"The Trump Administration is a plane flying with no pilots." Democratic Advocate Neera Tanden @neeratanden.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social

The clock is ticking for Congress to pass a plan that keeps people's health care premiums from going up by thousands. @neeratanden.bsky.social: "There is an easy answer here—it's to extend the premium tax credits."

Trump doesn't just have a messaging problem—his policies are raising costs for Americans, @neeratanden.bsky.social explains.

Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"

Smart and accurate assessment of the shutdown from @neeratanden.bsky.social www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...

Sex is great but have you ever seen @neeratanden.bsky.social going to the Wall Street Journal to tell everyone that Democrats won the shutdown fight? 😍 www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...

NEW from @neeratanden.bsky.social: Why Democrats Won the Shutdown. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-democrats-won-the-shutdown-07c1818c

Mark your calendars for Thursday, December 11: @warnock.senate.gov will join @neeratanden.bsky.social to reflect on what he describes as America’s spiritual crisis. https://ampr.gs/4pdh2KD

It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.

@khanna.house.gov in conversation with @neeratanden.bsky.social: "We are in an FDR moment... We're making so much wealth; we need to make sure that prosperity is shared.”

Join @neeratanden.bsky.social and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social on Thursday, December 4, for a discussion on Sen. Kelly's "AI for America" roadmap—a plan to make AI work for all Americans, not just a wealthy few. https://ampr.gs/48dGXf7

Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

"Peace in Ukraine is not caving to Russia's demands." @neeratanden.bsky.social calls out Trump's deference to Russia in his latest peace plan:

Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."

Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.

About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California cast himself as the “stable and reliable” American partner to the world, called a reported White House proposal to open offshore drilling in the waters off California “disgraceful” and urged his fellow Democrats to recast climate change as a “cost of living issue.”

"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

Neera is still my hero

This. You can’t just Vote anymore. We need to help turn out more voters. Vote AND Volunteer

The new NBC national survey shows the Democratic advantage in the generic congressional trial heat growing since March from +1 to +8. The Republican advantage on the economy has essentially disappeared - dropping from 21 points in September 2023 to just 1 point now.

Donald Trump had no problem finding $40 BILLION for Argentina—but for federal workers and families who depend on SNAP benefits? Nothing. More from @neeratanden.bsky.social:

While Mike Johnson keeps the House out of town, people across the country are seeing their health bills shoot up thanks to Donald Trump. www.wsj.com/politics/ame...

Utility costs are a really big deal for lower-income households

Millions of people will go hungry thanks to Trump's $186 billion cut to SNAP—and where will that money go? Straight to funding billionaires' tax cuts. Hear from @neeratanden.bsky.social:

Seeing this film in theaters was a highlight of the year for me. Seriously, do not miss it.

Ahh yes. The impossible standard of “don’t be a nazi.”

Vote 11/4 and then adopt a candidate for 2026!

Alaska Survey Research October 10-15, 2025 2026 Alaska US Senate (LV) 🔵Mary Peltola (D) 48% 🔴Dan Sullivan (R) 46% Undecided 6%

New Gallup Party ID tracker is out. Dems +7 now. Was +6 GOP in q4 2024. This is a 13 pt swing.

The “No Kings” rallies were “dignified, irreverent, driven by old-fashioned love of country,” George Packer argues. “If anything can rouse the stupefied mainstream in time to stop the collapse of everything good about America, it’s a spectacle like this.”

New w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: Wealthy Americans, buoyed by a booming stock market, are spending freely. Lower-income households, stung by inflation and a slowing labor market, are pulling back www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement. Check out how tiny the crowds were: Philly: 200 DC: "several hundred" Boston: 500 Austin: 1,000 Houston: 2,000

Want to keep the momentum of No Kings going? Each of us should adopt a House or Senate race where we work to reach voters and persuade, send financial support, talk up the candidate online - find someone you believe in and support them over the next year.

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hell yeah, we're doing hopepunk, we're making star wars references, we're cringemaxxing caring about stuff is so uncool that it's cool again, get ready www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yesterday, No Kings protestors showed out in record numbers and demanded an end to Trump's authoritarian overreach. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains what our elected leaders should take away from this moment:

Thank you @neeratanden.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social for this interesting and informative discussion! youtu.be/EFhq8OcyIz4?...

The Trump White House isn't mad at the young Republicans who shared racist texts in the group chat. They're mad at the young Republican who leaked the racist group chat to Politico. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation. youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

On Saturday, protestors across the country are expected to turn out in historic numbers to push back against the Trump administration's authoritarian power grab. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains how protesting for free speech is true patriotism.

It doesn't have to be this way: Neera Tanden on the harms caused by the lasting shutdown... @neeratanden.bsky.social on healthcare and NO Kings open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

They are seemingly everywhere.

The right has declared that although Trump’s political prosecutions are regrettable, the “Democrats brought it on themselves,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. But “Trump was no victim of the legal system. If anything, he received preferential treatment”: