MAHA’s central thesis is that modern medicine is bad, unless it’s gear
MAHA’s central thesis is that modern medicine is bad, unless it’s gear
People—especially online leftists for some reason—who were unable to clock Dore as a reactionary from the moment he did his “force the vote” gimmick are themselves very susceptible to reactionary ideology.
i actually think there is a wide open lane in american politics right now for “get the US out of israel.” the challenge is having the steel to weather the inevitable attacks from the right. but “israel has forfeited american aid because of its behavior” plays.
Unhinged take
Seems like you seem to believe this tradeoff is acceptable as long as you get to be sanctimonious on social media.
The drone warfare program has be revived and is now killing hundreds. Cutting PEPFAR may kill more people than the holocaust. Biden failed Gaza but you stance of calling him a genocidaire and also not voting for Harris has enabled exponentially more genocide.
Unfortunately, at some point you will need leaders with actual power to accomplish the things you are advocating for—like ending the drone war fare program—and most certainly to save Palestinians. Otherwise you’re just posting.
Aside from how Obama is remembered, it's striking that Obamacare is basically the last serious presidential legislative agenda that wasn't just trying to contort an annual budget bill to fit in everything you can crowbar into it.
The website where everyone doesn’t like my bad takes is WRONG and more Democrats should be thinking about that imo
The left did not praise Biden for his withdrawal.
Electing a Republican is presently responsible for more child death than those bombs.
You’re just a reactionary who likes to use a pile of child corpses to win arguments on the internet. Fundamentally a bad and vacuous person.
“Programme” lol be more obvious
He dismantled the drone program 2 full years before 10/7 you knucklehead and I think people like you tend to invoke the dead children in Palestine as an excuse for your abdication of civic responsibility since you rarely invoke the hundreds of thousands of children who died because Trump returned
Crack a marzen on the porch sitting next to your decorative gourds.
I will say once again that Will Menaker and Matt Yglesias are the same guy with the exact same politics
Terminal Centrist brain and Terminal leftist brain suffer from the same pathologies? I’m hearing this for the first time.
Idk every idiot in elite circles has lost their goddamn mind after Nov ‘24 and seems to think Curtis Yarvin was right about everything. I hope they’ll snap out of it when VA and NJ trounce the GOP
He should be extremely embarrassed for this
He stopped using Bluesky and instead of logging off went back to X and well…
I am increasingly radicalized into believing the more someone blames “demcorats” the less civically engaged they are. Voters have agency, you have agency and I think you should take that more seriously instead of casting blame everywhere and throwing a fit every time the news makes you depressed.
I can tell who went out to a protest or watched a ball game today vs. who didn't based on who is currently stewing in their political anger or not.
I think Deep is oversimplifying the complexity for CO (it would have to moved to the ballot and win 55% in Nov) and also ignoring that democrats in CA are actually doing this and appears to think democrats are more of a problem than Republicans which is not what I believe.
“Democrats don’t do anything” So which state AGs are suing the Trump admin? Is that also republicans or?
Again, I think this is just a different form of punching left while feigning a further left stance. If you’re on the team go after your opponents not your teammates. This is also a thread about Brian Schatz.
Again, I think this is just a different form of punching left while feigning a further left stance. If you’re on the team go after your opponents not your teammates. This is also a thread about Brian Schatz.
“Democrats don’t do anything” So which state AGs are suing the Trump admin? Is that also republicans or?
I think Deep is oversimplifying the complexity for CO (it would have to moved to the ballot and win 55% in Nov) and also ignoring that democrats in CA are actually doing this and appears to think democrats are more of a problem than Republicans which is not what I believe.
What’s funny about takes like this is that when democrats do something like this (see, Biden dismantling the drone program) the same people making this point either don’t give them credit for doing it, lie and say it’s still on going or fetishize process.
Real posters don’t doom spiral
I would like to salute every poster who works to keep the vibes positive. Bluesky can be really fun and I think more rampant speculation on our aging, fading and possibly incapacitated aspiring authoritarian is warranted. Keep up the work true posters 
I really didn't expect to be entering this period of declining autocrat a literal week later. But I think we're here now, a situation that may last for months
Hey man, welcome to CO
I remember last summer being called an “establishment democrat” by CO lobbyists and a high end injury lawyer despite just me being some guy who works an 8 hour/day job at a public school. The evidence being I said things like “voting and supporting Dems no matter what will lead to better outcomes”
She’s become much better than she was in 2018 and even in 2021
A funny thing about the press is that the word “elite” has come tor were to “democrats on social media who don’t like me” while billionaire CEOs and high six-figure hosts on prime time news slots are “regular Americans” What’s even funnier is that there are even some online liberals who agree.
It used to be “we need to embrace civil and capitalist libertarianism” and now theyve become obsessed with a violent reckoning from which they will emerge as god emperors
“You’re a special little both with superior genetics the pre-destined you for greatness to rule a world of NPCs” Does seem to be a large part of what’s been driving the SV tech exec and vc political shift
Yeah that’s a really good point. And also explains a lot about the absolute failure of elite society over the last 9 months.
Maybe and also doing this much damage to public health might actually be bad enough for actual people that doing the “what does MAHA get right?” routine _could_ bite back.
You see this isn’t actually something related to school closures. It was just old school reactionary ideology pushing against 2020 protests which were adjacent to Covid. However, there is a lot of evidence weaponzing efforts to promote racial equality in schools yields political rewards.
I’m gonna say there’s no real evidence that was the case.
RFK Jr already had a pile of children’s corpses to his name before 2024! There were no secrets! Why would someone obviously on the rise with great housing articles suddenly think “contemplating the pros” of RFK Jr be a good idea! It’s going to be a stain on their career forever!
The extremely strange embrace of RFK Jr—an obvious psychopath with a death fetish— and MAHA—on of the most pernicious and disturbing “movements”—as like a response to our healthcare system was obviously ill-advised and something that would reflect poorly on anyone who did so.
Thermostatic backlash mostly driven by Biden’s numbers going underwater after the withdrawal from Afghanistan and an ill-advised gaffe from McAuliffe explain more of that outcome than “angry about COVID closures”
You are absurd and looking for a fight.
Didn’t know there were Bluesky people and/or bots who troll for fairness doctrine posts. Ok guys sorry I’m not super versed in a policy that hasn’t existed for 40 years.
lol what?
My issue is with Fox news
What’s also funny is polling repeatedly showed a super majority of parents being fine with the status of online/hybrid/in-person school in their district.
elites having one instance where they couldn’t entirely circumvent an inconvenience everyone else muddled through radicalized them into rightwing reactionaries
What’s so funny is how much focus is on school closures when given the opportunity to send kids back to school—even in red states—a large percentage of parents opted to keep their kids at home
I think reimposing something like the fairness doctrine needs to come back because Fox News and the rightwing media complex has proven capable of sowing discontent in one of the strongest economies in the century.
I mean the point of a democracy is that power changes and the loser accepts the results without resorting to violence knowing they’ll have a chance next election. Only one party has crossed the Rubicon of not accepting results and there was not a mass movement to back the violent actors.
I think you’re right about Harris.
I am certain Bernie would’ve lost both the popular vote and EC in 2016
The National press has had a not-so-secret-secret crush on republicans since the 1980s and it’s become more obvious and more local outlets fold and all that’s left are the elite failsons who occupy the WHPC and evening national spots.
All electoral analysis of the last decade makes less sense than “Trump was on tv and won swing voters with name recognition in 2 elections and almost won them in the other election.
I think Steve Bullock was probably the only other guy who beats Trump in 2020.
The assumption after 2016 is we ran a bad candidate and that Trump was an easy opponent and I think after 2016, 2020 and 2024 this assumption is soundly incorrect. Biden would’ve defeated Trump in 2016 but I don’t think it would’ve been a blowout.
Post 2024 extremely hot takes: Bernie nor Warren would’ve won in 2016 Covid hurt Trump and probably was needed to beat him in 2020 Bernie and Warren would’ve also been absolutely smoked in 2020 Harris would’ve won with more time and a less brain dead press (this one is not so hot)
Clark helped kill polis’s legacy project and likes doing prices like this to burnish “both sides” credentials in a place where the state GOP has completely imploded.
for what it’s worth Polis’s answer in the video isn’t great but it’s better than this text summary suggests
Seeing the lead strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign saying Democrats need to abolish ICE and nationalize SpaceX should be a wakeup call to Chuck Schumer. But it won't be.
One reason I find it sort of hard to take these people seriously is that “Kamala Harris was committing genocide” is an absolutely incoherent statement. In what way was she doing that specifically, and what is the mechanism by which she could have ceased?
“As long as Netanyahu, who wants Trump to win, is killing Palestinians, I refuse to vote for Harris, Trump’s opponent” is a position that is both nonsensical and actively counterproductive to the stated goal. “I shall reward Netanyahu in order to punish Harris for the thing Netanyahu is doing” ok!
Terminal drooling centrist: oh Dems can’t counter the gerrymander because then they’re no better than republicans Terminal brain dead socialist: oh Dems can’t counter the gerrymander because then they’re no better than republicans Wine mom libs: grind R districts into dust and salt the earth
Terminal drooling centrist: oh Dems can’t counter the gerrymander because then they’re no better than republicans Terminal brain dead socialist: oh Dems can’t counter the gerrymander because then they’re no better than republicans Wine mom libs: grind R districts into dust and salt the earth
What’s funny about everyone pissing and moaning about Jeffries is that DSA leadership is just as bad. Instinctual politicians—like Gavin Newsom siiiiiigh—see not only the writing on the wall but how to play the game. Everyone else is just tripping over their shoelaces in the dark.
Jeffries is wrong—he doesn’t get it. And I just don’t care. The moment is going to pass him by and your posts aren’t going to be any kind of catalyst.
Listen, it’s not that a disagree with Bluesky but be off the app and not letting Jeffries non-endorsement of Mamdani occupy zero space in my brain seems to mean I am getting more joy out of life and celebrate Dem wins more.
I mean the scandal is scammers can hijack a video stream and use a convincing AI video to steal money from people or pump and dump crypto assets.
Yeah maybe the account is back but the most recent video is 3 months old. Wonder if their stream was hijacked.
No one else is carrying the news of a bitcoin investment either.
I think think the YouTube video live I was watching was actually a scam using AI generated video of Musk
Yeah I think it may have been a deep fake. I was wondering if it was an ai video the whole time. His voice sounded strange and the whole video presentation was very weird.
Btw everyone this is the work of Democrats (laudatory)
Touching grass for many days I can confirm no one is paying attention to David S’mores memo about DC most people are mad it’s happening.
too many people I used to respect on this website have let the fascists' propaganda war win a beachhead in their minds
they fucking break upon us
Clout chaser (laudatory)
It’s a shame we have Polis as governor because he’s shamelessly ambitious but in a different often worse way than Newsom. There’s no way we could get him to push a mid-decade ballot to redistrict without our independent commission.
A 90s/00s rapper being a homophobe, this is the first I’m hearing this.
I’ve been off the app because I personally was having a bad time—I was lurking and reading the posts of my favs who weren’t private via public browser. The distance has made me appreciate this point immensely. Over interpreting the present is unavoidably on social media and it’s really inaccurate.
👀 @alexflexnelson.bsky.social
Does washing your cyber truck with lemon juice and salt water leave a shine or more of a gleam?
Then again any president who wants to help Americans with energy costs could do so pretty swiftly. Low hanging fruit.
i think people have an understandably hard time reconciling the idea that the world 20 or 30 years from now could be better than the world of today and they will have been made too brittle by the world of today to recognize it.
Ah sorry 3 members of the confederate army—only 1 general. Man Grover Cleveland was garbage.
We appointed 3 confederate generals to the Supreme Court???
I don’t know if we will I know that we can and that’s all that matters right now
Car mechanic: this should be pretty cheap about $2500 Bike mechanic: I’m so sorry this is going to be an expensive repair, $185
Car maintenance: $5,000 and you will not feel a difference Bike maintenance: $90 and we will change your life
Americans will have to do that work ourselves, again
I’m I guess an optimist by nature but I think where we are right now is that, while significant permanent damage has been done to our future and more is coming, not all is lost.
a normal thermostatic backlash won't save us, but i don't think they're engendering that, i think they're playing with a coalitional realignment
We can win those losses back
I actually think it’s spite and it’s a reason to keep going
Counterpoint: it’s good and they should do it to fight against others not playing by the rules and attempting an illegal power grab.
I am not excited about this part tbh