Dems have got to commit to court reform. That means: (a) ethics rules, (b) expanding the SC to 13 members, (c) setting up a separate elections court system and taking away jurisdiction from the SC and (d) banning use of the shadow docket except in extremely limited emergency circumstances.

There's plenty of red districts where Dems don't field candidates and 3rd Way can test out their theories. Maybe they should put their money where their mouths are.

Looks like the SC might actually take down Trump's tariffs. It's gonna be hilarious when Trump starts attacking the conserva- judges personally. Admin says they have a backup plan, but you know Trump will throw that out (too complicated) and just blatantly ignore the ruling.

Just heard about the tsunami warning for the flood of tears coming from the New York Times building. Stay safe, New Yorkers!

Holy moly, that's a blowout on Prop 50. Let's hope other Dem states take the hint.

They built a weaponized incompetence robot?

Welp. Looks like we're gonna get another 2008-style financial crisis. I guess the question is whether it happens before or after the midterms.

Me watching Jurassic World Rebirth: "Why do these people keep going back to that stupid island?" Also Me: "Why do I keep watching people going back to that stupid island?"

I'm reading this insipid "Deciding to Win" centrist consultant blather, and it seems to me that the centrists are gearing up to fight admission of DC if we take the trifecta in 2028. We're going to have to organize against the centrists in 2029 if we want to make sure we don't end up here again.

Yeesh. It's common in a lot of countries to refer to older relatives or friends of the family as "Aunt" or "Uncle." It's also something that happens in the Southern US. Or it least it did when I was a kid.

From what I can tell, Congresspeople get paid during the shutdown. So, what exactly our Dem pols doing during the shutdown for their paycheck? This is as good a time as any to put together a Dem version of P2025 and draft implementing legislation.

Mills defense of the filibuster shows that if Dems do take the trifecta in 2028, we're going to have to organize protests against recalcitrant Dems in 2029, or we're just going to keep ending up back here. www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-...

What's bonkers about Unitary Executive theory is that we declared independence less than a century after the Glorious Revolution, in which parliament, y'know, deposed the king. We're supposed to believe that our framers intended to give our President more power than the King? Come on.

Any Dem who calls ICE stuff a "distraction" is being patently offensive. It's not a distraction, it's an existential threat. The term "distraction" is a slap in the face to POC. I don't see how anyone can look at that Chicago raid and think this term is acceptable to use.

Shaheen sends out signal for surrender from Schumer Dems. She will vote 4 blank checks to fund the Trump regime as long as she gets a “promise” that there will be vote on healthcare. This is probably how Schumer’s caucus will surrender bc he doesn’t hold his member accountable 4 surrendering.

Maybe this Comey stuff will help @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wake up and stop their feckless behavior. There is no in-between with Trump. You're either an ally or an enemy. They can either make a stand or end up right where Comey is in a few years.

Wasn't there something about seashells in the future dystopia of "Demolition Man?" Looks like we're in that reality now.

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

I'm not going to link to the interview with Cass Sunstein, because Sunstein seems to be another person who wandered in from an episode of West Wing or something equally ridiculous. So, I'll link to Paul Campos's post about it at LGM. But, holy moly, the stuff about Kissinger? 1/

Re: State-based Universal Health Insurance. Big obstacles = (1) Medicare dollars can't be used (that goes to the Feds) and (2) self-insured employers (usually big co's) don't have to participate under Fed law. We need promises from Dem candidates that they will change Fed law on this.

Threaten to block a media merger because of reduced market competition, and you get called a communist. Threaten to block a media merger because of the companies' political views and that's just a-ok, apparently.

@nationalreview.bsky.social's @charlescwcooke.bsky.social: "[Bondi] won't ... 'go after' anyone for 'hate speech,' because, legally, there is no such thing as 'hate speech' in the United States, and because, as a government employee, she is bound by the First Amendment... 1/

@thebulwark.com does a focus group & @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social writes an article. It says that Trump Latinos who regret their vote still wouldn't vote for Harris. Does it explain why they think that in any way? Of course not. What a useless article. 1/

If the Dems take the trifecta in 2028, they better have a plan to break up these media conglomerates. Otherwise, we'll just keep coming back to this point.

I looked through the New Dem immigration plan, and there's good stuff and bad stuff. If it fixes the pre-Trump immigration system, which was broken, then great. BUT... the GOP will still demagogue the issue! Did Rep. Vasquez wander in from a West Wing episode? Why are Nat'l Dems this clueless? 1/

Been meaning to post on this. "Distraction" is apparently a consultant-tested talking point, since multiple Dem pols are spouting it. The people on the receiving end of the crackdown, which includes CITIZENS, hardly think this is some distraction. This is an existential threat. 1/

Why are Dems so bad at this? "If Dems get a supermajority, they vow to pass legislation requiring ICE to de-mask and identify and strip QI from non-compliant officers" would actually motivate people to go to the polls. Nobody cares about strongly worded letters. Is this stupidity or malfeasance?

The attacks on the BLS and the Fed will only result in the US losing its status as the base of the world economy. That would have happened eventually over the long term, but Trump's put us on a speed run.

This is bizarre. They have the DEA on foot patrol in D.C. One of the purported justifications for the DEA is that they can operate internationally in a way other domestic LEOs can't. But now they're just gonna play Officer Krupke in the worst West Side Story remake ever.

Good to see that Blue-State Governors are finally pulling their heads out of the ground about redistricting. Let's remember, though, that TX Dems fled to OK in 2003 to stop redistricting, with little response from Blue Staters. 1/

It's not enough to redistrict Congressional districts. Dem Trifecta states need to redistrict their state legislatures as well.

@wsj.com & @theofrancis.bsky.social just out here lying in service of Tesla: "After stepping back from his work as a White House adviser in late May, [Musk] has overseen the launch of Tesla’s robotaxi service." There is no robotaxi service. It's got a person in each car, fer cryin' out loud.

I want to start a PAC. Here are my ideas of things it could work on: 1. Social Media Misinformation: We could create a database with researched info to counter RW misinformation. Updated as new talking points are released. We'd have automated tools to push the info out to SM sites. 1/

Go read this article on where the money raised from all those Dem spam emails go to--it's not the candidates.

@nytimes.com is out with another anti-Mamdami propaganda piece, courtesy of ‪@emmagf.bsky.social‬ and ‪@jeffcmays.bsky.social‬. While they have room to take digs at Mamdami's political experience, they don't even mention Adams's experience as a crook, or Cuomo's experience as the guy who 1/

I did a search for "Media Matters" on Reddit and I got this (see pic). Look at the way that right-wing viewpoints get spammed on social media sites. There's nothing equivalent coming from the left. Anyway, go donate to MM. action.mediamatters.org/secure/donate

It's amazing that senators can publicly bray about being incompetent or lazy (or both) as if it's just a routine part of their job. Most would be rightfully worried about being fired for this level of gross incompetence. Of course, you can't fire a senator. But could he at least put some effort in?

The elites would rather set the world economy on fire than give poor people health insurance.

Sure, Trump is underwater on polling. So was Bush II, and it took all of 5 mins for them to start up with their Tea Party BS after he was out of office. We need concrete promises from national Dems about what they plan to enact to prevent all of this from happening again. 1/

It's eye-rolling to watch people throw their phony tantrums over gov't-owned grocery stores when we have gov't-owned liquor stores in multiple states. And those stores often sell things that you can eat, i.e., GROCERIES!!! You're gonna wear out your fainting couch.

I'll say it again. If the Feds do have evidence linking DJT & Epstein, then that means multiple Dem administrations and campaigns sat on the info, allowing a sex-trafficker to roll into the WH and destroy our democracy. It's mind-boggling if true.

@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social has a good rundown of Andrew Cuomo's moronitude, and one of the things that people need to understand is that the guy is just fiscally irresponsible. He wastes taxpayer money on stupid crap. Like forcing the MTA to buy blue and white tiles for the East River tunnels.

Here's an actual gov't database that needs fixing, and yet DOGE managed not to do anything about it: migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-de...

This article about immigration by Louise Callaghan at @thetimes.com is an example of how newspapers spread GOP propaganda. Callaghan interviews a few people who have been negatively impacted by Trump's immigration raids. Not once does she bother to ask these people how they voted. 1/

I see we're back here again.

Here's some feckless reporting from @nbcnews.com. This is about a Glenn Valley Foods meat packing plant that was raided by ICE. Half of its workers were taken away. Chad Hartmann, the co's president, makes this astonishing claim: "Every employee at Glenn Valley Foods, 1/

It's fine for Dems to make patriotic arguments, but it's as if the people in this article have never heard of Max Cleland. Or John Kerry. Or any other number of Dem veterans who the GOP has viciously attacked. Buttigieg is quoted in the article, and the GOP did the exact same thing to him! 1/

I have no idea if the gov't actually has credible evidence linking DJT and Epstein, like Musk is seeming to claim. But... let's say it's true. That would mean that multiple Democratic administrations and campaigns sat on this info during elections where our democracy was at stake. 1/

Is it a "strongly worded" taco truck? This is just dumb. It won't move the GOP. It will only get play in political news outlets that those precious swing voters don't follow, so they'll never hear about it. How about running ads during baseball games excoriating Trump over tariffs?