arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 2hThe writer of the books they were based on lived in south Arkansas, and a friend of mine loved the series and got me to watch an episode, I think a few seasons in. I could not see the appeal. I told her it was Days of Our Lives with fangs. 100
Reposted by arknetProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thomas Massie has written Congress a 34 page gift and on November 9: everyone can say enough with this fool, this Replacement Steve Poochie. 2214
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 8hBased on his number the followers, at least he's not getting that ridiculous message too far. 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 8hThey probably ought to be listening to @robertgarcia.bsky.social and lawyering up. 000
Reposted by arknetHyde T. Voltyge @hydevoltyge.bsky.social · 9hJackson 51 - Collins 47 Marist Indies 52 - 45 GCB D+9 44% voting against Trump 3252
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 9hI block them all because intentionally or not, dooming and cynicism depress turnout. 195
Reposted by arknetUnbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 14hWe're getting a lot of questions about the reported plague case in Russia, and we understand why headlines about "the plague" are scary. Let's go through what we know, and what we don't. This deserves close attention, but the chance of it becoming a wider outbreak, let alone a pandemic, is very low. 1176
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 11hI hope everyone involved with it is investigated and charged. I hope some names come out asap. Who put the ads together, who transferred the money, who got them up, etc. 010
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 12hShe's really not anymore. Maybe that's just the perception due to what an awful person she is, but she's degraded. Hate erodes inside and out. 000
Reposted by arknetLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 16hThis merciless lady exposes the minds of RW ideologues & adherents. People think they don’t understand harm & empathy unless it impacts them… but she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Roger Ailes yet regularly defends rapists as she is politically & financially invested in preserving patriarchy. 1124058
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 12hIt's been on and on and on and on, since 2016, so maybe it's not as obvious as it should be. But this guy is now completely off of his rocker. 000
Reposted by arknetProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What we should be talking about is supporting community colleges, and vocational high school to offer affordable cosmetology classes. The wait lists are insane. At least in the Black community, anyway, hairdressers and barbers play an important political role. 36215
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 14hHow did she get such a high profile and still find it impossible to keep a job? I forget. And not that it matters about anything, but she looks like she's morphing into ann coulter. 110
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 14hThey're having trouble with that because their nutjob in chief is not cooperating. 010
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 14hAre we heading for a paradigm shift as a result of mainstream access media finally understanding the powers they have? Or nah? 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 14hWhatever your level of concern about it, people need to be distinguishing between pneumonic and bubonic. I thought cases out west were the latter. 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 15hIt also sets him up as having refused to vote for the Black woman nominee. The Palestinian Israeli issue is very real. Democrats are finally starting to figure that out. But refusing to vote for the person who would the do least damage, a Black woman married to a Jewish man, does not address that. 010
Reposted by arknetDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 17h2006 it was D+10. (Sen D+5, House D+31, Gov D+6) 2008 it was D+12. (Sen D+8, House D+21) 2018 it was D+6. (Sen R+2, House D+41, Gov D+7) 12313
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 15hFerris Bueller was wrong. You can, in fact, go too far, and trump may finally be about to find that out. 000
Reposted by arknetErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18hThis weekend at a political rally for Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, Donald Trump took to the stage to rail against Democrats and transgender people. He falsely claimed Democrats "mutilize" transgender kids to "make them transgender." Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comTrump Claims Democrats “Mutilize” Kids To “Make Them Transgender” In Ohio Rally For Jon HustedAnti-trans campaigning has reached a fever pitch in Ohio. 49449105
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 16hThat's supposed to say "more than any other by legacy media." My southern accent strikes again. 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 16hThat practice more than any other bill legacy made. It has put us where we are. NY Times owns this as much as anyone, no matter how good some of their content is and some of their people are. 110
Reposted by arknetMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The New York Times asks the RNC for crowd sizes for Trump's events. Rather than provide numbers, the RNC issues a meaningless statement, and the NYT prints it! Why would the RNC answer a reporter’s questions when the NYT is willingly to reprint Republican propaganda instead? 2224362
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 16h"The kind of white to make body's skin crawl...a fish belly white." 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 16hI'm starting to believe much of what's happening with the gop trying to stop a democratic takeover has to do with the Epstein Files, especially what's being reported that many people have been saying for years about the billionaire tech bros. They know that one going down will pull them all under. 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 16hI love having Jen Rubin on Team Democracy. We need more people who cut straight to the chase. 000
Reposted by arknetJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Until they find, I duuno, 1000 real voters (not DC insiders, pollsters, lobbyist, media types) who want Rahm Emanuel to run for president how about no stories or interviews? The legacy media look like morons slobering over him. 5976188
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 16hHe started in the Clinton administration. But I'm talking more about the style of approach in dealing with republicans. 000
Reposted by arknetRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17hJust a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 23489082790
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 17hI don't know if he's a democratic presidential candidate so much as a has-been trying to worm his way back into the public eye. 000
Reposted by arknetDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 18hHinojosa wins Jolly wins Acton wins Lance Bottoms wins If that happens—and none of that is crazy—the 14 largest states will all have Democratic governors. The largest state with a Republican governor would be Tennessee. 2226
Reposted by arknetemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Among the seats DCCC added to Red-to-Blue list is Justin Pearson's race in TN. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comHouse Dems target six new seats — that Trump carried by an average of 16 pointsThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s political director told POLITICO the party could end up with as many as 240 House seats after Election Day. 832568
Reposted by arknetDj @djsoke.bsky.social · 18hTexas unironically has the single most fickle electorate in the country My understanding is that Rs really fear catastrophic turnout here - so the a lot of the next month will be about mobilization. In that sense, a month is a lot of time to get at least a little bit done 3364
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hDonald Trump will show up or say something and fix that for them. 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hFor weeks I've been blocking people for discouraging voting. About to start this policy, because at this point that's basically what dooming is doing. 010
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hRepublicans will be secretly thankful they're doing it too, because they know damn well what type of person trump's going to nominate, and he will not listen to reason from any republican. 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hThere's no excuse for it in 2024, and he ought to have enough self-awareness to atone for it, but I'll take his help and his money. If you're not supporting the opposition you're helping the oppressors. It's that simple, it's universal, it's historic. Influence the direction of the opposition.static.klipy.comRocket Raccoon: Figure It Out!Alt: Rocket Raccoon: Figure It Out! 000
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hThis guy is not relevant to anything happening. Quit trying to help him make fetch happen. 020
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hRahm Emanuel is shoving himself onstage to speak for groups like third way who are trying to keep the corporatists in power with this kind of stuff. I'm convinced it's an attempt to r-f the democratic party. I really can't stand these old clintonist democrats. Follow the money. I bet it's revealing. 120
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 18hThere was some drama going on where I worked and I told the supervisor that not communicating what was happening with staff leaves a hole where information needs to be. People will fill it up with rumors and speculation that they treat as truth. The problem here is getting the information to people. 000
Reposted by arknetProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026@amandacarpenter.bsky.social with a great article explaining why the ballroom is just sitting there as an Apportionment Black Hole, no-one has any idea of how it is being funded. It has a great link to: openomb.org, which @protectdemocracy.org is using to track apportionments.openomb.orgOpenOMB | Tracking apportionments just got easierOpenOMB is the easiest way to find and track apportionments. Apportionments are legally binding plans issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget that set the pace at which federal agenc... 89944
arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 19hCrypto guy says democracies are inefficient. I really hope when the global collapse happens, they go first. 000
Reposted by arknetGil Durán @gilduran.com · 21h“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comInside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates. 2311419392