Joe Flaherty

The best time for It To Happen was 10 years ago, the second best time is right now.

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

There can never be another "water under the bridge" administration ever again, and part of that is going to involve shaming everyone on board with this one - voters included - as the disgusting pig racists they are

This report is genuinely overwhelming, in terms of the evidence both against Trump and of a ham-fisted cover-up. Including one instance in which Ghislaine Maxwell was actually about to mention one of Trump's young accusers and Todd Blanche told her to stop talking. The media response is "yawn."

Watching some Babylon 5 tonight to remember Walter Koenig. I wish he'd gotten more chances to play villains. Koenig had a great range, but he was born to play smug bastards. He was a true master of the art. RIP to a real one.

One of the hallmarks of Trump is that he lies repeatedly about elections that he won.

corporate media routinely describes Tim Scott as a moderate and celebrates his "relentless optimism"

Who do I give to to get this in front of as many Michigan voters as possible?

Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

this is a perfectly reasonable list, imo these four are all monumentally awful on trans issues and this is a more than fair place to draw the line, especially given how the elections currently look - three of them are in the house, where dems will romp regardless, and iowa can do better than turek

Going broke from cancer treatments because the most important thing to her was to deny abortion to strangers. I’m so tired of hearing about people changing their tune only when things finally affect them. apnews.com/article/trum...

As I've said, this is either an impeachable offense that Democrats act on or it's a new precedent.

It’s a decision to spend fewer dollars on SNAP while funding random elective wars and ICE and ads for Trump

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

all you fascists bound to lose ❤️

HR 1: The Damnatio Memoriae Act of 2029 Everything Donald Trump did as President was illegitimate and is null and void unless re-authorized by a majority of Congress. Oh SCOTUS complains? Well 3 of you are fake, and 2 are being impeached for corruption.

there’s no such thing as “strategic bigotry.” I know this because there is no amount of money you could pay me to become a bigot. the democrats who do this agree to do it because they’re bigots

Yes. This is true. This has been true for a long time. I'm glad President Obama pointed it out. I wish voters would remember it. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

People like Matt Yglesias treat the militarized border as an unchangeable reality and an automatic political loser when in reality it is an incredibly recent lurch to the right whose consequences are now in full view of the citizenry.

Students at Cornell put up these signs around campus. This is what I mean by society is who has to change the definition of justice.

Mrs. Miller complains that Dems want to [checks her highlighted passage] prosecute those who committed federal crimes

Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.

The most fundamental belief of the Strict-Father worldview is that kids are property.

if you ever write an article about a guy saying hes done with politics and then a month or so later hes making the largest political donation in history then you need to quit and find another line of work

Again I say, the scam economy is consuming the political will to fight authoritarianism.

🧵 Elon Musk has donated a staggering $369M to influence the 2026 elections, making him the largest individual political donor in modern US history. And yet, he continues to invoke George Soros as a shadowy force secretly manipulating elections and the world as we know it. Let’s take a closer look.

Do you know why the cops keep pulling me over and giving me a breathalyzer after I have six drinks at the bar and swerve into oncoming traffic? Because I keep crushing the test, that’s why.

Hegseth’s staff broke Eisenhower’s globe. The symbolism is too much to bear. (And of course, they ignored the TRAINED EXPERTS WHO HANDLE HISTORICAL ITEMS. Because EDUCATION? EXPERTISE? WHO NEEDS IT?….im going to get some coffee…)

This is a good reminder that the previous record holder for most despicable campaign ad was the brainchild of everybody's new friend Rick Wilson, when he smeared a triple amputee war veteran as being "just like bin Laden"

New Mexico reached its 2030 renewable electricity goal SIX years early. Now, its largest utility is planning major new investments in wind, solar, and batteries to meet growing demand. Ambitious clean energy policies work! via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

The head of TPUK, the British offshoot of TPUSA, was caught on undercover video talking about hiring a hitman to carry out violence against opponents. That hitman met with undercover reporters to show them guns and talk about ways of hurting people. Insane story. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...