Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

Spanberger moving quickly to get Boards in place at these universities 12! appointments at GMU, 10 at UVA, and 5 at VMI Some familiar names Former Congressmen Tom Davis and Jim Moran at GMU Former Governor Ralph Northam at VMI

I talk a lot about how Trump is repeating Biden’s mistakes by ignoring public opinion for his ideology. But for Biden it was: make sure everyone has a job, allow families fleeing violent gangs to seek asylum. Trump’s is: invade an American city, threaten war with NATO, persecute American citizens.

If moderate Republicans had simply shown a spine & opposed Trump, he would have lost, MAGA would have been relegated to the dustbin of history, Harris would likely be unpopular, with democratic infighting continuing to hurt the party, 2028 looking bright for a Haley or Kemp. But they’re cowards.

WSJ poll | 1/8-1/13 RV President Trump approval Disapprove 54% (+2) Approve 45% (-1) — Generic congressional ballot 2026 🟦Democratic 47% (+1) 🟥Republican 43% (no change) (% change since July 2025) www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

I would have simply shown a spine and endorsed the Democrat for POTUS.

This is what I'm seeing too: lots of decent Dems but Gallego is setting himself apart by a) being unafraid & unapologetic and b) not talking like a consultant Vibes man. Put out the vibe. Biden 2020 won even though (because!) it was just [Obama in grampa form] vibe.

@gallego.senate.gov was excellent, as always. Did exactly what Tim and Sam were saying - led with moral clarity instead of policy weeds. And he’s right, all the arguments about verbiage is just elites talking to other elites. People want results. He’s for the juice guys. Put him on the ticket.

Trump’s net job approval rating right now is actually lower than it was at this point in his first term

BLOCK THE FUCKERS @icegov.bsky.social

Listened to @samsteindc.bsky.social & @timmiller.bsky.social groan about Dems battling over rhetoric & policy over ICE. We should just fight! Then listened to @podsaveamerica.crooked.com having a policy discussion about ICE & it clicked. This is what Dems do. But we need to put it aside for now.

Natural allies AOC & Bill Kristol ☠️ (Re: abolishing ice)

Did they think this would actually help Trump or is this another underhanded WSJ stab in the back to the Trump administration? (We are now rationing food and it’s all disgusting)

Here are some Trump approval numbers from our recent Alaska Survey... Alaska Survey Research January 8-11, 2026 N=1,988 registered Alaska voters MOE +/-2.1% Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as US President? Approve 41 Disapprove 49 (-8) Not sure 9

Imagine you’re a loser. Of whatever stripe. Can’t find a stable relationship or any relationship. Can’t work your way to a good job. Socially struggle. Etc. And here come Trump blaming your misfortune on - immigrants, liberals, etc. and he’s gonna send his goon army to kill them. That’s MAGA.

I’m increasingly coming to believe that there’s a 50-60% segment of the public who is civically minded and politically engaged. And then there’s all of these…let’s call it people who don’t really pay attention - who can be galvanized to vote by a personality. Obama got them and so did Trump.

One month ago, the fraud stories from Minneapolis dominated the news, and Tim Walz was forced to bow out from the governors race. And then he told ice to start shooting soccer moms at school drop-off. Democrats are afraid of his political genius? Absurd.

The entry to the Mexican restaurant (Don Julio) in my hometown of Forest Lake MN that closed as a result of ICE has become a shrine. Two-thirds of voters in Forest Lake supported Trump in 2024.

this is correct, and I really should write something about how it operates in China.

Internal GOP polling shows that Trump's immigration policies are backfiring big time. And this is all from a private poll taken *before* the murder of Renee Good and the ensuing chaos. A fascinating leak which suggests that someone in the Admin is sounding the alarm. www.axios.com/2026/01/16/t...

So the wine moms were right all along.

New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...

This is the mistake liberals make. Believing this. Because sadly it’s become clear not everyone raises their kids this way. Who teach their kids they’re more important than others. To take what they can get however they get it. If you’re a liberal, teach to it kids to protect everyone from them.

David Plouffe told Kamala Harris not to respond to the “trans surgery in prison” ad because “positive economic messaging” polled better. If that’s the polling he’s using for this advice…it all makes sense.

lol just realized we’ve got 10 months of Trump destroying the Texas economy by importing Venezuelan oil ahead of the November vote. Hey Matt Y do Latinos love oil or whatever nonsense you were peddling?

Are we back? 😱

It helps that Jacob Frey is so hot.

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Dear god, the Pod bros not understanding why Trump is investigating Powell… Listened to a Jon-Jon-Tommy episode by mistake 😂 forgot my rule to only listen to Dan Pfeiffer only episodes.

Can we finally get an apology from all the “sober” voices who decried Biden’s pardon of Hunter?

I would suggest that trying to demonize Liberal White Women as an "other" will go very poorly for them.

Yes

People don’t seem to understand that if the red states don’t send electors, the GOP candidate loses even bigger

Alaska Survey Research - Alaska Senate poll 🔵 Mary Peltola 48% 🔴 Dan Sullivan 46%

A regime driven by the desire to create social media content for their hardcore fans on the extreme Right. It is an immensely dangerous situation. But I don't think this cruel spectacle is an effective way to consolidate authoritarian rule.

"Senior executives at tech companies have been circulating a letter calling on their companies to break ties with the White House’s immigration enforcement. The Bulwark has learned the letter has garnered more than 150 signatures in the days after Good’s shooting." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Here was the president, doing his usual economic stability and rule of law stuff, when out of nowhere someone came up with the idea to manufacture a frivolous criminal investigation targeting the Fed chair. Surely this was an underling going rogue, and Trump will get to the bottom of it right away.

The adm thought that Trump can never make a comeback, and being too tough on Trump is gonna cause rapture in the socio-cultural fabric of America. The teaching from Nixon aftermath and Bush aftermath reinforced itself. Let bygones be bygones has been the mantra.

I expect democrats to be all over this correct?? @democrats.org Beef prices are up 15%!!!! Soy boy Trump wants us eating beans I guess.

expectation: you will walk down the street hailed by beautiful white women thanking you for Saving The Homeland reality: a woman who looks exactly like your mom calls you a whiny bitch and the cute cashier gives you the finger and tells you to go fuck yourself and everyone laughs when you fall down

“We should all be resist libs.” - @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social January 12, 2026

There’s a lot of personality disorders masquerading as political ideology and that’s all I’ll say.

I finally listened to Tim Miller’s interview with Karine Jean-Pierre. The self-focused progressive babble was unbearable. Her entire argument was Dems don’t involve Black women, LGBTQ folks etc. That’s all Biden did. And he lost. The outreach to the groups failed, while turning everyone else off.

I’m not sure what the right answer is, but “I’ll work with the Fuhrer to lower interest rates for the people of the Reich” really isn’t it.

I have no choice but to believe that the stock market is rising solely by the orgasmic euphoria of finance tycoons chasing their golden dream of deregulation, bigotry, and an Ayn Randian paradise. Aka bullshit.

The Trumpist lust for authoritarian control is limitless. But the gulf between those desires on the one hand and the realities of a pluralistic modern society and complex political system on the other remains vast. And in that space, politics continues, resistance can thrive.

This is exactly right. The people who control the levers of state power are lawless and cruel. But that doesn’t make them omnipotent. Obscuring that distinction is an act of defeatism that only serves the regime.

What ICE/BP is doing to Minneapolis is awful. And it's taking everything they have. By population, Minneapolis is America's 45th largest city. Keep both in mind at once: the regime's desire for authoritarian domination is bottomless, and they'll act on it, but their capacity to do so is limited.

Some countries that have prosecuted or threatened to prosecute central bankers for the purpose of political intimidation or punishment for monetary policy decisions: Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.