Joe Metz

Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

I think I want Tampa Bay to win tomorrow? Only because I'm not ready for baseball to be over.

Here's the excerpt I think @kyledcheney.bsky.social meant to append:

I love Eugene Daniels and Symone Sanders Townsend. They're both super sharp and really well informed. Which is why, after hearing what Eugene had to say about Michigan, I am very concerned that Abdul Al-Sayed is going to lose, unless there's a massive GOTV to black voters. youtu.be/XXPgfqii6kU?...

Donald Trump has sent his DOJ cronies to file a bullshit lawsuit to try to steal a Senate election in Alaska. They will fail. When we fight, we win.🗳️⚖️💪

This is fucking insane. It reads like a bad spy novel. The corruption is almost cartoonish at this point. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

I'm writing letters to voters while watching the Guardians-Rays ALCS game tonight. Who else wants to volunteer while watching ⚾? Still LOTS of voters left, across many campaigns, including both Ohio (where I'm writing to/from) and Florida (where this game is): go.votefwd.org/letter-campa...

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If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision. More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?

I honestly don’t know much about El-Sayed, but this is a perfect answer from him. It’s also hilarious that Tommy used to work for Josh Hawley and was paid 250k for influencer marketing AGAINST El-Sayed. They might want to get a refund. What a spectacular backfire. The walk of shame at the end. 🤣

For you youngs who weren't alive for this: Understand that the Chicks were an early rollout of the far right intimidation that we see targeting judges, members of Congress, and ICE protestors now.

Excellent thread

@angrystaffer.bsky.social here’s another question from the forum you shared with a nun putting Vance’s feet to the fire. BTW as a Catholic, I can clearly see that Vance’s catechesis (teaching) when joining the church was extremely poor.

At some point, voters will understand that corruption and unregulated corporate greed are deepening an unsustainable wealth gap. We need to rise above the scare tactics are designed to distract and divide us.

Washington Post has released series of new polling this morning Perhaps this is the most striking finding:

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

If you’re advising POTUS to declare martial law, or use other executive powers in an attempt to interfere with a lawful election that you’re expecting to lose, you’re a piece of shit human and an even worse American. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Damn, she didn’t even make it a Scaramucci Only the best people, amirite?

Jon Husted said, “our work ethic is broken,” but we know that’s not true. He would rather blame Ohioans for struggling to get ahead than take accountability for the economy he voted for.

@angrystaffer.bsky.social hmm, seems illegal.

A metaphor for Pedolf's failed crony capitalism. When the alleged most powerful "man" on the planet can't even get the bottom of a pool painted are you really surprised when everything else he touches is a total clusterfuck

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Trump was notorious for using fake names to leak stories about himself to the press. The "Marla said sex with Donald is the best sex she ever had!" tabloid headline came directly from John Barron--I mean Donald Trump.

This is the first time in my life I've had to use air conditioning in the middle of October. Weird and sad.

Please don’t die right now Pope Leo.

"How do we build exit ramps out of Christian nationalism and into the Beloved Community?" sojo.net/articles/opi...

The Talarico nonsense being spread by GOP influencers is a typical republican “scandal” - lots of BREAKING!! And 🚨 but no actual substance. If anyone from the Paxton campaign coordinated with influencers to spread these lies, people should go to prison, and Talarico should sue the fuck out of them.

Labor Unions, like the United Steelworkers, International Longshoremen's Association, etc. should order members to refuse to offload this blood diesel.

Yosemite has been protected since 1890. A Trump donor bought the ranch next door for $4 million and wants a private road through the park. Tell Congress the answer is no: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Shit! 😳 Let’s make this nationwide.

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

A simple, factual, and effective message.

California Strong.

The President of the United States inviting Iran to "take out" two major American cities should receive as much coverage as a President of the United States having a bad debate.

The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

Agreed, but we also have to be conscious of what they can (and more importantly, can’t) do. They could impeach them every day of the week, but getting enough votes in the Senate to convict and remove will be extremely difficult. No blaming Dems if the impeachment succeeds but conviction fails.

Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.

So many sexual assaults could be stopped if men had the courage at the locker room talk phase (on or offline) of just telling their boys “that’s fucked up, dude. You should show some respect for women.”

"And the sign says long-haired freaky people need not apply..." I just aged myself.

@rosen.senate.gov tried to pass legislation simply stating that Trump's trade war against Canada must end. Republicans said no. A drop in Canadian tourism. $3 billion less in U.S. spending. Hospitality workers losing shifts and tips. "This was 100% avoidable. None of this had to happen."

Pretty funny that ESPN provided the video proving that Jack Smith was at the Iowa-Maryland game. The GOP is a clown car wreck.

Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley…

Dead on balls accurate!