John Sabattis
@sabattis.bsky.social
Supporting the Third American Founding
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This system works because it is the competition that creates two viable options, and so if the decisive vote is uninformed, it's not a huge deal in the long run.
This of course required that both parties field "fit" candidates. They no longer do.
This of course required that both parties field "fit" candidates. They no longer do.
Almost every election is determined at the last minute by the least-informed morons who, for some reason unbeknownst to themselves, felt like voting today for the first time in years.
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The idea the president has a popular mandate and accountability superior to Congress would have been baffling, infuriating, and heretical to the people who wrote and ratified the Constitution, and this is obvious to anybody even glancingly familiar with what any of them had to say about it.
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The idea the president has a popular mandate and accountability superior to Congress would have been baffling, infuriating, and heretical to the people who wrote and ratified the Constitution, and this is obvious to anybody even glancingly familiar with what any of them had to say about it.
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The presidency, which isn't even directly elected (and need not be elected with any popular vote at all), and even when it's not trying to steal elections, is not the one true embodiment of the will of the people. The only people the Constitution vests a direct democratic mandate in are in Congress.
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The presidency, which isn't even directly elected (and need not be elected with any popular vote at all), and even when it's not trying to steal elections, is not the one true embodiment of the will of the people. The only people the Constitution vests a direct democratic mandate in are in Congress.
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The right is no longer conservative in any sense of the word.
They seek to conserve nothing.
Their only remaining impulse is a desire to dominate and destroy.
Every word of this from @tomgpalmer.bsky.social. 👇
They seek to conserve nothing.
Their only remaining impulse is a desire to dominate and destroy.
Every word of this from @tomgpalmer.bsky.social. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The right is no longer conservative in any sense of the word.
They seek to conserve nothing.
Their only remaining impulse is a desire to dominate and destroy.
Every word of this from @tomgpalmer.bsky.social. 👇
They seek to conserve nothing.
Their only remaining impulse is a desire to dominate and destroy.
Every word of this from @tomgpalmer.bsky.social. 👇
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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All of you know Trump is the US president who surrendered in Afghanistan, right? Made a deal in 2020 cutting out the Afghan govt, let thousands of Taliban fighters out of jail in exchange for nothing.
I know the "everything in 2020 was Biden's fault, not Trump's" rule, I just don't agree with it.
I know the "everything in 2020 was Biden's fault, not Trump's" rule, I just don't agree with it.
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
All of you know Trump is the US president who surrendered in Afghanistan, right? Made a deal in 2020 cutting out the Afghan govt, let thousands of Taliban fighters out of jail in exchange for nothing.
I know the "everything in 2020 was Biden's fault, not Trump's" rule, I just don't agree with it.
I know the "everything in 2020 was Biden's fault, not Trump's" rule, I just don't agree with it.
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We need to do everything we can to encourage posts like this on bluesky. Terrible food opinions from big name sportswriters are genuinely the lifeblood of any social media app
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We need to do everything we can to encourage posts like this on bluesky. Terrible food opinions from big name sportswriters are genuinely the lifeblood of any social media app
Exhibit A in the case that wins are overrated.
Yesterday, I wrote about Nick Sirianni, whose resume is arguably the best in modern NFL history through 4+ years and yet somehow can't convince a meaningful amount of people that he's a good coach www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Barnwell: Is Nick Sirianni the most scrutinized successful coach in NFL history?
The Eagles' head coach is 56-22 over five seasons, including two trips to the Super Bowl. Yet he's constantly under the microscope. Why?
www.espn.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Exhibit A in the case that wins are overrated.
Weird!
One thing that's fascinating to me is that when NFL free agency starts, so many contracts get signed immediately. MLB free agency has been going for over a week and almost nothing has happened!
Passan: Josh Naylor finalizing 5-year deal with the Mariners.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Weird!
No, Trump did not admit to sexual assault on camera. He glorified sexual assault on camera, but did not admit to a particular act at a particular time and place.
the president admitted to sexual assault on camera and it didn't matter
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
No, Trump did not admit to sexual assault on camera. He glorified sexual assault on camera, but did not admit to a particular act at a particular time and place.
Nope! As flight cancellations ticked up towards 20%, Trump would have insisted on vetoing any D concessions, and eventually Senate Rs would have nuked the filibuster.
Sincere question: does anybody have any evidence that the GOP/WH would have eventually folded and extended the ACA subsidies if the shutdown continued?
I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
I haven’t seen any. The President didn’t seem to feeling any pressure. No GOP Senator AFAIK expressed any concern. (Some Reps did)
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Nope! As flight cancellations ticked up towards 20%, Trump would have insisted on vetoing any D concessions, and eventually Senate Rs would have nuked the filibuster.
The American system of government-run party primaries is, by every metric of what it is in theory supposed to accomplish, a complete failure. Decidedly in the basket of things that are Bad, Actually. It favors incumbents and weakens party discipline and accountability, and those are all bad things.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Once Trump made it clear that he would insist on abolishing the filibuster before making any concessions, Democrats no longer had any leverage.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Once Trump made it clear that he would insist on abolishing the filibuster before making any concessions, Democrats no longer had any leverage.
Nearly a decade into the Trump phenomenon, they are still far more inclined to see Trump as an electoral opportunity rather than as an existential threat. It’s stunning complacency, really.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Nearly a decade into the Trump phenomenon, they are still far more inclined to see Trump as an electoral opportunity rather than as an existential threat. It’s stunning complacency, really.
The problem is, when people say “affordability,” they really mean “consumption inequality,” but they typically don’t realize it.
Everybody agrees now that "affordability" is the key political issue of our time.
But what does this mean when inflation-adjusted wages and household income are higher than ever?
Trump enters the same pain cave that bedeviled Biden.
www.slowboring.com/p/affordabil...
But what does this mean when inflation-adjusted wages and household income are higher than ever?
Trump enters the same pain cave that bedeviled Biden.
www.slowboring.com/p/affordabil...
“Affordability” is just high nominal prices
I think Trump is totally screwed on this one
www.slowboring.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The problem is, when people say “affordability,” they really mean “consumption inequality,” but they typically don’t realize it.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
This article encapsulates the Trump Paradox. Following Jan 6 and Mar-a-Lago America’s institutions were extraordinarily reluctant to disqualify Trump from office, often out of some sort of deference to the judgement of voters. /1 of 3
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump
A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This article encapsulates the Trump Paradox. Following Jan 6 and Mar-a-Lago America’s institutions were extraordinarily reluctant to disqualify Trump from office, often out of some sort of deference to the judgement of voters. /1 of 3
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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My gut sense here is that Rs didn't think this would become an issue, then got pot committed to a terrible precedent just so they won't admit they were wrong.
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has now been waiting 36 days to be sworn in to office — setting a new record that any member of Congress has had to wait following a special election.
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Ugh. Devastating.
dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.
deadline.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ugh. Devastating.
Welcome
I used to mock people who called Trump a “fascist” during his first term.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
While I never voted for him, it always just felt hysterical or an exaggeration.
After January 6, I started to understand.
Now, I realize how wrong I was.
For that, I owe those people an apology.
October 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Welcome
Seriously!
POLITICO's "coverage" of an anonymous Trump donor giving $130 million to pay for troops salaries is mindboggling. Nowhere in their piece here they question the constitutionality of the move. Also haven't seen any pushback from Dems.
DC is so broken.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
DC is so broken.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Seriously!
Further evidence that the system itself is broken.
We used to be able to do this!
A government that can’t punish obvious, open-air corruption is a failed government. It lacks legitimacy and must be reformed.
A government that can’t punish obvious, open-air corruption is a failed government. It lacks legitimacy and must be reformed.
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Further evidence that the system itself is broken.
I don’t even know how to boycott such a large group.
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House. https://cnn.it/47yWmpP
White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | CNN Politics
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...
www.cnn.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I don’t even know how to boycott such a large group.
The number of Americans who increase that something’s are both totally illegal and not capable of remediation by the Courts is unfortunately very high.
No, and what he's doing now isn't legal, either. It is, on the more important point of how it's being funded, insanely unconstitutional. But not everything is fixable by litigation, even constitutional violations. Some parts are up to Congress to enforce or else they simply aren't enforced at all.
As a matter of current law, could the president just…knock down the entire White House? Just raze the whole thing to the ground?
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The number of Americans who increase that something’s are both totally illegal and not capable of remediation by the Courts is unfortunately very high.