This all looks really bad but it will be so bad that I still think this ends with: 1) A larger House 2) Non partisan redistricting 3) Proportional representation When? I don't know, sometime in the next 10-15 years.

👇🎯 This. A 9-member life-tenure SCOTUS has <always> been democratically illegitimate. There are rationales for non-elected institutions within a democracy (e.g., independent central banks). The problem is the Court also ignores law, the Constitution, data, evidence, precedent, & empirical reality.

Read this from @stevevladeck.bsky.social. Congress has the power to hold the court to account IF we use it. And we've focused way too much on expansion / term limits which are (at best) a far off solution rather than tools that meet the urgency of the moment. www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-223-...

It's really ironic that Amazon is the producer of The Boys because they're basically the IRL Vought.

I think AOC is the craftiest politician Democrats have and thus I actually think she would be wasted as President. She should take Schumer's seat, become Majority Leader, and eventually enact the change this country needs.

Expected but seems like we're going back to one D seat in LA and AL, it'll be hard to eradicate some other seats. This is a bad decision, could've been an 11. This is like an 8.

The crosstabs paint the picture of a very R leaning electorate (not surprising) but notably, Trump is less popular than he's been in TX since he was elected in '16. Talarico has positive favorables. TX is a very hard state for Ds, but there does seem to be a small opening.

Shows you how much difference a year makes. Last year, Disney was ready to capitulate, now? They're like, whatever, bring it on.

Insane that the single most vulnerable R incumbent says stuff like this.

The WHCD wouldn't happen at a WH ballroom. Just very weird they've become fixated on this.

10 year itch. I think part of this is has to do with voters being tired of Trump. Not sure what a solid 20-25% of those who voted for him in '24 & now don't like him were expecting, but the "I want him to go away" factor here is strong.

What does Austin being "a blueberry" have to do with anything? They're taxing themselves to pay for it. Vote Talarico.

Only the Mets could end a losing streak and still make it a bad day seeing their star player go out with the same injury their other star player got mere weeks ago.

Trump is going to declare some insane things, but he already declares insane things. He doesn't have the juice. He's an old, dodering fool and a lame duck, once the ass kicking in Nov comes, Rs are going to be looking to move on from him.

Once in in awhile, Son of Erick will have a clear eyed political take before retreating back into his angry, zealous delusions.

This opinion is so bad that SCOTUS, while generally supportive of it, is going to make the 5th go back to the drawing board.

On one hand, these are shockingly low numbers, OTOH, it's Trump and people hate him. It's amazing that 49% of this country voted for him.

If FL doesn't redistrict, or makes minor tweaks, and MO gets blocked and given the environment, then the redistricting wars will give Ds the maj before a vote is cast. The only question is how big a House majority will they get?

This meltdown of the Rs who live in NoVA would be worth more if they didn't cheer on all the other gerrymandering. They just didn't think it could happen in VA. We can call a detente at any time.

We shouldn't be watching election results like this. Millions of Virginians will lose their representation. But Democrats can't unilaterally disarm. Trump started this war and Rs didn't expect Ds to be able to fight back. I hope we get national nonpartisan redistricting one day.

Simple rule: the Senate should not confirm any appointee to any post who can’t say clearly who legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. Not just who was “installed”, but who won the vote and the electoral college.

The super power Trump has, and it's hard for nearly any other human to replicate, is his complete and utter lack of shame. He will say up is down in one sentence and down is up in the next and insist the latter is what has always been true. Whatever benefits him in the moment, he will say.

GA-Sen: Likely D GA-Gov: Lean D GA moved left relative to the nation from '20-'24. The growth of Atlanta hasn't stopped. Ds should make some gains in GA State House as well. Maybe a seat in the State Senate.

Swalwell was just about to consolidate the Dem vote as Porter and Steyer seem to be at their celiings. Becerra seems to be the beneficiary, would'n't be surprised to see him continue to consolidate over the other also rans.

OH Republicans have one of the deepest benches in the country and they got his jagoff foisted on them.

I just don't think getting into a spat with the Pope, the first American one at that, is a great idea.

I'm going to say this until the end of time -- none of this was remotely shocking to anyone who paid attention to his Senate race. He's a terrible candidate. In even a neutral political year in '22, he'd have lost to Ryan. Wouldn't have even taken a big wave.

Yes, I imagine the Medicare fraud case was a bit of a mess for Rick Scott.

So Shell's opinion is the political opposition shouldn't bother trying to win?

Not the point, but why do you need a sign that says, "The Oval Office"?

If someone had told Orban's people about the 2022 OH Senate race, they might've reconsidered bringing in Vance.

Orbán is basically a complete and total piece of shit, and even he can accept an election loss. It really makes Trump a uniquely garbage human being that he can’t admit he lost to Biden in 2020.

This deeply overstates Trump's actual power.

Dems need to go on the offensive w/ this. We had a nuclear deal, Iran was sticking to it, and Trump tore it up because it was Obama's and now we're here. This is all Trump's fault.

Our system simply shouldn't allow something so unilateral without the consent of Congress.

Glad to see Kat not just disappearing. She had a really impressive debut campaign. Coming within shouting distance of knocking off Biss demonstrates she has real political talent. I look forward to seeing what is next for her.

1) What is that? 2) Ok, cool? How does that help politically? 3) Vague - not really going to affect prices 4) All convention "bounces" are temporary 5) Dems would vote for that

Between WI, MI (maybe), and PA, regardless of the 2030 elections, all the states should get relatively fair maps post 2030 census. Ds need to gain a foothold in TX, GA, and FL and we might be able to move back towards non partisan redistricting.

Either D turnout is just that supercharged, R voters are just staying home, or there are actual cross party voters here. These are insane swings.

Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.

Straight up disgusting language from a child who isn't getting his way and created this mess for himself. He, Vance, and Hegseth should all be impeached and removed from office immediately.

I don’t think BlueSky is dying but I do think it‘s stagnant because there are only so many unpleasant terminally online politically hyper-engaged left of center aging millennials with personality disorders and a history of underachievement to draw from. We’re pretty much all here already.

This needs to be done legislatively so Republicans can't kill it. The issue with Direct File was it was Exec action.

Hegseth is the next Cabinet Secretary to go bc Trump is going to have to lay the blame for the Iran War at someone's feet and Hegseth is the obvious choise. Chavez-DeRemer is a dark horse one as well. RFK, Jr. lasts through the Midterms or the next big public health crisis, whichever comes first.

This is basically generic D and R and shows you that yes, FL is still winnable for Ds but damn a lot needs to go right. It's like VA in reverse for Rs.

Prior to Trump 2.0, the President's direct impact on the economy was limited bc policies take time to implement. Trump has shown how quickly *bad* policies matter. Iran tolling the Strait will directly cause *everything* Americans buy to be more expensive. He's literally hurting your checking acct.

LMAO

Trump is going to go through at least two more AGs during his term. The Epstein Files aren't going to go away and no AG is going to have any more success with retribution than Bondi.

DOJ clearly reviewed the order, said, "Yeah, this ain't getting overturned, let's go the national security route."

The most annoying thing about Alito retiring would be you would just replace him with someone 30 years younger, but ideologically it would be a lateral move. Alito just parrots whatever the R position is and contorts arguments to fit that. Next Trump appointee will be the same.