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@brokendiscourse.bsky.social
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Ex-journalist/film critic. Biden/Harris Democrat. Pragmatic progressive. Taylor Swift/NIN. Big fan of serious people.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 4h
If we could figure out some quality or feature that was common to all the states where this happened or, conversely, common to all the states where this did not happen, that might help suggest a strategy to correct and/or prevent this
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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 2h
“we need an Infowars of the left”
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3h
This is good but still presents an implementation challenge because Throw polling at 60% is misleading when Take polls at 5%.
A dog asks his human to throw his ball without taking the ball from him.
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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 14h
if you were trying to have the most toxic possible combination of traits for this moment, it could well be: —media CEO —still on Twitter in 2026 for some reason —dating a failed leftist meme candidate
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 22h
This account has 231K followers on Threads.
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Centrist Madness Election Center @centristmadness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Biden dementia theory has been conclusively disproven, as has the theory that he didn’t use leverage to force Israel to accept a ceasefire (which they did multiple times). No one will ever admit they got these things wrong.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This isn’t just a random account, so can we talk about how a college kid with over 3 million followers on TikTok ends up here exactly? Or how this is also how you get 3 million followers on TikTok?
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today was another good opportunity for this. They wave broadly at “antisemitism is bad” while they definitely ignore it when it comes from the left.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
its worth asking why posts like this — a purported leftist warning others not to trust elected left-wing politicians — consistently do so well on the site where racist Trump ally Elon Musk controls the algorithm that chooses what posts people see
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No, seriously, can we knock this shit off? Just because there are crunchy Whole Foods lunatics on the left too doesn’t mean MAHA has a point actually. www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...
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Democrat Abdul El-Sayed courts RFK Jr.'s MAHA voters with new health policy platform
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is making a play for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" supporters with the release Tuesday of a new health policy platform.
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I Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rereading this article just makes me mad. We had folks working tirelessly for a ceasefire & we threw it away over a fantasy that there was a Bibi remote control on the Resolute Desk that Biden refused to use.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seeing the reactions to that Biden Atlantic piece has really made it clear how bad-faith the entire Uncommitted Movement was, and I don’t think we should forget that.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
seeing a lot of discussion about this and like: the reason the poster did a screenshot with no link is that if you actually search for the article you'd learn that this bill 1) has nothing to do with Zohran Mamdani 2) was introduced in committee back in May and didn't go anywhere
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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Because the anti-Biden people have so staked their entire identities on him being the most pro-Israel person alive, who anyone would be better than, they've decided to respond to this on here and on Twitter by pretending it simply never happened.
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Genuinely astonished that The Atlantic would publish this but I'm deeply pleased they did.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hilarious that the person we were told is vital to reaching young voters has the highest percentage of “have not heard of” among the 18-29 demographic here.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A great illustration of the way social media has essentially shredded society’s informational immune system: The USSR spent a fortune trying to spread conspiracy theories, without success because they couldn’t crack newsrooms. Today, you can reach the globe with a post that costs $20 to make.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
National Dems have had to pour money into Michigan in part because Bernie’s guy won, and now he’s just counting on “the establishment” to get him across the finish line.
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ArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The strategy these guys have is always just sitting on their hands in the general when their supposed faves get through a primary and whining that that the Establishment gave them free food, sure, but it should also be chewing and digesting it for them.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Dems have turned their back on the working class” is a Bernie Sanders line, one which he regurgitated immediately after the 2024 election. It does real harm. He continues to care more about remaking the party in his image than whether or not he helps Republicans win.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For the statement “the Democratic Party is more evil than it was in 1996” to be true you have to assume “evil” includes some combination of LGBTQ rights, expanding healthcare, criminal justice reform, abortion, and green energy/climate
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Love watching college football games to see what are overtly Trump campaign ads about how he alone can protect us from socialism that also say “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There’s a reason Grim (and others) are setting up “here’s why Jackson lost if he loses” here, because the narrative has to be “it’s the Establishment’s fault” and not “he ran too far to the left for the electorate.”
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Eli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We elected Joe Biden and had the first episode of wage compression and falling inequality in my entire life and everyone from conservatives to the Left proceeded to pitch an absolute shit-fit that normies could materially improve their lives without buying into cult doctrines.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
why are the midterms any part of this decision might be a question
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The primaries are long over, we are past the “direction of the party” discourse, and now we get to see who will play wrecker right up to Election Day. And we shouldn’t forget or forgive that.
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ArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't even agree that Bernie's measurably moved the party to the left, given how many of his acolytes ended up becoming either MAGA, or various other flavors of bigoted crank. The party was moving to the left, he just hijacked a preexisting shift and drove it into the ground out of pure ego.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think everyone on this site who wants to post an opinion about the upcoming election should be forced to watch an hour of uninterrupted Ohio political ads right now. The discussion here and in the media has definitely moved to exactly what Republicans want to focus on now.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are people who believe both that Republicans are all fascists, & that in the current environment enough Republican Senators can be convinced on the merits of the case to vote to remove Trump from office. These people may be good citizens & virtuous people but they’re not serious thinkers
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really sad to see McSweeney’s going the way of The Onion (derogatory)
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It really should not be hard to criticize the IRGC in the first place, but it’s particularly bad bordering on dangerous to not be able to criticize the IRGC right now when you are running for the U.S. Senate.
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She's BACCCCCCCCCKKKKK
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good thread on why the cancer that is populism continues to fuck our politics wherever it spreads, and the danger of bad PR.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m not going to freak out over one bad poll but reminder that the reason we have a Senate campaign that launched basically in August with no staff and no funds on hand is Graham Platner and the people who brought you Graham Platner.
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
a really fucked up part of this race is that Jackson is literally the prog candidate who was picked in part to sate the Platner people and ease his exist from the race - literally *endorsed* by Platner for governor! - but if he does lose then the Platner people are going to take victory laps
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes, impeachment casting is a dumb waste of time pushed by people who don’t know how it works or how to count. Yes, a contributing editor at The New Republic probably knows this. Yes, she also knows it will get that sweet dopamine rush of engagement. Yes, that’s the whole point.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
high engagement low info site unable to count to 67, many such cases unfortunately
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Putting aside that Hochul is responsible for 2 of the 4 for a moment, this is becoming dear leader/cult behavior at this point.
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In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has:
-Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats
-Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program
-Cracked down on bad landlords
-Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services
This is what leadership looks like.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Maybe it’s a problem that we passed a big climate law in 2022 and apparently climate activists didn’t care
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Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the 5 people that might notice or care: This is the context of King Mamdani apparently making government "easy" compared to the hordes of cringe normie Dems. Anyway, governance isn't easy for anyone. Including God Emperor of Blue Sky Mamdani. Even if his obsessive fans think otherwise.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who would have predicted a few months ago that the (almost) October surprise in the Maine Senate race would be hitting Collins?
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The whole piece was pretty terrible, but honestly it’s just an embarrassment that an editor would leave in a line like this. This is just editorializing that shows a clear bias (which means she shouldn’t have been reporting on this race in the first place).
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Woman who pushed the Tara Reade hoax continues to try to screw Democrats Pushing that obvious ratfuckery should have given her a reputation like that of her co-conspirator Ryan Grim Was she a knowing participant, or an easily manipulated sucker? Either way she should be relegated to RT
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This site will have a meltdown, but if Dems win the House after extensive GOP redistricting to add seats and win the Senate with a map that requires flipping multiple states Trump won? Schumer and Jeffries will deserve credit and should absolutely remain in leadership.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I finally checked Public Enemy off my concert bucket list this year, and Flav is still an incredible performer in addition to being a consistently incredible person.
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STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Janet Mills. Over transgender rights. And he folded. And then she was an evil centrist for being the median age of her voters and not having a nazi tattoo or swearing allegiance to Bernie.
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Maine faces federal investigation after Gov. Janet Mills tells Trump, 'See you in court'
After Maine Gov. Janet Mills told Pres. Trump "See you in court," her state is facing federal investigations.
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If Schumer or Jeffries or Hochul or any other NY Dem attended an event with Donald Trump like this and said this quote the DSA would light DNC headquarters on fire.
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The discourse is broken @brokendiscourse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just noting here that Rupar and Acyn both shared the same two positive clips, and there were some pretty terrible answers.
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