Dolan protected pedophile priests by quietly paying them off to leave the church so no one would find out they were raping children. www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/u...

Everyone has to lose their First Amendment rights because Kirk is dead.

Democrats are afraid to vote against this bullshit: "Charlie Kirk personified the values of the First Amendment, exercising his God-given right to speak freely, challenge prevailing narratives, and did so with honor, courage, and respect for his fellow Americans," it says.

Trump said in July that he wanted Kimmel fired next. July. Kirk was still alive in July. This has nothing to do with Kirk. Nothing.

If Dubya says something reasonable, I absolutely quit

Hoo boy, I bet Hakeem Jeffries is gonna have some FIRE to spit tomorrow about kitchen table issues.

White House press secretary Ari Flesicher, 9/26/01: "They're reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do." georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/release...

And Sinclair says he has to apologize to the Kirk family and make a donation to Kirk's far-right organization. That's not how the First Amendment works.

For a party that claims to hate pronouns …

Another world is possible

Well I’m sure the New York Times will stand up to Trump

This is ridiculous performance art, but who do they think they’re performing for?

So you can refuse to fill someone’s birth control at a pharmacy, but Bondi will throw your ass in prison for refusing to make Kirk posters.

This is not right. The Downballot makes tons of data available for free. But when big-name pundits rip off our work without proper attribution or a link—to build up their followings and make money off us? That's bullshit. This case is especially egregious, but this happens *all* the time.

Kilmeade: We should mass execute homeless people. Kilmeade days later: Sorry I said we should mass execute homeless people. They’re not ALL bad. Media, swooning: What a mensch for apologizing! Someone give him a medal.

Is this civil?

I don’t know what kind of leftist ideology they teach in engineering classes in Utah, but I was a women’s studies major at UC Santa Cruz and read Marx and took classes from Angela Davis and Bettina Aptheker, and I’ve never killed anyone.

JD Vance is supposed to be smart, eh? "Tens of thousands of people descended on Britain’s capital on Saturday in what is expected to be the country’s largest far-right rally in decades, organized by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Far too many journalists are getting it very, very wrong.

Live your life so that you are not honored by Nazis when you die

Thank goodness the Tren de Aragua tattoo experts minored in trans arrows

Oh, you can do that?!

"Kirk’s killing was wrong. It was an outgrowth of the pro-gun culture that he himself helped foster. But he wasn’t a good person, and the news media and others should not erase what the man stood for throughout his time in the public eye." As per usual, @owillis.bsky.social nails it.

We got him! We don't got him. We don't even know who he is. Kash Patel doing a bang up job at the FBI.

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

One can be rightly appalled by his murder without airbrushing what he stood for and said on a constant basis. What the hell is wrong with people like you?

This is why I hired him. Sincerely, Oliver’s boss

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

But surely we can find common ground with him on the cost of housing.

Great news, fellow NYers!

I'm renaming it back to Department of Defense with equivalent authority. Your move, Mr. President.

There’s been a lot of wishful thinking and outright misinformation about the Texas GOP’s new gerrymander. The bottom line: The map may disappoint the GOP, but it won't backfire on them. Our new piece explains why the map is *not* a dummymander.

This post aged well. Seems like watching Iowa Dems turn in four 20-point overperformances this year wasn't encouraging for Joni Ernst.

get your special election news and coverage from qualified, reputable sources like The Downballot, not random TikTok videos or uninformed Resistance Posters:

HUGE FLIP: Democrat Catelin Drey wins deep-red state Senate seat in Iowa, breaking the GOP's supermajority. Drey won by 11 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 11 points last year. It's another massive overperformance. The Iowa GOP should be very worried for the midterms. Our full writeup:

Just got this text about Eric Adams and excuse me while I die laughing. "Mayor Eric Adams has made mistakes-he's human. But he's also corrected course and delivered results where it matters most"

Somehow, we're already celebrating The Downballot's first anniversary today! It's been *quite* the year, and our fiercely loyal readers have made it all possible. We're also marking the occasion with a special 25% off sale! If you haven't upgraded yet, check out all the perks you'll unlock →→

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.

I have lived in Oakland, DC, and New York City. I have walked the streets alone at night—after dark! These guys are utterly pathetic.

There's been a lot of misinformation and wishful thinking out there about how Dems might counter new GOP gerrymanders, so we just published a special report explaining how *every* single blue state (and a few purple ones) could respond. We've left no stone unturned. Read our piece below.

Here's a good tell: Greg Abbott initially threatened Democratic lawmakers that he'd get them in trouble if they didn't return by Monday. But now the House speaker has pushed that deadline to Friday. Any parent knows that once you start doing this, you've already lost control.

how abc news covered it: "unusual stroll" vs how we covered it @dailykos.com story by @emily-singer.bsky.social -> www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

"Trump, who does not believe in exercise, was strolling on the roof making bizarre hand gestures for roughly 20 minutes."

Trump is definitely sunrise, sunsetting.

History will remember… until they just rewrite the history Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

Trump’s so desperate to distract from the Epstein files, he’s about to release his own tax returns.

“Why bother trying cuz it probably won’t work anyway?” is a terrific way to motivate your base.

A fascinating map from @donnermaps.bsky.social overlaying Tuesday's Dem primary results with a map of the NYC subway system. Inspired by an astute observation from @kleinman.bsky.social, who noted that Mamdani did better in areas served by the subway while Cuomo did better in car-centric areas.

What an immense pleasure: I got to talk all about special elections—and much, much more—with @pkrugman.bsky.social on Paul’s weekly show. I’ve learned so much from him over the years. It was a delight to join with @gelliottmorris.com to return the favor. Watch below!