"Democratic governors and state legislators need to realize that this is no longer about fairness; it’s about fighting back so that they are not engineered out of the House forever. And I get that Dems don’t have the stomach for this kind of warfare--- find it."

one thing that’s got to be of critical importance to the DSCC is getting control of the senate to ensure trump can’t fill alito or thomas’ seats if they croak in the next two years

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

There is really no sense in which it’s accurate to call the radical SCOTUS majority “conservative” justices. Call them what they are: the Republican justices.

"America’s pro-democracy opposition is down, but not out. Success is possible under competitive authoritarianism. But you have to really compete." This piece gets it right on the balance that's now required between doing good politics/winning elections and scorched earth procedural warfare:

oh that's embarrassing. iowastartingline.com/news/politic...

Republican Family Values:

The price of a dozen of eggs decreased $3.65 since 2024, and the average American consumes 23 dozen eggs per year. Eggs cost/cap/yr= -$76/yr In that same period, gasoline has increased $1.60/gal, and per capita consumption was 407 gal/yr Gas cost/cap/yr= +$651/yr Nearly 9x the impact of eggs

“I’m paying for it… free of charge… zero cost to taxpayers…” 🤥

Republicans are a death cult

Another idea for Virginia redistricting: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

#fuckai #aiisfascist

Gift link to this important op-ed by @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

NEW: Democrats will hold a shadow hearing for Epstein survivors Tuesday. I will be speaking to one of the survivors participating in that hearing in two hours. Here's the link: www.youtube.com/live/KXLXPZy...

Can someone explain why we are so freaked out that Steyer is a billionaire when JB Pritzker is as well. He is a great governor. Bloomberg would not be. But can’t we agree that all billionaires are not the same. POLICY is what matters

The president wants to make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. We won’t let him. NO on the SAVE America Act.

Why doesn’t WHO just default to airborne precautions? An N95 is so much better than a baggy blue at blocking transmission. But, no, they (and we) learned nothing from COVID.

Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “A political lynching… an era of retribution… what just happened in Tennessee was the largest and most swift disenfranchisement of Black people in a century.” #Memphis @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

You know what theft and rampant corruption looks like? Taxpayers paying for trashy scumbag Sean Duffy’s 7 month family vacation as he filmed a series about their cross-country road trip. The grifting never ends from the assholes who call child cancer research wasteful spending.

Lawmakers in the South wasted no time in trying to undermine Black voting power after the Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act. But we’re not wasting time, either. We are fighting for our right to vote with everything we’ve got.

Hello everybody, I want to believe just as much as anybody else does but I really need to tell you that in my 10+ years of experience as a disinformation expert, the only reason UFO shit gets put out by the government is to distract you from other really bad things

Sorry state we’re in when the president of the United States can call a reporter a bitch for asking a legitimate question about gas prices and the media says nothing… ? Shameful 😔

The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Remember when the media told us that the president’s mental health was the most important topic ever? Guess that’s only for Democratic presidents

America deserves to fail at this rate, and it will unless we the people take control and vote. To remove a SCOTUS (or state level), takes a simple majority in the house to impeach, and 2/3 senate to convict. If you dont vote, or don't vote D, you are a large part of the failure. Vote. Vote. Vote.

These are the kind of fighters we need. It's going to get nasty, folks. Time for massive Civil disobedience. We need 100 million on the street or we're headed for Civil War.

We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.

We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy. That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.

The problems with the US constitution are presumptions that: *the President isn't a: Child Gangster Sex abuser *Members of Congress act: In the interests of Americans In accordance with their duty Lawfully *Justices of the SCOTUS uphold the law All these are wrong in this administration.

The Epstein files are overdue. The congressional deadline was more than four months ago. What could they still be hiding?

virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling

Dear @NFL, please seriously consider revoking the Tennessee Titans team's right to play in the state. Millions of black people are losing their rights of the USA. Same with the New Orleans Saints need to move out of Lousiana for the same reason. Every southern state should lose their teams. ASAP

Thought other politicians just hated Mamdami's guts so much because of racism, but he seems to be setting the kind of standards they Really don't want to meet so maybe he scares the shit out of them because he's showing everyone how easy it would be to actually do their damn jobs

The only reason people are telling you to scoot over and make room for AI is because billionaires want to become trillionaires, and they think it’s easier to pay people to say its ethical and amazing than to pay their fucking employees

Not that it wasn’t apparent before but now if anyone still votes Republican, it’s because they hate democracy.

UFO Files? Why not release the Epstein Files? That is what Americans want. And trials to begin.

One day, we’ll be able to tell our kids and our grandkids - when the future of our country was on the line, we fought for it. And we won. That means getting involved TODAY. Hear it from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Zelensky issued an official presidential decree authorizing Russia to hold its Victory Day parade in Moscow tomorrow. He included the exact coordinates of Red Square. That's it. A+ trolling.

Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.

Always until proven otherwise:

Expanding and unpacking SCOTUS is the institutionalist position. When our most powerful institutions are corrupted and weaponized against the people, that’s an emergency. We desperately need institutions worthy of the people’s trust. Ducking this fight is not institutionalism. It’s denial.

Yesterday, Trump pointed at Rachel Scott of ABC News and said "she's a bitch" after Ms. Scott asked him about rising gas prices. It will be old news by close of business today. Once again: Trump is held to a different standard by legacy media.

Eliminate the Oligarchy Eat the Rich

All of us who dont live in TN or the other Southern states can send a powerful message . Boycott!

Republicans are changing the rules of the game to silence your voice and your vote. Democrats won't sit back and watch Republicans dismantle our democracy. We will not be silenced.

Paul Krugman on the billionaire reaction to Mamdani and how they don't actually experience New York: "If you're super rich, if you spend your time being driven around in a car with tinted windows, if you don’t go anywhere without an entourage... then you lose the whole the life of the streets."

"Some of us were too quick to believe in a final cultural/political victory, confident that even as Republicans used their power to preserve emblems of the Confederacy and banish discussion of slavery and racism from schools, they were fighting a doomed rear-guard action." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Alito flew multiple flags tied to Jan 6 insurrectionists. Thomas just gave a speech on how "progressivism" is destroying the country — plus his wife was involved in the Jan 6 plot. And Roberts has pushed "shadow docket" cases where justices make decisions without explaining themselves. Please.