Anyone who says “the election was rigged,” needs to stop. There are so many reasons, but let’s start with the logic one: Elections are run at the county level. Every county does things differently. For instance, in Los Angeles, Prop 50 was actually called State Measure 50 on the ballot, 1/

Happy Repeal Day! As is my tradition, I will be raising a glass tonight to celebrate the fact that the U.S. Constitution allows us to fix things when we make stupid mistakes.

All Constitutional Law courses are hereby renamed WTF LOL 101

This is great news! We have the coalition of Democratic AGs to thank for this reversal of an illegal decision that overrode Congress’s direction.

A life well lived. The music he made is eternal.

This is the kind of news I can use today.

Jeannette Garcia is affiliated with Turning Point Action and an Avondale City Council member. She’s being sued for allegedly sexually harassing another Turning Point employee and then drunkenly kidnapping his daughter alongside another Turning Point employee after he rejected Garcia’s advances.

You can’t spell crazy without AZ.

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

Did the @phoenixnewtimes.com just publish a story that seems to be on the side of a cop named Hendershott?

Tomorrow in my election security course we dissect election denial BS, always fun. I'm grateful to the "election truth" conspiracy people for keeping the 2020 dream alive in 2024, giving us a steady stream of new (actually recycled) material. The pillow guy gets old after a while.

Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."

amazing

RIP Jimmy Cliff

Many of us learned long ago that there is no "Legal Philosophy" in the Federalist Society. It is a club that gives members a leg up in the competition for certain judicial clerkships and jobs in the Trump administration. That is it. Period. How does the NY Times not know this?

New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...

🔗: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/you-are-more-likely-to-be-catfished-in-arizona-than-any-other-state-40622288/  How gullible are residents of the Grand Canyon State? Really gullible, apparently.

Vanessa Hickman resigned as the state government division chief for Arizona Attorney Kris Mayes on Monday.

In watching Keith Olbermann ill-advisedly trying to post through it, I saw a post saying that he dated Kyrsten Sinema. AZ politicos, is this true?

BREAKING: Fmr lawmaker Austin Smith has reached a plea agreement, guilty of two charges (1 misdemeanor, 1 Class 6 undesignated) for forging nomination petitions. He admits signing a deceased woman's signature, and to submitting other forgeries. 5 year ban on running for office.

QUICK TURNAROUND: Judge Boasberg tells DOJ to be ready to "discuss next steps in this Court's contempt inquiry", in light of Friday's appellate ruling. (This is the original case of sneak-sending alleged Tren de Aragua folks to CECOT in El Salvador in violation of Boasberg's Order.)

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

🧵 Every year since Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix began, there has been an afterparty hosted by the Republicans for National Renewal fascists which brings together more of the extreme right that hangs around AmFest and multiple local elected officials. This year is no different…

fun fact: she's the PR person for Shelby Busch of the Maricopa County Republican Committee

Still remember when she had her "I'm sorry" media tour only to start a PR agency that pushed election deniers and QAnon people. Her press releases are something else.

DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages. Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

You’ll note the title of this case is Gould v. Mayes. As in Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. But if you only read Marc’s post you’d think that the AG’s office had nothing to do with this victory. Congratulations to my colleagues on another win.

On the regular, judges (trial and appellate) allow lawyers more time than originally allotted. I can’t fathom ever interrupting OC to complain about it. Has this lawyer ever been in court before?

Turns out, being charismatic, validating the experiences of the majority of your residents, offering tangible solutions, and running a relentlessly focused campaign with clear principles and vision, media literacy, and a stellar ground game complete with coalition building...wins elections.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate! In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.

EUGENE DEBS MENTIONED running around freaking out

we needed all of this. it’s why i rail on doomers and tell them doing that shit is literal voter suppression. defeatism begets defeatism. momentum fucking matters to keep people engaged.

oh, and don’t EVER say we shouldn’t demand more of elected democrats. a whole lot of them need to be replaced because they’re still too scared to do the right thing. don’t fucking settle. expect more.

A reminder that when you turn up you win. - 15-20% less people turn up in mid-terms, so turn the fuck up. - The margin in many races is really a lot smaller than you think, so turn the fuck up. Remember this next year! Turn the fuck up!

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

Happy Election Day to all who celebrate! If you live in a state that doesn’t have much going on at the polls, you can still vote. And if you want to support the awesome work of the AZAG’s office, vote for my colleague’s Lady Justice 2025 costume!

Setti Warren was only 55 years old and the first African American elected mayor in MA, serving people in Newton. Since 2022, Warren has directed the Harvard Institute of Politics out of the the Harvard Kennedy School. Rest in peace and condolences to his family. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Our thoughts and prayers are with Setti Warren '93's family after his unexpected passing. The BC alumnus was an Iraq War veteran, two-term mayor of the City of Newton, and the first popularly elected Black mayor in Massachusetts history.

Setti Warren was a prominent figure in Massachusetts politics. An Iraq War veteran, Warren was elected mayor of Newton in 2009, becoming the first elected African American mayor in Massachusetts.

A disclaimer for Democrats watching the #Virginia election tomorrow I repeat annually: Don't freak out when the first trickle of results come in. The first results are almost always super Republican. They're from areas with smaller populations. There is a multi-tiered process for reporting:

When you lose Kacsmaryk…

The Grand Canyon mules helping bring ballots and other election supplies to Supai is one of my favorite things about my crazy adopted state. Lutnick better lay off them.

He keeps asking questions like this so I feel like I'm repeating myself but, for those asking, the fuck here is Jordan Conradson, a Gateway Pundit propagandist who got his start running cover for the Cyber Ninjas "audit" & getting bossed around by Kari Lake. He also assaulted his girlfriend in 2022.

I have a lot of very tattooed friends. None of them have Nazi tattoos. It’s really not that hard if you are anti-racist and anti-fascist to avoid having tattoos that should end a political career.

People really need to wrap their heads around HOW ATTENUATED our election cycles have gotten. They're acting like the Maine primary was a race between Platner and Mills only and it's too late for anyone else to jump in. The deadline to REGISTER FOR IT is in MARCH! Go out and recruit SOMEONE ELSE

He is literally just a guy who sucks! There are a zillion of them! You can’t even leave the house without bumping into one!

It really feels like every day you get out of bed with a nazi tattoo and don't make an appointment to get it covered up or removed you are making a new decision