Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them 973604422
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 02/11/2025I do have a litmus test for my candidates now and it's that I want them to be genuinely pissed off, not pretend pissed off 375885802
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776502128
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death 3961731532
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the whole thing of being open-minded isn’t saying all viewpoints are equally valid, it’s subjecting them all to equal scrutiny then rejecting the ones that are evil or backwards or stupid 136548
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit 7448751045
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026it’s deeply embarrassing that they keep trying to come up with a comprehensive definition of “wokeness” when the actual definition is “lib shit that annoys me” 372995325
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 31/08/2026The Lake America thing really drives home that the fundamental divide in this country isn’t left or right, it’s who sees the world and acts like an adult, and who wants to still be a child, throwing tantrums when they don’t get their way. It just happens to map well onto a partisan axis these days. 121790312
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109012684
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A really weird irony about the "authenticity" debate wrt rural volk vs cosmopolitan elites is that the actual culture of rural red state America in the 2020s is not actually authentic in any meaningful way? 773078380
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17/09/2025It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough. 8748961226
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them 9755491041
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2025We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart. 22194482064
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It is absolutely true that Dems need to win swing voters to win elections. The misdiagnosis is that swing voters are “moderates.” They are not. They have almost entirely incoherent politics. You don’t win them from the middle. You appeal to your base with conviction and hope swings like the vibes. 663939770
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessThe Girl of Lemongrab @mc-hesher.bsky.social · 05/09/2025It sounds insane to say that a load-bearing pillar of right wing thought now is the desire to fuck your female family members paired with the obsession that Democrats will make you watch them fuck men of a different skin color and bear their children, but time makes Lovecraft protagonists of us all 319834
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/08/2026I know it's worse for women but I'll just say that I feel this too. There's something so degrading & wearying & ... fraying about being constantly confronted with mean, ugly, brutish people. I want to feel solidarity toward humanity, I want to feel hope, & this shit just chips away at it. 424827
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 02/08/2026this is my new belief system btw i’m going chud but from an unexpected angle. ‘driving is soy’ 26130579
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 28/07/2026I've been watching all this shit thinking about how "the base" provided them a clearly marked offramp with numerous warning signs in 2016 and instead of changing course they floored it straight down the dead end 1391
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 23/07/2026We've had fun with this, but it reveals the key to the reactionary worldview: the poor are the real elite, a class of people living a luxurious life of free everything. In that light, the bus isn't for people who can't afford a car; it's for people getting special treatment so they don't need one. 241069241
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 22/07/2026i bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid 1094788399
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The Odyssey is a nice example of the problem with every effort to "understand" Trumpers. There's nothing to "understand" here: this man has no idea what happens in Homer's epic, he's an arrogant dimwit with a made-up version in his head that he uses as an excuse to be weird and racist. That's it. 703403669
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessPOTUS Speedrun Record Holder @theradiostar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026i love how everyone is getting even more normal all the time 01289
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hmmmm, agree to disagree 2224148251
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The fundamental American conception of freedom is spending as much time as possible in your car, going as fast as possible in it, never walking, even if the distance is only 10 feet and that anything standing in the way of you doing that, be it cyclists, pedestrians or other cars is an attack on you 614829
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Christians who claim to oppose idolatry and conservatives who claim to revere the constitution have sacrificed their sacred honor on behalf of a deeply pathetic baby-king. 2131369
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A seal 🦭 mom gives birth and thinks her little one is dead. Then she realizes the little one is alive… and her joy is unforgettable.😍 14294611148
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/07/2026BREAKING NEWS: Small otter thinks it’s a cat, but nobody really minds and everyone has a great time. 13084191387
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessDougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026haha, thats a great post. unfortunately you phrased it in a way that allowed me, a moron, to misunderstand it 145290932
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from. 370149182912
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessan appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026as a committed centrist, it saddens me that both parties are falling captive to their extremes - the right to insurrectionist cultists who want to invade american cities, and the left to socialists who want better bus service 1655271815
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessjesse, head of endorsement deals at BOOingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 17/06/2026the idea of the Democrats finally becoming an actual political party, with a coherent ideology, but only because they hate DSA so much... that is so funny to me 1842
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The stupidity is the point 551220221
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenesslaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser. 63125082557
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Being against bike lanes is the number one red flag there’s deeper, darker views a person holds that we just don’t know about 914070436
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026It’s remarkable how this administration has done every single thing conservatives pretended liberals were doing when Biden was in charge. 292084372
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/05/2026i would like to someday understand how people, in 2026, are still doing this kind of "black women got no time for hasan pikers antisemitism take that shit to dearborn 😂😂" -- does anyone still believe this shit, let alone believe it is effective 41127691
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessHellscape Navigator @hellscapenavigator.bsky.social · 21/05/2026it's getting annoying how much of American politics is driven by people who are basically house cats in regards to policy; they are completely unaware of the support structure that fills their food bowl and only interested in knocking things down or chasing laser pointers 317137
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessGallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 17/05/2026the way "dems are our only hope" and "well what do you expect them to do" can coexist in your minds is absolutely incredible 621743
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessmatthew ellis @matthiasellis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You cannot understand the American right's mental universe without realizing a constitutive trauma over the past ~40 years has been a growing fear of irrelevance and feelings of rejection as liberal culture "won" in mainstream media. It's hard for liberals and leftists to understand this mindset 414230
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenesspresident, Spreadsheet Persons Local 153 @werrrp.bsky.social · 03/05/2026always wild to hear people act, with full sincerity, like it's a violation of human rights if they can't straightforwardly break traffic laws while driving on public roads 041
Reposted by Sec. of Defensivenessdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/04/2026here's my diagnosis of whats going on with civilization: we have completely lost the plot. what are we even doing here. whats the fucking point. things of this nature 14975105
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“We’ll tear it down, and we’ll seize the assets of anyone who participated in building it and refund it to the taxpayers.” That’s it. That’s the campaign. 350 electoral votes. Just do it. Think like an average American for once for godssakes 5602131
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time 63158943570
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I think part of the reason the Pope thing is hitting so much is that modern life is so devoid of *any* morality, any system of right and wrong that is not completely hollow and fraudulent, which hits as halfway sensible and opposed to Trump and those like him, feels absolutely revolutionary 181716230
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026As little as I already thought of the man I'm in awe of what he's accomplished in 15 short months. Historic run. Basically threw away all his fire extinguishers and told every firefighter in town to eat shit, and then set his house on fire. We need a separate Mount Rushmore for morons 475039599
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/07/2025There's hope for our people I think. The Romans used to terrorize the world and now they just make delicious food. Maybe we'll have a non-evil thing someday too 552474201
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship. 56149615270
Reposted by Sec. of DefensivenessMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026There's nothing more pathetic than people who think a demented old pedophile threatening to commit war crimes and abolish the constitution is A Strong Man. He's a rich kid who inherited money and became a reality TV star. I can't believe there are adults who don't think Trump is a fucking loser. 601449305
