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In fact I will say the Earnest and Pious Charismatic Ethnic Minority political figure (AOC, Mamdani, El-Sayed) has been a pretty good bet for the American left so far, whereas the Disaffected Gruff White Guy Showcasing True Masculinity (Fetterman, Platner) has been a worse bet. Just an observation.

I believe DSA is good and worth fighting for and I encourage you to join as a member so we can kick some annoying people out of leadership next summer

LA-area folks who support reproductive rights, here’s a great way to do it! Shop at LAGRH’s holiday boutique on 11/7! Tackle all your gifting needs, stock up on baked goods, and pick up an emotional support chicken or two.

If chapters can do the organising and then have their clear vote discarded, the incentive shifts from building support to lobbying the central committee. That hollows out local democracy fast.

A part of this not mentioned is that Texas used to let kids transition. I volunteered at a camp for trans kids in Houston when I was in college (pre transition I know I know how did I not know I was trans). Guess where part of that camp was? Texas Children’s. That’s how much we lost

i think "vote dem across the board, but for the 4 very worst dems on trans rights you can leave them blank" is a reasonable position (& a reasonable compromise between vbnmw & fears about dems going full uk labour)

For #MammothMonday the OG mammoth molar from the small Midwestern town of New Ulm. Found in 1912 - 17 year prior to August Hummel's LostBones #7 discovery.

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

A bureaucracy can largely be divided into, in ascending order, a minority that thinks their job is to improve things, a minority that thinks their job is to prevent things from improving, and a majority that is fine with improving things in concept but against it if it requires doing their job.

Big Brother is watching, but now we can watch Big Brother right back. I love that MapQuest is flipping the script. Apple Maps, where you at?!

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

Hey look, that’s me! We can’t get everything we want done until 2029, but we can drag them into impeachment & oversight hearings, oust most unpopular admin officials, and force Republicans into impossible choices (both to help the American people & because GOP congressmen deserve to suffer)

Damn I wish Nithya would go that hard

Not surprised.🙄 Here in Providence: we rejected the status quo and voted for change!! 28-year-old Democratic Socialist @DavidMoralesPVD.bsky.social, who ran on a platform of addressing the housing and affordability crises & delivering a Providence for all, is poised to be the next mayor! 😎⚓️🏙️

The homeless cycle is basically not being allowed to have long term goals lol, regardless of my big need of a laptop I can also use help saving for motel time and food resupply still #HomelessSky #mutualaid #helpsky #fundsky #transcrowdfund #helpfolkslive2026 #maboost #urgent 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

City lawmakers called 'BS' after a deputy mayor refused to show at the public hearing on the Academy of Natural Sciences museum closure

My instinct is that LBJ could have drawn down the war and gotten through the great society, or he could have kept the war and realigned the Democrat back to being a multi-ideological formation of southern segregationists and northern craft unions and white ethnic machines, but not half and half.

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and 20 states sued Dollar General for chronically charging customers more than the shelf prices for food and other necessities. This was the subject of our December 2025 investigation in @theguardian.com, and the lawsuit quoted directly from our article.

There are so many ways that the traditional centrist-liberal mindset thinks certain basic political practices somehow constitute cheating, and having an international is one of them

this post brought to you by the people proudly showcasing their drone that can autonomously chase running people through a dense forest (for search and rescue reasons)

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

LOL, and also, LMAO

We literally just saw Lula pull a rabbit out of his hat in no small part because his supporters acted like soldiers in an information war rather than critics doing purity testing

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

Can confirm. Would not recommend.

FINALLY he’s moving against the NYPD

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

The goal of the dsa should be to build a real policy plan to wield when seizing power By 2029 if aoc gets into power the dsa needs a set of at least 10 concrete EOs for her to work with to warp the branch back in her favor also a bunch of nominations

PIGTAIL MOTHERFUCKERS RUINED MALE WRITERS!

Thanks

NAACP president about the rhetoric being used to target Abdul El-Sayed: "The blatantly racist attacks surrounding the Michigan Senate race are unacceptable and disgusting. It’s the same ugly, divisive tactics we’ve seen used during the darkest chapters of the South’s history"

Look, I'm an evolutionary physiologist, ok? I believe in biology, not this sentimental feminist claptrap. Women are biologically optimized to be nurturers. They run households, they don't fight lions. That's why they're the only ones we can trust to govern our complex, industrialized civilization.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.