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Siento que merezco mas
Siento que merezco mas
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I read this right after I read about a 22 year old American citizen being held by ICE because they insist, despite her birth certificate, medical records, and immunization records, that she was not born in the USA.
The "Harris needed to earn my vote and she didn't" crowd are as responsible.
The "Harris needed to earn my vote and she didn't" crowd are as responsible.
We can't win without their votes.
Telling them they are just as responsible for the things Trump is doing may not be the best way to get them on our side.
Telling them they are just as responsible for the things Trump is doing may not be the best way to get them on our side.
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I read this right after I read about a 22 year old American citizen being held by ICE because they insist, despite her birth certificate, medical records, and immunization records, that she was not born in the USA.
The "Harris needed to earn my vote and she didn't" crowd are as responsible.
The "Harris needed to earn my vote and she didn't" crowd are as responsible.
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The idea that life would be about the same for people in America right now no matter who won the 2024 election is probably the most Caucasian thing I've ever read - and this is coming from me, a guy so white you can read by me in a dark room.
Do you think Harris would have protected trans people if she'd won?
Do you think she would have handled Gaza any differently?
Do you think she would have protected immigrants?
Life for the people who didn't vote for either candidate would be roughly the same.
And I DID vote for her, by the way.
Do you think she would have handled Gaza any differently?
Do you think she would have protected immigrants?
Life for the people who didn't vote for either candidate would be roughly the same.
And I DID vote for her, by the way.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The idea that life would be about the same for people in America right now no matter who won the 2024 election is probably the most Caucasian thing I've ever read - and this is coming from me, a guy so white you can read by me in a dark room.
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Liz Cheney would’ve campaigned with literally any Democrat last year as she was a single issue “do not put Liz Cheney against a wall and shoot her” voter
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Liz Cheney would’ve campaigned with literally any Democrat last year as she was a single issue “do not put Liz Cheney against a wall and shoot her” voter
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Blueskyism
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Blueskyism
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as i like to say, actually existing capitalism is never going to stack up well against magical fantasy communism
This doesn't make capitalism the best we could possibly have it!
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
as i like to say, actually existing capitalism is never going to stack up well against magical fantasy communism
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[whispers] it's legal to sign up with both Indivisible and DSA. you don't even have to decide who you're doing entryism on until later.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
[whispers] it's legal to sign up with both Indivisible and DSA. you don't even have to decide who you're doing entryism on until later.
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Ok so nobody actually knows where Cornyn is
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Ok so nobody actually knows where Cornyn is
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Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
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If we get polls in a couple weeks showing the generic ballot swinging back toward the GOP, come back and drag me but I trust the median voter to go “hey my costs keep increasing and the elephant man is in charge of all three branches of government”
I still kinda think it’s going to be D+12 in a year because the orange god king is determined to to be a blansas sized political suicide bomber
also, like, the die for pain was cast a year ago. the pain will continue for, at minimum, another three years. every choice now is between only bad options, and people will suffer no matter what choice is made, and senators cannot and should not be immune to that.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If we get polls in a couple weeks showing the generic ballot swinging back toward the GOP, come back and drag me but I trust the median voter to go “hey my costs keep increasing and the elephant man is in charge of all three branches of government”
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Julius Caesar crossing the rubicon with the 10th legion:
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Julius Caesar crossing the rubicon with the 10th legion:
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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this is why ending the filibuster is good
“if you elect Republicans they will actually pass and implement Republican legislation” is a sentence that should be banal but everyone smart understands is an extinction-level scenario for the party as it currently exists
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
this is why ending the filibuster is good
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Still drives me fucking bonkers how much of a thing this became
Checking in on these dudes, brb.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Still drives me fucking bonkers how much of a thing this became
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"simply ban gerrymandering"
- someone who absolutely knows how things work
- someone who absolutely knows how things work
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"simply ban gerrymandering"
- someone who absolutely knows how things work
- someone who absolutely knows how things work
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NEW: Judges around the country are citing an unexpected source to free ICE detainees:
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
How the Laken Riley Act is working against ICE to free some noncitizens
Judges around the country are citing the GOP-backed immigration law, designed to detain more noncitizens, to free them instead.
www.courthousenews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
NEW: Judges around the country are citing an unexpected source to free ICE detainees:
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
The Laken Riley Act
They're finding ICE's mass detention agenda is SO broad it could actually "nullify" the controversial law.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
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We are doing little a wojakposting as a treat
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We are doing little a wojakposting as a treat
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Is it a future of Spanbergers or Mamdanis?
@joshtpm.bsky.social has it right. That's not the question.
The 2025 elections provided the blueprint:
Find candidates suited to their constituencies & focus on cost of living & opposing Trump’s autocracy. Full stop.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
@joshtpm.bsky.social has it right. That's not the question.
The 2025 elections provided the blueprint:
Find candidates suited to their constituencies & focus on cost of living & opposing Trump’s autocracy. Full stop.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
A Few Day After the Election Thoughts
The clearest read of what happened last night is that, as far...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Is it a future of Spanbergers or Mamdanis?
@joshtpm.bsky.social has it right. That's not the question.
The 2025 elections provided the blueprint:
Find candidates suited to their constituencies & focus on cost of living & opposing Trump’s autocracy. Full stop.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
@joshtpm.bsky.social has it right. That's not the question.
The 2025 elections provided the blueprint:
Find candidates suited to their constituencies & focus on cost of living & opposing Trump’s autocracy. Full stop.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
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It's exhausting because it feels like we "rediscover" this every time, yet somehow a significant portion of people seem to want to entertain the opposite *every round of voting*.
it's not sufficient, and it has to be followed by doing the hard work of rebuilding a functional society
but last night does show one thing: "vote harder" is, actually, pretty effective
but last night does show one thing: "vote harder" is, actually, pretty effective
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's exhausting because it feels like we "rediscover" this every time, yet somehow a significant portion of people seem to want to entertain the opposite *every round of voting*.
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I'm looking forward to the smug 'everyone knew' articles about Trump's mental health
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm looking forward to the smug 'everyone knew' articles about Trump's mental health
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the leftist fantasy of building a large, complex bureaucracy to handle large, complex human problems without any technocratic expertise whatsoever
The fact that a lot of leftists despise Parks and Rec - one of the best and most sympathetic depictions of non-cop government in modern media - is a symptom of the fact that a lot of the left has no idea how to actually implement the policy proposals they want to enact.
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
the leftist fantasy of building a large, complex bureaucracy to handle large, complex human problems without any technocratic expertise whatsoever
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
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“Voter reform” is incredibly ominous.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“Voter reform” is incredibly ominous.
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I am CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)
the 2028 democratic party is going to be 50% DSA and 50% CIA at this rate
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I am CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)
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The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
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BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.