Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 5hThe first time an adult told me to "go back to Africa" I was seven. I was extremely confused because I had lived in the suburban neighborhood she just moved to my whole life. It expanded into one of the only times I ever saw my terminally polite mother read anyone the riot act. 614831
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The real question is, "How much money is enough?" This isn't the beginning of "Juicy." You are not on a street corner figuring out how to feed a child. You are thriving in a viable career. The blood money is unnecessary. So why are you tarnishing your brand? And more importantly, your soul? 1886
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22796533071
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’ve seen reports estimating that the Iran War is costing us $1 billion a day. Over ten years that’s $3.6 trillion. So how about we trade free college for a stupid war? 1329891
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Won't somebody think of the kids?!? 010
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He needs to be prosecuted along with the rest of this regime when the next Dem is in office. 000
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In two years we've gone from a standard where the President's budget proposal was a set of suggestions Congress would ignore to where Congressional appropriations are now a set of suggestions the President ignores. 471284366
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than everhuffpost.comThe African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed HistoryThe museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor. 172333588
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20061872848
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026our problem isn't polarization; it's fascism. I've been saying that for a while. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/our-proble...everythingishorrible.netOur Problem Isn't Polarization. It's Fascism.A new paper makes the case. 39319
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Right, it's not that I disagree that some of the people sentenced to execution are monsters -- many of them are! -- it's that I disagree that we all should be monsters too. 401080146
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 30698042362
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right? 1352999524
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not 592591414
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian" 672353413
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Obviously not a new observation but I think it always bears repeating that this is probably the biggest strength of NYC as a place, and specifically as a place for kids to grow up. The subway is kind of its own third place; not for socializing, but for just existing and taking in the world as it is. 160
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialPolitics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 01/10/2026a political downside of US transportation dominated by personal cars going door to door, is that most middle or upper class Americans avoid ever sharing space with people much poorer than them, except employees. 611420
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026See what happens when you get into the weeds about who is deserving vs. arguing that everyone should eat and have a roof over their head. 817031
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 01/10/20267% and that's on national median home price of $400k too! It's gonna be like half-a-mil in a couple years. It's absurd 🤦🏿♂️ 000
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...newsweek.comMap shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms 8050971009
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ll be on MSNOW for the 10 o’clock hour to share some pivotal news developments about your mom. 68128060
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026let us pray badfaithtimes.com/the-doge-boy...badfaithtimes.comThe DOGE Boys Are Going To PayThere is a real and furious chunk of the electorate demanding accountability for DOGE 49616
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026tfw you decide to pivot after spent months hyping the threat of Hasan Piker and it didn't hurt Democrats' midterm polling. 2445974
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026His entire business model hinges on hoovering up public money and then turning around to use some of that money to promote white supremacy which somehow brings in more public money. 16696179
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/202653 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.youtu.beMayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYCYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office 15078691484
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yup, describes the antebellum south perfectly. That mindset never left, and enough people let them take control of the federal government this time. 010
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ultimately the problem is voters, and non-voters alike, who allow immoral ppl like Reagan/Bush/Trump to take power in the first place Even without police state tech capabilities, fascists always cause human suffering on a mass scale, and people keep electing them! 🤦🏿♂️ 040
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not just impeachable. Impeachment, both pres. and agency heads, is the only option. It's impeachment or nothing. Courts won't stop it. Other tools are impotent. Put them on trial the only way you can. Even if you can't get 2/3, use process as punishment. Make it miserable and costly. It can be done. 13448120
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312883640
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026strongly agreed. fines and criminal penalties should not merely communicate a finger wag but actually change the strategic situation of a would-be white collar criminal 15775155
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is” 303187679
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 29/09/2026Imagine how luck Schmitt is that he doesn’t represent a state that has the Jets, Mets and Nets. He’d never figure out who was doing what. 1063982466
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026GoFundMe was a lot more effective when it was called taxes. 025777
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026 15876581765
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026It turns out you can’t actually base an entire economy on skull measuring 151176181
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026we need to think about how we hold supreme court justices accountable for crimes against humanity. 78723
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialWNBA @wnba.com · 29/09/2026So nice she had to do it twice 🤯 On Sunday, A'ja Wilson became the first player in WNBA history to record 30+ PTS and 15+ REB in multiple Playoff games! She finished Game 1 with 38 PTS & 16 REB tying her postseason Career high in both categories! 2026 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel 07114
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And the sheer fascistic overreach of it must be very seriously purged or the Republican party will be this international crime and Nazi boosting organization for the rest of our lives. Expand the court. Impeach these justices and secretaries, make whole the scores of human beings harmed by them. 2235
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialTop 0.01% of all Todds @toddadam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bought and paid for by the SEC and the racists who don't want to have to pay Black people for their work. 0281
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A good barometer of character is if a person complains about taxes vs just shutting the fuck up about taxes. If the latter, they're fine and normal, if the former, they will likely embrace fascism. 000
mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not fully, MANY working class people think they're temporarily embarrassed millionaires and vote accordingly, and that's the biggest problem we have. If all working class people voted in their economic self-interest, conservative politics wouldn't even sniff power. 130
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026😬 19160548
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83125061893
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'll support AOC whatever she decides to do, but Democrats *need* a serious, unapologetic progressive to run in the presidential primary to pull the field to the left. Without one, we'll have Newsom, Buttigieg and Cory Booker trying to out-centrist each other and it will be a disaster. 1133653
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's amazing how some people dehumanize others simply for choosing a transportation method that doesn't involve a car. They also hate traffic and other drivers, while simultaneously seething with rage at anyone walking, cycling, or proposing we fund better public transit. 1231949
Reposted by @mashedtomatoes.bsky.socialErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/09/2026The worst part about twitter is there are a number of people who think they have to be active there who are left-leaning but have had their brains absolutely cooked by the site. You can't inundate yourself in exposure to that stuff without it having an impact on you. 691815259
