Pedro Yokes
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Pedro Yokes
@pedroyokes.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Graham Platner for U.S. Senate | Launch Video
YouTube video by Graham Platner for Senate
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Graham is an old friend of ours from way back— he was a bartender at our neighborhood spot and worked with my wife there. I would run through a brick wall for this guy. Please, please have a look at supporting him. I’d say he is a regular guy, but he’s so much better than regular.
Some people really aren’t built for life in a democratic society, I don’t know what to tell you.
There is no such thing as “total victory” that allows you to stop caring.
Awareness and frustration are the price you pay for being a compassionate and authentic person in a free polity
There is no such thing as “total victory” that allows you to stop caring.
Awareness and frustration are the price you pay for being a compassionate and authentic person in a free polity
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Some people really aren’t built for life in a democratic society, I don’t know what to tell you.
There is no such thing as “total victory” that allows you to stop caring.
Awareness and frustration are the price you pay for being a compassionate and authentic person in a free polity
There is no such thing as “total victory” that allows you to stop caring.
Awareness and frustration are the price you pay for being a compassionate and authentic person in a free polity
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Honestly think that AOC would have a fairly easy time consolidating support within the Democratic establishment and that her real challenge is the media.
February 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Honestly think that AOC would have a fairly easy time consolidating support within the Democratic establishment and that her real challenge is the media.
The world would literally be a better place if more people did this once a week
I’m drinking and talking to strangers at the bar and I recommend it
That people are already staking out strong takes on voting in the 2028 primary on this website is simply further evidence that people need to get out more and do literally anything. Even laying in a field and looking at clouds is more productive
February 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The world would literally be a better place if more people did this once a week
The media is going to treat AOC worse than Harris or Clinton, and if you doubt that, you’re not paying attention.
And it sucks because any pushback her campaign does will be framed as her playing “identity politics.”
And it sucks because any pushback her campaign does will be framed as her playing “identity politics.”
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The media is going to treat AOC worse than Harris or Clinton, and if you doubt that, you’re not paying attention.
And it sucks because any pushback her campaign does will be framed as her playing “identity politics.”
And it sucks because any pushback her campaign does will be framed as her playing “identity politics.”
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
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Sparta and Athens 2000 years after Frank Miller's weirdo comic for weird losers was set.
February 16, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Sparta and Athens 2000 years after Frank Miller's weirdo comic for weird losers was set.
It’s too early to make proclamations about 2028 but I’m struck by one feeling that keeps running through my head. I like AOC’s politics the best of any current candidate. But can she win a race that becomes another proxy culture war? Oof. I don’t know.
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
It’s too early to make proclamations about 2028 but I’m struck by one feeling that keeps running through my head. I like AOC’s politics the best of any current candidate. But can she win a race that becomes another proxy culture war? Oof. I don’t know.
A funny thing about my history with Platner is that the bar he worked with my wife had another bartender who is now a senior fellow at Heritage and has actual right wing nationalist beliefs. One of these guys is progressive and got an unfortunate skull tat. The other guy, no tat — but very fascist!
February 16, 2026 at 4:17 AM
A funny thing about my history with Platner is that the bar he worked with my wife had another bartender who is now a senior fellow at Heritage and has actual right wing nationalist beliefs. One of these guys is progressive and got an unfortunate skull tat. The other guy, no tat — but very fascist!
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“Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said the issue of Greenland had “distracted in ways that I don’t think that any of us could have anticipated.”
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
“Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said the issue of Greenland had “distracted in ways that I don’t think that any of us could have anticipated.”
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
How can you possibly fail to anticipate this? How is this a thing any adult, let alone a US Senator, can say?
An actual sentence someone at Politico wrote about Jeanine Pirro
February 16, 2026 at 1:41 AM
An actual sentence someone at Politico wrote about Jeanine Pirro
Politico will bend over backwards to identify some Serious Policy explanation for Trump because they need to reframe his insanity in rational terms — otherwise their policy reporting is useless.
Here they say that Trump got his anti-NATO ideology from a policy paper written **in 2023**
Here they say that Trump got his anti-NATO ideology from a policy paper written **in 2023**
Is This Where Trump’s NATO Ideas Are Coming From?
An idea floating in academic circles has helped drive the Trump administration’s pullback from Europe.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Politico will bend over backwards to identify some Serious Policy explanation for Trump because they need to reframe his insanity in rational terms — otherwise their policy reporting is useless.
Here they say that Trump got his anti-NATO ideology from a policy paper written **in 2023**
Here they say that Trump got his anti-NATO ideology from a policy paper written **in 2023**
This is true for sure — it’s not even arguable. But I would also say that if you spend a lot of time on Bluesky you will also get a warped perspective of how the country is feeling. You have to get out and talk to people, and you need to read a lot of non-horse race public opinion research
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
This is true for sure — it’s not even arguable. But I would also say that if you spend a lot of time on Bluesky you will also get a warped perspective of how the country is feeling. You have to get out and talk to people, and you need to read a lot of non-horse race public opinion research
I used to be a believer in the Stancil-Darling vibescession argument but I’ve really been persuaded against it.
I think there are several confounding variables that explain why the real median data series’ on income don’t reflect *key groups* in the population
I think there are several confounding variables that explain why the real median data series’ on income don’t reflect *key groups* in the population
February 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I used to be a believer in the Stancil-Darling vibescession argument but I’ve really been persuaded against it.
I think there are several confounding variables that explain why the real median data series’ on income don’t reflect *key groups* in the population
I think there are several confounding variables that explain why the real median data series’ on income don’t reflect *key groups* in the population
Well, actually both sides are trying to read tea leaves from scant contextless data
I would simply try and find progressive people who have known him for a long time and see what they think 🤔
I would simply try and find progressive people who have known him for a long time and see what they think 🤔
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Well, actually both sides are trying to read tea leaves from scant contextless data
I would simply try and find progressive people who have known him for a long time and see what they think 🤔
I would simply try and find progressive people who have known him for a long time and see what they think 🤔
There has never been a crueler federal policy since abdicating reconstruction - Japanese internment is close, but the reach of this may supersede it
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
There has never been a crueler federal policy since abdicating reconstruction - Japanese internment is close, but the reach of this may supersede it
I will not be taking questions
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I will not be taking questions
I am listening to a Stevie Nicks custom station on Apple Music, and Lana Del Ray just came on. Come on, stop. More like Tim Can’t Cook, am I rite
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I am listening to a Stevie Nicks custom station on Apple Music, and Lana Del Ray just came on. Come on, stop. More like Tim Can’t Cook, am I rite
The Marxist critique can be pretty limited in cases like this.
It’s not good that a private contractor is making billions to build detention centers that don’t need to exist. It’s awful.
But no, Stephen Miller is not doing this so GEO can make a profit! That’s not the driving factor here!
It’s not good that a private contractor is making billions to build detention centers that don’t need to exist. It’s awful.
But no, Stephen Miller is not doing this so GEO can make a profit! That’s not the driving factor here!
February 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The Marxist critique can be pretty limited in cases like this.
It’s not good that a private contractor is making billions to build detention centers that don’t need to exist. It’s awful.
But no, Stephen Miller is not doing this so GEO can make a profit! That’s not the driving factor here!
It’s not good that a private contractor is making billions to build detention centers that don’t need to exist. It’s awful.
But no, Stephen Miller is not doing this so GEO can make a profit! That’s not the driving factor here!
Had an in-home date night with my wife last night and we Watched OBAA (she hadn’t seen it but wanted to see what the Oscar buzz was about)…
It’s kind of nuts how they nailed every detail of this administration’s immigration gestapo before it happened — *except the masks*
It’s kind of nuts how they nailed every detail of this administration’s immigration gestapo before it happened — *except the masks*
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Had an in-home date night with my wife last night and we Watched OBAA (she hadn’t seen it but wanted to see what the Oscar buzz was about)…
It’s kind of nuts how they nailed every detail of this administration’s immigration gestapo before it happened — *except the masks*
It’s kind of nuts how they nailed every detail of this administration’s immigration gestapo before it happened — *except the masks*
The administration’s position is that Ukraine must have elections while being bombed daily, but Venezuela can’t have elections for two years at minimum and it’s crazy to even suggest they could.
Zelensky denies reports that he’s prepared to have early elections under American pressure. “Give us a cease-fire,” and Ukraine will have elections, he said. Not before. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Live Updates: In Munich, Rubio Calls Europe a Friend but Says It Must Change
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The administration’s position is that Ukraine must have elections while being bombed daily, but Venezuela can’t have elections for two years at minimum and it’s crazy to even suggest they could.
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At some point we're gonna have to collectively acknowledge that Graham Platner is well on his way to winning his primary and it doesn't look like it's gonna be very close?
February 13, 2026 at 3:51 AM
At some point we're gonna have to collectively acknowledge that Graham Platner is well on his way to winning his primary and it doesn't look like it's gonna be very close?
Yep it was Kushner bsky.app/profile/nyti...
My initial assumption here was that whistleblower complaint implicated Gabbard, but it looks like Gabbard’s involvement was covering it up — and we still don’t know who the person “close to the president” was.
In this admin, it really could be anyone. Or a family member.
In this admin, it really could be anyone. Or a family member.
This is a blockbuster report. Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Yep it was Kushner bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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this is indistinguishable from what a cult would tell you
With all due respect, there’s an established discipline among activists that forbids communication with even the press as an individual, far less law enforcement. This in itself is a major and dangerous breach already, it’s not hypothetical.
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
this is indistinguishable from what a cult would tell you
The fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars spammy junk science studies to “disprove” human-driven warming in the 90s and 00s.
Dumb simps had no idea they could have just had a Republican flunkee just hit delete on the existing science for free.
Dumb simps had no idea they could have just had a Republican flunkee just hit delete on the existing science for free.
Update: The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight
The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars spammy junk science studies to “disprove” human-driven warming in the 90s and 00s.
Dumb simps had no idea they could have just had a Republican flunkee just hit delete on the existing science for free.
Dumb simps had no idea they could have just had a Republican flunkee just hit delete on the existing science for free.
My wife when I ask her how her work day was
"However, after initially declining to comment, Parikh proceeded to hold forth for nearly two hours."
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My wife when I ask her how her work day was