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Build more housing. Open the tent. Win more elections. The Center Will Hold
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Lol you already know what all the replies to this are

happy 5 year anniversary of shredded cheese sad wife to all who celebrate

I swear, the turnaround time before this fanfic is produced gets shorter every time

At this point it's only sporting to start funding Looney Tunes false flag litigation against educational policies in deeply conservative school districts.

We have a moral obligation to build millions of new homes in California as fast as we can.

next year, some dude is gonna go on rogan and say "trump took away your porn"

Seems like we really ought to make it easier to build housing ASAP so more families can afford to have Americans in California

At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.

Again, it is just straightforwardly the case right now that the U.S. Constitution is no longer in effect. That isn't hyperbole. If the legislative branch and the judiciary sit idly by while the president flagrantly violates the Constitution, I'm not sure how else you'd describe it.

Well now we know why so much of Gen Z sounds like younger versions of the most lead-addled Boomers & Xers. They are.

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Democrats like Democrats who like Democrats, which is why David Sirota sucks fucking ass at winning

Some people are into politics because they care about how policy impacts people. They like winning elections, and build coalitions to do so. Other people are into politics as aesthetics, because their stances make them feel edgy and superior. They like losing and complaining, and shun coalitions.

A certain type of guy is so allergic to coalition-building or taking a W that if anyone he deems uncool embraces his preferred candidate, it’s proof of something nefarious or insincere.

I am extremely happy that legacy news media & the various Politico derivatives are having a bad day today

Mamdani winning is bad for Democrats because now Republicans might call them socialists, something that has never happened before.

“The Democrats and DNC would never support a socialist in a major election” May I point to the decades of the DNC/DSCC not running a candidate against Bernie in VT

But really though

Mamdani won the NYC mayoral primary and California is passing real reforms to allow more housing.

🧵 UAW Statement on New York Mayoral Primary Race @shawnfainuaw.bsky.social: "The working class is done with business as usual. We were proud to be the first union to endorse Zohran because it’s time for a political movement that puts the working class first.

Most Democrats: “Thank God Cuomo lost” Most people who hate Democrats: “Ha ha Democrats are crying because Cuomo lost”

Again, he wanted to find supporters wherever he could. Wisdom of the ancients that somehow has to be rediscovered every few years

I know we’re all over the moon about Zohran but Brad Lander is truly the Bluesky candidate

Cuomo spent the whole campaign trashing the Democratic Party while Mamdani never shied away from being a Democrat. For both centrists and leftists it's an important lesson: if you want to win a party primary you should outwardly like the party.

Like I was saying earlier today, commentators brains are so utterly fucking fried by long term social media exposure that they are no longer capable of grasping that the rest of the country largely does not care about a local mayoral election in NY

if Mamdani does win can every person bitching about the DNC just shut the fuck up forever

Gotta tell you it would have been a lot easier to support removing Biden, at any point, if his loudest opponents hadn't been the most hostile, bad-faith motherfuckers in the whole party

Lots of work left for sports on Bluesky, but to assuage some fears about its future: we're on pace for another record-breaking month in June. There have been more sports-related posts than ever before, and engagement rate has tripled(!!). We're fully committed to the community here.

We need a way to curb abuses of historic preservation.

The “Democrats get your sh** together on housing” challenge.

that's what Children of Men is for www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua1c...

Sports on Bluesky, man

Also: this place can be and should be *fun sometimes.* Posting can be *fun.* Posting about cornerbacks who grind my gears is *fun*.

Stocks at session highs, crude in freefall. Escalation cycle over.

Governance via poasting.