Democracy in action.
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As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
You’ve got to be kidding me @delauro.house.gov @democrats-appropriations.house.gov
"Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee voted to recommend reinstalling Henry Cuellar as the ranking member of the Homeland Security subcommittee, after...Trump pardoned [Cuellar] for alleged bribery"
The US could've forced Israel to accept a ceasefire two years ago. Instead, it spent $38 billion enabling Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and fighting a regional war on Israel's behalf.
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I still think about this graph all the time.
Tagging @mattlech.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social as I think you’d both would be interested in this.
I keep seeing this narrative that "not even Democratic voters want to Abolish ICE".
This is just simply wrong, as numerous ignored polls have shown it to have clear Democratic support since 2018.
I wrote about those polls here.
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Using Google Trends, we can actually identify the exact date Western Media started caring about the forced starvation of the Palestinian People.
I wrote about it below, and it's quite shocking how clearly we can see the shift in media coverage.
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Cc: @stephensemler.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s Wikipedia page was the most viewed page in all of June at over 6.499 million views.
Zohran got more votes in round 1 (430K) than Eric Adams got in the final round of ranked choice in 2021 (408K).
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
11 hours and 96 flights climbed for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social this weekend.
If Kamala was president, y’all would be 100% on board with going to war with Iran
And that’s the problem
Source 1: www.pewresearch.org/politics/200...
Source 2: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
January 2002:
Do you support force in Iraq? (Pew Research)
- Favor: 73%
- Against: 16%
June 2025:
Do you support the US military getting involved in the Iran/Israel conflict? (YouGov)
- Favor: 16%
- Against: 60%
Told you
Live reporting from Al Jazeera. This is sounding grim.
@stephensemler.bsky.social @mattlech.bsky.social I think you’ll both be interested in this.
I Read 87 “Why Kamala Lost” Articles. Only 20% Mentioned Gaza.
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Still need about $200 to cover rent this month, anything helps🩷🩷🩷
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can actually win the Dem primary, go out and volunteer for him now if you live in NYC!!!! www.zohranfornyc.com/volunteer/ev...
5 years ago every LinkedIn Dude was posting pictures of Greta Thunberg with hollow 'inspiring' messages of action on climate change and fawning about her bravery
As soon as she took up the cause of Palestinians being killed they stopped
@stephensemler.bsky.social did you see this? I think the first takeaway isn’t accurate www.vox.com/politics/414...
It's so obvious the military drone sightings happened to distract from Luigi Mangione.
Look at these search trends and how well they match up.
The drone searches start right after Luigi and ends just as Luigi's interest ends.
It's just so obvious.
