observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 2hYep. Also, she is not blatantly and publicly obnoxious the way Cruz, Hawley, Schmitt et al. are. Marshall is pretty obnoxious, and he has the Florida baggage. Collins AFAIK is seen as a legit Mainer. 020
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialgoldschlager.bsky.social @goldschlager.bsky.social · 2hThat’s pretty much it. You have a senior senator who gets a bunch of pork barrel pet projects funded. A new firehose for the dixville firefighters. A mobile clinic for a women’s hospital. Her campaign ads have no mention of any national or cultural issues. Jackson has not gone after her record. 142
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 2hYou're either part of a psyop, or you're too dumb to be online unsupervised. Either way, Trump and Netanyahu own you. 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 2hKnow a couple of folks in Maine. As per them: 1. She is seen as getting good stuff for Maine. 2. Centrist types there don't see her the same way Bluesky Libs/Left do. Online people tend to forget that "getting stuff/constituent assistance" matters to a lot of the actual voters for Senate/House. 180
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 4hYeah, I thought about the Bluesky environment the first time I learned about Magyar and noted that the face of taking Orban down is not the fiery, fighting Leftist of Bluesky yore. 040
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialMiss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 5hFYI this is happening in TX. 610055
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 5hVote MAGA out of power at all levels of government. 120
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7hMaybe 2025 might be the peak year for emissions but we'd need to cut them to beyond net zero by 2050. We need massive carbon removal from the atmosphere if we want to still want to have a livable world. 51516
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 5hYep.Republicans are much more determined to stay unified than the Dems/Libs/Left are. 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 10hI think that might help long-term...add credibility to court reform. 011
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 11hKilled. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis. 121097411
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 11hFascists don't believe in peace. Peace doesn't help them. No authoritarian regime ever wants peace. Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace. 927681
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 11hTrump hates people, so "interacting" with Grok is right in his wheelhouse. 000
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialHokker @hokker3.bsky.social · 16hThis is so sad to me. I may hate the government right now but I love my country. I have not missed a vote local or federal since 1982. People fought and died for our right to vote. 0355
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialWonderbunch @wonderbunch.bsky.social · 21hI'm not falling for this again. They may not show it publicly, but they'll vote for him in private. 5832
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 12hIn the month before the 24 election, there were innumerable takes and clips crowing about the different energy/attendance levels at Harris and Trump rallies. So I would not take this as an indicator, conceding ofc that the midterms are a different beast. 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 12hAny movement led by Donald Trump is clearly focused on "fitness standards" 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 12hOn the one hand, Republicans have been Democrats "Communists" for at least 100 years. On the other hand, the DSA being a bit more visible makes this an obvious go-to, and the Rightist Agitprop machine is disciplined and repetitive. IMO, about 90% of Libs/Leftists don't really get that last part. 020
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20h~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this. 24736282
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 20hTrump is 0–25 in court on voter rolls. But the real danger may still be ahead. Ari Berman joins the debut episode of “Stress Test” to explain why. New episodes of Stress Test drop every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe at youtube.com/motherjones.motherjones.com“Cheat like hell”: can Trump actually rig the 2026 midterms?Trump is 0–25 in court on voter rolls. But the real danger may still be ahead. Ari Berman joins the debut episode of “Stress Test” to explain why. 417453
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 20hTillis can jam these texts up his ass. He owns everything Trump does. 020
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 20hBill Cassidy owns every death caused by Kennedy. 020
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 20hThat's fine, but if it is LLM, in this particular case, it doesn't matter. 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Indeed. Money and power are not the same thing as a knowledge base. Musk is a guy with narrow knowledge bases and a very low EQ. 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Probably, but that is irrelevant and actually reinforces the point. 040
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialChristine Kinser @ckinser.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The assholes @nycacc.bsky.social killed Bleu 💔😭💔 He was a sweet scared Cane Corso there for just 10 days They don’t do «care ». They don’t care 🤬 #reformNYCACC 326
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Comparisons between MAGA and McCarthyism are dime a dozen. What's novel now is that today's Republicans are acting like McCarthy allies in the period between "have you no decency" and the censure vote that formally ended his reign of terror. www.offmessage.net/p/republican...offmessage.netRepublican Disarray And The Second Failure Of McCarthyismThe missing ingredient, for now, is consequences. 58920
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026Bill Kristol: "Trump's approval has gone from 50%...to 37%. That's a huge drop, and it's gonna take his party down with him. And the only question is how deep it goes." 3341460
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialDev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A plea to all you wonderful folks who are thinking to adopt (not buy) a dog or cat… The shelters are FILLED with animals who’ve been surrendered. Yesterday they had a bed and a family and now they are confused and terrified through no fault of their own. Consider giving them a next chapter. 781901551
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 02/10/2026Whenever given a chance to condemn a sexual assaulter and side with a victim Trump always takes the side of the sexual assaulter 3309
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 14367481771
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thanks for posting. Tracey is a scumbag. 000
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records. 1133290676
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Like everyone else that Trump appointed, Hegseth is an-anti American Radical Rightist. I think the "Dem messaging sucks!" Takes are way overbaked, but I think Dems should be calling Trump and Co. anti-American and Radical over and over and over in public. 010
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026last night at dinner we were talking about how much tracey sucks and the server overheard and was like are you talking about michael tracey? that guy fucking sucks, and it was very satisfying 543163311
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...huffpost.comChrista Pike Was On A Ventilator And Unconscious After Failed Tennessee Execution, Attorneys SayThe stunning failure in Tennessee’s execution chamber on Wednesday has left both sides on the death penalty debate demanding answers. 4106
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialI may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Uh. You keep going buddy. 392
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of several. I actually mostly like AOC, but I think this was a mistake. 000
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.politico.com/newsletters/...politico.comInside AOC’s MAHA outreach 110
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As to "Titanic" sure on the joke. But the movie was made 30 years ago and is a film entirely about white people. So it's a revealing choice. Ellison's comms people will use "Yellowstone" on one of these very soon. And as I have posted many times: Rich Libs need to fund media ops. 070
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The key words here are "shaped over a century of culture." Rightists genuinely believe that Liberalism only exists in the United States because of pop culture and universities, and they that they can end Liberalism if they control both. 5696
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 02/10/2026One thing it's useful to remember is that right-wing donors have created a series of local-news-like content sites to poison the information well. And now we have a GOP Senate candidate attacking his opponent by citing claims made by one of these explicitly partisan sites. 1428881
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialBelana @belana9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026JD Vance=👺🤡👹 JD—You need to go to 🔥hell🔥where you belong‼️🙂↔️ #USDemocracy 02516
observerbs.bsky.social @observerbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm in CA. Newsom will run, but he won't be the nominee. 010
Reposted by @observerbs.bsky.socialLuke Knox @lukeknox.me · 01/10/2026Wemby is something else, man 1145759940
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