connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13hAnd even Clinton also never oversaw a single execution as president! 010
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 20hHe's really awesome for a billionaire, but he's also really damn rich 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Oh and you already noted what I just posted elsewhere! Not surprised you saw & appreciated this like I did! 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hillary went after Trump by name & I remember she used his first name to demean him, she & Ossoff have kinda been the exception norm. Most Dems--and even Hillary when not about Trump--are often too congenial & I agree that's been a HUGE problem. Ossoff (& El-Sayed) were so refreshing last night! 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026His running as a team with Warnock in 2020 was legitimate inspiring. As Bouie & Serwer noted back then: 0100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Strong disagree. Lincoln got better & better. Look at what he said in the speech that convinced Booth to go through with assassinating him. www.npr.org/transcripts/... 050
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026She’s started to run ads more consistently is one part of it I think 010
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The one domestic area where Bill was just straightforwardly more progressive than Obama was his very large tax increases on the rich--Obama was AWFUL about taxing the rich--and Hillary campaigned on soaking the rich in the primary & even broke more left on this in the general, but she got no credit 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026While Obama's admin was superior to Bill's on domestic policy (w/one BIG exception), Bill was superior to Obama on foreign policy BUT Hillary is not Bill & her Iraq vote & service as secretary of state fundamentally tainted her in the eyes of many (despite her being involved in plenty of good stuff) 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Going to have to watch this. Thanks @jamellebouie.net 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026prospect.org/2026/10/05/o... This was a fascinating one!prospect.orgThe Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy - The American ProspectThe Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship. 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026But one thing that did not happen is that Biden & Dem trifecta failed to delivered the $2,000 that was promised. They did. Whether people recognize is a different story. 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you want to say the media failed to inform Americans properly, fine. If you want to say many Americans are intellectually lazy & AOC grasped the politics of distributing $ better than Biden, & this is why she changed her ask in 2021, fine (& I agree) 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Now to be fair, in 2021--let me repeat, 2021--AOC was singing a different song and calling for the total to be $2,600 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026No one in 2020 argued for sending out $2,600. Look at AOC at the time: 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026After control of the Senate & the presidency switched in 2021, the Dem trifecta honored the promised of $2,000 by sending out $1,400 checks. $600 + $1,400 = $2,000 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And it was something else that Trump wanted: www.cnbc.com/2020/12/29/w...cnbc.comTrump is trying to link stimulus checks, defense spending to a contentious tech protection – what to knowTrump has tied repealing Section 230 to the passage of a crucial defense bill and the prospect of approving an increase in coronavirus relief checks to $2,000. 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Note: McConnell, while he would not even allow the standalone bill from the Dem-controlled House to come up for a vote in the Senate, he proposed DIFFERENT BILL that would not only change the aforementioned Covid relief law checks from $600 to $2,000 it would also include SOMETHING ELSE 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Dec 29th, the GOP Senate refused to even have a vote on the Dec 28th CASH Act which would have changed the direct check from $600 to $1,400 as the GOP-controlled Senate let the bill die without there even being a vote on it: www.cnbc.com/2020/12/29/c...cnbc.comMcConnell blocks $2,000 stimulus checks, then ties them to unrelated Trump demands on tech and electionSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's bid to unanimously pass $2,000 stimulus checks. 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And let me repeat, this bill was about MODIFYING THE ALREADY PASSED Covid relief law which had $600 in direct payment up to $2,000. This was not a request for a new $2,000 check. www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...democrats.senate.govSchumer Floor Remarks Calling For Immediate Passage Of $2,000 Emergency Survival Checks – Majority Leader McConnell Blocked The House-Passed Bill From Going To President Trump’s Desk | Senate Democrat...Washington, D.C. — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding increasing direct payments to Americans... 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Dec 29, Chuck Schumer, MINORITY leader in the Senate praised the aforementioned standalone bill that passed the Dem-controlled House on Dec 28, & he asked for the GOP-Senate to pass said bill. 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This was not a request for a new $2,000 check, this was about modifying existing law that had just become law literally the previous day: progressives.house.gov/2020/12/cong...progressives.house.govCongressional Progressive Caucus Applauds Passage of $2000 Survival Checks 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Dec 28, the Progressive Caucus celebrated the Dem-run House passing a stand-alone bill to change the text of the Covid relief bill that had ALREADY passed the House & Senate & been signed into law by Trump from sending $600 in direct checks to $2,000 www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c... 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026www.snopes.com/fact-check/b...snopes.comDid Biden, Others Mislead the Public With Promise of '$2K Checks'?Snopes fact-checks this claim. The fact that $600 plus $1,400 equals $2,000 is relevant here. 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026$600 + $1,400 = $2,000. $2,000 was promised and it was delivered. 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026*rolls eyes* I don't get why people are still obsessed with lying about this. Though the fact that people are is a perfect encapsulation of the twisted epistemic environment we find ourselves in 101
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You're in the right here & she's wrong. 020
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So cool! wish I could see it in NY! 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026youtu.be/aNapFsNDbZE?... Thinking of:youtu.be 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I am indeed pissed off at Erin Reed for being a liar and nihilist, but this is not a correct representation of history at all. And while Reed’s behavior, given her platform & the crisis we face is inexcusabl, I have a lot of sympathy for making sure the Dems fear to turn into Labour 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Not sure I’d agree with that… maybe you’re right, just not sure. unquestionably Truman and LBJ were better presidents than Clinton or Obama or Carter though 020
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Was he worse though? I seem to remember their platforms being identical, though perhaps I’m misremembering. I know Hillary had a more left-liberal history in the senate on economic issues than Obama & was (marginally) to his left in the primary on economic issues, but on civil rights? Don’t remember 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think vote blue no matter who holds for both & anyone who discourages voting for Talarico or AES is actively encouraging fascism and a worse world for us all. 030
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Or 1994 which I think is just a pivotal 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If Reid & a Dem Senate majority had not been there for 6 yrs… Obama’s more-impressive-than-Bill’s presidency would have been even worse. 111
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026said to rich people after ‘94–I raised taxes on the rich too much. 000
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Indeed! And while missed on those swings, many tax increases targeting the top 1% constituted the biggest long term-as opposed to temporary—tax increases on the rich since FDR. Obama was terrible, just utterly cowardly on raising taxes and it’s because of ‘94. He took to heart what a shaken Bill 100
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Etruscan Tomb of the Leopards: two straight couples and one gay (men dark, women pale) Greek Tomb of Diver: men only 010
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026So long as they stop after the Pegasus trilogy. Or maybe after the New Caprica arc. I hate almost of season 3 & season 4 is just terrible. But season 1 & the beginning of season two really hold up for me 010
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Or demonstrating how revolutions work in the actual world. Lucas having it be the Rebel ALLIANCE way back when was very smart & Gilroy grasped that deeply. The various groups of the Alliance do not have the same goals for what comes after the Empire is overthrown but they are all working together 010
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There's some good Star Wars shows aside from Andor, but Andor is the only truly great one that transcends the fictional universe and even its genre to become just good tv fullstop 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026To steal a pun made by someone else (forgotten who) the Disney trilogy is 'STAR wars' in the sense it was about these stars i.e. characters, but the nature of the wars i.e. the politics, was completely absent. 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Yep! Johnson's world building was non-existent or nonsensical but his grasp of character development for Kylo & Rey was just superb 010
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Also the reveal of Rey's parents being nobody... SOOOOO good. Legit one of my fav scenes & Ridley acted the hell out it. 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026who cares about Snoke? I LOVED Kylo unceremoniously killing him as part of his character arc... it was so good! 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I cared about Snoke only insofar as I cared finding out more about the nature of the First Order & galactic politics & the moral themes that could have been articulated by TLJ Rian Johnson completely screwed here (even more than Abrams) in terms of world building, but in terms of characters 110
connorfromohio.bsky.social @connorfromohio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026(who had so much better romantic chemistry w/Boyega's Finn than Rose; given how public Boyega & Isaacs had been about wanting Finn❤️Poe I 100% believe said kiss was just to do a 'not gay'). I LOVE the arcs of Kylo Ren & Rey in TLJ & mostly like what's done w/Luke, but Poe & Finn are so poorly served 110
