I’m sorry but I really don’t think that’s a good theory of the case. Nearly disqualifying. It matters a lot how you lose. When we lost by a little in 2018, we flipped over a dozen State House and Senate seats, countless judges, two congressionals. When we lose by a lot, we become a superminority.

Please find my Q4 2025 DNC Meeting report below! It discusses the scrapped 2024 postmortem, the DNC's recent $15 million loan, a ton of youth organizing, and more: andrebttx.substack.com/p/q4-2025-dn...

Yeah I don’t think anyone is out here thinking “funny”

I’m happy that I had a New Years Resolution this past year that I could easily quantify, track, and now celebrate - 365 days straight of at least 10,000 steps and every ring closed!

Another fascinating view into the atomization and siloing effect of social media algorithms. Some of these mountains barely even crossed my feeds, if I heard of them at all, while some of the molehills took up wall-to-wall coverage in my world.

O, Discordia!

RIP bookshelf of signed books and Stephen King first editions, not an ideal shelf to collapse if I had to pick one

Why even bother buying my toddler any toys, all she wants to play with is a Parmesan shaker

The FIFA Peace Prize, inaugurally awarded to Donald Trump, is given to “individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world.”

I hate LAX, what do you mean the only breakfast burrito in this terminal is from California Pizza Kitchen and it’s $25

At the DNC meeting general session, the two victories that received the loudest applause among the body were Zohran Mamdani and California Prop 50.

Texas - Those who say they would definitely not vote for: Crockett: 49% Allred: 43% Talarico: 40% Paxton: 44% Cornyn: 43% Hunt: 31% Change Research / Nov 26, 2025

Texas - Net-Favorables Among Those Who Have Heard Of: James Talarico: +30% Colin Allred: +3% Jasmine Crockett: -8% Change Research / Nov 26, 2025

Pretty stark divide in the Texas Senate Democratic Primary regarding General Election performance if Rep. Crockett really does take the NRSC bait: “James Talarico has the widest advantage in favorability” (+30) vs “Nearly half say they would definitely not vote for Jasmine Crockett” (-8)

IT: Welcome to Derry E05, 29 Neibolt Street ✅✅ Dick Hallorann still the highlight of the series + Doctor Sleep ref ✅ Pennywise freeze and retreat looks genuinely good 〰️ Tiring of the Maturin tease ❌ Waste of Neibolt tbh ❌❌ Please stop with the shaky run at camera “scares”

America’s first go at a multi party system creating some interesting results

I was at this breakfast and meeting and am the biggest RCV guy you’ll meet, but I don’t want people to get their hopes up about this being in place nationally for 2028. A vast majority of Presidential primaries are run by states that don’t use RCV. You gotta change state laws.

How much sleep do I get on average? Well I actually got 8 hours last night and my phone warned me that was a major outlier.

In Houston today to pick the site of our 2028 State Convention!

2 year old daughter upon seeing a picture of the Statue of Liberty for the first time: “One day I will hold the fire.”

The DNC Youth Council is going to elect 16 new At-Large Council Members - will you run to be one of them? If you are a young Democrat ready to get to work, we'd love to see you apply!

This is a very strong launch video for Jose Loya, a new candidate for TXGLO. I strongly recommend checking it out and giving it a watch, it did a pretty good job towards earning my vote!

IT: Welcome to Derry E04, The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet's Function ✅ Amazing title ✅ IT appearances are good, some are all timers ✅ Black Spot! ✅ Telescope actually good jump scare ✅ The interrogation and story are cool, but ❌ Skeptical about meteor cage plot

IT: Welcome to Derry E03, Now You See It ✅✅ Dick Hallorann plot remains strong and meeting IT was perfect ✅ Great final shot ✅ 1908 scenes work very well 〰️ Like the set up for the graveyard scene, but ❌❌ the graveyard chase looks AWFUL, not at all scary, horrible effects

This moment demands fighters, not folders.

Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations

This shutdown is the first time in the entire Trump administration that I have felt @democrats.senate.gov and @schumer.senate.gov rose to the occasion and met the moment we’re in. Folding now and giving up healthcare for millions when we just won a blue wave election is appalling malpractice.

Please find my October 2025 DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting Report below! This marks the beginning of the process to set the 2028 Primary Calendar. If you care about what states vote before Super Tuesday, then this is when to tune in! andrebttx.substack.com/p/october-20...

It feels to me like #atxcouncil did not have the political capital needed to marshal progressives after burning so much of it to pass the police contract that did a lot to put us into this budget mess in the first place. And thanks to the #txlege, now everything will see cuts EXCEPT for APD.

Is this the year where I find out if the red light therapy stuff really does help

To paraphrase someone, in the 2028 primary, the mainstream position is going to begin with “abolish ICE.”

IT: Welcome to Derry E02, The Thing in the Dark ✅✅ Significantly stronger episode ✅ Better IT appearances ✅ Hanlons are great ✅ Military makes sense ✅ Excellent title sequence ❌ Andy Muschietti’s CGI always comes off rubbery ❌And he way overdoes fast-run-at-camera scares

IT: Welcome to Derry E01, The Pilot ✅✅ Big fan of the proto-Loser Ka-tet fake out ✅ Setting is solid ✅ Most IT appearances are good ➖Easter eggs are okay but a bit heavy handed ❌ Baby design doesn’t do it for me ❌ Hard to suspend disbelief about the military base assault

Sitting down with the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) to officially kick off our process of setting the 2028 Democratic Party Presidential Nomination Calendar!

TODAY 7pm ET: @men4choice.bsky.social hosts a Community Conversation. The #ClimateCrisis is a threat multiplier to reproductive justice. Looking forward to discussing as part of a conversation with @aliciaandrews.bsky.social @andrebttx.bsky.social ReimSubei. RSVP: secure.ngpvan.com/O2Go3WdHm02-...

Join us this evening for a conversation with my friend Dan the Democrat and @men4choice.bsky.social! For decades, Texas has been on the frontline of reproductive freedom and abortion rights, from Roe v. Wade to vigilante witch hunts. So much to talk about - hope to see y’all there!

Listening to this new Chappell Roan album “The Father of Death,” it’s really a new sound for her

Drew like a dark, fleshy version of pikachu haha. Just a glimpse into my dark reality.

Friends, it is once again that time of the year when I ask for your help in traveling to a DNC Meeting. From December 11th - 13th, the DNC will convene in Los Angeles! And I can tell you one thing for sure that is going to be top of mind for me - the 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar. 1/

Re: House District 50 and the #txlege. See y’all around.

While I do think Andor should sweep and win basically everything it’s in, especially for S02E08 Who Are You, the lack of acting nominations is just yet another example of how acting in genre work is considered less-than. See also: Toni Collette in Hereditary.

Then what was even the point of drawing him this dog water ass district to connect his house in West Austin to East Texas

We are seated in Longview for the Q3 Texas Democratic Party SDEC meeting!

Sometimes the algorithm gets things right, and then sometimes it provides “personalized concert recommendations” for artists you’ve never heard of in your life

I happily and enthusiastically endorse my Representative, James Talarico, for U.S. Senate. He has done an excellent job representing our district in the Texas Legislature, and he’s the exact kind of person that we want to have on our side, fighting for us in D.C.!

Please find my 2025 DNC Summer Meeting Report below! The things I got the most contact about this meeting, including superdelegate reform and resolutions on Gaza, are all covered in this report. Happy to answer any questions! open.substack.com/pub/andrebtt...

Normally, I would have started a thread to provide live updates of today’s DNC meeting. However, in light of the horrible, tragic school shooting that happened just miles away, we moved to adopt our committee reports en banc and adjourn early, which I did vote in favor of.

Can y’all believe who they sat me by @michaelkapp.com

My first DNC Rules and Bylaws (RBC) Committee Meeting! This is the room where the action happens, everything from the early primary state window to automatic unpledged (super) delegates. I never thought I would be seated at this table - and now we’re here.