D.M. Ridley
@ridleydm.bsky.social
I love this political tack and I encourage Republicans to keep repeating it.
Trump: "There's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about -- 'affordability.' They just say the word. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. They just say it. 'Affordability.' I inherited the worst inflation in history ... the word 'affordability' is a con job by the Democrats"
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love this political tack and I encourage Republicans to keep repeating it.
I shouldn't be surprised by this, but apparently the National Park Service is doing a fee-free day at national parks in June for President Trump's birthday.
Seems like a good time and place for some No Kings rallies...
Seems like a good time and place for some No Kings rallies...
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I shouldn't be surprised by this, but apparently the National Park Service is doing a fee-free day at national parks in June for President Trump's birthday.
Seems like a good time and place for some No Kings rallies...
Seems like a good time and place for some No Kings rallies...
When we talk about refusing illegal orders, this is what we mean.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When we talk about refusing illegal orders, this is what we mean.
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Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
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haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
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It seems worth getting very crisp on whether the presumptive 2028 Republican nominee for POTUS agrees with his boss that members of Congress should be killed.
JD Vance on the same morning Trump calls for execution of elected Democrats: "He's not a violent person:"
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It seems worth getting very crisp on whether the presumptive 2028 Republican nominee for POTUS agrees with his boss that members of Congress should be killed.
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"If Democrats don’t change course, they won’t just lose a constituency; they’ll lose a critical governing asset," Wendy R. Anderson writes.
Here’s what Democrats should do:
Here’s what Democrats should do:
Opinion | A suspicion from 2016 is becoming Democrats’ monster
The Democratic Party is falling behind while Trump accelerates technology innovation.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"If Democrats don’t change course, they won’t just lose a constituency; they’ll lose a critical governing asset," Wendy R. Anderson writes.
Here’s what Democrats should do:
Here’s what Democrats should do:
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a take which I thought was too basic to write up but I clearly should have written up lol was that one underrated success of the 2024 Trump campaign was to manage to make it *look* like the Kamala campaign was back-to-back culture wars, they did a very good job on that front!
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
a take which I thought was too basic to write up but I clearly should have written up lol was that one underrated success of the 2024 Trump campaign was to manage to make it *look* like the Kamala campaign was back-to-back culture wars, they did a very good job on that front!
The Biden administration could be pretty damn good if we don't have the fallout from COVID to deal with and had a leader who was less ancient and better at communicating and keeping the groups in check.
I just worry that it's 2018 again! we may beat Trump in 2026 and 2028, but are we actually on a path to consolidate multiracial democracy, or are we just going to do the Biden admin again
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Biden administration could be pretty damn good if we don't have the fallout from COVID to deal with and had a leader who was less ancient and better at communicating and keeping the groups in check.
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even if/when we make through to 2026/28 it's a temporary win unless we commit to doing Reconstruction For Real This Time
I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
even if/when we make through to 2026/28 it's a temporary win unless we commit to doing Reconstruction For Real This Time
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I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
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Do you call for Schumer to step down as leader by the end of this year?
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Do you call for Schumer to step down as leader by the end of this year?
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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All the yes votes came from Senators who are retiring or not up in 2026.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
All the yes votes came from Senators who are retiring or not up in 2026.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
Voters spoke clearly on Tuesday. We wanted a fight. Dems now know reopening is an electorally indefensible position.
So they plotted to give themselves cover. Why?
They’re afraid of their own voters. Good. They should be.
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Hey 2028 Dems,
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hey 2028 Dems,
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
You should call for Schumer to go now. I promise it'll only help you.
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
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A fine example of the erratic insanity of Trump's 'emergency' tariffs - and their real costs for American businesses www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A fine example of the erratic insanity of Trump's 'emergency' tariffs - and their real costs for American businesses www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Battery plants can create advanced manufacturing jobs, help the US compete economically with China, diversify global supply chains, improve grid resilience & provide domestic supplies for automakers.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
DOE cancels more than $700M in battery, manufacturing projects
The nixed grants appear to be the first the Department of Energy has confirmed from a list that outlines $20 billion in potential cuts.
www.eenews.net
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Battery plants can create advanced manufacturing jobs, help the US compete economically with China, diversify global supply chains, improve grid resilience & provide domestic supplies for automakers.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
So naturally the DOE is clawing back funding for them.
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It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.
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The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.
October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.