It's been cool to ride a bike around underneath the construction though.

What feels different now is the progressive/populist left faction in the Dem Party coalition is ascendant. So, more of their candidates will face R's in general elections, possibly even for president in '28.

The question then for liberal establishment types will be, still vote Blue no matter who?

No thanks, I'd just be happy to tax away the lion's share of his inherited wealth.

No offense to actual pigs who I love and respect and advocate for far better treatment than they are given in factory farm operations.

God, what a pig...

1970 interview with music icon Prince at age 11 discovered YouTube video by KTVQ News

11 year old Prince had opinions.

youtu.be/bg1JgHLQsg0?...

This has always been the question liberals were desperate not to have to test: would they vote for a strident, outspoken progressive with baggage in a general election, like they've always demanded the left does for their preferred faction.

We're finally getting to find out, and I like our odds.

Been drinking

No one else could have exposed the right's indifference to moral precepts encoded in the text they believe to be Holy as effectively as... Donald J. Trump.

But his laptop.

^Typical liberal elitism looking down on the dangerously self-imperiled and refusing to hear out the criminally insane. (smh)

No wonder Democrats lose so many elections.

It's 4/20! Let me remind you why marijuana was criminalized to begin with: "We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or blacks, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.” - John Erlichman, senior advisor to Nixon

Happy 4/20 to those who celebrate!

Hopefully, they'll cave again once Dewine is gone. It's going to be a very bad election year for Republicans, and it won't help them if voters are reminded that they overturned much of Issue 2 that we passed in 2023.

Of course. The more constituents they hear from the more they realize it's something they might need to revisit. It originally passed as a bipartisan issue after all.

If you mean though, collecting data on who to later target for oppression, I think that's too fatalistic. They need to fear US.

Maybe Williams? I don't know his game at all so open to the possibility of him as an option at point.

I know Pippen has a rep for being able to create turnovers and get steals, but can he run the offense at a high level? And if he struggles, who's the next option at the 1? Mobley?

Still seems thin at that position to me.

Override the Veto — Protect Ohio's THC Beverage Industry The votes exist. Leadership just needs to bring it to the floor. Contact your reps now.

If you live in Ohio, here's the site that makes it easy to message your state reps and legislative leadership to tell them to override Gov Dewine's veto of rules established for craft beverage makers (like me) who want to make low-dose THC drinks...

www.saveohiobevs.com

Insane levels of Bluesky-brain in the comments.

Imagine thinking Platner hasn't been getting over-the-top criticism from the Dem establishment wing just because politicians can see there's no upside to attacking him when he's cruising to a Senate seat.

Who let this asshole in office, New Jersey?

I'd like to see what Chuck Schumer stumping in Maine for Janet Mills would look like...😅

And now more on Fetterman from Platner. Pretty good answer. #MEpolitics

"No one signs their name better than me..."

They've been a huge supplier of musical instruments
for all our local schools & universities.
It's such a tragic loss to the music community not only for NE Ohio,
but also for our country,
as they are the only US source that manufactures sousaphones.
💔😭🤬

And they have certainly been asking for social upheaval.

Detractors say Platner's vibe reminds them of Trump to distract you from his message resembling Mamdani's.

OMG iPods! I've been listening to podcasts on an insanely reliable couple of Shuffles for like 20 years, and I'm terrified they'll soon no longer be supported by podcast apps at all.

Tried switching to my phone and it's just so much worse.

"I'm meltiiiiing..."

I concur. One of the best things about being a farmer in rural Ohio is stretches of days when I don't have to drive somewhere.

Ramaswamy's book about victimhood is pure #projection.