mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Kamala should campaign with Troy Jackson. She won Maine in 2024, and Troy can win this year with only Kamala's voters. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/09/2026With East of Eden, Lonesome Dove, and 1000 Years of Solitude adaptations, Netflix seems to be betting on a growing interest in classical literature. 011
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 29/08/2026From 2022 to 2024, there were people on the far right and far left who said we could have easy peace with Russia if we were mean to Ukraine and cut aid. Trump did that, and the war is still going on. Will anyone admit they were wrong? , 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is a partisan resist lib answer, but tech companies messed up being so pro-Trump post him winning in 2024 at best it was 50/50 and as he has gotten more unpopular they have gotten more unpopular. 010
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In possibly the fastest shift in public opinion I've ever seen, local data center approval went from -5 to -65 in less than a year heatmap.news/daily/data-c... 19086572344
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I think there are two things AI companies can do to make themselves more liked. Show that AI can give people a shorter workweek for the same pay, or give people who live near large data centers an Alaska oil-style check once in a while, a share of economic growth. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Dems need to work on two messaging things. They need to get it in people's heads that Republican presidents are bad for the economy and that crime is lower now than it was in the 80s and 90s. So much nonsense is caused by people who don't believe these things. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It is kind of amazing how strong Spider-Man is as a franchise. The character has had multiple hit movies in three decades now, not even including successful games and t.v. shows. 080
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I am glad they don't have British accents in Nolan's The Odyssey. I don't like how that seems to be the default accent in any fantasy setting. 020
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Dems running for Congress should promise to never bail out AI companies. 000
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialMel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98! 1054303663597
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I see the right complaining about the Supreme Court when they lose, maybe Democrats should play reverse psychology a bit for decades, the court has been more right-wing than left. Having the Supreme Court being an institution no one cares about would be better for them long-term. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The anti-war/anti-intervention movement in the USA really messed up by letting Biden get as damaged by Afghanistan as he did. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The next dem president should ban Axios from the white house and dem leaders should not talk to them now. This willful ngorance and willingness to constantly say a deal is coming for 8 weeks now to pump the markets up deserves punishment. 020
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 20/05/2026One thing that's missing from democratic messaging about trump's many crimes is "we told you so." It's not enough to say "this is a horrendously bad thing," you have to establish credibility by saying (& repeating) that you predicted he would do this type of bad thing, which is easy because you did 1028246
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialmercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I hate that line, "This is bad for the country but tremendous content." No, this is horrible content. If you want good content, read, watch a movie, or play a game. Politics and the news should not be our content. 031
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I wonder if the success of The Devil Wears Prada 2 will lead to studios funding more higher-budget comedies. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 02/05/2026There should be an option to watch a 30-second ad to read an article on a website instead of a paywall for most news sites if they need the money. Most people aren't going to start a brand new subscription to read one article that interests them. 020
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 01/05/2026“[I]f Democrats never draw a hard-line against the bad faith of their opposition, they will resign themselves to governing under the current rules, fully rigged for the GOP.” @brianbeutler.bsky.socialopen.substack.comTime For The DNC To Sue CBS News For $20 BillionA free idea for Ken Martin. 17891237
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 29/04/2026He won a close victory; if 3 percent of the vote was bringing 2019 prices back people, then that's the ballgame. He also said things like grocery prices would outright go down, and 2 dollar a gallon gas. I do think it might have gotten people like uneducated young men to vote for him. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I agree vibes have a role and the economy is not worse than 2008 to 2010. But Trump ran on lowering prices, so them going up at all seems to really piss of lower information voters who honestly thought he would bring 2019 back. That was stupid but they did think it. 1110
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Donald Trump seems to be averaging 36-39% approval right now. I think if gas goes above 4:50 dollars per gallon, he might go below 35 percent. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 22/04/2026With this VA result, I don't think republicans have won an election thought to be competitive post-2025. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Nova liberals are some of the most anti-Trump people because they loved the pre-Trump version of America and probably moved there to serve it. They always knew he was terrible, and they felt that allowing Trump to win betrayed what they stood for. The maps vote was a chance at revenge. 010
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialmercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The dark age of the American city was probably the mid-60s to mid-90s. Since then, crime has mostly gone down, and investment has started returning to city centers instead of malls outside the city. 051
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I think we should treat the OBBB like the tea party treated Obamacare, run on repealing every word. With consumer confidance at a record low I think it is a winner. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 12/04/2026This isn't true, but it would be funny if Orban blamed JD Vance as the main reason for his defeat. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I think there is a chance Trump would voluntarily leave the presidency in 2027 if Dems win. He would hate an atmosphere of constant rejection and lower polls from him. If Vance just preemptively pardons him so he can avoid prison, I think he might leave by choice. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I hate to say it, but telling Candace Owns the first lady of France is better looking than her is a pretty good insult. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I am going to predict something crazy. I think that Argentina is more Pro-Trump than the U.K. at the moment. Trump might support their claim to the Falklands. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/04/2026In 2029, some low-hanging fruit a Democratic president can do include a child care tax credit, end all Trump tariffs, Biden-era Obamacare subsidies, and publicly apologize to Canada and others to help boost tourism. I don't think any of those would be a huge political battle with a Dem Congress. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Ironically, the smartest move for Israel would have been to do everything possible to make Joe Biden look good in 2024. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 08/04/2026People talk about packing the court, I think Wisconsin shows maybe there should be a movement to elect the supreme court. Wisconsin used to have a GOP stooge court ok with Gerrymandering, but due to voting people were able to remove them. That would be better nationally. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Middle-aged liberal women who loved Hilary Clinton in 2016 did a better job understanding Trump and the GOP than any other group, leftists, centrists, media pundits, and obviously, Trump supporters themselves. It seems so much punditry has gone into not admitting this fact. 010
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialSwapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 07/04/2026Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome. 4862421550
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The next dem should appoint Hilary Clinton as AG, and then she should arrest someone on the Epstein list. This would be the ultimate humiliation to the Conspiracy right and the podcast sphere. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Way more of the global economy depends on the UAE, so I think more attacks on them can be a way to escalate if needed so they are waiting and Qatar seems to at least be trying to reach out to Iran for talks. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 28/03/2026People who don't like Hasan should talk more about his non-Israel comments. Like that, he likes Chairman Mao and is sad that the Soviet Union is gone. With the Israel and Jewish issues, he says that he just cares about the Palestinians to get out of it. Make him talk about other subjects. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Wisconsin might show a way for courts to be fixed nationally. Wisconsin used to have a stooge court that was ok with GOP gerrymandering, but people there could vote it out. Maybe there should be some movement to elect the Supreme Court. 000
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialmercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I think Yimby's success is a bit like gay marriage's success. In 2008 there were loads of anti-gay marriage dems, it even lost in California, but over time that position ended in the party. I think the same is happening at least non-locally for Nimby dems. 091
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I think with Trump so unpopular on the economy dems should run on repealing every word of the OBBB like the tea party did with Obamacare in 2010. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 14/03/2026If a dem was able to win the 2000, 2016, or 2024 election, America would have entered something akin to golden age. Few people realize how much the republican party holds us back. 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 12/03/2026We need to retire the "Nothing ever happens" meme. This decade there was COVID, Ukraine-Russia, October 7th, and now the Iran-US war. People who are using it now seemed to move the goalposts to say nothing ever happens unless there is WW3 or a nuke going off. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Yimbys have two big reasons for success, one they focused on one issue and stuck to it and two when polticians listen to them they are pretty apprecitive and don't constantly move the goalposts and say not enough. 000
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I have a sincere challenge for Trump downplayers: Name one time when taking him figuratively led to a more accurate outcome than taking him seriously. 010
Reposted by @mercenary29.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/03/2026As we all know, when you meet someone at a bar they are legally obliged to tell you the truth about their entire life. 653451
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 08/03/2026People are focused on gas prices in the USA, but a huge spike in oil prices can cause new conflicts in places like Ethiopia and Pakistan. It can be a global problem. 020
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I genuinely think one reason Trump is treated so differently by the pundit class is that they would literally lose their business model without him 010
mercenary29.bsky.social @mercenary29.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I honestly think Tucker Carlson could be the 2028 republican nominee. 000
