Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yep. This is the kind of stuff I’m talking about. This shit continues. 020
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have to be vague. But the left does this on the ground. The left is not supporting victims. There is a very big shift happening in justice and child welfare and it’s an over correction to the wrongs of the previous decades. 110
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is 100% correct. And here’s the problem - liberals are almost as bad as conservatives in 2026. Both camps have perpetrators they identify with and protect. It is absolutely the worst time to be a victim that I’ve seen in the 20 years. It’s now the most depressing part of this era for me. 170
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The point really is that even in Trump 1 there was some institutional stasis (not SCOTUS). Trump 2 not so much . The stasis of our institutions hasn’t been lost that long. Our political turmoil - I’d love to turn the clock back to 2000. Gore in the WH. Or 9/10/2001. Or pre-Citizens United. 110
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Agreed. Stasis (and SCOTUS’ stare decisis) is what’s missing right now. It does sound wonderful. 120
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yeah. At this point it’s clear an executive can’t have as much power as we’ve given ours. 000
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I remember many years ago reading about various views on how the Executive power should be wielded by a committee elected congress for a single term. It would have been a very weak Executive. I thought it was silly. Now I’m pretty sure the proponents knew better than most. 1212
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’ve also seen it spit out garbage takes on statutes. Perhaps getting 50% of the statute and then ignoring the rest of it. 060
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Like a year or so ago, same issue was being discussed on a thread by Parker Malloy. Honestly. I’ll just go find the thread. I don’t want to be accused of misquoting. But the burning everything down if their could vote for their ideal candidate is burned forever in my mind. 120
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 13/09/2026That really is what it is - and just being oblivious to what’s really at stake. 030
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is the only place I find this discourse - like - are we seriously debating harm reduction is far better than a protest vote/non-vote? It’s the dumbest position I’ve ever seen outside of the right wing. 170
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I mean, that’s what you’re saying. Do you not understand your own words? 1160
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I mean, and super good for the US. These now highly educated graduates who might have stayed here and become citizens will now take their education and smarts somewhere else. Which is fine - but now we will drive them out and not gain from their contributions. Shortsighted, bigoted and dumb. 100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There are some semi-famous people on here that were all in on this pardon. 001
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Every day I think about the cases that would get filed. We would just need to have them ready to go. Let sympathetic courts rule against us. Appeal. Lose on appeal. Head on over to this new and expanded SCOTUS. 010
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 10/07/2026It is. And they end being as pro-abuser and anti-victim as the Epstein class is. 000
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I don’t disagree. I see a flaw in my hypo b/c Planter isn’t running @ Trump - just the body that could possibly check his evil shit. I really just don’t know what to do when I can vote to defeat a Trumper, abstain, or vote 3rd party that can’t win. Given how evil Trump is, it’s not a clear call. 010
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 07/07/2026So what do you do? Vote for the POS with serious rape allegations who may vote the way we need him to, vote for the POS is an adjudicated a rapist and who has taken rights away while destroying lives and fueling numerous deaths who will just get worse, or just not vote? Trump won’t get better. 120
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026In all fairness, I ask anyone who disagrees with me what happened to their face and whether or not an industrial accident was involved. I’ve taken classes on persuasion. Very effective. 0100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It’s funny. This era has made it hard for me to rewatch a lot of beloved movies from the 80’s-00’s. I get they are movies but I had a lot more faith in America’s progress back then and for some reason watching movies from that era just brings home how lame this era is. 010
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Yep. He held victory and then punted it away with zero necessity. 000
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 22/06/2026static.klipy.comPeter Griffin's Chaotic Living Room CrashAlt: Peter Griffin's Living Room Crash Out 000
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Weird. I would expect a genius, like yourself, to be able to do a bit more than vomit words. But I’m sure being as smart as you are and dealing with the rest of us idiots must be oh so tiring. 100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I get it. You don’t like the DNC. Thank you for repeating that position and letting me know how dumb I am. I’m just at a loss, with my limited intellect I can only ask simple questions and I don’t understand why you, as a genius, can’t answer it without screaming. 200
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Oh. Yikes. Despite your genius, you seem to be struggling with a question vs. a statement. I’ll go check and see if there was a question mark. There was: “What happens next?” I like your flip the script question - edgy. 100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 21/06/2026What assumptions have I made? I asked a question. I don’t think you answered it (why?). I already acknowledged your genius - it shines through. I can tell you’ve read a lot by how solidly your arguments are formed. Just because I’m enamored with your intellect, who is your favorite author? 100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A single office. Running for it is Choice MAGA and Choice Establishment Dem. You don’t vote because of your high intelligence - MAGA wins. What happens next? I saw you crash out when your questions went unanswered & clearly you’re the genius who has read all the books; excited for you to share. 100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The fantasy is great while it lasts. Then the real world pops up. Elections are about choosing the best option available that day & working for a better option in the future. The best option is not MAGA or refusing to vote/protest voting. The best option is the better candidate that might win. 110
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The debate is not the point. The point is that Bush has been afforded far too much credit b/c he’s a more normal seeming politician yet he’s just a more digestible version of Trump. Call it a debate or a discussion, what’s important is realizing going to back to 2000’s GOP isn’t a fix. 000
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 20/06/2026He and his GOP did so many things that led us to this era. Iraq has destabilized the US and the world in ways that are still unfolding. 000
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Exactly. I enrage people regularly in my personal life when I say Bush still might be worse. I think I’m shifting to Trump being worse overall. But Bush ruined this world and murdered millions for vanity. 100
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I don’t man, me and my buds from a different high school always pull one another’s “briefs” over each other’s heads. We are just joshing around in the way men josh around and expect other super manly, brief wearing men to act. 021
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I can eat olives for an entire meal EXCEPT the ones stuffed with any cheese. Those make me cry. 020
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 14/06/2026It’s actually been the most depressing part of it for me. Everyone hates rules and laws at this point 010
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 14/06/2026If you’re speechless here, at some point the left will need to deal w/ their shift towards allowing & enabling abuse when they identify with or have empathy for the abuser’s own misfortune and trauma. This has zero to deal with Clinton; I’m not referencing the Epstein and Tate class of abusers. 130
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The best meal we had in London was a Japanese restaurant run by Koreans. 000
Reposted by PhilThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I really don’t understand true greed. If I was worth $1 trillion, you’d have to physically stop me from solving as many of the world’s problems as possible. Everyone would have a home, food on the table, proper healthcare, happiness. I just don’t get it. 1162114162172
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 11/06/2026When they had something to lose, they were restrained. But if they have nothing to lose - we gain a lot more to lose. Fucking stupid shit. 010
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It’s still amazing, and slightly entertaining, when those who really just adhere to hatred as a religion find out one of their chosen or immutable characteristics gets them booted from the in-group. 1412
Phil @philm77.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Dems really are shit at it PLUS it’s a lot harder to get messages delivered to people who think. It’s much easier to message to minds constantly in need of a strong group to follow. 110
