Ian Russell
@ianrussell.bsky.social
Law student, writer, progressive Christian, Oxford comma enjoyer. he/him
Literal Reagan was already pretty much *all* of the things they attributed to the other presidents, tbh. (I guess he wasn’t a nerd.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Literal Reagan was already pretty much *all* of the things they attributed to the other presidents, tbh. (I guess he wasn’t a nerd.)
Even on Twitter he would shove the same old slop into a lot of his posts (remember when he’d spend election season posting basically word for word identical endorsements of random Republicans?)—but with no character limits, yeah, yikes.
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Even on Twitter he would shove the same old slop into a lot of his posts (remember when he’d spend election season posting basically word for word identical endorsements of random Republicans?)—but with no character limits, yeah, yikes.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hamels go in eventually—the standards for starting pitchers are going to be radically recalibrated because even the best pitchers may not even reach 200 wins these days.
None of the other first-timers have any shot.
None of the other first-timers have any shot.
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hamels go in eventually—the standards for starting pitchers are going to be radically recalibrated because even the best pitchers may not even reach 200 wins these days.
None of the other first-timers have any shot.
None of the other first-timers have any shot.
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“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
I’m actually kinda stunned that he’s at 19% approval with Black Americans. With his overall approval in the mid-30s, I’d expect that to be in the single digits.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’m actually kinda stunned that he’s at 19% approval with Black Americans. With his overall approval in the mid-30s, I’d expect that to be in the single digits.
Yeah, this is the functional equivalent of Republicans saying Dems only win because of votes from illegal immigrants/dead people/fake ballots/liberals bused in from blue states. (Although gerrymandering and voter suppression do actually exist, unlike all those things.)
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yeah, this is the functional equivalent of Republicans saying Dems only win because of votes from illegal immigrants/dead people/fake ballots/liberals bused in from blue states. (Although gerrymandering and voter suppression do actually exist, unlike all those things.)
I suspect they are *really* trying to spook party leadership (which is fair enough, they did let Bill speak at the DNC last year), but yeah, the rest of us don’t care.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I suspect they are *really* trying to spook party leadership (which is fair enough, they did let Bill speak at the DNC last year), but yeah, the rest of us don’t care.
Pouring gasoline on the fire?
Except this is more like rocket fuel and napalm.
Except this is more like rocket fuel and napalm.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Pouring gasoline on the fire?
Except this is more like rocket fuel and napalm.
Except this is more like rocket fuel and napalm.
The most charitable explanation I can give is that they think it’s for the greater good. “Yes, he may have his personal demons, but he’s a great preacher/leader/whatever and isn’t the mission more important?”
That plus a heavy dose of blaming the victim gets you most of the way there.
That plus a heavy dose of blaming the victim gets you most of the way there.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The most charitable explanation I can give is that they think it’s for the greater good. “Yes, he may have his personal demons, but he’s a great preacher/leader/whatever and isn’t the mission more important?”
That plus a heavy dose of blaming the victim gets you most of the way there.
That plus a heavy dose of blaming the victim gets you most of the way there.
I don’t understand how someone who follows politics *for a living* can still be regurgitating middle school social studies talking points about the purpose of the Senate instead of, you know, looking at how the Senate actually operates in real life.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I don’t understand how someone who follows politics *for a living* can still be regurgitating middle school social studies talking points about the purpose of the Senate instead of, you know, looking at how the Senate actually operates in real life.
“The cruelty is the point” is a cliche at this point but like… what other answer is there?
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“The cruelty is the point” is a cliche at this point but like… what other answer is there?
Besides, Gov races are weird. In 2018, Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan and Phil Scott were all re-elected in landslides while Dems had a great night everywhere else
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Besides, Gov races are weird. In 2018, Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan and Phil Scott were all re-elected in landslides while Dems had a great night everywhere else
“Around 765,000 people of the 8.4 million residents who call New York City home are preparing to leave,” says the Post. I’d bet quite a lot of money against that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Around 765,000 people of the 8.4 million residents who call New York City home are preparing to leave,” says the Post. I’d bet quite a lot of money against that.
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Here's a key exchange. Rep Chip Roy smeared protesters for not believing we have "no king but Jesus," but @anamariecox.bsky.social reports seeing many protesters in his district on No Kings' side with signs bearing more pious religious messages than his.
Transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
Transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here's a key exchange. Rep Chip Roy smeared protesters for not believing we have "no king but Jesus," but @anamariecox.bsky.social reports seeing many protesters in his district on No Kings' side with signs bearing more pious religious messages than his.
Transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
Transcript:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
They nuked the Supreme Court filibuster in 2017. I would expect anyone who was paying any attention to politics to know that—and certainly, you know, the then-Attorney General of a state…
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They nuked the Supreme Court filibuster in 2017. I would expect anyone who was paying any attention to politics to know that—and certainly, you know, the then-Attorney General of a state…
Sadly I’m on childcare duty tonight, but best of luck!
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sadly I’m on childcare duty tonight, but best of luck!
Not to mention that sending in the Guard just… isn’t helpful in the first place? If the feds want to help state and local governments deal with crime, there’s a lot of things they can do that would actually be effective. Almost like that isn’t really the goal.
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Not to mention that sending in the Guard just… isn’t helpful in the first place? If the feds want to help state and local governments deal with crime, there’s a lot of things they can do that would actually be effective. Almost like that isn’t really the goal.
Yeah, strictly speaking, he represented the White House, not Trump personally. Not they that distinction matters for a lot of his lawyers but it did seem to matter to Cobb.
September 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yeah, strictly speaking, he represented the White House, not Trump personally. Not they that distinction matters for a lot of his lawyers but it did seem to matter to Cobb.
The idea of “death panels” was that they would be rationing care to decide who lives and dies. This is far worse—they’re just arbitrarily deciding more people will die.
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The idea of “death panels” was that they would be rationing care to decide who lives and dies. This is far worse—they’re just arbitrarily deciding more people will die.