TLDR don’t throw people off the boat and then complain that they’re not helping (enough) to bail out the boat. 🤷 Except Julia says it all much better than me, and I found the entire thread and the article to be well worth the read even as someone who “knows about” the issue at hand.

This bit

If you’re a Dem and you think throwing anyone under the bus is the way to win you deserve to lose. We’re not supporting this shit anymore

yes, there offense is maddening, but their defense can be (& was today) really good. like a lot of Philly teams, they're a mixed bag

ok that was an unbelievable (as in unlikely) game. can't believe the Eagles almost won that

wow

I wonder where the Harper's signatories are now. Are they still alive or no?

I wonder what would have happened if folks had taken seriously the rise in political violence and threats against women, trans, Black, and antifascist organizers and figures back when we were all getting swatted and sent photoshops of ourselves beheaded

a short thread from Friday

I'm convinced Newsom isn't running for President at all. Sure, he might have a committee and use it as a slush fund, but he's running to be appointed to corporate boards and fake think tanks and stuff. Just too many examples of him going out of his way to show he's not aligned with the Dem base.

a short thread from Friday

The supposed rationale for throwing trans people under the bus is that you gain more voters, even if you lose the trans people, so if that's not true you're just doing it for the love of the game

It's literally the Fascist playbook. While Liberals twist themselves into knots over the latest "outrage", the jack boots are mobilizing and hitting the streets. There was a quote from a "famous" Nazi jurist that explains this.

Definitely feels like not our fault!

Democrats will never learn.

calling out the hypocrisy in someone's argument only works if they have a soul. fascists notably lack those