Soy Polloi

pizza-pilled and certified basedment dweller

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

Introduce yourself with bands you’ve seen

Ween
Rolling Stones
Furthur
My Morning Jacket
Widespread Panic
Neil Young
Sir Paul
Primus
Tool
King Gizz
Pixies
Smashing Pumpkins
CRB
Pavement
Hard Working Americans
George Clinton w/ P-Funk
Phish
John Prine
Qotsa
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan

[Old Butterscotch @oldbutterscotch]

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live:

Fugazi
Sonic Youth
Clutch
Q and Not U
Add n to (x)
Wolf Eyes
Tori Amos
Lightning Bolt
Lift To Experience
Kraftwerk

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

For Zeteo, I debunked the whole 'moderates overperformed/progressives underperformed' midterms BS schtick from centrist pundits like Yglesias, Chait, Tanden, et al. With receipts.

8 things they don't tell you about the races and the results:

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@daveanthony @briebriejoy Fair enough I’m coming around to it, but obviously they do need to have someone in mind eventually

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@JoelMartinRubin @HenMazzig First off, fuck off with your numbers bullshit, these races are more complicated than that and you know it. Second, it’s a genocide and unless you are willing to tell the truth about that, you are either a coward or a fascist and will never get my support

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

I know this is supposed to be funny, but the whole thing gives me so much dread and feels like I’m watching a Black Mirror episode and the AI is consciously enslaved in Karen mode for eternity

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima2]

The constant name changes brought tears to my eyes 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@SomaKazima2 I know this is supposed to be funny, but the whole thing gives me so much dread and feels like I’m watching a Black Mirror episode and the AI is consciously enslaved in Karen mode for eternity

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@briebriejoy @eshaLegal This shit ain’t about you

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@mattyglesias Do nothing Dems unite!

[Kaiz 🐂🀄️ @Kaiz_294]

James Talarico traces 50 years of trickle-down back to one 1971 document, the Powell memo, a corporate blueprint to buy power

“In fact, you can, you can pinpoint this one document called the Powell memo, 1971.”

“But if you read this memo, it's basically a blueprint for how corporate interests can start to dismantle the Great Society and the New Deal”

“They're going to spend massive amounts of money in our politics, buying politicians in both parties, elevate corporate voices in media, appoint sympathetic judges.”

“And that has really been the story of the last 50 years in this country, last five decades.”

w/ @jamestalarico

[Majority Report @majorityfm]

The Congress switchboard number is [phone]. You can use this number to connect with either the US Senate or the House of Representatives

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@mattyglesias @guycecil He is more progressive than any comparable candidate would have been in Kansas in recent elections. Populist messaging works and actually delivers for voters

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@HandyAndie1989 @JackGogol00 @mattyglesias @EricLevitz First Muslim Senator, in our backwards ass country. Yeah everyone is just on the same playing field though according to you. But nah we all see it, Abdul is jumping over gators on the track

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@mattyglesias @EricLevitz His primary opponent, on behalf of aipac, endorsed his Republican opponent. He had months of media hits against him and idiots like you guys concern trolling about antisemitism and Hasan Piker. And he still won by 7 points. Your just not hiding the ball as well as you used to

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Bernie Sanders is on one tonight 😆

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@balls_and_polls @atrupar Get them on the record too

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@timreward10101 @oddmutant ? Did you read my comment? How would being right too early mean Bernie should have won the Presidential primary? Moderating on some things while still being more generally populist is the exact co-opting we are talking about… get real dude

[Soy Polloi @kev_pav]

@timreward10101 @theGhostOfRiel He did, while the party ignored her. Shut ur troll ass up

[Louis Riel @theGhostOfRiel]

One of the craziest stories of this cycle is how well Angie Nixon performed in Florida despite getting a fraction of the money moderate candidates received. Moderates have dumped millions into losing candidates, all while Florida continues to turn more red. Angie reversed the trend.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

He’s gonna lose the primary.
He wins.

He’s gonna lose the general.
He wins.

He’s gonna win only narrowly.
He wins by 7.

All the while, record levels of money spent against him; the president and media target him daily with racist abuse; and his former Dem rival endorses his GOP opponent.

But apparently, he is an ‘under performer.’ 🤷🏽‍♂️