The Common-Sense Idealist
@sensibleidealist.bsky.social
pro-Democracy, pro-Working Class, pro-Common-Sense, pro-Privacy, pro-Union, pro-civil-liberties, pro-human-rights. Anti-authoritarianism, anti-oligarchy, anti-kleptocracy, and anti-dishonesty.
We can argue about the rest later. #purplerevolution
We can argue about the rest later. #purplerevolution
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Common-Sense Idealism, Part 1: Rethinking the American Economy for the Working Class
(This is a draft script for a video I may someday make.)
What if I told you the United States could be a place where working-class households could thrive—without sacrificing any personal liberties?
(This is a draft script for a video I may someday make.)
What if I told you the United States could be a place where working-class households could thrive—without sacrificing any personal liberties?
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Dems: How much does it matter that your reps can't actually propose these amendments because Republicans would block any effort for them to do so? Bc, I think people want to see Dems do some political theater, to posture like fighters. We know they are in the minority, we know this won't get added.
Democrats should propose amendments to the SAVE act that require the government to furnish free IDs to all eligible voters before requiring them, automatically register all people to vote, expand mail-in voting, and create a national voting holiday. Then watch republicans block them.
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Dems: How much does it matter that your reps can't actually propose these amendments because Republicans would block any effort for them to do so? Bc, I think people want to see Dems do some political theater, to posture like fighters. We know they are in the minority, we know this won't get added.
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Many of us figured this out on our own:
"Every accusation is a confession" with Trump, and MAGA as a whole has adopted this very technique.
"Every accusation is a confession" with Trump, and MAGA as a whole has adopted this very technique.
February 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Many of us figured this out on our own:
"Every accusation is a confession" with Trump, and MAGA as a whole has adopted this very technique.
"Every accusation is a confession" with Trump, and MAGA as a whole has adopted this very technique.
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I understand the thinking behind this, the problem with this - and the way influencers are covering the Files - is that it is material an awful lot of men lowkey (high key?) enjoy. It's not upsetting for them, it's enjoyable.
Releasing the Files gave a whole lot of vile men access to CSAM.
Releasing the Files gave a whole lot of vile men access to CSAM.
Everyone who voted for Trumplestiltskin should be forced to watch all of the Epstein videos, Clockwork Orange style.
Remember how the US Army forced the German civilians in nearby towns to tour the death camps?
Remember how the US Army forced the German civilians in nearby towns to tour the death camps?
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I understand the thinking behind this, the problem with this - and the way influencers are covering the Files - is that it is material an awful lot of men lowkey (high key?) enjoy. It's not upsetting for them, it's enjoyable.
Releasing the Files gave a whole lot of vile men access to CSAM.
Releasing the Files gave a whole lot of vile men access to CSAM.
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I'm tired of explaining why I don't like HRC, but I held my nose + voted for her in an entrenched 2 party system.
The system is broken bc dark $
$, AIPAC $, billionaire $, Epstein $ runs both sides. Until we have a govt of, by, and for THE PEOPLE, we'll get more of this pushed on us (ahem, Newsom)
The system is broken bc dark $
$, AIPAC $, billionaire $, Epstein $ runs both sides. Until we have a govt of, by, and for THE PEOPLE, we'll get more of this pushed on us (ahem, Newsom)
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 16, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I'm tired of explaining why I don't like HRC, but I held my nose + voted for her in an entrenched 2 party system.
The system is broken bc dark $
$, AIPAC $, billionaire $, Epstein $ runs both sides. Until we have a govt of, by, and for THE PEOPLE, we'll get more of this pushed on us (ahem, Newsom)
The system is broken bc dark $
$, AIPAC $, billionaire $, Epstein $ runs both sides. Until we have a govt of, by, and for THE PEOPLE, we'll get more of this pushed on us (ahem, Newsom)
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Where is the unified Dem opposition? @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov project weakness at every turn with their inability to whip their members to take courageous UNIFIED moves.
Mad props to Bera.
Mad props to Bera.
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ami Bera announces he will boycott Trump’s State of the Union
I’m Skipping the State of the Union. Here’s Why.
Guest article by Representative Ami Bera (D-CA-06)
www.meidasplus.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Where is the unified Dem opposition? @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov project weakness at every turn with their inability to whip their members to take courageous UNIFIED moves.
Mad props to Bera.
Mad props to Bera.
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It's us v the Epstein Class, folks.
They will literally bleed us dry.
They will literally bleed us dry.
February 16, 2026 at 4:18 AM
It's us v the Epstein Class, folks.
They will literally bleed us dry.
They will literally bleed us dry.
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BREAKING: Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are competing in a secretive new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, per Bloomberg.
February 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
BREAKING: Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are competing in a secretive new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, per Bloomberg.
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So, we are just going to *allow* Kushner to serve in this administration though no one voted for him. Not us.
Not the Senate.
No one.
And we’re not protesting this.
This sends a confirmation to the world of our weakness on the world stage.
🤷🏻♀️
Not the Senate.
No one.
And we’re not protesting this.
This sends a confirmation to the world of our weakness on the world stage.
🤷🏻♀️
February 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
So, we are just going to *allow* Kushner to serve in this administration though no one voted for him. Not us.
Not the Senate.
No one.
And we’re not protesting this.
This sends a confirmation to the world of our weakness on the world stage.
🤷🏻♀️
Not the Senate.
No one.
And we’re not protesting this.
This sends a confirmation to the world of our weakness on the world stage.
🤷🏻♀️
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What else do you call warehouses full of abducted human beings concentrated together in unsanitary conditions without access to sufficient food, water, or medical attention?
If you don't like your concentration camps being called concentration camps then stop operating concentration camps.
If you don't like your concentration camps being called concentration camps then stop operating concentration camps.
I just heard someone say on TV that use of the term "concentration camps" to describe ICE facilities was "very strong language."
I think ICE's concentration camps are very strong abuses of human rights.
I think ICE's concentration camps are very strong abuses of human rights.
February 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
What else do you call warehouses full of abducted human beings concentrated together in unsanitary conditions without access to sufficient food, water, or medical attention?
If you don't like your concentration camps being called concentration camps then stop operating concentration camps.
If you don't like your concentration camps being called concentration camps then stop operating concentration camps.
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Hot take: We don't need the public combing thru the Files being horrified, titillated. We need the people to organize to stop the GOP so that we can have 1. legit investigators hold the perps accountable and 2. non-corrupt electeds get reforms we need to prevent this from happening again.
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Hot take: We don't need the public combing thru the Files being horrified, titillated. We need the people to organize to stop the GOP so that we can have 1. legit investigators hold the perps accountable and 2. non-corrupt electeds get reforms we need to prevent this from happening again.
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Compare Liberia’s collapse to 2025:
Trump’s second term wasn’t “normal politics” —
it was a revenge-fueled revolt against institutions,
expertise, and modern norms.
Universities, courts, media, immigrants —
all targeted in a war on modernity and pluralism.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s second term wasn’t “normal politics” —
it was a revenge-fueled revolt against institutions,
expertise, and modern norms.
Universities, courts, media, immigrants —
all targeted in a war on modernity and pluralism.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's 'Year Zero' Is Over. Now Comes the Reckoning
The president’s terrifying revolution came to Washington in 2025. It will ultimately be the year the revolution was lost
www.rollingstone.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Compare Liberia’s collapse to 2025:
Trump’s second term wasn’t “normal politics” —
it was a revenge-fueled revolt against institutions,
expertise, and modern norms.
Universities, courts, media, immigrants —
all targeted in a war on modernity and pluralism.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s second term wasn’t “normal politics” —
it was a revenge-fueled revolt against institutions,
expertise, and modern norms.
Universities, courts, media, immigrants —
all targeted in a war on modernity and pluralism.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Once again for those who keep denying the obvious:
craftivism is activism.
And yes, the press is covering it. Consistently.
craftivism is activism.
And yes, the press is covering it. Consistently.
Portland Is Fighting Fascism With Needles and Hooks
Portlanders aren’t the only ones using crafting as a tool of resistance, but as crafters will, we are finding our own ways to tweak the pattern.
www.wweek.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Once again for those who keep denying the obvious:
craftivism is activism.
And yes, the press is covering it. Consistently.
craftivism is activism.
And yes, the press is covering it. Consistently.
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It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
February 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
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We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
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Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
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We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.
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TRICKLE UP!!!💯💯🤬🤬🤬💯💯
tRumpstein's budget chief Russell Vought reportedly DIVERTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR USAID!!!
THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ONCE PROVIDED GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC AID 😪
IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS SECURITY DETAIL!!!
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
tRumpstein's budget chief Russell Vought reportedly DIVERTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR USAID!!!
THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ONCE PROVIDED GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC AID 😪
IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS SECURITY DETAIL!!!
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Millions of Dollars from Now-Defunct USAID Reportedly Paying For Russell Vought’s Security Detail
Russell Vought reportedly diverted millions of dollars earmarked for the federal agency that once provided global humanitarian and economic aid.
www.yahoo.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
TRICKLE UP!!!💯💯🤬🤬🤬💯💯
tRumpstein's budget chief Russell Vought reportedly DIVERTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR USAID!!!
THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ONCE PROVIDED GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC AID 😪
IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS SECURITY DETAIL!!!
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
tRumpstein's budget chief Russell Vought reportedly DIVERTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR USAID!!!
THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ONCE PROVIDED GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC AID 😪
IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS SECURITY DETAIL!!!
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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A) This is a lie. Other countries have it.
B) Trump uses it regularly.
Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
B) Trump uses it regularly.
Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
A) This is a lie. Other countries have it.
B) Trump uses it regularly.
Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
B) Trump uses it regularly.
Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
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SA CONTENT WARNING (Just in case)
Folks are posting graphic/triggering content from the Epstein Files without mentioning that bit.
Please be careful when you see posts of documents. Protect yourself as much as you might need to. There’s a lot of brutal shit in those documents.
💔❤️🩹💪🏽
Folks are posting graphic/triggering content from the Epstein Files without mentioning that bit.
Please be careful when you see posts of documents. Protect yourself as much as you might need to. There’s a lot of brutal shit in those documents.
💔❤️🩹💪🏽
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
SA CONTENT WARNING (Just in case)
Folks are posting graphic/triggering content from the Epstein Files without mentioning that bit.
Please be careful when you see posts of documents. Protect yourself as much as you might need to. There’s a lot of brutal shit in those documents.
💔❤️🩹💪🏽
Folks are posting graphic/triggering content from the Epstein Files without mentioning that bit.
Please be careful when you see posts of documents. Protect yourself as much as you might need to. There’s a lot of brutal shit in those documents.
💔❤️🩹💪🏽
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95% of references to Trump were redacted.
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
95% of references to Trump were redacted.
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Jeffrey Epstein paid several firms to suppress online coverage of his sex offenses in Google search results, pump out puff pieces & edit his Wikipedia page
February 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Jeffrey Epstein paid several firms to suppress online coverage of his sex offenses in Google search results, pump out puff pieces & edit his Wikipedia page
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Union elections plummeted last year after Trump gutted the NLRB — while the cost of living soars and corporate profits hit record highs.
Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.
No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.
Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.
No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Union elections plummeted last year after Trump gutted the NLRB — while the cost of living soars and corporate profits hit record highs.
Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.
No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.
Unions are the key to taking on corporate power and increasing working people’s standard of living.
No wonder Trump wants to eradicate them.
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The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.
But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.
But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.
Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.
But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.
But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.
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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Trump Justice Department Poised to Preserve Ticketmaster Monopoly - The American Prospect
Settlement talks on a monopolization case against Live Nation are under way, with Kellyanne Conway and other MAGA lobbyi
prospect.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.
Biden sued to break it up.
But after intense lobbying from MAGA world lawyers, Trump's regime seems set to cut a sweetheart deal.