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This thread is so painful. We can do more than one thing at a time, Democratic leaders. We can have fun and seek to make this break is large and permanent as possible. We don’t have to ignore that to talk about health care.

I’m convinced there’s like 5 Dems who actually understand how politics work The best way to save healthcare isn’t by talking about healthcare. It’s by undermining your political opponents anyway you can. You will never have a better chance to do that & Dems are shifting to a policy conversation 🥴

the tech right suddenly discovers due process

Elon Musk is calling for Donald Trump to be impeached. Donald Trump is calling for Elon Musk to be deported. Both sides have a point.

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Sigh. Yeah. Seems inevitable.

Honestly, on top of the political problem, if there are adults left in the White House -- BIG IF -- Elon's meltdown really does pose very complex NatSec issues.

This is the best day ever to be in a group chat with people who aren’t online. They react to every piece of breaking news about the beef like you’re Paul Revere.

Musk and Trump are a great example of why men are too emotional to lead.

[cough] ro khanna [cough]

Fox news anchor: Trump/Musk slapfight is "not a story we wanted today for America" www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox... Counterpoint:

Well done.

Might be a lesson here somewhere about outsourcing capacity for key government services to a guy who lives in a lair under a volcano

And these people claim gender studies isn't a thing!

The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.

And I thought we don’t build bananas in America was going to be the best part of Bsky today

The United States should take over Space X after this threat. We can't have a private person have this much power. And let's add Starlink to the list. That should have happened when he shut down the service in Ukraine years ago.

Putin won

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Last night.

If you think you're having a bad day think about the board of directors of Tesla who are quite literally on the line, legally, for everything that Musk did over the last eight months.

Buddy, if you think I can’t both laugh at something and be full of incandescent range at a different thing at the same time then have you even been an American?

the final boss

Elon's a fascist who is mad we're not gutting Social Security and Medicare. And Democrats should finish him if we can.

I regret to say nationalizing SpaceX is the moderate position.

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, did you see this? More evidence of cognitive deterioration. If you know anyone who's done a lot of research on this topic, pass it along.

Elon should explain to us exactly how he won the election for Trump.

It’s like veep but much much much stupider

This is important. Given DOGE-related lawsuits, it’s in both of their interests to be seen fighting. Don’t assume this conflict is real—or what @josie.net described as neokayfabe—until one takes real action. People are being harmed regardless. So, they both still need to be held accountable.

I’m tapping the sign

It’s really important to be aware of this opening line when anyone tries to quote the rest of the passage.

This is why kids think it's ok to be stupid. They don't realize that "stupid" without "born with money" doesn't work the same way.

It’s about time we got to this obvious plot development.

I spent a huge number of hours in 2024 textbanking, phonebanking, writing postcards and letters, and fundraising for Democrats - INCLUDING SLOTKIN. I'm part of the activist base that GETS OUT THE VOTE and puts them over the top. Now they're throwing us under the bus. Where's that gonna get them?

Actually, this isn’t true. No such play or movie was ever produced.

Hi! I specialize in medication toxicity. All available, real-world data has proven mifepristone is actually even safer than many over the counter medicines. Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)

Harvard isn’t violating a law. They’re just killing, you know, the vibe. (The vibe is state-imposed ideology on higher ed.)

Stephen Miller is privately raging over deportation numbers he deems too low. So he's shifting huge amounts of law enforcement resources away from fighting serious crimes and into his immigration crackdown. If voters knew about this, they'd recoil. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1961...

If you had important information for voters, and kept it to yourself to sell books after it was too late, you’re not a hero. You’re an asshole.

This is terrible but it is also misleading. The US government is not the accreditor - they've basically written a letter to Columbia's *actual* accreditor and demanded that they take action.

#8964 is another reminder that democracy is precious and freedom is not free, we all need to all work together to preserve our democratic life even when Autocrat lurking over our shoulder offering "share future".