Sherman Van Buren
@shermanvanburen.bsky.social
Grievance politics account (My grievance is with the GOP)
DarkWoke-YIMBY-Brahmin Left-New Atheist-Longism
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You don't fw Huey Long like I fw Huey Long
Enjoyer of history, politics, indie games, and anime
JB Pritzker 2028
DarkWoke-YIMBY-Brahmin Left-New Atheist-Longism
Bisexual + GreyRo + He/Him
You don't fw Huey Long like I fw Huey Long
Enjoyer of history, politics, indie games, and anime
JB Pritzker 2028
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I strongly suspect that the opposite is true. Newsom is likely going to be much stronger among normie Dems than the Bluesky crowd.
newsom is the candidate for people who think posting is activism
Newsom is utterly pathetic. Dog shit instincts.
January 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I strongly suspect that the opposite is true. Newsom is likely going to be much stronger among normie Dems than the Bluesky crowd.
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A political media that wasn't closely allied with him would be calling him a lame duck and warning Republicans that being associated with him is toxic. Instead they're daydreaming about a trump 1000 year Reich and brainstorming ways he could rule as a dictator
"Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds...A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure."
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities | CNN Politics
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is f...
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A political media that wasn't closely allied with him would be calling him a lame duck and warning Republicans that being associated with him is toxic. Instead they're daydreaming about a trump 1000 year Reich and brainstorming ways he could rule as a dictator
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If Walz isnt on the street and risking injury or arrest, he is not doing his fucking job.
Sucks but it's the facts.
Sucks but it's the facts.
we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
January 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
If Walz isnt on the street and risking injury or arrest, he is not doing his fucking job.
Sucks but it's the facts.
Sucks but it's the facts.
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we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
January 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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you know, its funny, but america is (was?) really at the height of its imperial power in the period preceding the trump era. its just that ruling the world doesnt get these guys hard unless they get to murder people
"Like an elderly man whose powers are failing, the Habsburg Monarchy sought to recover its youth by a display of vitality...internal action had come to nothing; action in foreign affairs had to take its place."
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
you know, its funny, but america is (was?) really at the height of its imperial power in the period preceding the trump era. its just that ruling the world doesnt get these guys hard unless they get to murder people
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Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
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100%. With Venezuela you atleast had the excuse of going after Maduro. Like who is the enemy for them here? The Danish?
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
100%. With Venezuela you atleast had the excuse of going after Maduro. Like who is the enemy for them here? The Danish?
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There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
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The memes about "the Hugo Black cycle ??? --> ??? --> ???" that would've existed if the internet was around back then would truly have been some all-timers
"I believe in the incorporation doctrine but also there's no right to privacy", among many other things
"I believe in the incorporation doctrine but also there's no right to privacy", among many other things
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The memes about "the Hugo Black cycle ??? --> ??? --> ???" that would've existed if the internet was around back then would truly have been some all-timers
"I believe in the incorporation doctrine but also there's no right to privacy", among many other things
"I believe in the incorporation doctrine but also there's no right to privacy", among many other things
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People aren’t talking enough about how the “agents” are intentionally giving mixed directions to people. Go! Get out of the car! Keep moving! I said out of the car! They’re intentionally confusing them so someone can claim they’re not following orders (because they can’t follow conflicting ones) /1
It would be a mistake to see Trumpism as authoritarianism imposed on an unwilling nation, as opposed to authoritarianism implemented in a nation with a plurality that is already made up of authoritarian bootlickers who created the context for Trumpism to thrive.
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
People aren’t talking enough about how the “agents” are intentionally giving mixed directions to people. Go! Get out of the car! Keep moving! I said out of the car! They’re intentionally confusing them so someone can claim they’re not following orders (because they can’t follow conflicting ones) /1
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does kinda embody the modern american political leader, unwilling to accept short term costs in favor of long term constitutional stability because the latter is always assumed
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
does kinda embody the modern american political leader, unwilling to accept short term costs in favor of long term constitutional stability because the latter is always assumed
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yeah Mitch clearly gambled that courts would take out trump (ergo his post impeachment speech) while preventing a GOP Schism and, well, he was wrong
If McConnell had wanted to convict, Senate would have convicted. McConnell decided to pass the buck. His reasons were pure power politics: he knew a vote to convict would blow up the party. I suspect he also thought court prosecution would end T but also mobilize T supporters against Ds: a "win-win"
It was not the next President's or Attorney General's job to do the damn job of the Republicans in Congress (& the Executive Branch on 1/6/21). The anger at Biden/Garland is fine, but it's wildly misdirected without greater anger at the Republicans who are responsible for all of this.
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
yeah Mitch clearly gambled that courts would take out trump (ergo his post impeachment speech) while preventing a GOP Schism and, well, he was wrong
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Continues to enrage me that so far zero mainstream journalists have written a story about straight up, zero quibbles, white supremacist Nazi propaganda being posted *daily* by multiple, official, US Government accounts. Just fucking crickets.
A recent Department of Labor post uses a slogan similar to the Nazi propaganda slogan "One People, One Empire, One Leader”
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Continues to enrage me that so far zero mainstream journalists have written a story about straight up, zero quibbles, white supremacist Nazi propaganda being posted *daily* by multiple, official, US Government accounts. Just fucking crickets.
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guessing this is supposed to be about an EO permitting more off-grid data centers and having the hyperscalers run their own power plants? But god talk about the amount of vague “what if there were only benefits and no costs” policy-by-posting we’ve gotten over the last week
January 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
guessing this is supposed to be about an EO permitting more off-grid data centers and having the hyperscalers run their own power plants? But god talk about the amount of vague “what if there were only benefits and no costs” policy-by-posting we’ve gotten over the last week
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something striking about Jeffries is that he can't even do righteous anger convincingly, just a man of negative juice
Q: Is it your posture to put restrictions on ICE as a condition for funding DHS?
JEFFRIES: Renee Good should be alive. There was no justification. There are common sense measures that need to put in place so ICE can conduct itself in manner at least consistent w/ every other law enforcement agency
JEFFRIES: Renee Good should be alive. There was no justification. There are common sense measures that need to put in place so ICE can conduct itself in manner at least consistent w/ every other law enforcement agency
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
something striking about Jeffries is that he can't even do righteous anger convincingly, just a man of negative juice
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Andrew Johnson vetoing the civil rights act of 1866
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Andrew Johnson vetoing the civil rights act of 1866
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It’s a completely broken system. He can’t win but he also can’t lose. He gets to just go around trying to break things and sometimes he gets told no and sometimes he gets away with it and everybody hates it but nothing happens.
January 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
It’s a completely broken system. He can’t win but he also can’t lose. He gets to just go around trying to break things and sometimes he gets told no and sometimes he gets away with it and everybody hates it but nothing happens.
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genuinely Charlie Kirk may have been more degraded and demeaned by the Internet at this point than anyone else in human history
the universe is not always unjust
the universe is not always unjust
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
genuinely Charlie Kirk may have been more degraded and demeaned by the Internet at this point than anyone else in human history
the universe is not always unjust
the universe is not always unjust
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like if you’re only on this website, I don’t think you’re emotionally prepared for the tsunami of “Charlie Kirk as an e-girl/furry/piss-fetishist/esoteric Nazi alien” Content that is on the social media platforms young people actually use
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
like if you’re only on this website, I don’t think you’re emotionally prepared for the tsunami of “Charlie Kirk as an e-girl/furry/piss-fetishist/esoteric Nazi alien” Content that is on the social media platforms young people actually use
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There was approximately two seconds of veneration at gunpoint for Charlie Kirk from the MAGAs, which provoked a backlash so profound that I’m pretty sure Kirk’s visage will still be being used in AI slop twerking and fetish memes 20+ years from now
It is funny the extent to which Charlie Kirk has no legacy though, and that his death was basically career self destruction for Ezra Klein
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
There was approximately two seconds of veneration at gunpoint for Charlie Kirk from the MAGAs, which provoked a backlash so profound that I’m pretty sure Kirk’s visage will still be being used in AI slop twerking and fetish memes 20+ years from now
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incredibly frustrating that the DNC is nowhere near as consequential as the people who are obsessed with it think because Martin is night and day with congressional leadership
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
incredibly frustrating that the DNC is nowhere near as consequential as the people who are obsessed with it think because Martin is night and day with congressional leadership