Politics, politics, politicshttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvx5wzn3r22f"Three credible polls this week had Dems ahead in the generic ballot by double digits...Rs are thinking about writing off the GA and NC Senate races...Trump’s PAC is spending on very red House districts..." Good @simonwdc.bsky.social roundup of the moment: https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/so-in-sum-trump-is-a-titanic-f-ck20 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvx5wzn3r22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvun2zxkqc2lKey from good @brianbeutler.bsky.social essay: Dems can build AI response on idea of liberalism as maximizer of liberty/human welfare. Sharpens point I've made: Dems can emphasize only one party will spread AI gains in truly egalitarian way. Alternative is horrific. https://newrepublic.com/article/215411/real-reason-obama-harsh-warning-dems-ai-unnerving [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvun2zxkqc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvulnk6zns2i"It is just no longer feasible to prioritize consensus over unilateralism, without playing patsy to the forces trying to destroy us." Yep. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvulnk6zns2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsxlfjgbc26Yep. Trump's super PAC is sinking money into 3 Texas districts that he carried *by double digits,* as I reported below. That's really something. Let's also recall how 2024 was treated as a clear sign that MAGA male supremacy was culturally ascendant. Might soon be time to reconsider that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsxlfjgbc26https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsvovmuqs2a"But surely we can still count on you to come and humiliate us at the next White House Correspondents' Dinner, right sir?" [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsvovmuqs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsvdwoxdc2aWe're officially entering the Fuhrerbunker phase of the Trump presidency18 Sep 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsvdwoxdc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsu5ba76c2rThis is very cool. Gov Abigail Spanberger releases new blueprint on AI data centers that seeks to incentivize powering them with clean energy. I really think Dems should be harnessing public angst over energy/data centers to do more of this (as I argue in the piece/thread below cc @volts.wtf): [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsu5ba76c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvssnh235s22Trump doing nothing to dispel those 2006 vibes. Wow.18 Sep 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvssnh235s22https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsqfzv72s26The guy with the 33% approval rating wants to put the GOP at the beck and call of widely hated tech oligarchs, and the response from Dems is to look for ways to help Republicans get distance from Trump by partnering with them on "bipartisan" bills that Trump will never sign. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsqfzv72s26https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsp6tsock2oIt's baffling that Democrats aren't putting Trump right smack in the center of their messaging about AI. He wants to turn our country over to the tech oligarchs and he's putting us all in extreme danger in the process: [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsp6tsock2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mvsnkh72qk2uGood @mjtoma.bsky.social on Trump underestimating Canada/rest of the world: "One thing he did not expect was a leader of a soft little icy appendage he viewed as the fifty-first state being smarter and savvier and far more respected around the world than he is." https://newrepublic.com/post/215582/democracy-trump-capitalism-iran-economy18 Sep 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:2amnkge5a6hplfwyesmxqkfl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsnkh72qk2u