Harris-Walz / Dems

[Paladin]

you'd think by now governors would stop believing Donalds' promises, particularly when that governor was targeted for assassination by his supporters.

Whitmer: Trump promises 'better deal' for Michigan after semiconductor factory falls apart

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she spoke with President Donald Trump to express her disappointment that plans for a semiconductor factory fell apart.

www.freep.com

 

[abates]

Democrats keep attaching Epstein file related amendments to bills, and now the Republicans have shut down the Rules Committee rather than vote on the amendments:

Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social)

Politico & Punchbowl report House Republican leadership is shutting down the Rules Committee - which is essential for moving party-line bills on the floor - for the week rather than vote on Democratic amendments on the Epstein files. Dems have effectively halted Republican legislation in the House:

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[Rhinox]

Seems they've stumbled into a way to shut down the Congressional portion of project 2025. Just attach a whole bunch of Epstein related things to any bill you don't want to go anywhere.
Now figure out how to stop the executive order jive.

 

[Ungnome]

Bout time they started taking pages from the Republican playbook in the legislature, though I hope that once this mess is behind us they implement laws to shut down said loopholes.

 

[Paladin]

another day another Democrat throwing trans kids under the bus.

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports

<p>He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports. </p>

www.advocate.com

 

[Rhinox]

I know it's Paladin.

But, no he didn't throw anyone under the bus. He gave a very decent political answer.

 

[Ironbite4]

HE THREW THE TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS! DON'T YOU NOT READ THINGS!? YOU SHOULD ONLY REACT TO THE HEADLINE! AAAAAAAAAAH! DEMS MUST DIE! LET THE REPUBLICANS RULE EVERYTHING! THAT'LL TEACH THEM!

Ironbite-did I do a good enough Paladin responce?

 

[Rhinox]

There is enough to be genuinely panicked about. The fear mongering can take a break for now.

 

[Ungnome]

Yea, he essentially said that the government really shouldn't be creating blanket bans on trans people in sports. While I don't really think trans women have an inate advantage over cis women in sports, assuming their hormone levels are in-line with each other, I can see where some would be concerned and Buttigieg is simply saying let the sport organizations make the determination of their rules, not the US or state governments. I'd rather there be SOME government protections in place to prevent discrimination, but we can move to that fight once they stop trying to outlaw my very existence. Heck the whole blow up over the trans in sports thing is because they needed SOMETHING to villainize us for when everything else they tried didn't stick. The only things that were really working at all on the public-at-large was the sports angle and gender care for minors thing.

 

[M. Virion]

HE THREW THE TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS! DON'T YOU NOT READ THINGS!? YOU SHOULD ONLY REACT TO THE HEADLINE! AAAAAAAAAAH! DEMS MUST DIE! LET THE REPUBLICANS RULE EVERYTHING! THAT'LL TEACH THEM!

Ironbite-did I do a good enough Paladin responce?

You know Paladin doesn't respond to things. He won't even come back to defend himself. He'll wait a week, then come back to post a new article.

He's functionally a bot.

At this point he makes me miss Fortress Ironhold. At least FI occasionally talked to us.

 

[Pocket]

He's functionally a bot.

Couldn't we have him permabanned on those grounds?

 

[NovaSaber]

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Elon Musk may be a chaos goblin, but "Readers added context" has been a gem.

 

[Pocket]

It is honestly amazing that people haven't figured out how to abuse it to spread misinformation yet.

 

[NovaSaber]

Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com)

Bombshell report from The New York Times reveals that President Donald Trump spoke directly to Andrew Cuomo about how to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/nyregion/trump-nyc-mayor-cuomo-adams-mamdani.html

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Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social)

1. Chris Cuomo has posted a blatantly fake video of @aoc.bsky.social It’s so fake that it’s clearly labeled as parody AI at the top. Video on in next post.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social)

Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on. It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.

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[Pale Rider]

 

[Ironbite4]

The press guy running this needs a raise.

 

[abates]

 

[Ungnome]

I don't trust Newsom, but at least his team is fighting back. More than I can say about a lot of the other Democrats.

 

[Anonymous X]

The Democrats might as well merge with the Republicans and become its ‘moderate’ wing, for all the good they are doing. Nothing but enablers and cretins and doormats.