Dems commissioning and then leaking that uneducated-whites-only polling to Axios to smear the Squad was some truly despicable shit, even before Trump used the polling to bash them.
― Simon H., Friday, 19 July 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
as Perrin says, bad cop-bad cop
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
I believe it was Mark Russell who once rhymed "anyhoo" with "Steny who?"
― CumuloNIMBY (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 July 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
This is good:
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/19/no-more-nice-democrats/
― jaymc, Thursday, 5 December 2019 05:38 (four years ago) link
Thats a very good piece!
― anvil, Thursday, 5 December 2019 08:05 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Thursday, 5 December 2019 08:15 (four years ago) link
icymi, P4reeene on the Decade From Hell:
"The story of American politics over the past decade is that of a political party on the cusp of enduring power and world-historical social reform, and how these once imaginable outcomes were methodically squandered."
https://newrepublic.com/article/156066/decade-liberal-delusion-failure-obama-presidency
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
Pelosi & Schumer’s tone is procedural updates, boring partisan jabs & patronizing ‘you dont understand how the game works’ head-patting. It’s devoid of any class politics or rage or urgency. 1/3rd of the economy evaporated overnight & it sounds like just another day at the office— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) April 22, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
How can I fp Adam H. Johnson? I'd like to 51 him asap.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
If there's one thing missing from US politics atm, it is rage. Everyone is so polite these day that it's hard to get anyone on social media to even admit there are any problems with how things are, let alone work up a good frothing rage over those problems.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
not Grancy & Schmucko
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
that dude is a friend of a friend and I remember pretending to be interested in his phone charging startup at a party years ago. this was long before he made a career out of being the dude who left angry comments on blog posts. he is exactly what you would expect irl.
https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/02/11/how-annoying-bar-customers-with-dead.html
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Contrary to the classic Saul Steinberg New Yorker cover where the world stops at the Hudson River, Brightbox’s recharging stations are found in nearby Connecticut and New Jersey but also in California and Florida.
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
Johnson thinks the concept of recharging a fading phone battery will work anywhere. He refers to New York Times’ columnist Thomas Friedman’s influential book to say, “The world is flat. There’s little difference between New York, Moscow and Madrid.”
― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
iatee is also exactly what you wd expect irl, a schmuck who never addresses substance
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
tweets amount to 'substance' these days?
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
jesus
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
at least as much as some fucking messageboards full of amateur pundits
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
tell me how Pelosi & Schumer are worth more than a warm bucket of piss
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
i don't really think they'd be better at their jobs if they were angrier
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
it's good that this thread is back
― edgard varese-type beat (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
Adam Johnson is cute.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
saw the photo neeevvvveeerr miiiiiind
It’s very easy to determine how good Chuck and Nancy are at their jobs: just look at who gives them money and see if they’re delivering for those entities. I suspect they’re probably ok at it.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
"anger" could be better framed as "sense of urgency"
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
idgi, morbs. you class ilx as a place where no one is intellectually capable of providing substance or addressing it, so you obviously don't expect substance here. But when someone doesn't provide substance, that makes him a schmuck? You're here, too. And not exactly brimming over with substance either.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
if Shakey weren't apparently on a break we'd really get something going here
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 18:57 (three years ago) link
morbs is actually much nicer irl because nobody can do cartoonish internet anger in person
― iatee, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
maybe just better behaved in person where he can get smacked
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
hahaha
imagine the most direct response to that.
correct.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
I don't spend much time in the physical company of tedious gabby Democrats
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
nobody can do cartoonish internet anger in person
I can totally do this
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
I read Matt Stoller's newsletter and get a lot out of it but this was a massively disappointing 'take' from someone who's supposed to be - and often is - very smart:
1. I've been pretty aggressive about pointing out progressives got crushed, but I don't have a strategy going forward. That's because admitting defeat and figuring out what to do has to be a collective conversation. Here are some thoughts...— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 18, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
Stoller has been the sort of imbecile taken in by Josh Hawley.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
I lost the will to live around point 7.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
that... is a fucking mess
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
that's pretty stupid
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
I read as much of that as I could stand, but for someone who says he has no strategy and the direction of the left needs to be the result of a collective conversation, he makes one hell of a lot of assertions about strategy and most of them are hella simplistic and indistinguishable from neoliberalism. Not to mention the ones that are just wrong.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
i like that it skipped from point 4 to 6. seemed illustrative of the entire argument: i live in a warped universe where there is no number 5
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
tuned out around 4 but kept scrolling and boy did it continue
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
it should be a crime for a 'tweet thread' to last more than two tweets
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Who even are all these people!!! Posting things. Ffs
― silby, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
New board description
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
someone who's supposed to be - and often is - very smart
could've fooled me
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
I always think he's Matt Zoller Seitz
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/mike-bloomberg-to-donate-18-million-to-dnc-in-2020-election.html
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 4 May 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
and he spent something like, what, $600 million or so on his own primary campaign and made it sound like he would pitch in at least that much to defeat Trump in the general election?
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 4 May 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
I'm sure he'll spend a lot more, just wish he was doing it w/ his own pac or whatever and not through the party
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 4 May 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article243820362.html
of course
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 27 June 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
thinking about USPS, tax day, that two-year period of complete Democratic control of government we had a while ago, and how many small and easy things they didn't fix on account of none of them being normal people with normal problems— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) July 16, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 July 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link