Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 1hFor a guy as craven and cynical as Rubio, it’s a short drive to “I never agreed with any of Trump’s immigration policies.” 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 4hWell, it does more accurately reflect our coming enslavement. 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 4hWhodathunk the most likely Dem wins in swing/R held Senate seats would be NC and GA? 020
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 7hI love all the people on here for whom the real life Trump is not bad enough. 020
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 9hJoking aside, does he have a chance at the nomination? Sure. Depends largely on how Trump2b plays out. Chance at the presidency? Right now that seems to be a substantially smaller probability than getting the nomination. But in electoral politics, two years is more than an eternity. 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 9hJust saying it doesn’t depend on the results of the midterms. Even if the Rs were able to engineer a remarkable turnaround, Rubio would still be be out the door. 100
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 9hResignation by year’s end. Hat in ring by the ides of March. Bank on it. 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 9hHe’s resigning regardless. He has to decouple from Trump to have any chance in 28. That’s the gambit. JD will be joined to Trump at the hip. He has to contrast that. He’ll announce his resignation before the end of the year and will throw his hat in before the ides of March. 320
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Moondance? Astral Weeks? Them’s fightin’ words, mister. 010
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don’t like high gas prices, but I don’t want to be trampled by a herd of wild elephants. 040
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is the lamest of analogies. The notion that Talarico and Hinajosa managing to claw out a victory in an off year will result in Texas turning blue in 28 is a pipe dream. There is no parallel between losing on a battlefield in war and losing an election. But I’d love a drag off what youre smoking 010
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Recent tag in Ken Paxton ad: “When missing children posters go up, Ken Paxton takes them down.” Wish he would wait ‘til the children were found. 022
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026100% disagree. Trump’s end will not end MAGA. MAGA is just the Tea Party under a different name and has been around for 20 years in present form. They are the right wing, pro-life, xenophobic, isolationist, anti-government, gun nuts of the GOP and make up about 60% of the party. 010
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And, because they are readily manipulable, they will remain a target and conduit for the oligarchical interests. 030
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just as I believe the end of Putin will not likely be the end of Putinism, Trump’s eventual demise will not be the end of MAGA. His excesses may well have gravely injured MAGA’s ability to obtain and hold power, but not their ability to cause mischief. 220
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Happy to report I have no earthly idea what they are squabbling about. Working to keep it that way. 040
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Currently leading the impeachment parade. With Blanche a close second. Rubio leading in the resignation parade. Out by the end of the year is my guess. 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I always found Jean-Pierre way too long on attitude and short on substance and intellect compared to others who have stood behind the podium for D presidents. 010
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Pretty hard to identify evidence of something no one seems to be able to define. What constitutes evidence? Now, if you asked me, between AI & a corpse, which one seems to be more conscious, I’d have no problem going with the wafers. Can AI approximate consciousness? Is there a Turing Test for that? 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nah. Cruz was solidly ahead in all polling, in some by as many as 9 points. He did underperform his polling though. By about 4 points. 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Looks like it’s Texas Together that is handling the GOTV, not PxP. If anyone is interested in knocking doors that’s where to volunteer. 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trying to parse the last part of your first sentence. Are we in the last year of consciousness? That’s depressing. At least I think it is. 100
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Well, since no one has ever really been able to adequately explain what consciousness is…. Glad you’ve figured it out though. 100
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Beto led Cruz in exactly one poll the entire 2018 campaign—a clear outlier. Cruz got only 50.89% of the vote. Beto: 48.33% (2.6 pts). The only recent poll showing Paxton ahead is his own campaign’s. If Beto has his Powered by People org geared up for GOTV, Talarico should win in a walk. 260
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is why we need to institute the Harkin Rule in the Senate. Granted, there’s still the veto, but it gives more leverage to Dems. 000
Reposted by Reid NelsonDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hot tip for Bill Gates and the AI will take all the jobs gang: shorter workweeks mean more jobs deanbaker22.substack.com/p/big-insigh...deanbaker22.substack.comBig Insight for the AI Will Take All the Jobs Gang: Work Hours are NOT FixedPro Tip: Fewer Hours Mean More Jobs 0122
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026One would think that at some point the GOP would run out of assholes. But they’ve proved resourceful in this regard. 081
Reposted by Reid Nelsonsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The mind that boggles at this phenomenon—the inevitable result of putting violent xenophobic assholes in power and letting them run amok—is probably reeling at all sorts of basic cause and effect situations. 311092175
Reposted by Reid NelsonDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The trade deficit on goods soared in August to the second-highest on record. Guess we're not liberated yet deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trade-defi...deanbaker22.substack.comTrade Deficit Soars in August: The Tariffs Don’t Seem to be WorkingYet another war that Trump seems to be losing 13620
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026JD headed down to Texas. Presumably to tie an anchor to the anvil that is Ken Paxton. 011
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Are you coming down to save Paxton? Kinda like tying an anvil to an anchor, no? 000
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But will he find a way to bring bestiality into the discussion? 030
Reid Nelson @rdgreid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When are you going to train your sights on the Trump sons? 000
