Wake Up '92

Americans like to think we waged revolution by guerilla warfare because we did. Was guerilla warfare the primary means of battle? No, but I didn't say it was. That the war was primarily fought by Continental regulars doesn't changed the fact that there was a not insignificant asymmetric contribution

Everyone is "like-minded" until you realize one of your like-minded neighbors just put an 8" blade through your skull. It's hilarious the amount of Americans that believe in this warrior mythology, but forget that all Americans are borne of a country that waged revolution by guerilla warfare.

Trumpism has succeeded because his side draws up a passionate core and supplements it with gigantic media presence. There is no alternative to this. Goody-two-shoes "let's participate in democracy together" crap goes nowhere. You can only defeat fascist power with progressive power. /end

Credentialism is good.

Utah will do that to you....

I wait for the day we get a chaotic video that most closely resembles Ghadaffi being pulled from that drainage culvert.

There is genuine public rage about Musk, which is what Congress is responding to, so when he says he will come for the people pulling the strings, he means the voters.

I’ll disagree: The answer is not individual action. It is collective action through government: media antitrust (break apart FB and Insta), it is forcing interoperability as we do with phones and cable and other standards, and it is building public alternatives.

Time for an era of tech trust-busting?

I like the way Mike leans on 'Protected Speech' and "how would you feel if MAGA GOP yanks in MSNOW", when in fact the MAGA oligarchs are essential out to own the entire media world and only allow their 'speech'. Freedom of speech is a great concept... when you have a democracy.

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

One would be good and the other would be bad because one cause is good and the other is bad. We are not in the realm of procedural justice concerns anymore, liberalism is not obligated to be neutral on the question of its own existence.

If Meta suspended the account at the request of or under pressure from the admin, that would be “jawboning” — and a 1A violation. This was exactly what the MAGA states argued wrt the Hunter Biden story and COVID minsinfo. The purpose of the investigation would be to find out if that happened

Repost if $30k would change your life right now

"....has become...."

I don't mind that there are people in the coalition very dedicated to single payer health care as their goal I do mind trying to make it the be-all, end-all of progressive politics in 2026: that's fighting fascism

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

In any event, I actually answer your four questions similar to how you do yourself. I just think that the *aggreed upon downsides* are not really downsides, when understood properly. It's not a "so what" answer. It's a "no, actually this might be better" answer.

When you’re applying for the job of U.S. Senator, you should show up for the job interview. Ken Paxton showed up in London on the 4th of July to party with the British. He showed up in Dubai to party with fugitives. He’ll show up anywhere but a debate stage in Texas.

Like a dumbass, I wrote a thread when I should have written a blog. Anyway, here it is in blog form. If you think others would benefit from a deeper dive on this topic, please repost. bsky.app/profile/donm...

New from me: Michael Lewis provides a timely reminder that even the heroic federal employees who tried to block DOGE grifters could only do so much. If DOGE could not be stopped at the time, accountability must be on the agenda for the future. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/blockers-a...

I feel like at the rate Ken Paxton scandals are rolling in by Election Day there’ll be video of him dissolving a body in acid.

I think to a degree this could be useful. If people start getting arrested, then contractors, companies, and employees are going to start thinking twice about doing what they're told. Make the consequences stark for the people at the bottom of the food chain if those at the top won't halt.

Ruin a book by adding a word: Lord of the Cock Ring

"If they don't want to be called nazis they should stop doing nazi shit, and the media should ask themselves why heated language bothers them more than nazi shit."

I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?

For the love of God.....will the single-issue voters just fuck right off a cliff?

What I love so much about these guys flourishing is that they're simply telling the unvarnished truth.

Whoa. That’s an Overton Shift.

Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...

This is leadship behavior. If rival Dems dont bring this energy, they need not apply.

It is going to be a long month to November, a longer winter to January, and a very long road to 2029. Only way out is through, the way through is out.

No soup for you attitude....more of this please

Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.

I mean, it’s an incentive thing right now companies, even ones who aren’t ideologically aligned with the GOP, do believe the GOP will fuck them over for not going along and they don’t believe Dems will impose consequences for that you’ve gotta change that, executives need to think twice

Absolutely nothing will stop me 👇

Holy shit.

I had some moron recently assign malign intent to a comment I made like this one. I said "bitches" much in the same satiracle way Kim is using it. Live for humor, people. Kim gets it. I get it. It makes life more fun...especially when so much is shitty.