I'm so happy to run into this photo on Bluesky! I honestly love this photo SO much! The color, the mood, the angles, the lighting. It's sheer perfection! And could that gentleman be dressed more perfectly? I don't think so. The green of his coat works so well with the blue.

Excellent take, IMO.

He voted No. Why would you do that?

Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.

Thanks to @mostmuscle.bsky.social

www.opensecrets.org/orgs/america...

@reburnruffian12.bsky.social , you might be interested in reading it.

Please talk to Maria Cantwell & Patty Murray, too! I mostly trust Murray, but have major trust issues with Cantwell.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

Beautiful! I lived in Alexandria for 5 or 6 years. I remember that scene well. And all my most fun trips to NYC started at that train station!

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.

Please.

I saw that both the new Governor of New Jersey and the new Governor of Virginia have both visited Ukraine already and have met Zelensky. Not that Governors have much power to help Ukraine on their own, but it does signal them being pro-Ukrainian. Most of us Democrats are.

Congratulations from Washington State! Now get it done for NYC and show this whole nation what can happen when people work together to make things better instead of worse.

What the hell is this guy smoking that he can this blatantly deny ALL evidence to the contrary of his bullshit assertions?

My Dad was a Democratic staffer on the Hill when Cheney was in Congress. The 2 of them bonded over a mutual love of Fly Fishing. Dad respected Cheney then, but wasn’t alive during his Veep Days. I always wonder what he’d have thought of what Cheney became.

@reburnruffian12.bsky.social , that’s the stuffed cat you gave me when you were little! 🤣🤣🤣

The Next Terrorist Attack And What Comes After (Updated)

Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/c...

The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.

He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…

…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.

New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Yay, you, Ed! I haven't spent as much time on Bluesky so I'd missed that. I'm really glad to hear that you kicked cancer's ass!

Hmmm. I guess I'll need to get one and see if it can deal with the fur of one cat and 2 Huskies. 😂

When I explain that boycotting an election over an issue has never once forced a politician to embrace that issue, I'm not "scolding people to vote." I'm explaining reality.

Feel free to sit on your ass! Just don't pretend that your lazy apathy is somehow going to advance your agenda.

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works

I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.