the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)
Extremely Online medieval archaeologist. Stubborn electoralist, out of the predictions game for a while. Gerontocracy hater. DSA for my sins. ADHD. He/Him. #nomoresenators
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- yes! the reason the Democratic party isn't going to break apart is because it is not a party, it is a coalition with a certain segment of it that has seized the privilege of leadership. you don't need a new coalition, you need new leadership bsky.app/profile/inep...
- Given that the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has mostly faded from the news, I do expect Trump's ratings on immigration to slightly improve — which is, again, reflective of a point: when presidents get a lot of attention for taking drastic actions, the public actually usually moves *against* them.
- i mean the visuals coming out of ice operations are not exactly any friendlier to him
- david graeber should be shot
- ras baraka told right wing christians 'there is a place in hell for all of you' and said any person in newark who rides the bus is a 'resident' and fuck man we need more of this shit
- I think we need to start asking democratic elected officials to meet their supporters where they are instead of dooming they never will
- this kind of shit absolutely cannot be rewarded, every senate democrat should have a target on their backs in 26/28
- BREAKING: Democrats reached a deal on a stablecoin bill that will give them a fake amendment on Trump crypto corruption that is designed to fail, so collaborators can say they did the best they could. "Schumer 101," said one source. prospect.org/politics/202...
- what's going on here is that Republicans genuinely cannot concieve of going to any sort of trouble for 'illegals' and keep getting thrown off by other people not being sociopaths
- good news!
- And now Lynch has a primary challenge. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/07/m...
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View full threadI am grateful for every primary challenger announcing in 2025, it encourages more of them going forward and we need a flood
- Kat Abu is probably going to lose to a younger version of the 80 year old she spooked out of running for re-election and I'm fine with that honestly, no pun intended
- on the one hand this guy is probably a weirdo, on the othet stephen lynch got started *in democratic party politics* hating on pride events and hasn't gotten much more liberal bsky.app/profile/rev-...
- Yeah OK this guy probably sucks. No one normal has ever met their spouse on The League. www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/s...
- also he'd be a backbencher, Lynch wants Oversight