Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill? Here you go. 291106101993
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10/11/2025Tonight Democrats proved that old quip. If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like. We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it. 17790205
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10/11/2025AOC needs to primary Schumer. 28824116
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.social🕸️ Cobweb Curtains For Zoosha 🦇 @brianvan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird! 132173474476
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 08/11/2025 12559002455
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialJustadutchguy | Convoy Goblin for Ukraine | NAFO @justadutchguy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025USA Photo of the year 866155823219
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/11/2025incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty 45714298112293
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Can all the Islamophobes and MAGA Reeks please move out of NYC now? You all threatened to leave if Mamdani won. Bon Voyage! 311157107
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them 12796642490
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialJonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 05/11/2025Only took 417 years for Virginia to elect a woman as governor 131501197
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Inshallah 473399468
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Ok, here's the thing. If Donald Trump runs a third time for president, the Democrats need to run Obama. 47710
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialJC R WHIT, Ph.D. @jc99whit.bsky.social · 01/11/2025“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsbymedia.tenor.coma man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing next to a woman in a dress at a party .ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing next to a woman in a dress at a party . 141633292
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/11/2025same 53575081805
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 29/10/2025Whether by opposing the Fugitive Slave Act, refusing Segregation, or legalizing Cannabis— States have a LONG history of opposing Federal oppression. Now, Democratic States must enact Soft Secession to oppose Trump's fascism & prevent our residents from starving. www.qasimrashid.com/p/blue-state...qasimrashid.comBlue States: It Is Time For Soft SecessionDemocratic run State and County Govts contribute 71% of the United States economy, and it's past time they flexed their muscle to protect our humanity 413736
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.” 190120223045
swmckay.bsky.social @swmckay.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Kyoto is nice and filled with cool temples and all that, but this is the real reason to visit. 030
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/10/2025It is the moral, ethical, and yes legally right for Democratic States and Cities to engage in Soft Secession by withholding federal taxes. This would not violate the Supremacy Clause, has immense precedent in US history, & the time to act is NOW. www.qasimrashid.com/p/blue-state...qasimrashid.comBlue States: It Is Time For Soft SecessionDemocratic run State and County Govts contribute 71% of the United States economy, and it's past time they flexed their muscle to protect our humanity 42729272
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 27/10/2025To all those “Let them go without food for a month, maybe they’ll get a job” people: Most SNAP recipients have jobs. Exploitative jobs that keep them living just below the poverty line. — Should they starve to death? And then what? 34068241924
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialBen Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are. 322126426301
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 25/10/2025It has been said before, but it bears repeating: the elderly who’ve worked their entire lives to get $800 a month on Social Security aren’t bankrupting America. It’s tax-evading billionaires like Trump who are bleeding this country dry. 4934641069
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 24/10/2025So much of what's wrong with tech started from one simple phenomenon: focusing on the money-movers instead of people who actually *make* shit. Real technology matters. Inventors over investors, every time. Founders over funders. Writing code > writing checks. www.anildash.com/2025/10/24/f...anildash.comFounders Over Funders. Inventors Over Investors. - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 617940
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/10/2025Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom 18213189410873
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/10/2025If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now. 1418293837959
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialCatherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Actually a good idea. 321092230
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/10/2025the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction 8771122227
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025ICE increased weapons spending by 700% — including purchases of chemical weapons and guided missile warheads. ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans. Pay attention.popular.infoICE boosts weapons spending 700%A Popular Information investigation reveals tens of millions in new ICE spending on guns, chemical weapons, and explosives. 63872546
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism. 16472371562
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialJonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 19/10/2025It doesn’t make more aggressive forms of protest and resistance less effective. It makes them more effective. It can raise public tolerance for protest, introduces new people to acts of resistance, and lay the groundwork for larger networks of solidarity. 111523174
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Kinda seems like whether or not the president has the power to assassinate people with no due process, no input from Congress, no review, no oversight, and with no obligation to provide anyone with any information or evidence other than “trust me” is an important test of our democracy. 432234672
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not." 110150735346
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I dont think enough Americans realize Republicans are gearing up for permanent rule. I dont know if we will get to midterm elections. Even if we do, with gerrymandering, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and violent intimidation, they'll rig the elections for minority rule. All hands on deck. 1542473869
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2025Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy" 430195075967
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialMichelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions. 1454301662
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 15/10/2025🧵: Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better. 502736736
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialDemocratic Majority For Israel @demmaj4israel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Antisemitism. Racism. Homophobia. Jokes about gas chambers. Even admiration for Hitler. Not from the fringes but from young GOP insiders from across the country. This is the next generation of Republican “leaders.” Hate like this should have no place in American politics. Period. 18264110
swmckay.bsky.social @swmckay.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Boston is one of the safest decent sized cities in the US, so sure, move it to Memphis or Montgomery. 010
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025As the Trump shutdown drags into its third week, it's clear Republicans are so committed to raising people's health care costs that they're willing to hold the country hostage to do it. 902286634
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities. 682126966300
Reposted by @swmckay.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical 10170541897
