tina smith knows ball

Oh wow: Sen. Tina Smith endorses Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan in race against Rep. Angie Craig to replace Smith, who isn't running Very interesting because Smith had been urging DSCC/Dem leaders to stay neutral as some Dems believed they wanted Craig www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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and furthermore, it’s very clear that the two most important political tests for the senate in 2029 once we take it will be: 1. expanding the Supreme Court 2. Admitting PR/DC as states

if you take out the "not sure"s it makes a little more sense

so last night was the first time dems have overperformed in a special election in Texas since @the-downballot.com started tracking these races

the environment is definitely more left than it was in November. and we all saw how those elections went

Good news came in for Democrats: The first Election Day have reported, 3K of them, and they broke for Rehmet (D) 60/40. That was a fairly small batch, but no closing for now.

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Wow, buckle up. The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat. This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset. This is already 45K votes.

is this going to be a big polling miss?

He just doesn’t miss

Fell For It Again Award

ok so just for the record Will Stancil is back out there chasing ICE with a different group, which is to say they took his badge and gun but couldn’t take him off the case goddmait

Senate Dems split almost down the middle on tonight’s appropriations bill. Remember, folks: They have never secured a guarantee that a single dollar will be used as appropriated. Here are those that rightly voted no.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.

They still got it theonion.com/trump-asks-n...

Fox News poll: The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points

search interest for a general strike is high as it's ever been

People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.

Texas Public Opinion Research/Slingshot Strategies poll | 1/14-1/21 LV US Senate Texas Democratic primary 2026 🟦Jasmine Crockett 38% 🟦James Talarico 37% Undecided 21%

New Emerson poll of Michigan has McMorrow 22%, Stevens 17%, El-Sayed 16% in the Democratic Senate primary. Here's the general election head-to-heads: McMorrow 46% Rogers 43% Stevens 47% Rogers 42% El-Sayed 43% Rogers 43% emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com

Candace Owens released leaked audio from Turning Point USA in which Erika Kirk is heard giggling and cheerfully discussing attendance figures, merchandise sales, and performance metrics from Charlie Kirk’s memorial event just 11 days after his death...

20 point swing from 2024 probably looks like this?

Some man just ran up and sprayed something on Ilhan Omar at a town hall? Security apprehended him but I’m watching a live stream and 👀

CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...

"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports

Over the last 48 hours, the talking point on the right has solidified; the only reason that we are seeing violent clashes against ICE is because of sanctuary policies and failure to cooperate from city officials who are fanning the flames. Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.

Can’t be said enough Kristol was one of the most prominent proponents of creating DHS back in 2002 If he can see the inherent flaws of the agency now, Dems have no excuse

“Straight cringe” and it’s about the state smearing a murdered person as a terrorist. This woman is a parody of Beltway journalists.

Marie, you don't get to say this a day after voting to massively fund ICE. We can do better in southwest Washington, I know that for certain

Compare the celebrity protests in May and June 2020 - when George Floyd was murdered and Trump ordered police to clear Lafayette Square - to the silence in January 2026 around the murders in Minneapolis

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

it looks like search interest for Talarico surpassed Crockett right around when he started to air TV ads in Texas

absolutely insane thing to say when you’re running to be the nominee (even as a theoretical!) But also, the senate race will be the highest profile in the state Even if the result is the same, the relative performance of that candidate will matter for marginal downballot races

Taxpayer funded treatment for what doctors are only beginning to label "Stancil PTSD" is going to be a huge chunk of the federal budget when the goon squads retire.

Yikes

#BREAKING: Justice Pearlman has ruled that New York’s 11th Congressional District is unconstitutional under the New York constitution. He orders the NY Redistricting Commission to reconvene and draw a new congressional map by Feb. 6, 2026.

this is about what I expected

The Trump administration sent their MLK proclamation to the press at 8:15 PM EST. This was not simply an afterthought. They were shamed into doing something every other president has done for the last 40 years.

Klob is going to usher in a level of DFL dominance we haven’t seen for a generation Lindell and White couldn’t right this ship if they were capable

Oh good www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

the day that It Finally Happens will be a day of global celebration unlike any the world has ever seen. closest comparison will be like if every country won the World Cup at the same time

It is worth noting that Shapiro was livid about Kamala Harris's memoir, in which she portrays him as a power-hungry showboater who essentially wanted a co-presidency. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...

Two hecklers claiming to be having affairs with former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema interrupted a panel discussion between Sinema and Gov. Spencer Cox on Friday in Salt Lake City.

When Mamdani did a completely unnecessary photo op with Trump did that make him Trump curious? No of course not. When Bernie does his 5th interview with Joe Rogan is that cause he agrees with Joe Rogan? No of course not.

crockett has been running a poor campaign. I think she overestimated her strength