Guachi

Guachi

@guachi.bsky.social

I like cycling and US policy/public policy. It's great because there is zero overlap and makes for a very interesting feed. Great to see so many of you move here from Twitter! Keep Bluesky great.

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As one of the candidates featured in these polls - the infamous one in late June that showed me plummeting into single digits (which was at odds with our internals) - here's the impact of this "experiment"

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OMFG I am completely destroyed by this LinkedIn post by Michael White, the father of Magnus White (a very promising junior racer who was killed at the age of 17 in 2023 by a young woman who was eventually convicted of vehicular homicide).

U23 Women's update: Crash! Hanel USA van der Woolf NED and at least four others caught up in it on a tight right turn. We'll see if they can catch back up. #procycling #Montréal

U23 Women's update: The peloton that had split in three on the previous lap had the second group catch but the third group lost three minutes and are out of contention. Very attritional race. #procycling #Montreál2026

U23 Women's update: The main peloton has fractured into the groups in addition to the leading trio. The two groups behind the peloton are not far behind and might still play a part. #procycling #Montreál2026

U23 Women's update: Jooris abandoned after swapping bikes with de Schepper, who had a dropped chain. Jooris didn't get the chain back on quickly enough. #procycling #Montreál2026

The U23 Women's race has really calmed down. The peloton is not working particularly hard right now. #procycling

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I haven't seen a polling sequence like this in a while. Today, polls have: Pappas leading Sununu by 8 in NH, & Hamilton leading Marshall by 2 in KS. Yesterday brought Peltola up 6, Brown up 4, Cooper up 15 (and Earls up 15), Talarico up 1 and up 6, El Sayed up 2 and 3.

The only people who I've seen say this are trans people saying it to me because I choose to vote for Democrats they hate.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com

Anyways, if you're shocked and appalled by my statement above but aren't when people in this site say this very thing to trans people hundreds of times a day, you are who that post was aimed at.

Based on your post I assume you think Trump is better on this issue than Biden. You must be very happy Trump won.

mskathleenquinn.bsky.social@mskathleenquinn.bsky.social

Here's how Biden spent his last days in office. $8 billion in lethal weapons for Israel's genocide is nearly 4x what Trump is sending now. bsky.app/profile/mska...

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The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:

Not engaging allows people to maintain their purity. It is not, ultimately, about bringing their issues to the forefront. It's about not dirtying their hands by voting for someone as if the act of not voting isn't also a choice.

Ryan Joseph@rmjoseph23.bsky.social

Lotta bad faith arguments in here from people who should know that the reality of not engaging at all will never force your issues to the forefront. I assume these people get that, that change takes time, but if you wanna take your ball and go home, the party will move on without you

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Instead of fighting for Maine, Susan Collins has destroyed Roe v. Wade, recklessly funded ICE, threatened rural hospitals, raised gas prices, propped up Big Pharma, and helped slash Medicaid. Maine deserves a senator who actually gives a damn about the working people in this country.

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My office has been in contact with the woman who recorded this video of an ICE agent drawing a gun on her. She is a Northern Virginia native and a mother.

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.

El-Sayed will greatly underperform Dems nationwide and will likely lose his very winnable race. Every other statewide D in MI will do better. All of them. No one's brain will be broken by an obviously weak candidate threatening to be the only Senate seat that flips D to R.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

i think el-sayed winning the michigan senate primary will permanently break the brains that were being held together by string since mamdani

What would have happened? Democrats would have lost by even more than they did. California voters passed a gay marriage ban in 2008. It would have been far worse in 2004.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com

What would have happened in 2004 if, instead of giving into the framing and saying "oh yeah, we don't go for same sex marriage" we had party leaders unabashedly saying that we should have equality? We'll never know.

What a pile of garbage analysis that is. As far as I can tell, it assumes no one has a roommate, no one owns a home, every child has child care, all health insurance is private. It's a report of garbage in; garbage out

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One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

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All of these women are strong, dedicated public servants, and I am proud to have their support in this race. Thank you for the work you're doing on behalf of our state, and for being in this fight with me.

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Trump's illegal attack on Iran has set off regional war. The latest - Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon. 800 are already dead. 1/ Tonight, I want to walk you thru a🧵on how devastating this new war could be, and how Trump's blunder set it in motion.

theguardian.comIsrael’s plan to expand Lebanon ground campaign fuels fears of prolonged occupationIsraeli defence minister says IDF instructed to destroy ‘terror infrastructure’ in southern villages

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The snow is back. But New York is ready. Here's everything you should know about tomorrow's blizzard. Stay safe, stay warm, and sign up for real-time updates by texting NotifyNYC to 692-692.

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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

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An ICE convoy just randomly tear-gassed Wrecktangle Pizza and the whole Lynlake intersection. I couldn’t run fast enough to catch up and get video but someone must have

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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.

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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?