late January 2020 vibes

Hating women but leftishly is a trend to keep your eye on, it's going to get worse before it gets better

The Hormuz situation seems so so bad, like gonna-destabilize-half-the-globe-and-tank-the-economy bad, with no obvious resolution even plausible, and it’s still getting the “distant crisis mostly of interest to nerds that will work itself out” treatment in American press

Thread. When you hear someone claim they’re just enforcing the laws on the books, point out that’s false. They’re exercising their discretion to TURN as many people as possible who are here legally into “illegals” so they can deport as many as possible.

Scott was literally wheeled in by an aide to file for reelection last month.

I just don’t know who to trust when it comes to my child’s health: their pediatrician or these garishly-bronzed, elderly pedophiles who can’t do basic math

one of the problems with the pre-trump immigration system was that when you tried to explain to people how complicated and byzantine the process for coming here legally was, they simply would not believe you

trump has "fixed" this by simply making it impossible to come here legally

it’s pretty cool how left-NIMBYs suddenly become all “republicans deserve representation too” when you point out that they are pushing MAGA policies

counterpoint: NIMBY republicans do not deserve representation in a deep blue district in Manhattan

Also when sweaty dudes with hammers who beat their wives get mad, there is an implicit threat of violence that simply isn’t there when girl job doers get mad. Nobody thinks teachers’ unions will go Nazi but the Teamsters might. This too is gender.

If Republicans eliminate Black representation in the South, that's about 8 seats. But if they repeal the Voting Rights Act, there's nothing stopping CA and NY from squeezing out another 2 seats each for Ds, and MN and WI trifectas in 2027 could create 4 more, while Rs are tapped out.

case in point

www.glamour.com/story/why-is...

goose meme moment

people think it's one simple trick to get around class formation

people just stay away from bsky at this point because they think it's boring and it doesn't get them money, but they'll pretend it's because the user base here is worse

Democrats can boost their numbers on the margins by mobilizing isolated rural progressives. And they should! Build up rural party infrastructure.

The fantasy that left populism is going to win McDowell County, WV outright, though, is delusional.

to elaborate on this point in plain english, just because you're in a specific income bracket or job does not mean you have been able to get to the point where you realize "hey i don't like the bosses"

while teamsters and UAW get a lot of attention i feel like people miss out that the average working class person in the US today is (1) a woman and (2) working a service job

my life has generally worked out fantastically, and i am genuinely really happy in it, simply by pursuing a lifelong policy of being a pleasant, well-meaning oaf.

Wow Ilya Shapiro‘s legal scholarship is getting noticed a lot more

no no no you misunderstood. I said YOUR voters live in a Republic, not a Democracy. OUR voters are very important and must be handled gently, like a tiny baby hummingbird

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

fun fact: two years after Manchin won in West Virginia, a left wing populist ran on this exact platform… and lost to a corporate Republican by 40 points

the conservative white working class doesn’t vote for wealth distribution. they are temporarily embarrassed billionaires who love daddy Trump

unilateral disarmament in gerrymandering is just fucking idiotic and you should feel bad for suggesting it

Are the women back there somewhere? Yes, I think I see them.

Coastal Elite Reminder: Remember that we’re in this boat because of places like rural Pennsylvania.

Republicans reacting to redistricting is just Republicans finding out in real
time that just because someone is morally opposed to gun fights doesn't mean they won't shoot to kill if they're forced into one

My hometown of Nashville -- a blue city which went about two-thirds for Harris-Walz in 2024 -- was gerrymandered by the TN GOP into three different districts all represented by Republicans now, so please get in line to complain about how unfair this all is, Virginia Republicans

I hope six of you have already pitched this to your local paper.

I have to admit, this is "Polish newspaper c. 1979" levels of bad (while Poland was in the grip of a hyperinflation crisis, the headlines were all about hyperinflation... in Argentina)