Reposted by AfforessMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 22/02/2026the thing about the immigration number is that it doesn’t just prove that shitheads like matty were wrong in the micro a year ago, it proves *their entire theory of politics and persuasion is wrong* 10842126
Reposted by Afforessderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing 210152732509
Reposted by AfforessSam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this? 558142662783
Reposted by AfforessJeremy Grossman @jerbaron.bsky.social · 16/02/2026One of the interesting things this time around is just how hollow the whole thing sounds. In the past, people have been able to use the empty concept of electability to anoint and position the person they demanded, but now that Republicans are getting obliterated everywhere, that doesn't work. 266970
Reposted by AfforessJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 10/02/2026"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER] 782272528
Reposted by Afforesslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 04/02/2026"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years 9182761976
Reposted by AfforessZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 03/02/2026hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt” 116130933891
Reposted by AfforessSam @samd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026and furthermore, it’s very clear that the two most important political tests for the senate in 2029 once we take it will be: 1. expanding the Supreme Court 2. Admitting PR/DC as states 431694202
Reposted by Afforessjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/02/2026"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics 747571989
Reposted by AfforessMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/01/2026i have never felt less inclined to donate to political campaigns in my entire adult life 1293518381
Reposted by AfforessAlanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Twitter is the world’s largest generator of CSAM & non-consensual porn by a margin of about 8000%, and somehow… MSM isn’t even reporting on it. (also includes advice for reporting ‘deepfake harassment’ to police if it escalates to a point where restraining order is necessary) youtu.be/p71qQKmIGhQyoutu.beI'm angry.YouTube video by Charalanahzard 5839151255
Reposted by AfforessAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same 738276946955
Reposted by Afforesssouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against. 544064944
Reposted by AfforessKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028. 15928746321344
Reposted by AfforessAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it 180188264640
Reposted by Afforessnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 27/12/2025The enduring legacy of Trump 2 - and really, unbridled Stephen Miller - will be that government can claim vastly more power than anyone thinks, and it should use it as quickly and ruthlessly as possible. Will be fascinating to see how this strategy plays out in the hands of progressives 818826
Reposted by Afforessmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/12/2025They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it 13907206
Reposted by Afforessthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless. 172877562
Reposted by AfforessScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job! 10758791177
Reposted by Afforesslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/11/2025in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority 395259956
Reposted by Afforessostonox @ostonox.com · 17/10/2025the perfect liberal statement when you vote us back in, we'll give the gestapo nametags 451183227
Reposted by AfforessMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his. 2003776908
Reposted by AfforessThe Verge @theverge.com · 07/10/2025"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!" Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793... 49873207
Reposted by AfforessSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/10/2024We are living under the conditions of epistemological neoliberalism where each individual has to be their own gatekeeper and misinformation expert because most of the institutions that used to do that work have either failed or been destroyed. 19909302
Reposted by AfforessAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social. 441197175724
Reposted by AfforessSam @samd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Sam’s Law of Media: The media treats Democrats as the only political actors with agency, responsible for everything happening Republicans, by contrast, are treated like zoo animals: odd, fascinating, but never to be judged and, perhaps more importantly, never responsible for their own decisions 948378
Reposted by Afforessonion person @junlper.beer · 30/09/2025starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news 15159911171
Reposted by AfforessIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 21/09/2025I’m spending this week with my godmother, who is a 94 year old Holocaust refugee. She says “I didn’t escape Nazi Germany to deal with a country like this. The Nazis were scary, but at least you knew what to expect. This government is worse.” 1033751
Reposted by AfforessMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job. 11646659015948
Reposted by AfforessMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!) Receipts: zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki... 330125405671
Reposted by AfforessCameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025telling that people who are professionally Very Computer so often want Less Computer in their lives 639699
Reposted by AfforessSascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025hear me out here, what if none of it is a 'distraction' and they're just doing a lot of horrible shit simultaneously 11474341882
Reposted by AfforessJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/08/2025My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us. It’s time to fight back. 31668421920
Reposted by AfforessBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline. 795420809305
Reposted by Afforessleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 21/07/2025feels like one of the main divides in how people view ai is the reaction to its ingratiating servile tone. when ai is like "ouhhhh i'm so sorry i got that wrong sir, let my try again, you were right my liege" tech guys are like "i like this" instead of "what the fuck is wrong with you" 403513610
Reposted by AfforessBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/06/2025www.everythingishorrible.net/p/people-don... 223540709
Reposted by AfforessCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Nancy Pelosi running defense means the list is real and a lot of Clinton Democrats are on it 1212885606
Reposted by AfforessToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 09/07/2025"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do." www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...thebulwark.comWhen Moderation Becomes AppeasementIf your chief goal is to find a middle ground with the far right on social issues, you’ll end up condoning its values—just ask Keir Starmer. 462082592
Reposted by AfforessSam @samd.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I really really do not think most Democratic politicians understand how many normie democrats think we will need Nuremberg-esque truth & reconciliation investigations and trials of leading Republican officials the next time we are in power 611428269
Reposted by AfforessCthulhootie & the Blowfish @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 01/07/2025in the decades immediately before the Civil War a popular line of argument was that increased tension and violence over slavery was caused by the “extremism” of abolitionists. the line was especially popular among self styled moderates who blamed their “agitation” for making slavery an issue 6440115
Reposted by AfforessKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2025no reason not to primary chuck schumer now 565419845
Reposted by AfforessKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 15/06/2025In light of Mamdani's performance, is astonishing there aren't more insurgent primary campaigns. Democratic establishment is discredited. Power is just sitting there like a mountain of gold but instead of being guarded by a fire-breathing dragon, it's fossils like Chuck Schumer 492743385
Reposted by Afforessmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025not the first person to make this observation but its incredible how drudge is the only news outlet in the country, including ostensibly liberal ones, that actually, for real, thinks trump is a bad president and wants him to fail 381695301
Reposted by AfforessG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 22/06/2025Yet Luigi launched a thousand hand-wringing op-eds from the chattering class. Makes you think 34109482841
Reposted by AfforessMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I truly believe we will look back at this attitude as *the* sickness of our political era. It is an extremely basic fact, and has been for decades, that the vast majority of political violence in the US is committed by the right! You cannot solve a problem if you refuse to identify it. 1054291986
