Democat
@beckya.bsky.social
Mental health, unapologetic liberal politics, ukulele, PNW, outdoors, cats, baseball and Bowie. She/her. No DMs unless I know you, please.
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"We covered this city for a living and love it, and we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal."
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"We covered this city for a living and love it, and we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal."
Summers has always been a creep and I’ll be happy to see him crash and burn
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Summers has always been a creep and I’ll be happy to see him crash and burn
New baby, you call that an excuse?? (Just kidding, congratulations!)
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
New baby, you call that an excuse?? (Just kidding, congratulations!)
I’m WAY older than this guy, and you!
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I’m WAY older than this guy, and you!
Especially since he’s obviously cognitively compromised at this point, and his impulse control has always been poor
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Especially since he’s obviously cognitively compromised at this point, and his impulse control has always been poor
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What these people want is socialism for a circumscribed national community—a, uh, national socialism, to borrow from @jvl.bsky.social
That national community is white and (at minimum) culturally Christian
bsky.app/profile/libe...
That national community is white and (at minimum) culturally Christian
bsky.app/profile/libe...
“Deporting immigrants to make room for “real” Americans is therefore both about a belief that only certain types of people can be American in the first place and a demand that these authentic Americans be provided an array of nostalgic comforts through government largess.”
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What these people want is socialism for a circumscribed national community—a, uh, national socialism, to borrow from @jvl.bsky.social
That national community is white and (at minimum) culturally Christian
bsky.app/profile/libe...
That national community is white and (at minimum) culturally Christian
bsky.app/profile/libe...
They actually did pretty well with the shutdown. The ending was bad, but until then they stayed on message and avoided being blamed for starting it (as usually happens), so I think they’re (slowly) learning
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
They actually did pretty well with the shutdown. The ending was bad, but until then they stayed on message and avoided being blamed for starting it (as usually happens), so I think they’re (slowly) learning