Zookdar
@zookdar.bsky.social
Mid-western nobody
Supporting the liberal order
Systems are complex, there are no easy answers
Supporting the liberal order
Systems are complex, there are no easy answers
"How did my side lose, everyone in my neighborhood has the same political signs on their lawn as I do!?"
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"How did my side lose, everyone in my neighborhood has the same political signs on their lawn as I do!?"
Babe: Pig in the City
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Babe: Pig in the City
To be fair, the last election upset me.
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
To be fair, the last election upset me.
Populism is brain-rot, regardless if it's the left or right.
Cenk still thinks he can be in the club...
Cenk still thinks he can be in the club...
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Populism is brain-rot, regardless if it's the left or right.
Cenk still thinks he can be in the club...
Cenk still thinks he can be in the club...
Competing interests?? What do you mean?
There's only two interests: the evil wealthy and the regular, poor, downtrodden.
If it ever looks like the wealthy are competing, it's really just 4D-chess they're playing to trick us normal people!
There's only two interests: the evil wealthy and the regular, poor, downtrodden.
If it ever looks like the wealthy are competing, it's really just 4D-chess they're playing to trick us normal people!
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Competing interests?? What do you mean?
There's only two interests: the evil wealthy and the regular, poor, downtrodden.
If it ever looks like the wealthy are competing, it's really just 4D-chess they're playing to trick us normal people!
There's only two interests: the evil wealthy and the regular, poor, downtrodden.
If it ever looks like the wealthy are competing, it's really just 4D-chess they're playing to trick us normal people!
No you see, in this age Republicans are responding to what their audience wants.
This is 100% an influencer government.
If they say nothing and only respond to the rumors then they can come out on top. Deny what isn't popular, and embrace what is.
This is 100% an influencer government.
If they say nothing and only respond to the rumors then they can come out on top. Deny what isn't popular, and embrace what is.
a man in a blue shirt says i 'm playing both sides
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says i 'm playing both sides
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
No you see, in this age Republicans are responding to what their audience wants.
This is 100% an influencer government.
If they say nothing and only respond to the rumors then they can come out on top. Deny what isn't popular, and embrace what is.
This is 100% an influencer government.
If they say nothing and only respond to the rumors then they can come out on top. Deny what isn't popular, and embrace what is.
Get rid of it.
Let the country have the government it voted for.
Let the country have the government it voted for.
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Get rid of it.
Let the country have the government it voted for.
Let the country have the government it voted for.
Wait, wait, wait. I thought he didn't know anything about this!
In the span of one minute he knew nothing and now he knows it was all cool?
I'm beginning to think this fella might not be honest.
In the span of one minute he knew nothing and now he knows it was all cool?
I'm beginning to think this fella might not be honest.
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Wait, wait, wait. I thought he didn't know anything about this!
In the span of one minute he knew nothing and now he knows it was all cool?
I'm beginning to think this fella might not be honest.
In the span of one minute he knew nothing and now he knows it was all cool?
I'm beginning to think this fella might not be honest.
All systems assume people will play by some set of common rules.
There's no way to make a law or rule that says "don't break the law or rule... seriously, we really mean it."
There's no way to make a law or rule that says "don't break the law or rule... seriously, we really mean it."
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
All systems assume people will play by some set of common rules.
There's no way to make a law or rule that says "don't break the law or rule... seriously, we really mean it."
There's no way to make a law or rule that says "don't break the law or rule... seriously, we really mean it."
Never heard of it.
Sounds like some liberal conspiracy.
Sounds like some liberal conspiracy.
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Never heard of it.
Sounds like some liberal conspiracy.
Sounds like some liberal conspiracy.
Because that lawsuit is only winnable if you have the full weight of the federal government to slam down on them.
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Because that lawsuit is only winnable if you have the full weight of the federal government to slam down on them.
Republicans: we wish more young people were conservative.
*monkey paw curls*
*monkey paw curls*
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Republicans: we wish more young people were conservative.
*monkey paw curls*
*monkey paw curls*
That does look like the face of someone who wishes they could retire from all this.
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
That does look like the face of someone who wishes they could retire from all this.
I don't know anything about that.
(I'm now going to Mike Johnson all questions.)
(I'm now going to Mike Johnson all questions.)
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I don't know anything about that.
(I'm now going to Mike Johnson all questions.)
(I'm now going to Mike Johnson all questions.)
it's super easy to sit in the present and re-evaluate the past. We have the benefit of far more information and events to judge.
They messed up big. But it wasn't malice. They were naive and far too cautious. They assumed they could re-unify the country.
Obviously those goals are now dead.
They messed up big. But it wasn't malice. They were naive and far too cautious. They assumed they could re-unify the country.
Obviously those goals are now dead.
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
it's super easy to sit in the present and re-evaluate the past. We have the benefit of far more information and events to judge.
They messed up big. But it wasn't malice. They were naive and far too cautious. They assumed they could re-unify the country.
Obviously those goals are now dead.
They messed up big. But it wasn't malice. They were naive and far too cautious. They assumed they could re-unify the country.
Obviously those goals are now dead.
It's one thing for the campaign to talk about it. It's another thing for all the officers of the executive branch to agree.
Biden and his staff made some grave errors.
It's also easy to forget, but even Republicans in early January 2021 considered Trump done.
Everyone was foolish to think that.
Biden and his staff made some grave errors.
It's also easy to forget, but even Republicans in early January 2021 considered Trump done.
Everyone was foolish to think that.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It's one thing for the campaign to talk about it. It's another thing for all the officers of the executive branch to agree.
Biden and his staff made some grave errors.
It's also easy to forget, but even Republicans in early January 2021 considered Trump done.
Everyone was foolish to think that.
Biden and his staff made some grave errors.
It's also easy to forget, but even Republicans in early January 2021 considered Trump done.
Everyone was foolish to think that.
So many on the left think the issue is that people aren't progressive enough.
They fail to understand how deeply unpopular they are in many areas of the country.
The Democrats represent a big tent party right now. They're not all going to be progressive darlings. Most will be moderate.
They fail to understand how deeply unpopular they are in many areas of the country.
The Democrats represent a big tent party right now. They're not all going to be progressive darlings. Most will be moderate.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So many on the left think the issue is that people aren't progressive enough.
They fail to understand how deeply unpopular they are in many areas of the country.
The Democrats represent a big tent party right now. They're not all going to be progressive darlings. Most will be moderate.
They fail to understand how deeply unpopular they are in many areas of the country.
The Democrats represent a big tent party right now. They're not all going to be progressive darlings. Most will be moderate.
I hope he does amazing things.
I also think people, especially college educated ones, think he represents a revolutionary awakening in the US. That is naive.
The country is, by and large, fairly moderate about most things. He works well in his locale, but that doesn't apply to the nation.
I also think people, especially college educated ones, think he represents a revolutionary awakening in the US. That is naive.
The country is, by and large, fairly moderate about most things. He works well in his locale, but that doesn't apply to the nation.
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I hope he does amazing things.
I also think people, especially college educated ones, think he represents a revolutionary awakening in the US. That is naive.
The country is, by and large, fairly moderate about most things. He works well in his locale, but that doesn't apply to the nation.
I also think people, especially college educated ones, think he represents a revolutionary awakening in the US. That is naive.
The country is, by and large, fairly moderate about most things. He works well in his locale, but that doesn't apply to the nation.
Well the Democrats don't have an antisemitism problem.
However, there are a lot of lefties who do have that problem. And lefties and Democrats are often conflated.
The worst example of the left is held up as the norm and lambasted.
Meanwhile, the worst of the right is dismissed and ignored.
However, there are a lot of lefties who do have that problem. And lefties and Democrats are often conflated.
The worst example of the left is held up as the norm and lambasted.
Meanwhile, the worst of the right is dismissed and ignored.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Well the Democrats don't have an antisemitism problem.
However, there are a lot of lefties who do have that problem. And lefties and Democrats are often conflated.
The worst example of the left is held up as the norm and lambasted.
Meanwhile, the worst of the right is dismissed and ignored.
However, there are a lot of lefties who do have that problem. And lefties and Democrats are often conflated.
The worst example of the left is held up as the norm and lambasted.
Meanwhile, the worst of the right is dismissed and ignored.
I think they were living like the old rules still applied.
Minimize the politicization, don't interfere with the DOJ, and assume the process will play out fairly.
They were so overly cautious that it backfired tremendously.
Don't confuse malice here with negligence. They were far too trusting.
Minimize the politicization, don't interfere with the DOJ, and assume the process will play out fairly.
They were so overly cautious that it backfired tremendously.
Don't confuse malice here with negligence. They were far too trusting.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I think they were living like the old rules still applied.
Minimize the politicization, don't interfere with the DOJ, and assume the process will play out fairly.
They were so overly cautious that it backfired tremendously.
Don't confuse malice here with negligence. They were far too trusting.
Minimize the politicization, don't interfere with the DOJ, and assume the process will play out fairly.
They were so overly cautious that it backfired tremendously.
Don't confuse malice here with negligence. They were far too trusting.
Because they're all still wishing for things to "go back to normal." They really don't want the reality to be the way it is.
It's so fundamentally difficult for them to realize the game has changed.
Those Republicans who couldn't play by the new rules were replaced. Democrats haven't.
It's so fundamentally difficult for them to realize the game has changed.
Those Republicans who couldn't play by the new rules were replaced. Democrats haven't.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Because they're all still wishing for things to "go back to normal." They really don't want the reality to be the way it is.
It's so fundamentally difficult for them to realize the game has changed.
Those Republicans who couldn't play by the new rules were replaced. Democrats haven't.
It's so fundamentally difficult for them to realize the game has changed.
Those Republicans who couldn't play by the new rules were replaced. Democrats haven't.
Because Republicans will always defend Republicans.
Always.
Always.
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Because Republicans will always defend Republicans.
Always.
Always.
I'm shocked he didn't say that he knew nothing about the polls...
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm shocked he didn't say that he knew nothing about the polls...