OMC Panda

OMC Panda

@omcpanda.bsky.social

Politics, Civil Rights, University of Michigan, Liberal, History, Literature, and Feminism. LGBTQIA-friendly cisgender straight man. He/Him.

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1. Starting in 2016, Bernie corrupted the political discourse. He made it fashionable to interpret every difference of opinion from the maximalist liberal position as proof of corrupting corporate influence. Which killed every Dem who ran on achievable and workable policy goals.

Seems like no one is talking about the lack of elections in Gaza and acting like any Israeli coalition government can just magically end the war in Gaza. There will be a war in Gaza so long as Hamas remains a genocidal cult pursuing a mission that depends on Palestinian suffering.

Chris concedes that the votes aren’t there so there’s no sense responding with that. But I wonder what anyone expects the effect of failing to convict him in the Senate once again would be. Harris isn’t saying not to use the investigative arm of Congress to investigate.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

JFC. Did no one tell her what the Trump administration is trying to do to California, literally as they spoke?

She’s just saying the impeachment trial part will be a waste of time and energy, that Congress has work to do to identify all the shit he’s broken and start the process to fix it.

Proud to say I never gave him the time of day once he turned on Obama over bullshit.

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

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Holy crap, it just occurred to me: Vucic losing in Serbia may not only end the deals Jr & Eric (& Lewandowski)* made in Serbia, it may _expose_ them. *I’m not sure but I think Javanka got in on those deals.

Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social

I’d say Trump isn’t as good at influencing foreign elections as Putin, but I dunno, the Serbia results are a huge defeat for Putin. He’s lost both Orban & Vucic in a year.

Lions went from a two scores in a row opportunity with the last drive before and first drive after halftime and two uncharacteristic turnovers instead put the Packers ahead. Devastating. Could have been 24-7 before the Packers saw the ball in the third. Now it’s 14-10 Packers.

Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. Send Help Between My Legs

TheeBue@thebue.bsky.social

Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. The Hunger Games Between My Legs Just saw a commercial for the new Hunger Games movie and this post at the same time. 😂

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Last night when I saw this, I was a little too tired to explain why I think this is bullshit. June 3, 1993, the year Evan was born, Kansas City Missouri passed an ordinance that provided workplace protections to LGBTQ+ people. I was involved in getting that ordinance passed.

Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social

Now, look, on a certain level there's a likelihood to this, right? We're probably going to have to spend 20 years fighting Democrats to restore what we've lost, whether that's trans rights, immigrant rights, voting rights for Southern Black communities.

IMO there’s enough data to say Tony Alford is not a good enough coach to be the RB coach at a place that needs the run game to be elite. It doesn’t matter what the average star rating of your room is if you’re not coaching up your guys.

Trans women in sports is rare and doesn’t even remotely justify MAGA trying to make everything of it. But ironically some trans activists are validating that by pretending that any Dem candidate refusing to endorse trans women in sports is tantamount to crushing trans rights.

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Trans in sports is just not going to be the inflection point to sway most Americans. It should *not* be the central battleground if you care about trans rights. That’s why MAGA is using it.

IMO, centering the violence against trans men and women, the suicides among children suffering from gender dysphoria, alienated and isolated by the mean spirited MAGA rhetoric and policies is where we paint MAGA in its most evil light.

Trans women in sports is rare and doesn’t even remotely justify MAGA trying to make everything of it. But ironically some trans activists are validating that by pretending that any Dem candidate refusing to endorse trans women in sports is tantamount to crushing trans rights.

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The vast majority of the public is where it is and I don’t think it’s worth losing elections over. I want health care, gender-affirming care, real help for kids with gender dysphoria, and a public education campaign. Those would be monumental steps forward.

People who support trans rights need to unite over a pro-trans version of the Trojan Horse issue. In the 90s, gay rights used violence against gays as a way to cut through the religious BS. In the 2000s, it was love is love to reframe the marriage issue.

Trans women in sports is rare and doesn’t even remotely justify MAGA trying to make everything of it. But ironically some trans activists are validating that by pretending that any Dem candidate refusing to endorse trans women in sports is tantamount to crushing trans rights.

Trans in sports is the MAGA Trojan Horse to generate hysteria over everything transgender. The bottom line is the public overwhelmingly agree with the GOP on sports.

If a Dem candidate wants to support every other transgender issue but not that one, why should it mean the Dem candidate hates the trans community? It should be mentioned, again, that currently transgender women competing in sports is rare. Why then should that overwhelm everything else?

Elon Musk is aligned with anti-Semitic causes around the world because far-right movements usually go hand in hand with anti-Semitism. If we were smart, that’s how we would frame it every time it comes up.

I have mixed feelings about all the doomposting about MAGA violence if they lose the midterms. It’s obviously good to be prepared but we shouldn’t be scared. We should be vigilant and we should continue to be motivated and angry about what MAGA has done to our country.

I hope somewhere in Hollywood someone is pitching the ultimate buddy comedy team up of James Roday, Dule Hill, Zach Braff, and Donald Faison.

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Somebody posted a snarky quote of this just now and was complaining about gender-affirming care being affected because of Republicans messing with federal health funding, but acted like it was Democrats’ fault. Easy detach and block.

James Bennett@ubernostrum.bsky.social

A map of US states where trans rights are protected is just a map of US states where Democrats are in control. But saying that doesn’t keep people terrified and paying for newsletter subscriptions to learn more, so certain influencers have to lie about it.

I wish people would stop saying treason when they just mean anti-American, blatant corruption, and/or high crimes and misdemeanors.

I thought the talk of Best Picture for the documentary You Can See Everything was hyperbole but after seeing it… That’s legit. What a movie.

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Instead of saying “Jews control the economy,” now they say, “Israel is why oil prices are high.” It’s the same bigotry, just a modern mutation.

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As one of the candidates featured in these polls - the infamous one in late June that showed me plummeting into single digits (which was at odds with our internals) - here's the impact of this "experiment"

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In August, @liberalcurrents asserted that my brain had been "[microwaved]" by the internet b/c I questioned polling accuracy/transparency & the motivations of some individuals. Here is 1) the passage from LibCurrents & 2) the tweets they linked to. My brain doesn't seem so microwaved now, does it?

Mallory McMorrow@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social

As one of the candidates featured in these polls - the infamous one in late June that showed me plummeting into single digits (which was at odds with our internals) - here's the impact of this "experiment"

It’s really unclear what valid purpose a congressional candidate has to be in the West Bank just a few weeks prior to Election Day.