Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl". The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News. paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...

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Republicans rejecting the Dem shutdown offer (1 year extension of ACA subsidies while long-term solution is worked on) universally, digging in as their position has clearly been rejected at the ballot.

Narrator: They don't leave prospect.org/2025/10/23/m...

So the story goes: 1-Trump sees high beef prices 2-Decides to quadruple Argentine imports 3-Gets condemned by ranchers saying that's not the problem 4-after being dogwalked, decides to do what the Biden admin was already doing on meatpackers (there's an active lawsuit)

I’ve never seen someone try as hard as Trump to not feed hungry people.

It is nuts that recusal policies for the Supreme Court are so weak and self-determined that justices with oil industry holdings & even familial oil industry ties could participate in cases involving the oil industry. Our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social explain: prospect.org/2025/11/07/e...

The story I've been wanting to read is about the actual obstacles in Albany to Mayor-elect Mamdani's agenda, what the political dynamics are, and what might be the competition for any revenue increases. Our friends at @nysfocus.bsky.social told that story and we're proud to elevate it.

OpenAI is planting the seeds for a pre-bailout, trying to dupe the government into guaranteeing its future. @ryanlcooper.com explains why this makes no sense given the fantastically absurd business model of the company: prospect.org/2025/11/07/o...

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to deliver SNAP payments in full to states by Friday.

The Progressive Caucus just endorsed her opponent, Randy Villegas. Working Families Party is a big supporter of his as well.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Electricity prices have persuaded voters to toss out candidates who support never ending rate hikes and other power grabs. Democrats could see their way back into offices all over the country if they’re willing to address those concerns. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/vlTuGss

Tim Walz was right about these guys being … weird.

This is a big deal, the opposite of Obama standing down his organizing base after 2008.

Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected. Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.

Last week, a unemployed Texan barred from getting a job in his field by a noncompete agreement stepped up to intervene in the federal lawsuit and defend the FTC's ban on noncompetes that Trump's FTC won't. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to Ric Davidson about his story & why he decided to fight.

Chuck Schumer's inability to say whether he voted for the Democratic nominee in a general election in his city is the final straw for @ryanlcooper.com. prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...

One big lesson I drew from the elections is that electricity prices are a top-tier political issue. The 2 Dems who won seats on the utility regulatory panel in Georgia overperformed Kamala Harris by 28 points(!) Mikie Sherrill ran on freezing rates. There's an agenda here for the Dems.

EMILYs List has now endorsed Jasmeet Bains in an under-the-radar establishment/populist fight in a Central Valley California swing district. Bains took PAC money from 53 corporations that also donated to Republican incumbent David Valadao, who she’s running against. prospect.org/2025/09/25/2...

It was expected that Prop 50 would be Nancy Pelosi's last race. When Scott Wiener hastily jumped into the race a few weeks ago because he was afraid of getting passed over, that confirmed it. www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

"...what California did on redistricting, and how other Democrats are following suit, shows that preemptive surrender is not some law of the party universe."

Because Donald Trump is terrible and everybody knows it! This isn't that hard, the guy has lost every election ever held with him in power.

im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.

HAPPENING NOW: Immigrant workers calling on Dodgers to refuse invitation to White House #iceoutofLA

Here's my rundown of oral arguments in the Trump tariff case. -Conservative justices weren't buying the government's claims -Roberts seems to want to use this to entrench the major questions doctrine -Alito was grabbing at straws -Trump will probably move to Sec 122 prospect.org/2025/11/05/s...

My general thought from listening to SCOTUS in the tariff case is that some conservative justices (Roberts in particular) want to use the major questions doctrine to strike this down so they can say they apply it equally and maintain it as a tool to stop any progressive advances. More coming soon...

Scoop: Starbucks baristas plan to strike on Red Cup Day next week if demands aren’t met, and to mount what the union says would grow to be their biggest and longest work stoppage yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I'm just some guy listening to arguments but based on that I would say that Trump's going to lose this tariff case

I'll be listening to oral arguments in the tariff cases this morning at the Supreme Court. The case has really been pursued by traditional conservatives, it'll be interesting to see the justices' arguments. Here's a primer: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-187-...

Harold Meyerson's review of Democrats' big election night makes the point that for all the hand-wringing about how to win, the reality is that authoritarianism is incredibly unpopular. prospect.org/2025/11/05/d...

Don't miss @ryanlcooper.com on the idiots who wasted a small fortune trying to stop a progressive from winning an election in a progressive city. prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...

The attempt to rig the 2026 election has run aground. California's victory, Ohio's trimmed sails, Kansas bugging out, Maryland and Virginia's new fervor... this could *help* Democrats before it's done. But the Supreme Court lurks in the background as the real threat. From me:

Big thanks to Greg for having me on. (and yes I called the CA election when we taped this yesterday)

Will.i.am could never.

Chris Murphy is sub-skeeting the 8-10 moderate Democratic Senators who are desperate to cave in exchange for a *promise* of a vote on ACA subsidies.

ICYMI from last night: @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social on the organizers who helped Zohran Mamdani to victory—and who aren't going to stop to help him achieve his goals. prospect.org/2025/11/05/n...

"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...

My birthplace, represent. This is a bunch of angry normies taking their Trump anger out on the Moms for Liberty whackos. Whatever "sea change" there was on education for Republicans is completely extinguished.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election. DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg. His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority. www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

love this bit re @jfrejnyc.bsky.social: "Sasanow described what people should do today: Find a political home, be it a nonprofit, mutual aid group, or a community garden, so you “have a network of people you want to be with as things get harder.” The article links to JFREJ's Thurs online debrief

This is a great piece from @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, who was out all day in NYC reporting. It's about Mamdani but from the perspective of the organizers and volunteers who helped him to victory, and who won't stop organizing to help him carry out his agenda. prospect.org/2025/11/05/n...

Little San Benito County used to be the bellwether of California politics, back when statewide elections were in doubt here. 60-40 for Prop 50 right now. electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps...

Ok, one last race call for the night from a bellwether county... The Democrats have FLIPPED the Erie County, PA (Trump+1) County Executive position by 24 POINTS!

"Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up!" -Mayor-elect Mamdani

Zohran just introduced a lot of cable news normies to Eugene Debs

There's an element of the smart set that doesn't give a crap about volunteering and ground game, thinks it's meaningless. Mamdani's campaign had 104,400 volunteers and knocked on 3 million doors and it sounds like they're just getting started. "Engagement doesn't matter" is such a dumb opinion.

Specifically, the fear of God comes from GOP uncertainty with rejiggering maps after Virginia turned into practically a supermajority state overnight. You might redistrict yourself right out of a job

Prop 50 was called the moment that polls closed in California. The blowout showed how showing up to fight is the most important thing in Democratic politics right now. It also means that (pending SCOTUS) Dems have largely neutralized Trump's gerrymandering push. From me: prospect.org/2025/11/04/c...