The implication that the FBI and DOJ both informed Congressional Republicans that they have Epstein-related evidence on Trump far more damning than previously speculated should dramatically increase pressure to release the Epstein files, bcz they are basically fronting for a child sexual predator.

Ooooohhh la la that will be interesting

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.” Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.

We’ve still had no oversight hearings, no classified briefings, and no legal justification for this Administration's boat strikes.   It is completely a dereliction of duty for Republicans to not convene at all and be on vacation during this shutdown.

This is what a New Era looks like.

We the people for the people, all of them - even the e ones that disagree. Though the entire GOP & ICE could be transported to another planet & I would not grieve😎

NEW: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland. In 2 months before Trump said he was sending the National Guard, federal officers fire on, grab, pepper-spray or tear gas people 20 times -- without charging anyone. "Gratuitous," one expert said.

If the Republicians and Trump admin can do whatever they want, laws and norms be damned, then the Democrats should say they'll do the same to make your life better.

BREAKING: Democrats make history and break super majority in deep red Mississippi. Republicans now have 34 seats in the Mississippi Senate, one short of a super majority. No one expected this.

Gov. Beshear: “The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”

Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi

Byeeeeee!! Hope more resign. Make it quicker and easier for the new Administration.

the speech

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Not my president

Mamdani winning the election tonight is the best thing to happen this year.

Let *this* be the future of the Democratic Party.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

Huge news from California: "Prop 50 represents Democrats’ first significant victory against President Donald Trump’s unprecedented plan to rig the midterms" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Democrats did not lose a single major race tonight. Not. A. Single. One.

Newsom: We're proud of the work that the people of the state of California did tonight, to send a powerful message to an historic president. Donald Trump is an historic president. He is the most historically unpopular president in modern history….

California voters pass Gavin Newsom's scheme to fight back against Trump's gerrymandering

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

The latest, 11pm: —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —Krasner & Bragg win —JD's half-brother loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices + Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.

One week ago the owner of my local bodega told me he didn’t do politics. Tonight he was wearing a NYC “I voted” sticker, saw me and smiled. “I changed my mind,” he said.

Maybe, just maybe, voters are waking up and are not seeing fighting against transgender issues or immigration as the defining most important political battles of our time? If anything, maybe resenting it while people are set up to not be able to afford food?

Justice

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

—Coloradoans fund free school meals —JD's half-brother loses —PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff —PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover —Charlotte approves transit tax —Dems flip CT towns like New Britain. (And that's not all!)

What we know, 12:10am [Now in 2 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House —Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —Krasner & Bragg win

California Voters Approve Democratic-Drafted Congressional Map as Redistricting Battles Intensify Nationwide www.thewomenpost.com/p/california...

What hope looks like…- and YES ON 50 WON IN CALIFORNIA

I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.

women to the rescue

Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.

Greg is right.

Tonight’s results are a reminder that democracy is strongest when people show up to protect it.

CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.* The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.

BREAKING: Spanberger, Sherrill, and Mamdani All Win

Live from the Zohran victory party

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN 12 SEATS FLIPPED BY DEMOCRATS IN THE VA HOUSE TONIGHT

Two thirds of young men backed Mandani. Which challenges the media narrative of the past year that you have to be a white supremacist asshole to get the young guy vote.

New York’s new mayor is also WIRED’s new cover.