Reposted by FolkenNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Downside: The US now has government goon squads, and deploys them to try to intimidate voters into voting the way the president wants. Upside: They don’t have nearly enough goons. Not even close. They’re hoping fear will make up for that big shortfall, but it won’t. 24629183
Reposted by FolkenDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images. 6806216
Reposted by FolkenChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is a big deal for me and, as I've said a thousand times on here, I think the doomer-narrative of nothing being a win bc Trump and his people lie and cheat is dangerous. They lose. A lot. And rightfully so because they're doing illegal things. And taking those wins is important for democracy. 1364082
Reposted by FolkenK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026"the mexicans took our jobs" is a racial concern not an economical one. "DEI is why I didn't get that promotion" is a racial concern not a merit-based concern. "HR ladies won't let me hit on my co-workers" is a racial and gender concern not a "male loneliness epidemic" concern. 1339
Reposted by FolkenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026GUYS IT'S A LAYUP THEY ARE THE PARTY OF PEDOPHILES. I think the world agrees that kiddie fuckers are the worst scum of the earth and they RUN OUR COUNTRY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY JFC RUN ON THIS ALL DAY EVERY DAY 314520
Reposted by FolkenJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10994682975
Reposted by FolkenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers. 382720610
Reposted by FolkenRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Happy Balloon Fiesta New Mexico! It’s our favorite time of year!! 🎃❤️🍁#BalloonFiesta #NewMexico #NewMexicoTrue 281285174
Reposted by FolkenProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately. 261538420
Reposted by FolkenSiri Dahl @siridahl.com · 03/10/2026Check your status at hot2vote.org! The registration deadline in most states is October 5th! #Hot2Vote 215022
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Im not sure, but I think Flip Seven could work on the fold out trays. Very chance based, the only choice you make is whether to draw a card or not, really, but its a fun time! 060
Reposted by FolkenPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 07/06/2024The aphorism really should be "if you opened the last ten doors using a sledgehammer, you won't even notice the 11th door is unlocked." It's interesting to consider the Einstellung effect and how so many terrible solutions in such a wide range of things, result from it. 2777
Reposted by FolkenGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/10/2026ICE must be defunded and destroyed in its entirety and every person who enabled and worked for it must be stripped of all honor and government employment forever. Their names should be added to registries and people should be notified if they're moving into their neighborhoods. They're dangerous. 627084
Reposted by FolkenDisembodied Head Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Batman says transphobes GTFO. 🏳️⚧️ 102104390
Reposted by FolkenWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 443859922
Reposted by FolkenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1299190576205
Reposted by FolkenKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions 123183395
Reposted by FolkenMicah @rincewind.run · 30/09/2026I mean holy fuck if we’re playing geopolitical hardball these days would someone please play it against Trump for once 862239
Reposted by FolkenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Don't forget that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wants to let the GOP get away with all of this. He said let's turn the page and get on with business. He's on the side of the Nazis if he thinks this kind of thing is acceptable in the United States of America. This can't be allowed to slide. It can't. 151824433
Reposted by FolkenTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Now I’m nobody, but I think that is indicative of a set of political principles. I think that’s worth taking a note of. They do not care whether it’s useful. They do not care about the user. If you are the user, however, maybe you care. 1066450
Reposted by FolkenFolken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Received a text poll from the DCCC about "what will influence my vote" in November. Just for my own sake, I'm going to share the poll and my response: 122
Reposted by FolkenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752441427
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I want a Democratic party that has a few fucking values they will stand by and not poll test. So, have fun coding or ignoring this response." 010
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My reply: "You idiots. I want accountability (trials, jail time, etc) for every criminally complicit member of the Trump administration. I want ICE dissolved, trans rights protected, and the resurgent white-supremacist/authoritarian movement demolished. 110
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I Education J Gun Violence Prevention K Environmental Issues L All of the Above M None of the above - respond and let us know!" 100
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Its been 3.5 years since Rs took control of the House and Ds have the opportunity to take it back in Nov. What will influence your vote the most going into the Midterms? A Cost of living B Job Market C Repro Rights D Data Centers E Democracy F Foreign Affairs G Healthcare H Grocery Prices 100
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Received a text poll from the DCCC about "what will influence my vote" in November. Just for my own sake, I'm going to share the poll and my response: 122
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Assuming the US's current set of stupid, rapacious leaders are ever removed, the first question I'll have for a politician, media company, or public figure of any note will be: How did you conduct yourself in the Trump years? 000
Reposted by FolkenKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen 262886666
Reposted by FolkenAlex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released. 7337911266
Reposted by FolkenNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Oligarchs. The word for very rich businesspeople directly connected to the top of the government and playing a role in high-level government functions is “oligarchs.” Way beyond lobbying, donating, and advisory councils. Trump brought them on his trip to China too. America has oligarchs now. 25997342
Reposted by FolkenJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562270533
Reposted by Folkenceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat 9678411312
Reposted by FolkenICE must be destroyed 🏳️⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's so fucking bleak that there's so many more posts here about scene drama at a lesbian bar than there is the US government's border Gestapo shooting a guy in the back, kidnapping him, throwing him in a camp, denying him proper medical care, and then torturing him Moreover, ICE must be destroyed 8718193
Reposted by FolkenMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this is FAR more demotivating than some left wing shitposting or podcasting critic of the democratic party can ever be 992869576
Reposted by Folkenshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026i don’t know how to make it any plainer that the vast majority of dem voters believe holding people accountable IS part of “getting back to work” 662180475
Reposted by FolkenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We are here in this moment right now because Biden was a pussy (and history will remember him as such) and didn't protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic. They are Nazis, @duckworth.senate.gov and your legacy will be like Bidens if you don't get your head out of your ass 1424242
Reposted by FolkenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As a reminder, Democrats picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018, while losing two seats in the Senate. We should see a bigger pickup in both chambers this time, to put it mildly. But do not get cocky and coast here. Run through the tape. 481127202
Folken @tnilc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think both campaigns were still winnable. But if not for the misogyny I believe they'd both have landslide electoral and popular vote wins that would put Reagan and maybe FDR in the shade. The losses still gut me, but its not like there was ever an even playing field. 000
Reposted by Folkennormal not odd @normalnotodd.com · 21/09/2026Gruesome Newson’s office IS taking calls. I got a live person. Flood it: (916) 445-2841 2442153
Reposted by Folkenpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026again, it's super, SUPER important that we all remember gavin newsom is responsible for this because democrats are banking on us forgetting in a couple years. the establishment wants to have their cake and eat it too. they need to pick a fucking side. us or the billionaires 311335
Reposted by Folkenjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty." 513356645
Reposted by FolkenJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 21/09/2026“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election. 12038642
Reposted by FolkenI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026These guys are doing this with regularity while everyone left of center is being subject to a constant loyalty test they can never pass. 426158
Reposted by FolkenAmyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026they literally train their models to hack and test them on hacking tasks lmao also, llms are *easily* controlled. your local claude code or whatever will never hack shit bc permissions prevent it. they deliberately chose to test models uncontrolled and unmonitored. so many felonies! 3498
Reposted by FolkenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Seriously I'm seeing people be all "haha he's a 12 year old boy" when he mentioned the Arch with the Snipers but for some reason no one seems to do the math this way. Whether or not he builds the arch, he's telling you he's not leaving and he's gonna ask the military to protect him in the WH 26873198
Reposted by FolkenJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years. 7845661065
Reposted by FolkenMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568081526
