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great-offices.bsky.social
@great-offices.bsky.social
Political dilettante who stumbled into SF politics without realizing how tribal it was. If we can't figure it out in 7x7 miles, can we figure it out anywhere? Here hoping the internet can still host genuine curiosity.
August 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
August 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Lefty #Democrats nurture politics that focus on figuring out who isn't on our side and making it known, rather than inviting people into the conversation that agree on most things. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social genuinely seems to be looking for where you agree with him; I hope it catches on #politics
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Would like to see more of these conversations. Are Saikat and Zephyr the right reps for the anti-'Abundance Bros?' I see a lot of agreement here. Yes: big money out of politics. Yes: state capacity can solve ambitious problems.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib1w...

#Democrats #Politics #SFPolitics
Three Visions of Where Democrats Went Wrong | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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August 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
August 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Reposted
The comments are as predictable as the Left is impossible to appease.
Murphy: Kamala Harris ran a campaign asking people to defend democracy, when a lot of people looked at this version of democracy and said, if this is the version of democracy that you're defending, I don't want it. Democrats need to be for a version of democracy that’s clean and not corrupt
August 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Weird choice unless you *really* feel strongly about the long shot MAGA candidate for CA Governor. Silly personal political move, and really not helping the brand of the "moderates" in SF who supported his re-election. #sfpolitics

missionlocal.org/2025/08/chad...
S.F. sheriff's endorsement of MAGA Trumper makes no damn sense
‘There isn’t a good reason to do this,' political strategist says of Paul Miyamoto. 'There isn’t even a bad reason to do this.’
missionlocal.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Is it all too little too late for #Progressives that have been banging this drum for ages? Or is there still a window for moderate #Democrats to come to their senses on #Gaza? Wondering if this issue is a permanent deal breaker for a coalition.

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
#politics #sfpolitics
Moderate Democrats change their tone on Israel
Ritchie Torres is threading a needle after emphatic defense of Israel for most of the war.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social which candidates are embracing this? Can they win without the big money we need to get rid of?
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics. 

Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.

Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...

This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
August 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
1.6% of donations make it to actual campaigns, and the irony of “End Citizen United” being one of the PACs under this umbrella. Grifting is becoming too normalized on both sides. Campaign financing today is a problem. #politics #democrats
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
August 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Shots fired by @jackiefielder.bsky.social. Love a #Progressive rejecting NIMBYs (it's 100% affordable housing here, people). Pretty searing #Abundance anaphora though; no love lost between the #Democrat crews. Eye opening police spending too... damn. #SFPolitics

www.instagram.com/reel/DMx_oFs...
August 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Ah, so populism is path forward for Dems. I still dream of an Abundance + Progressive coalition. The 'optimize capitalism' vs 'capitalism is broken' crews could unite around: affordable housing, universal healthcare, tax wealth not work... and crucially: campaign finance reform tinyurl.com/47hs948z
Poll: Democratic voters prefer "populism" over "abundance"
Democrats are asking themselves some hard questions as they ponder how they lost the 2024 election.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Agree with the premise, but unsure of the strategy. American 'populism' is always a performance because campaigns need funding. It's more about picking which elites to scapegoat publicly while keeping donor money flowing privately. That's a tough needle to thread. #Democrats #Politics 1/4
We need a rebirth of the Democratic party. We need to be a new populist party. That is why I am pushing so hard for the full release of the Epstein files. The question is: whose side are you on?
July 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Focused on the cost of living and promoted the “abundance” housing movement, "slammed what he described as the Israeli government’s “genocide” in Gaza, called for wholesale structural changes to U.S. foreign policy, and denounced Trump’s climate and immigration policies" 🤔 #sfpolitics #politics #sf
July 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Snapped 2 blocks apart. Heavy-handed stuff.

#sf #ai #tech #politics #streetphotography
July 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It's old, but if there are other late bloomers that need an intro, this is a good one. I heard it 2 years ago, and have blamed the duopoly for something every day since.

freakonomics.com/podcast/amer...

#politics #democrats #duopoly
America’s Hidden Duopoly - Freakonomics
America’s Hidden Duopoly - Freakonomics
freakonomics.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM