While progressive candidates saw huge gains in New York City, Peter Rothpletz argues that we should hold off calling it the Democratic Tea Party. @petertwinklage.bsky.social in his latest newsletter encourages caution and to look outside of social media for takeaways from the primaries.

Pundits and posters are tripping over themselves to herald the arrival of the Democratic Tea Party after last night's results in New York. Not so fast, writes @petertwinklage.bsky.social

🪖 Let Wag the Dogs of War Trump signals he’ll send stormtroopers into US streets before the midterms, Democrats secure a big Supreme Court win, and Jeff Bezos sets the Washington Post ablaze. Read today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-war-...

First Draft: 🤬 ‘Epstein Is a Democrat Problem’ Trump pins his former bestie’s sprawling pedophile ring on liberal lawmakers, the NFL tells bigots to pound sand, and MAGA declares war on… the Federalist Society? Read 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/epstein-is...

First Draft – Trump: ‘Republicans Should Run Elections’ The US president all but calls to end American democracy, Kristi Noem caves while on thin ICE, and the Epstein files pit Bari Weiss against her newsroom? Zeteo's morning newsletter from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-repu...

💨 Blowing Smoke and Mirrors A floundering Donald Trump gaslights on overdrive, Chuck Schumer pirouettes on thin ICE, and Amy Klobuchar threw WHAT!?

First Draft: Blowing Smoke and Mirrors A floundering Donald Trump gaslights on overdrive, Chuck Schumer pirouettes on thin ICE, and Amy Klobuchar threw WHAT!? Read Zeteo's morning newsletter from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/blowing-sm...

First Draft: Imagine If There Were No Video! The White House fails to warp reality around Alex Pretti’s murder, Marco Rubio gets spanked on Capitol Hill, and MAGA’s new power couple is... Donald Trump and Nicki Minaj. From @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/imagine-if...

good morning, Sims in my phone!! 🔪 Noem Knifes Miller The Oval Office becomes a circular firing squad, Trump second-guesses the 2nd Amendment, and a man attacks Ilhan Omar.

🥾 Did Trump’s Top Jackbooted ICE Goon Just Get the Boot? Greg Bovino learns the meaning of 'scapegoat,' and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire wakes up to the horror of Alex Pretti’s murder.

🥾 Did Trump’s Top Jackbooted ICE Goon Just Get the Boot? Greg Bovino learns the meaning of 'scapegoat,' and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire wakes up to the horror of Alex Pretti’s murder. Read today's 'First Draft' newsletter from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/did-trumps...

my latest for the @zeteo.com FIRST DRAFT morning newsletter, subbing in for @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @petertwinklage.bsky.social “They Think They Have a Right to Kill You and Laugh About It” zeteo.com/p/murder-inc

First Draft: Elder Abuse of Power Donald Trump decays before our very eyes, Jared Kushner unveils his plan for ‘New Gaza,’ and Democrats vote to fund the president’s junta of 4Chan fascists. Read Zeteo's morning newsletter by @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/elder-abus...

Dementia vs. Davos The US President has mashed potato brains, ICE kills again, and the late Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA threatens lawfare against Candace Owens. Read today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/dementia-v...

Greenland & ICEland Donald Trump dismantles the Western world order, foreign leaders unite against the US, and chaos continues to erupt in US streets. Read today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/greenland-...

Twitter has been down for all of 30 minutes and I’m literally experiencing withdrawal

⚔️ War Is Peace Donald Trump finally gets his filthy mitts on a Nobel Prize, an appeals court reverses the decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil, and ICE kills again? Read today's 'First Draft' by @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/war-is-peace

"Who Will Be ICE’d Next?" Donald Trump’s paramilitary force of losers keeps brutalizing Americans, the latest in Iran, and it’s awfully lucrative to call the president a pedophile protector? From @petertwinklage.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/who-will-b...

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🐸 Toady Dokoupil In today’s ‘First Draft,’ from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: Bari Weiss’s handpicked CBS puppet royally bungles an interview with Donald Trump, the DOJ faces a mass exodus, and thousands of protesters have been killed in Iran. Read: zeteo.com/p/toady-doko...

🤬 Fed Up With the Fed Fight Republicans mouth off over Trump’s persecution of Jerome Powell, Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, and MAGA millionaires shower money on the man who murdered Renee Good? Read today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/fed-up-wit...

"First Murder, Then Character Assassination" In today's 'First Draft', @petertwinklage.bsky.social lays out MAGA's shameless and cruel gaslighting in the wake of the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good. Have you subscribed yet to our new Zeteo morning email?

MAGA Declares War on Good In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: Trump’s toadies smear a dead mother as their murder coverup collapses, federal agents shoot two more Americans in Oregon, and is Elon Musk cashing in on AI child porn? Read it here: zeteo.com/p/maga-decla...

ICE Cold-Blooded Murder In today’s ‘First Draft,’ from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: ICE goon shoots a US citizen and kills her, the Trump administration expands on its plan to seize Venezuelan oil, and the EU tells Trump he can forget about annexing Greenland. zeteo.com/p/ice-cold-b...

Does Trump Want to... Cancel the Midterms? In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: The president goes cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, Republicans pirouette on the cusp of losing their House majority, and CBS News grapples with a pair of rat problems? zeteo.com/p/does-trump...

🪖 Dems Declare War on MAGA Media In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: Tim Walz’s political downfall has liberals up in arms, Pete Hegseth takes aim at Mark Kelly, and a deadly start to 2026 in Sudan. Read it here: zeteo.com/p/dems-decla...

"Dems rightly bemoaned Walz’s political funeral, and they slammed the halfwit MAGA wannabe journalists who partly brought it about. That’s not enough. This double standard will persist until the left builds its own proper media ecosystem" 👏👏 @petertwinklage.bsky.social for 'First Draft':

“Over the last 48 hours, the faux-free speech warrior, faux-queer rights advocate, and arguably faux-journalist “editor-in-chief” of CBS News decided to drop the mask; she opted to go full fash, as the kids say.” - @petertwinklage.bsky.social for Zeteo’s First Draft:

BURY WEISS

Bury Weiss In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: CBS News rebels against a MAGA toady’s censorship, the president unveils a new 'Trump-class' battleship, and the DOJ releases a fake video of Epstein’s suicide!? Read it here: zeteo.com/p/bury-weiss

👋 Bon(gino) Voyage! In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: The deputy FBI director calls it quits, the White House looks to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship, and was the president high as a kite last night? Read it here: zeteo.com/p/bongino-vo...

‘Thank God’ for 'Dumb' Susie Wiles, Say Trump Foes In today's 'First Draft' from @swin24.bsky.social: Trump’s chief of staff screwed up and gave a gift to his enemies, the US announces an oil blockade on Venezuela, and Elon Musk is back with more cash for... Republicans. zeteo.com/p/thank-god-...

When Will America’s Ritual Child Sacrifice End? In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: US lawmakers shrug off yet another school shooting, a deranged Donald Trump doubles down on smearing the late Rob Reiner, and MTG is getting hitched. zeteo.com/p/when-will-...

🐖 Are Pigs Flying? In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: A group of Republicans tell the president to pound sand, Marjorie Taylor Greene plots a coup against Mike Johnson, and Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks free. Read it here: zeteo.com/p/are-pigs-f...

🏛️ A MAGA-fied Supreme Court In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: Our highest court might be about to turn American democracy upside down, Republicans release a shambolic healthcare plan, and Bari Weiss crowns the next 'mediocre' star of CBS News. zeteo.com/p/maga-supre...

📺 The MAGA Moguls’ Media Takeover The Ellison family launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Jasmine Crockett sends Texas Dems into a tailspin, and did 'Alligator Alcatraz' use CIA torture methods!? Read today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/the-maga-m...

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🚗 The Week the Wheels Came Off MAGA In the Friday edition of 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social: Donald Trump’s political coalition is collapsing faster than most thought possible, Americans sour on AI slop, and JD Vance is sliding into DMs after midnight? zeteo.com/p/wheels-cam...

🚨 Jeffrey Epstein’s Lair Revealed In today's 'First Draft', from @petertwinklage.bsky.social- House Democrats release never-before-seen photos of the predator’s private island, Bari Weiss plans a CBS town hall with Erika Kirk, and the MyPillow guy is running for governor? zeteo.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes about what seems to be a record-shattering political comeback for Democrats, ‘Secretary of War Crimes’ Pete Hegseth not keeping his story straight, and MAGA escalating its war on SNAP benefits. Read: zeteo.com/p/brace-blue...

In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth being under fire from all sides, Donald Trump’s approval rating plummeting, and Laura Loomer getting an office in the Pentagon? Read today’s ‘First Draft’: zeteo.com/p/will-congr...

In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes on Republicans reckoning with what could be a resignation crisis, Trump weighing whether to ditch Kash Patel, and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro beginning his 27-year prison sentence. Read: zeteo.com/p/house-spea...

🦅 House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries? In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social - Republicans fret they may lose their congressional majority even before the midterms, Donald Trump ponders axing FBI Director Kash Patel, and the skyrocketing cost of Turkey Day. zeteo.com/p/house-spea...

In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes on Trump’s unlawfully appointed interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan losing bigly in court, Republicans balking at the White House’s healthcare proposal, and the DOD taking aim at Senator Mark Kelly. Read: zeteo.com/p/trump-lawl...

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⚖️ Trump’s Lawless Toadies Can’t Stop Losing in Court In today's 'First Draft' from @petertwinklage.bsky.social- Lindsey Halligan hands the Trump admin its latest humiliation, the DOD takes aim at Mark Kelly, and was JD Vance’s memoir used to smuggle drugs? zeteo.com/p/trump-lawl...

My second time fronting the @zeteo.com FIRST DRAFT newsletter, by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @petertwinklage.bsky.social and co. This morning’s edition is about how: you are not crazy, you are not alone, no matter what happened last year, he’s insanely unpopular… zeteo.com/p/gop-freaks...

In today’s ‘First Draft,’ @petertwinklage.bsky.social writes on Trump musings about executing his political rivals, Musk’s AI chatbot crashing out, and Lina Khan’s stand with Starbucks workers. Read and subscribe to ‘First Draft,’ our morning newsletter: zeteo.com/p/trump-dema...