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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Oh my god, I can’t believe I never thought of this. Of course it was part of the grift. I just thought Trump had an unhealthy obsession with outdated trade policy, but of course the point of the tariffs was so that companies, including ones close to his family, could pocket the money.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We’re deporting you because when you get deported you’ll be traveling outside the country which isn’t allowed and allows us to deport you. Don’t think about it too much; it makes perfect sense if you don’t think about it.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Someday some politician is going to get a lot of votes saying “I’m passing a no more BS law” that attaches real penalties to lies made by public figures. Like yeah it has the potential to be abused, but if we get to that point, a law being on the books isn’t going to be the difference in overreach.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Fox’s polling division (at least as of last time I paid attention a cycle or two ago) have actually been fairly good. Historically there hasn’t been a particularly large Republican bias. Still OH, NC, and GA are almost definitely outside of the MOE. That’s a big deal, especially at this point.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I, personally, have spent months to years complaining about how Dems won’t be as ruthless as Reps. This is kinda one of the first examples of them doing what I’ve asked for.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Yeah, it’s problematic when someone is incapable of serving and no one does anything about it But like regardless of what’s actually happening (dead or still alive but incapable) waiting results in a better outcome for Dems. Either Reps are down a vote or they get an October surprise in a red state

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

If it’s being hidden, and Dems are sitting on the news, why not release the news a few days before the election for maximum damage (I.e., Reps have been covering this up for months) Also, probably related, but Feinstein was basically incapable of serving her last few months and no one batted an eye

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I mean the principal of the thing is problematic. But from a pure vote calculus if they republicans want to be down a vote for the rest of the cycle … let them …? Like Beshear can’t nominate a Democrat, the appointment likely would be halted by the courts if he tried.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

No, I don’t think he got carried away. He systematically targeted organizations who were investigating him.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The lie detector determined THAT was a lie!

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If @jenpsaki.bsky.social or @karinejean-pierre.bsky.social ever said anything like this they would have been crucified on every major network for a week! “I tHiNk hE SuPpOrTs tHeM?!?” That’s the best you got?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You do have lots of opportunity to do oversight … you’re just not doing it

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The generic ballot crept up for several months. Polling average was between +4 and +5 Dem for a while, but has increased steadily as more people pay attention to the election. IF (and it’s a big if) it keeps trending up, we’re looking at the biggest midterm loss for the incumbent in decades.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

On this note, it’s an even crazier scandal for the GOP if we find out three months from now, and that could be the type of thing that swings an election in a very red state.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I mean I’m waiting to hear the news as much as anyone, but the Senate math is a good reason to *not* hear the news.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Is the empathy in the room with us?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It’s stuff like this that really makes me believe the conspiracy theories that he hates asylum seekers because he’s thinks they are people who belong in a mental institution.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Didn’t he (or someone else) say this a few weeks ago and get relentlessly dunked on?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Like, it’s leopards eating faces all the time and somehow people think they’ll be the exception.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Honestly it’s getting kind of funny at this point, because the first thing I thought is this will eventually turn into him releasing some posts to people who paid money then bet on the opposite and never release the posts.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ooh I know this one! Dem goals have been to pass policies to fix things, and this are subject to filibuster and reconciliation rules Reps over the last few decades have only wanted to cut programs and taxes which can be done through reconciliation The first requires 60 votes, the second is 50+VP

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The downstream consequences of this are huge. Like if you take this to its logical conclusion, Russia assassinated a sitting, senior US Senator. Any president would have trouble figuring out how to react, this one is going to bumblefuck his way to a second war.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The lie detector determined THAT was a lie

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wait, so the guy that literally everyone said had a ton of oppo just waiting to be released after the primary, had another scandal right after the primary? You’re telling me the thing that literally everyone predicted, in fact, came true?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

And because the doomers who are going to be like “if we even have an election.” If your hypothetical happens then it doesn’t matter who runs. In either scenario I’d rather have someone who tries to fix things rather than someone who looks at the filibuster and throws up their hands in defeat.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Israel affected the election, not in an election determinative way. When combined with other stances did it cost her the election, maybe? I don’t want Harris because Reps will likely bumble themselves into two massive landslides in 26 and 28. I want the leftiest leftist possible to be the nominee.

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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can we finally all agree that the argument “we should run the country like a business, and therefore elect businessmen to run it” has been a failed experiment?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Is anyone surprised by this, a major part of his background before becoming SecDef was complaining about how rules of engagement were hamstringing soldiers. There isn’t much of anything more central to who this guy is than “the rules of war are dumb.”

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So let me make sure I have this right. He has a tattoo he knew was a Nazi tattoo, he serially cheated, and his internal polls only show him up 4 in what is almost certainly going to be a blue tsunami nationwide? At this rate we’ll flip Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina before we flip Maine.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Well they did spend the greater majority of the first term saying “Obama” so it’s weirdly one of the few places they’re consistent.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Somewhat hot take: I think if you’re younger than 40 and you aren’t having a conversation with someone older than 40, using “data” as a plural, though grammatically correct, comes across as pretentious and annoying.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This really feels like they’re floating the idea to gauge the level of pushback. It’s not getting the traction it should because people, for some reason I’ll never understand, think they won’t do the mind numbingly stupid thing. They’re going to see the lack of pushback and just do it… 😩

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This administration has made a mockery of the presidency since it started. That’s not new… But this picture really made me feel sad in a way I didn’t think was possible any more. It’s just like the truest representation that the country’s highest office is essentially a three ring circus.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This right here. It’s technically the idea behind separation of powers even if it didn’t happen in practice. But like we should structure more institutions this way.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

See, the thing is that whether USAID was a cynical op to expand imperial influence or a sincere act of goodwill from the United States, all those Africans are still dead.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

At this rate when is the cabinet going to be entirely men?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The media is going to suddenly discover that sanewashing behavior and not holding politicians to account was bad on January 21st, 2029. There will be all kinds of op-eds along the lines of “we messed up and here’s how we plan to be incredibly hostile to a new democratic POTUS.”

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Is he gonna do it? Because it’s late enough in the cycle we could probably mitigate most of the damage. Do it Thune, I triple dog dare you. I can honestly say I’ve never wanted anything more in my life. Waste your filibuster nuke on a ballroom. Please, I’m begging you…

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I think Trump could come out on January 19th and be like: “You’re all stupid, I told you years ago I would run as a Republican because you are easy to manipulate. You still voted for me. I did terrible things and you cheered. You should be ashamed.” And Republican politicians would still suck…

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

How much does he want the ballroom? Because he has the opportunity to unintentionally save American politics by going scorched earth on the filibuster this close to the midterms. He won’t, but we can dream right?

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The “conservative media” doesn’t have the same ring to it as “liberal media,” but like we need to collectively get together and figure out how describe the sane-washing, unequal both sidesing, and difference in expectations of competence the media has of republicans and democrats.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This doesn’t absolve Trump. He is historically terrible. He ended his first term as a top 5 worst president ever, then got reelected and said “hold my beer.” He went from an arguably top 5 worst president to unequivocally the worst to ever do it. But also, Republicans have sucked for a while.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Republicans have spent the last sixty years saying government sucks. When they win, they reduce funding, cut staffing, and destroy programs to make government worse at doing things. Then they rinse and repeat, and we wonder why everything sucks. This isn’t a Trump thing, they’ve always sucked.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This guy (Cassidy) is the epitome of performative opposition. He went on a long rant about how RFK would be terrible, voted for him, and is now justifying how RFK isn’t as terrible as he actually is. He’ll be replaced by a MAGA sycophant, but I’m not sad to see him go.

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

US universities genuinely are like “welcome to Tennessee Agricultural College in Bumfuck Nowheresville. We invented the modern potato and our facilities include a particle accelerator, nuclear reactor, and TOP500 supercomputer. Tuition is $12,000 for instate students and we have 40,000 of them”

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I mean does this really surprise us? Given that their policy platform has basically just been “the libs suck” for the last decade, this seems in line with expectations.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’ll be shocked if they don’t just stick with the hits. Probably something along the lines of: “Massive fraud” Or “Trump wasn’t on the ballot”

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I mean I’d love for us to take the Senate, but that’s not required to oust Schumer. We can do that basically whenever. He was one of the ones (along with Pelosi), telling Biden to pass the torch. It’s about time he finally takes his own advice.

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Wannabephd, Ph.D @wannabe-phd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is just … like why does anybody care? I don’t believe anyone really cares about prediction markets’ opinions on the election.

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