Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14mDemocratic candidates forthrightly opposing tariffs. Straight into my veins. 1579
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 10mWell, for a guy like AES, that was by design! 000
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5hHe makes a good point. 260137683134
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialBethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 3hCoping with the news as a public opinion researcher... 14113
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3hfwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher 611979341
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5hjust gonna say that one way you might ingratiate yourself to Texas Dems, as a longtime R donor or functionary who sees which way the wind is blowing, is to bring presents when you come across the aisle 1239039
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 6hit might be 4 if I can find the time (3 hours is asking a lot of my patience) 100
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9hNever forget: www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...theguardian.com'Germs are not a real thing': Fox News host says he hasn't washed hands in 10 yearsPete Hegseth denies existence of germs, saying: ‘I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real’ 1331274
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10hwe will see if they actually go through with this, but if they do, leopards are eating some very highly paid executive faces 1140639
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialIsabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 11hHey, this is that “study” that was previously cancelled after outcry at how monstrously unethical it was. It’s sentencing the poorest kids on earth to die of completely preventable liver cancer for white antivaxxers’ curiosity. How a medical doctor could co-sign this atrocity is beyond me. 115971
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 11hGiven the behavior of the campaign of the owner's spouse, this being tolerated there is unsurprising. 0100
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12hWelp, if you're wondering why The Onion produced a "parody" video saying that the DNC was going to pre-emptively bungle its messaging to lose and the autopsy would be funded by AIPAC, I think we have an answer to that, which is that The Onion is increasingly run by unhinged psychopaths 820723
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 21hSurvivor having a 11/10 episode only to immediately throw away all the stuff thats working next episode is peak Probst, no wonder he's so fucking defensive. 020
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 23hCommunists and fascists United in the important work of allowing fascism to expand 1919338
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23hHorseshoe theory remains undefeated. 2051292
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Final one which just went full unhinged The Clearcut — Critical darling, 80/100, $144M tentpolegame.com/m/yN0v0sEcMYwftentpolegame.comThe Clearcut — Tentpole“Forty years growing. One winter taking it back.” — Darkly comic revenge picture, rated R, dir. Hayao Miyazaki. $144M domestic · 80/100 · Critical darling. A picture made at Tentpole. 000
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And one more The Long Fall Toward Ceres — Critical darling, 80/100, $231M tentpolegame.com/m/eIqnkKdf7qNQtentpolegame.comThe Long Fall Toward Ceres — Tentpole“Ninety minutes to dock. Nine years to wait.” — Space revenge picture, rated R, dir. Richard Linklater. $231M domestic · 80/100 · Critical darling. A picture made at Tentpole. 110
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The GOP base not being able to understand that the "they/them" ad and sports stuff works while surgery ads are just going to repulse is the latest version of how the ads keep getting built up in a DC messaging lab and then explode once their base gets a hold of em cause they can't stay on message 100
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026One of reasons that the whole attmepted rank pulling thing people do about being “protest elders” or “hardcore longtime activists” isn’t something you have to necessarily respect is because at a certain point its clear this shit is just your hobby, like you just like going to protests. 952938
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026At a certain point you gotta be willing to just say these are basically crazy people that nothing you can do will make happy, man. Like I’m sorry but if you’re protesting Mamdani over this people should just ignore you. 28964105
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ok, I’m going to explain a basic fact that some tragically online simpletons on here don’t seem to understand: 939324
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You can be an expert on things you are opposed to. Just because you have knowledge of something and can explain it in detail, it does not necessarily follow that you are a proponent of them 18785100
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialKirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is an all-timer for “Private equity is anything I don’t like” type glonzoism. 2052046
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There's an actual good joke there! But "pandering to Latinos" throws it away because they writer don't think you should have to campaign to different groups differently, that's icky and bad. 190
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You do wonder if there’s like, any trace of doubt that enters your mind if you’re the person writing this and you see Kamala Harris and Barack Obama going to campaign for him 319526
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialMegaweapon @megaweapon5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ron Paul -> Bernie pipeline was real 3534
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialBARO @baro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I've see so many low-info leftist types essentially re-invent right-libertarianism from first principles. I see so much anti-tax stuff especially. Like our taxes are just used to fund genocides mannn so maybe we should just have private schools and charity hospitals. 5985
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is the type of not funny thing the Babylon Bee is infamous for. 010
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025There’s a very simple test for “is this person concerned about Palestinians or an anti-Semite using Palestine as an excuse” and it’s what they were posting on October 7-8. 231135
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Perfect example though of how corrupting tariffs are. Every town & business becomes dependent on little tariff carve outs, meaning that buying influence with Senators becomes mandatory to stay in business. The tariff is the mother of trusts!!! 16811158
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not really that worried re: CBP given that the before/after for the Asylum looophole getting nuked was a huge drop in crossings in 2024. 010
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Here in Texas, Republicans basically aren't even bothering with Spanish-language ads. This sends a negative competence signal to many Latino voters, who are generally English fluent but get the message that Republicans don't care about them. www.texastribune.org/2026/10/02/t... 34718
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026They need to be old enough to understand *who* made this game and what perspective it's coming from (eastern euro post-ussr occupation), so like, a jr/Sr in HS at minimum 010
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The reason Harris and Obama are going to MI is that people not drinking Kool-Aid were able to look at AES underperforming his polls massively and correctly discern there's a major chance he does it again. 040
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh that's why PSN is 80 for 100 at Costco 000
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialcritical slop studies @struthious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026yeah the housing plan does sound like it would make things worse www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comSpain PM calls early election after housing crisis defeatSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government.His party has repeatedly ca... 2223
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 06/10/2026people will ask you to imagine a democrat saying this but no president of either party in american history would have said this 832830
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 05/10/2026S.America is fundamentally a reaction to a refugee crisis caused by a "Communist" government and people are surprised they're lurching right. 060
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Who could have guessed that a left-branded authoritarian regime collapsing, causing a refugee crisis negatively impacting all surrounding countries could be bad for the left in those countries? 020
kirblar024.bsky.social @kirblar024.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My area just had a kid kill themselves slamming into a car that was driving the speed limit in their neighborhood. ATV injuries happen mostly out in the country where parents have given the kids permission and don't involve other people. 000
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialBen McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Apparently some people had issues with Ossoff words here and sorry if get upset you badly need a mental health care action plan 1721823
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17472701507
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 05/10/2026For as much as people scoff when Dem politicians say the country needs a sane GOP, they’re right because you can’t just win every election. Thermostatic opinion is a bitch and you’re going to lose sometimes because of it. The insulation against that is losing to a party that won’t drive off a cliff. 533142
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do think this should put some of the hand-wringing over the uniquely sinful American electorate, uniquely feckless institutions, etc in perspective. The truth is that there is a large trans-national constituency of people who actively want this. They aren’t deceived. They want this. 542519376
Reposted by @kirblar024.bsky.socialNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A recurring controversy in left-wing spaces is "Was Person X being antisemitic or does he just call everyone he's arguing with a 'filthy lapdog of the globo-capitalist elites who should be liquidated along with his spawn'?" and I'm kind of tired of it, to be entirely honest. 961982
