Reposted by pleonasmNick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 7hThere simply shouldn't be capital punishment. Yes even for *that* crime. It is cruel and unusual, and the state should not have a ritualized way of killing people who it has entirely in its power. 04610
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 8hCesare Beccaria put it best when he said that the death penalty was "the war of the nation against the citizen" 040
Reposted by pleonasm#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 8hI edited this piece for CIPJ last year which argues along similar lines that a lot of this is straight up laziness and indifferenceinternationalpolicy.orgA Sudan Roadmap for Trump's First 100 Days - Kate Hixon and Kehinde TogunPresident Trump has a legacy-defining opportunity in Sudan, where there is a pressing human rights threat to civilians & risk to US security 2103
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 8hThis reminds me of a historical tradition—oftentimes, if a person was sentenced to death, but the blade of the executioner's axe fell off, or the noose snapped, the condemned would receive a pardon. Maybe it's rooted in superstition, but it'd be a damn sight better than trying to execute her *again* 040
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 8hFantastic article on how the extremely complex situation in Sudan exposes the failures of our rotted-out diplomatic corps. It's a grievous state of affairs, not least because of the hundreds of thousands (or millions) of people who will die by the end of this conflict 15314
Reposted by pleonasmpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 9hBy the way, you can really tell by the way the death penalty is carried out that the point is the cruelty. The state doesn't need a cocktail of all these drugs. It could give the condemned person the drugs used for assisted dying; death would be painless and relatively quick. Suffering is the point 2142
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 9hBy the way, you can really tell by the way the death penalty is carried out that the point is the cruelty. The state doesn't need a cocktail of all these drugs. It could give the condemned person the drugs used for assisted dying; death would be painless and relatively quick. Suffering is the point 2142
Reposted by pleonasmGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 30/09/2026Here’s an extremely brief effort to explain why bond yields going up is actually not bad news. 1710316
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 15hJust voted yes on all three amendments. Can't wait for these changes to be added to the Constitution of Virginia! 020
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 19hIt's so over for Hinson; Quantus can't even cook up a convincing lead 030
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love the idea of a Green voter whose top priority is "order, discipline, and respect" and is also progressive on sentencing 150
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reupping this, since the impending executions of Curtis Beasley and Christa Pike are in the news, and once again, the liberals are not dissenting 190
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a very cool game, but I think something is busted. I won the second round by a very healthy margin (nine points!) but it's telling me I lost by a hair. There are a few other cases where the game shows "NaN" instead of some value 210
Reposted by pleonasmWorld’s Biggest Stagflation Truther @corncobanalysis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Someone made an Oregon political simulation and it accurately depicts the state as completely ungovernable andrewdamitio.github.io/oregon_polit...andrewdamitio.github.ioStatecraft: OregonYou have been elected governor of Oregon. Budgets, laws, appointments, coalitions and elections: eight years to leave the state better than you found it. 4308
Reposted by pleonasm軽laura @keilaura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026remember prince zuko: a year has 16 months, except for so-called short years which have 15. years 6, 12 and 24 of the trigintasenary cycle are always short, and year 18 is short only if it's a cycle ending in 2, 4, 7 or 9 1112
Reposted by pleonasmJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”ballsandstrikes.orgThe Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court NeededSCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it. 9665200
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love the idea of a book entitled "Enemies of Democracy for Dummies" that includes the quote "Apparently, there’s a fissure somewhere in the US that leads straight to hell; otherwise, I don’t understand where all these devils from the Democratic Party are coming from." It's hilarious 131
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another day, another poll showing Dems up by more than 13 points. Onward, liberal soldiers! 180
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Man, if Nixon turns out to win in Florida, I am not going to be quiet about that correct prediction. The upshot is that if she loses, everyone will have expected it 2120
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Is this meant to say that Talarico's God embodies the spirit of agápē or something? What is "Christopretensism", when you pretend to be a Christian? But then why specify "agapotheist"? 150
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the most remarkable things about Robert Reich is that he now posts like a DSA member. It rocks, honestly. Also, he hates Rahm Emanuel, and you can tell. Funny read, even if Emanuel's career is not so funny 1406
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026That's right, my normielib friends. "Too big to rig" shall be our rallying cry 1886
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The same people who told you that Talarico could never win Texas are now telling you that Nixon can never win Florida. Aside from not being supported by statistics, it's also just a terrible mentality to have 251
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Paxton coming out and bravely saying "actually, I gave the child predator two months in prison", combined with Marshall saying "actually, she owed $3600" has confirmed all my previous statements about these two guys being uniquely bad candidates 25311
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mr. Paxton, this is your campaign manager speaking. I am advising you to continue saying this and doubling down on it 040
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I like VoteHub, and they do some really good work, but this map illustrates the problem of just relying on whatever polls you get and chucking them into the average. You end up with nonsense like Maine being as likely as Ohio and Texas, and Florida as red as Wyoming 030
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I've been thinking about this a lot. It feels like making big changes is such an uphill fight, considering that you can't even get some people on this site off Twitter. How are you going to convince people to stop driving or eating meat? 150
Reposted by pleonasmdisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm begging for socialists to add an ounce of electoralism to their politics. 932147
Reposted by pleonasmWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm annoyed by Schumer discounting Florida while apparently entertaining Mississippi for two reasons: one, Florida is obviously the easier of the pair, and two, shouldn't you be trying to goad Republicans to spend in *expensive* states? 812812
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's something charming in the fact that for as long as humans have been making art, we've also been making art of cute animals 050
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Found a rather amusing footnote in the book I'm reading. (From Foolsburg: The History of a Town, by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky) 010
Reposted by pleonasmdisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gaming really do just be woke fatphobia 0529
Reposted by pleonasmdisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ship captains are proshippers. "ship captain" is an oppressive class, like podcaster people or cop-sexual people. 25814
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think the problem with people saying "this is a great idea" is that her being in the Senate instantly makes her a somewhat-above-replacement-level senator (like, slightly better than Leticia James). She would have no seniority—90% of the caucus would be more senior—and little popularity 1286
Reposted by pleonasmpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's kinda fitting that 2028 is going to be the 200th anniversary of the Democratic Party (the oldest political party still in existence) 373
Reposted by pleonasmpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"It is a tale told by a fucking idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." 192
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is so divorced from reality. Buddy, you need to let Texas and Ohio and ESPECIALLY Alaska go, or at least bump them down the list for cash infusions. Right now you need to be worrying about Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Florida 021
Reposted by pleonasmpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 19/09/2026People will say this is too optimistic, but if anything I think this map could get bluer still 1122
Reposted by pleonasmAlex Contreras 🍉 @alexbikes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As I've been hosting workshops on housing, a point I regularly bring up is desegregation was once a goal, but now its largely forgotten or ignored. Reactions to this have been surprising, but has reaffirmed my belief that desegregation has to be the goal again for housing advocates. 3468
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why does it sound like his voice is AI-generated? They really couldn't find anyone to do the sound mixing? 000
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's kinda fitting that 2028 is going to be the 200th anniversary of the Democratic Party (the oldest political party still in existence) 373
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"It is a tale told by a fucking idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." 192
Reposted by pleonasmdisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"touch grass" is the weirdest insult and it feels lowkey problematic tbh 1222654
Reposted by pleonasmStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 26/09/2026Have I played “Control Resonant”? Sorry…I’m too busy reading the story of a man who “Controls Rocinante”…that’s right, Miguel Cervantes’ immortal tale “Don Quixote de La Mancha”. So you enjoy your strange “Federal Bureau”…I’ll be delighting in the adventures of Sancho Panza and his “Friendly Burro” 552617597
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Once in a while someone will post something like "this discourse is so tiring" or "I had to see this and now you do too" and I don't get it. I've never been in a situation where I've been viscerally disgusted or unnerved by any post on Bluesky 120
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My cat would be tagging me about not giving her enough attention, but they'd be closeups of her face and they'd have captions like "I know where you live" 250
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Reading this makes you realize just how morally depraved sports betting is. Hats off to this intrepid reporter, and I hope that he doesn't experience gambling problems in the future, because it seems like these apps are insanely addictive 1247
pleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If this is really the program, stick a fork in the Democrats, because they're done. You cannot say "we're raising your taxes, and no, you will not see any benefits." I mean, shit, why not just do austerity at that point? It'll be about as politically toxic, and you'll shave off a bit more debt 3246
Reposted by pleonasmpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 25/09/2026For those wondering, this is the lady who found American flag stickers in AOC's trash can and had a meltdown about how the Dems hated America 0133
