For the record, the Republican hack Virginia Supreme Court justice (D. Arthur Kelsey)'s term ends on January 31, 2027. Replacing him with a Democrat then should flip the court to 4D-3R. Then Stephen R. McCullough (R) is outta there in March 2028...5D-2R time! bluevirginia.us/2026/05/brea...

If you're looking to stick it to Virginia Republicans after today's infuriating State Supreme Court decision, the very best thing you can do is donate to Shannon Taylor in her effort to defeat GOP Rep. Rob Wittman and flip a Trump+5 district #VA01. @shannontaylorva.com shannontaylorva.com

My entire lifetime has seen Republicans benefit from every structural bias in the system: two republican presidents elected while losing the popular vote,the senate being biased towards small rural conservative states,house and state legislatures being heavily gerrymandered, and a captured SCOTUS.

The year is 2032. There are no living Republican presidents. Sweet dreams, everybody. #averagelifespan

Does anyone else think @leahlitman.bsky.social looks a lot like @abigailspanberger.com or am I just a really online liberal?

More Republicans than Democrats voted in Ohio last night. But a lot more Democrats voted than usual for a midterm primary. Suffice it to say that Sherrod Brown is going to be a tough lift but essential.

This is how I spent my Cinco de Mayo. @trumpstaxes.com. Go @jenjordanga.bsky.social and Miracle Rankin!

Any system where outcomes depend on how you draw the lines on the map instead of how voters actually vote is a bad system. Drawing majority-minority districts was only, even at its best, the less-bad option within the fundamentally bad system of predetermining results via the tyranny of the map.

Callais has landed. Fuck.

What would you say to Greg Abbott if you could?

Why was turnout so insanely high in the 2018 Florida governor’s race? 2014: 50.5% turnout 2018: 62.6% turnout (!!!) 2022: 53.6% turnout

“I am extending the ceasefire indefinitely as long as you all agree to continue not talking about the Epstein Files.”

Virginia! Today is the last day to vote in the redistricting referendum. Make sure to vote YES. You can find your polling location at IWillVote.com/VA.

ALASKA 🐟 U.S. Senate Q1 2026 Fundraising Totals 🔵 Mary Peltola (D) - $8.9 million 🔴 Dan Sullivan (R) - $2.1 million

If the 'Xenogears' soundtrack were a 'film score,' it would 'repeatedly and continually' be voted 'the best film score in history' by both 'critics' and 'the general public,' and would be considered 'the most respected and impressive music of all time.'

Help! JEN JORDAN is running to flip a Georgia State Supreme Court seat on May 19th...but she only has *2* followers. Let's fix that! PLEASE FOLLOW @jenjordanga.bsky.social ASAP! (Note: Miracle Rankin - the other Dem-aligned candidate in the 2nd GA SC race - does not have an account...yet)

I’m all for long-term planning but COME ON!!! This is bed-wetting on steroids. Focus on the elections happening NOW.

The biggest problem with the Bryon Noem revelations is that Republicans think that they’re better than us.

When the FUCK will E Jean Carroll get her damn money??

I just realized this morning that we have to win five Senate seats to win back the Senate. Because Fetterman will likely switch parties.

In this tidbit from today’s @notus.com newsletter, there are rumblings that Scott Colom’s campaign for #MSSen is quietly impressing strategists. @scolom.bsky.social is doing the work needed now in order to successfully catch a blue wave in November.

Texas Republicans: you wouldn’t have to worry about this runoff if you adopted ranked choice voting.

Democrats owe Wesley Hunt a debt of gratitude this morning. 😂

Last night was not a great night for Kamala Harris, who put some of her political capital on the line by endorsing Crockett.

Kinda sad that Crockett is leaving Congress now. I liked her in the House.

Crenshaw should resign. Tomorrow.

RACE CALL: All three North Carolina Democrats (Shelly Willingham, Nasif Majeed, & Carla Cunningham) who voted to overturn Governor Josh Stein's vetoes have LOST their respective Democratic primaries

Did they start the war with Iran before March 1 to make insider money on betting markets?

No Callais decision today from SCOTUS. (Next opinion day is tomorrow, only other one this week.)

Anyone arguing about Gavin Newsom today should shut up and donate money to Mary Peltola instead.

🚨 In just 6 days, Democrats have already cast more ballots than in all of 2022 early voting. Current total (change from yesterday): 🔵 638,082 (+93,188)

Leaked footage shows Kash Patel flailing around a bottle of beer inside a Milan locker room. Patel's private jet trip to Milan cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $75,000.

Maybe instead of hoping to pack the Supreme Court, we shouldn’t have elected Donald Trump twice.

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

I’m curious what @the-downballot.com thinks about donating to Shawn Harris in GA-14. Is there any chance he doesn’t make the run-off? Should we wait to donate until the run-off is set for April? Is there really ANY chance we can flip this district?

It's been said many times, many ways: the fascists thought winning an election would mean winning the culture, and the fact that hasn't happened is making them rabid.

No Kings includes Draft Kings

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the new California congressional map to stand, rejecting Republicans’ bid to block it. It’s a huge win for Democrats heading into the midterms.

FLASH: #SCOTUS declines to disturb CA redistricting that could yield Democrats 5 additional seats. No dissent noted. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

MAJOR UPSET ALERT: Democrat Taylor Rehmet has just been projected the winner of the Texas SD9 special election — flipping a district that went Trump +17 and hasn’t elected a Democrat since 1991. Trump personally endorsed Leigh Wambsganss and spent days hyping this race… and still lost.

Dear God, Wrong Home Alone 2 actor. Ugh.

@trumpstaxes.com I did my small part. Fingers crossed.

“You’re definitely giving me a pardon, right?” - Noem at the 2 hour WH meeting.

Here is the letter from Bondi to Walz, via the NYT I have to say, this reads to me like it’s laying the groundwork for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act soon

It boils down to this: They want the founding without the violence that made it possible.

HOLY SHIT. Democrats now have a TWENTY-TWO POINT advantage on the general ballot. Dems had a 14-point advantage leading up to the 2018 election which netted us 41 seats in the House alone.

what die didn’t stay dead. ❤️