A list of Ken Paxton scandals over the past 20 years. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/k...

Nothing illustrates the difference between the two parties heading into the midterms better than these 2 clips together of RNC Chair Joe Gruters and Dem nominee James Talarico talking about the senate election in Texas.

It’s possible

This is pretty amazing.

Inflation is rising, the highest in three years, and Trump and the GOP made it happen. Fuel Oil: +54.3% Gasoline: +28.4% Electricity: +6.1% Transportation: +4.3% Apparel: +4.2% They don’t care about you, they’re the rich looking after the rich.

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 we are so effing stupid in this country.

Letting men decide about women's health care is like letting your dog make decisions about your car because he likes to ride in it sometimes.

I’m listening to seasoned reporters talk about how frightened they were during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night and imagining how much worse it is for America’s children. If there’s ever been a time to pass sensible gun control laws, it’s now.

🚨 Virginians: Today’s the day. You’re voting on a major constitutional amendment to counter GOP gerrymandering by allowing temporary congressional maps through 2030. Polls close at 7 PM ET — if you’re in line, you can still vote. Have you cast your ballot yet? Tell us your experience 👇

He's not well. He's never been well. He's never been more unwell. He will become yet even more unwell. It's Congress's job to remove him, since the Cabinet won't. And it's our job to send people to Congress who will be laser-focused on doing just that. 👉 georgeconwayforcongress.com

. Funny how this works . . . .

If it wasn't already clear, you can definitively mark today, the morning after Donald Trump depicted himself as Jesus Christ, that congressional Republicans fully revealed themselves to not actually care at all about Christian values. It was always primarily a grift.

German chancellor Friedrich Merz in a press conference this morning. He's right about every detail, too.

Before you pick a side in Trump’s feud with the Pope, consider this: one of these men has devoted 45 years of his life to studying and living the Gospel. The other cannot name a single verse from the Bible he claims is his favorite book.

Everybody asks -- "What can we do?" Look at Hungary -- that is what you do. Organize. Make alliances. Write. Speak. Network. March. Wave signs. And help raise each others voices. Here is a Starter Pack for just that! Sentd it around. go.bsky.app/RXFLYri

I lol'd at this.😆

23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23. 20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t. They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.

> @covie93.bsky.social

Open the Fuckin’ Epstein Files, you crazy bastards.

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If you ever meet an Air Force PJ, buy them a drink. They’re some of the bravest MFs you’ll ever meet. They’ve been at this all day trying to find the WSO, despite taking fire every time they go out. “These Things We Do, That Others May Live”

this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.

If you didn’t see it coming, you weren’t paying attention. And he doesn’t have to do it formally to defy Congress, he can do it with actions that they can’t stop.

Magnificent No Kings protest sign in Ellsworth, Maine. 10/10.

With Senate Dems voting for the DHS funding deal and House Dems prepared to vote for it today until it was killed by House Republicans, there is no longer even the slightest debate about who owns this shutdown. Republicans are blocking funding. They own it 1,000%.

“.. They have to treat the President like a child,” wrote Rep. Seth Magaziner. “So embarrassing for everyone involved.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...

President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Wow. Shocking news: Trump lied. (From NY Times)

Never in my life have I believed Iran state media over our own government. Until now. That’s not being “unpatriotic,” it’s having a brain that functions.

I think we should offer Trump exactly as much grace as he offers everyone else

Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.

A very stable genius indeed.🙄

“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.”

Absolutely insane. We were literally the leading economy in the world after the pandemic and Trump and this stupid Republican Congress torched it.

It's great how every time somebody quits on Trump his reaction is "I always knew he was a loser, that guy sucks, you'd have to be an idiot to have anything to do with him"

“So much winning”

Declaring “no quarter” is a war crime. Pete committed a war crime this morning. bsky.app/profile/bcfi...

It’s almost like Putin and Netanyahu control our foreign policy.

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

Damn: this is quite the thread from a policymaker with first-hand knowledge of the Trump admin's thinking (and lack thereof) when it comes to Iran.

As a rule, members of Trump’s team echo whatever he says, without regard for evidence, facts, or propriety. But on the deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran, that didn’t happen. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

The stock market is tanking, gas prices are spiking, the DHS Secretary was just fired after lying under oath to Congress, prices keep going up, Trump refuses to refund tariffs despite a SCOTUS decision, and we are in another war in the Middle East. When does the winning start?

At this point, the only thing we need to do is win Texas in November. Unity over everything. Congratulations @jamestalarico.bsky.social 🇺🇸

if Steve Daines isn't running Steve Bullock needs to-- D's could win Montana