Icarus_Rising_23

🧵New drinking game. Anytime some says the following in Jeffries/Schume/Dems thread, take a drink. This list will grow. Feel free to make suggestions. Disclaimer: this game may kill you. 1). AIPAC 2). Strongly Worded Letter 3). Feckless 4). We've tried nothing, and we're out of ideas. 5). Impeach!

Remember, factually rebutting what Trump claims misses the point. He will not be defeated by rebutting his lies. He will be defeated by mocking him (see: Factory, Cheesecake), forcing him to lose in court (thank you Marc Elias), voting Democrats in, and so forth.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

“Basket of Deplorables” was far too kind. These are the worst fucking people on the planet.

"amplify your people" is 100% the best strategy

Well shit.

If you have some cash to spare, consider throwing it at the Democratic Senate and Governor's races in the states on this list. If the GOP is worried enough to send Trump to campaign there it means these offices are very gettable.

Key thing to note here is that this is for spam texts only. But a far higher percentage of raises go to ads. Sherrod Brown's raised $61.6M this cycle and spent 88% of that on TV ads alone.

The fact that we've agreed to call these gambling sites "prediction markets" furthers their bullshit. They predict nothing and it's a disgrace that news orgs have partnered with them and pretend they have news value. THEY'RE JUST A BUNCHA LOSERS GAMBLING.

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

Lula winning confirms that whatever it is I think Democrats should do (& they may already be doing) is the only way we can win.

We have near final results from Brazil, 99.8% reporting: Lula 51.76% Bolsonaro 48.24% In 2022, Lula beat Bolsonaro's father by 1.8%; so he has nearly doubled his lead. Also, if you followed this thread & enjoyed it... be sure to follow me: I'll be tracking 700 US elections at once in 9 days!

The size of the 'blue wave' isn't just about how far Dems get in the. U.S. House. There are hundreds of local offices that could flip if Dems have a great night—attorneys general, county governments, utility commissions, school boards. Lots to peruse on my guide to 670 items to watch on Nov. 3!

White people prevent it by confronting our white friends and family or shaming & shunning them. We also learn civics and organizing. Only white people can stop all this nonsense at any time we find the will to end it.

If Republicans only lose 20 seats in the House and four in the Senate, they can still win the expectations game.

This is Obama doing Freebird

The power is with the people, and the people are with @scolom.bsky.social. Mississippi, make sure you are ready to pick another senator on Tuesday, November 3.

no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

Obama points out that while we may be struck with Trump for two more years, we are not stuck with a spineless Congress

1) People claim a video circulating online shows a voting machine deliberately "changing" a vote for a Democratic candidate to a Republican challenger.

Among other things, Food. I'm comfortably middle class and I eat better today than all but the riches of the rich did when I was born 45 years ago.

We could have cheap clean energy if we weren't ruled by idiots.

As much as SCOTUS needs an overhaul, I hope the next Dem president gets to make some appointments to the 5th circuit, and to hell with Blue Slips.

They did not announce they will block certification. They filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block certification if Peltola wins, reasoning that MAGA voters are too stupid to know the difference between two guys with similar names.

"Your honor, our voters are too stupid to know which candidate they are supposed to vote for."

I'm going to text so many people with just two words "He's dead", and everyone will know who I mean and that they're invited to my mariachi party.

Godammitsomuch Otters are so fucking cute!!!

They're throwing spaghetti at the wall. It doesn't mean it's not really dangerous - and whatever they try, we'll be prepared to counter - but folks should be clear that this is not some well-orchestrated highly competent plan unfurling.

Oh my god, THIS.

The reason we keep hearing about desperate schemes to boost Republican chances in the midterms—Announce we're buying Russian diesel! Sue to preemptively reject a Democratic victory in Alaska!—is because they don't have a secret plan that will overturn a midterm loss, not because they do.

Spending a but more to get an EV instead of another ICE vehicle when my old car crapped out in March was the smartest decision I've made this year.

It seems bad that one guy can account for a large percentage of total campaign dollars spent (about 1/5 of total expenditures as of October). On the other hand, while money is important, at some point you get diminishing returns.

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

Once again, there is absolutely nothing DOJ can do to halt certification of election results. Nothing. They can file lawsuits in the various states, but those lawsuits will fail. Most will be dismissed immediately.

“Departures from these practices should never be countenanced because they risk allowing prosecutors to impact national elections.” -Todd Blanche on DOJ’s 60-day rule, September 2024

Guys, if they were going to cancel the midterms or seize ballots or somehow halt certification of elections Trump would be sitting on his ass in DC right now. I need fucking everyone on here to calm the fuck down.

Oh wow. So tough and cool. Guess I gotta go vote for the Republicans. Even the crowd wasn't sure if this was an applause line at first, lol

Folks, this is the last gasp of an administration who knows they are going to lose and is trying to convince people they are all powerful so there's no point in voting. DOJ cant do jack shit to stop certification of elections, or to seize ballots, or anything they want you to think they can do.

I don't like that the FBI arrested a state senator on drug trafficking charges and I have no idea if the FBI is telling the truth.

I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it a million more. The goal isn’t to get them to vote with us. It’s to get them to stay the fuck home. MAGA & MAGA friendly voters becoming politically disengaged would be a massive win.

Acton’s response ad👇

OK what’s funny is this is actually less money than current whistleblower law which has 10% as a floor

This motherfucker right here....

So yeah, he's literally never looked at this "order" before now.

Cool. What if you turn someone in and it turns out they committed no fraud? Do you have to compensate that person for their time and expense fighting the allegations?