I consider myself a pragmatic progressive. Also a Southern refugee in Colorado hoping to give my daughter more rights. I work with startups & venture capital, but also a bit of a political animal I like sports: #GoBucs | #HookEm | #GoBolts | #RaysUp
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I don’t disagree. But there are 3 types of congressional leadership: 1) the backroom Bureaucrats that whip votes, move legislation and get this done (Pelosi and Jeffries) 2) Great on TV and great messenger (not sure I know one of these - McConnell in his prime 🤷🏼♂️) 3) those that can do both: rare
What’s “Canada’s” phone number?
Uncertainty acts like a tax on growth. Firms delay capex and hiring; households save, not spend. Policy whiplash raises hurdle rates and widens possible outcomes. That’s why today’s uncertainty is an economic problem, not just a vibe problem.
I have an opinion piece in the New York Times today on how the labor movement has failed to step up to the moment in countering Trump, even as Trump unilaterally strips public sector workers of collective bargaining. Labor will die as a movement if this continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
This morning 9 former CDC Directors, whose tenures date back to 1977, published this warning in the NYT: RFK Jr is a danger to public health. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
I get the notion of mocking this, because it is ludicrous and would be deemed so in any other point in US History But this is serious and he seems to own the SCOTUS They spent 10 years de-sensitizing Americans to the idea that elections were “rigged” - all so they could do it when needed
Wait until you learn about the origins of Ted Lasso
The mental gymnastics one must commit to say stuff like this is truly staggering
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Such a petty and small man (literally and figuratively)
This $50 Billion Band-Aid Won’t Save Rural Health Care – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If mental health is the problem, and not guns, the logical thing to do would be to ban the guns until you solve the mental health part - then you can have your death toys back In crisis you do the easy thing first until you solve the harder thing I’m sure NRAers will line up for this
"The Times, the Post, and just about every other major outlet haven’t chosen to make one singular story the dominant framing device of the past six months: The Trump administration is teeming with despicable gutter racists and President Trump and his cabinet are having them call the shots."
From @theathletic.com: “These are some of the baddest dudes on the planet,” Jay Glazer said about a star-studded support system he created with Michael Phelps. And yet they have cried and vented and let each other in during their hardest and darkest moments. nyti.ms/3HPniYp
Okay, but is it really “marginally safer” 🤷🏼♂️ Everyone I know in DC says these “forces” are nowhere to be found in the actual high crime areas - just around monuments for show Also, the opposite is true - fewer people are going out and doing things because of the forces
First clue of the Andrew Cuomo scavenger hunt is “get in your car and drive twenty miles north of the city to find the bridge named for my father, Governor Mario Cuomo”. There is no second clue.
Before the end of the year And I can’t wait to learn all the ways it was Biden’s fault
"The couple has a two-year-old daughter and an 8-month-old son."
This is gold Jerry, gold
Yep, agree. Tried to deliver some nuance there- hard in a short post I get where we are and why it has to be done I can also see how this is the best of a very bad set of options - which is not unusual when working with sycophants, narcissists, and people intent of getting power at all costs
As I said, we don’t have a choice and I understand it. Still doesn’t mean I have yo like and can’t see 3-4 moves ahead on what the board is going to look like (hint: not good) Best option of a selection of poor options 🤷🏼♂️
I’ll back any D that has morals, values, and enthusiasm I’m never gonna agree with any of them 100% but I can usually get behind 85-90% of it and the rest is just a disagreement about “how” to actually improve people’s lives 🤷🏼♂️
I get it Bill, you’re new here to this side - but none of this is new and it’s certainly not who we are going to blame for our current predicament Plenty of dolts in a cult for that burden
At $1.2M per mile—$500M total, requiring repainting every ~3 yrs, they’re painting only the north side (our side) of the border wall black to make it “too hot to climb.” Engineers say it makes no difference. To quote Dickens, “The most wasteful of times, the dumbest of times.”
I’m all for Dems fighting back, but all it does is further crumble the foundation of anything resembling representative Democracy Of course, doing nothing isn’t an option either Lose lose proposition and you take the one with most short term gain - but we look a lot like what we hate about MAGA
I guess Trump will have to wait another year for his Nobel Prize - unless they start giving one for bull shitting ability
No longer the Peoples House - it’s the hone of the childish King no
inching closer and closer to my “they’re segregationists” take
That’s a dumb and unhelpful joke right now
The most enduring fact of humanity is our cruelty toward “others” It encompasses almost every moment of our history
I remember visiting Robbin Island in South Africa They made the men work the limestone quarry - for no purpose except to make them work. They would move limestones from one side of the quarry to the other. Sunglasses not allowed and the reflection caused blindness. Cruelty is always the point
Glad someone is making this connection. Not sure why Robinhood thinks this is a good thing, even if it’s been their business model the whole time.
1. History isn’t there to be liked or disliked. 2. History is there to be learned from. 3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it. It’s that simple.
Good luck explaining to your grandchildren why we crossed known climate tipping points. “Oh, we wanted to let big companies pollute for free,” won’t have much appeal.
Democrats: this is the kind of leader we need to support @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social We can and will flip an Iowa Senate seat The state of play is shifting my friends - people are tired of self-dealing autocrats Let’s make sure we give our resources to leaders that will make this country proud
He can have all my money! We need leaders like this!
Regret is a heavy burden to lift
2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
At Trump’s request, multiple red state governors are sending hundreds of armed National Guard forces into DC. This military occupation of the district is unprecedented and unjustified. If it’s allowed to stand, this country will be well on its way to becoming a police state. 1/22
I'm not sure anything will ever illustrate the state of The Discourse quite as well as Stephen Moore misreading his own pie chart while opining about the state of our national statistics.
Showing compassion, dignity to all, and empathy… that’s sexy
The last 2 days I was reminded how delicate mental health can be I fell into some darkness I hadn’t felt in a long time So thankful for my support team - especially my daughter whose smile brings so much joy Remember to never go through it alone, and there is no shame in reaching out
That certainly does feel legal
To put it in a language they understand: A-Fucking-Men
Well, there goes my support for Tiger
A reminder that Trump's police state is bad for the economy (along with all the other reasons why it's bad) And the reason restaurant attendance is down is that a police state is an attack on public life. thehill.com/business/545...
Yup. It's a current problem. foodinstitute.com/focus/crops-...
That shit bot is craving attention sooooo badly Sad
It’s really good
So much to unpack here… Freedom and Liberty and individual rights used to mean something to people We’ve given up so much of our privacy by living these ridiculous online/social lives, that we stopped realizing how insane it is to essentially be “asked for our papers” Dor sitting on our own stoop
There are 3 cities that never disappoint for random encounters w “personalities” 1) LA - actors 2) DC: electeds 3) NYC: All types. This morning, I awkwardly said “hey that’s @timmiller.bsky.social” while having breakfast w my daughter. He kindly acknowledged me. Needless to say, I’m a fan.
His recent special in HBO is his best stuff ever - and that’s a high bar
Pretty sure this is the Thiel plan for his version of the “Manchurian Candidate” Thiel funds Trump to keep him out of jail Trump agrees to put Vance on the ticket Thiel engineers Trumps downfall - though what does Trump care? He’s indictment free and has enriched himself gloriously for 2 yrs 🤷🏼♂️
“Goofy” is one way to understate it
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
Americans can’t afford groceries right now.
It says everything that Republicans are working harder to arrest Texas Democrats than anyone on the Epstein list.
Sounds 100% illegal At a minimum it should terrify anyone who believes in free markets and the rule of law
The only perspective anyone should have on the whole "trans people in sports" debate is, why the fuck are we talking about this so much at all?
In 8 months this merry band of dipshits has set US progress and innovation back decades Not to mention public health Politics aside, this makes absolutely zero sense unless you are juts very very very dumb
If we’re being honest, he LOST it a LONG time ago
Training videos? Do I want to know?
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."
As someone named Mick, I’m very embarrassed The mental gymnastics Mulvaney is doing are simply inexplicable But he was great in Raider of the Lost Ark
I used to think he was just a disingenuous twit, but now I’m starting to believe he’s honestly just very stupid - like his inability to understand the word “asylum” in the proper context Juts goes to show you that wealth has a limited causal relationship to intelligence/knowledge
More of this, please.
BILL BURR: “There’s nothing wrong with being a billionaire, but if someone’s working 40 hours/week and can’t make rent you’re not paying them enough… maybe you should just be worth $900 Million. How do you take an 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
I’m trying to practice more gratitude I’m feeling big gratitude towards Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks Last night at Red Rocks was a powerhouse performance If there’s a bigger voice or better guitar in rock, give not heard it I’ve never left one of their shows anything but happy
MAGA Republicans- aka Republicans - remain far more concerned about imaginary pedophiles, while allowing for kid gloves on actual convicted evil pedophiles I’ll never understand this for as long as I have left on this big spinning rock 🤷🏼♂️
Bass: We just heard that the administration’s experiment failed. The raids that were happening in Los Angeles—the random pulling and snatching of people off the streets based on the language they spoke, their appearance, where they work—the court has said that can no longer happen.
Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.
Because markets have nowhere else to put their money
Texas has had seven major gun massacres in recent years. But now—even after the slaughter of school kids, teachers, shoppers, and churchgoers—Republican leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (Photo: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News)
We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025
Suck self-awareness
STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”
The extremely simple fact is that Jeff Epstein was the most notorious child sex trafficker in history, and the President of the US was his close personal friend for decades Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated
Right? I felt like my dad always resented any success I had beyond his own. It was complex, but it was there. With my daughter, I want her to be orders of magnitude better than me at everything Help her avoid the mistakes I made so she can exceed me in every way! Boomers man! So insecure 😂
Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
It’s such a nuanced and complex topic/discussion Unfortunately. Current discourse in America, which has found its infancy in the American left, doesn’t allow for any nuance. Everything is “good thing/bad thing”
Alabama never expanded Medicaid
Reporter: Will you go to London? Trump: I will. I'm not a fan of your mayor. I think he has done a terrible job, the mayor of London. A nasty person. Starmer: He’s a friend of mine.
History will remember him for many awful atrocities against humanity, but one enduring one will be the the loss of goodwill towards Israel by many in the West He has abdicated much of the moral high ground Israel carried post WWII
"Fearing for his own political survival, Netanyahu hitched his fate to the dreams of Israeli extremists and prolonged the war to sustain their support." A long read explaining how, at every possible branch point, Netanyahu chose himself www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
For a man who knows an awful lot about breaking the law, he sure makes you a lot of stuff about breaking the law
So yesterday he posts an AI of Obama getting arrested and today it's MLKs FBI files. If there's one thing Trump understands, it's that his white supremacist base will ignore the pedophilia if they can focus on doing bad things to black people instead
It started working for me around Cream Puff War 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Tell Nugs.net the livestream isn’t working
The corruption is epic. They’re gonna pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in return for a list of Democrats. Just watch.
This is some insane Soviet bullshit. The idea that any American news organization would agree to something like this is unconscionable. I don't know how any self-respecting journalist could work for an outlet that's doing this.
Republicans’ obsession with the chemtrails hoax is destroying air travel
Under Chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC has emerged as a powerful weapon to punish perceived enemies and compel obedience — straight from the authoritarian playbook. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/something-...
* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED @reuters.com
I bet their lawyers made sure that would be hard to do without paying out most of their new $1.5 billion contract 🤷🏼♂️
Watching a game in a dome sucks, aesthetically. But also, watching 1pm games outdoors in Tampa my whole life, versus in my living room now, is no comparison Visited Atlanta 2 yrs ago - that place was like part nightclub, part stadium. For better or worse it’s were the game is going
(🚨) Maybe the most important report I have ever written. Please understand that this is a long and harrowing read—it is not aimed at instant enjoyment, but a genuine and substantive (terrifying) education. What I can promise you is that if you read it you are not going to be disappointed. Seriously.
It’s hard to find a trend in the electricity system right now that *doesn’t* point to near-term rate hikes if not a broad affordability crisis. That’s a serious problem for climate policy, but also the American economy writ large. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/politics/ele...
