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Market Socialist and industrial policy enthusiast, former protein alchemist.

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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 2h
This is how you summon bond vigilantes.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We got some Black Girl Magic going on in Florida with @angieforfl.bsky.social
Pigs have flown: Democrats gained ground on Republicans in Florida voter registration for the first time since January 2021, snapping a 68-month streak of GOP gains.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The live react is just... *chef's kiss*
Senator Britt realizing her reading comprehension is worse than the median Alabaman
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As much as I think the 2028 primary will be a referendum on issues like Israel/Palestine, universal welfare policies, etc. the fact of the matter is if some centrist comes along promising to throw Trump and everyone within 3 degrees of separation from him in prison they're handidly winning it.
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The strategy next time should be to indict everyone for everything, everywhere. The ex-president, if alive, should get a hundred indictments, spread across as many districts as possible, with as many state charges separately brought as possible. Cabinet members and aides should get dozens.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm always saying this.

John Ganz
@lionel_trolling
What I said was plainly just true and you can all suck my dick
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Angie Nixon is a queen and you need to give her money.

State Rep. Angie Nixon
@AngieNixon
Now 
@AshleyMoodyFL
. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Finally got around to seeing "Coyote v. Acme". 10/10 would see two movies and a book stitched together again.
Space jamErin brockovichThe Palestine laboratory
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Imagine seeing generations of black suffering and think, "It was good the North gave up on their reconstruction." Just because you're feeling the consequences of your own failed reconstruction.
Navid
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"Waah waah you turned my post communist shithole into one of the most prosperous parts of Europe I am going to vote for Hitler again now waah waah"
Navid
@feliz_navidi
this shit is like being mad the American South still hasn't fully caught up to the North because they insisted on running a dogshit slave economy rather than industrialising
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For everyone seeing this, donate to Troy Jackson here and show proof! secure.actblue.com/donate/tj-so...
secure.actblue.com
Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine
We can defeat Susan Collins.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Democratic party chances of taking the Senate just shot to 110%.
At a show tonight in DC, Dave Chappelle said that in the “midterms from hell,” after he has been forced to learn what the Strait of Hormuz is, he’s ready to get in the foxhole with his old antagonists. He said he’d turn to the person next to him and say, “Soldier, what are your pronouns? I need some ammunition.”
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can we get Stacey Abrams back come on we're dying out here.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It's concerning if your supporters make demands of you." Is the quintessential inner monologue of a moderate Democrat.

Lis Smith
@Lis_Smith
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Also, it should be pretty concerning to left-wing candidates how quickly their own media and online ecosystem turns on them.

One bad poll comes out & suddenly the candidate they championed is being “hamstrung by consultants.”

With friends like these….
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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
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There is something absurd about this effort to retroactively cast Troy Jackson, who the Berniecrats endorsed for governor and insisted replace Platner on the ticket, somehow has nothing to do with them.
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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At this point, with the AI companies admitting they cannot always predict or control the products, the default should be that the user and company are jointly and severally strictly liable for harms to third parties.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is like watching a financial Chernobyl.
U.S. 10 Year Treasury
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.
Screengrab from WNTWScreengrab from Maine PublicScreengrab from Portland Press HeraldScreengrab from Bangor Daily News
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The receipts on the Collins scandal are insane.
“You’ve seen me deliver.” 

That’s what Collins told Kao, he said, as her staff pressured him to up his donations. Kao wound up giving the Collins super PAC $150,000 in late 2019. Weeks later, according to an email, Collins’ office agreed to support $32m in new Navatek projects
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 22/09/2026
I think you had to be very online at a time when most people weren't to know that the bush administration was comically evil to the extent that it was, but for those of you who weren't: trust us! these were stupid evil people, not so different from the current ones!
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Troy Jackson getting the Senatorial mandate of heaven over here.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THREAD. Did you know that Minneapolis police deployed 101 personnel to a 7-person vigil held one morning at Renee Good's memorial? The cops generated $1.92 million in overtime cash for themselves.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Centrist complaints that the media is hostile against Democrats would hit a lot harder if centrists Democrats didn't keep handing the media over to right wing billionaires.
deadline.com
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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The Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dems need to pass legislation to fix social security and dare Trump to veto it. Make social security THEE issue for the 2028 election, win by 13 lmao.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One thing blue sky has over twitter is it doesn't concern me with wealthy politicos complaints about the high school they sent their kids to as if it matters.
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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Khoa Vu
@KhoaVuUmn
AI is finally taking over economist's job. It's all over.
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AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’ 

https://ft.trib.al/KxRXFO6

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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gut wrenching until you remember she moves in elite circles and that wealth/prominence is what will actually determine her daughters future.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Michiganders staring down 9 dollar diesel and record high interest rates. "Whose anti-Piker?"
Do you think independents in Michigan are pro or anti Piker?  That is the swing group in Michigan. 
It’s actually a rhetorical question. 

This is cultish behavior.
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B L A K E L E Y™℠©® LLC
@_iamblakeley
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Abdul El-Sayed throwing Hasan Piker under the bus and cozying up to the establishment is a mistake and if he loses this will be why.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The US genocided a continent's worth of Native Americans and then used slave labor to build its settler empire on their corpses.
Maoist China: 40-80 million murders

Soviet Russia: 20-80 million murders 

Nazi Germany: 17-20 million murders 

Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia: 1.5-2 million murders
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onion person
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Replying to @neeratanden and @Luisa17099641
america is the most murderous regime in modern history
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Socialism isn't a dirty word. Both in a "wow I can't believe the Left gained so much power" and in a "wow we really watered down the meaning" sense.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mike Rogers is just trying to take another swing at the revolving door of politics. 🚪 But if you want somebody who’s never taken a dime of corporate PAC money, then I’m your guy.
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2tacopequeño @2tacopequeno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is this good?
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Any competent Democratic strategist more interested in beating Republicans than the left would simply say "Yeah, look what happens why we elect Republicans!"
The US is worse than Al Qaeda bc we caused more deaths” is a bad take, but at least it establishes a defensible, sort of utilitarian, standard: The people that cause the most deaths are the worst people.

But you can’t hold that standard and also be pro-Mao, on net. That doesn’t make any sense.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you're a Democrat who is against a wealth tax, you're just controlled opposition.
US billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans’ election push
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Still more conceivable to them than electrification.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They don't think they have too.

Michael LaRosa
@MichaelLaRosaDC
Here's what I think 
@mehdirhasan
 doesn't understand: In the United States, polls don't make policy. Policymakers do. Screaming, shouting, and protesting are cute, and exercising all of your freedoms of speech in defense of the Palestinians is admirable.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Me checking in on bluesky for the day.
What's going on in this thread
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hungary's prime minister is planning legislation to roll back Orban's restrictions on LGBT rights, including restrictions on adoption by same-sex couples. www.reuters.com/world/hungar...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.
boltsmag.org
In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Houthis and the blowback.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We're going to have price controls on diesel because stations can't afford to make bigger signs.
Diesel hits 9.99 at a California shell station
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No they don't, we just want to take the most effective part of the ACA, the expansion of an existing great society program, and replace the neo liberal parts of the ACA with it along with the rest of the for-profit monstrosity.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
GO BLUE!
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Abdul with the bars!
He’s moving back in November. Why would he sell?
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Will Fritz
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Scoop from me: Mike Rogers is no longer selling the Florida home he’s faced criticism for owning while running for Senate from Michigan
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When you're taking the dumbest right wing bait to swipe at good Democrats maybe your project isn't supporting the party but it's micro-internet celebrity personality beefs.
not a good look. esp during the reading of the names.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at New York City September 11th 25th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Crash outs by people like Magdi Jacobs make a lot more sense when you remember they were Green Party weirdos upset the DSA is doing what they never could, actually implementing change.
Have you ever heard a single one of the diehard DSA- people say, "I like the Democratic party" Or even "I am a Democrat" ? Someone should ask them, "What are the Democratic party's achievements that impress you?" Or: "Reflect on the presidency of Barack Obama."
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The last time socialists made these kinds of inroads with the Democratic electorate we had over a decade of Democratic electoral dominance.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Boys Go to Baghdad, Real Men Go to Tehran", is a phrase that could have been made in a lab specifically to tickle Trump's Id.
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Biden world really was proudly telling their voters "we don't care what you think" all the way to a second trump term.
Here's what I think 
@mehdirhasan
 doesn't understand: In the United States, polls don't make policy. Policymakers do. Screaming, shouting, and protesting are cute, and exercising all of your freedoms of speech in defense of the Palestinians is admirable.
Michael LaRosa

@MichaelLaRosaDC
Former Spox to First Lady 
@DrBiden
, Special Assist to President 
@JoeBiden
 | Biden 2020 |
@SenatorCantwell
 
@EnergyDems
 
@HouseDPCC
 | MSNBC's Hardball📺
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For reference, just two years ago Bill Clinton was calling the West Bank "Judea and Samaria".
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Incredible timing by McGurk the jerk.
No, Iran is not winning: In Act IV of the war, it’s losing its leverage in Hormuz
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Swoletariat @swoletariat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remain calm, Socialists are in control.
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