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notalawyer.bsky.social
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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katelynburns.com
For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again.

Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...
Fire The Consultants
The Democratic party must move on from the same old stale, carefully poll-tested politics and get back to solving voters' problems. There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Democra...
www.burnsnotice.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
jkbsaysthings.bsky.social
I would love to see political commentary stop drawing a false distinction between "economic" and "social" political priorities, as though discrimination designed to drive people out of public life doesnt have devastating economic consequences
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
jkbsaysthings.bsky.social
Wild to see the same (bad, cowardly) ideas that have been continuously regurgitated by poll analyzers who keep losing elections be marketed as the "common sense" way to win
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Oct 27
i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away
To give ourselves the best chance to win, we recommend the following changes to our approach. Democrats need to: Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net. Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All). Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues). Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues. Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
because i'm a dumb little baby who has no grip on reality
Bret Stephens Why Mamdani Frightens Jews Like Me
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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katelynburns.com
Hey @edmarkey.bsky.social, my senator. Can you please teach out to Fenway Health and see if you can get them to restore the trans youth care they just ended?

Your words are great and we need your action too.
lizsaila.bsky.social Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · Oct 18
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"
October 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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jdvalenzuela.bsky.social
please consider throwing some bucks their way, chicago’s street vendors have been targeted by 🧊

these are some of the hardest working people in the city! we gotta protect our neighbors
October 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
jkbsaysthings.bsky.social
Everyone say good job to my friend Ryan
r-condon.bsky.social Ryan @r-condon.bsky.social · Sep 26
5-2, I’m going back to the fucking World Championship
September 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
jkbsaysthings.bsky.social
Nothing like realizing your undergrad political review deleted their archived articles so you have to find your original submission email from 2014
September 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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walterkatz.bsky.social
The full text of Gov Prtizker’s remarks yesterday are a must-read. Not enough has been said until now on the glaring hypocrisy behind the false claims that the military is needed www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Excerpt from speech by Illinois Gov JB Pritzker on 8/25/25: If Donald Trump was actually serious about fighting crime in cities like Chicago, he, along with his congressional Republicans, would not be cutting over $800 million in public safety and crime prevention grants nationally, including cutting $158 million in funding to Illinois for violence prevention programs that deploy trained outreach workers to deescalate conflict on our streets. Cutting $71 million in law enforcement grants to Illinois, direct money for police departments through programs like Project Safe Neighborhoods, the state and local Antiterrorism Training Program, and the Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative, cutting $137 million in child protection measures in Illinois that protect our kids against abuse and neglect.
August 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
jkbsaysthings.bsky.social
Getting bad vibes from the local Wendy's
August 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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unraveledpress.com
Happy complaining about the Air and Water Show weekend to all who celebrate. Fuck these fucking jets
August 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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bradlander.bsky.social
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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notdred.bsky.social
Guessing it’s most likely that the Big Beautiful Bill passes and ushers in a gruesome era of national despair and stagnation, what I would like to see is that the opposition is up to the task of winning power back and holding it long enough to start repairing damage
June 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
Me this weekend:
Porco Rosso watching a movie, and being a pig rather than a fascist.
June 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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piperfuriosa.bsky.social
These 3 linked stories will change you:
1. Ursala K. LeGuin's transformative short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,"
2. N.K. Jemisin' needed modern response, "The Ones Who Stay & Fight,"
3. & 2024's absolute barn-burner, "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole?" by Isabel J Kim
May 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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thejenna.bsky.social
why are people emailing me, don't they know I'm sleepy
May 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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byelacey.bsky.social
you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
May 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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acannon.bsky.social
Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)
Picture of kids and adults gathering on Lincoln Square, playing jump rope. Text overlay saying "I will never understand the appeal of playing in a street" Picture of Chicagoans of all ages lounging on Lincoln square, enjoying a beautiful spring day. The sun is out and there is chalk art covering the ground. In the foreground a man in sunglasses sits on a yellow bench. Text from a local facebook group reads "It's really unfortunate that they feel the need to create this kind of chaos for the community, our square, and the small businesses trying to thrive here, this feels like a targeted effort." a man blows bubbles for a group of children playing in Lincoln Square, the kids are jumping and pointing at the bubbles. many adults are circled around watching. A quote from the Lincoln Square facebook page reads "FORGET ABOUT IT. Ban kids from playing in the street." A wide shot of Lincoln Square. People are congregating in the road, lined up to patronize local businesses, or sitting on the curb watching neighbors stroll by. A truncated facebook comment states "how dare you... People like you in this community absolutely disgust me."
April 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
jkbsaysthings.bsky.social
Football is good actually??
February 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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maimonidesnutz.bsky.social
I said it back in 2020 and I’ll say it again:

Transphobia is a desecration of everything that holy.
A blue, pink, and white Phoenix with the words “chadesh yameinu kekedem” fit into the wings and body. Next to the Phoenix are the words “renew the days of old” written out in handwritten script.
February 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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bradmossesq.bsky.social
Not the banner you want seeing over this article from … checks notes … 8 days ago
January 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM