Vibecession Forever
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If you blame/attack Democrats more than Republicans, you are not on the left.
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If you are more angry at Democrats for voting to reopen the government than you are at Republicans starving children for political points, your brain has been permanently destroyed by the internet.
Imagine if a Democrat said this.
TRUMP: You have to bring in talent
INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America
TRUMP: No you don't. No.
INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Imagine if a Democrat said this.
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Left, right, and center, if you stand in the way and say "Hey, this feels good to believe, but is it really true? Does it match the evidence? Is it more complicated than it feels?" - well, you'll just get run over by people stampeding towards the thing they already want to believe.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Left, right, and center, if you stand in the way and say "Hey, this feels good to believe, but is it really true? Does it match the evidence? Is it more complicated than it feels?" - well, you'll just get run over by people stampeding towards the thing they already want to believe.
Obviously this is insidious Russian propaganda.
But also it’s neat that they think Bellingcat is cool enough to do this.
But also it’s neat that they think Bellingcat is cool enough to do this.
Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Obviously this is insidious Russian propaganda.
But also it’s neat that they think Bellingcat is cool enough to do this.
But also it’s neat that they think Bellingcat is cool enough to do this.
I actually think the way out of this is for those of us who aren’t insane to log off.
Already being online is sort of becoming coded as lame again. I think we may have reached Peak Discourse in 2024.
Let the deranged lunatics shout at each other on social media and embrace being offline.
Already being online is sort of becoming coded as lame again. I think we may have reached Peak Discourse in 2024.
Let the deranged lunatics shout at each other on social media and embrace being offline.
And frankly, it's just true that people will mostly avoid pointing this out, for the exact same reason kids side with the bullies in middle school - because they're afraid of themselves being made into the target. Nothing I have said about economic data actually merits the way you guys talk about me
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I actually think the way out of this is for those of us who aren’t insane to log off.
Already being online is sort of becoming coded as lame again. I think we may have reached Peak Discourse in 2024.
Let the deranged lunatics shout at each other on social media and embrace being offline.
Already being online is sort of becoming coded as lame again. I think we may have reached Peak Discourse in 2024.
Let the deranged lunatics shout at each other on social media and embrace being offline.
Logging onto the internet every day is like if everyone in Die Hard decided the real villains were the hostage negotiators instead of Hans Gruber.
JFC. Does @schumer.senate.gov not get that by caving, Democrats make it *harder,* not easier, to make the ACA subsidies expiring stick politically to Trump/GOP? This effort to shame Republicans in this context risks signaling to low-info voters that Rs are standing on conviction and Dems aren't.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Logging onto the internet every day is like if everyone in Die Hard decided the real villains were the hostage negotiators instead of Hans Gruber.
If you’re curious how the internet addiction to shitting on Democrats is a problem:
Ossoff didn’t vote for this deal. He is up for reelection in 2026. Do you think people who see this misinformation-disguised-as-humor are gonna want to help?
Ossoff didn’t vote for this deal. He is up for reelection in 2026. Do you think people who see this misinformation-disguised-as-humor are gonna want to help?
In an effort to keep favor with centrists in America, Democratic leadership confirmed that they will be avoiding super-effective moves.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you’re curious how the internet addiction to shitting on Democrats is a problem:
Ossoff didn’t vote for this deal. He is up for reelection in 2026. Do you think people who see this misinformation-disguised-as-humor are gonna want to help?
Ossoff didn’t vote for this deal. He is up for reelection in 2026. Do you think people who see this misinformation-disguised-as-humor are gonna want to help?
I also think the Dems shouldn’t agree to a GOP deal, but the way that social media just hand waves away poor people starving is really fucking infuriating.
This isn’t easy, and smugly acting like it is helps nobody.
The GOP bets that people will ignore their evil deeds and blame Dems every time.
This isn’t easy, and smugly acting like it is helps nobody.
The GOP bets that people will ignore their evil deeds and blame Dems every time.
Sure, some wild-eyed leftists like [check notes] Nate Silver and Matt Yglesias think Democrats were winning the shutdown and shouldn't have caved....
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I also think the Dems shouldn’t agree to a GOP deal, but the way that social media just hand waves away poor people starving is really fucking infuriating.
This isn’t easy, and smugly acting like it is helps nobody.
The GOP bets that people will ignore their evil deeds and blame Dems every time.
This isn’t easy, and smugly acting like it is helps nobody.
The GOP bets that people will ignore their evil deeds and blame Dems every time.
If you are more angry at Democrats for voting to reopen the government than you are at Republicans starving children for political points, your brain has been permanently destroyed by the internet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you are more angry at Democrats for voting to reopen the government than you are at Republicans starving children for political points, your brain has been permanently destroyed by the internet.
This all sounds good but it ignores that the single strongest indicator of democratic support is educational attainment.
The “ruling class” ARE the “dissident vanguard of intellectuals.”
That’s why politics feels so messy these days.
The “ruling class” ARE the “dissident vanguard of intellectuals.”
That’s why politics feels so messy these days.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This all sounds good but it ignores that the single strongest indicator of democratic support is educational attainment.
The “ruling class” ARE the “dissident vanguard of intellectuals.”
That’s why politics feels so messy these days.
The “ruling class” ARE the “dissident vanguard of intellectuals.”
That’s why politics feels so messy these days.
This is literally how people gaslight themselves into hating democrats every single day on social media apps just like this one!
So, yes, if the media is banging on about prices and inflation, people who've decided they don't like Biden this cycle for whatever reason are apt to tell pollsters it's because of prices & inflation. That doesn't mean it's actually the reason.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is literally how people gaslight themselves into hating democrats every single day on social media apps just like this one!
This guy is saying they should have delayed the certification of the vote in order to impeach Trump for … delaying the certification of the vote.
People are obsessed with nitpicking and criticizing democrats. It’s insane!
People are obsessed with nitpicking and criticizing democrats. It’s insane!
What has one to do with the other? You’re a very weird person.
The president that was getting impeached was the one still in office. You don’t need to count the votes for the next president for impeachment to start
The president that was getting impeached was the one still in office. You don’t need to count the votes for the next president for impeachment to start
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This guy is saying they should have delayed the certification of the vote in order to impeach Trump for … delaying the certification of the vote.
People are obsessed with nitpicking and criticizing democrats. It’s insane!
People are obsessed with nitpicking and criticizing democrats. It’s insane!
Nancy Pelosi deserves a fucking monument on the national mall, not the “she should have retired years ago” bullshit currently being shat out on social media.
This is like the ultimate litmus test for who cares about delivering policy wins that help people and who cares about brand-building tripe.
This is like the ultimate litmus test for who cares about delivering policy wins that help people and who cares about brand-building tripe.
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nancy Pelosi deserves a fucking monument on the national mall, not the “she should have retired years ago” bullshit currently being shat out on social media.
This is like the ultimate litmus test for who cares about delivering policy wins that help people and who cares about brand-building tripe.
This is like the ultimate litmus test for who cares about delivering policy wins that help people and who cares about brand-building tripe.
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People on the far right are literally citing the fact that a lot of women voted for Democrats, and instead of saying, "hmm, maybe we should try to rethink how not to alienate them," they're saying, "let's repeal their right to vote." Via @aselrod.bsky.social
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
People on the far right are literally citing the fact that a lot of women voted for Democrats, and instead of saying, "hmm, maybe we should try to rethink how not to alienate them," they're saying, "let's repeal their right to vote." Via @aselrod.bsky.social
This is how people approach literally every Democratic politician these days.
They self-radicalize into thinking everyone else is corrupt but their guy. It’s happening in the ME senate primary right now.
They self-radicalize into thinking everyone else is corrupt but their guy. It’s happening in the ME senate primary right now.
If you think we can do better or prefer someone a bit to the left, well, fair enough! Understandable. But the tenor of the online opposition - that he must be driven out at all costs - makes no sense to me as a reflection of his actual politics, and doesn't seem to be shared by the city at large.
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is how people approach literally every Democratic politician these days.
They self-radicalize into thinking everyone else is corrupt but their guy. It’s happening in the ME senate primary right now.
They self-radicalize into thinking everyone else is corrupt but their guy. It’s happening in the ME senate primary right now.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
To be clear, moderate and leftist pundits are doing this. Both.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
To be clear, moderate and leftist pundits are doing this. Both.
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A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
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I don’t understand the people who say “GET OFF TWITTER, ELON IS USING THE ALGORITHM TO CONTROL YOUR MIND” - then turn around and scoff at the idea that TikTok, a vastly larger app that is far more heavily built around an algorithm, might also be influencing people’s views.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I don’t understand the people who say “GET OFF TWITTER, ELON IS USING THE ALGORITHM TO CONTROL YOUR MIND” - then turn around and scoff at the idea that TikTok, a vastly larger app that is far more heavily built around an algorithm, might also be influencing people’s views.
A federal judge had to force the Trump administration not to starve Americans so they could blame their political rivals.
Think about that.
Think about that.
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. SNAP, which aids 42 million people, was set to run out of funds on Saturday without intervention.
Trump Administration Ordered to Pay for SNAP Benefits Amid Shutdown: Live Updates
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A federal judge had to force the Trump administration not to starve Americans so they could blame their political rivals.
Think about that.
Think about that.
He waited until early voting was starting for a final bump. Why is everything an Establishment Conspiracy to the social media addicts?
By waiting this long, Jeffries makes abundantly clear whose hand is being forced: his own. It becomes a demonstration of Mamdani’s political strength, Jeffries couldn’t risk holding out any longer.
He said plenty by waiting this long. Too late.
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
He waited until early voting was starting for a final bump. Why is everything an Establishment Conspiracy to the social media addicts?
imagine the reaction on fox if kamala had said this
Kevin Hassett's theory of tariffs: "China has got to sell a lot of stuff to us to maintain political stability. And so if we put a tariff on their stuff, then they cut the price so that our consumer is basically still able to demand as much stuff as they need to sell to be politically stable."
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
imagine the reaction on fox if kamala had said this
Everyone online has done 12 rounds with Stancil, but he’s largely arrived at a position that is obviously correct.
This is an easy to read succinct statement of Stancilism renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
All that is solid melts into posts: an interview with Will Stancil
In recent years, the American researcher (and committed social media poster) Will Stancil has emerged as one of the most prominent and vociferous critics of materialist theories of politics, and of th...
renewal.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Everyone online has done 12 rounds with Stancil, but he’s largely arrived at a position that is obviously correct.
These kinds of cooler-than-you takes about stuff are designed to make you feel embarrassed and lame. Don’t take the bait.
It’s ok to be upset that a symbol of democratic idealism was destroyed without any ceremony or input.
In fact, calling this stuff cringe is how we got here.
It’s ok to be upset that a symbol of democratic idealism was destroyed without any ceremony or input.
In fact, calling this stuff cringe is how we got here.
You can extract feeling from symbols and that's fine but the White House ain't nothing but temporary housing for racists built by enslaved people. 20% of the country is on SNAP benefits and they won't get govt assistance come November. Unless some sandwiches is in that house, I don't care.
October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
These kinds of cooler-than-you takes about stuff are designed to make you feel embarrassed and lame. Don’t take the bait.
It’s ok to be upset that a symbol of democratic idealism was destroyed without any ceremony or input.
In fact, calling this stuff cringe is how we got here.
It’s ok to be upset that a symbol of democratic idealism was destroyed without any ceremony or input.
In fact, calling this stuff cringe is how we got here.
Says it all.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Says it all.
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Someone tell me why everyone's falling on their swords for the Blackwater Redditor with the SS tattoo in a primary with a bunch of other candidates that's months away
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Someone tell me why everyone's falling on their swords for the Blackwater Redditor with the SS tattoo in a primary with a bunch of other candidates that's months away