One thing that won't get enough attention about John Cornyn's loss to Ken Paxton is that, no matter what happens in November, Texas Republicans just willingly gave up seniority in the Senate, one of the most prized currencies in federal politics. Let me explain what I mean... (thread)

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

I will never understand why they supported him in the first place.

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

For all the talk of how Democrats aren't close enough to the mainstream, only Republicans act—consistently, through all of their members in every branch, federal and state—as if they know there is no chance they could hold power in anything resembling a free and fair election.

This excellent analysis lays bare that they realize they're wildly unpopular (popular agendas can achieve success through democratic means). And of course the more of this they do the more unpopular they become, so it's a treadmill and feedback loop.

"The US-Israel war on Iran is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This is what ecocide looks like.

Here is Hillary Clinton’s opening statement to House Oversight on Epstein. Clinton says she does not recall ever encountering Epstein and says she knew nothing about his crimes. She also says that Trump should testify under oath and criticizes the committee for not holding any public hearings.

After a decade and a half of use, Facebook has undoubtedly built a profile on my political views. So I find it interesting that now I'm seeing more and more propaganda from right-wing politicians and political groups appear in my FB feed, the one that used to be predominantly updates from friends.

The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.

Post a banger that’s not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBr_...

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

From the judge's ruling: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency." And there's a lot more in those 2.5 pages.

TikTok will be tracking your location, personal info incl sexual orientation, health, religious association, financial activity, etc. TikTok is now a major surveillance tool for tech billionaires and the government. Delete your account first then the app.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Minneapolis demonstrates in stark terms that Congress has a moral imperative to stop ICE, Trump's modern-day Gestapo. DHS funding (including ICE) is now front-and-center in the Senate. If Democrats cannot find the will to take a stand on this issue, then what do they stand for?

Long past time for Trump to be taken to a dementia care facility.

folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.

H/T @hcm.li

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Jay Kuo has written an excellent summary of the first year of Trump's final term. As per the article, it is a massive failure on all fronts, but unfortunately he's still in charge and still doing damage. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-poli...

OPINION: If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to be at Hitler’s Berlin Olympics in 1936 or at Mussolini’s 1934 World Cup, good news! You’ll get a chance at a similar experience next...

It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.

For the crowd who thinks that Trump has cleansed the Epstein files of his name - does anybody honestly think he won't get caught? His coverup staff are so incompetent they couldn't even doctor the Epstein prison video without leaving obvious signs of tampering.

The voters sent a message with last week's elections, but the Republicans have chosen to ignore it. apnews.com/article/trum...

The relentlessly opportunistic Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn't had a change of heart, much less politics. She is just literate enough to read the writing on the wall. She knows that Trump is damaged goods now. So she may have taken to singing like a bird, but she's really just a canary in a coal mine.

Someone had to say this unfortunate fact, and I'm glad it was her. www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...

I honestly couldn't care about the Epstein files - I consider it a distraction from talking about the real problems our nation faces. But it sure is making Trump nervous, so I'm here for it.

I tend to think the deal made by the Senate Democrats was a) orchestrated, and b) a cave-in. This article points out some positives of the deal. One positive not listed: Speaker Johnson might have to bring the house into session, which could force a discharge petition vote on the Epstein Files.

now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...

The funny thing is, Trump was on those ballots in a way. Voters have already gotten a taste of what his second term would bring, and their message was clear: they want no part of the chaos that comes with him.

Contact your Democratic reps in Congress and let them know they need to keep standing firm against the Republicans on the shutdown. Democrats have a messaging problem, so despite last night's results, we still need to do the messaging for them.

Here’s a good explainer from @willsommer.bsky.social about why Kirk was a singular figure in the right.

Hillary, you were right about everything, including the "deplorables" part.

I'm Californian and I endorse this message.

Wonder what Putin was saying while he had the stage all to himself. Pundits are saying Trump got nothing from this "summit". I disagree; we'll be talking about his dumpster-fire diplomacy instead of Epstein for a while.

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

"That’s the sort of thing you hear before having to make a difficult decision about grandpa’s future..." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

This interactive map shows what California coastal areas you should evacuate under a tsunami advisory.

For me the take-away from this poll is that for all the attention on the Epstein scandal, it hasn't altered GOP/MAGA support for Trump a single bit. The amount of hopium from the Left surrounding the scandal is deceiving. news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...

This article has a link to a PowerPoint summary of a poll conducted with the missing Biden voters - the people who showed up for Biden in 2020 but sat out voting for Harris in 2024. politicalwire.com/2025/07/21/d...

Maybe I might be wrong about this Epstein thing. It might be a useful distraction.

Am I the only one who thinks this obsession with Epstein and his case files is another pointless distraction?

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid