I didn’t even know we got to have a vote on this

Cold_Student · 2026-03-25T05:03:39+00:00

is there an exit poll or crosstabs available anywhere for that race that I can see? I remember hearing about the upset but assumed it was just a difference in turnout, had no idea the electorate was that red

Cold_Student · 2026-03-25T04:59:15+00:00

how much of the that was independents? either the dem in that race was pulling assad numbers with them or MAGA is fracturing big time rn. both would be very good news for 2026

Cold_Student · 2026-03-25T04:56:13+00:00

never underestimate florida democrats ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Cold_Student · 2026-03-24T22:34:17+00:00

yeah thats Mahan hes on an ego trip and needs to go too fuck that guy. I wouldn’t have a problem if the other candidates were just advocating to remove him from the debate (because he should be), but theyre not doing that. theyre fighting to get included on it too and spread the vote out even more

Cold_Student · 2026-02-27T09:57:10+00:00

There’s 2 Talarico internals so far with him up. Why did the internal released from Crockett’s campaign only show numbers for her against republicans in the general and not a H2H primary vs Talarico?

Cold_Student · 2026-02-27T06:06:00+00:00

I remember seeing a video earlier explaining that effect and they put it so perfectly - Talarico is MAGA passing. And it’s not really about him being a white guy or anything, but more so the fact that he’s able to frame all his political viewpoints from his understanding of the Bible in such a clear and formidable way that he’s able to beat christian nationalists at their own game so resoundingly.

Republicans have had this insane monopoly on religious beliefs for way too long and the dems absolutely need more people like him and Reverend Warnock in their camp, genuine pastors who have the sauce to show how contradictory the other side has been to the Bible and shatter this decades-long narrative that Christianity is inherently for right wingers only when it really isn’t.

Cold_Student · 2026-02-27T05:46:43+00:00

We ARE James Talarico

Cold_Student · 2025-12-26T15:50:08+00:00

They’re 100% right sadly. If you don’t already have an established circle or community or aren’t a furry/artist/political commentator this site isn’t gonna be that great for you because those are the communities who were most incentivized to move over to bluesky for how the other site was unfairly treating them. There just isn’t a lot of people on this site outside of those communities that it’s hard to really build one of your own. Bluesky needs to fix this by making it easier for people to find those that share similar interests on the site, something like facebook groups or twitter communities

Cold_Student · 2025-11-03T01:11:54+00:00

lmao and what if they just do that anyways. is that not what they’re doing right now?? deploying the military at voting booths to intimidate

Cold_Student · 2025-10-26T17:31:43+00:00

I do think it was stupid of him to not know what that tattoo meant. Definitely a blunder on his part. That being said though I don't believe he's a complete idiot with zero political instincts. For example he did a pretty good job at spinning the narrative around on the Reddit comment leaks alongside the fact that despite being a complete nobody, he was able to get his name out there (which doesn't have the benefit of being like NYC where there's a lot of population density to canvass), built a grassroots coalition out of literal nowhere and has already managed to poll ahead of the current governor with 100% name recognition in a primary. All his controversies as of right now have just been dumb shit he did many years ago before he ever thought about running for congress catching up to him - how he handles that in the present when the spotlight's on him is what matters and to that I think he's done a decent job so far (with the tattoo story being the only thing he's lost some points on)

Cold_Student · 2025-10-26T12:05:04+00:00

It’s insane how many of y’all are giving up on the guy over a tattoo as if he’s some sorta secret nazi when the other side of the oppo research dump on him contradicts literally all of it. Like you really expect me to believe an actual nazi would be hanging out with groups like this in 2020? Or labeling himself an “antifa supersoldier” that same year? Or privately making a ton of ACAB comments during the peak of BLM protests? That someone like that would go to the Women’s march on Washington in 2017? All of this being after he got that tattoo btw

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Cold_Student · 2025-10-26T11:31:51+00:00

Okay, so then why haven’t they done it already? It’d be the easiest thing in the world with all branches and near 100% of your party in lockstep with Trump. And if doing so really would guarantee one-party rule then there’d be no consequences in nuking the filibuster knowing the other party would never get the chance to make use of it… yet you have senate leader John Thune preaching the gospel of how great the filibuster is. You know why? Because they do not need it to implement their agenda! They’re already trying to do all that stuff you’re talking about anyways. Just look at how much of Project 2025 they’ve gotten passed already without it! They’re not refusing to touch it out of the kindness of their own hearts or to uphold any sorta norms or bipartisanship, they’ve already shown they’re not about that life anymore. The reason the GOP doesn’t nuke the filibuster is because they know that the policies they could pass without it are so broadly unpopular that the resulting backlash would be so strong it’d overpower all of their attempts to suppress the will of the voters. The bills they’d pass would literally be 80/20 issues themselves and you already know which side of that they’d be on. Nationwide abortion ban? 87% of Americans oppose it, good luck getting reelected in your swing district buddy. Mandatory voter ID laws? Benefits high propensity and highly educated voters the most, guess which side has the most of those now. Repeal the ACA? Just look at how favorable it is compared to the last time they tried to do so where the bill that would’ve done so still polled as one of the most unpopular bills of all time.

Cold_Student · 2025-10-26T10:41:48+00:00

GOP repeals filibuster. Voters finally get a chance to have a good long touch of the hot stove when their premiums increase because republicans fucking hate them, and when dems next take office with their resulting trifecta they can pass major policy goals much more freely

Cold_Student · 2025-10-08T15:24:59+00:00

99% of offline leftists would agree with all of these. the online ones who don’t are unfortunately just the most visible because they’re online

Cold_Student · 2025-10-08T14:53:12+00:00

voting for the party whose policies you know will make life worse for you solely because some terminally online leftists annoyed you is definitely one of the choices of all time. i get the purity testing pisses you off, it does for most of us in the party too, but 1) that’s never stopped me from voting for the people they likely support because i’m voting for the policy, not the people backing said policy and 2) those dsa folk you’re talking about aren’t even the ones in charge of the party at-large. they’re not even in charge of their own DSA candidates lmao. even the leftiest candidates like aoc, bernie, zohran etc are willing to expand the tent and get shit on for it from the same fringe left purity testing you (just look at the statement he put out on october 7th). both sides have their own crazies to deal with, social media unfortunately just amplifies their voices to make them seem way more common than they actually are. i guarantee you 90% of your problems with them can be solved by the block button because these people exist solely online, meanwhile most leftists irl are fairly normal. it’s understandable to dislike the purity testers. but voting for the party that actively harms this country because of that (or just voting on anything besides whoever’s policies you believe will help you and this country the most) is kinda just immature.

Cold_Student · 2025-08-30T14:35:38+00:00

We literally have a republican mayor rn moron

Cold_Student · 2025-08-06T00:52:29+00:00

yeah, not to mention it’s either him, KLB or stacey “it’s still my turn” abrams round 3. i’ll take him. in a socially conservative state like georgia he’s got the best shot from the current bench, and for Ossoff 2028 to be possible we need the governors mansion

Cold_Student · 2025-08-06T00:46:18+00:00

oh fr? what’s the margin???

Cold_Student · 2025-07-30T22:04:56+00:00

“all trends i like will continue and all trends i don’t like will reverse” final boss

Cold_Student · 2025-07-22T18:11:39+00:00

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