Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 232009654
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialjoe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple 322905480
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialCinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fleetwood Mac was a CIA experiment to see if straight people could survive the average queer friend group dynamic 202027428
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialCage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"why would I deceive you?" 130105332098
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 25/09/2026if you support abolishing or drastically reforming the filibuster you should support as many D-caucusing candidates to win as possible, full stop. The more Ds win, the more Ds can abstain or vote against it without actually stopping it. Every + D sen is +x% chance of finally ending the filibuster. 49412
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialBluegrass Politics @bluegrasspolitics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tomorrow the Lexington Herald-Leader will lose a lot of great journalists, including most of the people who have been covering Kentucky politics and state government for us. Here's a too-quick summary of our losses, and yours. ^JC 11521
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out. 773574676
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026your hormone levels are not your employer's business 3557362
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183142649
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible. 46149534076
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialAnthony Clark @nedroid.com · 24/08/2026I'm sorry but I invented Waziggy, a mean Ziggy who likes bad things and is rude. I invented him but I cannot control him, and I am afraid of him. 512791473
brad-brad.bsky.social @brad-brad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026First CD I commandeered as my own, permanently borrowing it from my mom: Shania Twain’s “Come on Over” First CD I got for myself as a prize for selling a lot of chocolate bars for a PTA fundraiser: Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” 000
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians. 204188243826
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026These guys really want to have this conversation? OK. What’s the legitimate reason she‘s the president’s constant companion, by his side 24/7? Does the president need round the clock medical assistance? 3414758927
brad-brad.bsky.social @brad-brad.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The reality is this won’t get built. He’ll hire campaign donor con-artist construction companies, they will cut every corner and make every effort to profit. What was once the East Wing will be a warehouse kept up with a load-bearing poster of Melania. He couldn’t even line a pool without grift 000
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026What does she have a podcast mic, LMAO 129410
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/08/2026Trump on 2028: "If I don't run ... " 154586135
brad-brad.bsky.social @brad-brad.bsky.social · 06/08/2026One of my beliefs is that if you’re wrongly imprisoned for half a lifetime or longer, you not only deserve a payout but should receive a state pension for the rest of your life. The police officers who make this happen often have the most well-funded pension systems. 000
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Just remembered I’ve this on my calendar for the better part of a decade. Happy Dying Smart House day to all who celebrate. 93823135
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test. 254377913
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Another day where the president & other national Republicans get to sh*t on cities/urban voters & we have <exactly none> of the National Conversations™️ about Civility, Tone, Respect for/Reaching out to Real Folkz, or the GOP’s problem of not offering enough Moderate Solutions on Kitchen Table Issues 361314282
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKirk Rudell @rudell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll. 91107289
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 30/07/2026imagine getting dunked on by Playboy for being weird about women’s bodies 15067811132
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/07/2026They keep trying to make voter ID sound common sense, but all they wind up doing is making themselves sound like elites who haven't done regular-people shit in a decade. "You need to show photo ID to buy groceries or medicine!" Sure, sure, Scrooge McDuck, that's definitely how it works. 68929169
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The conspiracy she’s referring to here is a Slack chat among scientists in 2020 where they went, “it could be a lab leak, let’s look into it!” 362124293
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026As has been the case for six years any news outlet taking trump live thursday night after he said he’ll lie about the 2020 election and the legitimacy of georgia’s senators is explicitly endorsing that lie as a legitimate opinion 311673377
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Four years ago, Biden gave a speech warning about the dangers to democracy and the networks refused to air it because it was "political." I wonder if Trump making a partisan case for relitigating the 2020 election and calling for his political opponents to be jailed is going to be "political" too? 15167392484
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences 114208755341
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense. 310121374563
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 10/07/2026These kinds of laws have an invisible ripple effect across the country. A good number of corporations will just change their policies instead of making a NYC-specific protocol. A lot of the consumer protections we have started in one state or big city. 7166481336
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/07/2026People are dunking on this saying "the Nazi tattoo should've tipped you off" but saying "I fucked up" in the pages of the NYT is no small thing and there are plenty of people on this here tiny social media platform who backed this dickhead and still won't admit they were wrong. 311317113
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialBrooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026People are right to be mad about the predictable Platner fiasco, but it's worth remembering that last year a ton of establishment Democrats supported disgraced sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo against clean-as-a-whistle Zohran. Tolerating problem men is an issue across the ideological spectrum. 6351881026
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 07/07/2026there are plenty of people taking potshots at this and i don’t really blame them, but we would be in a significantly better place, politically, if our pundits engaged in this kind of public accounting more often 523395427
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialBryce Youngquist @bryceyoungquist.bsky.social · 06/07/2026there is a rich vein of "if we perform enough of a caricature of masculinity that's gotta make republicans stop calling us pussies" anxiety in Democratic politics that started with Truman and has not stopped for even a single election cycle since 211092121
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.social💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Mamdani’s NY really got free childcare, Knicks in 5, & the royal wedding 12985971008
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026constitutional birthright citizenship survives by 1 vote. and to think people were worried about this beautiful institution. 444627643
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/06/2026The long term issue is that this Supreme Court is effectively eliminating civil service reforms that eliminated the spoils system that promoted widespread corruption and graft. The federal government cannot function effectively if every single political appointee switches out every 4 years. 15746182
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder. 582118722248
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2026New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another. MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration 6558331285
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/06/2026guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one. 363252274863
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I've been a Knicks fan my whole life and can't wait until we win these finals. But these ticket prices are obscene. The average fan is priced out of enjoying this moment. In a world in which stadiums and sports teams demand all sorts of tax breaks & city services, this should be prohibited. 62740311088
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialMat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad. 11111942310
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialJamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Got accosted by some asshole while eating lunch outside with my brother in DC. He called us abominations and said I should be out there impregnating women. What the hell. I'm so sorry people have to go through this on the regular. Happy Pride Month. I love all y'all. 921736160
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Meiselas: Katie Miller has been posting about you. I want to give you the opportunity right now to respond. What do you want to say to her? Paulina Mangubat, Content and Creative Director for @TheDemocrats: I want Katie Miller to know that her husband is an ugly fuck. 855191733984
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 22/05/2026Genuinely appalling that Dick Durbin, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, keeps (accurately) calling Trump's judicial nominees "MAGA loyalists," and has also personally voted to confirm NINE of them. What are we doing here, man.ballsandstrikes.substack.comSenate Democrats Are Not Taking Their Jobs SeriouslyIf Trump is picking judicial nominees who will serve as “MAGA loyalists,” why are you voting to confirm any of them? 481736432
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I really can’t state strongly enough how utterly stupid this is. Once you eliminate taxes for a class you will never be able to bring them back. And it WILL domino. Eliminating taxes and privatizing everything is the republicans’ end goal. Do not help them!!! 463001724
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 12/05/2026there has been a recasting going on especially in the pages of the nyt that the gay rights movement (esp. winning gay marriage) was this well-thought out, incrementally planned campaign and if the trans people had tried that they'd be fine and that just, doesn't seem true at all? 5839
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I think a lot about how Business & Media & Political Elite treat Trump's posts on tariffs & appointments as *law*, but then just ignore his deranged ramblings. They are both posts in the same location, by same person, under same constraints: yet Elite seamlessly elevate some to law and ignore others 10628138
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Roberts dropping that “we’re not political actors” quote and doing this 96 hours later is nasty work 11452561526
Reposted by brad-brad.bsky.socialMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 09/05/2026If this tweet just said "landlords" instead of "developers" it would make perfect sense, but for some reason a whole lot of leftists see productive capitalists rather than rentier parasites as the leading villain of the housing crisis for some reason. 3773084
