Dropped Mike
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my best stuff: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ofbhd4x65yjzuoh27ceq3n76/feed/aaab23k2b5q3a
header by Dave (Cactus)
my best stuff: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ofbhd4x65yjzuoh27ceq3n76/feed/aaab23k2b5q3a
it’s way worse than this. NOBODY thought Johnson would let the House vote on an aca extension. they were ONLY caving for a SENATE vote (one that was ITSELF doomed, as nobody promised that a single R senator would vote for the extension even if that vote did happen). it wasn’t EVEN a false promise
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
it’s way worse than this. NOBODY thought Johnson would let the House vote on an aca extension. they were ONLY caving for a SENATE vote (one that was ITSELF doomed, as nobody promised that a single R senator would vote for the extension even if that vote did happen). it wasn’t EVEN a false promise
maybe the difference between going back to the 60s is an anomaly and going back to the 20s (if everyone in england trusted the bbc immediately) is not, but not sure why, and this article doesn’t even attempt to establish that
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
maybe the difference between going back to the 60s is an anomaly and going back to the 20s (if everyone in england trusted the bbc immediately) is not, but not sure why, and this article doesn’t even attempt to establish that
they ALL sold us out. durbin is schumer’s whip. he CAN’T vote against schumer and keep his job. so he DIDN’T vote against schumer. it’s all orchestrated. a charade. EVERY ONE should be primaried unless they call for schumer to step down, now
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
they ALL sold us out. durbin is schumer’s whip. he CAN’T vote against schumer and keep his job. so he DIDN’T vote against schumer. it’s all orchestrated. a charade. EVERY ONE should be primaried unless they call for schumer to step down, now
that’s a rhetorical question, right?
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
that’s a rhetorical question, right?
what are you, 12? (it’s hilarious)
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
what are you, 12? (it’s hilarious)
not if we all ignore it just a little bit harder
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
not if we all ignore it just a little bit harder
relentlessly say/amplify the truth, and give money to people who do that (eg, independent journalists). Here are a few:
@marisakabas.bsky.social @atrupar.com @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
@propublica.org
@theguardian.com
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
@swordsjew.bsky.social
@marisakabas.bsky.social @atrupar.com @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
@propublica.org
@theguardian.com
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
@swordsjew.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
relentlessly say/amplify the truth, and give money to people who do that (eg, independent journalists). Here are a few:
@marisakabas.bsky.social @atrupar.com @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
@propublica.org
@theguardian.com
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
@swordsjew.bsky.social
@marisakabas.bsky.social @atrupar.com @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
@propublica.org
@theguardian.com
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
@swordsjew.bsky.social
ALL of them folded, after causing meaningless additional suffering. this was orchestrated — not one has called for schumer to step down as minority leader, despite his WHIP caving — and every one of them needs to be primaried
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
ALL of them folded, after causing meaningless additional suffering. this was orchestrated — not one has called for schumer to step down as minority leader, despite his WHIP caving — and every one of them needs to be primaried
some people are saying she’s the zodiac killer
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
some people are saying she’s the zodiac killer
(Coincidentally, authoritarianism seems to rear up every 80 or so years…)
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
(Coincidentally, authoritarianism seems to rear up every 80 or so years…)
the alternative is regulation. every new medium (print, radio, tv) has gone through periods of socially harmful activity b4 settling down, primarily thru regulation. the internet has almost exactly none, and its having eroded trust in the very institutions that would do the regulating is no accident
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the alternative is regulation. every new medium (print, radio, tv) has gone through periods of socially harmful activity b4 settling down, primarily thru regulation. the internet has almost exactly none, and its having eroded trust in the very institutions that would do the regulating is no accident
I think the interesting questions are what makes one or more sources “trusted” and what makes a society begin to disagree about that. what I see as the causes of the latter in the US are bad faith actors intentionally discrediting erstwhile trusted sources and money
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I think the interesting questions are what makes one or more sources “trusted” and what makes a society begin to disagree about that. what I see as the causes of the latter in the US are bad faith actors intentionally discrediting erstwhile trusted sources and money
This is a great thread, but this conclusion is I think demonstrably false — the US did okay for decades without a single source. What it had, I think, were a number of trusted sources, that tended broadly to stick to facts and so to agree among themselves about what was actually happening
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is a great thread, but this conclusion is I think demonstrably false — the US did okay for decades without a single source. What it had, I think, were a number of trusted sources, that tended broadly to stick to facts and so to agree among themselves about what was actually happening
See? I Told You So, by Ezra Klein
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
See? I Told You So, by Ezra Klein
SNAP (Ag) is one of those items
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
SNAP (Ag) is one of those items
this is a full-year appropriation. still a shit deal, but it is something new
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
this is a full-year appropriation. still a shit deal, but it is something new