Zach Reisetter

Zach Reisetter

@fergal-stack.bsky.social

Lefty husband, wargamer, and news junky.

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FWIW: While on here he is History's Greatest Monster (Senate primary subdivision) I was in Maine recently and talked to some Dem-leaning voters and they were very positive about Graham Platner while well aware of his flaws etc. There may be no better current example of the Bluesky Bubble.

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yeah, so two things. first, i have been saying for some time that *this* is the message. and that it is a broad one that can fit a large number of concerns. and second, this dude has the juice.

Nathaniel William Horadam@horadam.bsky.social

1. I wouldn't take at face value anything a candidate up for reelection says about his future plans for a higher office. 2. He's running. 3. He's going to win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnj-...

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"Enemy from within." "Communists, Marxists, fascists, radical left thugs, vermin." "Garbage" Somalis, "low IQ people." "She's an evil, sick, crazy, b..." Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump?? Zeteo put together this Trump montage:

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I am not gonna tell you what you cannot have and should not fight for. You deserve to have guaranteed healthcare in these United States. You deserve to know that your taxes are spent on you. You deserve to have a union. Thank you, Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus!

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro got 27 years for trying to overturn the results of an election. Meanwhile Donald Trump is back in power. What does Brazil have that the U.S. doesn't? I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil and spoke to activists about what it takes to hold coup-plotters accountable.

As an office worker one of the knock on effects of AI has been a big increase in the amount of busy work people expect from you. None of it is useful. Just busy ass paper work that gets filed away and never used.

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Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."

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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

thebetter.newsFinland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.meIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

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Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.  In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

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yeah, i think political work needs to be done to connect vance directly to people like orban. "vance wants to rule over you like you're a slave

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

The massive Orban defeat should prompt Dems to align themselves more firmly with anti-fascist and pro-democracy forces abroad. There's a powerful link to be drawn between the celebrations in Budapest and the confrontations with ICE in Minneapolis. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2090...

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KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.

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The DNC Resolutions Committee has passed my resolution to hold Trump Administration officials legally accountable for their crimes. Assuming the whole packet passes on Friday, it will become the official position of the national Democratic Party.

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“Why aren’t college students protesting” stories are almost always wrong (they are protesting), omit crucial context (they were brutally punished for protesting before), and somehow suggest that 19 yr olds have more moral responsibility than elected officials three times their age

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Q: As of today, who controls the Strait of Hormuz? LEAVITT: We expect that the strait will be opened immediately Q: Who controls the strait right now? LEAVITT: *refuses to answer*

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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Did Iran Just Win This War? Instead of trying to wipe out Iran’s ‘civilization,’ Trump will negotiate an end to the war using Iran’s 10-point framework in a pretty huge humiliation for both the US and its ally Israel. Read Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter this morning:

zeteo.com🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Did Iran Just Win This War?Instead of trying to wipe out Iran’s ‘civilization,’ Trump will negotiate an end to the war using Iran’s 10-point framework in a pretty huge humiliation for both the US and its ally Israel.

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We've collectively ignored the damage to the health system from the twin blows of Medicaid cuts & the expiration of ACA subsidies. But more than 800 US health facilities have either closed entirely, cut services, or are at risk, & we're just at the beginning. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports.

prospect.orgGOP War on Health Care Destroying Hospitals at Home and Abroad - The American ProspectMore than 800 health care facilities are at risk or have already closed since Republicans severely cut funding last year. The worst is still ahead.

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In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

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conservative pundits, GOP apparatchiks and their various enablers spend 10 years insisting that racism is marginal to trump and trumpism trump:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Donald Trump just posted a video of Somali people enjoying the Mall of America to the soundtrack of “Mad World” because he is a bigoted POS

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Cory Booker, Ruben Gallego and Elissa Slotkin all say they won’t go on Hasan Piker’s show. But they’ve all been on Bill Maher, who says Islam is like “the mafia”, the Muslim world has “too much in common” with ISIS, Muslims bring “desert stuff” to the west, and has also used the N word on his show

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Republicans blocked our bill to fully fund TSA & their agents. This is the 8th time they've blocked our attempts to reopen TSA, FEMA, & other agencies outside of ICE & CBP at DHS. But they would rather hold these agencies hostage to give Trump's ICE & CBP another blank check.

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When 3.5% of a population actively participates in sustained, peaceful protest, it can topple authoritarian regimes — like the one currently in the Oval Office. We need 12 million people to show up on March 28 to get to 3.5%. Will you be one of them? Find out how at nokings.org

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The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

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Ossoff: "The American people need to know that the president is fundraising for his political campaign and his PAC using images of American service members killed in action, and it's a disgrace"

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Rand Paul: "The fact he can't bring himself to say that we shouldn't settle political questions with violence, I think that would be a terrible example for ICE and Border Patrol"

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MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Dueling with two consenting adults is still there RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling

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This war has once again exposed the fact that our economic system is irrational, indefensible, and fundamentally anti-human. It’s never been clearer that we really do face a choice between the end of the world and the end of capitalism. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

open.substack.comCapitalism is Killing the FutureA system built on war, exploitation and ecological collapse makes apocalypse feel inevitable — but it doesn’t have to be.