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Fine. I will donate to Bottoms for governor in Georgia, for Democracy but also because I really want to see this happen.

It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:

the clear throughline behind every Trump voter is a refusal to believe that their behavior has consequences

This isn't just some rally where any yokel off the street can walk in. The only people who can get tickets are elected officials, state party officials or donors--in other words, the GOP elite. The GOP is not just a criminal organization, it's a terrorist organization that should be outlawed.

That El-Sayed and Jesse Waters interview is all over the feeds and I don't think I've seen a segment have this much reach like ever. Or is it my algorithm?

We need to let go of the idea that Trumpism was a radical realignment of American politics and accept the reality that he won 2024 based on a coalition of the 25-30% of Americans who are incorrigible dogshit and a one time influx of low info dummies who were irate about borger and burrito taxi.

One time at the Library, we had a patron upset he could not eat full meals inside. So he gave us a letter from his "uncle" "Gavin Newsum" asking us to please let his nephew eat in the library. We have that letter framed.

My favorite thing is to talk shit, and perhaps this why I read history.

What if it was the explosive diarrhea parasite...

Congress has the power to do pretty much whatever it wants with the Supreme Court. It can expand the membership of the court, and it can punish it in several ways too. We simply need to fill that Congress with a Democratic majority that has the will to use that power.

Still bummed out about how we almost had a governor who was maniacally focused on climate change and instead we're gonna get a guy whose big policy innovation will probably be home insurance subsidies and gas tax suspensions.

We in academia must really do better in pushing back against this brand of nonsense. Either put up empirics or shut up.

Totally biased here since I work at a library... But blowing people's minds that everything we offer is free, never gets old.

My congressional district in CA has 2 republicans leading. Kevin Kiley ran as an independent, but we all know who he actually is. If this race holds the way it is, Dems really effed up.

Fine. I guess I am a Catholic again.

I'm going to vote for @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social but if you're not a Republican, you need to either vote for him or Becerra. Keep Republicans mad and unemployed as God intended for them to be.

Family of 4, single earner here. Driving has not increased our expenses, we have an EV, paid off solar(thanks Biden), and I charge free at work. If it were not for that, we would be struggling a lot more right now. But other than Costco rotisserie chicken, we stopped buying meat. This is insane.

As a first generation American, I am trying to become the type of American that Tommy Tuberville wishes there were more of. That's why I'm gaining several hundred pounds, developing an addiction to a Chinese drain cleaner and quitting my job as a professor to focus my attention on DraftKings.

What does it mean when my otherwise soft spoken 76 year old neighbors start putting signs like this out on their lawn?

identity has substantially realigned around consumption rather than production

Jim Crow Didn't Die. It Went to Law School. #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Im not in LA but I also want to have nice things.

Is it okay yet to say the thing out loud that your 81 year old rep who is running for reelection is old and might die while in office?

Remember that UTI episode of Succession? Is that what is going on? But like every day.

Gerrymanders are bad for democracy and converting our House into something like Ireland's assembly would be an exponential improvement. However, the GOP is actively hostile to liberal democracy and are not our partners in governance. As such, the best reforms are just things that hurt them.

What exactly does "establishment dem" mean these days? I keep seeing this term used to describe Becerra as if he is some moderate dem. But then I remember this dude almost didnt get through his HHS nomination, 49 republicans voted against his nomination trying to argue he was a radical.

I am trying to understand the new ca governor polling, but am I wrong to think that if the bottom 4 dems exit the race, we could have a Steyer/Becerra ticket? What an opportunity if dems can come together to do what is best for the state instead of letting egos get in the way...

I want a Steyer/Becerra debate 😩

I had never seen Avatar the Last Airbender cartoon, but we are on vacation and a kid got sick and now it’s raining and we are cuddled up watching and it’s perfect.

Giving your child a device with the volume on is more annoying to the people around you at the restaurant than listening to you interact with your child. Yes, even when your child is annoying.

Get in loser, we're doing Green New Deal and Reconstruction 2.0 at the same time.

So like...what is going on in the countries that Iran is bombing because of this War the US started? Are their people okay? Their economies? They just have to take it and hope the US stops being fucking dumb? What is going to happen after? Do the people in those countries blame Iran or the US?

Whole house fans can save you a lot of money depending on where you live. Unless you are in CA where the likelihood of pot smokers living next you is almost guaranteed so you can never turn the damn fan on without hotboxing your household.

Making war demands by Social Media post. We live in hell.

Tech jobs suck right now. Teaching jobs suck, nursing jobs suck, higher ed really sucks. Non-profit jobs suck in a way that was unimaginable two yrs ago Jobs that were once good are bad; jobs that were never great are worse than ever. Do *all* jobs suck right now? www.patreon.com/posts/152879...

My 6th grader who mostly reads graphic novels tested as reading at a 12th grade level. The important thing is your child develop a love and curiosity for reading. Let them choose their own books. Early and often.

The US military, acting in our name, killed nearly 200 children in a war of choice against a nation who had neither attacked us nor was planning to. At a certain point, the world will cease to draw a distinction between Trump and ordinary Americans, just like they once did between Germans and Nazis.

Kinda blows that the post WWII international order might've been preserved if Israel had done a better job jailing Netanyahu and America had done a better job jailing Trump.

It cannot be overstated how much all of this is all their fault. They wanted Trump, they wanted this Congress. Everything that's happening to our country is exactly what they asked for. They're the personification of the word "degenerate."

i see we have entered the “get mad at Democrats about unilateral Trump action” phase of the thing and, whatever makes you happy I guess most of the criticisms are correct and almost all of them are irrelevant

What is it with the desire to shout out how grateful you are to not have kids during this fascism? Yes, this is scary for those of who have kids but is it more so? Like, these kids out here will be making decisions that affect you in your old age one day. Still scary whether you have kids or not.

The rural school my kids go to is in a town without broadband. The school gets internet by renting out a tree in a neighbor's yard to out a Starlink receptor on. The town over has secured fund for a trail to go through the town. Will include broadband. The farmers are fighting it. 🙃