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· Jan 22
The guiding light of Democratic politics going forward needs to be that MAGA can never be allowed to hold power ever again, and liberalism will have to be institutionally entrenched by any means necessary.
A vengeance-driven autocratic Trump returning to power exemplifies "you come at the king, you best not miss," but there is no reason why that can't also apply to vengefully, incessantly working to obliterate every essence of anti-democracy Trumpism and Trump sympathy from all American institutions.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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A US senator being "devoted" to any foreign state is probably violating his oath of office.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A US senator being "devoted" to any foreign state is probably violating his oath of office.
Apropos of recent events
For awhile now, I've had this theory that a non-negligible fraction – indeed, something like 1/3 to 1/2 – of Democratic strategists and consultants are secretly working for Republicans and/or conservative donors. It's outlandish, sure, but sometimes it really is compelling.
"'He’s gone in three years so folks find it cheaper to wait him out. Trump is a piece of ‘rent to own’ furniture for many organizations who believe once he’s gone, so are many of his weird demands.'" Hope this Dem strategist is right.
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Apropos of recent events
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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And you tell them, because the President has been illegally trying to usurp Congress and can't be trusted to uphold his end of any deal.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And you tell them, because the President has been illegally trying to usurp Congress and can't be trusted to uphold his end of any deal.
Dems speedrunning the Tea Party/Trump takeover dynamic, I see
Kinda funny the Dems did the shutdown largely as a show for the base and now people are madder than before lol
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dems speedrunning the Tea Party/Trump takeover dynamic, I see
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Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.
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i hate republicans and i hate people who wrap themselves in "christian" then spit efforts to help the poor. but i repeat myself.
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
i hate republicans and i hate people who wrap themselves in "christian" then spit efforts to help the poor. but i repeat myself.
More like an Italian super
This was an Italian sub I got at Faicco’s last week. Look at the size of that thing! Any decent society would outlaw it as a weapon of war.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
More like an Italian super
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Should we just start all innings with bases loaded from here on out or what?
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Should we just start all innings with bases loaded from here on out or what?
I think this is a good thread, but in my opinion doesn't wrestle with the capture of virtually all major legacy and new media by defenders of the extremist right. Tacking to the center seems to leave the Democrats open to intentional mischaracterization while also dispiriting their core base.
I don't expect the Democratic Party to compromise its core beliefs or change its priorities to accommodate me (a fallen Republican).
But as a purely practical matter, I think it's worth observing that when one party goes to the extreme, the party that can somehow sway voters in the center wins.
But as a purely practical matter, I think it's worth observing that when one party goes to the extreme, the party that can somehow sway voters in the center wins.
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I think this is a good thread, but in my opinion doesn't wrestle with the capture of virtually all major legacy and new media by defenders of the extremist right. Tacking to the center seems to leave the Democrats open to intentional mischaracterization while also dispiriting their core base.
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Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
My name is Pagliacci, Clown of Clowns. Look on my works, ye doctors; I despair.
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
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Tapper deserves this and worse
Wow.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
Democratic Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury absolutely destroys Jake Tapper — who tries to advance a debunked Republican talking point about Trump cutting off SNAP.
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tapper deserves this and worse
[Coughs, taps mic]
Shohei Ohtani is the Isaac Chotiner of baseball
Shohei Ohtani is the Isaac Chotiner of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
[Coughs, taps mic]
Shohei Ohtani is the Isaac Chotiner of baseball
Shohei Ohtani is the Isaac Chotiner of baseball
The right us getting better at what they call "comedy" and it's making the left legitimately nervous
see it’s funny because he dissolved congress and made himself a dictator
“I’m the speaker and the president,” Mr. Trump has joked, per NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The right us getting better at what they call "comedy" and it's making the left legitimately nervous
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Holy fuck, guy
I mean, yeah
But I did not expect to hear it from this particular quarter
I mean, yeah
But I did not expect to hear it from this particular quarter
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
That anyone at all could seriously accept "We could pay for the military by private donations" is the natural endpoint of Reagan's nine scariest words.
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
That anyone at all could seriously accept "We could pay for the military by private donations" is the natural endpoint of Reagan's nine scariest words.
The true Gulf of America
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The true Gulf of America
The thing about respectfully discussing politics with Trump supporters is that you don't need to be respectful. Every vote for Trump was an act of unadulterated disrespect for the country and for everyone not on board his crazy train. Every word uttered in his defense is a slap in the face.
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The thing about respectfully discussing politics with Trump supporters is that you don't need to be respectful. Every vote for Trump was an act of unadulterated disrespect for the country and for everyone not on board his crazy train. Every word uttered in his defense is a slap in the face.
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."