nazis deep down but all the evidence is that Americans are morons who think “crime” is out of control and we just need to take down all the criminals, but don’t want it done to their neighbors.
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It’s crazy that they thought they could keep ramping up the violent rhetoric (and actual violence!) and never get even a tiny fraction of the same energy back from their targets.
There's so many of these btw, NoVa right wingers realizing that their neighbors genuinely hate them
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It’s crazy that they thought they could keep ramping up the violent rhetoric (and actual violence!) and never get even a tiny fraction of the same energy back from their targets.
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I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
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If you look at the White House demolition story and your first reaction is "no one gives a shit about this, they're worried about their bills" and not "this is the easiest proof point ever that the GOP doesn't give a shit about your bills" I'm afraid you have failed a fairly easy political IQ test
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If you look at the White House demolition story and your first reaction is "no one gives a shit about this, they're worried about their bills" and not "this is the easiest proof point ever that the GOP doesn't give a shit about your bills" I'm afraid you have failed a fairly easy political IQ test
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Okay then, see you on the assembly line? Here’s the shovel, wanna get in and dig a ditch?
Most Americans say the shift from manufacturing/agriculture to tech/services has been negative for America
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Okay then, see you on the assembly line? Here’s the shovel, wanna get in and dig a ditch?
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Democrats shouldn't run on policy at all. They need to tap in to popular emotions bolstered by values and then only mention policy to the extent it expands on that message.
The GOP won without even having a fucking platform! Just inchoate rage!
The GOP won without even having a fucking platform! Just inchoate rage!
Some of these issues have high emotional resonance and may be worth loudly declaiming, but how many voters that are not engaged enough to be able to tell whether Trump is bad are going to know about EV tax credits. This theory of electoral politics is extremely silly for such a condescending tone!
Here with yellow checkmarks we have five examples of real things that Gavin Newsom and leading California Democrats espouse. Not a straw man.
My take is Democrats should drop these ideas, ideas that do not sound at all like economic populism to me.
My take is Democrats should drop these ideas, ideas that do not sound at all like economic populism to me.
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Democrats shouldn't run on policy at all. They need to tap in to popular emotions bolstered by values and then only mention policy to the extent it expands on that message.
The GOP won without even having a fucking platform! Just inchoate rage!
The GOP won without even having a fucking platform! Just inchoate rage!
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We desperately need a media strategy but we keep debating policy.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We desperately need a media strategy but we keep debating policy.
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
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Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Can you really not see the distinction between saying that we should help out people who have kids and saying we should explicitly penalize people for *not* having kids?
October 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Can you really not see the distinction between saying that we should help out people who have kids and saying we should explicitly penalize people for *not* having kids?
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we seem to have deprived them entirely of the footage they were obviously hoping for
October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
we seem to have deprived them entirely of the footage they were obviously hoping for
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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antiwoke guy who wants to change the recycle bin on his computer back to the trash can
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
antiwoke guy who wants to change the recycle bin on his computer back to the trash can