Democrats will likely retake the House and maybe even the Senate this fall. What they *do* with that power depends a lot on the demands we make of them now and the promises for reform and accountability we extract. They -- and the media -- need to see the midterms as a mandate for real change.

SCOTUS is telling us that there's no choice left but to pack the court. Congress can pass whatever laws they want to, but the Gang of Six will veto them if they think it'll help Republicans cling to power.

it’s simple. Dems need to 1. prepare retaliatory gerrymanders in every blue state now that the VRA has been overturned 2. pack the court (and prosecute Thomas/alito) in 2029 I will only even *consider* primary candidates who support both of the above going forward

definitely not the most important thing about Callais but it underlines the necessity of DC statehood if we want Black voters to have any representation whatsoever left in this country

Reforming the Supreme Court has to be championed by the next Democratic leader. If they're unwilling to say it & do it, then they aren't made for this moment. The 6 corrupt judges won't stop until they undo the progress made in the past 75 years on their way to creating their Christian Kingdom.

6. Republicans will use Callais to give themselves up to 19 more seats in the House of Representatives (probably fewer; I'd guess closer to 10). But Democrats can use it to "unpack" their VRA districts and flip a bunch of red districts. In fact, courts might force them to. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Not shocked McDuffie got the Republican endorsement here. He’s a Republican.

Pack the Court.

Now that the worst has come and Section 2 of the VRA is gutted, Dem trifectas in safe blue states need to start fighting back and push these maps immediately

Baconmander time baby

Research suggests, to me, that a D president should come up with any pretense at all to send people $1-2k checks in September of 2030 and 2032. Make up any excuse, it literally will not matter, just make sure your signature is on there.

The Republicans and conservatives have fought a multi-decade-long project to manipulate the media ecosystem and it worked bsky.app/profile/pose...

"A huge number of American votes are totally misinformed about everything and were convinced to vote for Trump for totally absurd reasons" is an opportunity, not an intractable problem. Dems need to start aggressively playing the game of winning these voters that they've ignored for decades.

Maryland is pathetic and Wes Moore’s failure to force the issue is a major indictment of his political capabilities.

Proportional representation requires zero consideration of race and produces better minority representation, both partisan minorities and racial minorities, than any attempt to draw majority-minority districts ever could.

America is functionally dead as a democracy or a place with rights. It’s over.

Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.

Vermont joins a handful of states that have passed “converse 1983” laws allowing suits against federal officers. I applaud them stepping up to create some manner of federal officer accountability—while Congress and the Supremes have retreated or stood idly by. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Where is Renee Good's killer, Jonathan Ross? Where are Alex Pretti's killers, Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez? Who killed Ruben Ray Martinez? Who killed Silverio Villegas González?

This image actually unironically became real

You know, we could've had a society where we could discuss the dangers of extremist rhetoric but they called it wokeness and bitched about it and now they're mad that we all hate them.

We will have to treat these people like Magyar is treating the Orbánists. Firings, investigations, prosecutions, and jailings. Consequences.

Brendan Carr needs to go to jail. The FCC must be gutted and replaced with people who actually believe in free speech. No one who worked there under this admin should be allowed to darken the doors of a media-related entity ever again.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

in fact, @gelliottmorris.com polling indicates that voters hate Ds largely because they see them as weak. there's really an opportunity for Ds who are willing to just fight without apologizing or waffling.

I kinda forgot about this guy. Sent 3 bombs to CNN and eight years later CNN anchors were dressing up in tuxes and gowns to go celebrate the president that encouraged the bombings.

We could have a lot healthier coalition-building if folks realized that liberalism is historically an ideology of unrelenting intolerance of the forces of reaction and conservatism, often to the point of fanaticism - not the ideology of, like, Bill Clinton and Third Way

remember who you are, liberal

I think what they are trying to avoid saying is this: (1) the perp never fired a shot; (2) one or more security personnel fired shots but missed him. Which suggests that the Secret Service person who got hit in his bulletproof vest was a friendly fire victim.

I’ve wondered since Saturday what happened to all the gunfire? There were more shots than ever were accounted for — and none sounded like a shotgun. And now it looks like the suspect never fired a weapon at all and all the gunfire was by the Secret Service:

When fascists call for unity, it means "you quit fighting back." Always. Every time.

“'As Democrats, we don’t expect the media to take our side in any political battle because we fight our own battles, but we do expect them to take their own side in the fight for constitutional freedom,' Raskin continued."

The 1st Amendment wasn't written so we'd feel free wishing each other a happy birthday. It was written so we'd feel free saying sharp and difficult things, such as stating plainly that the president of the United States is a convicted felon who is trying to destroy American democracy.

I've been led to understand from decades of US gun violence that there's a variable window of "too soon to politicize this" during which discussions of gun control are verboten. It doesn't seem to apply to advocacy of the illegal demolition of a White House wing to build a party room out of bribes.

this is the same type of posting they did when cracker barrel changed its logo

"TRUMP: I'M NOT A PEDOPHILE" This is such an obvious, front-page, above-the-fold headline. It's news. It's huge. It's a layup. Any reputable, major news outlet will run with it. Now. Let's see which ones do.

This shit is so embarrassing. Anyone who goes to the WHCD fucking sucks. Fuck the pocket squares and other performative shit.

The myopia of the professional journalist class is kind of disgusting display right now, where multiple mass shootings that had actual casualties received basically 0 attention and the fact that a person was stopped exactly where they were supposed to but journalists' night was ruined is front page

It's only confusing if we see them as journalists, rather than people who seek to be social elites above all else. They're a generation of TV personalities who are completely beholden to the existing order. They're not going to challenge it and they'll cozy up to whoever helps them maintain status.

Congrats, journalists who attended the WHCD last night. This is what he thinks of you and how he treats you.

“I wasn’t at the fascism dinner. I was at the fascism cocktail hour down the hall.”

Holy shit. Holy. Shit. Trump sent the Gestapo to kidnap kids and shoot helpers in HIS TOWN.

all this talk of heated rhetoric reminds me that Donald Trump inspired a guy to go to Barack Obama's house with a stockpile of weapons and big news companies like the New York Times basically ignored it www.findinggravity.net/donald-trump...

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.

It's never a problem until it happens to them personally.

political violence is when elite politicians and their scribes are in mild danger or face some semblance of inconvenience, not when the government murders children abroad or beats up & kills protesters in American streets

An award-winning reporter was deported. Another was detained for weeks in ICE detention. Still others have been maimed, arrested, run down, had their devices seized, their apartments raided, clearances stripped, etc., etc. The WH Correspondents wore hankies in their breast pockets and kept drinking

the irony is that there are many journalists who are threatened and killed for their work globally, except they don’t overlap at all with the people willing to attend the MAGA White House correspondent’s dinner

let's celebrate real journalists who, unlike members of the WHCA, face real danger doing their jobs journalists like Bruce Willingham of McCurtain County, OK who faced death threats from the local sheriff for reporting on corruption & resulted in a conspiracy to have a hitman assassinate him

Please remember everyone: anyone on this list likes and supports Trump.