the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.

There is an epidemic of Democrats dismissing extremely dangerous and very troubling actions by Trump as “just a distraction.” It really has to stop.

Warren Petersen is using his position as Sen. President to threaten and intimidate Sen. Analise Ortiz for exercising her 1st Amendment rights. That’s not leadership—it’s bullying. I know he’s only been a lawyer for a year and a half but he needs a CLE on the Bill of Rights.

one of the most obvious lies imaginable (that wasn’t reported as such by our political press corps)

While every GOP elected official in AZ sat by & kissed up to Trump, our AG @krismayes.bsky.social sued his admin to release these illegally blocked funds. This is the “lAWfaRe” they’re coming after her for. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Discovered I've still got press releases in my inbox about Trump's Sharpie drawings selling at auction, but sure, he doesn't draw pictures www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Already lots of silly takes about why Deja Foxx TikTok & media hype didn’t translate to votes Well, it kind of did! Just not enough! Getting 20% from 0% in 100 days while the 3rd place guy spent $1 mil is wild! The real question is why did the Foxx campaign advertise so much outside the district?

If Adelita Grijalva stays close to 60% its worth noting that her support grew during the race despite the emergence of an unexpectedly strong 3rd candidate in Deja Foxx who got unlimited earned media late, not to mention Daniel Hernandez spending over $1,000,000. That’s a sign of a good campaign.

An evergreen truth in AZ politics is many national orgs don’t understand how elections work here. Out of state pundits didn’t realize the futility of Hogg’s massive but very late investment. By the time Leaders We Deserve started spending in AZ7, probably 65-75% of all votes were already cast.

Kerrin Taylor Robson is really gonna pretend like she hasn't been a lobbyist for decades. Gonna call herself a “business executive.” Media needs to stop buying this farce. She should always be described as a political donor and corporate lobbyist for hire, not some biz exec.

"YOU ARE A RINO IF YOU BACK A LAW PROTECTING PETS FROM NEGLECT. THOSE NEGLECTED PUPPIES CAN WAIT UNTIL A REPUBLICAN IS GOVERNOR"

Fact Check: False Ms. Foxx's own reports to the FEC contradict this claim. Her campaign committee Foxx for Arizona has accepted 4 PAC checks for a total of over $12,000. One of those PACs has money from Bezos.

The Daniel Hernandez campaign responded to the video below with a statement that ends with “My only goal in this moment was to protect my family in a difficult moment, and to ensure everyone's safety.” Can anyone explain why stopping someone from recording with their phone is about safety?

While in a “Don’t Get Mad Get Elected shirt” congressional candidate Daniel Hernandez knocked the phone out of the hands of the co-founder of Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network to prevent video of his sister Alma’s meltdown on a voter that asked Daniel a question after an AZ-7 forum at Bisbee Pride

My wife has met presidents and rock stars, but she has never been more starstruck than when we just saw Keith Morrison walking his dog.

A thing I learned about AZ legislator payroll: the GOP majority denied my records request saying they don’t retain anything re how much legislators made via perdiem & mileage from even as recently as 2.5 years ago. Why? To avoid public scrutiny. FWIW AZ businesses must retain that for 7 years.

“what i shoulda said was …”

We need stricter penalties in AZ for politicians who violate campaign finance laws. A D running for Congress in AZ-7 shows us why. As a legislator Daniel Hernandez routinely hid his donors w late or never filed reports. But in congressional races he reports on time. Why? Fed penalties have teeth.

Maybe Newsome should have Hegseth on his podcast. Sharing your platform with fascists fixes stuff like this right? RIGHT!?!

This breakup is like a college freshman dumping a high school sweetheart during thanksgiving break. Everyone saw it coming except the doomed couple.

gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.

BEES!!!!!! SAVE YOURSELVES!! YOUR FIREARMS ARE USELESS AGAINST THEM!!

I don’t get how you read a poll saying voters want more for the middle class & then decide the lesson is “we care too much about civil rights” The correct read of that poll is voters know we haven’t accomplished enough for the middle class & are mad about it. THAT is the finding referenced here.

Are we gonna call tomorrow's stock market rally the "Mayes Raise?"

Massive win for AZ AG Kris Mayes. ‪She co-led this lawsuit with the AG of Oregon. Mayes won this office by just 280 votes in '22 & is in for a tough fight again in 26 -- especially as her wins v Trump continue to pile up. I just gave, you should consider doing so too secure.actblue.com/donate/km4ag

Tell me more about how Biden never knew what was happening in his administration

Elon Musk is what happens when “hat on a hat” becomes a person. (Bill Hader will explain it to you)

Rather than release the 2-year-old U.S. citizen ICE had taken into custody (and has apparently now sent to Honduras) an ICE official "began interrogating" the girl's father's attorney over the phone about *his* immigration status, and said the father should "come into the office" himself.

recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea

Bannon at World Economic Summit: “The populist nationalists offer you something you’re not gonna love, but you’ll be able to live with it.” Some German guys made the same argument to industrialists in 1933.

Had Dinner at Ocotillo tonight. In the 90 mins we were there the 3 misters aimed at us used approximately 25% of the water allocated to all of AZ from Lake Mead I get it though, it was a sweltering 72 degrees out. In Phoenix we call that HOT 🔥 May as well use the water while we've got it right?

This is just an all-time great deck by @tjlheureux.bsky.social in his story about GOP Sen Wendy Rogers trying to unfuck herself from this whole thing. “State Sen. @WendyRogersAZ took credit for something she didn't do. What is that called again?” 😚🤌 www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona...

AZ legislators don’t have to disclose donors until their reelection year, a loophole ironically preserved by lawmakers who passed a “transparency” law aimed solely at statewide candidates last year. We're in the dark re who is giving $ to the politicians writing & voting on AZ bills until 4/20/26

Seriously: fuck these people. Oops. Did I swear? My bad.

Is anyone else looking for AZ GOP Gov candidate Karrin Taylor Robson's "liberation day" tariff posts? You know the ones where she celebrates car prices going up & reminds everyone Trump endorsed her a bunch of times? Instead, silence. No posts for a week. Maybe she's on a yacht somewhere?

All that breathless reporting of low Dem approval w/out context has people confused 1️⃣ in these polls Ds are doing over 15% better with indies than the GOP 2️⃣ a big drain on the dem # comes from dem & indies mad d‘s aren't stopping Trump. So Dems #s are bad but not due to a swing to MAGA / Trump

While rewatching great Val Kilmer movies, don't forget Real Genius & Top Secret. I must have watched each 100 times as a kid.

"senate minority leader"

“I’m in charge now. I speak for this family. I mean … I could if you wanted me to. I’d rather not, obviously. Don’t know what I’d say. Why do I have to be the one? I don’t need this. Why does this have to become my problem?”

“dON't taKE tHe baIT!”

National media is very guilty of this too. They often reduce dem frustration to an ideological battle. A great example is how they explained Sinema tanking with Dems despite the plain evidence she also lost moderate ds & independents. It’s why she dropped out with that “its not me, its you” video.

I'll say this again but will use all caps and some emojis since they really aren't getting it: DEMOCRATS HAVE TWO TASKS NOT ONE. 1) SHOW TRUMP IS A DISASTER 👉👉👉2) PROVE THAT DEMS ARE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE. 👈👈👈 If we only do #1, Dems are fucked.

“We can't use the filibuster because Trump & Senate GOP will just end the filibuster if we do” is the epitome of Dem Senate brain rot.