ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”

I got some good stews to sell.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

A hundred internal release targets just shifted

The Gamecession

Blue Wave --> Tariff Argument Collapse --> Sandwich Guy Innocent is a very funny and satisfying progression.

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

The juries, they're nullifying

that's a wrap on game changer season 8 (📸 = sean jacobson)

My office had a whole bunch of stuff planned to coincide with the premiere of Death By Lightning but, uh, that's obviously not happening right now.

Imagine it's 1850 and you've just been flattened by an elite cavalry officer who just yells "SOWWY" as he thunders away.

Johnson's quoting Hill reporter Jake Sherman almost verbatim, and I think that's interesting.

"off year elections are not indicative of what's to come, that's what history teaches us" no it's not! there is a strong relationship between the swing in the VA Gov race and subsequent swing in the midterms www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

starting a rumor that this year thanksgiving will have a trick or treat component but instead of candy and chocolate it's side dishes

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

Don't trust a New York Times reporter. Don't talk to a New York Times reporter. They are the most ambitious journalists on the planet and will do anything to get the story their editor wants. The truth doesn't matter to them, only getting the story their editor wants so they can move up.

Again, this is very bad, but I strongly caution against using the term "unprecedented" and then citing data that only goes back to 2015!

always important to consider the signaling effect of elections. one likely outcome of tuesday is to encourage the strongest candidates to throw their hats in the ring.

Ooooooh No

"They ran the football very well, and personally, I find the ground game boring."

Major Dem recruitment news out of VA from @jaaavis.bsky.social x.com/Jaaavis/stat...

This trial rocks

I don't think it does!

I do think we should be careful about discussions of record-breaking in Congress. Qualify "in recent history" or "since World War II" if you must, but a lot of shit has indeed happened in the past 250 years.

I agree, but historically any mandate regarding the management of elections is challenged strenuously by the states, who are quite used to managing their own elections.

What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.* Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.

ALERT: Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) predicts GOP "double-down" on redistricting after Election Night shellacking for GOP youtu.be/r40vywn-qH8

This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

It's wild that one guy can represent both New York City and Baltimore.

Don't worry, guys. I'm showing my wife all your posts.

for a muslim american to become mayor of new york city on the same day that dick cheney died... sometimes the purple prose for future dadbook histories of The American Experiment just writes itself.

Mamdani quotes Eugene V. Debs, who earns a roar of approval just at the mention of his name.

"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die." --Dick Cheney probably

Blagh. Texas has majority runoffs. And apparently the state is much less swift about them than even Louisiana, with a projected runoff election unlikely to take place before late January.

Mamdani voted for himself on the Working Families Party line and Sliwa voted for himself on his "Protect Animals" line, which means none of the candidates actually voted Democratic or Republican.

If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore

think we should do a Zohran 2028 push just to drive these people nuts. tell them that he’s a natural born citizen based on vibes and no more disqualified than Trump would be for a third term.

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Periodic reminder that a member’s resignation does not invalidate their signature on a discharge petition:

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

Posters win, baybee.

Once more, for old times’ sake

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield will become the first woman to be mayor of the city.

A book will come out in 20 years on Mamdani's campaign that will be truly incredible. The ones that come out next year will be shit.