Eight months ago, Rep. Sylvester Turner D-TX died. His seat in the U.S. House is still vacant. On Tuesday, two Dems advanced to a runoff for that Houston-area seat. When is the runoff?? We don't know. That runoff date still must be set by Gov. Greg Abbott.

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Rep. Jason Crow: "Trump and Republicans were the ones that shut this government down because they froze us out of negotiations. They literally recessed the House of Representatives over a month ago and haven't even opened the doors, so we can't even debate, vote, or negotiate."

Morning. ☕ ICYMI: Don't sleep on all the down-ballot victories that Democrats just pulled off. They're not as sexy as governor's races or the NYC mayor's race, but they matter -- and they were some of the most astounding wins of Tuesday night. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Families Rally After Feds Take Chicago Daycare Teacher: ‘We Are Filled With Rage’ Hundreds of neighbors gathered in North Center demanding that federal immigration agents stay out of schools after a teacher was chased into and pulled out of a preschool by officers.

Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.” A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.

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Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party."

Elon Musk’s ultimatum to Tesla: Make me a trillionaire or I may leave A proposed pay package could make Tesla CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but it faces resistance from shareholders and critics who say it’s unearned.

Democrats Are Suddenly Very Serious About Retaking the Senate “We are so back.”

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Following the announcement that Rep. Nancy Pelosi would not seek re-election next year, NBC News' Ryan Nobles analyzes her legacy and career in Congress spanning over 40 years.

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🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."

Fox News: A new poll finds about 70% of Americans say groceries are more expensive now than they were a year ago. About 60% of them are blaming Trump.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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The most important takeaway from Tuesday night’s elections — the one that has real implications for 2026 and 2028 — is that Democrats won EVERYWHERE, in many cases improving their 2024 performance by striking margins.

Vote OUT every corrupt, Trump-enabling, pedophile-protecting Republican!!! #Project2026

Donald Trump enters his lame duck era Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves. It’s NOT a pretty picture for the GOP.

5 Democratic victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win Ride the blue wave. 🌊

Now THAT’S a Project I can support!! 👊

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It’s been 44 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her congressional race. Mike Johnson knows she’ll be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files so he’s done everything he can to prevent her from taking office. Speaker Johnson, do your job and swear her in.

Bravo David Hogg for putting repulsive Islamophobe bigot Scott Jennings in his place. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.

This is INCREDIBLY important!! 💙💙

Inside a tense, three-hour meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, a fiery Senator Bernie Sanders urged Democrats not to yield to Republicans without a real victory on health care. He was armed with fresh polling that showed voters would punish the party for giving up with nothing in return.

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Should ALL blue states follow California’s lead and redraw their congressional maps to strengthen the Democrats’ position ahead of the 2026 elections — YES or NO?

This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…

From Virginia to New Jersey to Georgia, Democrats dominated across the country last night. Republicans keep pretending everything’s fine and that they can just call us socialists. The real story voters rejecting extremism, demanding action on cost of living, and flipping seats everywhere.

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The Democrats’ thumping victories Tuesday are piling new pressure on blue states to redraw their congressional maps to strengthen the party’s position ahead of the 2026 elections. Already, several states are forging ahead.

this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."

Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed

Republicans caused this shutdown and families are paying the price. It's time to reopen government. Fund health care. Stop the chaos.

Democrats didn’t just rebound. They dominated. "This is a foreshadow of what we're going to see next year," said one strategist.

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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.

Republicans are "paralyzed, trapped in electoral no-man’s-land, with midterm elections one short year away. Time for Democrats to press the advantage." www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...

Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team Details TK

Trump’s Press Secretary Awkwardly Undercuts Him After His SNAP Tirade As Trump’s eruption over the shutdown leaves Karoline Leavitt no choice but to contradict him, the author of a new piece on the standoff explains how Leavitt undermined him and why his position is rapidly weakening.

Yes, they certainly are!!!

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I’m going to hold Alan to his promise.

That Texas gerrymander isn’t looking so smart anymore, now is it? Oops.

Good morning. Last night was a referendum on Trump's corruption, cruelty, and chaos. But it's also not a coincidence these big wins came at the exact moment when Democrats are using our power to stand for something and be strong. A huge risk to not learn that lesson.