Speaking as an occasional poker player, the layers of euphemism in the phrase "a high-ranking government official was politely asked to leave a Vegas Strip wine bar" could safely bury the demon core for a thousand years lasvegassun.com/news/2026/fe...

Susan Collins claimed ICE's "operations" were not going to happen in Maine. She lied.

80% of the political posts on this site are some variation of a combination of these two mutually exclusive tenets: 1. i would simply not be in the minority 2. i would simply not do anything necessary to achieving the majority

Pollsters literally use "armed goons kicking a puppy" as an example of how irrationally caricaturing your opponent to a cartoonishly evil degree can poison your data.

Detonate it in a national ceremony. Presidential ribbon cutting on the wind farm built across from Trump's grave, which will be shipped in a shallow truck bed from Arlington to Alaska. The shitty abandoned street with the empty ICE building on it renamed Trump Street in every rural town.

Cowardly and racist is an amazing combination. We all know that wasn't a staffer and that he meant that shit. bsky.app/profile/leba...

Really don't think it's a coincidence that the sweaty Bannon statements about ICE at polling places and Fulton county all happens at the exact same time when the "Uh we are going to lose the senate" pieces are dropping.

This show's daily viewership is about 96,000 people, most of whom are white men over 50 who earned in the six figures prior to retirement. If this is the thing happening in "how Democrats get their message out" that you are mad about today you do not understand the current media environment.

Before Trump 2.0, this was one of my biggest fears. With everything that's happened in the last year, it may seem like small news -- just another stream in the constant firehose of institutional destruction. But it's not. Effectively losing the professional federal civil service is a very bad thing.

This is very good A clear, policy focused, step by step set ideas for how to make it possible to abolish ICE (and then doing so) open.substack.com/pub/campaign...

This *could* be an interesting story of how a Republican subtly pressures Trump while keeping him happy. But unless I missed it, there’s no point where Britt exerts any influence. She gets Noem on the phone and Noem baldly lies to her. (1/2)

Guys they're stealing the midterms, you can tell because they invited everyone they'd be stealing it from to a conference call

A Jan 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, prosecutors said on Thursday. Expect another pardon shortly. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Feb 3 poll of 1,573 U.S. adults (+/-2.9 points) % who approve | disapprove of the way the government is handling the release of documents about investigations into Epstein U.S. adults 23% | 59% Democrats 12% | 81% Independents 13% | 66% Republicans 45% | 32% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

Someone in the r/Austin subreddit noticed something interesting about our local movie theater's sales of MELANIA tickets last weekend www.reddit.com/r/Austin/com...

The people who spew this kind of bullshit should lose political power, and they should be made to suffer. There are several MAGA psychos we can expel from office in 2026. Help local organizers in Maine achieve this goal. secure.actblue.com/donate/jrsli...

This is very good A clear, policy focused, step by step set ideas for how to make it possible to abolish ICE (and then doing so) open.substack.com/pub/campaign...

Both "Dems do nothing" and "Trump is unstoppable" types are subscribing to unrealistic Green Lantern models of politicals. The "Dems do nothing" types think Schumer is ignoring his power ring, and "Trump is unstoppable" think Trump has one he can always use. But the actual complex weeds matter!

you know that moment in a dream when the roller coaster angles sharply downward and you just fly off the track into the air

In our most recent survey of young men ( www.ymrp.org/polling ) we found that ~15 percent follow wrestling in some capacity - and conservative young men are slightly more likely to do so. To see this crowd chanting "fuck ICE" is a positive sign - and a good message for its viewers to see normalized.

Bluesky is that special place where someone will take time out from serialposting about how ICE can never defeat one mid sized midwesern city to post about how ICE is going to commandeer every voting booth in the US and all is lost

"You have no idea how this country works - Steve Bannon would NEVER lie for political gain"

The U.S. has about 180,000 precincts. ICE has 22,000 staff, less than 6,000 of whom are in "enforcement and removal operations," and many of whom have already quiet-quit or quit-quit their jobs because of abysmal morale and the realization the bonuses ain't happening. They aren't surrounding shit.

New from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : Is Rogan really turning on Trump? Ehh... Rogan is now more critical of Trump. But his overall framing of immigration is still negative. Fundamentally he is a pushover, and this benefits rightwing guests. youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/is-joe-rog...

Our reporting: www.texasobserver.org/revealed-fou...

The building owners are now under investigation by the state of Illinois. From one tenant: “We were paying our rent, doing things the right way... Then suddenly, boom, the government comes in and takes us out. I don’t understand." dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

gonna be pretty funny when the price of bitcoin falls to where its more profitable to sell bitcoin and put it onto polymarket bets for how low the price of bitcoin is going to go

In a world with a lot of political advice going on in it, it is a great time-saver when someone just comes out and says "please do not be impressed by this Democrat's 32-point overperformance, because he may have overperformed for reasons I don't like"

Not invincible.

Bitcoin has crashed to ~$74k (and is prob going lower - estimating from the timing of a few big buys, some large firms are holding onto junk at < ~$78k) but on the plus side, Coinbase immediately pivoted to offering political gambling to any users who might suddenly find themselves a bit low on cash

LaCour was just ahead of his time

Americans agree: Trump's agenda of mass deportations and aggressive law enforcement tactics are making us less safe. "Driving this is Americans’ belief that Mr. Trump’s policies are not delivering on the safety and security he promised — in fact, now quite the opposite."

An update: she supposedly just had her yacht's port logs fully whiped from the internet (History of where the boat went for it's entire life) and the transmitter is completely off with the logs previously showing she went to every island AROUND Epstein's Oh she's GUILTY guilty.

NEW Economist/YouGov: Direction of the country % of U.S. adult citizens who say things in this country today are [generally headed in the right direction | off on the wrong track]... At the start of Trump's second term 37% | 50% Now 32% | 59% today.yougov.com/politics/art...

New from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : Is Rogan really turning on Trump? Ehh... Rogan is now more critical of Trump. But his overall framing of immigration is still negative. Fundamentally he is a pushover, and this benefits rightwing guests. youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/is-joe-rog...

Susan Collins is running cover for the Trump administration, lying on its behalf to protect ICE "operations" in the state. The end of her political career can't come soon enough. Help local organizers drive her from office. secure.actblue.com/donate/jrsli...

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Public pressure and Americans exercising their First Amendment rights matters. The Trump Administration is now backtracking and will deploy body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis. DHS must deploy body cameras for every officer, but this is a start.

The 2026 Iowa Caucuses are tonight at 7pm. While you're there - can I count on your support for Team Sand? Find your caucus site here: iowademocrats.org/caucus-locat...

Scott Galloway is telling his audience to stop patronizing the businesses whose execs have the most direct bribery links to Trump. Given the composition of his audience I will be curious to see how this goes. www.resistandunsubscribe.com

They're cooked.

In terms of like, actual things that are happening, a day where Trump tweets about wanting to steal elections and also Ed Martin gets publicly sidelined into oblivion amidst revolt by career civil servants in DOJ, is a day you should end feeling *more* secure about American election integrity

The leftwing version of this would be like Okay good news, we got Murder by Death, Murder City Devils, Bridge City Sinners, and Manhattan Murder Mystery in the first half, then it's over to Rise Against, Against Me!, Anti-Flag to close

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in Texas for the March 3 primary election. Voters decide who will appear on the November ballot for a range of elected offices, including governor, attorney general, U.S. House and Senate, and seats in the Texas Legislature. Read at ebx.sh/3IZ48s

Hoping that congressional Democrats realize they need to campaign on these crimes so they can be ready to hit the ground running with hearings, investigations and impeachment proceedings. The window between the new Congress beginning and the 2028 election season starting will be painfully short.

In case you missed it, I've also officially launched my "Unlikely Heroes" fundraising project. These are state legislative fundraising pages for the REDDEST districts in each state which I've placed side by side with my main pages for competitive districts: blue26.org/state

"Today's win just goes to show: How dare the Texas Democrats choose Andrew Cuomo" Like, how do I parody these people besides amplifying them

*Normal Democrat who has won multiple local races goes on to another big win as a normal Democrat* This just goes to show, normal Democrats suck

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Yes, it is obviously better to live in a world where persuadable voters can be persuaded back.