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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

05.11.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10327    πŸ” 2353    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 166

Hopefully the will has been amended with a "fuck off Nazi" clause.

05.11.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now

05.11.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12447    πŸ” 1190    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 61

Looks like it was Ackman.

Not surprised if that's the case

bsky.app/profile/erin...

05.11.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn't this be a crime?

He should name whoever did this.

Maybe Tom Holman knows, I hear he's big in the bribe world..

05.11.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of xanax being popped tonight to calm MAGA nerves.

They need a good sleep so they can wake up fresh tomorrow with enough energy to keep attacking Americans, making them starve and cutting healthcare while they party like it's the Gilded Age.

It's a hard life.

05.11.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

05.11.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 18307    πŸ” 3082    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 54

Agree.

On a related note, has there been any information dug up on the politics of auspill's parents?

If he gets his hands on the family fortune, that could cause a problem down the track.

05.11.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this deserves more attn.

Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

04.11.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

My family is RC, these types are a tiny percentage.

As is Campion. It has a few hundred students both under and post grad.

It's Skynews that has them on panels as "experts" that worries me most.

05.11.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Francoists doing Francoists things.

Thankfully most Catholics reject this ideology.

05.11.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

05.11.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21331    πŸ” 4162    πŸ’¬ 344    πŸ“Œ 659
NYT graphic showing China’s reduced trade with the US and increased trade with almost everyone else.

NYT graphic showing China’s reduced trade with the US and increased trade with almost everyone else.

BREAKING: World outside America exists. Global economy is global. Picking trade fights with everyone at once rather than rallying allies to pressure China together still very stupid.

04.11.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

😢

04.11.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Camp Sovereignty attacked during Melbourne's anti-immigration rallies  | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Camp Sovereignty attacked during Melbourne's anti-immigration rallies | ABC NEWS

Still to high! One in 30 voters.

I can't talk though.

Here in Melbourne we've recently had large Neo Nazi organised anti imigration rallies.

The National Socialist Network members then attacked a peacful group of indeginous protestors.

youtu.be/sNm516OsxbQ?...

05.11.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

See how I used Lindsey and Platner to seperate them?

Try that.

05.11.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok I'll cede that when you wrote "Graham" you might have been referencing the Senator from SC.

You still did it with the Nazi lover insult.

Maybe when there are two people under discussion with the same name, make sure to be clear which one you are referencing?

05.11.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Saying someone doesn't inderstand what the strawman argument when they do is funnily enough another use of the strawman argument.

Just like calling me a Nazi lover was.

You should propose to the strawman argument you use it so often.

05.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Strawman: mischaracterising someone's view to make it easier to attack.

You implied I didn't think it was a Nazi tattoo.

Reality: I know it's a Nazi tattoo. In fact it's worse. It's the SS Totenkopf worn by the guards at Auschwitz.

Something I've been pointing out to others for weeks.

05.11.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And looking forward to Ackerman and crew realising, while they backed MAGA, a horse that was briefly ahead a year ago, that horse is now well behind and slowing down every day.

05.11.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You really love strawman arguments don't you?

05.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sucks to be a Cuomo today.

Add this to the increasing evidence 2026 will be very bad for Republicans.

Hopefully more Progressive candidates can win primaries in safer seats.

Still a bit worried dems will try and put them up in important swing seats.

Manchin wasn't ideal, but better than an R.

05.11.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not a swastika, most people couldn't recognise a Totenkopf.

Lindsay has a long record of right wing views.

Platner has long record of ledt wing views.

It's not the same.....

05.11.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If there is evidence that comes out that he actually held fascist views, I would change my opinion.

And once again, I think he should drop out.

For the tattoo mainly, + many other reasons.

His lies about being working class.

His poor judgment.

His inexperience.

The ammo he has given Collins.

05.11.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why would an actual Neo-Nazi spend 16 years cosplaying as a socialist on an anonymous reddit account?

He's just a weird, not very smart nepo baby who has foolishly let his ego think he could be a US Senator.

05.11.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not ignoring evidence, you are.

I'm looking at the totality of evidence, not just one piece.

He has conducted firearm traing witj socialist groups.

He's called himself a communist and a DSA supporter.

Do you think he is smart enough to play a long con for over 16 years?

I don't.

05.11.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I thought you were done?

Still think I'm a Nazi lover?

05.11.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Spend two minutes looking at my posts and replies......

Just two, maybe one.

I've been calling for him to drop out ever since the Pod Save America interview where the tattoo news broke.

05.11.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I could go on, his reddit comments going back to 2009 consistently show him as left wing, and hating fascists, the more so as he got older.

Have you read them?

There's lots of bad stuff in there, but all of those things are fairly common in left wing guys.

05.11.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Occams razor doesn't mean you ignore relevant evidence.

His HS yearbook photo where he holds a sign saying "Free Tibet" is relevant.

His family being progressive is another.

His description of fitting into the marines while a lefty is too.

OR means the simplest conclusion from the evidence.

05.11.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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