Mikhail Gorbaechev
@mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social
Once a Reverend of the Avocado kind. The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary.
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I'm back.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
Primary them all!
🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Primary them all!
This dude fucking rocks and is the only person other than AOC and the Khan I'd like to see run for President.
"When it comes to the issue of Palestinian rights going forward, I will say that the younger generation, of both Jews and non-Jews, take seriously the idea that we should have a principled, rights-based foreign policy— something I've long believed in"
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
Senator Chris Van Hollen on Zohran & Palestine.
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This dude fucking rocks and is the only person other than AOC and the Khan I'd like to see run for President.
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The quintessential example of the pro-Israel motte and bailey in action: it's not apartheid because the occupied West Bank is not a part of Israel, but everything in the occupied West Bank is a domestic issue for Israelis and the US has no business dictating to the Israelis on this.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The quintessential example of the pro-Israel motte and bailey in action: it's not apartheid because the occupied West Bank is not a part of Israel, but everything in the occupied West Bank is a domestic issue for Israelis and the US has no business dictating to the Israelis on this.
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As far as I'm concerned, the case against working to change the Democratic Party from within through electoral politics collapsed with Mamdani's win last Tuesday. Doesn't mean the left will inevitably win or that it won't be a grueling struggle. But ... I mean, come on.
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As far as I'm concerned, the case against working to change the Democratic Party from within through electoral politics collapsed with Mamdani's win last Tuesday. Doesn't mean the left will inevitably win or that it won't be a grueling struggle. But ... I mean, come on.
If these people want to avoid internal recriminations, heads need to roll.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If these people want to avoid internal recriminations, heads need to roll.
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If you're from Colorado, Virginia, Rhode Island, or Delaware:
Mark your name or username on this sheet, then email or call a representative from your state to tell them to run against your Senator!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Mark your name or username on this sheet, then email or call a representative from your state to tell them to run against your Senator!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND ASK THEM TO RUN - PLEDGE
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November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you're from Colorado, Virginia, Rhode Island, or Delaware:
Mark your name or username on this sheet, then email or call a representative from your state to tell them to run against your Senator!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Mark your name or username on this sheet, then email or call a representative from your state to tell them to run against your Senator!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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if El-Sayed pulls it off I think this could be right. the ACA will be so gutted that just patching the holes won't be that appealing.
I think Medicare 4 All is going to rise from the ashes as a popular policy position for 2028
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
if El-Sayed pulls it off I think this could be right. the ACA will be so gutted that just patching the holes won't be that appealing.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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oh baby something might be happening here, just need a few pushes (primaries)
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
oh baby something might be happening here, just need a few pushes (primaries)
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Please celebrate David Simon calling me an asshole by joining DSA today: act.dsausa.org/s/3429.9wAmcW
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Please celebrate David Simon calling me an asshole by joining DSA today: act.dsausa.org/s/3429.9wAmcW
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like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
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co-conspirator pardons are themselves an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy and thus inherently invalid
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
co-conspirator pardons are themselves an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy and thus inherently invalid
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I don’t think there’s any political cost for a Democrat running for office to just completely and explicitly and repeatedly saying fuck Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I don’t think there’s any political cost for a Democrat running for office to just completely and explicitly and repeatedly saying fuck Chuck Schumer
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the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
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everything is "performative" because we're in a social media panopticon where everything becomes free content for our tech overlords so they can be rich and we can get a strangely unfulfilling but addictive form of attention
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
everything is "performative" because we're in a social media panopticon where everything becomes free content for our tech overlords so they can be rich and we can get a strangely unfulfilling but addictive form of attention
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I keep bringing it up but Julia Ioffe’s fantastic feminist history of Russia discusses how men in Russia basically saw any decline in their station as a personal affront and reacted accordingly (by drinking and doing nothing else)
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I keep bringing it up but Julia Ioffe’s fantastic feminist history of Russia discusses how men in Russia basically saw any decline in their station as a personal affront and reacted accordingly (by drinking and doing nothing else)
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To put it another way, *capital* is perfectly capable of organizing decarbonization. The problem is *capital-owners*, who are political actors and not just the embodiments of the accumulation process. Elon Musk is symptomatic here.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
To put it another way, *capital* is perfectly capable of organizing decarbonization. The problem is *capital-owners*, who are political actors and not just the embodiments of the accumulation process. Elon Musk is symptomatic here.
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Not soliciting business but if you credibly believe your company is breaking the law and you will not be listened to internally, there are whistleblower attorneys. The Anti-Fraud Coalition has an excellent directory of my colleagues who do this work.
fyi there are usually corporate teams - legal, public policy, internal compliance units, tax, hr etc - which know these things are going on but often dont want to know officially. an easy way to make them have to push back is to put it in writing and send it to them as an inquiry
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Not soliciting business but if you credibly believe your company is breaking the law and you will not be listened to internally, there are whistleblower attorneys. The Anti-Fraud Coalition has an excellent directory of my colleagues who do this work.
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
Folks, you know what to do
you need to ask your followers to ask Neguse, Crow, DeGette, and McBride to run
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Folks, you know what to do
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If you live in Colorado: time to blow up @degette.house.gov and @neguse.house.gov s' inboxes and voicemails asking them to run against Hickenlooper!
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you live in Colorado: time to blow up @degette.house.gov and @neguse.house.gov s' inboxes and voicemails asking them to run against Hickenlooper!
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This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.