I'm almost positive I'm cribbing from american political scientist Sean Theriault, who i feel like wrote almost that exact sentence, but ideology instead of vibes, but the closest i can find is this from his 2008 book

Theriault, S. M. (2008). Party Polarization in Congress. Cambridge Univ Press.

Advocacy serves the whole population, and requires idealism and acknowledging the shortcomings of the current realities

I think of the distinction as between case work and advocacy, and both are needed

Case work accepts the world, advocacy fights for the world as it should be.

Case work serves a client the duty to them requires pragmatism and acknowledging realities

Yeah I should have been clearer in what I was meaning to be as the target of my ire here.

It’s not CJ. Promoting what incremental relief is available and focusing on harm mitigation is absolutely valuable and admirable

Tired: DW nominate
Wired: vibes

Starting in the the late 70s, the parties did what political scientists had been begging them to do for decades - and began to sort themselves based on vibes

When elites or policy makers can insulate themselves from, or rationalize the cost of policies, the poor and vulnerable suffer

In the Afghan immigration and refugee / SIV world, I’d often get asked: but YOUR people are ok, right?

Or in the early days well-connected people would pull strings for THEIR people and then be able to say, well if MINE got out then surely all the worthy did, and things are mostly fair and ok

FUCK! Every time.

There is a cost insulation mechanism, a defensive projection of the mind, that wants to believe: things may be bad, but those who really need or deserve it will be ok. The worst will be avoided. Surely there’s a program…

To that, I say: recall that the admin is trying to get rid of commissaries

Oh Mikey baby, I dont hate America.

I love America.

Enough to fight for her.

Have done it before over there.

Will do it again here on the 18th.

You can’t have America, Mike, and turn it into something selfish, ugly, and hateful.

Not without a fight. See you out there.

District court judges, well the district court level, is the fact finding level. The finders of facts.

And facts are anathema to the regime and their heavy handed consolidation attempts.

The final most essential command: to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears

No that’s a pale ale drone

Palindrome is that chemical rich people and democrats harvest from children to keep them young

Do the my call me John the Bridge builder? No they do not

But you fuck one sheep…

You ever feel like the universe has a limited number of extras to cast in the movie of your life, and so in the later seasons you are just seeing people recycled into roles that don’t really make sense, but hey what do you want, this is a low budget production?

Sending you love, diva. ❤️💜💙

Ok this second official is a real one though

No one cared who I was, until I put on the frog.

i hate to be the conspiracy speculation guy, really, prediction is a loser's game

but stealing from the tariff money pot to pay the troops, so that the military has incentive to keep you in power, and personal loyalty to your policies, rather than Congress and the people is... i mean its not great

if you are going to be using the armed forces to control and police your political opposition as you dismantle the institutions of the republic, i'd suggest keeping them paid while you do so

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

i've tried to google and tried chopping up the link, removing the https

i've found others on bsky using what i think is the same link, i've copied it directly from the link they've used, and somehow ...

i'm sure i'm doing something stupid, but i just don't know what stupid thing i'm doing

do i have any tech savvy folks who can help me understand why the link below isn't properly generating a thumbnail preview?

i've been running into this a few times

www.reuters.com/legal/government/national-guard-poised-enter-chicago-trump-calls-jailing-democratic-leaders-2025-10-08/

The frogs are waking up, and realizing they are strong