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submitted 127 days ago • 4 comments

Been thinking a lot lately about that episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie and Tom have to rebrand fluoride in the water as TDazzle in order to get the public to support it.

submitted 127 days ago • 394 comments

Might wanna buy any big-ticket items now, before prices jump.

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Not exactly a glowing recommendation for tariffs.

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

Another example of why we need more mental health professionals to discuss Trump on media. Dr. Frank is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and a renowned psychotherapist, but any shrink could tell you this. And yet the media still discusses Trump in terms of what is normal.

submitted 131 days ago • 360 comments

I hope we can all see the irony that they’re “protecting women” with this bathroom ban while refusing to disclose the details of Matt Gaetz’s … abuses against women.

submitted 131 days ago • 2 comments

Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me. I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc

submitted 133 days ago • 6088 comments

With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size. At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.

submitted 132 days ago • 461 comments

It’s objectively funny that the main narrative of Trump and Musk is that they’ve been treated unfairly and need revenge. Never mind the fact they’re both billionaires who were born on third base.

submitted 135 days ago • 2 comments

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

submitted 135 days ago • 1129 comments

I used to talk to people on Twitter, but then my feed got so toxic I had to stop. Hoping to do it a lot more here.

submitted 135 days ago • 1066 comments

The low-information voters who picked Trump based on inflation can not possibly have expected: -A vaccine denier as HHS secretary -An alleged pedophile as AG -A Russia apologist as the director of national intelligence -A TV host as Secretary of Defense

submitted 138 days ago • 4 comments

New poll out today shows a majority of Americans believe we’re in a recession. What’s the best way to operate in an information environment that’s so fundamentally broken? If Trump were president with these economic numbers, most Americans would recognize the economy is booming.

submitted 140 days ago • 4 comments

In today’s @nytimes.com, me on how we will likely need #SCOTUS to stand up to a second-term President Trump—and how the justices’ own behavior over the last four years will make it more difficult for them to do so: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/o...

submitted 140 days ago • 51 comments

elon very clearly thinks he is co-president

submitted 140 days ago • 575 comments

NEW: A very important case to watch for future elections and the future of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 141 days ago • 69 comments

In 1947, the Attorney General was empowered to make an official list of "subversive organizations" with the intent of firing any federal workers who belonged or were "sympathetic" to them. This is actually much worse, as it seeks to punish the organizations as well.

submitted 141 days ago • 21 comments

Has anyone else noticed that many Trump supporters react to facts with anger? I believe it’s because those facts pierce their cognitive dissonance about him. They don’t like facts that challenge the notion of him he has crafted and they have accepted. Bizarre to witness.

submitted 141 days ago • 2 comments

Imagine if Obama had announced he intended to fill all positions without Senate confirmation. Fox News would be in wall-to-wall coverage of it and the rest of the political media would follow suit. Trump does it and they just shrug their shoulders. That’s how democracies die.

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

I’m all for the Democrats embracing populism and ditching neoliberalism. I just want someone to explain how that works in a post-Citizens United environment. Dem populist hero Sherrod Brown was beaten by a Mercedes dealer in Ohio because he was swamped by crypto super pac cash.

submitted 142 days ago • 148 comments

Twitter has lost nearly one-fifth of its daily active user base in the U.S. and a whopping one-third in the UK. mashable.com/article/elon...

submitted 141 days ago • 737 comments

This is horrifying. This bill would allow the Treasury Dept to strip nonprofit status from any group supposedly supporting terrorism. Treasury need not provide any evidence at all There are no guardrails. An earlier version passed the House with 311 votes. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...

submitted 141 days ago • 4 comments

If anyone lives in Arizona and has time, there's a group that needs help curing ballots. This could mean the difference between gaining and losing the House If you're in AZ and can spend today and/or Sunday curing ballots please email me: [email protected]

submitted 143 days ago • 5 comments

Yes, everything is terrible right now. But did you know Aaron Rodgers lost 31-6 today and is statistically one of the worst quarterbacks in the league? Always look for the silver linings.

submitted 141 days ago • 17 comments

While I think it’s good people are finding a community here (and I plan to!), I don’t think it’s a good idea to abandon the bird app. Democrats lost the election partly because of misinformation, and we should be spreading our message everywhere, not just in the spaces where we feel safe.

submitted 141 days ago • 3 comments

Created a starter pack (I’ll add many more over time!) of people I follow on the other site who consistently offer valuable insights on American politics and law. go.bsky.app/P5bVC4M

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

I’m told it’s better over here. Send follow suggestions my way.

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment