I am finding myself unprepared, in a positive way, for the concept of Based Liberal Jumbo Elliott. Everything is on the table now. Bumping into Bart Oates at a DSA committee meeting. Prairie Populist Gary Reasons. All of it. - ThreadSky

davidjroth.bsky.social • 4 days ago

I am finding myself unprepared, in a positive way, for the concept of Based Liberal Jumbo Elliott. Everything is on the table now. Bumping into Bart Oates at a DSA committee meeting. Prairie Populist Gary Reasons. All of it.

Reposted from Richard Deitsch

This photo tells you everything you need to know about the cable news ecosystem in the United States.

It is the perfect distillation of the moment.

That Jumbo Elliott, by the way, is the former tackle for the New York Giants.

Comments

demonc.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, that doesn’t look good for her.

seanhaleyeah.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cmon, former Jets OL. He only caught TDs with Gang Green!

…okay, okay, TD, singular. :)

obviouspseudonym.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo Elliot and Bart Oates are triggering an incredibly vivid Remember Some Guys from the 86' Giants.

Now I'm having intrusive thoughts wondering what Phil McConkey and Mark Bavaro think about politics now.

captainruck.bsky.social•4 days ago

Already drafting the "Bravo, Mark Bavaro" headline

bonejob.bsky.social•4 days ago

Maoist Gary Fencik

mohawkfour.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Stephen Baker ‘The Touchdown Maker’ here. You may remember me best from Super Bowl XXV, where Scott Norwood’s kick went wide right. I’m here today to discuss something else going wide right, and with potentially deadly consequences—the state of affairs in our great nation.”

lemonsky.bsky.social•4 days ago

I can’t recall if it was 2018 or 2019, but there was a player from North Dakota State - big, burly red-headed white dude who was an offensive lineman - wearing a DSA pin when his team, which won an FCS championship, visited the White House. I wonder what has become of him.

davidjroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh yeah I followed him on Twitter after that and corresponded with him a little bit. He was pretty committed as I recall, I hope he's doing well.

joylessdivision.bsky.social•4 days ago

LT is never going woke

kevinkleinpdx.bsky.social•4 days ago

i've long considered myself a Jumbo-nik

bagfumbler.bsky.social•4 days ago

the problem is that this obviates my "Maoist Logan Mankins" gimmick alt account.

af209.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sadly can confirm Logan is def not left. Like barely tolerating left turns.

montega.bsky.social•4 days ago

Just don’t google “jumbo Elliot sink”

russet-burbank.bsky.social•3 days ago

Natrone Means Co-operative Business

arkansasnewsroom.com•4 days ago

Steve DeOssie, puffing on a cigar, thinks now is the time. The country needs my philosophical musings

thewesterhazys.bsky.social•4 days ago

The new Face of Based.

cteeze-nuts.bsky.social•4 days ago

Phil McConkey writing for the Bulwark, I’m so ready for this

incompetentweiner.bsky.social•4 days ago

Terrell Owens: Resistance Lib threw me for a loop

nickkaters.bsky.social•4 days ago

AOC barnstorming with Jeff Hostetler.

fastbreak78.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hoss!

colororange.bsky.social•4 days ago

Have to say I don't know who any of these people are and I'm not going to look it up.

officialjplosman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Bolivarian Peerless Price hanging out around military bases trying to sniff out sympathetic colonels

0worldpeace.bsky.social•3 days ago

What is this from?

blandphilosophy.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is incredible

idiocracyinrealife.bsky.social•3 days ago

i have no idea who these people are. should i?

jdconnor.bsky.social•4 days ago

In this five part series, we will trace the origins, development, and potentially the collapse of the administrative state with Phil McConkey. I'm Daniel Denvir, and this is The Dig.

jdconnor.bsky.social•4 days ago

(In this fantasy, McConkey has come a long way since he ran for office in the 90s)

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo Elliot has been that way for years on twitter. It is great.

I also love that the best college football reporters are all anti-trump/gop.

mattyew.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Police have arrested Wayne Chrebet, 51, in association with the string of firebombings of Long Island police stations”

chinajoeflynn.bsky.social•4 days ago

HOLY SHIT MAN I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS! I hope Pepper Johnson is also woke.

(We won't discuss LT)

abryant633.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jumbo posts ALL day raging against Trump. Decent follow

evanwoodward.bsky.social•4 days ago

Tim Krumrie heading up neighborhood anti-ICE patrols

ericcallahan.nyc•3 days ago

I've been seeing a lot of Sean Landeta around recently, perhaps he's running.

vlime286.bsky.social•4 days ago

Rodney “Fred” Hampton

orleancooper.bsky.social•4 days ago

Merton Hanks shakes his long neck no to fascism.

bojangles.bsky.social•4 days ago

Mark Bavarro in a Pussy Hat

strangernalps.bsky.social•4 days ago

The incredible thing is that I am 0 for 2 with these people. No idea. He’s plugged-in.

chrisvrennashairdo.bsky.social•4 days ago

Look into Jumbo. Man, is based as fuck.

jimlohmar.bsky.social•4 days ago

jamal anderson posting “this. is. not. ok.”

rubdirtinit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Steve Wisniewski moves to NZ and is 17th on the Green Party list

bbosworth44.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo knows what’s going on.

jayremenschnider.bsky.social•4 days ago

Harry Carsons and Elvis Patterson both support UBI and sensible gun rights…right?

dgoodmantrublu.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo has been anti Trump for a very long time. This isn’t new.

jeepinben.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's from the @janecoaston.bsky.social school of Go Blue

leftinfighter.bsky.social•4 days ago

Based libs have been ignored too long by a party stewarded by those who think "old white man" can only be a pejorative and never a term of endearment. Kevin Nash, Ron Perlman, and Jumbo Elliot need to be making clickbait alleging that Trump enjoys cuckholdery.

chriscjackson.bsky.social•4 days ago

JUMBO 2028 has a ring to it.

leokitty.bsky.social•4 days ago

a JUMBO thanks to mr elliott!

gregsasso.bsky.social•4 days ago

Time to remember some allies

sheacarlson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo not dropping the ball on activism: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncc6aqFDjIc&pp=ygUMSnVtYm8gZWxsaW90

ungoliant.bsky.social•4 days ago

That’s one of my favorite football memories there, not even a fan of either team lol

sheacarlson.bsky.social•4 days ago

That game is why I became a Jets fan so, in many ways, I curse Jumbo

billcaphil.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jeremy Shockey in your your face at a Buffalo Wild Wings.

"Thought I heard you say something about Michnik's Theory of Surplus Consciousness."

zkindt.bsky.social•3 days ago

YIMBY enthusiast Zeke Mowatt, happy to print fliers cause he's got a super nice printer in his office, always has the good coffee too

jdandeneau.bsky.social•4 days ago

everything? Never Trump Eli Manning?

bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social•4 days ago

The bourgeoisie scum will be cut down by the proletarian sword of Charles Way

coachfinstock.bsky.social•4 days ago

Resist Lib JT O'Sullivan

andrewvouvalis.bsky.social•4 days ago

Resist Lib Mark Mangino

davidjroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

I love this one. Honestly I don't know that there's any topping MSNBC Mark Mangino.

tonypeaches.bsky.social•4 days ago

In these troubling times, it’s comforting to know that despite it all, someone’s out there telling us to #KeepSawinWood.

kaysertommasi.bsky.social•4 days ago

How does Mark Mangino get to 270?

bobromashko.bsky.social•4 days ago

If you told me JT was a Republican-leaning dude who was negatively polarized by the YouTube and X comments he got, I’d buy it in half a second. (Not saying he really was)

troyblackwell.bsky.social•4 days ago

UC Davis is likely the Hillsdale of resist lib ideology. This checks out.

unrealishere.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Rodney Hampton welcome to the DSA

bartsmith.bsky.social•4 days ago

ah well I guess you can only ask for so much

ireneadlercal.bsky.social•4 days ago

He might be an independent but he’s always been pretty vocal for liberal policies

orleancooper.bsky.social•4 days ago

I... can't say I disagree with him? At all?

davidjroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is still enough to make him one of the 100 most progressive people on Long Island.

dakotaschmidt.bsky.social•4 days ago

Democratic socialist Dave Kreig.

bainard.bsky.social•4 days ago

someone had to be a counterweight to Largent

ryanhide.bsky.social•4 days ago

He’s disappointingly centrist unfortunately. Not in a “I like some right-wing ideas” way but a “Leftists are entitled & have no realistic ideas” one. I followed him on the old site & the Bernie-bashing was intolerable.

johnwtomac.com•4 days ago

The real Monday Night Miracle was recognizing our shared humanity and deciding to build the socialist paradise.

reverenseth.bsky.social•3 days ago

(Triumphant Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force voice) JUMBOOOOOOO!!!

imdoctorremulak.bsky.social•4 days ago

pferdhosen.bsky.social•4 days ago

Running into Colin Kapernik at a protest against building another GEO prison in my state

pferdhosen.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh no I think I fucked this one up

michaelmelillo.bsky.social•4 days ago

Carl Banks dumping Gatorade on Bernie Sanders

edburmila.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jim Burt believes billionaires shouldn’t exist.

robertsilverman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Das Capital, by Karl Nelson

plootube.bsky.social•4 days ago

Meet me down at The Wooden Shoe for a book signing event with Myron Guyton.

The book….

The Anarchist Cookbook.

robertsilverman.bsky.social•3 days ago

I guess the giants let saquon walk because he’s anti woke

whatzite.bsky.social•4 days ago

Former reliever Brandon Morrow was a vocal Bernie Sanders supporter and I always wondered if he wore a bulletproof vest in the clubhouse

nissmax.bsky.social•4 days ago

She showed her lack of character a long time ago.

jamiesonmckay.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm confused: didn't she begin her career with the Daily Caller? Who is claiming that she is a serious journalist?

nissmax.bsky.social•4 days ago

CNN, but didn't know that

jamiesonmckay.bsky.social•4 days ago

CNN has been shifting right in the past few years, trying to steal away the viewers who stuck with FoxNews after it fell out of favor with Trump. They see that as more viable than competing with MSNBC.

https://slate.com/business/2022/09/cnn-trump-harwood-stelter-licht.html

nissmax.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agree. I haven't watched ANY corporate media since last summer (after the Biden bias debate). I will not watch/listen to lies/spin. Pods and blue sky is where i get news.

ramseyforrest.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope Kyle Turley is based

davidjroth.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think you'll have to settle for "he smokes pot" on this one.

ramseyforrest.bsky.social•3 days ago

Damn well better than nothing.

b1gd1ll.bsky.social•4 days ago

Can Joe Burrow go full woke and become Louisiana's governor?

Nothing these people love more down here than a star quarterback.

del973.bsky.social•4 days ago

Holding out hope for Sewer socialist Pepper Johnson

jmgannon.bsky.social•4 days ago

His presence is for me enough to shun CNN. They let him lie mainly unchallenged. See picture above.

fastbreak78.bsky.social•4 days ago

Erik Howard: Anarchist

bartleby6316.bsky.social•4 days ago

And once again we have reached the last paragraph of Animal Farm.

nayrgeno.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is going a little way to heal the Mark Bavaro shaped hole in my heart about the political views of football players I cared too much about as a kid.

davidjroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

I feel like him and McConkey are the dead enders, but also we've known that for like 35 years.

nayrgeno.bsky.social•4 days ago

And directly in the center is Joe Manchin's friend Jeff Hostetler.

bab419.bsky.social•4 days ago

#MichiganMan

dunks.bsky.social•4 days ago

he probably reads your shit and loves it.

davidjroth.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let's not be ridiculous

zanerzas.bsky.social•4 days ago

Bart Scott is going to be a liberal light for Library Freedom

nwtrkwrkshp.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo is a friendly accessible dude on X. I was a 10th grader living a Dave Jennings punt from Giants Stadium when he was signed, so it’s a little surreal crackin’ jokes with him today.

jessespector.com•4 days ago

jim burt driving that slick lil electric pickup truck

leatherstocking.bsky.social•3 days ago

Vontaze Burfict endorsing Zohran Mamdani

jaytingle.bsky.social•4 days ago

Mr. Elliott and I had words the other day about Milton Friedman. Like most footballers, he grew up in conservatism. Unlike most, Jumbo figured out it's all bullshit.

joshuaerlich.bsky.social•4 days ago

pancaked her ass

yourmandevine.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ottis Anderson finally reveals that the extra T stands for "tax all billionaires, who should not exist"

claytoncargill.bsky.social•4 days ago

ok I laughed loudly enough at that , that my wife wanted an explanation and there's just nowhere for me to start. But it was tremendous, just wanted you to know

aangtifa.bsky.social•4 days ago

The fact that we have Stone Cold Steve Austin on our side will always be the best to me.

danrareegg.bsky.social•4 days ago

Getting a real kick out of knowing how much Bo Schembechler would hate this.

kujoatc75.bsky.social•4 days ago

Forest Hill Cemetery is rumbling…

alangrofield.bsky.social•4 days ago

Seeing this mind-melting information lead me to think, oh, well he must be from like, Traverse City or some similar lib bastion. Time to to check Wikipedia and see if it was Vermont, or Maine, or SUFFOLK COUNTY LONG ISLAND ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

triglyphmetope.bsky.social•3 days ago

Traverse City, lib bastion? Piffle. Flush that notion out of your head. 50/50.

mcpoylesnavy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jumbo has been working it like that for quite some time

mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social•4 days ago

@davidjroth.bsky.social We highlight another ex-NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social who has been fighting fascism, engaging in civil disobedience to counter MAGA hate - and also (appropriately) directing criticism at the NYTimes.

https://bsky.app/profile/edgeofsports.bsky.social/post/3lipnjgomt22s

keithcampbell.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cmon Media and Democracy Project! Roth and Kluwe shared a masthead at Deadspin!

roderonner.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's the long tail of the Kluwe Effect.

sethpoho.bsky.social•4 days ago

If ATHF taught me anything, it's that Bart Oates seems to be about people rehabilitating themselves, so he's got it in him.

snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social•4 days ago

Came here to say Oates has enough whimsy to guest star in ATHF so anything’s possible

sethpoho.bsky.social•4 days ago

The fact they got him, and John Kruk - ATHF was playing out of their minds with guest stars.

snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social•4 days ago

You’re right, but Kruk is extremely MAGA so this makes me rethink things

dansbadsky.bsky.social•4 days ago

I want to believe if you got Kruk in a room and hashed stuff out with him over like 9 or 10 beers you could have him at the center-right, like a Romney level R, by the end of it

dansbadsky.bsky.social•4 days ago

I wanted to say center-left but I have to keep my dumb dreams realistic