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Build coalitions not cults

What is the trade off here? I'd really appreciate it if San Francisco doesn't become a company town in earnest

THIS. In any fight against the government framing it as "but what about me?" Makes an argument scattered. Unite

Anyone feel like Arya nowadays?

Well... we have people to potentially primary now. Deeply disappointed in Schatz tho. He represents Hawaii... if you are in a purple state I kind of understand but... nah... y'all voted away your power. You don't deserve it anymore.

Besides I think right now when town halls seem to be poppin, it would be a great way to show up in a way Nancy hasn't for a minute.

Would love to join in person! Tbf I can't stand being on another screen. I'm glad others (perhaps younger?) can do it. But being in a space with like minded people is empowering and at this point pretty necessary. Maybe come to an indivisible monthly meeting?

There are times when I'm deeply proud of her as my rep. This is one

Streisand effect

The ones who donate sure as hell do

@saikatc.bsky.social I'm curious when you are going to talk to San Franciscans? It feels like a great time to organize town halls because our current representative does not and has not for as long as I have been a resident. Making media round is great but we are the ones who will vote.

This. And mostly because of instability. What they are proposing involves significant investment. Who is paying for that? The billionaires who fight against min wage? Gimme a break...

Fine fine fine. Sf could use some revenue

Real business men know a revenue driving product when they see one.

Honestly... fuck both parties. DSA and the like should be flocking to states with veterans getting laid off by the ton and get their buy in. Then register as R for a Congress run and put forth the platform their people want. Now is definitely the time

@amandalitman.bsky.social I hope you have people willing to run in these districts. Absolutely eff these boot lickers

I imagine the Canadian people generally don't care what he thinks

Point taken but arguably no one is willing to die for this shit hole and he's threatened martial law multiple times. Which would suspend elections. Not enough people believe that elections are already likely done for

If you keep listening, he has a point. Dems should go in all or nothing. The strength is in unity. If 3-4 seats are empty it's nothing. If 200 are empty it's something

Ugh... Tim.

I have never been interested in the "why Kamala lost" convo because it's all finger pointing but I would argue it lost when Tim walz was sidelined and Liz Cheney was put up as a champion. And this isn't even me saying Liz Cheney isn't a patriot. She's just not Tom Walz who SPEAKS TO PEOPLE!

100% lol. "We want to listen but will do what mommy/daddy warbucks pays us"

Excellent recipe for voters to disengage. While the two parties are not the same in policy they are exactly the same in fundraising

Democrats who want to move away from small dollar donors are actually Republicans and no, you cannot change my mind:

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Agreed. Definitely show up (they will just fill the seats with bodies otherwise) but leave when he starts lying.

Honestly a "you lie!" Certainly wouldn't be untoward.

Only in that we aren't arming Russia... yet

Trump-Zelensky: What it was like in the room during shouting match BBC reporters witnessed the extraordinary exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky firsthand.

I watched parts of this because apparently i hate myself. It was quite literally nothing but bullying. It was infuriating to watch and absolutely disgusting behavior but the thing that gets me is how anyone was remotely surprised. Especially the press

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Statement begins: The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (NWS), is profoundly alarming. It appears that NOAA staff fired today include meteorologists, data and computer scientists responsible for maintaining and upgrading weather predictive models, and technicians responsible for maintaining the nation’s weather instrumentation network (among many others). Housed within NOAA, the U.S. NWS is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. Its cost of operation is only ~$3-4/yr per taxpayer—equivalent to a single cup of coffee—and yields a truly remarkable return on investment (at least 10 to 1, and perhaps 100 to 1, depending on methods of estimation). NOAA and the NWS collectively offer tens to hundreds of billions of dollars each year in net economic benefit through a combination of averted losses and efficiencies gained....

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.

There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP

Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

This is the part I'm afraid of. That they will start doing this