Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

Might you have missed some of the depth of Tuesday's results, beyond the big headline races? I'd been watching roughly 200 races heading into Election Day, so here's a thread of some of what you don't want to skip over! 🧵

it's true and they should say it but it's a real bad sign it's winding up in print

I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.

Not sure if I've ever admired a politician so much

So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

If you start the movie Weekend at Bernie's 2 and the song Down With the Sickness at the exact same time they don't sync up at all

Every single time an LLM hallucinates, I am grateful: Grateful that I spotted it, and thus remind myself that any and all LLM output needs to be validated. You can never trust these things 100%, unless you have additional validation in place that is 100% reliable.

50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago

This was sort of a remarkable quote from Mikie Sherrill, and I think a lot of Democrats running for office next year can learn from it. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Short-term legal win, long-term political loss.

bluesky branding refresh unveiled

apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

¿Hiciste tu doctorado en México? ¿Quieres hacer un postdoc en California? ¿Te interesa la genética evolutiva? ¡Checa esta beca y mándame un mensaje! alianzamx.universityofcalifornia.edu/research-and...

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

Abolish Border Patrol.

MSNBC: Where's the urgency to end this shutdown in Washington? JEFFRIES: That's a great question. It should be asked of Mike Johnson. Where's the urgency in actually bringing the House back into session? They have canceled votes for the last 6 weeks.

Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.

Robert Sánchez dropped out of school as a teenager and became a fisherman like his father. The 42-year-old father of four spent his days fishing for snapper, kingfish and dogfish, and most of his income — about $100 a month — went to feed his children. He was one of the 70 people murdered by Trump.

The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!

This might be one of the most monumentally insane things a government has done

The burrito inspector has arrived and has some concerns

Thinking today about that mega-wealthy guy who in 2014 warned fellow mega-wealthy guys that it would not be too long before they faced popular revolt. badfaithtimes.com/americans-ar...

The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime. We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.

people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up

ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

Please don't tell daddy I said anything bad

If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

When the shakedowns just start happening in public. $NVO

Yeah, this place has the au jus.

Richest nation in human history

🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”

White House economic ‌adviser Kevin Hassett tells Fox Business that the impact of the government shutdown is far ​worse than expected.

What a queen

I keep thinking about the national political reporter I ran into at the no Kings rally in Montclair, New Jersey. She said you know the polls are tightening and he’s really catching fire. it was a media narrative, completely unconnected to what was really happening.

"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"

"there is Darwinian competition between societies and the winner will be the one that rejects empathy in favor of hard but necessary choices" should set off alarm bells from a guy this powerful. (Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)

y'all seem to really like baseball bsky.social/about/blog/1...

if someone is willing to pay for the products, i'd be willing to purchase these items, deconstruct them, and give them to expert tailors, shoemakers, and craftspeople for review. i will also see if i can track down the factories. i would be interested to know if these items are made in the US

A dear friend is a Starbucks union leader. Starbucks bullies & intimidates employees for trying join unions. They use dirty tricks like denying raises & cutting hours if employees mention unions. The close profitable stores because they're unionized. Fuck Starbucks. I stand with the workers.

HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

Pretty clear the 2024 Trump coalition was a total illusion, not some durable force.

J. Ann Selzer: “I am pleased to see this lawsuit has been dismissed. The First Amendment’s protection for free speech and a free press held strong. I know that I did nothing wrong and I am glad the court also concluded that there was never a valid legal claim.” www.thefire.org/news/victory...