“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

In terms of how the Hill works Pelosi at 75% is still better than anyone else. She's a giant, and Harris's failure shouldn't diminish her achievement in deposing Biden. She was right, but the opportunity opened too late. But in retail politics there's been a hole in her swing for some time.

A Hero of the Republic. One of the all-time greats.

CNN: "A brand new report is out showing layoff announcements hit their highest level for October in over 20 years. It's painting a picture of a job market that is really hurting. US-based employers announced 150,074 job cuts in October, more than any October since 2003."

Today's Parks and Rec discourse runs into the same problem the frequent West Wing discourse does- have the critics actually *watched* the show?

The fact that a lot of leftists despise Parks and Rec - one of the best and most sympathetic depictions of non-cop government in modern media - is a symptom of the fact that a lot of the left has no idea how to actually implement the policy proposals they want to enact.

One thing I thought before last night, but wasn't brave enough to say: A kinda vague "Trump sucks but I'm an awesome helicopter pilot" campaign kinda always sounded like a winner in a blue state?

catwoman didn't vote (felon); joker didn't vote; poison ivy and bane voted mamdani (left-wing); mr. freeze, scarecrow, and harley quinn voted for mamdani (edpol); killer croc, two-face, and clayface voted for cuomo. penguin voted for adams (also on the turkish payroll).

Mamdani's model only works in a few places now, the most effective way for him to spread his ideas is to be a good mayor.

This seems huge, and deserves more attention. SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights. Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court. Feds fail us, states step up.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

None of what Trump is doing is popular and voters are telling us that

WE BUILD THE BLUE WALL TEN FEET TALLER

The main takeaway from tonight after moderates and Mamdani won: The Democratic Party is and always will be a messy coalition. In the 1900s, it had segregationists and New Deal Liberals. In Obama's era, it had Ted Kennedy and pro-gun anti-abortion Democrats. It is and always be a coalition.

With the death of Dick Cheney, voters yearn for another politician willing to shoot people in the face

Here’s my “lessons for Democrats” from tonight - we are capable of doing everything everywhere all at once. If you think the future of our Party is going to be built on one type of candidate or one message or one campaign that you are not prepared to do the work in this moment.

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

Dem message for next year’s midterms

the voters have spoken and they love being trans and threatening to shoot republicans in the head.

Woah.

I feel like we get a new “Trump lowest ever” poll every few days now.

after months of focus on Biden’s autopen pardons:

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao? TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him. TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

The president thinks federal goons haven’t been violent *enough* with the American people. The president seems to hope that his thugs will kill someone soon.

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

It is truly the most American thing that the World Series MVP needs a translator to take his post game interview

baseball will be central to reestablishing liberal democracy

I think people are kinda mistaking what’s going on here. Yeah, they’re gonna gush over MTG, but it’s all going to be bc of her criticism of other Republicans. You wouldn’t have called it good for Democrats when the media gushed over Manchin.

Don't care what people use SNAP on and never will, fuck you if you care

JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."

lol, boys, ask Joe Biden how it works when you roll back COVID era social safety net sweeteners.

If Democrats brush off a Nazi tattoo as an innocent mistake, they're abandoning the ability to make effective arguments against Nazis across the aisle. It'd be an unforced error that would taint the party for generations, and rightly so. /3

“Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the US on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man’s attorneys said on Tuesday.”

Voters vote on vibes, not policies, but a lot of people miss that policies shape the vibes.

Every Dem autopsy that doesn’t go long on inflation isn’t getting it.

Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.

One time, Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut were at a rich man’s house. Vonnegut, ever preoccupied with such things, asked Heller how he felt seeing the rich man’s opulence. “I have something he’ll never have,” Heller said. “Whats that?” “Enough.”

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

Bring back earnestness and sincerity as virtues...

the establishment endorsing Zohran because they know he's going to win even if they don't like him is good, actually

Another thing about “normies don’t care” discourse: 60% of the country hates what he’s doing, so the other, more important things you don’t like are already breaking through, and more anti-Trump content is just knocking on an unlocked door.

This is just Schumer-ism, isn’t it? Insisting on a relentless focus on pocketbook issues because of what you imagine normie voters think? This is what Schumer does.

Fetterman was, in his senate campaign, quite clear about where he stood on Israel. It just wasn't a very salient issue in 2022.

The poll took place before the revelations about Graham Platner's tattoo. What this means for his prospects will be much debated, but make no mistake: This is an absolutely dismal result for a sitting governor. It suggests an extraordinary level of dissatisfaction with her candidacy. #MEpolitics

This is my state. This is why I know we'll win.

Harry Hopkins was truly the goat

“Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan & Greg Bovino have failed their oaths of office and allowed agents under their command to act unconscionably under the color of law. They have given the impression that their actions are immune from investigation or accountability. They are not.”

Picking your enemies is itself a political skill. I bet @dicknixon.bsky.social would agree.

This is great,