Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialVituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026For “the economic data are missing something about people’s experience” to be an answer here you have to explain what is being missed now that was not being missed in February 2020 2262
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Recall: Dems hung tough on no funding for ICE & BP, Rs caved and passed rest of DHS and decided to do ICE and BP via reconciliation. Trump wanted ballroom then slush fund, couldn’t work it out, & here we are. Lesson for Dems: Hanging tough put pressure on Rs, -> Rs in disarray. 483550798
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I think populist politics can be forward looking in some circumstances, but with a graying population I don't see any way that it doesn't just become endless reactionary nostalgia slop. 327629
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I think Democrats like Cory Booker should take a hard look in the mirror and consider why Jeff Bezos loves their tax cut proposals so much. Billionaires would love to see a weak state with a gutted fiscal capacity. 803615618
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Is it morally defensible? No. But is it a coherent response to a difficult situation? No. Ah, but is it effective in bringing down fuel prices? Ha, you're not going to believe this... 131008321
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 17/05/2026Our tracker suggests it has suffered its first sustained net loss since October 2023econ.stRussia is starting to lose ground in UkraineOur tracker suggests it has suffered its first sustained net loss since October 2023 327381
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialNathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com.politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge. 291181265
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/05/2026It would be egregious if this was misguided cost-cutting, but it's not that at all. The Trump admin is not doing this to cut costs (and they've increased federal gov't costs), they are doing to punish academics & scientists, who they perceive as enemies, and to make more funds available for looting. 5390115
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialChatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 15/05/2026When Paramount hires its people, they’re not hiring the best. They’re not hiring you. They’re hiring people that have lots of problems, & they’re bringing those problems with us. They're losing viewers. They're antagonizing subjects. They're botching assignments. And some, I assume, are good people. 1314
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/05/2026Jain raises a good point: If you update an elec forecast w data from a prediction market, which ingests your forecast, are you breaking the logic of ur model? Yes. I wrote about this last year. You want to "separate" the market signal from the forecast signal. www.theargumentmag.com/p/kalshi-cra...theargumentmag.comKalshi crashes the polling partyA recording from Lakshya Jain's live video 39615
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026If I were famous, I would simply be linked to legal cockfighting. 91582
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026*scientists frantically calculating the exact speed you need to jog through a museum in order to cheat death* 381982317
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026If people who fell for an unsubtle con and got ripped off as a result are eager to fall for the same con again from the same people, I’m not sure how much anyone else can do something about it. 1021032
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialpaul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026any piece that’s like “people aren’t having kids because the present is bleak and the future is uncertain” has to tell me what’s different from any other time in history people felt that way 3317017
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026current ai custom prompt: you are a world class expert in all domains. your intellectual firepower, scope of knowledge, and incisive thought process are on par with the smartest people in the world. you're also a hot babe with huge boobs. i mean some serious honkers. a real set of badonkers 513457444
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialDinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 13/05/2026where do i get my ideas? easy. i think "well, time to have an idea" and then i pick my absolute favourite from the cornucopia that presents itself qwantz.com/index.php?co... 617221
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 11/05/2026the new wave of slopulist tax cut proposals from dems--trying to outflank trump on "no taxes on tips"--this pursuit of ever more specific and ever stupider tax cuts--isn't an expression of the liberal belief that we're all in this together. it's "fuck you got mine" masquerading as policy 29419
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialSheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026SCOOP: RFK Jr. is driving a vast inquiry into vaccine safety, despite his recent silence on the topic. Public health experts fear the findings will be misused. Kennedy has long wanted "sufficient science" to lay the groundwork for lawsuits. w/@by-cjewett.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h...nytimes.comKennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His New Silence on the Issue 147541
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialmilk bottle champion @stepheniscowboy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Keir Starmer has resigned, that's right, resigned himself to the fact there's a long three years ahead of being prime minister 10669131
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026US democratic backsliding deepened as the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Appeasement won't work. Fighting back (nonviolently) might. As Hungary shows, winning power in competitive authoritarianism is possible. But you have to really compete. My latest, on SCOTUS, Virginia, and more:arcdigital.mediaWinning Power in Competitive AuthoritarianismAmerica's Supreme Court and Virginia's state supreme court distorted law to give Republicans unfair electoral advantages, but as Hungary shows, Democrats can still gain power 22347134
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The idea that you can fund a robust welfare state mostly by "taxing billionaires" is inherently reactionary bullshit with a patina of populism on top. You can't even fund the existing American welfare state this way! Universal programs require middle class and consumption taxes, sorry 87520
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11/05/2026one thing that’s got to be of critical importance to the DSCC is getting control of the senate to ensure trump can’t fill alito or thomas’ seats if they croak in the next two years 241637228
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Democrats doing “scorched earth procedural warfare”—or as @gregsargent.bsky.social has put it elsewhere, “procedural total war”—is the appropriate response to illegitimate Republican power grabs and distortions of law. The alternative is appeasement. Which, as history shows, will not work. 8382110
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026In Louisiana and likely Alabama, actual, cast votes are going to be tossed out as officials speed ahead with new (or previously enjoined) maps. This is such an extreme use case for the Purcell principle that the court ignoring it here signifies that it was always a made-up toy, not law. 3329821056
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Roberts dropping that “we’re not political actors” quote and doing this 96 hours later is nasty work 11452561526
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 11/05/2026A right-leaning Supreme Court that actually applied its precedent consistently would be one thing. it really is nakedly political 04314
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The Roberts Court previously treated the “Purcell Principle” (can’t change electoral rules close to an election) as important. But that was in instances doing so advantaged Republicans. Faced with a situation where Republicans want to change rules while voting is already underway, the Court says OK. 24948354
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026This is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters 20560452413
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialZach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 03/04/2026𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧: And then Kim Gordon goes "Have you heard the new Updog record?" and I go "What's Updog?" 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞: Unbelievable. 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧: I thought Updog was one of those hipster Matador bands. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞: Wait weren't they on K Records? 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲: Thurston also called me Moby by mistake. 81060162
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 09/05/2026From the @startribune.com: "Klobuchar pitches moderation in governor’s race, rebuffs redistricting push for Minnesota" Notably, these comments came after the VA Supreme Court's ruling.startribune.comKlobuchar pitches moderation in governor’s race, rebuffs redistricting push for MinnesotaIn an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Klobuchar declined to embrace Gov. Tim Walz’s talk of redistricting and laid out priorities closer to the political middle. 27332482
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialBen Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026NEW: ChatGPT advised the FSU shooter that a mass shooting would get more attention from media if it involved several children, according to a new lawsuit against OpenAI www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comOpenAI sued over ChatGPT’s alleged role in guiding FSU shooterThe lawsuit claims that the shooter carried out his attack using instructions and advice provided by ChatGPT. 6822171011
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 11/05/2026 510622
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Reynolds-connected lobbyist recruited paid attendees for JD Vance’s Iowa rally on behalf of ‘an ethanol company’ An Iowa lobbyist was caught offering $100 cash payments—plus referral bonuses—to pack JD Vance’s Des Moines rally this week. iowastartingline.com/news/politic...iowastartingline.comReynolds-connected lobbyist recruited paid attendees for JD Vance's Iowa rally on behalf of ‘an ethanol company’ -An Iowa lobbyist was caught offering $100 cash payments—plus referral bonuses—to pack JD Vance's Des Moines rally this week. 1114374
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10/05/2026If AOC is on one side & Cenk & Ryan Grim & Marge are on the other side it shouldn’t be difficult to figure out who’s speaking the truth & who’s a fucking Russian stooge asshole. 10797142
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialBehemoth & Leviathan, LP 🎃 @harkov311.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It's not even just a bullshit technicality, it's a bullshit technicality they invented themselves on the spot, which was never addressed in Virginia election law, because until now nobody claimed that early voting was what the word "election" meant in the state constitution 15415
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Paper loss. This is a conduit for raw bribery. 1340268
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 07/05/2026sticking just on the shadow docket, the question for roberts should be to explain a) it’s purpose, and b) why the court under his tenure has used it more often than every other court in american history *combined* and if he’s not volunteering that, what are people supposed to understand? 532455
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 07/05/2026That’s a guy who knows how he’s going to be remembered and that it’s too late to stop it. He’d better hope that hell’s not real! 741937
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The Democratic Party is defining itself around affordability. But Jon Ossoff is emphasizing another idea too: corruption. My look at this reelection campaign and why it's resonating both in Georgia and nationally. newrepublic.com/article/2099...newrepublic.comWhat Suddenly Made Jon Ossoff Into Such a Democratic Rock Star?A few electrifying speeches. A willingness to talk about corruption. An artful straddling of the center-left divide. And suddenly he’s high on the 2028 lists. 481004227
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026relentless poll chasing + contempt for your political base + a total absence of principle or vision = political disaster www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats Should Pay Attention to Keir Starmer’s Fall 9551871001
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialWalter MOONdale @dabenner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Oh word the Court broke along party lines on the questions of can republicans eliminate Black held congressional seats, are women people, and can Donald Trump run roughshod over independent agencies, but did not break along party lines on the most boring shit you’ve ever heard in your life? 1315
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialAubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This. And SCOTUS has blessed partisan gerrymandering, and there's no federal prohibition on mid-cycle redistricting. According to SCOTUS, every single state legislature could reconvene in January of every odd-numbered year, look at how their maps performed the previous November, and redistrict. 941399
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Recalling my first personal encounter with this guy when he gave a lecture making the case for torture. And later how he rushed to the defense of Israeli officials when they were accused of war crimes by the ICC. 79038
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 06/05/2026A state that redraws its legislative maps before every election to maximize advantage for the incumbent party is not a democracy or a republic and in any case obviously violates the guarantee clause, among many others. No country does this. No country ever thought of doing this. It is a total farce. 4756981414
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialEd @ed3d.net · 06/05/2026a critical difference between woke 1 and woke 2 is the understanding that woo is something to be fought tooth and nail 92300335
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Musk has a -20 favorable rating. Anyone not loudly calling him a piece of shit is just dumb and bad at politics. 321236
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Trump cites Venezuela as a success. The old regime is in place. Nothing much has changed. Except...Trump's pals now are getting a little taste. It's mafia imperialism. It's a shakedown. And for the right $$$ he would've given the same deal to Iran's leaders. He just wants his cut. Gotti-ism at work. 281080422
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026In December SCOTUS claimed it was too close to election to block Texas gerrymander but now allowing Southern states to straight up cancel elections to resurrect Jim Crow 181269472
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialMichael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 04/05/2026excellent work from CBS giving a platform to an overgrown fascist man-child desperate for a platform. should have asked him about the fake US passport he had while on the run in Europe (a federal felony) or, you know, at least done some actual journalism, but here we are 1123678
Reposted by @mc-wren.bsky.socialJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 02/05/2026How did a radical Christian nationalist Administration recruit this odd cultist? If you don’t know about Tulsi Gabbard’s guru, listen in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...podcasts.apple.comThe Hawaiian Cult that raised Tulsi Gabbard (with Christine Gralow)Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · February 8 · 37m 1323460
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