i still do not know who olivia nuzzy is

Zohran's relentless disciplined campaign was truly impressive - he brought every message/issue back to the cost of living and built a model for what bringing attention to a positive affordability message can look like Proud to have Blue Rose do ad testing for the Zohran IE! x.com/alimortell/s...

And it worked! Voters understood that he was focused on their wallets, and saw him as more in line with their top priorities than national democrats. He dodged the "crowding out" problem that dilutes Democratic focus on pocketbook issues.

[email protected] ran a phenomenal, authentic campaign focused on affordability. Blue Rose Research is proud to have partnered with Middle Seat on ad testing and to support their work in helping build the momentum for a more affordable New York. LFG 🌹 middleseat.co/case-study/z...

mikie sherrill playing bruce springsteen to walk out to give her victory speech 😍

For the record: I'm not tired of winning.

socialism

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Populism is a rhetorical style that goes after elites (including corporations, billionaires, etc), and it's extremely effective. Bernie/AOC/Mamdani are left wing populists on the economy and health care. It's quite popular and other Democrats should emulate it!

I don't care about the East wing demolition. I do wonder if there will ever be an opposition party politician who will say if you put me in power I will demolish whatever he creates.

If we have to call populism "angry centrism" to get them to do it, then ok.

Gentle reminder that polls don't gauge what is ethical or just. A poll about how "most Americans" feel about trans healthcare is simply a way to understand how effective media and religious campaigns have been in their transphobia.

If you don’t already, I highly recommend following Ken Klippenstein to stay informed on U.S. National Security, and the attacks against American Citixens. Also, if you haven’t already, reading Project Esther is a MUST. It’s the follow up to Project 2025. open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing. The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI. This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

Right-wing figures like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, and MTG have all been running to the left on foreign policy and are a mixed bag of semi-left wing opinions. All of them have followings made up of normal people who could easily swing left if the left tried to organize them.

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

Here's the thing: even if Musk's relationship with Trump inevitably sours -- as every relationship both men have ever had has done-- Musk still has billions in federal contracts. His influence over the government isn't going away if they get into a Twitter feud. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

new blog series about Survey Statistics

"It's complicated" is DC-speak for "I don't know."

Today, a little bit about the state of Democratic tech companies, and attempting to pull some details out of the gigantic chart published by Higher Ground Labs open.substack.com/pub/cauldron...

New post: "Struggles with surveying nonvoters and young voters" statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/16/s...

Maybe Bondi is even higher up in MS-13. She might lead the whole thing. There's just as much evidence

there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of more moderate democrats being aggressive opponents of the white house and holding public events highlighting their opposition

Republican congressman Keith Self introduced transgender Representative Sarah McBride as "Mr. McBride." Sarah snapped back and called him madam chair. Dem Congressman Bill Keating went off on Rep. Self and adjourned the meeting over his lack of decorum and purposeful targeting of Sarah McBride.

i really hope democrats are listening to @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...

I think a lot about this piece from Musk's first wife, Justine. www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a53...

i have a theory that latching onto USAID just makes us look, once again, like we are fighting for literally anyone other than regular every day americans. why are we not screaming about OSHA just as loudly

Nowhere in this article do the reporters say if what Trump is doing is illegal. The reader learns that some people think it is, but Trump says its not! Both sides! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

step 1: create your brownshirt troops by pardoning convicts who adore you and are willing to use violence step 2: publish names of your enemies step 3: sit back and watch what happens

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

horse shoe theory in action

“They’re weird and creepy” remains an important strand of this pushback.

You are allowed to laugh at them. Not only is laughter good for your soul in a dark time, it's a legitimate tactic to combat fascism. Laughing at the absurdity doesn't mean you're not taking it seriously - and they are absolutely scared of your laughter.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship “I have been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the case presented is as clear as it is here …This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”

saw a guy on TikTok whose entire bit for a while was walking past cops and casually saying "hope you're ready to run" and then bolting off and filming getting chased solid bit. fucking miracle he never died.

if i was instructed to censor the gestapo forces i’d start to wonder if i was one of the bad guys

can we find out how much they're paying in rent

Every single person trying to argue that a Nazi salute wasn't a Nazi salute is revealing that they are the kind of person who will deny all evidence of fascism until it's knocking down their own front door, at which point they will 100% blame everyone else for failing to save them.

Here are three kinds of information it would be useful to track and try to consistently message, testing effeicacy. 1) All the corruption in plain sight, like Trump's meme coin. 2) The things Trump took away, like lower drug prices. 3) Trump's victims, from Trans people to Afghan allies.

Check in on your Jewish friends. Watching Musk throw a Nazi salute was fucking terrifying. If it was meant to make Jewish people feel scared, it worked.

Like Marc Elias, we ARE more powerful than Musk and all Trump’s minions who fear him! We can say whatever we want about Trump! We ALL can and there’s power in numbers!!

Hi, ASL interpreter of 30 yrs & a person w/ Deaf family here. In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around: ASL and English are not the same language. ASL has no written form. Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.

trump will be the next reagan in the sense that in 30 years every time you notice some horrible defect in society you'll do some quick research and trace it back to trump

Really wish Uber/Lyft offered a "no Teslas" option. I would very much like to not be trapped inside a car that's decided to light itself on fire.