Watching Barbara Lee assess Nancy Pelosi's legacy with April Ryan at @contrariannews.org Good stuff:

A good day in the courts Sandwich guy: Delivered SNAP bennies: Released Chicago Thugs: Enjoined

I guess Trump is trying to Make Greyhound Great Again

#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.

"I see little reason for the use of force that federal agents are currently using...this is particularly a cause for concern...that defendants are using it indiscriminately instead of in a targeted manner"

Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.

Chief Justice Roberts is out. Says the major questions doctrine pretty clearly applies here; the tariffs simply can't survive that. Looks like five pretty clear votes against Trump. And we STILL haven't gotten to Gorsuch...

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

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

My short butt, sweet peace on the aftermath of yesterday and it’s impact on the shutdown contrarian.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Lot of weird blank spaces on the front pages of the Post. You would never know this paper was owned by someone who made his fortune building a website.

I can't believe I'm saying this but this Breitbart dude captures *a portion* of Mamdani's appeal in a way I haven't quite seen elsewhere. www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...

For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.

Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy

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The latest, 11pm: —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —Krasner & Bragg win —JD's half-brother loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices + Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.

Quoting Debs out the gate. Bill Ackman punching in the code for his secure bunker as we speak.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Curse, lifted 😅

AP Race Call: Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race

Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats. If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats: It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!

NBC News exit polls VIRGINIA GOV 2021 Economy is the #1 issue Economy voters prefer Youngkin+11 over McAuliffe VIRGINIA GOV 2025 Economy is the #1 issue Economy voters prefer Spanberger+20 over Earle-Sears Sea change. TBD if it replicates elsewhere.

I'm at the ballot box. I'm at the Mickey D's. I'm at the combination ballot box and Mickey D's.... Don't forget to vote today, in Oregon (where we do it best), or wherever you call home.

Without Pages coming in hot, does Kiké make that basket catch?

Just the face you want to see endorsing your campaign on the eve of the election

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

Cool that renewables have become the cheapest source of energy in the world just as a bunch of reactionary-centrist US pundits have taken up the right-wing "climate vs. cheap energy" framing.

A few more Mar a Lago Roaring 2020s snaps from Insta

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

🚨 AT LAST: My *FINAL* breakout of avg. UNSUBSIDIZED 2026 #ACA premiums. This includes the final, *official* filing decisions for every state. Nationally, *full-price* ACA rates are going up 25.5% on average, from $619/mo to $777/mo. acasignups.net/rate_changes...

After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.

My favorite two hours of my favorite day -- when the marathon has passed but the roads are still closed and you can cruise right down the middle of 4th avenue on foot or on bike. As it should be!

If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.

All quiet on the Western Front. Visited the Portland 'war zone' this morning. A (mostly gray-haired) crowd had gathered for a "pajamas and pastries" protest.

Yes the mar a lago lewk is deeply uncanny valley, ironically because of all the gender affirming care

ACA open enrollment has begun, which means people are starting to make decisions about their coverage based on out-of-pocket premiums that are double on average what they would be if enhanced tax credits were extended.

They're going to play through 'fall back' aren't they?

Holy baseball

More Insta snaps from the let them eat cake ball at Mar a Lago

You can't make this up.

Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP

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Tales from a GenX childhood

The detained person is already in handcuffs. The officer grates his face against the asphalt and then uses pain compliance to subdue him some more. This is just abuse.

🚨BREAKING: Democrats won a major legal victory Friday as a federal district court permanently enjoined the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from implementing the provision in Donald Trump’s executive order demanding a proof-of-citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form.

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

The Heritage Foundation president just did the dril "issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, 'gotta hand it to them'" bit about Nick Fuentes

Courts to Trump: Feed the people!