Yep

The sign of a complete and utter psychopath. A man collapses in the White House. Trump pays zero attention. The cameras are more important.

Judge McConnell basically walked them through the math, called all their arguments bullshit, and entered the order that the gov't stop playing games with the money while kids go hungry. Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.

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if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners

Last night’s election results, in a nutshell. (watching this legitimately made me laugh out loud)

Portland car I saw today with US Veteran plates, clearly a regular sized bumper sticker was inadequate

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Trump was a trust fund kid who inherited a fortune, went bankrupt six times, and relied on dirty Russian money since no credible bank would lend to him. He's running the country the same way. His latest tantrum of destroying air travel for Americans during peak holiday season will only backfire.

This is remarkable. EVERY COUNTY in Virginia, which is blurple, went blue. Wow.

Trump is utterly a creature of self preservation and if he continues to sink he’ll find people to blame. May I nominate Stephen Miller.

Mamdani: My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow. But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.

I love how they celebrated over lunch together today

so, zohran also raps www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R6M...

I don't think most people understand that you can be an introvert AND still do public speaking. It just takes a lot of work getting up for it and it drains all your energy and you need to be alone to recharge. Extrovert = social setting adds energy Introvert = social setting drains energy

This, my friends, is the one.

this truly is the thing that brings me real joy because this is the piece that’s replicable everywhere. if enough of us show up, their millions of dollars in dark money, bribes and attack ads accomplish nothing. Mamdani is clearly a generational talent but he won’t be the only one we find if we look

Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas. But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community. It was standing room only.

From the top rope

From the Guardian. Cartoonist Ella Baron.

As always, it's appalling at the same time it's so cheap, tawdry, and embarrassing. What a pathetic, shabby little gangster.

How badly are oral arguments over Trump's tariffs going for the government? Neal Katyal just began a sentence with: "Justice Gorsuch hit the nail on the head..."

Can someone let Trump know that the oral argument in the tariff case isn't going well for his regime? I would like to see more of a melty.

If it can happen in Mississippi, it can happen in Missouri.

The Democrats won several VA House seats where winning looked like a pipe dream going into the election. The Dems won these seats because they recruited candidates and actually campaigned. Important lesson for 26--the electorate is pissed--but you can only win when you run. Run everywhere!

Democrats contested all 100 Virginia House of Delegates races. Part of the party’s statewide success is due to the synergies between the legislative and statewide campaigns—even the losing ones. This is a big reason why Jay Jones won comfortably. This is a model the Dems should emulate everywhere

the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates

Good morning. Last night was a referendum on Trump's corruption, cruelty, and chaos. But it's also not a coincidence these big wins came at the exact moment when Democrats are using our power to stand for something and be strong. A huge risk to not learn that lesson.

I am taking particular pleasure in the complete collapse of trans-as-unbeatable-wedge-issue narrative this morning. It might be an 80-20 issue in voters minds, but it has to be on voters minds to matter. The results in VA demonstrate that it is very much not on voters minds.

and i’m generally of the view that simply refusing to operate in a defensive crouch does a lot of the necessary political work. “i don’t agree with him but he isn’t a punk” is a real phenomenon!

There is light at the end of this tunnel. Keep fighting. Keep organizing. Keep voting. Keep protesting. Keep boycotting. Keep informing. Keep resisting. Keep hoping. We will not only get through this—we will end fascist and oligarchic rule, and build a democratic future that works for all of us.

Looking forward to the op-eds calling on Republicans to moderate their policies, or profiles of anti-Trump voters.

I think the strategy of thousands of sign holding normies holding protests since last January, those same normies flooding their social media (mostly tiktok & FB) with the Atrocity of the Day, and just generally Normies being bold against fascism is a winning one and something everyone can do.

NEW: We reviewed federal prosecutions, local arrests, internal protest summaries by the Portland Police Bureau and more than 700 video clips posted to social media before Trump said he wanted to send the National Guard to the city. Here’s what we found.

New Column: A clear majority of America hates this guy. The voters' verdict is in. He's failing, and Democrats need to keep saying it and saying it and saying it. newrepublic.com/article/2027... via @newrepublic.com

this was fun. let’s do it again.

"To get to any one of us, you'll have to get through all of us."

If Zohran isn’t giving a keynote at the next DNC, fire everybody.

What we know, 12:10am [Now in 2 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House —Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —Krasner & Bragg win

—Coloradoans fund free school meals —JD's half-brother loses —PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff —PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover —Charlotte approves transit tax —Dems flip CT towns like New Britain. (And that's not all!)

JUST IN: Soren Stevenson, who lost an eye due to a projectile fired by the police during the BLM protests of 2020 in Minneapolis, has won a seat on city council. @pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...

For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.

After too many companies, politicians, media, and institutions pretty quickly bent the knee to Trump, today a whole bunch of voters didn’t.

I’ve been interested in political speeches for as long as I can remember. I’ve listened to nearly every inaugural and major address, and I’ve given tons of public speeches myself. Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good. Crazy to watch.

I knew that Mamdani had it; he had the people and did the work, and has been the clearest and most lucid in rejecting the untenable current state of things. But the vile, bigoted shit against him was so constant, and I am conditioned to that working better than I want. This feels like an exorcism.

"If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power." As one of many folks who have targeted Trump's despotism, without much success, I'm open to the idea that targeting the conditions might be more effective. That's Mamdani, BTW.