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And that magyar comes from the right.

Yes and big reason is that for many of them, there are psychological problems (e.g. depression, egocentric knowitall-ism, etc) and maturity problems that prevent them from being good faith and evidence-based observers of politics, policy and life

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Yes, corruption is a broad concept, and presents a lot of opportunities, but there could be narrow support for a lot of things we would want to do. But this really sets the table well for the next 4 years

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Matt Seyfang @mseyfang.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Why yes I understand politics too. That's why I know how horrible the next elections are going to go! And I know the reasons too. You see, there's no reason politics and parties can be perfectable just as humans are. Someday the Democrats will wake up and be better than the rest of humanity.

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Shameful. And the new Dem Intelligence Committees need to investigate it. Ukraine should attack every energy production and data center it can. This is showing how weak Russia is right now as they squeeze what they can out of Trump before the midterms. This is Putin's desperate last try.

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There's just not enough of a cultural difference to exploit for aesthetics

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Everyone is free to learn what the definition of war crimes is, and to look up numbers of casualties, numbers of combatants, and compare against other data. You're free! Or, just block people because it makes you feel.... something...enjoy! Or use the g word more! G! G!

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All I know in this world is, whatever I am feeling it means that everyone else is feeling the same thing! Therefore, you should listen to me on politics! No need for data or anything. Just make attributions and it feels awesome!

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

You know that thing where the population didn't decline even though it declined everywhere else where that thing happened in world history. But it's really cool to use that word!

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Of course there are no examples of who is & is not using these tactics, & no definitions of “doing the best” vs not doing the best, no consideration for what works for the candidate & against the opponent You run differently vs white supremacist Collins vs the sitting Senator Collins Vibes!

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So many online self-absorbed experts saying X is happening because they're doing Y, and Y just happens to be my favorite prescription for everything. "Fighting!"

Matt Seyfang @mseyfang.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Related, there is no magic message, messaging, or messengers, where messaging overrides all else. There never has been and never will be.

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Ossoff, Brown, Colum, Peltola and Hamilton are each running very different campaigns, but the common element is a candidate who knows who they are and what they're good at and sticking to that. People looking too hard after election day are probably going to miss this, which is really basic stuff.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Tapper is a cynical opportunist. As such, he can be trusted to be a reliable indicator of which way the wind is blowing. This and other moments suggest he believes maga is a spent force. He might evem mention Trump's dementia after the midterms.

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It is an amazing, unbelievable train wreck. So are some previously hopeless candidates going to get dragged over the line if the wave is big enough? I'm sure they will claim it was their "messaging"

Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 13/10/2026

The ad is terrible in about five different ways. It's not just bad. It is truly terrible. Whoever did this ad should never work in politics again.

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Since 1948, adjusted for inflation, we've also "given..." $184 billion to Egypt $175B to Afghanistan $158B to Vietnam $131B to Ukraine $109B to Iraq ...and another $3.2 TRILLION to over 240 other countries, many of which have FAR worse human rights records than Israel. foreignassistance.gov/data

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Let's hope this does not also force Democrats away from necessary clean energy deployment acceleration that may also smell wrong to these voters.

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Hey but she never dreamed of making 200k and expensing a lot of fine new clothes, so this is a high point for her, she's just pissed that it's hard

The dorky ignorance is endearing.

Benwest500 @benwest500.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Kevin Kruse and others like him are remarkably certain about this, yet he does not have any political campaign experience, nor does he exhibit any understanding of the huge breadth of political attitudes of the American electorate. He seems entirely focused on his own anger.

Benwest500 @benwest500.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Whatever you are calling the fight strategy is just one strategy among others and it happens to be the one that you want. It isn't proven anywhere to be the one that moves the most votes. The voting populace is extremely diverse, with different motivations for voting

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Benwest500 @benwest500.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Maybe many were 20s White and Latino males who really weren't ready to vote in '20 and '16?

Benwest500 @benwest500.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

What an idiot that guy is. Well I'm sure that he and his allies will soon take over the party because everyone else is so immoral and incompetent. He must also know how to make 47 be greater than 50, so I eagerly await all of the results he's going to deliver

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

if Elon is spending millions of dollars of his own money to push this message with paid media, what do you think he does to the black box algorithm on his platform that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are shown to others?

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Benwest500 @benwest500.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I've never even been there and I have no love for Florida. But you can see looking at that video that it is a really beautiful area. Imagine the smells and the sea air for maybe half a year, being gorgeous, tropical nights.... now I prefer California but there is a lot of appeal here

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Benwest500 @benwest500.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I would also say it gives an out to people who are unable to understand why they cannot build a majority, are they're inside or outside of a party, with their ideas.

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Like is Tammy duckworth hot? Should we not be inclined to vote for her in a primary or not, or be excited by her because she's not hot? She's an extremely admirable person. But this is juvenile talk

But this is extremely shallow lookism it's a really disappointing post and I don't think he should get away with saying this. Was JFK good looking? Yeah, this is not a new thing. It's always an advantage. Let's move on. There are so many aspects of what makes a candidate good

You're joking, right? Is Andy Kim, the fine senator from New Jersey. Is he hot? Do we want to shut out people like him because he's not hot enough. I could come up with 20 more examples.

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