Learning and getting by on this blue planet 🫘
Here's a strange one to consider if you're bored with the other election news
The DownballotSeems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.
Nichols has this right. Trump should resign, and failing that, it should be the easiest call for our politicians to impeach and remove him. He didn't deserve the second chance. He's already a massive failure. He can't do the job, can't keep us safe. Every day he weakens us more. Trump needs to go
Tom NicholsThe war in Iran has shown that Trump’s inability to perceive reality has become truly dangerous. Iran is a disaster, but Trump’s irrationality could create other, even more perilous situations. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This is a big part of the Bluesky experience. A lot of the labels don't even make sense. But they stir a lot of emotions. Good luck to all in the elections
Hakeem JeffersonI have little to add to the chat, but I will say this: Those of us who spend a lot of time talking about politics overestimate how much other people care about, or are even familiar with, the labels we use to describe, denigrate, or celebrate candidates. Sometimes we’re high on our own supply.
A corollary to all this that is not discussed enough is how much damage the Trump-Miller administration's atrocities against immigrants has done to the country. From the deficit, to healthcare services, to college finances and anything driven by demographics, we are in worse shape and headed down
Greg SargentMAGA is raging at DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin for discussing immigration reform. But the real reason MAGA is so furious is he admitted immigration can be managed in a way that benefits our country. This is absolutely lethal to white nationalist ideology. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Lesson to minions in far reaches of the government: if you are helping in any way to assemble bogus cases and think you are too remote for it to blowback, even Pirro will throw you under the bus when implosion in court is imminent
emptywheelJuicebox Jeanine files a 20-page Motion to Dismiss the case against Davey Hearn that ... claims to have been helpless before DOI told them how Trump's incompetence ruined the pool. Not sure when I've seen this Olympic class ass-covering before. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Despicable. We knew it already, but he is truly such a terrible person. He simply cannot do the job. He cannot keep us safe. The world gets more dangerous every day he's in office. He should resign
Aaron RuparQ: Can you rule out that Iran is behind the water attacks? TRUMP: I don't think so. I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they're grossly incompetent. I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think Minnesota ought to get its act together.