Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is a glorified single-source interview with the head of Third Way. It quotes far more moderates saying they support the progressive candidates in the general election. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u... 1323482563
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Times is using these trash "news analysis" articles to invent a narrative in which the DSA is a liability and the left poses an electoral threat to Democrats. This is only true if the mainstream media keeps framing it like it is! 301656171
Bob Wheeler @rmwkenpo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’ve had a real issue self fulfilling prophecies these so called experts try to push vs just covering stories. And there seems to be 0 consequences for being absolutely wrong. 000
X&der @x---factor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"The group that keeps winning is a danger to electability" is neither news nor analysis (at least good one) 020
RadiantHostility (he/him) @radianthostility.bsky.social · 06/08/2026NYT is a nazi propaganda rag pass it on. 020
jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Politically I am closest to being a democratic socialist. Of all the political genres it's the best I've ever come across (as practiced by the Germans in the 1955 thru 1990). But I am also a realist with the conviction that the US is not yet ready for democratic socialism, not yet and perhaps never. 100
A Meatwad on Elm Street @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026All the Evelyn Normielibs I know either have no opinion of DSA or think something akin to “those kids are nice and work hard” Literally no one in our coalition is freaking out about them, save the wealthy moderates 4373
O Douglas Price @odouglasprice.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Atlantic has been the same with an endless stream of pearl-clutching articles about Mamdani, El-Sayed, etc. 030
Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 06/08/2026NYT - holding the line for plutocrats, CEOs, Israel & transphobes. Oops 0150
ericblair @ericblairnotreally.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I think the Times was super stoked and popcorn-ready for the moderates/liberals to crash out and stab AES in the back, but everybody publicly lined up and supported him two seconds after the race was called. So, moving right along reality be damned they decided it must be happening anyways. 0250
Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It's downright unethical to blur the line between news and opinion the way these "analysis" pieces do. 020
The Hounds of Basquiatball @basquiatball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026They're just asking questions, Michael 050
Pete Rhom-BOO-erg 👻 @prhomberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Pretty sure the media, and especially the NYT, has no role in shaping the narrative. They just report the most vital news of the day. I believe this because they repeatedly insist it. 010
Kettlebelly @thepettini.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It is much more important to these people to control the Democratic Party than it is for the Democratic Party to win anything. 2130
Hulk Hoagie @hulkhoagie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"Vote blue no matter who!" *progressive candidates start winning primaries* "NO NOT LIKE THAT" 1181
POTUS Speedrun Record Holder @theradiostar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026the Times should reach out to Chris Rufo and get his opinion about the DSA, that’s the kind of insightful analysis we could all use 000
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It's one org and the $15 million is from now until 2028! Truly fuck the Third Way guy but the Times constantly platforming him is way more consequential than whatever dumb ads he plans on running in Michigan.Soup Szn@bskylife.bsky.socialSo funny that $15 million was the number they are choosing to promote. Stevens just lost with something like $60 million in outside backing and that was a single race. It sounds impressive to a layperson but it's nothing in national politics. 8115591
Pat Bunny @patbunny.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Establishment Democrats have ratcheted so far to the right that the "ascendant left" is not too far off from the ideas of Eisenhower Republicans of yore. 030
Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Well, they'll try. Really, billionaires are the actual enemies of the DSA, not the various folks who've done proxy work for them. So we've got to expect the bastions of billionaire strength, which includes the mainstream press, will try their best to stop us and we'll try our best to overcome that! 000
InfinitelyLoopy @infinitelyloopy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Which means it is because that’s the story the media is determined to sell (conflict = drama = viewer interest I suppose) much like the narrative that Al-Sayed is an antisemite. 000
Thomas @djamesalicious.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Well maybe. We don't actually know if this media push will hurt. They did the same thing supporting Israel and it hasn't worked 000
ike, son of mike @i-bresnick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026They like Republicans and want them to win. 0120
Immigrant Boo👻 @porcupunk.eurosky.social · 06/08/2026👇Immigrant Boo👻@porcupunk.eurosky.socialI love my country, #Philadelphia! 0140
Allison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 06/08/2026If we would just quit defunding the police this would stop happening. 0150
BTS @bigtentsocialist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The difference between Sulzberger and Bezos or Murdoch is that Sulzberger has a more deeply rooted conviction that he is objectively correct. 070
Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com · 06/08/2026I disagree only to the extent that I don't think the legacy media's framing matters much anymore. Republican red scare campaign tactics are a much bigger threat, but my hope is that this time they're not going to be enough to overwhelm people's desire for authenticity and anger at the establishment. 000
❤️KathiInCali☀️ @kathiincali.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Then DEMS need to make the rounds on the crappy cable news shows to correct the record and tout their unity. 010
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Certainly doesn’t help, but the good news is that, while news negativity changes votes in primary elections, it has minimal effects in general elections. But fuck them for trying. 130
The Big Marmot @bigmarmot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The DSA convention article that went out last week was exactly this. An entire article about leftist infighting and disunity with a handful of quotes from the actual leftists saying, "idk, I dont think there is all that much infighting." 000
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