Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president

Trump, the convicted felon…

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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

A federal court shot down Texas’ bid to redraw its congressional districts, delivering a loss to President Donald Trump and closing a path for Republicans to gain five House seats in next year’s midterm elections. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Just wow.

New Mexico's free universal child care program is a model for the nation. www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...

“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...

In my latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com, I wrote on Gavin Newsom and Democrats’ grand plan to focus on “affordability” to beat Republicans. California is many things, but cheap isn’t one. This could mean problems for Newsom, the aspiring presidential candidate. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

In my latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com, I wrote on Gavin Newsom and Democrats’ grand plan to focus on “affordability” to beat Republicans. California is many things, but cheap isn’t one. This could mean problems for Newsom, the aspiring presidential candidate. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is like peak LA. $1 billion dollars to build new roads into LAX. Meanwhile, the “people mover” train that’s supposed to connect the airport’s terminals, car rental center and Metro Transit Center has been beset by delays. And so it’s $880 million over budget. 🙄 laist.com/transportati...

Uh huh. As I wrote for @opinion.bloomberg.com all told, 65,000 kids, or 10% of all Head Start, were at risk because of the shutdown. It’s a moral issue, depriving the poorest children of care and food. But it’s also an economic issue Trump hasn’t addressed. 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I guess Republicans are finally paying attention to polls — and recent election results — of Latino voters. “The Trump administration accuses California of violating the Constitution by gerrymandering using race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters in the new map.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Interesting context… “Of the seven Democrats and one independent who voted yes tonight, two, Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, are retiring. The remaining six are not up for reelection until at least 2028.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Gotta give Newsom credit for consistently connecting the dots. He’s saying out loud what far, far, FAR too many politicians on the left are fine with merely griping about quietly.

A win for reality. “Judge Immergut also disputed the president’s claim that antifa, at least in Portland, is an organized and cohesive group working against the federal government” and that testimony from ICE about “how disruptive the protests was not believable.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

This such a bananas things to double — triple? quadruple? — down on… www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

She’s not wrong! (Yeah, it’s going to take me a bit longer to get used to this.)

Why federal agents shouldn't be cops: "A Border Patrol agent who was called by the government... said that it was protesters who were violent, threatening officers, calling them names and impeding their work" and "that tear gas was not harmful or a 'serious' weapon." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Not even the "ascendent center-right techies" in Trump's orbit care about California Republicans. "State Republicans sadly just don’t have any power in Sacramento because they’re an extreme minority party, so they don’t know the tech community in Silicon Valley particularly well.'”

The FAA will reduce flight capacity at 40 major airports across the U.S. starting Friday, officials say

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

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Mamdani: “Politics is no longer something that is done to us. It is something that we do.” This right here seems to sum up the sentiment among Democratic voters tonight — not just in NYC, but everywhere the polls were open today.

I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!

Prop 50 passes in California. And there you have it!

In case anyone is wondering how things are going with Prop. 50 in California. “With an hour left to vote, around 38% of the county’s 250 vote centers had estimated wait times at least 46 minutes... At 55 centers, the estimated wait time was more than one hour.” www.latimes.com/california/l...

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

Ah, time zones. We have a new mayor of New York City and, meanwhile, the polls don't even close in California another hour or so. 💅

CA Dem Sen. Alex Padilla says he won’t run for governor of California. He’s staying in the Senate

So Trump is attacking voting by mail in California, where most people will vote by mail? This was entirely predictable. So predictable, in fact, that I wrote about it days ago for @opinion.bloomberg.com: 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.

"If national Democrats take nothing else from his campaign, they should understand the depth of Democratic disaffection." Different from the perception online, they're "flocking to him because he’s one of the few candidates" talking on "the scale of America’s crisis." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...

The federal government refused to agree to a brief extension of U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s order barring federal deployment of National Guard troops to Portland while giving the judge more time to rule on the legal case before her this week. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

the tone deafness is beyond parody

That it takes not one, but two judges to state the obvious — that the Trump administration can indeed release billions of dollars for SNAP so people don’t go hungry, but is choosing not to do so — is just such an indictment of the Republicans who are leading America. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

That this even has to be done...

Cincinnati's Democratic Mayor, Aftab Pureval, is running for reelection in November against Republican Cory Bowman, the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance. It's among dozens of mayoral elections Bolts is watching this fall.

At Day 36, it's official. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona has now waited longer to be sworn in to the House than any other elected official in US history. As I wrote for @opinion.bloomberg.com, it adds to the pressure Speaker Mike Johnson is facing over the shutdown. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

BREAKING: A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

Good! "The judge then ordered Mr. Bovino, who took the stand in his usual green fatigues, ... to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents. 'I’ll see you tomorrow at 6.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

"The current surge in ICE hiring comes at a time when local police forces — many of which pay better, have better working conditions (such as staying close to home) and broader social support and respect — struggle, along with almost all other government agencies, to fill open positions."

Talk about making a case for why zoning and other regulations should continue to exist... “The White House is exempt from much of the zoning, permitting and regulatory structure that governs most real-estate projects in the country.” apple.news/AceCPyiF-SYG...

This is a very smart — and very real — story looking at the broader meaning and ramifications of the Letitia James case. “Black families, and Black women particularly, have had to figure out ways to essentially be an unhonored social safety net in the United States.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/n...

This paragraph seems pretty important ...

Yesterday, Trump was sending federal forces to San Francisco. Today, he's not. The reason? Some rich tech bros talked him down. As I write for @opinion.bloomberg.com, back-channel begging shouldn't be required for cities to avoid an unwanted federal intervention. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Yesterday, Trump was sending federal forces to San Francisco. Today, he's not. The reason? Some rich tech bros talked him down. As I write for @opinion.bloomberg.com, back-channel begging shouldn't be required for cities to avoid an unwanted federal intervention. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...