didn't really see this guy being one of the only elected Dems who understands the moment but here we are
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Americans love large rich men, I think Pritzker has the inside track. Plus Midwest Dems are usually the best Dems.
mar 24, 2025, 10:28 pm • 2 0 • view
He's been in my radar for a while. FDR came from an old money elite wealthy family too. Pritzker's my current favorite for '28.
mar 24, 2025, 10:29 pm • 0 0 • view
FDR was rich as fuck too. And Pritzker gets good marks from progressive folks in Illinois.
mar 24, 2025, 8:44 pm • 1 0 • view
He really has been a fantastic governor. I had my doubts about him initially when he first ran, but he really does walk the walk.
mar 25, 2025, 3:35 am • 1 0 • view
He’s been low key one of the best Dems around for a while now. National press has mostly slept on him in favor of talking up Newsom and other jagoffs. That’s fine, I suppose. We’d like to keep him in Illinois if at all possible. This man fights.
mar 24, 2025, 8:30 pm • 0 0 • view
If he were about that life he'd fund a bunch of progressives with them billions he has squirreled away.
mar 24, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Husband: No, that's violence. Me: I REALLY like this guy!
mar 24, 2025, 8:21 pm • 1 0 • view
I had a bully from elementary school to high school; almost a decade of abuse. When I had finally had enough, I punched my bully in the face. I definitely didn't win that battle, but I won the war. They never bothered me or spoke to me again.
mar 24, 2025, 11:14 pm • 10 0 • view
Similar story. It's true in almost situation unless the bully is literally a psychopath, and yet we always get taught "responding to violence with violence is never the answer" even when it so clearly is.
mar 25, 2025, 5:27 am • 0 0 • view
Yeah the zero tolerance policies at schools are a terrible aspect of this. Both kids will get punished even if it's one beating up another and the victim defending themselves. That and you can look at nearly every conflict in history and see that responding to aggressors with peace usually loses.
mar 25, 2025, 6:33 am • 1 0 • view
Me, either. I held my nose while voting for him the first time, but he has really pleasantly surprised me.
mar 24, 2025, 7:49 pm • 4 0 • view
I can't wait to see well thought out and articulated arguments from the other side on this like "Wow, u mad bro? You always were the bad guy now you just proved it anyway let's go operation Greenland genocide"
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
Pritzker's been really impressive the last few years. One of the few Dems not squandering promise.
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 1 0 • view
We’ve been conditioned to be perpetually disappointed so it’s just refreshing to see a handful of democrats saying the right things.
mar 25, 2025, 12:00 am • 0 0 • view
yeah didn’t expect the billionaire midwesterner to be rising to the challenge but hey i’ll take whatever i can get
mar 24, 2025, 10:35 pm • 0 0 • view
In addition to saying the right things, he should give away all his money above $999,999,999.99
mar 24, 2025, 7:54 pm • 3 0 • view
Huh. I was not expecting that figure when I looked up his net worth. That's a big number.
mar 24, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
best case scenario is he pisses them off enough that he winds up tanking and soaking up DPS for with that fortune
mar 24, 2025, 7:57 pm • 12 0 • view
One of the tiny handful of national Dems I would legit be thankful for an assist in a bar fight.
mar 24, 2025, 10:31 pm • 0 0 • view
I live in Illinois, and I am pleasantly shocked.
mar 24, 2025, 9:12 pm • 0 0 • view
That’s MY governor babyyyyy
mar 24, 2025, 7:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Pritzker ALWAYS takes the side of the underdogs of this Country & he doesn't care who likes it or not. He cares about POC, LGBTQ, women & children more than any other Governor in my lifetime. He HAS empathy. He HAS morals. And he HAS the balls to back it up!
mar 24, 2025, 8:25 pm • 7 0 • view
He’s rich enough to not give a shit about repercussions. A huge asset.
mar 24, 2025, 8:02 pm • 2 0 • view
Probably should be the guy to run if the country survives to 2028.
mar 24, 2025, 7:51 pm • 5 0 • view
Corrupt GOP government destroys the social fabric necessitates a billionaire democrat unafraid of eviscerating the billionaire class who wrought said destruction
mar 24, 2025, 7:52 pm • 7 0 • view
Gov JB! ❤️
mar 24, 2025, 8:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah, this man looks like he should be selling me a decently priced sedan.
mar 24, 2025, 7:49 pm • 20 0 • view
I mean, he probably could get you a decent deal on a room at the Hyatt.
mar 24, 2025, 8:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Will even send extra shampoos and conditioners.
mar 24, 2025, 8:50 pm • 2 0 • view
so more trustworthy than the whole current administration?
mar 24, 2025, 7:51 pm • 29 0 • view
Absolutely, not a sportscar, gets you comfortably from a to b, maybe has a few quirks but thats used cars for you.
mar 24, 2025, 8:05 pm • 11 0 • view
not spontaneously bursting into flames and trapping you inside as well. elon musk is doing damage to the reputation of EVs and Ketamine beyond repair.
mar 24, 2025, 8:08 pm • 12 0 • view
No sir or madam! Just a decent sedan at a reasonable price.
mar 24, 2025, 8:15 pm • 6 0 • view
slaps car roof etc pp
mar 24, 2025, 8:16 pm • 6 0 • view
Put her in H!
mar 25, 2025, 5:27 am • 3 0 • view
I'm not surprised that it's him but I'm surprised it's him and only a couple other people.
mar 25, 2025, 6:05 pm • 0 0 • view
yeah, and f*ck Newsom
mar 25, 2025, 1:31 am • 0 0 • view
A rich guy from a silver spoon family willing to punch nazis? Welcome back FDR.
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 134 1 • view
He went to a law school named Pritzker. He's not an ally or a comrade. He's a fucking billionaire.
mar 24, 2025, 8:04 pm • 3 0 • view
At this point in time it doesn't matter. All that matters right now is that somebody is willing to fight back because Senate Dems sure aren't willing to. If he actually puts his money (literal or figurative) where his mouth is then I've got his back because he's got mine.
mar 24, 2025, 8:26 pm • 3 0 • view
I don't live in IL so I don't know if he's good for his word but he's making a good show of it which counts for something when it comes to rallying people up.
mar 24, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Ever noticed how FDR was really rich?
mar 24, 2025, 8:13 pm • 10 0 • view
and also arguably violated the Constitution several times plus y'know internment History is a messy place
mar 24, 2025, 8:14 pm • 12 0 • view
Very messy. Hey, you ever consider doing BtB on Tom Harrison, the British anthropologist who reintroduced headhunting to Borneo in order to fight the Japanese during ww2? Fascinatingly wild guy.
mar 24, 2025, 8:16 pm • 6 0 • view
yeah
mar 24, 2025, 8:18 pm • 4 0 • view
Then I shall live in hope for an ep or 2. Til then I'll do my own much-less viewed vid lol
mar 24, 2025, 8:19 pm • 4 0 • view
Well that's something for ME to look forward to, then 😎
mar 24, 2025, 8:24 pm • 2 0 • view
You can still be a billionaire and give a fuck about people. That’s JB.
mar 24, 2025, 8:15 pm • 8 0 • view
You must be a neolib
mar 24, 2025, 8:17 pm • 2 0 • view
Shut the fuck up
mar 24, 2025, 9:27 pm • 1 0 • view
FDR had ancestors involved in the opium trade. Therefore, I will vote for more Hoovervilles in 1932!
mar 24, 2025, 8:15 pm • 10 0 • view
Settlers are so fucking annoying.
mar 24, 2025, 8:18 pm • 0 0 • view
You have some wide swath of allies lying around that you can discard one?
mar 24, 2025, 8:06 pm • 74 0 • view
There is no lack of leftists willing to cut off their nose to spite their face
mar 24, 2025, 8:53 pm • 3 0 • view
preach!!!!
mar 24, 2025, 8:16 pm • 0 0 • view
When the rich turns traitor against their own class, it’s actually a good thing.
mar 24, 2025, 8:37 pm • 7 0 • view
He's a literal fucking billionaire from one of the oldest colonizer families in the US.
mar 24, 2025, 8:09 pm • 0 0 • view
the pritzker family? or is he related to some other notable family?
mar 24, 2025, 8:24 pm • 4 0 • view
Rich class traitors are good, Cass.
mar 24, 2025, 8:14 pm • 22 0 • view
By the time we find a candidate that is acceptable to you, the sun will have consumed the earth.
mar 24, 2025, 8:15 pm • 10 0 • view
Colonizer? Where have Ukrainian Jews colonized? And where do YOUR people come from? Why don't they go back to where they belong! See it hurts when people say that to you, doesn't it?
mar 24, 2025, 9:44 pm • 2 0 • view
From your lips to God's ears, because we're holding out hopes for him in the next Presidential election.
mar 24, 2025, 9:48 pm • 7 0 • view
The braincells in the mainstream Dems are few and far between, but they do seem to be finally lighting up, at least. If more Nazis get punched in the face because of this, all the better.
mar 24, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
I think Robert mentioned this in a post after Trump's address to Congress as well but you'd think Dems would want to be getting noticed for stuff like this. It's one of those times where it would be good for themselves politically to get noticed and it would be good for the rest of us to hear it.
mar 24, 2025, 10:28 pm • 0 0 • view
💯 The AZ Attorney General has also been great about accurately describing what's been happening.
mar 24, 2025, 8:20 pm • 0 0 • view
All hail the Great Kahn of the Plains
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 3 0 • view
He's taken a few fists in the face. It was lessons he understood.
mar 25, 2025, 12:18 am • 1 0 • view
Right ?!? I live in Illinois. Pritzker evolving into this statesman has been shocking. Anyone else thinking that this is not his final evolution ? That he will get even larger to meet the moment and win it?
mar 25, 2025, 2:17 am • 0 0 • view
This guy is the new old Richie Daley style Chicago Dem. He's definitely a guy for this moment.
mar 25, 2025, 2:15 am • 0 0 • view
#Pritzker2028
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION BUT HALF THE PROBLEM.
mar 25, 2025, 5:11 pm • 2 0 • view
Its nice to see a guy who looks like me actually not being a complete and total douchebag
mar 24, 2025, 8:40 pm • 2 0 • view
mar 24, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Pritzker / Walz / Whitmer for Great Lakes Coalition Tribunal 2028
mar 24, 2025, 10:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Give our track record with governors, I've been so proud of him as someone born in Illinois.
mar 24, 2025, 7:50 pm • 40 0 • view
Same. I've been following him in bewilderment for a few years because I have....respect?? For an Illinois governor??? Who may not even go to prison???? Took me a while to adjust. If he had a goatee, it'd make sense. I'm honestly not surprised now that he's standing up while so many Dems roll over.
mar 24, 2025, 8:00 pm • 30 0 • view
I'm sure he still has time to pull a corruption scandal out of this, but if he keeps up with this, I might even forgive him that. Let him have some corruption as a thank you gift.
mar 24, 2025, 8:03 pm • 14 0 • view
I mean, to be fair, one of the guys Blago was talking with on the wiretaps was JB. That being said, as Gov he’s kinda made up for it.
mar 24, 2025, 8:40 pm • 3 0 • view
Ah, that actually makes me feel better. *That's* what I was expecting. It was freaking me out to have warm-fuzzies about a politician.
mar 24, 2025, 8:44 pm • 2 0 • view
He should do another toilet based tax scandal to forever become legendary in my mind.
mar 24, 2025, 9:29 pm • 1 0 • view
A little corruption. As a treat.
mar 24, 2025, 8:15 pm • 20 0 • view
Hard same lol
mar 24, 2025, 7:51 pm • 1 0 • view
Class traitors are strong allies. FDR and Teddy are good examples
mar 24, 2025, 7:59 pm • 25 0 • view
You don’t get to change the rules of the game without first winning the game in some fashion.
mar 24, 2025, 8:06 pm • 13 0 • view
I think it’s worth mentioning that all of these guys inherited their wealth.
mar 25, 2025, 3:47 am • 0 0 • view
Yeah that’s a wide majority of billionaires. I am aware
mar 25, 2025, 11:01 am • 0 0 • view
They still committed atrocities.
mar 25, 2025, 4:18 am • 0 0 • view
yeah presidents are bad but the whole species benefited overall from the fact that FDR was where he was when he was
mar 25, 2025, 4:19 am • 5 0 • view
Let’s just say all 45 men who were presidents did that. It’s baked in. Do i want that to change? Of course. With FDR we got our strongest social net from any president and Teddy busted trusts, gave us national parks, regulation of food production snd railroads, and ”Stewart of public welfare”
mar 25, 2025, 1:31 pm • 1 0 • view
What can I say more than I agree. It’s hard for me to fanboy any president for anything when the reality is that they rode waves to keep the machine running for those in power. FDR did great things for working people and then the Taft-Hartley Act “corrected” to keep us down.
mar 25, 2025, 3:51 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m firmly in the “kill your heroes” camp. No president should be a 1:1 example, but the biggest social safety net gains were from under the richest Dems of the last 120 years. Also, need to get fucking far away from the unitary executive
mar 25, 2025, 4:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Cool. How would that work?
mar 25, 2025, 5:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Which part
mar 25, 2025, 5:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Changing from a single President in the Executive Branch. What would work?
mar 25, 2025, 6:58 pm • 0 0 • view
That’s not the unitary executive theory. It’s that the president has total control over the executive branch and can fire anyone for whatever reason, not just for cause. Planning his cronies in charge for independent agencies. Pushed by Reagan, Bush and Trump limiting congressional oversight
mar 25, 2025, 7:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Proud of Illinois!
mar 25, 2025, 2:43 am • 0 0 • view
y'all who cares if he's a good person if he's got a few billion and he winds up drawing fire from people who don't great otherwise at least it's not another Schumer. we aren't really sitting on a lot of good options here
mar 24, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1,131 22 • view
Also he like...did a pretty good speech that was honestly better than most shit the dems have done in a while, Bernie and AOC obviously excluded m.youtube.com/watch?v=5uFw...
mar 24, 2025, 8:14 pm • 8 0 • view
you gotta fight with the folks you have not with the folks you wish you had
mar 24, 2025, 8:12 pm • 122 1 • view
Exactly. I'm fully Pritzker pilled at this point. Man might be a billionaire but he's actually saying and doing the things we want a leader to do.
mar 24, 2025, 8:36 pm • 64 0 • view
He’s very good.
mar 25, 2025, 2:30 am • 4 0 • view
Good billionaire is an oxy moron.
mar 25, 2025, 1:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Lead, follow, or get out of the way. This guy is leading. I'll take it.
mar 24, 2025, 8:29 pm • 1 0 • view
and like if he turns out to be shit you can still fight him then.
mar 24, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
JB is a solid dude.
mar 24, 2025, 9:00 pm • 3 0 • view
Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough.
mar 24, 2025, 8:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Beggars can't be choosers, and it pains me to even say that..
mar 24, 2025, 8:44 pm • 0 0 • view
IMO it’ll take another white guy for the Dems to defeat the MAGA infused Rep candidate in the next election (if there’s one). I hate it but it seems that’s the reality of America It just might be someone like JB
mar 25, 2025, 1:03 pm • 4 0 • view
Funnily enough, @katmabu.bsky.social just announced she's running for congress, in Illinois.
mar 25, 2025, 1:04 am • 0 0 • view
"Big Tent" is why people like Schumer and Fetterman are in office to begin with. Some skepticism is justified. Still, going against party leadership to make this statement is absolutely a good sign.
mar 24, 2025, 8:49 pm • 2 0 • view
mar 24, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah Pritzker seems to fit the mould for "At least he stands for SOMETHING", plus, shit in one hand and count perfect politicians with the other and see which one fills up first
mar 24, 2025, 8:23 pm • 4 0 • view
FDR was also wealthier-than-god aristocracy.
mar 24, 2025, 11:50 pm • 2 0 • view
Word.
mar 24, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Do you get the feeling that maybe, just maybe, the left needs to look inward, realize we have a common enemy, and just throw our weight between the people that are fighting at this moment for better or worse. Perfect has absolutely become the enemy of good enough given the stakes.
mar 24, 2025, 8:16 pm • 16 0 • view
if you are an American and you don't see yourself as partly to blame for where we are there's like a 70% chance you're delusional we all need to look inward and link arms to beat these fuckers
mar 25, 2025, 2:32 am • 3 0 • view
I absolutely agree! I personally have not even started to do enough. But I’m arguing with old guys from my home town on Facebook. So I’m doing #mypart 😂 We are all collectively culpable and share the load. We can do this. Then we can go back to arguing about what brand of leftism should rule!
mar 25, 2025, 2:38 am • 0 0 • view
Yes. There are no perfect people, we're all flawed, what matters is who we are in the moment, what we want for the future, and that we're willing to fight for it.
mar 24, 2025, 8:53 pm • 2 0 • view
You fight with cock you have, not the one you wish you had.
mar 24, 2025, 8:14 pm • 8 0 • view
Clearly we can only have support or solidarity with good politicians who have a strong sense of morality and justice who would never do anything immoral, corrupt, or selfish. Unfortunately this filters out all living politicians. So ig we just gotta make do with what we have.
mar 24, 2025, 8:13 pm • 10 0 • view
mar 24, 2025, 8:18 pm • 2 0 • view
I don't think "living" is necessary in that sentence. I think that we have a serious problem with how we relate to politicians as a country. We should support them as long as, and to the extent that they are useful to us. No admiration. No worship. They're supposed to work for us.
mar 24, 2025, 8:19 pm • 9 0 • view
Going to need a big tent to defeat fascism in the country.
mar 24, 2025, 8:10 pm • 27 0 • view
And Pritzker will be around to make sure that tent doesn't have any toilets in it and we love him for it
mar 24, 2025, 8:16 pm • 4 0 • view
Your big tent has been courting and including fascists.
mar 25, 2025, 1:05 pm • 1 0 • view
You do not want an Angel in a room full of devil's
mar 24, 2025, 9:02 pm • 1 0 • view
So far as I know Pritzker hasn't hosted a podcast with the ghost of Hermann Göring, so he's got that over Newsom.
mar 24, 2025, 8:37 pm • 6 0 • view
Damned straight. I'm an IL resident; didn't vote for the guy in the primaries (did in the general though), and definitely disagree with some of his stuff (PICA annoys the fuck outta me), but I'm glad we've got someone NOT considered a political outlier standing up.
mar 24, 2025, 8:17 pm • 4 0 • view
This is the issue with purity tests. I don't like Pritzker. At all. He is one of the only Dems with a pulpit who is meeting the moment. You don't have to agree 100% with someone to say they're one of a few not being completely spineless.
mar 24, 2025, 8:15 pm • 26 1 • view
I think this is actually a healthier way to view politicians. We need to stop trying to find heroes and instead look at politicians as someone who we hire to do a job. I don't have to personally like my car mechanic. I just need him/her to do their job: fix my car and not rip me off.
mar 24, 2025, 8:47 pm • 23 0 • view
he threw his money around to beat better, more progressive gubernatorial candidates in Illinois. I held my nose and voted for him. Really wasn't expecting him to be the best governor in my lifetime, both in substance and message. He is, though. Granted I still live in Illinois, so the bar's not high
mar 25, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
It's the lefts need for a hero that has gotten us to where we are. The saying I heard years ago was that the right falls in line and the left falls in love. And it's that stupid need to love their politician that loses elections.
mar 24, 2025, 9:43 pm • 1 0 • view
A lot of people would have been very unhappy during the Golden age of unionization in this country... If you're not willing to work with someone just because they have unsavory connections, I would suggest you may not understand the moment that we're in.
mar 24, 2025, 9:52 pm • 0 0 • view
🎶Few solid Dems left, but it’s not enough🎶
mar 24, 2025, 8:16 pm • 0 0 • view
You *want* some utter assholes on your side. You don't get the Civil Rights Act passed without LBJ.
mar 24, 2025, 9:31 pm • 7 1 • view
Yes. Yes I do. I’d take a boat load of feisty assholes over one Schumer every day.
mar 25, 2025, 12:45 pm • 0 0 • view
He recognizes what the moment is, and in the same speech condemned anyone throwing trans people under the bus for political expediency. I currently have a lot of conditional support for the big guy in Illinois.
mar 24, 2025, 9:48 pm • 63 0 • view
“Conditional Support” is such good mantra to have for anyone in leadership.
mar 24, 2025, 10:27 pm • 31 0 • view
Yeah, I learned decades ago not to fanboy over any politician. But some of them can do the right thing sometimes and I'll give credit where credit is due.
mar 24, 2025, 10:33 pm • 29 0 • view
yeah to me it's not about liking them the more people with power and money saying shit like this is chaf and that keeps the enemy distracted and us safer
mar 24, 2025, 10:36 pm • 42 0 • view
Also, I won't fanboy any politician, but kinda giddy that a podcasters and journalist I've liked for years responded to me directly. Gonna go brag to my online friends.
mar 25, 2025, 12:04 am • 20 0 • view
I'm fairly certainly we interacted before back on Twitter didn't we?
mar 25, 2025, 2:34 am • 5 0 • view
Almost certainly. And I have several personal friends that were involved with the Elm Fork JBGC back when that was a thing, so probably related to that, aside from me just being a long running fan of your reporting and a general reply guy.
mar 25, 2025, 3:12 am • 5 0 • view
He's better than most give him credit for. The magats in my area can't do much more than hammer him for his weight.
mar 24, 2025, 8:39 pm • 3 0 • view
Some of Dem will rise to the occasion. So far, I am everything but impressed. We need more of this. It's fun to see Bernie and AOC in the red states, but they will always be considered outsiders for the Dems (and Bernie isn't really one).
mar 24, 2025, 8:20 pm • 1 0 • view
I've always liked Pritzker.
mar 24, 2025, 10:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Hard to get too excited over billionaire politicians
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
mar 24, 2025, 7:50 pm • 9 0 • view
mar 24, 2025, 8:01 pm • 0 0 • view
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, until I learn that they are not.
mar 25, 2025, 4:22 pm • 1 0 • view
I will accept it.
mar 24, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
my partner transcribed some of his speeches etc like 6 yrs ago and was always in favor of his shit just good strong midwest values and he is set for cash so doesn't need "foreign" involvement he's strong in my mind get him leaning 3rd party and he'd be a killer
mar 25, 2025, 3:41 am • 0 0 • view
He has been great for a long time.
mar 24, 2025, 7:49 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah it surprises me too. I remember when Pritzger first ran for governor, I hated him because all of his ads were "Trump is bad" with nothing else on offer. I figured he was another milquetoast centrist lib. Turns out he is fairly progressive and is a fighter (which is what we desperately need).
mar 24, 2025, 8:00 pm • 7 0 • view
And on the younger side. Not these ancient old forces stuck in a distant past.
apr 4, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Don't underestimate JD Pritzger.
mar 25, 2025, 2:28 am • 3 0 • view
Number 2 choice for president after walz if he runs
mar 24, 2025, 8:07 pm • 1 0 • view
mar 24, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Dem officials ranking from most oppositional to most collaborationist rn: State AGs > Governors (except Newsom) > House > Senate
mar 25, 2025, 4:31 pm • 2 1 • view
Which Costco guy is he
mar 24, 2025, 7:51 pm • 1 0 • view
#propunchingnazisintheface You were the one that got me to make this hash tag Robert
mar 24, 2025, 9:28 pm • 0 0 • view
like yeah, yeah, guillotine all billionaires but until we can do them all at once this guy doesn't need to be at the front of the line
mar 25, 2025, 12:20 am • 1 0 • view
He is one of the few super wealthy individuals that doesn’t set of my “this person is an actual piece of shit” alarm. And I generally despise the wealthy so that says a lot.
mar 24, 2025, 7:54 pm • 4 0 • view
Pritzker kind of gives off Roosevelt vibes being that he's rich as fuck and progressive-ish for his time. Now all he has to do is avoid their racism and Teddy's war-mongering.
mar 25, 2025, 3:31 am • 1 0 • view
Definitely rather have him than that sociopath Newsom
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 11 0 • view
The worst Newsom. The best being his cousin Joanna who would never throw trans folks under the bus and plays harp like an angel. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social what a waste of a good name you turned out to be.
mar 24, 2025, 9:36 pm • 3 0 • view
Make or break time for anyone blue in office. Hopefully it can become a growing movement for the party.
mar 24, 2025, 7:50 pm • 4 0 • view
The meatball man we deserve
mar 25, 2025, 12:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Dude is a billionaire, educated at the most expensive schools and spent his youth in Palo Alto. His world is full of entitled lowlife bullies from the tech industry. He absolutely understands the moment.
mar 26, 2025, 4:03 am • 0 0 • view
Isn't that the guy from The Wire
mar 24, 2025, 8:19 pm • 0 0 • view
He’s done right by Illinois. It’s wild to be rooting for a billionaire but he seems to be on the right side.
mar 25, 2025, 1:27 am • 2 0 • view
He's pretty good.
mar 24, 2025, 7:57 pm • 0 0 • view
We definitely need more progressive leaning and progressive period Democrats to be speaking like this. I would prefer to have them be a little more psychotic in their rhetoric about what they want to do to the oligarchs, but you fight with the army you’ve got ya know?
mar 25, 2025, 1:19 am • 1 0 • view
I did. The happy warrior! Illinois leads the way ♥️🤍💙
mar 24, 2025, 7:58 pm • 3 0 • view
Already know who can play him in a contemporary biopic or more likely SNL. Oliver Platt.
mar 24, 2025, 7:49 pm • 15 0 • view
It does seem like Oliver Platt manifests in the cast of any show set in or near Chicago, so I don't even think you'd have to call him for the role. He'd simply appear on set.
mar 24, 2025, 7:53 pm • 11 0 • view
I just watched the first season of Fargo lol. He's on my mind. Plus I don't think I'm the only one who can see the resemblance. Those dudes look alike.
mar 24, 2025, 7:55 pm • 4 0 • view
Yup! Maybe when we eat the rich we should spare Pritzker & Mark Cuban😂
mar 24, 2025, 8:59 pm • 2 0 • view
I was super unexcited when he was originally running but he's been a remarkably good governor the whole time. I would say the best in my lifetime but that bar is incredibly low given it's IL :V
mar 24, 2025, 8:33 pm • 2 0 • view
I really do see him as the next president. Maybe for worse but probably for better.
mar 24, 2025, 11:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Clearly not a follower of the Khan
mar 25, 2025, 4:20 am • 2 0 • view
Our glorious Khan is the best part of living in Illinois.
mar 25, 2025, 6:52 pm • 2 0 • view
The Khan clothes himself in glory
mar 24, 2025, 7:58 pm • 52 3 • view
He took the seat from Rauner who ran his own little DOGE style spending freeze, basically killed a lot of non-profits and such around the state, did the “run gov’t like a business” thing, so he kinda had a dress rehearsal for the moment
mar 24, 2025, 8:03 pm • 12 0 • view
Lower stakes admittedly, but still
mar 24, 2025, 8:04 pm • 3 0 • view
Other 2028 nominees are going to have to work to knock him out as my presumptive vote He has also been pretty rad as governor
mar 24, 2025, 8:01 pm • 17 0 • view
Maybe we can do a new thing with a president and 2 VPs, like what Trump is doing now except they all actually get elected. Then we can have him, Walz and AOC. Bernie can be secretary of holding them accountable.
mar 24, 2025, 8:28 pm • 2 0 • view
As in the Frenzal Rhomb song: All We Need is a Punch in the Face.
mar 25, 2025, 2:17 am • 1 0 • view
Or Bob Vylan's: Pretty Songs.
mar 25, 2025, 3:22 am • 1 0 • view
Walz and Prizker have been quietly building real, democratic states in the upper Midwest, putting in policies national Dems swear are impossible while MI and WI still trying to dig out from Snyder and Walker, now gut punched economically by Tariffs. Walz is still AIPAC solid tho.
mar 24, 2025, 7:56 pm • 59 0 • view
Yeah I am not really excited about or focusing on either guy as a 2028 candidate our problems are so much more immediate than that and they are both in a position to help with some of those issues
mar 25, 2025, 2:48 am • 4 0 • view
They’re uniquely well positioned seeing as they are governors. They actually control state machinery!
mar 25, 2025, 3:46 am • 1 0 • view
So is Pritzker, unfortunately.
mar 25, 2025, 2:47 am • 1 0 • view
Homie, I'm in Chicago, tell me about it! (He's still a POS ziocunt though)
mar 25, 2025, 2:45 am • 0 0 • view
yeah as governor of Illinois he's in a good position to actually protect trans kids (which he seems committed to doing) and i don't really see how he personally can make the situation in Gaza any worse in his present office
mar 25, 2025, 2:47 am • 3 0 • view
No, I'm pretty much with you. As someone on the trans spectrum, he has my attention both with his protections of us and his stance on sex work, to say nothing of our immigrants here in Chicago. I'll take it--for now.
mar 25, 2025, 2:51 am • 2 0 • view
We may ultimately need a billionaire to fight the other billionaires. What a country!
mar 24, 2025, 8:21 pm • 0 0 • view
If Ted Cruz had punched Trump when he insulted Cruz's wife we'd be in a different, but probably not much better world.
mar 24, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 0 • view
I don't think I could understand a world in which ted theodore cruz ever did something even vaguely admirable
mar 24, 2025, 8:25 pm • 1 0 • view
I kinda did actually…. Me and a lot fj leftist trans girls in Illinois are kinda sorta fans but in maybe we should fight sorta way
mar 25, 2025, 2:50 am • 0 0 • view
...and Walz can kick everyone's ass! Such violent imagery from America's governors. If Pritzker tried to punch someone in the face, he'd best be sure to connect because if he missed, his momentum would drop him like the Hindenburg.
mar 24, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Bernie, the Bartender, and the Billionaire were not the three pivotal people I would have expected (though it fits alliteration nicely). AOC of course. Bernie, yeah. buuuuuuuut
mar 24, 2025, 9:31 pm • 4 0 • view
I have to admit, I find the thought of this gorilla punching Trump in the face to be comfy cozy. Or anyone, really. Do something.
mar 25, 2025, 4:59 am • 0 0 • view
They wanna be nice, they just can't... The 2025 White House Easter Egg Roll! Brought to you by... #trump #whitehouse #Easter #roll #corporate
mar 24, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Illinois got all their most corrupt governors out of the way early
mar 24, 2025, 8:34 pm • 3 0 • view
I’m really starting to like this guy.
mar 24, 2025, 9:32 pm • 0 0 • view
I dunno, sounds pretty Chicago to me.
mar 24, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Maybe he and Bill Burr can link up now that Bill’s doing NPR spots. This is the message Dems need: get angry. You don’t fight fascism with hugs. You fight it with feet and fists and whatever else ya got lying around.
mar 24, 2025, 8:41 pm • 2 0 • view
He’s really amazing and gives me HOPE!
mar 24, 2025, 8:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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mar 24, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Pritzker is impressive. He has led Illinois well. He isn’t afraid and can’t be bought and that’s important.
mar 25, 2025, 2:59 pm • 1 0 • view
hell yeah that's my governor!
mar 24, 2025, 8:09 pm • 3 0 • view
His cousin is retired National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer Pritzker, a trans woman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennife...
mar 25, 2025, 2:57 am • 16 0 • view
wild how often the solution to bigotry is just have someone you love be a member of a marginalized group
mar 25, 2025, 2:58 am • 29 1 • view
Although it also tends to feed that bigotry if that loved one is someone they have a more complicated/ strained relationship with them.
mar 25, 2025, 4:00 am • 0 0 • view
Too bad it didn't take with Liz Cheney the way it did with her dad.
mar 25, 2025, 3:00 am • 3 0 • view
Or Musk
mar 25, 2025, 11:29 am • 1 0 • view
Dicks will always be dicks.
mar 25, 2025, 3:47 am • 1 0 • view
We've had quite the streak of bad governors here in Illinois, but I'm relieved we finally hit on a decent one. And the timing couldn't have been better.
mar 24, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Pritzker for President
mar 24, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view