Reposted by percussion rinseAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3hWhen a Dem politician says something unkind about GOP voters, it’s a multiday scandal that becomes an indelible cultural reference. When a republican president says everyone in places that didn’t give him their electoral votes should die in nuclear fire, it’s tuesday. bsky.app/profile/atru... 451675460
Reposted by percussion rinsejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy 1593961508
Reposted by percussion rinseGeoff Bowden @geoffbowden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The first thing a Dem Congress does is pass a resolution saying the President is not immune from any prosecution, and remove it from SC jurisdiction. 855671
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@pianow.bsky.social @mattharmon.bsky.social Watchlist has disappeared from Yahoo fantasy iphone app. still appears in web browser 000
Reposted by percussion rinseDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/09/2026As I said the first time Trump proposed tariffs: this is precisely why he likes them! It makes everyone come to him on bended knee, begging for exemptions. It makes economic survival dependent on his whim. That, not any economic theory, is the whole attraction. Mafia boss thinking. 26993250
Reposted by percussion rinseMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Seems obvious that JD Vance or a close aide is a key anonymous source for this NY Times story. Vance apparently wants NYT to help him create the impression he's blameless in the war. Note that NYT does not say Vance declined comment. Surely he was contacted, considering the story is all about him.nytimes.comBehind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly. 51687200
Reposted by percussion rinseDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026Trump continues to disperse disaster recovery funds based on how states vote, which for any other president or public official, in any other time, in any other country, in any other context would be a morally horrific scandal that would dominate headlines for months.subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: Trump rejects disaster appeals by four Democratic governorsNew York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will have to pay the entire cost of recovery from a major February snowstorm. 651412606
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 02/09/2026its not like LeFleur is Shannahan either thats for sure. 110
Reposted by percussion rinseAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us. 811136893347
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 24/08/2026this guy got 2X of any American politician clutching pearls about decorum under fascist occupation 000
Reposted by percussion rinseAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...nytimes.comTrump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a CriticIt was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment. 431324488
Reposted by percussion rinseJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I see we are continuing the majority's pattern of "SCOTUS nominally defers judgement in a way that, for every practical purpose, gives Trump what he wants." 15900187
Reposted by percussion rinseMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The problem with Woke 1 was its lack of proportionality. That's why everyone who tweeted about how racism is bad should be sent to the Hague. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o... 1142350215
Reposted by percussion rinseNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The U.S. president frequently threatening to bomb various countries—adversaries, partners, whatever—is bad. The fact that they react with “sure, buddy, whatever” is bad. Throwing away international credibility to posture for a domestic audience and assuage the president’s feelings of inadequacy. 27764155
Reposted by percussion rinseBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Immediate grounds for impeachment and removal under any previous modern president. Six million people live in Colorado. 372173652
Reposted by percussion rinseAndrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 13/08/2026This will reduce potential sortie capacity something like 40% and put unexpected cycling strain on reactors which were not designed for it. Basically indistinguishable from literal sabotage, if you care about such things as readiness or reliability or lethality or whatever 982116627
Reposted by percussion rinseWulftrax @wulftrax.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Quick reminder that the U.S. Department of Defense has failed seven financial audits. 18655222
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 12/08/2026has there ever been a more nutless institution? 180
Reposted by percussion rinsedell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026the fact that a billionaire can randomly throw $100,000,000 into a campaign against taxing the rich seems like the best argument yet they can afford it 2848081287
Reposted by percussion rinseDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Incredible that the center-left habitually chides progressives for forgetting the "ancient wisdom" of politics and then watches as they're beaten by the most basic organizing: campaigning in public, finding volunteers, canvassing. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...nytimes.comThe Campaign Tactics Helping Progressives Win Primaries Ahead of the 2026 MidtermsProgressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed. 30705125
Reposted by percussion rinseDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective. 1455038928
Reposted by percussion rinseThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/08/2026Interior officials have been spotted routinely shredding documents and using disappearing Signal messages, in clear violation of the Federal Records Act. trib.al/C3ehaQvtrib.alInterior Dept. Officials Are “Terrified” of Leaving Written RecordThree staffers say they regularly witness Interior officials shredding documents and using disappearing Signal messages. 33395253
Reposted by percussion rinseQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026People are criticizing me unfairly, such as for my actions and their inevitable consequences 2243913577
Reposted by percussion rinseMelissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is a batshit response to attacking candidates who are winning primaries and elections, when the other side is fascists. If you think you have more to lose from lefty candidates winning office than MAGA's continued destruction, no one should take you seriously. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...nytimes.comModerate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant LeftOne moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism. 1111292312
Reposted by percussion rinseSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace. 682216837246
Reposted by percussion rinseJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/08/20261. A new Popular Information investigation reveals that Senate Republicans have recently launched at least six fake news sites in key states. 4615881011
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 06/08/2026JD Vance is a moral stain on the country and is unfit to hold public office 2102
Reposted by percussion rinsePeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy 1486567703
Reposted by percussion rinseredstateprof.bsky.social @redstateprof.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Let's all sit with the fact that the president wants to jail some random person who is self-evidently innocent. It's not surprising, but it's amazing that much of the media is almost completely disinterested in this fact. 922369
Reposted by percussion rinseNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It’s a direct attack on rule of law from the highest levels, aimed at permanently ending US Constitutional democracy and imposing a dictatorship. Always has been. Anyone who tries treating it as something else—as if they’re dealing with mistaken impressions rather than lies—gets egg on their face. 10380123
Reposted by percussion rinseAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026We’re starving millions of Americans so musk and bezos can get tax cuts and trump can collect bribes www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe Coming Food-Stamp CrisisA looming deadline may force some states to end SNAP next year. 361888759
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 31/07/2026you’d be clutching your decorum pearls from a labor camp if Vance had his way 01714
Reposted by percussion rinseBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...nytimes.com‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead. 22182742839
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Shams is an even bigger agent PR machine than Woj was. 030
Reposted by percussion rinseMy Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Bennie Moreno is making a scene so the SEOs pick this up instead of the fact he did absolutely nothing against his former son in law that burned his daughter with scalding hot water and likely broke his two year old granddaughters collarbone 12699210
Reposted by percussion rinseSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here. 1014151955
percussion rinse @mcdeconstruction.bsky.social · 24/07/2026got 1 in Section 112, Row 18 if you like 100
Reposted by percussion rinseJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Something I talked about repeatedly in 2024: 20 million people, to say nothing of 30, would be the largest forced population transfer in human history, larger any of the three post-WW2 transfers (partition of India, expulsion of Germans, partition of Palestine) or the post-WW1 Balkan cases. 121001367