joel2.bsky.social
@joel2.bsky.social
Pessimist, but trying to be hopeful.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
An entirely worthless statement. Are you saying you will vote with the Rs to end the shutdown? If so, then you don’t really care about the 420,000 Pennsylvanians who depend on the tax credits. More of the horseshit we’ve come to expect from you.
October 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think the Trump-as-king theme is divorced from any idea of popular support. The right knows their agenda is wildly unpopular, but they’re saying that doesn’t matter anymore. They have seized power and are keeping by divine right.
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is not about freedom of speech. Nobody is saying Kirk should not have been allowed to speak. The point is that good people should condemn intolerant positions and people.
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is so much that is so disturbing about this court, but the way they have ignored hundreds of pages of findings based on actual evidence is just flagrant lawlessness.
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Maybe there is some cartoonishly ridiculous hypothetical case, like one involving the president’s authority to have political opponents summarily executed. But even that would be a coin toss for at least five of them.
September 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The problem is not the fight for a perfect candidate. The problem is that party leadership won’t tolerate anything that is opposed by the donors writing big checks, even if it means alienating the people that should be a reliable base.
August 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I just want a second way.
August 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Exactly. We should presume good faith only until there is a reason not to. The Times forfeited any such presumption long ago.
August 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nationalize every level of the fossil fuel industry.
August 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A perfect specimen of the master race.
July 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
These people mean well, but they’re not class traitors, and their plans don’t go far enough. We need a tax system that ends extreme concentration of wealth. Until there are no billionaires, we will have a dysfunctional society. Maybe start with a 100% estate tax on estates over $1 M.
June 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Why aren’t you demanding that the officers be arrested?
June 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This gets at the biggest threat AI poses. The rich will replace critical government functions with shitty AI as a way to effectively kill any program that helps people. Any problem with social security will require trying to work through the worst phone tree maze you can imagine.
April 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
And that should include people who are still incarcerated.
April 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Me too. Until this shit show is over I’m only drinking the mids!
April 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What comes before “nor”?
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
You’re a disgrace. That’s your legacy.
March 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Until all leadership is gone, support of any kind should only go to primary challengers. (I would make some exceptions for incumbents who are openly and consistently hostile to party leaders)
March 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I hope these geriatric Dems understand that this will be their legacy. The descendants of the appeasers will be changing their names and erasing any connections. There sure as fuck won’t be any university buildings bearing their names.
March 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
He’s not a fool. He’s a traitor.
March 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is the perfect description of this asshole.
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM