Brien Jackson

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

How you respond to the Nazi tattoo candidate is how you would have responded to "grab them by the pussy" if you were a Republican.

[David Bernstein @ProfDBernstein]

Democrats have spent the last ten+ years bemoaning the evilness of Republicans who acknowledge Trump's flaws, but support him anyway because "the alternative [ie, the other side being in power] is worse."
Then along comes misogynistic racist Nazi tattoo guy, and every single Democratic politician is obligated by the base to support him because... drumroll.... "the alternative [ie, the other side being in power] is worse."

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

I do think a lot of the people posting like this genuinely believe that Democrats are in the majority right now.

Because we are in a golden age of overconfident stupidity and ignorance. No one knows anything about anything, but they sure as hell are confident about it.

[Peter Wolf @peterawolf]

People acting like the Dems were running Congress the minute they won the midterms as opposed to, y’know, January, are mostly bored, shitflinging geeks with ODD

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

Just pick Schatz and be done with it. Checks the generational box. Safe seat + no desire for higher office. Give Schumer a nice cushy committee gig and a thank you for his service and stop feeding the media DEMS IN DISARRAY stories over a job no one outside DC gives a shit about

[🍁Allie🍁 @Allie874]

Steph is gone, and has been gone. You cannot bring back a coach who openly wallows in self-pity about how difficult her 7-figure job is.

They’re gonna let the new GM do the honors and hire her (?) new coach.

[Opie 🚂 @showmeopie]

Unsurprising that Democrats don’t even have majority control of the chamber yet and people are already blaming them for the actions of Republicans. Never fails.

[Panican Skywalker @ThomasJCarcetti]

Republicans know what they’re doing with this, and part of their bet in timing this was that dumb idiots on the internet would blame Democrats.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

@marc80008 Physician heal thyself

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

It's funny how many responses are just "muh highway code" which 1) proves the point about how many cyclists are just argumentative assholes, 2) is if course generally not representative of the behavior of actual cyclists

[Marc @marc80008]

@Brien_Jackson ‘Deferential’ ?

I’ll look that one up in the Highway Code ..ffs 🤡🤡🤡

[daeveningglow @InlandCaGuy]

It's totally insane, btw, that newly elected people go to DC for an orientation and then go home for two months. We are way overdue for cutting the lame duck session, a legacy of the realistic limitations of roads 250 years ago.

[Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 @Wilson__Valdez]

Guy went hard as hell during the primaries (against Dems). All but disappeared during the general election.

Had $23 million in the bank and distributed less than 2 million of it (and only to his candidates). The party financially supported all of his (underperforming) candidates.

And despite all that, Dems win in a historic blue wave and he pops right back out to shit on the party (that he refuses to be a member of).

Just an absolute leach of a person.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

@mnogogotin 1 Yes
2) Cyclists in general really don't have much credibility in saying "just follow the rules"

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

I think the thing I hate just about cyclists on the road is that they genuinely seem to think they shouldn't have to be deferential to the vehicles that go faster than them in any way. It's weird how different they are from farm machinery in that regard

[Dan @BigDanLUFC]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

This has been commented on and quoted all over Twitter, and even the more sensible takes seems to completely blame the cyclist because "the bus was ahead"

But that ignores a lot of important context!

Firstly, as the video starts, the bus is

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

Absolutely true

[Unwilling Banana Republican @VoxPrudentia]

What I have found is that most cyclists view traffic laws the way Republicans view laws in general: they think those laws protect them, but do not bind them, while binding everyone else without protecting them.

[Basil🧡 (they/them) @LinkofSunshine]

North Carolina Dems won the State Senate by 18 points in the popular vote and lost

The Governor isn’t allowed to veto state senate maps. How is this even a free and fair democracy

[Sir Humphrey 🇺🇦 @bdquinn]

Yeah, if 18 points isn't enough, that's not a representative democracy. That's some kind of proto-dictatorship.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

How many races did Yglesias think Democrats should run former Republicans in again?

[Brett D. Wilson 🍂 @ProfBrettWilson]

Hey guys remember how The Left was declaring both Biden and Keisha Lance Bottoms losing losers at the same time 🤨

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

He just has to yield. It's called defensive dtiving

[Will Petty 🌳🌳 @Microlambert]

Would you risk doing what Jeremy Vine does here? If not – fair enough. I can see why you wouldn't. But don't confuse that with the bus driver being in the right. Any driving that forces another road user to take evasive action is bad driving

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

@Red_Roscoe They're just gay lol

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

@showmeopie I have heard more than one person (not a Senator obviously but in DC) say they don't trust Schumer to look out for the intersects of his marginal members if AOC or someone similar runs against him.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

Wouldn't be remotely surprised if multiple moderates back Vsn Hollen over Schumer for Majority Leader.

[Alan He @alanhe]

Senator Slotkin just met with Chris Van Hollen at his office for about an hour

Q. Was the convo about leadership?

Slotkin: We just had a great conversation, and I'll have more to say about it later.

[Brien Jackson @Brien_Jackson]

@showmeopie No I think the moderates are not super happy about hoe he handled 2021-22 and distrustful of his he'll balance the MJ job with protecting his left flank on the primary if he runs for re-election