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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com

Whenever anyone says this, they mean “I have picked MY person and YOU need to get behind them.”

aug 17, 2025, 11:33 pm • 163 16

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Giant Space Ants @spaceants.bsky.social

I'd even be fairly receptive to a "just get behind the most realistic candidate who's NOT a genuine threat to the continued existence of the country" message in like June 2028, but it's still so fucking early. Demanding everyone line up behind one primary candidate 2-3 years in advance is nuts.

aug 17, 2025, 11:51 pm • 6 0 • view
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Larry @misterkojak.bsky.social

Far side cartoon of a rattlesnake rattling, blowfish blowing, cat hissing, and a man with a bazooka, a flotation device, a shoe on his head, and a
aug 18, 2025, 12:15 am • 0 0 • view
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Lightning Rod @rodhillen.com

Is he talking about the one where Newsome is throwing away the few possessions houseless people have? Because that is one of the most heartless things I've ever seen anyone do, and he's smiling. At least Paul Ryan's photo op he was pretending to help homeless people.

aug 17, 2025, 11:54 pm • 4 0 • view
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Seed Oil Salesman @mikebrode.bsky.social

Also, when we’re closer to the election, they’ll proclaim that you should have voiced your criticism earlier.

aug 18, 2025, 2:41 am • 1 0 • view
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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com

Anticipating the block.

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aug 17, 2025, 11:34 pm • 40 1 • view
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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com

There is a circular term for jerks I believe.

aug 17, 2025, 11:39 pm • 5 0 • view
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Mostly incompetent @leftbanksy.bsky.social

I think there’s a lot of support out there for “circular firing squad among incumbents Dems”

aug 17, 2025, 11:51 pm • 4 0 • view