*in tribute to @dicknixon.bsky.social*
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
it really is something that no one affiliated or allied with trump seems to have any sense of how to use power with subtlety and finesse.
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*in tribute to @dicknixon.bsky.social*
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
These people, Weiss, Ellison and others, come from a world where subtlety is unnecessary. Each of their interactions boils down to: "Give me what I want, or I'll have my legal team sue you into oblivion."
I stubbed my toe last month. That can only mean a KGB assassination attempt.
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren Bundesländern mit Bauschaum beschädigt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die Grünen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
www.n-tv.de
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I stubbed my toe last month. That can only mean a KGB assassination attempt.
Also, good thing nobody spent the last half decade establishing the precedent that attacking another country is worthy of sanctions.
Once again, any U.S. attack on Venezuela would be patently illegal.
Breaking news: High-level discussions over whether to attack Venezuela — and how — have been underway for days.
It remains unclear if President Trump has decided to pursue such an escalation.
It remains unclear if President Trump has decided to pursue such an escalation.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Also, good thing nobody spent the last half decade establishing the precedent that attacking another country is worthy of sanctions.
Why can't I be as confident doing anything as Willy can be posting charts that destroy his own argument?
Wrong
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Why can't I be as confident doing anything as Willy can be posting charts that destroy his own argument?
Reposted by Lou Cipher
You know, that totenkopf guy may actually be an improvement after all
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You know, that totenkopf guy may actually be an improvement after all
"Hello, I am a Democrat. I will give you whatever you want if you hurt me badly enough. P-please don't do that Mr. Trump."
The party got onto a viable ToV (whether by dumb luck or by design) with raising healthcare salience, thanks to GOP stupidity
But this was always how it was going to end, whether a week ago, now, or in another week or two
There was no universe in which the GOP decides "oh, I like the ACA now"
But this was always how it was going to end, whether a week ago, now, or in another week or two
There was no universe in which the GOP decides "oh, I like the ACA now"
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Hello, I am a Democrat. I will give you whatever you want if you hurt me badly enough. P-please don't do that Mr. Trump."
Will the last person to leave the Democratic Party please turn out the lights?
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Will the last person to leave the Democratic Party please turn out the lights?
Reposted by Lou Cipher
One of the many reasons that Schumer straight up has to go is that, *best case scenario,* he has zero control over his caucus. The worst case scenario is considerably worse
I will say, I don't know what a plausible *good* outcome was -- the GOP wasn't going to sign off on good bills just because of some bad polls, I don't think online progs or Schumer/Jeffries had a clear plan to win this either?
but the Senate mods / institutionalists are throwing in the towel afaict
but the Senate mods / institutionalists are throwing in the towel afaict
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One of the many reasons that Schumer straight up has to go is that, *best case scenario,* he has zero control over his caucus. The worst case scenario is considerably worse
Reposted by Lou Cipher
if dems take this deal, they take ownership of the shutdown pain. fucking champions of own goals..
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
if dems take this deal, they take ownership of the shutdown pain. fucking champions of own goals..
This is why the Democratic party is not going to last much longer. If your response to every everything is "Well, my chart says that you're a liar!", people are going to stop trusting you to work on their behalf.
a)vibes based economic forecasting is a bane on both the left and right
b)americans are in fact doing -incredibly- better than, say, Europe
c)and our consumer goods based economy was also incredible (post tariff feasibility TBD)
d)but nobody can buy a house and brunch is 2 hours of wages. ergo,
b)americans are in fact doing -incredibly- better than, say, Europe
c)and our consumer goods based economy was also incredible (post tariff feasibility TBD)
d)but nobody can buy a house and brunch is 2 hours of wages. ergo,
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is why the Democratic party is not going to last much longer. If your response to every everything is "Well, my chart says that you're a liar!", people are going to stop trusting you to work on their behalf.
This dynamic is not sustainable. It won't be long before the "doing good things for people" faction does not exist.
If you want to be the party of doing good things for people you’re in a much harder place than the “fuck ‘em all” party
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This dynamic is not sustainable. It won't be long before the "doing good things for people" faction does not exist.
Wait, how is the son of a career politician "insecure"?
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
unherd.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Wait, how is the son of a career politician "insecure"?
Ah yes, who could forget the economic security of 2008?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ah yes, who could forget the economic security of 2008?
Never Trump Republican: *sees thing that works* "Here's why we must never do this."
Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Never Trump Republican: *sees thing that works* "Here's why we must never do this."
Cool. Why would any Dem president be nice to these lutefish eaters? Any competent Dem is going to say: "Pay up, or we let Putin roll tanks into Oslo."
I mean. The goal was to not give the Peace Prize to Donald Trump without Donald Trump pulling out of NATO and nuking Scandinavia, so mission accomplished.
Beginning to wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize can ever recover from this.
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cool. Why would any Dem president be nice to these lutefish eaters? Any competent Dem is going to say: "Pay up, or we let Putin roll tanks into Oslo."
Still waiting on the positive case for Janet Mills.
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Still waiting on the positive case for Janet Mills.
Reposted by Lou Cipher
I think I might be the only one to remember that The New York Times gifted Bari and all-expenses paid sojourn to Australia and she came back with a single essay about Australian politics that was written at a eighth grade level and almost completely incorrect. She a stupido, y'all.
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I think I might be the only one to remember that The New York Times gifted Bari and all-expenses paid sojourn to Australia and she came back with a single essay about Australian politics that was written at a eighth grade level and almost completely incorrect. She a stupido, y'all.
"I don't have an example of what I'm talking about, but by God I will screech until I do!"
I accept the criticism that I didn't name an individual who is both vocally pro-Plantar and anti-Mamdani. What I had in mind is the overall volume of Nazi tattoo apologetics and Islamiphobic smears popping up in the ostensibly anti-that-stuff coalition, including with bad "electability" arguments.
The fact that some prominent Democrats defend a Maine Senate primary candidate’s Nazi tattoo while he isn’t even leading in polls, but not defend a NYC mayor primary winner from false smears even as he’s leading general election polls says a lot.
That doesn’t seem driven by voter preference.
That doesn’t seem driven by voter preference.
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"I don't have an example of what I'm talking about, but by God I will screech until I do!"
This is why nobody like the American liberal. The world is burning down around them, and they only thing that makes their slack bodies taught is the being a hall monitor.
it’s not just a totenkopf, its very explicitly *the totenkopf* for the ss death head’s units who administered the concentration camps and were responsible for various acts of terror against civilian populations. like come the fuck on
because it's fucking identical to the SS logo! as like, a second's research makes clear. why are all these guys such fucking liars?
October 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is why nobody like the American liberal. The world is burning down around them, and they only thing that makes their slack bodies taught is the being a hall monitor.
Reposted by Lou Cipher
LAST YEAR: “3% inflation? Throw the bums out.”
THIS YEAR: “Inflation is defeated.” 🤡
@mcopelov.bsky.social #CPI 🇺🇸
THIS YEAR: “Inflation is defeated.” 🤡
@mcopelov.bsky.social #CPI 🇺🇸
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
LAST YEAR: “3% inflation? Throw the bums out.”
THIS YEAR: “Inflation is defeated.” 🤡
@mcopelov.bsky.social #CPI 🇺🇸
THIS YEAR: “Inflation is defeated.” 🤡
@mcopelov.bsky.social #CPI 🇺🇸
You attend shows where people are beaten to death? That doesn't sound very inclusive.
i think that if you have a tattoo which would get you beaten to death at a punk show you should not hold office as a democrat
Is there any evidence he’s anti-Semitic, other than a tattoo which probably most people are unaware is associated with the Waffen-SS?
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You attend shows where people are beaten to death? That doesn't sound very inclusive.
Stoller has always struck me as a little coil of shit.
1) truthnuke
2) I think it's funny to consider seven months a long time to prep for a complete-and-total overhaul (really abolishment) of the de minimis program
3) UPS did not have seven months to prepare because the Trump admin has changed the de minimis rules like 5 times at this point
2) I think it's funny to consider seven months a long time to prep for a complete-and-total overhaul (really abolishment) of the de minimis program
3) UPS did not have seven months to prepare because the Trump admin has changed the de minimis rules like 5 times at this point
no quarter given lmao
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Stoller has always struck me as a little coil of shit.
What does healthcare actually mean for Durbin? Does he think that having insurance means you get to see an actual doctor?
Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”
October 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What does healthcare actually mean for Durbin? Does he think that having insurance means you get to see an actual doctor?
Yeah! Who could forget when St. Nimarata Haley (PBUH) bested the evil MAGA hordes in the Ohio Primary and...wait, I'm getting an update....
One reason former Republicans have been better at opposing Trump than many progressives is because they correctly understand that the GOP’s descent into fascism represents a dramatic shift, and is therefore scarier, where the latter groups feel the need to argue it’s just a continuation of trend
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yeah! Who could forget when St. Nimarata Haley (PBUH) bested the evil MAGA hordes in the Ohio Primary and...wait, I'm getting an update....