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. ❤️

Block instantly.

The Virginia Legislature has started the year off with a bang, approving four Constitutional amendments around abortion rights, voting rights, gay marriage and redistricting through both chambers. Now we move on to the voter referendums. Elections have consequences!

🚨OFFICIAL FLIP REPORT🚨 Democrats have FLIPPED the Fort Pierce City Commission from red-to-blue after a win tonight by Chris Dzadovsky. This is how we take America back, one town at a time.

For Renee Nicole Good, for her wife, child, city, country, and every person she died to protect... it's fundraiser time. I'm giving $1 to Community Aid Network MN for each repost this gets. AND $1 for each new follower I get. And if YOU donate to Community Aid Network MN, tell me and I'll match it.

Follow @marypeltola.com and help her be the 51st Democratic Senator this November!!

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

What is Andrew Cuomo doing this January? lol

they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.

The truth of what just happened in Minneapolis. See it with your own eyes. And don’t buy any of the bullshit they try to feed you.

Further incentive to focus on flipping tough Senate seats with quality Democratic candidates who a good ‘fit’ for their states: If we flip the Senate, we can stymie all Trump Judicial appointments for his last two years in office. rollcall.com/2025/12/30/t...

Time for another pundit op-ed on how the Trump resistance is losing steam and on its last gasp

Shortly after the much-discussed Wisconsin State Supreme Court election on April 7th will be *3* Georgia State Supreme Court elections on MAY 19TH. All 3 seats are held by GOP-appointed Justices. We need Dem-aligned candidates to run and win in these nonpartisan races to send a midterm message.

The last time we had five Democrat-appointed justices on the Supreme Court was 1969. Read that again.

BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.

The Supreme Court's use and abuse of the Shadow Docket is *how* Chief Justice John Roberts legitimizes Donald Trump's authoritarian takeover of the government. Me, in print for a change, in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place. Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed

Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.

don't miss it, as it's buried in my latest analysis of the year's legislative results: where each state stands on who controls its government heading into 2026 boltsmag.org/legislative-...

A huge night for Democrats: —They flip Miami's mayorship. —They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%. —They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council. —And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.

Folks, this redistricting landscape is as confusing as it is outrageous. The VRA case. CA. TX. UT. FL. VA. IN. NC. MD... So, at Bolts we're doing a reader Q&A to answer some of your questions. But to do that, we need to know what's perplexing you most, what you're left wondering. Let me know! (↓)

The U.S. Supreme Court: "ICE can racially profile people it arrests." Also, the U.S. Supreme Court: "Texas can disenfranchise voters based on race." Can we all agree that we currently have a white supremacist Supreme Court?