Monday evening, December 15, at 7:30, do join @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and me for In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening. Thrills and chills guaranteed. Details linked below.

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.

Please come hear me, Annabeth Gish, and the brilliant @bcdreyer.social read Shirley Jackson on December 15th at the Ebell on Wilshire for Writers Bloc Presents. It is going to be wonderful! Don’t miss it!

The goddamn nerve of Jeff Bezos' newspaper to talk shit about raising the minimum wage at a moment when workers at Jeff Bezos' online superstore -- who are paid so little half of them in one study were on SNAP benefits -- are going hungry. The fucking arrogance.

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/MImiMx98

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Wow — amazing!!! 👏👏

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

When people stand up, speak out, and get involved - we move our country forward.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election. DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg. His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority. www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

Newsom: He said this election was rigged and he's moving to look for criminal prosecution. Donald Trump does not believe in fair and free elections . This is not complicated and it's self-evident to anyone paying attention

So many predicted close races, which is understandable. But turnout favored the anti-kings…. And blew the predictions up. 2026, and 2028….. stand back and stand by

There is not one face of the Democratic Party. Tonight proved there are many faces, but each with a commitment to fight back against the reckless failure of the Trump regime and actually serve people. Thank goodness.

Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does. Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.

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.

We don’t just have a #bluewave, we have a #BlueTsunami. Democrats won by MASSIVE margins in four states: Virginia New Jersey Pennsylvania California The American people sent a clear message to Trump and Republicans: WE. WILL. NOT. YIELD.

Americans are being deprived of food benefits, Republicans are refusing to reinstate subsidies that keep health care affordable, air travel in parts of the country may shut down… ...and Donald Trump is hosting Great Gatsby parties and funneling $300M into a ballroom.

I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.

Prop 50 was called the moment that polls closed in California. The blowout showed how showing up to fight is the most important thing in Democratic politics right now. It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push. From me: prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...

Specifically, the fear of God comes from GOP uncertainty with rejiggering maps after Virginia turned into practically a supermajority state overnight. You might redistrict yourself right out of a job

Democrats projected to pick up 13 seats in the House of Delegates, turning a bare 51-seat majority in the 100-seat body into a commanding 64-seat bloc that will ease the way for a redistricting plan to bolster their chances in 2026 congressional races. www.vpap.org/electionresu...

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

BREAKING: NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.

BREAKING: Californians overwhelmingly approve Prop 50, a pro-democracy measure that allows the state to redraw its congressional map to counter Trump’s election rigging efforts. The Golden State moves one step closer to gaining five Democratic U.S. House seats in 2026. More to come.

There are 133 counties and county-equivalents in Virginia and New Jersey. In 127 of them, the vote shifted to the Democrats since November 2024. On average, the shift was 6 points to the left.

History made! Mary Sheffield will become the first woman elected mayor of Detroit, CNN projects.

While we await more results, it is a good time to remind you that the team at Democracy Docket is working hard to keep you informed about what is happening to democracy in court. Support their work by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Leopards, faces, etc.

Tonight should be a good reminder to Senate Democrats they better not cave.

TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

They are coping poorly over on the Nazi hellsite

And, as an added bonus, @statenavigate.org is now projecting Dems with 62 seats (out of 100) in the VA House of Delegates (even more amazing when you consider that Dems had only 34 seats heading in to the 2017 elections). Wow, what a night! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live...

Inshallah

This is looking like a very good night for democracy and sanity. What a relief.

Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority 👇 www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Can’t wait for the corporate media to call sweeping dem election results a “problem for the left.”

In what is the quickest call for governor in modern Virginia history, Abigail Spanberger has been elected the next governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. When we vote, we win. Congratulations!

This is still a democracy. I'll be damned if we're gonna just give these pathetic fascists power they don't have.

Today, VOTE YES on Prop 50. Texas’ radical gerrymandering leaves us no real choice. This is about fairness and protecting democracy itself. Take your ballot to a drop box or vote center before 8 PM. Every vote matters today!

ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.

There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

He's back on the case. A MAN ON THE INSIDE season 2 premieres November 20! So excited and happy for you all to see Season 2! @netflix.com @netflixisajoke.bsky.social This show has been an absolute and utter joy to be a part of. Can't wait to share it with you all.

🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump: - Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - Jon Ossoff (D-GA) - Gary Peters (D-MI) - Mark Kelly (D-AZ) - Maggie Hassan (D-NH) - Peter Welch (D-VT) - Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) - Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). May want to call their offices.

Pennsylvania is a state that has really diverse & high stakes, up and down the ballot tomorrow. —control of state supreme court —lower state court races —Philly DA: Krasner's reelect —important, heated school boards —partisan battles for county execs in swing counties —Bucks County at a crossroads