LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿

Hard agree

Sounds about right

This country doesn't have a true "opposition party" & it's a shame we don't. We are entitled to that & very much deserve it. We're all getting royally screwed.

We need people in power who will truly help us by centering poor & working class people with the policies we desperately need. /end

Again, they're both Capitalist parties. They have a ton of stuff in common. You have to look at things with a view of nuance.

The DNC is NOT representative of the people. They're a Capitalist body that protects Capital. Bernie called them out & rightfully so in 2015 & 2019. /1

Dear Conservatives,
You claim that mass shooters have mental health problems so why are we giving such people guns to begin with? Maybe stop doing that & also start supporting single payer healthcare which covers the mental health help these people need.

Seems like a pretty simple thing to do.

A screenshot of an ABC News article published on August 11, 2025. The headline reads, "Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling." The sub-headline adds, "Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal." The article is written by Devin Dwyer.

But I was told by the New York Times that marriage equality was a stunning success that succeeded because of its modest political goals.

Almost like the last two decades of progress were hollow assimilationism into a collapsing neoliberal order rather than actual liberation.

Reminder to cap the N in Native! ✨

(Also run if you see anyone calling themselves native Angelino or San Franciscan etc. — the words “originally from” or “ born in” exist for a reason! Let us have Native please — it’s one of the first terms we’ve collectively chosen and weren’t forced on.)

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Meet the Native American tribe that beat the Trump administration in court -- for now Members of the Miccosukee Tribe are celebrating after a judge temporarily blocked further construction at the Alligator Alcatraz facility upstream from their reservation.

abcnews.go.com/US/meet-nati...

Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus), The Panhandle, Okavango Delta, Botswana, September 2023. Credit: Sergey Dereliev

Heat extremes attributable to climate change have led to a 25–38% average reduction in monitored tropical bird populations since 1950, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3UIIpP7 🧪

Somebody is going to be royally screwed by this decision. I have no idea who, but mark my words

What? 🤣🤣🤣

What Nina said is very valid. We can ignore "both sides" rhetoric but in the end both Democrats & Republicans are Capitalist parties who have much in common with one another.

LoL 😂

A tweet from Nina Turner that says - Dear Democrats, The party needs to change. Now. When President Biden was in office, he said he would overrule local DC officials. You cannot fight authoritarianism with authoritarianism.

A tweet from President Joe Biden that says - I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings. If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.

I'll place a bet that 99.9% of people don't even know about this. I sure didn't.

It's amazing what you learn on social media sites 🤯

That’s odd. The DoJ website currently proclaims violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. It’s almost as if Trump is a lying megalomaniac.

*strokes chin thoughtfully*

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Before the Republicans send Federal Troops to the Washington D.C., the D.C. Council should rename the District the Epstein Files so the FBI, DOJ, Attorney General, and Trump suddenly won't be able to find it.

A tweet from Mint Press News that says - "Breaking - The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has divested from 11 Israeli companies The world’s largest fund has dropped the 11 companies and is reviewing a series of others, also severing external agreements with Israeli managers. This is another major economic blow to Israel."

How about some good news for a change? There's so little of it these days especially when it comes to Israel & Palestine. This however made me smile 😁 ❤️

The only place in DC where crime is up is the White House.

Extremists suck. I'm a Christian Socialist. I'd love to see more people like me in power. The Evangelical right has completely perverted the Bible & the teachings of Christ entirely. They'd do good if they sat down & listened to Dr. MLK. Jr. for awhile.

I'm pretty sure Republicans have been calling everyone left of Reagan a "Communist" or a "Socialist".

They have zero credibility so why give them it? That old trope died long ago & the largest voting bloc prefers Socialism over Capitalism.

That said, he co-sponsored over 1,000 bills which became law within the last 10 years. Primary bills about 7.

Why do you feel the need to be toxic? Are you ok?
This isn't Twitter, it's Bluesky & we don't behave that way. We discuss things here like adults. Don't jabroni in my mentions & be a dick.

Bernie is known as the "Amendment King". You know this. He's also the 3rd most popular person in the world.

And many of these people would very much vote for a leftist because Socialism focuses on humanity & the struggles every day people face. Literally bottom to top ideology. The poor & working class are centered, not the upper class, the wealthy, and the 1%.
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These areas are swimming heavily in poverty. Bernie put it all on the table & broke it down entirely how to fix these areas that are working class & used to be Dem strongholds. They were forgotten about once Democrats began focusing on identity politics instead of class issues. /2

No that's far from the truth.
I'm in my 50s and I'm a Socialist. I highly suggest you watch Bernie's town hall's on YouTube that happened during the primaries. It's called "Bernie In Trump Country". He literally flipped Trump voters live on tv including in areas that are "coal country". /1

Buttigieg says allowing trans women, girls to compete in sports raises ‘fairness issues’ He said decisions should be left to local leagues, school boards

More here from another leading LGBTQIA source about Pete and what he said about trans people.

www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/30/b...

Why Pete Buttigieg’s comments on trans athletes are so disappointing - LGBTQ Nation Going “Eh, it’s complicated” and essentially leaving our rights to the bigots is not going to be enough.

"Purity tests" or is it "standards & values"? I'd argue that it's very much the latter that is directly responsible for why we're in this mess. Policy > a letter behind someone's name.

As far as Pete goes, this was days ago. Awful stuff 👇🏽
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/why-...

"The National Police Department"
What the actual fuck?

That account joined Bluesky 11 hours ago, literally.

People voted for him because they didn't like the direction the country was going, and Harris was promising a lot of the same. Some politicians make the mistake of telling people everything is always great instead of acknowledging their pain and the republicans may end up making the same mistake.