OKComputer23
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Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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You are 61, you have had a heart bypass, a knee replacement. Here's $2000. Get negotiating.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
You are 61, you have had a heart bypass, a knee replacement. Here's $2000. Get negotiating.
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Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
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Many people are saying
I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Mamdani the Party Builder
Partyism in action
publiccomment.blog
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Many people are saying
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November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The truth is a muscle, and like any muscle it will atrophy from lack of use. "We all know Republicans suck, no reason to ever say it" is like saying we all know how to walk, so there's no reason to ever get out of bed.
If we stop saying the obvious things they stop being obvious!
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The truth is a muscle, and like any muscle it will atrophy from lack of use. "We all know Republicans suck, no reason to ever say it" is like saying we all know how to walk, so there's no reason to ever get out of bed.
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New Orleans & Chicago
What cities had the best food that you've been to?
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New Orleans & Chicago
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If folks really wanted things to get so bad that [discord-subpoena'd], well, one might wonder what they're doing to prepare themselves for that or bring that about themselves rather than merely wishcast those in power to do it for them while they cheer on from behind their keyboards.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If folks really wanted things to get so bad that [discord-subpoena'd], well, one might wonder what they're doing to prepare themselves for that or bring that about themselves rather than merely wishcast those in power to do it for them while they cheer on from behind their keyboards.
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I feel this too, and it bums me out. I have Some Thoughts on the deal and they’re not in line with the overwhelming consensus here, and I feel comfortable with them, but I don’t really feel like dealing with the shit it’d bring down if I shared them, and that’s a bummer.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I feel this too, and it bums me out. I have Some Thoughts on the deal and they’re not in line with the overwhelming consensus here, and I feel comfortable with them, but I don’t really feel like dealing with the shit it’d bring down if I shared them, and that’s a bummer.
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an occasional reminder that while JStreet and AIPAC are both lobbying groups for Israel they are not the same and in fact fucking hate each other
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
an occasional reminder that while JStreet and AIPAC are both lobbying groups for Israel they are not the same and in fact fucking hate each other
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SNAP serves children, elderly people, people with disabilities, veterans and working families. When Republicans talk about "cutting benefits," they need to say who they're choosing to go hungry.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
SNAP serves children, elderly people, people with disabilities, veterans and working families. When Republicans talk about "cutting benefits," they need to say who they're choosing to go hungry.
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Yep. The decision to only scream at Dems because "we can't expect the GOP to be persuaded" just tells everyone "Dems are the real and only problem" because if the GOP were the problem, folks would yell at them.
The continued insistence of treating the GOP as an unblameable Act of God while the Dems are the delinquent Gods who either cause or fail to prevent them is exactly why the GOP skates and why Dems get handcuffed far as actually being able to fight or persuade anyone
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yep. The decision to only scream at Dems because "we can't expect the GOP to be persuaded" just tells everyone "Dems are the real and only problem" because if the GOP were the problem, folks would yell at them.
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Anywho, if this deal doesn't pass the House, I'm gonna laugh so hard at so many people.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Anywho, if this deal doesn't pass the House, I'm gonna laugh so hard at so many people.
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erin reed is a grifter and a money suck mini thread
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
erin reed is a grifter and a money suck mini thread
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Yeah its why I've been exhausted by the freak out of yesterday. Republicans have shown they do not care about healthcare or starving people with SNAP benefits. That isnt gonna change and acting like a shutdown would make them was a lot.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yeah its why I've been exhausted by the freak out of yesterday. Republicans have shown they do not care about healthcare or starving people with SNAP benefits. That isnt gonna change and acting like a shutdown would make them was a lot.
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To reiterate my "theres only so much you can do to make Rs not want to do the politically disastrous thing of blowing up ppls healthcare," I think even if the subsidies get thru the House, Trump would almost certainly veto them. He just wants to hurt ppl & refuses to see that voters blame him for it
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
To reiterate my "theres only so much you can do to make Rs not want to do the politically disastrous thing of blowing up ppls healthcare," I think even if the subsidies get thru the House, Trump would almost certainly veto them. He just wants to hurt ppl & refuses to see that voters blame him for it
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oh yeah this is definitely healthy stuff happening here, cool cool cool
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
oh yeah this is definitely healthy stuff happening here, cool cool cool
Lol. No it's not.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lol. No it's not.
So then we can fight on Bluesky about "why didn't X governor appoint MY preferred candidate?" forever. Does anyone here think more than 3 seconds in advance? At some point we're gonna have to look in the mirror and realize the problem is us. There's a real lack of pragmatism on the left.
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So then we can fight on Bluesky about "why didn't X governor appoint MY preferred candidate?" forever. Does anyone here think more than 3 seconds in advance? At some point we're gonna have to look in the mirror and realize the problem is us. There's a real lack of pragmatism on the left.
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If you're a person saying shit like, "Democrats won on Tuesday, THEN DID THIS" please block or unfollow me.
Elections change lives. Full stop. There are tens of thousands of local blue officials across America. THEY MATTER.
The actions of 7 blue senators represent the actions of 7 blue senators. 🧵
Elections change lives. Full stop. There are tens of thousands of local blue officials across America. THEY MATTER.
The actions of 7 blue senators represent the actions of 7 blue senators. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you're a person saying shit like, "Democrats won on Tuesday, THEN DID THIS" please block or unfollow me.
Elections change lives. Full stop. There are tens of thousands of local blue officials across America. THEY MATTER.
The actions of 7 blue senators represent the actions of 7 blue senators. 🧵
Elections change lives. Full stop. There are tens of thousands of local blue officials across America. THEY MATTER.
The actions of 7 blue senators represent the actions of 7 blue senators. 🧵
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any bsky poaster have a theory of victory aligned with keeping the govt shutdown indefinitely I'm all ears, because again I think I've got a history that's pretty indicative I'm more than supportive of COAs that fuck me over personally if there's a viable path to an achievable end state
Okay so again, you gonna forgo your income for another 13 months?
Because you're asking me and a couple million of your fellow citizens to do that, and I don't think it's too much to ask for a plausible theory of victory aligned with that COA
Because you're asking me and a couple million of your fellow citizens to do that, and I don't think it's too much to ask for a plausible theory of victory aligned with that COA
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
any bsky poaster have a theory of victory aligned with keeping the govt shutdown indefinitely I'm all ears, because again I think I've got a history that's pretty indicative I'm more than supportive of COAs that fuck me over personally if there's a viable path to an achievable end state
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I can see that this website is going to be insufferable tonight so I'm checking out for the evening. There was no magic bullet in this shutdown fight and there never was and being mad about that isn't going to change it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I can see that this website is going to be insufferable tonight so I'm checking out for the evening. There was no magic bullet in this shutdown fight and there never was and being mad about that isn't going to change it.
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The Senate passing a bill that is NOT the House CR means the House has to also vote on it. Dems are doing harm reduction and forced the repubs to cave and pass a different bill than the House. Now let's see what House repubs do.
Honestly, this is likely as good of a deal as the Democrats are going to get.
Reinstates fired federal workers. Prevents admin from re-firing them. SNAP funding for a year, and an ACA vote in December.
Voters are already blaming the GOP for the ACA - make them vote against it.
Reinstates fired federal workers. Prevents admin from re-firing them. SNAP funding for a year, and an ACA vote in December.
Voters are already blaming the GOP for the ACA - make them vote against it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Senate passing a bill that is NOT the House CR means the House has to also vote on it. Dems are doing harm reduction and forced the repubs to cave and pass a different bill than the House. Now let's see what House repubs do.