Jack Brand

Jack Brand

@jacklbrand.bsky.social

Seattle musician/songwriter/composer. Dem, Anti-MAGA, Anti-GOP. Likely to the left of most of you, but I also live in the land of what's reachable. Little patience with those who don't. #Mizzou #UW #Mariners #Seahawks #SeattleStorm

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Hardly anyone will read this because I am not one of Those Accounts, but: The most irresponsible msg people can be putting out now is trying to convince people that 2026 elections will not happen. If we don't prep for 2026 elections, and they do happen, we hand the GOP even more power. Stop it.

Candidates in close races need support. Just donated another round, this time to: Talarico Troy Jackson Amy Acton Brian Poindexter (Max Miller opponent) Dr. Annie Andrews Rebecca Cooke Scott Colom Abdul El Sayed Adam Hamilton Marie Glusenkamp Perez (holding my nose) Please donate as you can.

I knew Tim Kaine in college*. Tim was Hillary's running mate. Hillary was Obama's Secretary of State. 😎 *Yearbook pic: Kaine is far left front row, I am right behind him.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net

To flip some discourse script for a bit: what’s y’all’s Obama number (ie degrees of separation with the former president)? Mine is 3

I don't think it's wholly accurate to call Vivek "morally bankrupt" because to be bankrupt you had to have some money in the first place. 😎

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

MORAL BANKRUPTCY Why are Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, and JD Vance doubling down on an ad weaponizing Amy Acton’s childhood trauma? Because apparently exploiting a survivor’s abuse wasn’t disgusting enough the first time.

I heard the CNN recap of Piggy's comments on AES just now. Instead of asserting that he's not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and isn't a violent jihadist, they just said AES "denied" all that. Shitty cosplay "journalism". The perfect example of not looking outside to see if it's raining.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "We can't him in the United States-- we can't have him in the United States Senate. I look so forward to Michigan. I think it's gonna be wild. Because he's a total phony. He's a little phony. He's a jihadist. He's a vicious, violent jihadist."

All the butt-kissers trying to decide when they get up in the morning which shade of tie will match Dear Leader's the closest that day.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Sometimes there's a dispute about who turned them in and who is supposed to get what and when. So I am going to do something which I think people will like - I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions. I'll determine whether the person is deserving ... there's nothing in this for me"

Trump statement on Vivek's ad will be: "Democrats don't respect motherhood, but Vivek does. I loved my mother. A shame Amy Acton hates her mother."

I sure am seeing a lot fewer "anyone who thinks voting for Democrats is the solution is just BlueMAGA" posts here since Zelensky took out that Russian troll farm. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I'd love to see a reporter ask Trump why Katie Zacharia was fired, just to watch him stumble through some dementia-fueled word salad nonsense.

My ballot just arrived. Last year people on this platform and elsewhere were saying Trump would make sure there were no midterm elections at all, and anyone thinking otherwise was naive. Be a voter, not a doomer.

Imagine a country where the governance system is designed to give conservatives far more power than their numbers warrant, so that they 1) run the country, and 2) prevent the system from being changed. U.S. residents are living in that system.

The main example is the Senate. The outdated "let's give rural people a fair voice" argument has been taken to a perverse extreme (below). The Senate has thus created a badly skewed SCOTUS, which doesn't represent U.S. views at all. The Electoral College is another. We have to find a way out.

The next time a 2nd Amendment person says that we need an armed country in case an oppressive government comes into power and JackbootedThugs™ come and take people away, there will be causalities. People will die laughing.

I hereby officially update my assessement that Trumpublicans want to take us back to the glory days of 1950, to 1850.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "In 1900 we had really strong laws. Today you can do almost anything. Nothing happens."

Enraged by people who think it's a crime for Mamdani to also mention Gaza atrocities today. EVERY time Gaza is brought up, Bibi defenders bring up Oct. 7. But no, that only works in one direction. Lots of fucked up "Democrats" on this platform.

The number of Democrats on this platform who are saying we shouldn't use Trump's own words about LA/SD against him/Republicans in the midterm home stretch is more than dismaying. Don't care what he "meant". Winning Congress is the immediate goal. Use it. Leave the knife at home in a gunfight.

More flawed Dems in Disarray™ crap. Read the entire article. Democrats in leadership, who will control, are for going after the corruption. Rep. Bill Foster and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto are the only ones quoted in the article that want to temper the efforts. Tired of this cosplay journalism.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social

Democrats working hard on precisely how much they should pull their punches against the corporate oligarchy after the election. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

It's a good thing Trump didn't repost a picture of "let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego" in stones on a beach or he'd be under indictment.

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Sure, Donald Trump floated letting Iran wipe out Los Angeles and San Diego, but Kamala had an awkward laugh once, so really it’s impossible to choose.

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Donald Trump just called Dr. Annie Andrews "Trannie Andrews" on Truth Social in an attempt to help her opponent raise money. Join me in flooding Dr. Andrews website with tons of small donations right now so that this backfires on Trump spectacularly. 💙 drannieandrews.com

Who is going to tell this centrist Dem that her next logical step would be NY Senate, so that's why she's touring NY (in addition to GOTV for the midterms). Oh, and Pres. primary in SC is over a year away anyway. He just can't stand AOC.

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Does anyone else thinks Natalie is now creating these all by herself for the sole purpose of impressing him?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "These Rallies are the hottest things out there, tremendous love in those sold out arenas, and nothing shows up on Fox! Also, phenomenal ratings for those that properly report. Who makes these decisions at FoxNews? Probably the same loser that fired the great Maria Bartiromo"

I remember when Dan Rather asked Nixon a question and Nixon tried to needle him by replying, "Are you running for something?", and Rather replied, "No sir, are you?" I miss journalists who had the spine to clap back at power in the moment.

An iconic picture for our time: cosplay journalists eager to drink in and then transcribe what the madman yells about.

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There's a distinction between recognizing that Trump/GOP will try to monkey-wrench elections and doing everything we can proactively to stop that, and guaranteeing that if Democrats win they will just invalidate it. The latter tells people, "Don't bother voting." Really ignorant and dangerous.