Reposted by KyleAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 30/09/2025one can (and probably should) fault Clintonian/Blairite "triangulation," but "if we do this, the left will yell at us" was part of the strategy! if the left yelling at you is bad then it is a bad strategy! 3958 0
Reposted by KyleRagnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Folk in Pennsylvania voted for John Fetterman because they thought he was a progressive and found out he was just Kyrsten Sinema in a funky hoodie and unwashed basketball shorts. 50666165 0
Reposted by KyleBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal. The Democratic alternative CR had language that would address this, but the White House came out strongly against. 13794274 0
Reposted by KyleRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Hundreds of generals and admirals had to fly in from all over the world so Pete Kegseth can live out his Patton fantasies. 46455911392 0
Reposted by KyleAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2025"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you. 10454921119 0
Reposted by KyleKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I do not want the video. I will never watch the video. I usually won’t even give the video the effort of complaint. I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too. 461472248 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Why? I dunno Maureen, maybe living under a fascist bootheel isn't so bad after all. Looks like there's a decent chance we're all going to find out thanks to you and yours Two-party system math isn't hard, and it's not brainwashing. Not voting against the fascist is the same as supporting them 2410 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Another leftist who wants fascism I mean, understanding how voting works in our shitty two-party system isn't hard 4221 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kidmedia.tenor.coma man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is standing in front of a field .ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is standing in front of a field . 010 0
Reposted by KyleMachine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money. 19997082026 0
Reposted by KyleAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2025Trump leaked this story because he wants to you hear it. Let’s be clear :: Trump wants you to blame a shutdown for shit he is planning to do anyhow. If dems cave and fund him, he will STILL wield executive power and slash government programs. He HAS BEEN doing that with the government open. 32868882658 0
Reposted by KyleNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2025The woke left is alienating edgy young comics like Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld 321220119 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Excellent example of a leftist strawman argument You didn't "fail" the politician, you failed your country and your fellow citizens by not voting for the candidate most likely to overcome a fascist in a two-party system 000 0
Reposted by KyleJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are being arrested based on ‘how they look’chicago.suntimes.comFeds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio... 80758093190 0
Reposted by KyleJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Imagine George W Bush causing 5k dead US soldiers 1 million dead Iraqis an occupation w/no WMDs a global recession Wall St meltdown derivatives & housing market crash blow off a hurricane crash economy while enriching millionaires... ...and he's still not the worst POTUS of the 21st Century. 381050249 0
Reposted by KyleAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 28/09/2025There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor. 3529441012 0
Reposted by KyleA Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 29/09/2025EVERY time since Columbine that people have been slaughtered at school, house of worship, theater, etc. we have been screeched at by 2nd amendment freaks about the right to protect against tyranny. Where are they now? OH they’re masked in camo *checks notes* DOING ALL THE TYRANNY. #AbolishICE 21862297 0
Reposted by KylePeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard. 338120932651 0
Reposted by KyleThom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 29/09/2025Impeachment isn’t just a political strategy; it’s the last defense of our Constitution. Republicans must act now, decisively and unapologetically. If they do, they may yet save America and themselves… hartmannreport.com/p/impeach-or...hartmannreport.comImpeach or Perish: Why Republicans Must Choose Between Trump and the ConstitutionImpeachment isn’t just a political strategy; it’s the last defense of our Constitution. Republicans must act now, decisively and unapologetically. If they do, they may yet save America and themselves… 2420397 0
Reposted by KyleAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 29/09/2025It seems that none of the Advanced Politics Knowers can explain why Sir is unpopular and they don't seem interested in talking to anyone who can. 515919 0
Reposted by KyleNissim @nissimss.bsky.social · 28/09/2025The government’s projection of a violent left is a perfect mirror of what they want to inflict themselves—organized violence. 1178 0
Reposted by Kylejohnny deformed @bizzo.bsky.social · 28/09/2025i thought medbed stepped down for putin to run again 0261 0
Reposted by KyleMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2025I promise to stop comparing MAGA to Nazis as soon as MAGA stops acting like Nazis. 20504117 0
Reposted by KyleIndivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 28/09/2025❗️ WE DEMAND THE RELEASE OF JOURNALIST STEVE HELD. Federal agents detained Chicago journalist Steve Held of the independent press platform Unraveled @unraveledpress.com on Saturday, Sept. 27, while he was reporting on the ongoing protests outside the ICE Processing Facility at Broadview, IL. (1/3) 117784 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 28/09/20251/ I get why people are annoyed with Minority Leader Jeffries, but until the time comes that Speaker Johnson's caucus fractures and he comes crawling to Jeffries for votes, Jeffries has no power. 100 0
Reposted by KylePatrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 28/09/2025New Dem leadership. Churchill, not Chamberlain. 1724251 0
Reposted by KyleScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 27/09/2025“Stance on children’s health“ like, he’s against it? 3366 0
Reposted by KyleJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2025For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible. 20456081519 0
Reposted by KyleMatthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 27/09/2025# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions 15365992522 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025@durbin.senate.gov, will you be a #quisling or will you and @schumer.senate.gov actually stand up to the Trump regime and refuse to vote for cloture until your reasonable demands are met? 000 0
Reposted by KyleJared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Broadview’s mayor decried the “relentless deployment of tear gas, pepper spray, mace, and rubber bullets” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents against protesters outside a suburban processing facility.news.wttw.comBroadview Mayor Calls on ICE to Stop ‘Making War’ After Using Tear Gas, Rubber Ammo Against ProtestersMayor Katrina Thompson in a letter to the ICE Field Office Director Russell Hott on Friday claimed ICE’s response to protesters exercising their First Amendment rights outside the Broadview facility i... 47732 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025While Portland is correct to organize and prepare, I will believe that Trump is sending troops there when they actually arrive. So much of the shit Trump says is a trial balloon. Shoot it down like @govpritzker.illinois.gov and Mayor Brandon Johnson did and Trump will turn his stupidity elsewhere 000 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I am disappointed by this compromise. The bungalow belt is part of the problemblockclubchicago.orgNew Coach Houses, Basement Units To Be Allowed Citywide — With Restrictions In Single-Family AreasThe City Council passed a compromise plan to allow the construction of additional dwelling units citywide. The units will still be banned in certain districts unless individual alderpeople opt in. 010 0
Reposted by KyleForbes @forbes.com · 25/09/2025In previous shutdown negotiations, right-wing Republicans have threatened to allow the government to shut down.forbes.comDemocrats Could Benefit From A Government Shutdown—Here’s WhyIn previous shutdown negotiations, right-wing Republicans have threatened to allow the government to shut down. 54359110 0
Reposted by KyleNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This chart just blows my mind. 421821366 0
Reposted by Kylesuzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I am so old that I remember when the federal government backed up farmers due to bad weather destroying crops, not because a stupid president destroyed their sales contracts. 519151 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025@durbin.senate.gov, don't be a #Quisling - stand up to the administration this time and refuse to allow cloture on the CR without significant concessions 010 0
Reposted by KyleBenny @bennydiego.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This cartoon is spot on. @bagleycartoons.bsky.social 12713 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The "male loneliness epidemic" has the same causes as the "economic insecurity" that prompted support for Trump in 2016: 40+ years of the effects of Reaganomics hitting average people, who then direct their rage not at the actual causes but against the same old targets: women and minorities 062 0
Reposted by KyleHouse Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Instead of working with Democrats on a bipartisan spending bill, House Republicans have left town. Government funding runs out in just FIVE days. If the government shuts down, it will be on Republicans. 4016764 0
Reposted by KyleHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 26/09/2025For you kids who don’t remember Scooter Libby, here’s a fun exercise: read Lindsey Halligan’s bio and then read this one for Patrick Fitzgerald, who will be defending Comey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick...en.wikipedia.orgPatrick Fitzgerald - Wikipedia 44719220 0
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Those who tout Obama's Nobel Peace Prize forget/ignore the fact that he basically got it for not being Dubya. If Trump manages not to die of a stroke or heart attack before his term ends, his Democratic successor will likely get the same treatment 000 0
Reposted by KyleJoyousPanther @joyouspanther.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Left: Wow. We need gun reform. Right: Wow. We need to put the left in concentration camps. Media: Ok. It's time for the the left to bring down the political temperature here. Enough is enough. 642985856 0
Reposted by KyleAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2025You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans. 575191175828 0
Reposted by Kyledonoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 24/09/2025i feel like this problem could be avoided if the railroads didn't have a business model that required 200-car, 2.5-mile-long trains full of imported TVs and washing machines to idle in unsecured sidings for hours on end while waiting for other traffic to clear 435452 0
Reposted by KyleAtrios @eschatonblog.com · 24/09/2025"What if... hear me out.. we COULD split the baby?" - dems on various civil rights issues for 30 years 17638127 0