@leftbrain.bsky.social
Writer and leftist pushing for progressive change. Economic populism is the only way out. Kick out useless corporate incumbents. Resist fascism.
I stream on Twitch sometimes: https://www.twitch.tv/leftbrainmedia
I stream on Twitch sometimes: https://www.twitch.tv/leftbrainmedia
Lame duck losing on the one issue he won with, and he’s tied to the entire GOP like an anchor.
Poll: By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/poll-by-a-2-to-1-margin-americans-say-trump-has-done-more-to-raise-prices-than-lower-them-183908373.html
Poll: By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them
A new Yahoo/YouGov survey finds that a greater number of U.S. adults now blame Trump for inflation than blamed Joe Biden in 2022.
www.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Lame duck losing on the one issue he won with, and he’s tied to the entire GOP like an anchor.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Will Bernie Sanders endorse @katmabu.bsky.social ?
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Will Bernie Sanders endorse @katmabu.bsky.social ?
Also four Dems representing parts of the city Mamdani just won - Jeffries, Torres, Meeks, Meng.
4 senior House Dems — Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, & Ted Lieu — voted for a Republican-led resolution to “CONDEMN SOCIALISM,” a symbolic measure that passed the chamber on Wed. The vote comes as NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with Pres. Donald Trump at the WH today.
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Also four Dems representing parts of the city Mamdani just won - Jeffries, Torres, Meeks, Meng.
me on my flight three gummies in to ease anxiety
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
me on my flight three gummies in to ease anxiety
In age group 18-29, Kat leads Biss by *22 points*, meaning that if she turns out young + new voters in the same way Mamdani did, she’s absolutely gonna win.
NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In age group 18-29, Kat leads Biss by *22 points*, meaning that if she turns out young + new voters in the same way Mamdani did, she’s absolutely gonna win.
We’re a big, huge tent - there’s even a section for lunatic Republicans! This strategy has worked so well this past decade!
The “big tent” thing was always a transparent rebuke of the growing power of the left inside the Democratic Party.
The mantra also came to embody the problems of the modern party—namely that it doesn’t actually stand for anything.
Here we have reached its logical, laughable extreme. Beyond parody.
The mantra also came to embody the problems of the modern party—namely that it doesn’t actually stand for anything.
Here we have reached its logical, laughable extreme. Beyond parody.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
We’re a big, huge tent - there’s even a section for lunatic Republicans! This strategy has worked so well this past decade!
This is pathetic man. You lost eight members of your caucus in the most significant showdown of this administration and you’re crying on the phone about how there’s nothing you could do.
As eight senators in Chuck Schumer's caucus broke ranks to side with Republicans and vote to end the government shutdown fight he had engineered, the New York Democrat was on the phone trying to make it clear it wasn't his fault.
https://cnn.it/3K0GNhD
https://cnn.it/3K0GNhD
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is pathetic man. You lost eight members of your caucus in the most significant showdown of this administration and you’re crying on the phone about how there’s nothing you could do.
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Blue states need to turbocharge their democracy reforms. Get ranked choice voting going! Do what Seattle did and do democracy vouchers to counterbalance rich spending! Reform primaries to be nonpartisan top 5 where all independents and 3rd parties can vote! Automatic voter registration and mail-in!
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Blue states need to turbocharge their democracy reforms. Get ranked choice voting going! Do what Seattle did and do democracy vouchers to counterbalance rich spending! Reform primaries to be nonpartisan top 5 where all independents and 3rd parties can vote! Automatic voter registration and mail-in!
If Democrats knew how to communicate they’d plaster posters of this guy with a “TRUMP RELEASES CRIMINALS” tagline as far as the eye can see.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If Democrats knew how to communicate they’d plaster posters of this guy with a “TRUMP RELEASES CRIMINALS” tagline as far as the eye can see.
Why do I get this sneaking feeling that the Epstein files are this Trump term’s version of the Mueller investigation - a huge hyped up thing that liberals hinge all their hopes on and turns out to have minimal to no effect on anything.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Why do I get this sneaking feeling that the Epstein files are this Trump term’s version of the Mueller investigation - a huge hyped up thing that liberals hinge all their hopes on and turns out to have minimal to no effect on anything.
Katie Wilson has widened her lead! The Mamdani of the West will be Seattle's next Mayor!
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Katie Wilson has widened her lead! The Mamdani of the West will be Seattle's next Mayor!
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
Any Democratic Senate candidate who pledges to boot Schumer the fuck out of leadership is probably giving themselves a 5-10 point advantage.
UPDATE — Here are the at least 10 congressional Democrats, 5 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Any Democratic Senate candidate who pledges to boot Schumer the fuck out of leadership is probably giving themselves a 5-10 point advantage.
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Schumer may have voted no but people are tired of the DC dance.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Schumer may have voted no but people are tired of the DC dance.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
And Schumer. He either orchestrated it or has zero control of his caucus. He has to go.
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And Schumer. He either orchestrated it or has zero control of his caucus. He has to go.
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Biden and Dems got crushed insisting the economy was awesome (when it was a lot better than it is today).
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/t...
There is no affordability crisis, Trump officials insist
The government's own data shows consumer prices rising, not falling.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Biden and Dems got crushed insisting the economy was awesome (when it was a lot better than it is today).
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/t...
The NYT/WaPo/Politico article writes itself: Mamdani Uses Same Authoritarian Tactics Democrats Decry in Trump
Interview she did with somebody (full one isn’t online afaict) where she says one of the things she’s gonna focus on as part of the transition team is finding unused authorities the mayor has, citing the president’s previously unused power to enforce of Made-in-America labeling rules as an example
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The NYT/WaPo/Politico article writes itself: Mamdani Uses Same Authoritarian Tactics Democrats Decry in Trump
We should seriously consider the possibility that the gates of hell were only wide open and spilling everywhere because they were waiting for Dick Cheney before closing.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We should seriously consider the possibility that the gates of hell were only wide open and spilling everywhere because they were waiting for Dick Cheney before closing.
I think you could kick Schumer to curb just by hammering him on his total lack of support for Mamdani - you know, the super beloved firebrand with a national spotlight on him?
You know… if a DSA candidate in NYS wants to primary Chuck Schumer, now would be the time to start organising.
You may be successful…. 👀
You may be successful…. 👀
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think you could kick Schumer to curb just by hammering him on his total lack of support for Mamdani - you know, the super beloved firebrand with a national spotlight on him?
“Off-year elections aren’t indicative of anything, except Mamdani winning is proof the Dem party is now communist…or something”
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Off-year elections aren’t indicative of anything, except Mamdani winning is proof the Dem party is now communist…or something”
Just my little Politics nerd brag that I've had my eye on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani ever since 2020 when he defeated an incumbent Dem in the primary and went on to win his seat to represent AD36 as an Assemblymember. Was a proud endorsee of @socialists.nyc and @sanders.senate.gov even back then. 🥲
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just my little Politics nerd brag that I've had my eye on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani ever since 2020 when he defeated an incumbent Dem in the primary and went on to win his seat to represent AD36 as an Assemblymember. Was a proud endorsee of @socialists.nyc and @sanders.senate.gov even back then. 🥲
lol it's over Prop 50 passed in California!
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
lol it's over Prop 50 passed in California!
In addition to Gov and AG races in Virginia, seeing at least eight (8!) potential House of Delegates seats flipping blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In addition to Gov and AG races in Virginia, seeing at least eight (8!) potential House of Delegates seats flipping blue.