Should be a flashing red warning sign for Republicans...

I called my members of Congress to urge them not to let a president commit war crimes in my name. Please consider doing the same. The least we can do is be on record saying 'not in my name.'

US Presidents need to fear international law. I don't know what else to say in this moment. I feel sick to my stomach about what might happen.

This. If you've got time during the day, an in-person visit to their offices--local or in DC. When I worked in a district office, people rarely showed up in person. Actually showing up there makes a big impression. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 for voice calls and (202) 224-3091 for TTY calls

"What makes this slim comparative Democratic advantage—disliked, but slightly less disliked—noteworthy is that it’s the first time since right before Trump took office in January 2025 that congressional Democrats have had a higher net favorability than congressional Republicans." @dhmontgomery.com

Force of nature...

5 stars—Don't sleep on LaTosha Brown!

Reupping: The Daily Mail provided more detail to complaints about Stephen Miller (including the effect of his demand for quotas). Of particular note: He ordered up confrontation just before Alex Pretti was murdered. He tried to override Trump's exemption on snatching Ag workers.

When I spoke to Emily Gregory on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social, I asked what she was hearing from voters on the doors. She knocked a lot of doors! First was affordability. Then, she said ICE. In Trump's Florida House District, voters were angry about ICE Here's a clip - and congrats again Emily!

“'Today is my wedding anniversary,' said one Sandy, Utah resident. 'But this is my priority. I cannot stand for there to be a concentration camp in my state.' "Another resident said this was her first time participating in a protest..." ksltv.com/local-news/w...

Huh. Glad to see NYT finally admitting to this.

The president who fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers is nonetheless spending far more every day than his predecessors. www.pbump.net/o/trump-like...

Credit to the @inquirer.com for the clarity of this statement. www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

BALTIMORE—In surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that more than 100 asylum seekers were wrongfully deported in violation of a court-ordered settlement agreement in a long-running case that has gotten national attention. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

JUST POSTED: Charting the Way Forward Ep 61, covering the Illinois primary (particularly Kat's race), some war talk, and some profound hilarity going on in Texas, with a bit of a leitmotif of moral rot. Enjoy n' share! 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVZ... 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Every day, I talk to earnest liberals who describe to me, in great detail, problems that have resulted from this ... but they won't name the cause! "Turns out, all the sudden the public is obsessed with trans girls trying to play sports." Oh? Any thoughts about why? Any at all? No? No thoughts?

... of that last half-century, upstream of virtually any other problem that you can identify, and yet in mainsteam political discourse we *never talk about it*. It's the biggest, most salient political fact of all, just sitting there, looming, and no one fucking speaks it aloud.

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

"Stunning Interference": Heather Cox Richardson details what looks to be an epic cover up by Trump/DOJ of a specific DEA investigation into Epstein that suddenly "disappeared."

“We can’t last 34 more months of what we’ve seen in the last 14. We’re fucked if this guy serves out his term. He’s gonna trash everything once and for all.”

mind-boggling to me that i still have yet to see a single democrat utter the phrase “every republican president of your lifetime has destroyed the economy and started a war”

Honestly wonder if Wyden is in smoking gun territory here

NEW: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is blocking the DEA from releasing an unredacted document from the Epstein files about an investigation involving drug trafficking & money laundering, according to a letter @wyden.senate.gov sent to Blanche Tuesday www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Kash Patel refused to deny that the FBI is buying up Americans' location data. This is a shocking end run around the 4th amendment and exactly why we need to pass real privacy reforms NOW.

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

Kinda prefer actual analysis from @gelliottmorris.com and @jongreen.bsky.social than hot takes from the "we hate the groups" bros

This is an amazing clip. Everyone in the room knows that email is complete BS designed to trick Trump's supporters into donating. But obviously none of the Trump administration officials can actually *say that* so they all just leave open the possibility that he's selling national security secrets.

🔥 @repcasar.bsky.social : “The acting award should go to Sen. Cornyn — instead of bringing them 🍔 he should bring them paychecks and vote to fund TSA.” Casar confronts Cornyn at the airport and gets him to admit Republicans rejected a TSA bill (bc they want ICE💰) H/T @howdypolitics.bsky.social

Liz Landers, WH correspondent for PBS, peppers Trump with factual follow ups (kudos!). Truth is an unrelenting arbiter of fairness

This was one of the legislative elections on my guide of elections to watch in March—one week after the Arkansas special that Dems also flipped. Next up? Democrats have opportunities for upsets/flips in Louisiana on Saturday, & Florida in a couple of weeks. Details: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House. Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports. (Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.) This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.

Way to Win is old enough to have refined its approach to being the nerdiest coolest kids on the block. Are we the coolest nerds or the nerdiest cool kids? I dunno-- seems like a very gen x breakfast club inspired line of questioning... just enjoy the data.

Excellent convo with @gelliottmorris.com, who reveals why Beltway pollsters reject the inherent uncertainty of polling. Also a great reason to support his Substack, Strength in Numbers. Feeling Nerrrdy?? Join us!

💯 — Noem's ouster means that Miller successfully pinned her to take the fall

If I hear one more person use the phrase "white whale" ... Our Texas pod-let dives into why I have a Si Se Puede attitude!

Two Texans and a gamely journalist walk into a green room... #TXSen

70% of voters say the Dem Party is too weak 40% say it is too progressive So why is the money & energy in Dem spaces so tilted 2 moderation? Why is every "smart" analysis about how the party has been taken over by "groups"? How does that win over the 70%? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

This week we cover @abigailspanberger.com's outstanding and strong SOTU response (see below), some of the hot stuff that @ossoff.bsky.social is slinging in GA, and we catch CA Gov Newsom stepping in some right wing 💩 he can't seem to shake. (we know he can change though) Listen and share now!

Fun episode! Some Democrats are giving us good material to work with, including @abigailspanberger.com this week!

This part - about who benefits from the use of division - is the emotionally persuasive core of the argument. (it might sound familiar) Americans should absolutely be angry it's come to this. She efficiently and effectively paints Trump's egregious corruption as offensive to the founding principles.

In just over 13 minutes, last night's @abigailspanberger.com SOTU response was one of the strongest pieces of rhetoric we've seen from a Democrat in the Trump era. "Is the President working for you?" is a powerful, clear way of framing of an argument all the way through to the midterms.

"The President Must Be Removed From Office" Zeteo is calling today for Donald Trump to be democratically removed from office, via impeachment or the 25th Amendment. The evidence, as laid out by Zeteo's @andrewperez.bsky.social in today's First Draft, suggests he is unfit. zeteo.com/p/time-for-t...

Susan Collins, who doesn't get involved in Maine ballot measures, was one of the first people to sign this hateful petition. She wouldn't take positons on lgbtq ballot measures in 2005, 2009 & 2012 Right wing billionaires doing this to help her mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/24/s...

Another jarring finding from the CNN poll: Among noncollege voters Trump is at 41-58

Annie Farmer is a courageous survivor of Epstein’s abuse. I’ve invited Annie to the State of the Union so she can join other survivors and remind the President of his refusal to release all the Epstein files. I’ll be at the People’s State of the Union and tell her story.

Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.

Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority

Tennessee Republicans are advancing a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, including one that would allow for the refusal to recognize same-sex marriages. The cruelty is the point.

The Foundation for Government Accountability is the wingnut welfare bunch pushing for the eradication of child labor laws. They want my grand-kids to go to work in the mills at age 13. Just like their great-great grandfather did. Bezos platforming them seems appropriate.