@daldrich.bsky.social
Liberal. Music is my passion. From AC/DC to Mahler to Monk to Kendrick. I love sports too. And Guided By Voices is the best rock band of the last 40 years and Kubrick is my fav Director.
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Pablo Torre's phenomenal work exposing the Clippers scandal sticks out so much because whatever passes for sports "journalism" these days, especially at the most visible levels, is just back-slapping bullshit or quid pro quo contract announcement stenography. It doesn't have to be this way.
September 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Pablo Torre's phenomenal work exposing the Clippers scandal sticks out so much because whatever passes for sports "journalism" these days, especially at the most visible levels, is just back-slapping bullshit or quid pro quo contract announcement stenography. It doesn't have to be this way.
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This line of questioning is utterly irrelevant to public policy & to the lives of 99% of the people AES will be representing. But it is what America's desiccated, decadent political media has come to see as "tough questions" -- ie, questions designed to hurt your chances of being elected.
Tur: It’s not just the media, and I reject that framing. 6 in 10 Americans don’t know who he is. I’m not saying he’s the most important person in the world, but...is it worth losing votes you need to win?
AES: 10 in 10 Americans agree that they can’t afford the things that they need in their lives.
AES: 10 in 10 Americans agree that they can’t afford the things that they need in their lives.
August 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This line of questioning is utterly irrelevant to public policy & to the lives of 99% of the people AES will be representing. But it is what America's desiccated, decadent political media has come to see as "tough questions" -- ie, questions designed to hurt your chances of being elected.
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I’m not sure how to convey this succinctly to legacy media who continues to go to Manchin for his opinion. But let me try:
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
August 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I’m not sure how to convey this succinctly to legacy media who continues to go to Manchin for his opinion. But let me try:
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
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Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager.
August 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager.
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The platform needs to be institutional reform, & if Democrats & their voters just think winning every election forever without fixing any of the institutions is going to work, then we are in for a generation or more of disappointment & constantly being on the precipice of authoritarianism.
- 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.
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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.
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August 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The platform needs to be institutional reform, & if Democrats & their voters just think winning every election forever without fixing any of the institutions is going to work, then we are in for a generation or more of disappointment & constantly being on the precipice of authoritarianism.
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Stephen A. Smith is furious that the NABJ essentially assaulted him with an emoji.
Or maybe the NABJ treated him like Stephen A. Smith treated Jemele Hill or Jasmine Crockett or Bakari Sellers or Cari Champion or domestic violence victims or people who wear hoodies or...
Or maybe the NABJ treated him like Stephen A. Smith treated Jemele Hill or Jasmine Crockett or Bakari Sellers or Cari Champion or domestic violence victims or people who wear hoodies or...
Why the National Association of Black Journalists 'Personally Attacked' Stephen A. Smith, Explained
It's impossible to understand why the ESPN personality won NABJ's Thumbs Down Award without knowing the history, the mission and the series of events that preceded the decision.
dlvr.it
August 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Stephen A. Smith is furious that the NABJ essentially assaulted him with an emoji.
Or maybe the NABJ treated him like Stephen A. Smith treated Jemele Hill or Jasmine Crockett or Bakari Sellers or Cari Champion or domestic violence victims or people who wear hoodies or...
Or maybe the NABJ treated him like Stephen A. Smith treated Jemele Hill or Jasmine Crockett or Bakari Sellers or Cari Champion or domestic violence victims or people who wear hoodies or...
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The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
August 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
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The failure to prosecute bank fraud was a massive and inexcusable failure of the Obama administration. Kids go to jail for stealing 1/1000th as much.
After the S&L crash over 1000 execs went to jail. The threat of jail affects white collar workers who are potential cheats. The failure to repeat after toe Great Crash emboldened this crowd of cheats.
August 17, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The failure to prosecute bank fraud was a massive and inexcusable failure of the Obama administration. Kids go to jail for stealing 1/1000th as much.
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When the left narrowly wins, it's a problem for the left. When the left narrowly loses, it's a problem for the left. All of the universe and everything in it is a problem for the left, which is itself a problem.
Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Progressive Movement
Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
When the left narrowly wins, it's a problem for the left. When the left narrowly loses, it's a problem for the left. All of the universe and everything in it is a problem for the left, which is itself a problem.
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I think what we're seeing around the internet right now, vis a vis AOC & her ex-boyfriend & her eggs, is just a tiny, tiny, tiny sliver of the absolute madness that will break out if she runs for president. No matter how f'ing weird you think people will be about it, they will be much, much weirder.
August 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I think what we're seeing around the internet right now, vis a vis AOC & her ex-boyfriend & her eggs, is just a tiny, tiny, tiny sliver of the absolute madness that will break out if she runs for president. No matter how f'ing weird you think people will be about it, they will be much, much weirder.
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This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed.
-The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion.
-He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school
-Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism
-25 yrs later, this.
-The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion.
-He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school
-Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism
-25 yrs later, this.
Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc
August 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed.
-The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion.
-He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school
-Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism
-25 yrs later, this.
-The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion.
-He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school
-Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism
-25 yrs later, this.
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Once again, if you think Democrats need to moderate on literally any issue, like party leadership has been doing my entire life after losing an election, this is my response to you
July 29, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Once again, if you think Democrats need to moderate on literally any issue, like party leadership has been doing my entire life after losing an election, this is my response to you
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interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
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MITCH MCCONNELL IS ON ETERNITY LEAVE... Cleveland, Ohio 😂
July 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM
MITCH MCCONNELL IS ON ETERNITY LEAVE... Cleveland, Ohio 😂
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This whole Taylor farms thing and all the food being infected with parasites. It's actually a very good example of why these conglomerants and monopolies shouldn't exist. You shouldn't be able to operate under one name and own 30 brands that do the exact same thing
July 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
This whole Taylor farms thing and all the food being infected with parasites. It's actually a very good example of why these conglomerants and monopolies shouldn't exist. You shouldn't be able to operate under one name and own 30 brands that do the exact same thing
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What a hollow, broken, absolute buffoon. Who did NOTHING to help Spain win but wanted the glory. What a shell of a man
July 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
What a hollow, broken, absolute buffoon. Who did NOTHING to help Spain win but wanted the glory. What a shell of a man
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This is false. The reason we have to vote for Democratic Socialists is because Democrats won't fight for their own platform.
Take the fighter slightly to your left over the useless politician who agrees with you on paper but doesn't do shit.
Take the fighter slightly to your left over the useless politician who agrees with you on paper but doesn't do shit.
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to universal health care, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.
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July 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This is false. The reason we have to vote for Democratic Socialists is because Democrats won't fight for their own platform.
Take the fighter slightly to your left over the useless politician who agrees with you on paper but doesn't do shit.
Take the fighter slightly to your left over the useless politician who agrees with you on paper but doesn't do shit.
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Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us"
Zlatan: "Who?
Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon"
Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca"
Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance"
Zlatan: "America, you're welcome"
lmaooooooooooooooooo
Zlatan: "Who?
Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon"
Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca"
Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance"
Zlatan: "America, you're welcome"
lmaooooooooooooooooo
June 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us"
Zlatan: "Who?
Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon"
Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca"
Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance"
Zlatan: "America, you're welcome"
lmaooooooooooooooooo
Zlatan: "Who?
Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon"
Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca"
Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance"
Zlatan: "America, you're welcome"
lmaooooooooooooooooo
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He signed an unconditional surrender at Versailles?
Come the fuck on.
Come the fuck on.
Trump: "It's signed. I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it."
June 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM
He signed an unconditional surrender at Versailles?
Come the fuck on.
Come the fuck on.
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Remember this scene the next time a corporate reporter tries to insist that a rural diner full of white men in their 60s is somehow a more authentically "American" place, somehow more representative of who we are as a nation.
June 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Remember this scene the next time a corporate reporter tries to insist that a rural diner full of white men in their 60s is somehow a more authentically "American" place, somehow more representative of who we are as a nation.
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I have been lectured to my entire life that the greatest sin in politics is to look down on these cosmically ignorant fuckwits, or to hold them accountable for their decisions. We're just supposed to flatter their Illusions and dutifully repair all the shit they destroy.
Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree. reut.rs/4dL2y14
Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.
Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily.
reut.rs
May 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have been lectured to my entire life that the greatest sin in politics is to look down on these cosmically ignorant fuckwits, or to hold them accountable for their decisions. We're just supposed to flatter their Illusions and dutifully repair all the shit they destroy.
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I wish people wouldn't use euphemisms like "policy & regulatory uncertainty" when they mean "every time Republicans get any power they fuck everything up."
May 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I wish people wouldn't use euphemisms like "policy & regulatory uncertainty" when they mean "every time Republicans get any power they fuck everything up."
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Historians shouldn't make predictions, but I'm calling my shot.
Donald Trump will use the N-word in public before June 1.
Donald Trump will use the N-word in public before June 1.
TRUMP: We have a ballroom that's under budget. It's going up right here. I've doubled the size of it because we obviously need that.
REPORTER: The price doubled
TRUMP: I doubled the size of it, you dumb person. You are not a smart person.
REPORTER: The price doubled
TRUMP: I doubled the size of it, you dumb person. You are not a smart person.
May 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Historians shouldn't make predictions, but I'm calling my shot.
Donald Trump will use the N-word in public before June 1.
Donald Trump will use the N-word in public before June 1.
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Hey Dems, how about a single idea on affordability that does not reaffirm longstanding Republican arguments?
May 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Hey Dems, how about a single idea on affordability that does not reaffirm longstanding Republican arguments?
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i have really come to the view that partisanship is to be embraced wholesale. partisanship and principle but not purity.
Woke 2 needs Democratic leaders to remember that the Federalists and anti-Federalists hated each other. Get that attitude toward Republicans and talk accordingly. They are your colleagues working against everything you stand for, not good-intentioned, misguided friends.
"What we need is to embrace power and to embrace responsibility for the exercise of that power. This includes everything from the sewer socialism of Zohran Mamdani to the constitutional hardball of Virginia's recent successful gerrymander."
www.liberalcurrents.com/what-is-woke...
www.liberalcurrents.com/what-is-woke...
April 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
i have really come to the view that partisanship is to be embraced wholesale. partisanship and principle but not purity.