new polls website just dropped fiftyplusone.news

Tom Steyer has a new Yes on #Prop50 ad "that’s airing on TV during Jimmy Kimmel’s show this evening," per an email. The ad is a bit simplistic...It's clearly an attempt to galvanize anti-Trump voters. But that's likely smart politics in CA! #capoli #YesOnProp50 www.youtube.com/watch?v=weIk...

Wow. This is a big deal in North Carolina’s legislature. Cecil Brockman holds a safe seat but is often absent or votes with Republicans, helping them override Gov. Stein’s vetoes (they need 1 Dem vote or 2 Dem absences). If he resigns or gets removed, Dems could replace him with a more reliable Dem

When we sat down to talk about the VA House elections with Dan, I did not expect to find myself in a conversation about our family members who survived the Holocaust. It turns out that our families are from the exact same spot—a region that was once eastern Poland but is now western Ukraine!

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up." But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

If you're a California voter, please vote YES ON 50 and send that ballot back ASAP so the volunteers don't waste any time on you. And maybe volunteer if you have the time. linktr.ee/cadem

Now, we’re taking this momentum into the general — because our communities deserve a representative who fights for us, not corporate donors. Let’s finish the job. 🗳️ ➡️ aftynforcongress.com... #AftynForCongress #TN07 #TeamAftyn #PeoplePowered #FlipThe7th

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

holy shit this is so good and so spot-on

Chicago alderperson: I went to the hospital and I asked the ICE agents if they had a signed warrant for the individual they were trying to detain inside the ER. No one was harassing the ICE agents. I was handcuffed and shoved twice for simply exercising my right to advocate for my constituents.

Important info.

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades. It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate. Tell him!

🚨🚨🚨⬇️⬇️⬇️ Tell Newsom to sign SB79, to allow housing along transit. Literally took me 10 seconds. If you don't like telephones, you can leave a digital comment in the link below. Active Bill -> SB79 -> Please sign SB79. #sandiego #safestreets #bikesky

CA has one of the most accessible and secure voting systems in the country, and with the @governor.ca.gov signature on my bill AB 5, we continue to build upon this success. I am proud to author this new law to set clear and achievable deadlines & provide all voters with more faith in our elections.

This is fantastic news! No election month in CA anymore. Wish members of both parties would get together on common sense fixes like this more often.

So welcome. One of the biggest unknowns for me post-election when calculating the national turnout rate is figuring out California’s turnout

While checking the bills Newsom recently signed, I noticed he signed #AB5 on Friday. No, not the gig worker bill--the AB-5 from this session. The law speeds up CA's ballot counting, requiring completion in 2 weeks. The days of waiting forever for CA election results may finally be over! #capoli

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

We have the right to read what we want, no matter what politicians or school officials say. Let us know what your favorite banned book is below. 📚

Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House. Republicans are failing to do their jobs. Republicans own this shutdown.

DOJ: CA NG is already federalized Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with? DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker Judge: You're a lawyer

Liberals say that recent Supreme Court ruling have given the executive branch too much power. But they’re wrong, because the rulings only apply to Trump and will all be reversed when there’s a Democratic president.

Ball St and Penn st should merge at some point to become Ballpoint Penn St

“the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections” is 🔥

It is done! Ballot came in the mail today. Easiest vote I have ever cast. Let’s do it, California! And thank you to Governor Gavin Newsom for making this happen! @gavinnewsom.bsky.social #Prop50 #VoteYes #Calipoli

1 Onion Subscriber vs 20 Non-Subscribers on our new series: Encircled. Subscribe at https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701a500001bfegPAAQ to get the paper delivered to your door.

Check out our full guide to every state that could draw a new map for 2026 here!

For instance, here's Florida, where Republicans could target anywhere from two to four Democratic-held seats, depending on how aggressive they want to be. They also face few hurdles to enacting a new map. Our assessment is that they're very likely to move forward.

There's been a lot of confusion about which states could redraw their House maps before the midterms, so we've put together a definitive guide to every state that could actually do so—16 in all. We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.

Babe, stop composting for a moment. A new @climatetown.bsky.social just dropped. #ClimateTown www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYM...

Friends, do you already have plans to attend a No Kings protest on Saturday, October 18th? If not, take a moment to find an event at www.nokings.org! If you already do, share this post far and wide! Help make sure everyone you know is participating! #NoKings #Freedom #October18

For whose benefit? Some of the richest people ever to live. They're literally stealing health care from some of the poorest Americans to give the wealthiest 1% ANOTHER tax cut they don't need.

She is such a class act! I don't understand how so many people can hate on @aoc.bsky.social when she genuinely cares about others so deeply. I don't agree with every single little policy stance she takes, but I still see her for who she is: joyful warrior to the max! #queen

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down. All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown. So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

A group of schoolkids from the Bronx went to the Capitol for a tour on Wednesday, October 1st, during the first day of the Trump/GOP-caused shutdown. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) came to save the day to give them a tour. Capitol tours take weeks or months of planning to happen.

So...is there going to be a front page story by the @RTDNEWS on this? Or not? bluevirginia.us/2025/10/new-... h/t @lizchar.bsky.social

1. I was so grateful to Alex Cooper for having Dr. Jane Goodall on Call Her Daddy earlier this year which brought Dr. Goodall’s life’s work and example to millions of young women who might have heard of her, or recognized her, but may not have known of the depth of her contribution.

It's official: AOL's dial-up internet has taken its last bow.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Elizabeth Warren: "If fighting to reduce the cost of healthcare and avoid a coming catastrophe is not worth fighting for, then I don't know what is."

Donald Trump and his lapdog Republicans just shut down the federal government after refusing to protect Americans from an imminent spike in health insurance costs. This is what the GOP stands for.

Shutdown is on. Only 3 Democrats voted for the clean CR, which means we are now officially heading for a government shutdown.

In tonight’s New Jersey Lt. Gov debate, Jack Ciattarelli’s running mate Jim Gannon said - out loud - that new taxes are on the table for NJ residents…EXCEPT FOR MILLIONAIRES!!! Clip via @umichvoter.bsky.social on X.

Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped

The headline of this secondary article beneath the main feature for the New York Times/Siena poll is giving real @nytpitchbot.bsky.social energy.

generals gathered in their masses/president calls them all fatasses

Of course, the masked bandits of ICE remain funded, but the needy won't get food. Just as Jesus wanted. 🙄

Mike Johnson: "Fuck them kids"

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"