Janes
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👇🎯💯 This, hundreds of thousands of times.
Again, what people really are complaining about with is that 🇺🇸 doesn't have <more> (& actually <stronger>) parties, so they don't get to vote for the candidate they want in a general election. Fine, there is a solution. It's fixing the <institutions>:
Again, what people really are complaining about with is that 🇺🇸 doesn't have <more> (& actually <stronger>) parties, so they don't get to vote for the candidate they want in a general election. Fine, there is a solution. It's fixing the <institutions>:
July 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
👇🎯💯 This, hundreds of thousands of times.
Again, what people really are complaining about with is that 🇺🇸 doesn't have <more> (& actually <stronger>) parties, so they don't get to vote for the candidate they want in a general election. Fine, there is a solution. It's fixing the <institutions>:
Again, what people really are complaining about with is that 🇺🇸 doesn't have <more> (& actually <stronger>) parties, so they don't get to vote for the candidate they want in a general election. Fine, there is a solution. It's fixing the <institutions>:
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The house needs to be ~twice its current size & we need multi member districts. You aren’t going to get well-functioning <multiparty> democracy as long as we have SMDs & FPTP. It’s not even working well in 🇨🇦 or 🇬🇧. Fair maps can fix state hyper-gerrymandering but they can’t solve that problem.
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
👇🎯💯
Again, the needs to be & all the committees & commissions that want to Do A Popularism & focus on Kitchen Table Issues are engaged in a category mistake about What Democrats Must Do the next time they ever have power.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, the
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June 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The house needs to be ~twice its current size & we need multi member districts. You aren’t going to get well-functioning <multiparty> democracy as long as we have SMDs & FPTP. It’s not even working well in 🇨🇦 or 🇬🇧. Fair maps can fix state hyper-gerrymandering but they can’t solve that problem.
Quote with a fictional band that isn't Spinal Tap
May 21, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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Section 3, 14th Amendment recognition! I want it acknowledged by both houses that Congress recognized the disqualification of Trump by majorities in both chambers with the impeachment articles (which explicitly claimed he violated Section 3). Expand on it by having the votes against AZ and PA count.
April 29, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Section 3, 14th Amendment recognition! I want it acknowledged by both houses that Congress recognized the disqualification of Trump by majorities in both chambers with the impeachment articles (which explicitly claimed he violated Section 3). Expand on it by having the votes against AZ and PA count.
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Going the extra mile to squeeze out Jim Clyburn might be what makes Dems resolve to win the redistricting wars by abolishing single-member districts entirely.
Call it Guinier's revenge.
Call it Guinier's revenge.
May 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Going the extra mile to squeeze out Jim Clyburn might be what makes Dems resolve to win the redistricting wars by abolishing single-member districts entirely.
Call it Guinier's revenge.
Call it Guinier's revenge.
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The apparent Democratic response to the GOP-controlled judiciary entering and rigging the districting fight for Republicans is: grudgingly accept court rulings and pad margins with improved pandering to voters. It might “work” but it is a terrible omen. www.offmessage.net/p/a-terrible...
May 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The apparent Democratic response to the GOP-controlled judiciary entering and rigging the districting fight for Republicans is: grudgingly accept court rulings and pad margins with improved pandering to voters. It might “work” but it is a terrible omen. www.offmessage.net/p/a-terrible...
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how is this literally happening in real life
April 20, 2026 at 12:43 AM
how is this literally happening in real life
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GHALIBAF: "So I'm not really sure what our objectives are here because our leader is in a coma and maybe has brain damage so it's all just scheming viziers, y'know?"
VANCE: "You're not gonna believe this."
VANCE: "You're not gonna believe this."
Via Al-Jazeera: "One source has told us that there is a push from Pakistan to try to get at least another day, another round, another extension of these talks so they can come to some sort of a conclusive agreement. So far, that has not happened."
April 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
GHALIBAF: "So I'm not really sure what our objectives are here because our leader is in a coma and maybe has brain damage so it's all just scheming viziers, y'know?"
VANCE: "You're not gonna believe this."
VANCE: "You're not gonna believe this."
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gotta get comfortable speaking the language of illegitimacy
April 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
gotta get comfortable speaking the language of illegitimacy
I don't expect much from Trump beyond strategic incompetence and bluster, but how is Netanyahu feeling about a deal that will feed billions of dollars to Iran?
April 8, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I don't expect much from Trump beyond strategic incompetence and bluster, but how is Netanyahu feeling about a deal that will feed billions of dollars to Iran?
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Looking, again, for a steelman view of this. Is there ANY plausible argument that we didn’t just kill a bunch of people to no purpose and hand a giant geopolitical victory to an extremist regime after making it more entrenched and more extreme?
April 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Looking, again, for a steelman view of this. Is there ANY plausible argument that we didn’t just kill a bunch of people to no purpose and hand a giant geopolitical victory to an extremist regime after making it more entrenched and more extreme?
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If long-term gyre widening trends continue, we think there is a high likelihood of the centre proving unable to hold
A rough beast? Slouching toward Jerusalem? In this economy?
March 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
If long-term gyre widening trends continue, we think there is a high likelihood of the centre proving unable to hold
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Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here
February 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here
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I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.
Dr Oz: "We're announcing a 6 month national moratorium blocking all new enrollments for durable medical equipment -- prosthesis, orthotics -- supplies across the board."
February 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.
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This all is absolutely our second chance at getting reconstruction right.
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This all is absolutely our second chance at getting reconstruction right.
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I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
will not be surprised if the subpoenas are never issued
NYT says subpoenas have not been issued. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
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Just sharing source in case anyone's looking for it www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-... The guy was very meticulous, documented the entire method of training crows
Man 'trains' crows to attack MAGA hats as there's 'no longer a moral option'
A man has gone viral after training a murder of crows to swoop down and snatch MAGA hats from unsuspecting Trump supporters, documenting his months-long experiment
www.dailystar.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Just sharing source in case anyone's looking for it www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-... The guy was very meticulous, documented the entire method of training crows
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We're about to see like two dozen R incumbents retire. What we do with this cycle will decide if Republican government will be restored in the United States. It's absolutely imperative that we impose capital C Consequences to the members of this administration.
this was a re-run of the 2022 midterms in terms of turnout and we improved by 12-13 points
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
We're about to see like two dozen R incumbents retire. What we do with this cycle will decide if Republican government will be restored in the United States. It's absolutely imperative that we impose capital C Consequences to the members of this administration.
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And yes these means nuking the filibuster.
10 min in: 💣 filibuster
12 in: expand Court
15 in: confirm slate of Justices w/o hearings
20 in: expand House, John Lewis Act
22 in: DC statehood
25 in: strip Trump hires of civil service protections.
30 in: break up DHS
10 min in: 💣 filibuster
12 in: expand Court
15 in: confirm slate of Justices w/o hearings
20 in: expand House, John Lewis Act
22 in: DC statehood
25 in: strip Trump hires of civil service protections.
30 in: break up DHS
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
And yes these means nuking the filibuster.
10 min in: 💣 filibuster
12 in: expand Court
15 in: confirm slate of Justices w/o hearings
20 in: expand House, John Lewis Act
22 in: DC statehood
25 in: strip Trump hires of civil service protections.
30 in: break up DHS
10 min in: 💣 filibuster
12 in: expand Court
15 in: confirm slate of Justices w/o hearings
20 in: expand House, John Lewis Act
22 in: DC statehood
25 in: strip Trump hires of civil service protections.
30 in: break up DHS
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this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
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scully: mulder you can't seriously believe in this
mulder: I'm telling you, glonzo is more than just stories.
mulder: I'm telling you, glonzo is more than just stories.
August 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
scully: mulder you can't seriously believe in this
mulder: I'm telling you, glonzo is more than just stories.
mulder: I'm telling you, glonzo is more than just stories.
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To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.