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Helen Kennedy

@helenkennedy.bsky.social

I don’t know who these people are, but it’s well said.

thebaseddad 16h
If a democrat was assassinated could you imagine what would be going on right now?

michaelandwicket 12h
Yes. I can. Because it happened literally 3 months ago. And guess what? Democrats called for gun reform and right wingers made jokes about it. Trump said calling anybody to give his condolences would be a waste of time and then skipped the funeral. So we don't have to imagine. It literally just happened.
And not a single person on the left called for a war, or called for the Republican party to be labeled a domestic terrorist organization. You cared so little that you don't even remember it.

September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM

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Micah

@rincewind.run

this is an object lesson in why praising Dems when they do the right thing - and not just castigating them for doing the wrong thing - is good politics for those of us who want them to fight

Van Hollen raised his profile by doing the right thing and the lesson he learned was keep fighting

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · Sep 13

“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”

September 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM