heyincendiary
heyincendiary
@heyincendiary.bsky.social
A subcanonical instance of Europe's endlessly dying modernism, or its American imitations. TOR▶️NC▶️ATX▶️PHL.
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Neither "too oblivious to realize nobody wants to be told why PACs are good actually" and "proactively associating herself with a guy who's doing time" would seem to bode well for her acuity.
Susan Collins explains in detail why her fraudulent donor had to create a shell company in order to send her his illegal payments JACKSON: And that's why Mr. Kao created a shell company to run his corporation, PACs, through to get to Sen. Collins's PAC COLLINS: And that's why he's in jail today
I love the way Ellie explains this and as a person who has very transphobic family in another swing state that's a possible flip, and whose candidate will also likely need to moderate to do it... well, as Ellie puts it, "you work with the electorate you've got".
This is not coming from like, some bizarre masochism This is coming from “my own flesh and blood are from this state and they would rather see me dead than literally any other political outcome”. You think I like that? I hate it! But it is the reality!
I love the way Ellie explains this and as a person who has very transphobic family in another swing state that's a possible flip, and whose candidate will also likely need to moderate to do it... well, as Ellie puts it, "you work with the electorate you've got".
This is not coming from like, some bizarre masochism This is coming from “my own flesh and blood are from this state and they would rather see me dead than literally any other political outcome”. You think I like that? I hate it! But it is the reality!
Absolutely the most important thing Democrats can do to prepare for November is communicate loudly and often that none of this is correct or legal or fair and that they intend holy hellfire about it. "Drain the swamp" is still a winning platform if you look like you mean it.
TMZ is now covering Natalie Harp, reaching normies who don’t care about politics. Why? Because Jon Ossoff just opened his mouth. www.tmz.com/2026/08/18/n...
How can this dude not win when he's willing to talk about his prospective Senate colleagues like he's Macho Man Randy Savage.
El-Sayed: I think that's clearly what's gone wrong with Fetterman. It's clear he probably doesn't spend much time in Pennsylvania. He was campaigning with Bernie Sanders and now wants to renounce him. I'm hoping to get to the U.S. Senate. Maybe we can hash that conversation out in person.
We must bless Ken Jennings and cast a circle of protection. They just don't make 'em like him.
I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
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"You're being manipulated by two teams, and you have to pick a team." I have loved the Carolina Panthers through 7 awful years but if the GOP passed Medicare for All, I'd switch instantly. What you are being "manipulated by" is moral sentiments. It's only uncomfortable because you don't have any.
Joe Rogan, regretful MAGA dunce, is back saying he's "politically homeless" and seeking a "logical centrist" government.
Don't make fun of my governor. He also saved our transit system by making SEPTA employees wax their moustaches and take paper tickets with an old-timey hole punch.
Letting our kids be kids also means getting back to the basics. That’s why, earlier this year, I signed into law a bipartisan bill that requires cursive handwriting to be taught in Pennsylvania schools.
I'm glad he's pushing back but this by Murphy is weak. If you give them money, they escalate. If they escalate, they may one day try to put boots on the ground, and thousands will be killed. The way to "support the troops" isn't to enable a future ground invasion, it's to send them home.
TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops. CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.
When I was planning to go to USMA (during Iraq) - JROTC leadership and letter from my Congressman in hand - I fancied myself a little citizen soldier but I thought the job was to make the world safe for democracy. The officer class is a product of dissonance like that. The enlisteds want hazard pay.
When I was planning to go to USMA (during Iraq) - JROTC leadership and letter from my Congressman in hand - I fancied myself a little citizen soldier but I thought the job was to make the world safe for democracy. The officer class is a product of dissonance like that. The enlisteds want hazard pay.
She's probably not even at long odds to win the nomination. She is a tentpole of the party! Intraparty debates often center on what she is doing or saying. Her messaging is careful but bold. After 8 years, she's established: almost 50% of the party has known AOC since they were young voters.
from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
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Girl you don't get out because you committed fraud. You get out because you cut him in on it.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has asked President Donald Trump to release her from prison early, with nearly six years left in her 11-year sentence. Holmes was convicted of defrauding the people who invested in her blood-testing startup.
Another Coen comedy, if pitch black compared to Lebowski: A Serious Man. Dr. Strangelove has to be pretty close to the top of this list, too. I am also one of the world's biggest champions of the horribly funny Me and You and Everyone We Know. "Back and forth forever" has set up shop in my head.
was recently asked my favorite comedies, which is a good question, and I'm not sure the answer. I think Big Lebowski is probably number 1, but after that, idk? Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Best in Show were the other two that came to mind. So let's hear your faves
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Gravity's Rainbow. Jonathan Lethem once put it very well: "For Joyce, history is a nightmare from which we are trying to awake. For Pynchon, history is a nightmare within which we must become lucid dreamers." You can see the great curve in Pynchon and then, after that, you see it everywhere.
@fetterman.senate.gov I'd love to call you privately and let you know what I think you're made of - not much - but since you're such a chickenshit you can't hear from your constituents, I guess I'll just tell you that here in public.
It is so scummy that Fetterman turned off his voicemail months ago
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Motherfucker stop sending your caucus out to these rallies to drum your world historically tone-deaf healthcare messaging can you even read these signs we wrote for you.
I will never miss a chance to rep for @mikeduncan.bsky.social and the Revolutions podcast. Hundreds up on hundreds of episodes about every major revolt that made our present world, from England to America to France to Haiti to Mexico to Russia. Things will snap into focus, I promise.
Something the man @mikeduncan.bsky.social will tell you at great and entertaining length is how long it takes for revolts to get off the ground, how often they fail, and how hard it is to predict exactly when they’ll pop off. Slowly and then all at once is a good rule.
The last WGA strike was not only 67% favorable, it was one of the most VISIBLE strike actions of Biden's presidency. By the end, 83% of voters had heard about it, >30% higher than the Starbucks, Amazon or UPS strikes before. If you want people to take notice of something, turn off their shows.
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
At some point this definitely changed underneath our feet. The first few were nerve-wracking because nobody knew what kind of regime this would be. I spoofed my GPS then turned my phone off. I didn't take photos. But when you've got six million people out the vibe obviously changes.
There was a bunch of posting about how No Kings had terrible opsec because people were posting pictures of themselves at the protest. And like, guys, if you're doing things that are not illegal and 90% of people would not find antisocial, then getting arrested is like, the best protest outcome
Critical support. One person died in Utah and my friend's MAGA neighbor in the Philly burbs left his truck in the street all night with his floodlights on. Every second thread on FB is currently a call for civil war. They want to start shooting because it's the next step to the world they want.
We cannot move forward or escape this nightmare until mainstream figures finally admit that there are many, many people on the right - including some of its most powerful voices - who are openly seeking violence and tyranny and exploit every situation to move it closer.