James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025For the 4th of July maybe watch some classic feel-good but still relevant and timely movies from back in the good old days that focus on the core values of our Republic ? I'm thinking "Soylent Green" and the original Carradine "Death Race 2000," then maybe "Rollerball." 088
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I'm not a Trump fan, but I think we need to be clear here. Musk is mad at him for not screwing average Americans over ENOUGH in favor of billionaires. It's two crocs arguging, and Musk is the croc that wants to eat us completely not just rip off our legs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump and Musk’s feud blows up again with threats of Doge and deportationReignited quarrel centers around Musk’s opposition to the president’s signature tax bill as it moves through Congress 241
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025“I think the world needs many more young angry women, to be honest,” said Thunberg. “Especially with everything going on right now. That’s the thing we need the most of.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.com‘We did nothing wrong’: Greta Thunberg accuses Israel of kidnapping yacht crewSwedish activist says ‘12 peaceful volunteers’ did not break laws during attempt to bring symbolic aid shipment to Gaza 040
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comLos Angeles responds with roaring backlash to Trump’s dramatic escalationThe president vowed to crush opposition to his immigration raids – but his attempted show of force may have awoken something else 040
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comStop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David KirpUS institutions have been doing Trump’s bidding before he even comes after them. Here’s the counterstrategy 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 08/06/20252) I'm not young and I feel like the average level of sensibility in the DNC is twenty years older than ME! Until the DNC recognizes it's not an incumbency protecting machine, my money will go to people creating change. 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 08/06/20251) I've been donating to Sanders and AOC. I'll donate to the party again when we don't hear Ken Martin sniveling in public about credibility and recognize that David Hogg represents the future and that we SHOULD be primary testing our tired, over-the-hill, candidates. #democrats #dnc 110
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/06... Good. Democrats need new Leadership. Full Stop.politico.comKen Martin privately expressed doubt about ability to lead DNC, blaming David HoggMartin expressed frustration and self-doubt in an internal meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025www.bbc.com/news/live/cv... "Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know?" Yes there haven't been any shootings, yet...but there's no question of the intent in this case.bbc.comLos Angeles protests live: First troops arrive in LA after Trump signs order to send 2,000 National GuardsmenCalifornia officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, have described the move as 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUruguay's José Mujica, world's 'poorest president', diesThe former guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 earned his nickname because of his modest lifestyle. 050
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025“I will not yield because it was a terribly disrespectful comment, and I will not yield to disrespectful men,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 030
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Glad to see from this morning's email that the big boys are getting traction on their efforts to keep everyone well prepared in our changing work environment. 150
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025When we present on this "calm" and "silence" are things that come up a lot in terms of what underlying yearnings drive fantasies along these lines, particularly for people who are never entirely at peace. To be fair, that kind of captures the original beating heart of the "goth" aesthetic as well. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I was taught to have great respect for people who pay their debts and don't renege on bets. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I haven't gotten into town in a while, but I suspect the current crowd are a real class act...not necessarily related but I can't help thinking it increases the odds of running into somebody with such a sophisticated standard of conduct. 110
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Growing up or even living for long in the Washington DC Metro area leaves one with a permanent disadvantage in communicating what is "realistic" in terms of outcome and consequence to people who live elsewhere on the planet. I try to be fashionable and refer to it as "being jaded." 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025"I've got a little list - I've got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground Who never would be missed...." 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025On point terrifying dystopian novels aren't selling like hotcakes these days...just my personal experience. I think most people assume ours is about "the bad things that have already happened" not "the much worse things that are coming." 030
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 21/04/2025They were pretty upset to learn that Doug Neidermeyer was dead, and also fictional, but are looking for someone with similar professional qualifications. 110
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025I've never met a person who used "alpha" to describe people, particularly themselves, who wasn't some variety of asshole. Also the Venn diagram overlap of people who use that term aggressively and people who don't know where it comes from, is very large. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I'm convinced that much of the power of J. R. R. Tolkien's writing is that his Catholic repression combined with Merton College compelled a great deal more psychosexuality into his work than is generally credited. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 16/04/2025If you don't know how hard the DNC has made it for primary challengers...they have. And it explains a lot about having geriatric leadership that lost to Trump. abcnews.go.com/Politics/dav...abcnews.go.comDavid Hogg-run group announces $20M initiative to support primary challengers to House DemocratsLeaders We Deserve, a group led by David Hogg, announced it will spend $20 million to help younger candidates and primary challengers to House Democrats 141
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/04... “The people are sending Democrats a message about the direction they would like to see,” Sanders adviser Faiz Shakir said in a post on X.politico.comOcasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million in 3 months, smashing her own recordIt’s a massive haul for the progressive lawmaker who has been barnstorming the country with Bernie Sanders. 021
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/04... “They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” If you wanted to make sure the US lost its edge in international conflicts, there would be no better way to go about it. 120
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025TL:DR - War with Iran - "the Wall Street Journal editorial board, possessed by the Trump frenemy Rupert Murdoch (who is also pushing war with Iran behind the scenes, one prominent Trump interlocutor told me recently). "- Curt Mills editor of the Am. Conservative. www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comThe 2028 Republican Primary Will Be Over Economic NationalismTed Cruz fired the first broadside over Trump’s tariffs. But he’s not alone in positioning himself for the next GOP nomination fight. 020
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025In Today's good-ish news. People are learning that "eating faces" was not a metaphor. I mean it is regrettable more people don't care about the threat to send American Citizens to concentration camps in other countries, but you know a pfennig is a pfennig. www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...cnn.com‘Political poison’: Enten explains why independent voters are turning on Trump | CNN PoliticsCNN’s Harry Enten says that President Donald Trump has lost the approval of many independent voters in the United States because of his economic agenda. 044
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Just a reminder this is happening! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comBernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: ‘We can’t just let this happen’US Vermont senator’s tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes has been drawing record-breaking crowds since February 061
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 13/04/2025We've always had the "Bunny Dip" and "Bunny Perch," but I think I like the "Bunny Crouch" even better. Always being since 1960, and my history books don't go back beyond that. 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 11/04/2025...not that it's surprising they just make shit up. But this probably isn't *new* www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comBritish man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government documentA tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of Tren de Aragua, a notorious Venezuelan gang, despite the man having no connection to th... 130
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I don't have anything to add but this is the truest thing I have read this week. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025"The Republican anxiety comes in the wake of a landslide defeat in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and double-digit underperformance in two Florida special elections." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...politico.comRepublicans are increasingly anxious about a midterms wipeoutAcross the party, there's a push to refocus on economic issues even as some worry the president's tariffs could cause short-term harm. 162
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025HMS Bouncy Castle ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-to-i... best of yesterday's crop. Does anyone remember the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadno... ? - inappropriate today, but historically interesting.ukdefencejournal.org.uk 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025And on the heels of a win in Wisconsin, in two solidly GOP districts "Democrats can nonetheless boast of outperforming expectations, having cut the GOP's margin of victory in both districts roughly in half from 2024." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comLive: Liberal wins Wisconsin supreme court race, GOP holds Florida congressional seatsLiberal judge Susan Crawford won Wisconsin's state Supreme Court race, while Republicans held two Florida congressional seats in Tuesday's election. 041
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Breathing a little easier now.... www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/p...cnn.comLiberals will win majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, CNN projects | CNN PoliticsDemocratic-backed candidate Susan Crawford will win Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, CNN projects, maintaining the liberal majority on the court in a key battleground state less than three months into ... 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Shock and failure to understand that Sanders and AOC are about creating a movement, not just figuring out who will claim an empty title. Legitimate politics looks weird today, even on the Democrat side. #AOC #progressive #Democrats www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comThe problem for the Bernie Sanders movement is what happens when he’s goneSanders isn’t interested in running for president again. It isn’t clear if Ocasio-Cortez wants to, either. 130
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I think The Atlantic standing their ground fits my "good news" criteria! www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comThe country’s most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.The president has used a strongman playbook to bring universities, news organizations and law firms to heel. That didn’t work on The Atlantic. 010
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The lesson of Harris isn't "be more milquetoast." People NEED TO BELIEVE. They will come. "And what if you track down these men and kill them? What if you murdered all of us? From every corner of Europe, hundreds, thousands would rise to take our places...Even Nazis can't kill that fast." 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025In the mid-2000s, Obama turned the GOP into a powerhouse. But it didn't happen overnight. The Left is coming. Swing voters aren't "turned off" by the left. They're "turned off" by a party that tells them nothing is wrong and seems out of touch. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comWhat the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really aboutThe two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era. 110
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025While Democratic stars...are advocating a tactical retreat...Mamdani showed up...supporting medical care for trans New Yorkers. " Instead, he’s advocating a 'yes-and' version of leftist politics: Yes, maintain progressive principles on social issues — and emphasize an economics-first message." 000
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I think most of us want to know someone is proud of us. It is de rigueur to feign absolute indifference. Praise is good, but sometimes it's just socially expected. "Thank you for the ___." What blows a man away is knowing a girl looks up to him. Figuratively or literally. Preferably both. 120
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Trying to keep up with posting "good" news. Not irrelevant stuff but...not just a rehash of the last stupid thing the administration did. This is interesting and promising: www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comThe Democrats Are Losing the Social Media Wars. This Young Socialist Is Changing That.Zohran Mamdani may not win his election, but he could offer a strategy to the left. 161
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I've been busy lately and not posting much the past week or so. The process of political recovery and retrenchment is slow and painful. But we're starting to see movement. It does not mean just letting the same people make the same mistakes. Watch the Primaries. www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.comWe Dug Into the Polls. Democrats in Congress Should Be Very Afraid.Democratic voters are even angrier than you think. 062
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025If I had a guess, you're a lot smarter than most of the people around you. Also funnier. You know who Audrey Hepburn even was. I suspect those things produce a combination that is intimidating to some people. Likely people it should be intimidating to, but would never admit it, even to themslves. 110
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I really can't improve on Drew Magary so I'm not going to try. Read this. "I know that this is vitriol no-solution spleen venting but I feel better having screamed don't you?" www.sfgate.com/politics/art...sfgate.comHey Democrats, wake the f—k upThe Democrats have neither the ability nor the will to fight back against President Donald Trump, SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes. 021
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025"And in the works of some of the greatest and most disturbing writers of the 19th century, we get a glimpse of what that dark side looks like: something at once more profound – and more diabolical – than [polemicist and Reverend -ed] Crane could have imagined." aeon.co/essays/how-b...aeon.coHow books can sap the soul and poison readers with ideas | Aeon EssaysWhat’s more wholesome than reading? Yet books wield a dangerous power: the best erode self, infecting readers with ideas 231
James Gordon @jamesgordon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Continuing on the trend that there is plenty of bad news and plenty of people reposting it, trying to share some good things. Ras Baraka seems like somebody to watch. Maybe more than Wes Moore. And he's doing well. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...politico.comA proudly progressive mayor running for NJ governor could be getting an unlikely boost from TrumpNewark’s Ras Baraka is taking on the Trump administration, polling well and seeing enthusiasm with Democrats. 040
Reposted by James GordonStory Cemetery @story-cemetery.bsky.social · 10/03/2025#writing I feel like one of the worst things for a writer: is to be understood. 121