This man is on so many drugs.

Wowwwwww

Simon was the first to call this garbage out and it has only gotten worse.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

I just did this and it is very interesting! I’m sure my sailor talk is getting me filtered for being a rude extremist. Tough since… that’s what I am.

New focus group sound this week, this was with Dem defectors (flippers and skippers) in NV. The amount of just acute economic suffering in these will really stick with you. The increasingly extreme right wing social experiment is not going so great on the ground.

We spent all fucking last year throwing piles of data at Dems, trying desperately to get them to change course and go one offense on immigration. Someone finally did and, guess what:

For a certain kind of pundit, it's important to establish that all present evils are traceable to previous Democratic failures - preferably failures rooted in the naive pursuit of lofty progressive ambitions. When no such failure exists, sometimes one must be simply invented from thin air.

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I have an idea for some means of production that need seizing. jesus

BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories). Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union

The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

oh

Klein is right that Dems have to win in red states and that the party should be engaging in some soul-searching right now. But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.

Saving "DON'T GET ON YOUR EZRA KLEIN NONSENSE" to use as a reaction quote forever

o man I forgot about this one. good stuff, definitely the absolute right call

lol

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

OK seriously, this Thiel quote is absolutely bonkers coming from him. This is one of those statements that absolutely must go viral, but it hasn't yet. I brought it over here because no one else has posted it yet. Thiel privately admitted the far right's core weakness.

I should go work from cool coffee shops more. How did I not know about this one.

idk man. this seems like it's a lot more fun than call time.

we’re starving kids AND canceling Thanksgiving because we really, really need to double the cost of your healthcare, and other winning messages

got a quick snap poll up on this, here's the results

the cope on fox tonight has been good

For some reason so many people are crashing out about Jared Golden retiring. It's very weird. Deep breaths everyone. It's most likely going to be a strong national environment for Dems. Lots of replacement level candidates are going to have at least a strong shot in seats like this.

full endorse

The manosphere bros are freaking out.

this is fully the way. it has to be the way. there is no other way.

Oooof. Although, ok, the path is clear enough: make arguments for where the new center is, and build new social identities around that. Which is sort of happening at least.

glorious

oh my god

This is a particularly strong @gregsargent.bsky.social piece, but this is my fear. Attacking Trump + econ codes as being kind of left, and a lot of media and substackers have built their identities around being not left, and their recent arguments have all been that Dems are too far left. So this -

Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari

Message 4 Sen/Cong Ds: "Tuesday night, American voters sent Democrats a message: In the face of President Donald Trump’s lawlessness, the American people want you to fight—not fold." cc: @schumer.senate.gov @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us @shaheen.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov #NoKings #NoSurrender

helll yeah

what's both fun and crazymaking about this biz is that sometimes you get results that just change the entire strategic map. like playing risk but periodically all your pieces get moved to a completely different planet.

A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

hoooooolyshiiiiiiit

CHARLAMAGNE: “Van, shut the f*ck up forever.” He gives van jones the “DONKEY OF THE DAY” 🫏 award for calling Zohran’s speech “divisive” — as @mehdirhasan.bsky.social reminds us Kushner’s buddy Van once said “tonight, Trump became president” after a Trump speech.

fuck yeah mary oliver today

Think "I will stop the Stephen Miller admin from using chemical weapons on children" is probably going to be a stronger 2026 message than "I will be tough on the border"

abolish/prosecute

IF YOU'RE STILL IN LINE, YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WRONG LINE

[going through security for federal court] “Where you going, for the sandwich?” “Yup.” “Sandwich heard around the damn world.”

If you are so incompetent as a politician that you can't figure out how to tell a story that includes a guy who just won 18-29yo men by Forty Fucking Points because he's a teensy bit to your left, you have no business running in a Dem primary at any level, from town dogcatcher to el presidente.

patrick ruffini wellness check needed

Note to all the Democratic politicians with aspirations who are coming out with statements, emails congratulating Democrats across the country for their well deserved victories but leaving out a big name from NYC - we see what you are doing. It's petty, pathetic and we will remember.

Sherrill and Spanberger were good victories but neither of them were outspent 7 to 1. Wow.

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

Ezra Douthglesias 🤣🤣