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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 7d

It's wild how much more incompetent this administration is compared to Bush or even Trump I, and even wilder how little of that will matter as long as the courts back him up

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 7d

I'm honestly surprised this list wasn't comprised of 9 schools from red states

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d

Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.

Letters on Wednesday were going out to solicit agreement and feedback from Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia, according to an administration official.

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 10d

Good example of the difference between his first and second term: Trump's first cabinet was full of people trying to hit the brake, his second Cabinet is full of people with their for on the gas

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 10d

Jesus fucking Christ his grip on reality is so tenuous and the people around are manipulating him with it

Mister.Nobody @ytregaws.bsky.social · 10d

LOL

"I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place...

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 13d

For NJ I was rooting for Fulop, I thought he had the clearest plans to clear out some of the cobwebs, but I do think there needs to be a top to bottom reassessment by Dems

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 13d

Noticeably this applies to the states as a whole as it does the party. Failure to act on housing costs, crime, cost of living has cost then dearly

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 13d

The NJ Dem machine is like the NY machine, sclerotic and still unwilling to change despite mounting problems. They need to be built back from the ground up to reverse the massive losses they've incurred

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 13d

Sherrill likely pulls out a modest win, but get candidacy is lab designed to underperform. Running a bland campaign, backed by the NJ machine, and Murphy has underwater favorables. Sherrill embodies the Dems current problems- bland and only playing not to lose

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 13d

Kind of funny to think of a 2028 primary because a lot of of frontrunners seem to lack charisma (Vance, DeSantis, Kemp even)

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 14d

AXIOS: oceans are now battlefields

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 15d

Trump unilaterally cancelling a negotiation is probably the best outcome Democrats could have hoped for here, he continues to be his own worst enemy

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 19d

That's the best way to support restaurants! And much more fun anyway

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 19d

Relatedly all these online food delivery services have made ordering food so much worse, instead of having to go to a restaurant or fast food place to get it someone else does, which means lines are so much longer for everything

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 20d

A lot of these releases from Harris' book points to the same thing- she wasn't willing to take risks even though her position was tenuous. Would Buttegeig have been a better VP? Who knows, but in the end the safe pick didn't help her

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 20d

Sherrill is a great example of a big problem in the Democratic party- she's an empty suit who doesn't have a clear message and isn't willing to take risks

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 20d

I think Sherrill does win but she is not appearing in South Jersey like she needs.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20d

Not feeling great about Democrats holding NJ-Gov this year.

Sherill is polling ahead of Harris's 2024 results, but not as much as Spanberger is in Virginia. The GOP attack ads all highlight some of her speaking flubs, and a couple are bad!

I think they hold it but it's closer than it should be.

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 20d

This is a great an opportunity as ever to get rid of the deadwood in the state party, Brooklyn machine, etc. but I'm I'm not sure Hochul has the strength

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 21d

You could probably buy 100 newspapers for pennies and run them at a modest loss to keep investigative journalism and credible news in every community. Radio and TV presumably generate good returns, you don't even need a left-wing focus, just avoid right wing editorializing

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 21d

There have been liberal concerns about media control for like 20+ years, why exactly hasn't there been any effort in creating a liberal version of Sinclair? It's not even a money losing venture, this is something that could generate returns for a group of liberal investors

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 23d

As an added bonus it's the kind of attach against Trump that he would actively hate

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 23d

I'm not sure how much salience there is, but I think there's a a pretty big opportunity for Dems to paint Trump as weak, particularly on foreign policy. He's about to sell out American interests and farmers to the Chinese, won't stand up to Putin, etc.

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 24d

Agreed, finding money to pay for a rent freeze for a year or two is a pretty cheap start, but upcoming plus some major investment in NYCHA+ some aim to build a large amount of new public units would be a big deal

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 24d

IMO Hochul is going to give Mamdani one big policy win because she knows she succeeds if he succeeds. The question is what does he spend it on- a big investment in public housing, free buses, expanded pre-K?

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 24d

Honestly not that surprised tbh, she was always the most credible of the "waiting till it's closer to e day" types

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 24d

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 27d

Part of me thinks the best scenario for Dems on the budget is for the GOP to go out alone and break the filibuster for this. Threatening a shutdown to save Republicans from themselves on healthcare subsidies is uninspiring

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · 27d

I can't believe this guy just got profiled by the WSJ too

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hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · Sep 8

Agreed, I said as much last week. Dems really need a coordinated plan to limit the damage of redistricting and to do it in the next 2 cycles given this is their best chance to fix things bsky.app/profile/hans...

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · Sep 3

Dems really should be pushing a systematic plan to inhibit redistricting at the state level with ballot initiatives wherever possible. FL, OH, MO, AR, OK, NE all offer the possibility to limit GOP power and unlock new seats. Utah is a great example of what is possible

hanseatic.bsky.social @hanseatic.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is my fear too, and the only way I'm holding out hope that the Supreme Court (or maybe a future Congress) eventually blocks it, it completely destroys the original intent of redistricting and creates a permanent way to lock in power