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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:29 UTC

I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 18:38 UTC

No. If there is an existential urgency to defeat Trump *double down on that*. There's no world in which Dems repeatedly moaning about how Biden sitting step down helps us win.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 17:37 UTC

Yeah. Back in the day When Kevin Drum was blogging at Mother Jones he used to talk about the hack gap (right wing pundits cheerlead, left wing pundits panic) and boy howdy is the hack gap hurting us right now.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

These aren't unknowns being introduced to us at the debate. We have two people with records and a stark difference and we can't let Trump's threats slide just because we used to it. Let's talk about that.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:12 UTC

Remind everyone that he did, in fact, call dead soldiers losers and suckers. He did say there were fine people marching in Charlottesville. He's a convicted felon with a sea of other judgments.Most of the people who worked with him don't want him to be president. Bring that up constantly.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:09 UTC

And Trump has a record, too. Talk about that and what he *said* at the debate, not if it was energetic or whatever. He encouraged an attack on the capital in 2020 and refused to say he'd accept the election results this year; he promised to use the power of the state to get revenge.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

We could talk about Biden's debate performance. But he's been president; we have an actual track record to run on. So talk about that instead- all the things Trump denied or claimed for himself. Historic HBCU funding; lower drug costs; record unemployment; protecting Ukraine; huge climate wins.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Blogger Kevin Drum used to talk about the 'hack gap'. No matter what, the right will hop on board and stay on message, and lefties love to publicly panic, criticize ourselves, and buy into others' framing. It's not that we need to lie. But we should decide what we're talking about and how.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

🧵 Trump spent most of his time talking about how horrible immigrants are, taking credit for things Biden did (Trump claimed he'd brought down insulin costs and increased HBCU funding at one point). He said he'd get back at everyone who prosecuted him and refused to say he'd accept election results.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Yeah, the #debate performance wasn't great, but why the hell is everyone more obsessed with one candidate looking old than that the other candidate *promised to use the power of the presidency to train down retribution on his enemies*.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 02:31 UTC

Just to emphasize, Trump didn't agree to accept the election results.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

So, Trump just saying that he increased the funding for HBCUs and capped costs and not Biden? Were not going to fsct check any of this?

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 01:34 UTC

Feel like it's important to remember that the first Trump impeachment was over him withholding Ukraine aid unless they have him dirt on Biden.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 19:27 UTC

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

Before the debate, it's helpful to remember what #Project2025 says the #MAGA movement themselves say they'll do. This breaks down what it means for the #climate. It's not great! blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-cleet...

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 14:53 UTC

Regular reminder that #EVs are much, much better for the #climate than gas powered cars--even if you factor in all the manufacturing emissions.

blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmu...

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 02:53 UTC

This is true! It's amazing to me that he managed to stop violating the gag order, through both Daniels' and Cohen's testimony, after getting any sort of consequence. Accountability works very well, he just regularly avoids facing any.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 02:20 UTC

Upbeat, huh? You okay, Spotify?

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 01:22 UTC

My husband just got these at Costco about an hour ago.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 00:19 UTC

My hot take: Being convicted of a bunch of felonies is bad for Donald Trump.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 22:11 UTC

Convicted felons can't vote in Florida until they've completed their sentence and paid all related restitution, funds, and fees. And since he's never paid his bills in his life...

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 17:30 UTC

Saw this earlier and it's wild. We do not hear enough that the decline in birth rate in the US has so much to do with the very good news that teens and college kids aren't having babies.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 17:29 UTC

The kids are alright. My conservative in-laws were asking my middle schooler if anyone used "different pronouns" at school. Him: Oh, yeah, x is they/ them and y in English is she this year. Relations: That must be so confusing! How do you feel? Him: *shrug* They were so mad that he didn't care.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 15:30 UTC

Also worth keeping in mind that they're way cheaper, and can be used by a lot more people. We're probably getting one for my almost-13-yo, and even when he has a license we won't be getting another car. But limiting factor is definitely where I feel safe with him biking on the road.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 15:36 UTC

Excited to see this important discussion.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 16:04 UTC

True story: My lefty aunt got me a subscription to Santa Cruz Comic News in high school (life changing for a kid in an R+14 district), and it was where I first saw your work. When I started getting online your blog was one of the first and I read it religiously. Would love to see it come back.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 13:55 UTC

Amazing that a few thousand dollar fines and the threat of jail have kept Trump from violating the gag order during testimony from Daniels and Cohen. He responds so well to just a amount of accountability; maybe we should try it more often.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 10, 2024 at 22:24 UTC

I don't know how I got on this list, but this is such pathetic begging I thought it was a parody.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 23:35 UTC

I know Trump made us think that nothing matters, but it's nice to know we all still draw the love at *bragging about murdering puppies*.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 06, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

Put. Trump. In. Jail. Anyone else would be by now and $1000 means nothing to him. Plus, let's see what happens either there's no violence and people can stop being scared of holding him accountable, or there is and we know what we're dealing with before the election. Do it now.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 02:59 UTC

Seeing the four or five people that came to protest outside the courtroom, though, far more likely the threats are empty. And once we see that he *can* be put in jail, and that his supporters *don’t* turn out in droves, well, that makes accountability a lot easier, doesn’t it.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 02:57 UTC

Either the threats of Trump and his supporters are real or they’re empty. If he gets put in jail overnight we’ll find out. If the threats are real, the government can handle them and better to know what we’re dealing with now and how serious it is then during the election.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 02:56 UTC

I know there are some people who think there’s a need to be cautious because of the possibility of violence and inflaming people, but not only can we not have a legal system or democracy held hostage by fears of violence; we need to put him in jail now because of those fears.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 02:56 UTC

I’m glad that Merchan seems to be taking the contempt of court charges seriously, but it is far past time to put Trump in jail, even if just overnight. 🧵

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 17, 2024 at 22:35 UTC

Yeah, anytime I hear noise about Johnson moving Ukraine aid I assume someone new talked about signing the discharge petition and he's trying to put them off. I would absolutely love to be wrong, though.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 15, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

We don't know how the Senate will go, and Biden replacing anyone might be real tough. If it means we don't replace Thomas and are down a justice, so be it. But that has no bearing on saying Sotomayer shouldn't risk having to leave the court without a replacement or leaving it to an extremist.

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Acallidryas @acallidryas.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

Well, this took a while. But finally put up my short summaries of books I read in 2023 with longer reviews where available (not as many as I'd like.) acallidryas.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/b...

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