Dave McC
@mccdave.bsky.social
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Dave McC
@mccdave.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Whenever I see doom-posts on here lamenting how all is lost before Trump is even sworn in, I think of this image, taken in February 2022 right after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. Russia thought they’d take the country in 3 days. It’s been nearly 3 years and they’re no closer. Buck up people.
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Whatever’s happening in the Senate, I want everyone to read this & remember that this is our lives. In Chicago. The suburbs. Everywhere. We fight it every day. With organizing. With cantankerousness. With courage. With humor & kindness & generosity & solidarity & patriotism & love
And we will win
And we will win
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Whatever’s happening in the Senate, I want everyone to read this & remember that this is our lives. In Chicago. The suburbs. Everywhere. We fight it every day. With organizing. With cantankerousness. With courage. With humor & kindness & generosity & solidarity & patriotism & love
And we will win
And we will win
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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“Everything is affordable if you take out a long enough loan” - Donald Trump, probably
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Everything is affordable if you take out a long enough loan” - Donald Trump, probably
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
Everything wrong the Sacramento Kings, set forth here in devastating fashion.
The Sacramento Kings are an abomination: defector.com/the-kings-ar...
The Kings Are An Abomination | Defector
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — During the break between the first and second quarters, the Sacramento Kings interrupted one anti-competitive spectacle with another. Six babies lined up to race, only to hear the...
defector.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Everything wrong the Sacramento Kings, set forth here in devastating fashion.
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We’ve been here before. It’s just that wiser people were our leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We’ve been here before. It’s just that wiser people were our leaders.
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The Blitz lasted for eight months, from 7 September, 1940 to 11 May, 1941. If the British had surrendered after 40 days, cowards might have argued that “standing up to Hitler didn’t work.”
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Blitz lasted for eight months, from 7 September, 1940 to 11 May, 1941. If the British had surrendered after 40 days, cowards might have argued that “standing up to Hitler didn’t work.”
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Josh phrases this a bit more gently than I would, but I think the core of this is right. We're fighting to change the Democratic Party, and we've still got a long way to go. But the fight is ongoing, and the party's center has already shifted dramatically in our direction.
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Josh phrases this a bit more gently than I would, but I think the core of this is right. We're fighting to change the Democratic Party, and we've still got a long way to go. But the fight is ongoing, and the party's center has already shifted dramatically in our direction.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
“It wasn’t working” they said, just days after America overwhelmingly punished the GOP for doing things like taking away their health care.
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“It wasn’t working” they said, just days after America overwhelmingly punished the GOP for doing things like taking away their health care.
SNAP shouldn’t be ignored in discussing Senate Dems’ cave, but they should’ve at least let the issue be litigated through SCOTUS this week. Then they could’ve blamed SCOTUS and Trump when they stood down.
NEW: The First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Trump admin's efforts to stop the release of full funding for November's SNAP benefits payments as ordered by a lower court judge.
The Supreme Court's administrative stay will now expire 48 hours after the 1st Circuit's ruling.
The Supreme Court's administrative stay will now expire 48 hours after the 1st Circuit's ruling.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SNAP shouldn’t be ignored in discussing Senate Dems’ cave, but they should’ve at least let the issue be litigated through SCOTUS this week. Then they could’ve blamed SCOTUS and Trump when they stood down.
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next week, a lot of people will not have eaten for a week. that's basically it.
I would love to understand tactically and strategically why in a week of electoral victories senate Democrats are tempted to cave on the shutdown without anything to show for it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
next week, a lot of people will not have eaten for a week. that's basically it.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together.
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together.
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
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Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
Understand there are pressures at play with SNAP and air travel, but caving based on a promise of an ACA vote at some undetermined point in the future - when the public is on your side and the GOP just got pummeled in elections - is the weakest sauce.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Understand there are pressures at play with SNAP and air travel, but caving based on a promise of an ACA vote at some undetermined point in the future - when the public is on your side and the GOP just got pummeled in elections - is the weakest sauce.
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Sorry to do litmus tests but I want candidates who understand and say out loud that the big tech industry is a hive of evil charlatans who get rich pumping poison into the world
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sorry to do litmus tests but I want candidates who understand and say out loud that the big tech industry is a hive of evil charlatans who get rich pumping poison into the world
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You see, it’s an emergency. People might get to eat.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
You see, it’s an emergency. People might get to eat.
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Remind me again which justices are Catholic because those are the ones who should definitely be excommunicated if they keep food out of kids' mouths.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Remind me again which justices are Catholic because those are the ones who should definitely be excommunicated if they keep food out of kids' mouths.
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i think it is possible that people overinterpreted trump's win in 2024 because they wanted harris to win, and have not adjusted their priors for the data showing his agenda is historically unpopular and voters don't want him/his party in charge
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
i think it is possible that people overinterpreted trump's win in 2024 because they wanted harris to win, and have not adjusted their priors for the data showing his agenda is historically unpopular and voters don't want him/his party in charge
The GOP is willing to hobble the economy and leave millions hungry to prevent people from having affordable health care. They hate Americans that much.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The GOP is willing to hobble the economy and leave millions hungry to prevent people from having affordable health care. They hate Americans that much.
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Alright you do, in fact, gotta hand it to Schumer
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Alright you do, in fact, gotta hand it to Schumer
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Extremely reassuring stuff to actually see Trump 2024 coalition fall apart
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Extremely reassuring stuff to actually see Trump 2024 coalition fall apart