I would suggest there's ample evidence that the American attempts to dismantle and weaken parties are largely how we got here.

Vote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political Agency Politics is a collective enterprise aimed at controlling the state, and requires working together as co-partisans.

"States are a fact of the world that we must face. We must take seriously the challenge of mitigating their worst excesses and channeling their strengths productively. We cannot eliminate them." www.liberalcurrents.com/vote-blue-no...

Back when they built excitement. I want to hear it.

Look at these guys.

"She was looking to help people directly, rather than in a laboratory. She was not politically active, didn’t know anyone with AIDS and wasn’t even sure she had ever met anyone who was gay."

Warnings were issued.

Nobody is afraid of Hasan Piker. They're just tired of nonsense and wish other people would recognize him for what he is.

I think a substantial number on the left (and, obviously, on the right) do not believe in liberal democracy.

It's not a counterpunch, guys. The pope didn't throw a punch. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...

andrew johnson without question

starting to believe a big part of our problem is how many people need to believe everything is a conspiracy planned by evil geniuses that only they can see through, instead of anything being just what it is on its face

I don't think I've had them. The mini Reese's cups seem better because they're less mushy.

The minis are good, though.

On consideration, I think if the deal stands along the lines that have been reported, with Iran continuing to extract its tolls and without making any other concessions, I'd say this is probably the worst the United States has ever lost a war.

Truly a shocking outcome, if it holds.

He killed 200 children for fucks sake.

He's a monster, and an especially stupid monster at that.

And every non-nuclear power with a modicum of resources is dusting off every plan they ever had to get nukes because there's absolutely no reason for them not to now.

Good lord, he threatened to annihilate another country over a made up existential threat and then gave his adversaries more than they could have ever expected to get under any other US president?

What's the word for a reverse protection racket?

Between Bezos & the Ellison’s it’s both easy and NOW accurate to say “well the Trump-toadying capitalist owners are putting their thumbs on the scale, even if the reporters are mostly left-of-center personally.” But before the last year that really was a pretty minor factor in the grand scheme.

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

It's @professormusgrave.bsky.social o'clock again, alas

i do not understand people who are so relentlessly baby-brained about civics that they cannot be made to understand that some people are in power and not others

*guy who told people not to vote for Democrats voice*

why aren't the Democrats doing anything? don't they have the power to stop this?

Apparently B52s just left England. I gather the nukes are based out of Turkey, not England. But whatever is about to happen, I know I did everything I can possibly think of to stop this madman from acting.

I thought that was a funny choice of words.

I need an attitude change too, Orion.