TheSickness
@thesickness.bsky.social
Movies, tacos, Richard Kind enthusiast. Protect trans lives. Black Lives Matter. Just like on the bird app but hopefully better. (He/him)
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The biggest problem with "Strong Floor, No Ceiling," besides being structurally unsound, is the enemy it identifies.
It’s whoever is trying to put “a ceiling” on the top-earning Americans.
That should be the Democratic Party. It's a slogan that runs against its own party base!
It’s whoever is trying to put “a ceiling” on the top-earning Americans.
That should be the Democratic Party. It's a slogan that runs against its own party base!
It’s time to start the 2028 primary and step over this donor-coddling "Strong Floor, No Ceiling" nonsense.
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I wrote about why DC Dems won't appeal beyond the donor base.
There's another way to put an expiration point on Trumpism.
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I wrote about why DC Dems won't appeal beyond the donor base.
There's another way to put an expiration point on Trumpism.
Democrats’ New Slogan Is a Donor-Class Disaster
It’s time to start the 2028 primary and step over this donor-coddling nonsense.
www.theframelab.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The biggest problem with "Strong Floor, No Ceiling," besides being structurally unsound, is the enemy it identifies.
It’s whoever is trying to put “a ceiling” on the top-earning Americans.
That should be the Democratic Party. It's a slogan that runs against its own party base!
It’s whoever is trying to put “a ceiling” on the top-earning Americans.
That should be the Democratic Party. It's a slogan that runs against its own party base!
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I'm trying to figure out why Democratic Senators have gone back to the Nazi Bar to post about the incapacity of the far right authoritarian president
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I'm trying to figure out why Democratic Senators have gone back to the Nazi Bar to post about the incapacity of the far right authoritarian president
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We spend all this time asking prestige media to have any fucking values, like, eg, telling the truth, and they're always like "well you just don't understand how journalism works." No, we get it, and it sucks
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
We spend all this time asking prestige media to have any fucking values, like, eg, telling the truth, and they're always like "well you just don't understand how journalism works." No, we get it, and it sucks
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Thing is if one side of your readership claims the guy's a fascist and the other side says he's a patriot you can't be like "well the truth is somewhere in between" because that doesn't make sense. Instead of choosing a side you're committing to saying that all your readers are morons. Oh wait
The NYT’s Patrick Healy asks a ridiculously both-sides question in which he tars critics as partisans who want the Times to “referee the news.” How about telling readers clearly that Trump is dismantling democracy? You offer the evidence. You’re just afraid to draw the conclusion. 🧵 2/4
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Thing is if one side of your readership claims the guy's a fascist and the other side says he's a patriot you can't be like "well the truth is somewhere in between" because that doesn't make sense. Instead of choosing a side you're committing to saying that all your readers are morons. Oh wait
See now this sounds like civil war to me
Trump administration will block SNAP management funds for blue states www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration will block SNAP management funds for blue states
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said officials won’t send money to administer food stamps to states that don’t share information about benefits recipients with the federal government.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
See now this sounds like civil war to me
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There’s a certain cutthroat elegance in finding and posting Hegseth saying exactly the same thing he’s attacking you for.
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There’s a certain cutthroat elegance in finding and posting Hegseth saying exactly the same thing he’s attacking you for.
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"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"
God have mercy
God have mercy
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"The 6-year-old is part of a growing number of children arrested and detained by ICE"
God have mercy
God have mercy
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i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
i like that this administration is committed to inflicting as much pain on as many americans as possible.
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The Nuzzi story isn't about an affair, it's about the extraordinary corruption, moral stupidity, and cliquishness of elite media. (From the Feed Me Substack.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Nuzzi story isn't about an affair, it's about the extraordinary corruption, moral stupidity, and cliquishness of elite media. (From the Feed Me Substack.)
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100% the lawyers said "you can't do that," and 100% the deciders (including) POTUS said "who cares, there are no consequences."
And that is 100% the fault of SCOTUS and its wretched unitarism, fully immunized.
And that is 100% the fault of SCOTUS and its wretched unitarism, fully immunized.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
100% the lawyers said "you can't do that," and 100% the deciders (including) POTUS said "who cares, there are no consequences."
And that is 100% the fault of SCOTUS and its wretched unitarism, fully immunized.
And that is 100% the fault of SCOTUS and its wretched unitarism, fully immunized.
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Actually, the likelihood is 100%. In US jurisprudence, accused people are innocent until proven guilty. Hegseth's victims were not proven guilty; they were not even tried. Therefore they were ALL, to the last man, legally innocent. Hegseth ordered the murders of several dozen innocent men.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Actually, the likelihood is 100%. In US jurisprudence, accused people are innocent until proven guilty. Hegseth's victims were not proven guilty; they were not even tried. Therefore they were ALL, to the last man, legally innocent. Hegseth ordered the murders of several dozen innocent men.
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It is genuinely wild that a December special election reached midterm general election turnout.
Identical turnout to 2022, but a completely different universe
13% to the left of 2022/2024 despite midterm-level turnout
13% to the left of 2022/2024 despite midterm-level turnout
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is genuinely wild that a December special election reached midterm general election turnout.
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Even accounting for the new congressional maps, a swing like Aftyn Behn's (Trump+22 to D-8.6) would net Dems 259 seats in the midterms.
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accounting for the new congressional maps, a swing like Aftyn Behn's (Trump+22 to D-8.6) would net Dems 259 seats in the midterms.
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Even if the swing is *half* of tonight's, Dems win the House with 229 seats
Data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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If more students need accommodations than not, then maybe the system is too restrictive.
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If more students need accommodations than not, then maybe the system is too restrictive.
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Ily bluesky but I confess I do not understand many reactions to this TN special election
that I only heard about today
my read is that it's good that the enemy is spending resources eking out narrow victories in former shoo-in districts
as opposed to "we didn't win let's drink ourselves to death"
that I only heard about today
my read is that it's good that the enemy is spending resources eking out narrow victories in former shoo-in districts
as opposed to "we didn't win let's drink ourselves to death"
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Ily bluesky but I confess I do not understand many reactions to this TN special election
that I only heard about today
my read is that it's good that the enemy is spending resources eking out narrow victories in former shoo-in districts
as opposed to "we didn't win let's drink ourselves to death"
that I only heard about today
my read is that it's good that the enemy is spending resources eking out narrow victories in former shoo-in districts
as opposed to "we didn't win let's drink ourselves to death"
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Arguably, the best argument isn't necessarily that she is a progressive or whatever, but more that she is white and a Black candidate who, say, went to Fisk would have probably boosted Black voter turnout. But that's not a question of ideology. #TN07
would a more D moderate candidate have gotten this wave of support in tennessee
or would a D candidate to the right of aftyn behn fail to inspire grassroots organizing on the ground
i have no clue and neither do the political journalists & pundits who will tell you what this result means
or would a D candidate to the right of aftyn behn fail to inspire grassroots organizing on the ground
i have no clue and neither do the political journalists & pundits who will tell you what this result means
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Arguably, the best argument isn't necessarily that she is a progressive or whatever, but more that she is white and a Black candidate who, say, went to Fisk would have probably boosted Black voter turnout. But that's not a question of ideology. #TN07
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The AP has called the #TN07 special election for Matt Van Epps (R). But his ~6-point win still represents a big Democratic overperformance in this Trump+22 district.
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The AP has called the #TN07 special election for Matt Van Epps (R). But his ~6-point win still represents a big Democratic overperformance in this Trump+22 district.
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it is time for Donald Trump to strategically moderate by not doing fascism and staying awake during meetings
If Dems are competitive in a ruby red district in Tennessee and the response is anything but damn this Trump shit is unpopular I don’t know what to tell you
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
it is time for Donald Trump to strategically moderate by not doing fascism and staying awake during meetings
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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Note that a 14pt shift left in a red state is still catastrophic for the GOP: the only safe red states in such a wave (assuming even distribution) would be ID, OK, TN, KY, ND, AL, SD, WV, and WY.
looks like two completed counties (v red rurals) with Behn improving on Harris by 10 in one and 15 in the other -- huge shifts but not winning shifts
the Needle took a big dive to the right on the reporting of the Williamson County early vote, now R+5.7
betting markets now aligning on 5+ pt margin
the Needle took a big dive to the right on the reporting of the Williamson County early vote, now R+5.7
betting markets now aligning on 5+ pt margin
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Note that a 14pt shift left in a red state is still catastrophic for the GOP: the only safe red states in such a wave (assuming even distribution) would be ID, OK, TN, KY, ND, AL, SD, WV, and WY.
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what an absolutely useless creature he is
“Actually, by caring about and paying attention to politics, you are hurting your own cause.”
Matt is now punching left at the normie liberal wine moms who just might deliver an upset here.
Matt is now punching left at the normie liberal wine moms who just might deliver an upset here.
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
what an absolutely useless creature he is
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Hey, can my deleted BlueSky post get re-posted?
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hey, can my deleted BlueSky post get re-posted?
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there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
there is just absolutely no inkling that someday we might want the LOAC to protect our guys too
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The folks in the Trump admin relying on a pardon to immunize themselves from future prosecution cannot be excited by this development (and there are many such cases)
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The folks in the Trump admin relying on a pardon to immunize themselves from future prosecution cannot be excited by this development (and there are many such cases)