leftbrain.bsky.social

the way woke is back

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I hope Democrats who enabled the US government's continued fealty to the Israeli government over the past 3 years (let alone decades) understand that they're also responsible for the complete shitstorm that is happening right now

This is the second time in under a week that I’ve seen a reporter ask Trump tough questions for like…the first time ever in his second term. Did something happen?

Not gonna lie it would be fucking insane if Kat pulled this off. Really hope they’re underpolling unlikely votes who’ll swing it for her.

FIVE candidates endorsed by Track AIPAC/Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption won or are ahead in their primaries tonight across North Carolina, Texas, and Arkansas.

With a race this close, you gotta ask why @aoc.bsky.social didn't endorse Nida Allam and help her fill the (tiny) gap. She endorsed her last time as well as @analiliafornj.bsky.social in an OPEN primary, so only reason I can think of is she didn't want to endorse against an incumbent, which is...bad

Like come on lol

Freaked out for a second lol @aoc.bsky.social was this intentional🤔😂

People are seething about this over in the replies on X, but I see this kind of thing as an objective win. They fought him tooth and nail and now they're forced to concede he's an asset.

Political events in the UK are a reliable predictor of how things will go in the US. 2016: Brexit --> Trump 1.0 2019: Corby loses --> Bernie loses in 2020 2026: Insurgent leftist candidates start defeating the centrist liberal party --> ?

Ugh

"Democratic leadership needs to go. Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, they need to go" - said and cheered on by this crowd of radical far-left - uh...elderly, white, average Democratic voters in Maine... (Graham Platner town hall in Caribou from December)

lol

So how many times do we think Democrats will get up and clap to some “normal” thing Trump says during the SOTU?

Yoooo Fox News is defending AOC?

I need to point out that over 110 THOUSAND Floridians voted for Fine in 2025. He won by 15% points. We can't excuse voters from responsibility any more. Any person who votes for him again this year is an unrepentant racist piece of shit.

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

Brought to you by the “millennials can’t afford a home because of avocado toast” think tank.

I mean, in Maine, he is the only anti-establishment candidate and probably the only candidate who can defeat Collins, so this is kind of silly.

What the fuck is this in the year of our lord 2026

Not worried about Ossof holding the Georgia Senate seat.

This is the kind of mindset and rhetoric the next Dem POTUS needs to have.

Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.

What is this now, 30 Republicans retiring from Congress (because they know MAGA is a sinking ship and are cowards)?

$20/hour is "really high" according to HuffPost. That's an annual PRE-TAX income of $41,600 working full-time. That's barely enough to nowhere near enough to survive depending on where you live. I don't think people in the politico/media sphere have any clue how regular people live.

NJ-11 said Abolish Ice. Congrats @analiliafornj.bsky.social!

Lmfao. Yes Trump is despised from every policy angle and his approval has plummeted 45 points, but the vapid nepomentary about his vapid trophy wife will win the country back

The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good was part of Trump’s ICE, Biden’s ICE, and Obama’s ICE.

The opposite of a leader.

This is a small thing but I’m glad Frost pushed back since I’ve literally never heard anyone do it.

Wake up babe, new speculative 2026 Senate map just dropped. Question for you all: Can Democrats flip two of these five to regain the majority: Maine, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, or Alaska?

“Polarization”, “divisiveness”, etc are the words of cop-outs and cowardice, refusing to actually name the problem and coating everything as a “both-sides” problem.

JD Vance out here saying that Renee Good was part of coordinated left wing attacks on law enforcement and that we should be sensitive to the ICE agent who murdered her cause he's been injured in the past...are we gonna tolerate this level of gaslighting?

Guys, they promised Schumer they wouldn't do it!

A warmonger covering up a deep state elite p*dophile cabal...this is the guy MAGA voted for right?

2017-ass take from The Hill?

Democrats need to run on erasing every cent of student debt.

Yeah let's not examine why we fucked up last time this is a surefire recipe for success in the future

Trump on past Democratic presidents: "A CORRUPT and dangerous man who DESTROYED the economy and HATED our country" Newsom: "We should all be more like Ronald Reagan" 🤡

Democrats allowing Trump to be the one to do this was a massive political blunder

There has never been an election season more primed to elect progressive Democrats than 2026. That's why we need to promote them as much as possible. Peggy Flanagan is running for Senate in Minnesota and is endorsed by Bernie Sanders. peggyflanagan.com

Ban private equity from buying up homes, ban ownership of more than one home by non-US residents that is being used as an investment property.

I love it when some low level Republican is like…”uh crap, we ran on lowering costs, we should maybe, Uhh, do that?” - like bro, your party will spontaneously combust before it does anything to help working people.

Everyday I see shit that would win Democrats like 50 house seats if they bothered to message on it aggressively

Dont tell me this guy is our best choice just because he reaaally wants to be President and looks like he plays one on TV.

Was actually thinking this. Yeah after 2-4 years of clownish fascism voters will put Dems back in power, but if it’s just the usual do-nothing corporatists leading the party, we’ll just get Trump 2.0 one or two election cycles later.