This is 1) basically how a lot of people think socialism works 2) something that is impossible to argue with said people about

Trump killing our solar industry is made so much worse by the push for AI causing the first really big jump in demand for electricity. Just costing every American.

This could be us if we weren't strangling the solar industry to help keep oil prices up

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

I'm confused about the video clips Trump is pushing out on Truth Social and YouTube right now. They're all shorter clips on various topics, but I'm not sure where they were shot or why they were done in this style behind a podium talking directly to camera.

This is probably true, in the sense that his courtiers are afraid to tell him the truth lest their corpses be found floating down the Heinz 57 Tributary of the Potomac tomorrow morning

Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before

Here’s a map of the vote on the housing proposals, districts voting Yes in green. (For proposal 2, but 3 and 4 are the same.) What’s noteworthy about it is this: It’s almost identical to a map of districts voting for Mamdani.

“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.” @pbump.com #Virginia www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...

I hate to be that guy but the Bill De Blasio meme all wrong. What made it funny is De Blasio was actually a great mayor with great policies. The problem is NYC weird issues can make it ungovernable mess that grinds down good ideas. theonion.com/de-blasio-we...

This is a pretty important modest change. Will likely be particularly impactful in #Portland since much of the only new building taking place for several reason is small sub 20 unit projects. Can get us more 3br apartments/condos www.portland.gov/ppd/commerci...

A U.S. Senate investigation led by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) "has uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide — with detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days and forced to compete for clean water."

Amazing how much 2025 was a hyper correction for the fact that in 2024 voters clearly didn't know what they were voting for because the media didn't report on Trump's actual policies/voters refused to believe what they were voting for.

A massive 67% increase in homelessness in the Portland area during a time when rents have actually been flat speaks to problems beyond just affordability www.kptv.com/2025/11/05/h...

This is hands down the funniest thing I’ve read all week. “It has made me fail tests all the time. And then I’ll get mad and I’ll like yell at it and be like, ‘You made me fail, why did you do this?'”

The dumb thing about the eric adams "future of the dem party" takes wasn't that it was *eric adams* it was that all those pundits would not normally see the close winner of a 5way dem primary in new york city as a sign of what america is demanding (and they will not with zohran,mostly correctly)

Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."

Trump to Republican senators: "I thought we'd have a discussion after the press leaves about what last night represented and what we should do about it and also about the shutdown and how that relates to last night. If you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor, negative for Republicans."

oh yeah it's insanely funny *who* became the first Democrat since the 90s to win a Morris County state race: a vegan yoga stoner mom

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

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.

We definitely seem heading to the place we were pre 17th amendment for direct election of senators. That was basically every state legislative race stopped being about local issues and just became a weird proxy vote for Senate.

If Democrats get to redraw Virginia's congressional map in 2026, they could target 3-4 of the state's 5 Republicans. A map like this one would likely elect a 10-1 Democratic majority next year davesredistricting.org/join/598f596...

Another source familiar called the situation an “absolute clusterfuck of unprincipled assholes.”

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

Do think NYC should only elect immigrants as mayor from now on so their mayors stop wasting half their time in office thinking about how they could be president only to end up with 0.5% in the primaries.

CA Democrats probably just saved the House of Representatives for the entire country but MSNCB decided a mayoral race in NYC was more important to talk about. We had less than 8 weeks to get this done and managed record turnout. Stop telling me Democrats are bad at messaging. It’s a MSM problem.

All HoD races have been called Dems: 64 (+13) Reps: 36 (-13) Bloodbath. Lots of senate seats looking super vulnerable for 2027

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

“Voter reform” is incredibly ominous.

FAFO

Farewell sweet Prince

The cope-ometer is reading off the charts

Per @votehub.com , this is perhaps the biggest sign of what happened tonight. In Union City, an 82% Hispanic City in Hudson County, Sherrill received more voted in AN OFF YEAR than Harris did last year. 2024 President: D+17, 11,316-7,940 2025 Governor: D+68.8 13,304-2,402

THIRTEEN FLIPS.

i'm deeply glad he won but i do want to note that these are not exactly results that suggest that populist socialism is an instant win button in national politics

I think deep down he likes when Republicans lose. It feeds his ego

i don’t like him, but, man, turning down $10M in favor of haterdom is an all-time, world-class, heavyweight champion hater move

I was told that Sherrill was a really lame bad candidate who no one really liked. Well well well.

Sherill's lead in New Jersey is currently larger than Spanberger's in Virginia.

CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.* The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.

Middlesex County, New Jersey (92% in) 2020 President: D+22 2024 President: D+8 2025 Governor: D+25 26% Asian, 22% Latino

Don't make me tap the sign----- Elections are almost always about how people feel about incumbents. What you run on matters very little for if you win election the first time, but matter a huge amount for if you get re-elected.

Many of our elites are living in an alternate reality mediated by their phones and social media algorithms. Tonight is a good reality check

As we try to figure out what voters really want I wonder how much we will discuss the "I joke about how much I wish Republicans leaders were dead" candidate did better with traditional national swing voters than the new NYC mayor did. Politics get weird with the president so popular and so online

Trump just having a totally normal and chill Election Day in which he got his ass handed to him in every state

This is what is called a wave. It is not about one thing it is about pure disdain across everyone for the current Trump admin.

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.