I’ve wondered if it’s a deliberate shift to the center in advance of a presidential run. I was following him closely when he was leading the effort to raise awareness of climate issues, but his moves this last year have been disqualifying.
I’ve wondered if it’s a deliberate shift to the center in advance of a presidential run. I was following him closely when he was leading the effort to raise awareness of climate issues, but his moves this last year have been disqualifying.
Is this another episode of Don the Con cleaning up anyone who knows his secrets, or did Rudy crash while fleeing the sex worker who screamed with laughter when he propositioned her? A lot of fun and highly probable narratives for this crew
… citizen’s united, and imposing term and stock trading limits on congress. Those three things are critical, and I do not believe they can happen without significant turnover in congress. I do not believe people who have made a career of enriching themselves in office will vote to end that option.
… and also gain majorities. Why do you expect millions to continue voting for the current Dems who are proving everyday that they’re content to silently watch as America is destroyed? Reform is needed to ensure this crisis is resolved an cannot reoccur. Impeaching justices, litigating away…
It’s not so binary. You hold them accountable through primaries where they’re replaced with representatives ready to actually fight for democratic ideals and not the status quo. With public sentiment rising to strongly against the current admin AND dem leadership, this may be the chance to reform…
Your argument seems to be that we should support silent/ineffective/corrupt Dems in congress because they’re still better than the GoP and the GoP are in the majority. I think that attitude is what brought us here- they know we’ll vote blue even when they disappoint. It enables their poor behavior.
Very hard to imagine a majority of congress voting to limit their own terms and/or remove pac money from their coffers. It means primarying incumbent Dems, and that’ll be a six year process for the senate. Does anyone believe our democracy has six years to wait?
If I buy 1 ticket w/ a small popcorn+ drink it’s gonna be more than $20 and I’ll need to be wearing clothing appropriate for the general public. I still do it for imax movies where the experience will be greatly improved (Dune 2) but there must be couples choosing to save $$ and watch in pajamas
Been there. Your local tire shop can likely patch that, though it won’t help you today
I find myself feeling sympathetic toward Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen during every rewatch of Dune 2. That’s fine, right?
A thought experiment I use weekly: Imagine the most average person you know. Now realize that half of the population is dumber. That’s just basic math.
I’m too am very bearish on this current facial hair cycle. (This joke works better in #gaycrypto forums)
Interstellar golfing weekends on Mars-a-lago
Still serving deep into the 25th century, we’re cooked
Ai porn of female coworkers, likely
Worth noting that Netflix has more than 10x the subscribers of AppleTV+ while charging significantly more unless choosing an ad package. Apple’s library is a relatively tiny fraction, and there are already reports that Apple has cut their streaming budget in half.
Apple has been the exception so far with quality, true. I also prefer their (much) smaller library (I’m currently loving Foundation.) Streaming since 2019 (Netflix since 2007,) and I don’t know how much of their budget is still subsidized from iPhone sales. Too early to guess if the trend will last
Entertainment streaming. A solid 40% of my Netflix suggestions are cheaply produced and poorly dubbed Korean options all competing to cram in as many of the most egregious tropes as possible. If platforms can save money by cutting out human wages, I don’t think a drop in content quality will factor
Huge shift in media platforms from expensive/quality content to cheap+quickly produced content. The only thing that matters to the c-suite are stock price and the bottom line. Late stage, unregulated capitalism- the US is run by eight corps all fixing the price. Creatives likely cooked in near term.
The weakest link in a broken, rusty chain. With Andor being the lone incredible exception, all Star Wars acting is abysmal- and she still stands out as being among the least talented.
Jobs once lied under oath about being sterile to avoid paying child support.
A new, third viable party in the US feels like a pipe dream despite the empirical success of other democracies that function with more— for now. I believe America’s best hope lies in replacing DNC leadership through primaries, impeaching corrupt justices, and reversing Citizens United in congress.
US lawmakers have been paid well to turn a blind eye. Citizens United will go down in history as the beginning of the end of democracy in America.
When the top 10% of the country’s population holds 70% of the nation’s wealth and the bottom 50% controls only 3% of the total wealth, the term ‘middle class’ is largely meaningless/laughable/utterly depressing.
The Netanyahu regime in Israel is conducting the genocide, not the Israeli civilian/child populations that would be bombed. Trump’s regime is committing racially targeted atrocities here, not the US civilian population that largely oppose him. Adults must be able to differentiate between those.
AoC has been firmly and consistently on the right side of this issue. MTG’s amendment was just political theatre in service to her Russian patrons who would love to see Israel undefended and vulnerable. Iran is one of Russia’s closest allies. Russia excels at manipulating/buying foreign politicians.
Imagine a similar scenario where out ally nations vote to see US cities undefended because of atrocities commitment by Trump’s administration. Your innocent friends bombed for Trump’s actions despite their own objections to his policies- is that likely to solve the problem, or further escalate?
This is such false equivalency. While Netanyahu’s administration is purely evil, there are millions of innocent Israeli citizens who still deserve protection. No serious person would argue that the best way to save innocents in Palestine is to let innocents in Israel be bombed.
Reports of a concerted effort, on the advice of shadow consultants, to let the GOP go crazy now so that public outrage grows and Dems dominate the midterms is seeming more likely. It’s a strategy so shortsighted and misguided that it should qualify as treasonous.
As much as I’d like to believe this, it seems like the Biden administration would have released the files if it were true, surely
Then they’d be entitled to compensation in line with minimum wage laws, diminishing profits margins. We’re in the stages of unregulated capitalism where many industries can’t succeed without underpaying their workforce.
You’re forgetting bribery. Check those AIPAC donation- Jeffries has received millions.
To be clear- the GoP is trying to destroy democracy, and you think that people aren’t mad about lobby-funded inaction from Dem leadership. You believe it’s bot farms that are promoting resistance to authoritarianism. Blocking all who disagree w/ you- a great way to ensure this crisis persists.
The pro-hamas line is a perfect example of being disingenuous. Hamas has committed terrible, inexcusable acts. The atrocities being inflicted on thousands of innocent Palestinians, on children, all being justified by a need to punish Hamas- these are also terrible and inexcusable. You know this.
Jeffries is being paid millions by AIPAC to be a dumb, disingenuous, ineffectual pawn. What’s your excuse?
Hey legacy is already well established: express concern over a policy, then vote yes for it. Anyone expecting her to do the right thing instead of the partisan thing hasn’t been paying attention for the last decade.
Trump is able to look tough and play at war without significantly damaging Putin’s ally. No thoughts beyond the immediate headlines, obviously, and his subsequent unsupported declaration of a cease fire would be hilarious if the stakes weren’t nuclear.
HGH, testosterone, hair transplants, fake muscle implants- Men do it.
Let’s see the names.
Who’s going to prosecute them? Who will enforce any verdict? Deploying marines to act as American law enforcement isn’t lawful, but the marines are following orders.
That’s by design. The well educated are harder to lie to when there’s a need to convince them to vote against their own interests.
You claim that these illegal acts aren’t happening despite very readily available proof. You claim it despite the rendered judgements of dozens of seated federal justices. You want Trump, the force behind these human atrocities, to be remembered well. Which of us is filled with hate?
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The head of DHS has posed for photos with prisoners for publicity- illegal. Those are only four examples- there are more. The important fact here is that though they will inevitably be thrown under the bus by Trump, these people were only chosen because they will blindly follow his orders.
The AG used insider knowledge to profit from stock sales before trump’s announcement of tariff changes- illegal. The sec of education is trying to abolish the depart of education- illegal. The Secretary of State has illegally deported many residents to torture prisons in El Salvador.
You claim to be an educator and just posted five replies worth of lies you made up from nothing. You knowing about me, and you clearly haven’t been paying attention to what is happening in our government.
He chose cabinet secretaries who will ignore the law and the will of the American people to be loyal to his own agenda. In only four months he has driven a great economy toward recession and alienated our allies while enriching himself. That is how history will remember him. Open your eyes.
Bluesky hasn’t gotten worse. Biden is a weirdly divisive topic to to Dems- a high percentage can’t seem to tolerate any level of criticism toward him and more just want to fully ignore mistakes in the past and wholly focus on Trump. You’re likely also sharing in some general anger toward all media
Adults can hold thoughts on multiple topics. Yes, Trump and the GoP are terrible and destroying this country. It’s ALSO true that Biden’s declining competency was covered up. Biden never should have ran for 2024. If we ignore that mistake we’ll inevitably repeat it in the future.
Elon’s Twitter purchase was literally never about freedom of speech. He’s just another billionaire wanting to sell you his curated version of the news- the version that is most likely to further increase his net worth. Is it possible to have billions and not be a sociopath?
This isn’t stupidity, but deliberate propaganda crafted in a collaboration between station owners and political operatives. This is the direct result of unregulated capitalism-billionaires with illegal monopolies now so powerful they can control what is presented as “news.”
Trump famously cares about the legality of his actions and is consistently held accountable for his rare missteps, true.
By all accounts, he’d approve. Jobs once lied about being sterile to avoid child support.
I’m replying that the President needs to be capable day and night, because emergencies occur at all hours. Yes, he was sick and tired. This is just another reason to elect someone younger with a more robust immune system to the most important job in the world. It’s a 4yr term- imagine him in 2027.
The truth is that our only two political parties hold too much power. The DNC was able to clear the primary field for incumbent Biden instead of allowing us a true primary. If Biden had been forced to debate a year earlier against Dem challengers, our democracy might have avoided this catastrophe.
Respectfully, he was also 81 and he completely failed to rebut the same tired lies that Trump has been telling for several years. Do you honestly believe that the President doesn’t need to be capable even while jet lagged and on cold meds? The responsibility of the office demands it.
You know it’s possible that they could both be in decline, right? Did you watch the debate? This isn’t an either/or scenario. They’re both very old men. This is a country of more than 300M- there are better options than men who can’t function cognitively after sundown. We needed a real primary.
Why should they rush out when they’re being paid so well for their corrupt actions?
Unrealistic. Most of the maga cult is in far too deep to ever admit they were played by a compromised billionaire buffoon.
Posting about sending a letter to a sociopathic authoritarian as if it will have *any* effect at all. This is just embarrassing. I really expected more of you.
Married at First Indict
I would have voted for Senator Warren in 2020, but now I think it’s clear that we need younger voices who don’t yet consider themselves bound by futile yearnings for bipartisanship and decorum.
I’d hesitate to give them that much credit. Smart money is on them all being stupid and incompetent.
I don’t disagree, but what would that look like? Who’s going to arrest them, Kash Patel’s FBI? Assuming they’re convicted, what happens when Trump pardons them- can they be reinstated? I suspect things will need to grow much worse before the corrupt GoP might support charges or impeachment.
Is it naive to think he’s been threatened or coerced? He’s a different person than he was two months ago, acting like he’s been compromised.
Communicating with the citizenry in ways that are relevant in 2025 should be part of the job description for any representative in public office. These people all have staff that could and should be managing social media accounts.
Well, yes, and yet I’m not the one dressing the presidential cabinet in spandex, sweetie.
You’d certainly know something about being embarrassing.
Enough posting about Trump’s crimes, everyone here is very aware. It’s time to show that you’re better than the old white men running the party- call for Schumer’s removal as minority leader, create and enact a plan to start fighting back.
Empirical data suggests they go to work for the current White House administration.
I believe that backing out of the agreement he’d made with house Dems, ignoring the voices of his constituents, and then announcing a self-aggrandizing book tour the next day might mean he is no longer a good man.
The nail was citizens united.
I hate to beat the same dead horse, but trump’s press secretary was in front of a camera two days ago saying they wouldn’t honor the court rulings, that a “low level” judge couldn’t override a presidential command.
You weren’t misled. You were likely taught, as I was, to verify the accuracy of any sources of information. I know SO many who readily believe everything they see on the news (or random, unverified Twitter accounts) and immediately treat it as fact. That failure can be remedied through education.
How many stories have already been written about voters who didn’t understand what they were choosing? How many believed that tariffs wouldn’t increase prices? The GoP strategy of defunding education over decades has been successful for them.
I’ve never claimed that education was a cure all, and of course there will always be those who might leverage their education to inflict harm. Still, in a democratic society those future fascists must first be enabled by misguided or ill informed voters.
I’m see. You don’t think that passing the budget they wanted without any concessions gives them even more legitimacy to continue on as they are?
Could you explain how a shutdown would give Elon more power when he’s already doing everything he wants, including illegal firings, without any accountability?
There’s absolutely some truth in that. I also think it’s true that non-economic interests are often used as levers to incite fear or rage or victimhood as a means of advancing an economic agenda. Dismantling high ed. certainly won’t lessen ideological blinders.
It’s also easier to control a population when they’ve never been taught how to think critically or verify a source. The south has been voting against their own best interests for decades because the less educated are easier to lie to.
I followed you for years, believing you could be the future of our party. You spent so many months claiming to be a climate champion… only to vote for a budget that further harms the climate, America, and democratic efforts worldwide. Were you threatened, were you bought? Were you always a fraud?
You’ve lost the larger perspective, you’ve failed to provide any strategic plan to combat their assault on democracy, and you seem to lack energy to oppose them in meaningful ways. Pass THEIR harmful budget? It’s time for you to retire. Don’t wait for your term to end. Do it now, do it for America.
Terrific thread. Is it ego or ignorance that leads Trump’s current lawyers to believe they’ll escape the absolute ruin of his previous attorneys?
Schiff took money from corporate lobbyists, Porter never has.
You are actively helping an authoritarian regime destroy America. You have betrayed the citizens who voted for you and the constitution you swore to uphold. Your weak spin on Democratic resistance is performative, and no one is buying tickets to your show.
You are officially part of the problem. Retire.
A positioning carefully chosen to not alienate potential donors for a future presidential run. If you believe that’s the correct choice in this moment, then you aren’t as savvy as you think you are.
They’re both sociopaths. You won’t change their minds with emotional appeals. Be smarter.
“Not much is new” could be the summary of every Apple event since Cook took over.
While it seems like that outcome is increasingly inevitable, this revolution wouldn’t be vs an 18th century royal guard. I wonder how effective even millions of conventionally armed civilians can be in an age of satellite imagery, unmanned drones and hypersonic missiles. It keeps me awake at night.
If you’re a senator and they arrest you, that’s one fewer votes to oppose the next Trump appointee. I also don’t know how wise it is to rely on the restraint of armed personal security hired by Musk. You’d want to show up with enough numbers that they wouldn’t even consider using force.
They’ve hired armed private security. The security is literally preventing sitting representatives from entering certain government buildings.
A final note- politics will ALWAYS be messy. Making positive change through politics, divisive and hard and messy. If the lesson you take from that is that positive change isn’t worthwhile because it’s messy, then you’ve missed the point.
Tell me what history says about an incumbent who is completely underwater in the polls and slated to lose by a landslide even BEFORE he bungles a live debate and still stays in the race, when the general political vibe is to blame the incumbent for literally anything wrong, eg: eggs.
Biden wasn’t going to drop out until he was forced to, so that argument is a fantasy. He needed to be primaried. Trump is a terrible orator. He spent his rallies talking about Hannibal Fucking Lecter. No matter how messy the primary, there was ample opportunity to win given a real campaign.
You’re arguing that incumbents should never be challenged even when the incumbent is obviously impaired? Really? Harris very nearly won with only six months to campaign. Imagine what she (or a better candidate) could have done with two years. Clearing the primary field was a mistake.
A lot of people in these replies seem to not know it, actually.