Barrista
Barrista
@onbluskysku.bsky.social
Lawyer, Pittsburgher, DSA, reader of too few books, enjoyer of too many jokes
2.8K followers1.4K following45.1K posts
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Campaigns have operated on the assumption that the worst someone can say is “no” and that is not really true
NEW: We asked readers if they've been drowning in political texts, calls, mailers and TV ads, and to share pics of what they're getting. Hooo boy, did we get responses! Some fumed its been "harassment." Some won't donate to Dem campaigns ever again. www.huffpost.com/entry/voters...
It is very literally that, hobos and rail riders during the depression were a prominent feature of life and culture. We had beatniks. This is not a new phenomenon
It is not "conservative ideology" to note an undeniable fact that young men are opting out of work because being unemployed is no longer a miserable thing but a lifestyle.
Frozen and vegan foods, cough medicine, electric vehicles, school bullying, drinking water, online database navigation, cameras, energy-efficient appliances, bicycles, sex education, access to books, bedding, GMOs, medical imaging, batteries, the norm of fixing pets, and men's fashion options.
Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
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If you want AOC to run for president and have a shot at winning, the best thing that you can do right now is to join DSA, pay monthly dues, and vote for mass politics delegates and proposals. In NYC, convention delegate elections close Saturday. socialists.nyc/join act.dsausa.org/donate/membe...
AOC: "What the Trump administration is doing in targeting trans people is to get everyone on board with supporting defunding their own civil rights ... understand that when they attack trans girls in sports, they're also attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers"
The Republican’s closing message being that that 12 year old was a liar when she talked about getting molested by her stepdad is laser targeted at the crucial voter demo of pedophile stepdads
JD Vance: "Now the media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and call Amy Acton a liar"
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Props to Allegheny County Council’s adoption of the parental leave ordinance this evening! A local government uniquely taking the lead on this kind of issue serves as a model for a starting point for truly taking care of workers and families.
Paid parental leave just passed Allegheny County Council, and now goes to County Executive Sara Innamorato for signature. @ormorrison.bsky.social was on the scene www.publicsource.org/allegheny-county-paid-parental-leave-passes
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Replying to @peark.es
Day 4 update from ncearly.peark.es shows an *incredibly* blue electorate versus early votes from 2018 and 2022. This can change with a Republican EDay surge but it will have to be very large...or EV trends will have to shift dramatically (and no sign of that with EV over 20% complete).
I personally think it's entertaining that if you wrote this out people would think it's an overindulgent scene from an Aaron Sorkin piece but it's just a real thing that happened
Recognizing a bad faith plant in a town hall and politely but firmly gutting their gotcha like a fish is an underrated campaign skill.
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While it’s faced widespread criticism, The Reich’s fall fashion line seems to be a hit with some
Mike Rogers’ wife is handing out $10 gas cards in Michigan while asking people to vote for her husband. Republicans made gas unaffordable. Now they’re offering $10 to keep them in power. #BlueWaveIn20Days
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Shapiro is really gonna give us the first Pennsylvania trifecta in decades articles.statenavigate.com/pa/democrats...
They’re totally right, which is why it’s critical Ukraine be given the means to win decisively circa Japan 1905
After years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.
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Here's Cat Murphy, a student journalist with the University of Maryland's Capital News Service, refusing to honor Rep. Andy Harris's false claim that she could not legally record his comments in this public setting @merrillcollege.bsky.social @cnsmd.bsky.social
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
PIT catching strays here jesus
If I can point to a structural issue in the 'men don't read' discourse it's that the smartphone replaced the paperback poli/mil thriller as a mass market fidget spinner for dudes 30 and up. Now you can get your Pittsburgh layover Walter Mitty-ish disposable action power fantasy from QAnon.
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@jamellebouie.net again with the correct take needle threaded to piss people off
Statute of limitations on this is gonna go past 2028
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
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Umm, *I was the “somebody”! www.c-span.org/clip/house-c...
El-Sayed: "When Mike Rogers was in Congress, he literally told somebody from the stand, 'If you don't know your privacy is being violated, is it really being violated?' It's like the peeping tom vote you're going after."