As I told @nickvalencianews.bsky.social: Zohran is running a campaign built on authenticity; voters believe he is on their side, & workers believe he cares for them. This is not rocket science, but it matters for Democrats. Do what you say, say what you mean, and fight for what you believe in.

Under Republican governance overall unemployment is up, Latino unemployment is up. And May & June jobs reports are revised down. Next up for MAGA taking away your health care, and rising your electricity cost. Still no plan from stable genius leader to lower costs. www.reuters.com/business/vie...

😵‍💫 THE GOLDEN AGE 😵‍💫 🚩 ECONOMY added only 73,000 JOBS 🚩 the big story: May and June REVISED DOWN by -238,000 JOBS 🆘

The tariffs are modern day taxation without representation. They benefit the rich and hurt working people. They are illegal and unconstitutional. They are wildly unpopular and are driving Trump’s numbers down. And Democrats should be fighting to repeal them with everything we got.

There is a reason that President Trump's ONLY piece of legislation is stuck in Congress right now, Congressional Republicans are arguing about, HOW MUCH, not if they should cut Medicaid. That ceiling is now at $500 Billion, all to give billionaires tax cuts.

So more retail & management layoffs to add to 141,000 government job losses, factory & manufacturing job losses, freight management & trucking job losses? Looking good, America.

Fewer imports means fewer things to buy and higher prices. This is the NFR’s import forecast for May through August. P.S. America is not great.

Talked to Politico about President Trump's first hundred days in office, as I said in the piece “Trump has miraculously, in 100 days, taken his two strongest issues and has cratered on them, has destroyed his credibility on the economy and on immigration." Full piece -> tinyurl.com/k47ere46

NEW: Trump's mass deportation scheme is a failure (so far). ALSO, great quote here from @kramos1841.bsky.social : "What is remarkable about Trump's first 100 days is that he took the two issues he was strongest on—the economy and immigration—and completely destroyed his credibility on both."

If we want to win in 2026 & beyond we have got to understand why Biden voters skipped in 2024. @jenancona.bsky.social from @waytowinus.bsky.social gets it right: “It’s not a question of left versus center, its a question of, ‘Are you going to fight for me, or are you going to fold and capitulate?’

An underrated banger from my youth

Second, this mind-boggling deep cut of an after school special about Nazism that @kramos1841.bsky.social brought up, The Wave. Yes, this is a real thing. The 80s were WILD. And it is in fact available in unabridged format right here. youtu.be/4qlBC45jk3I?...

Important analysis from the good folks at @waytowinus.bsky.social: The 2020 Biden voters who skipped ‘24 are crucial to rebuilding a winning Democratic coalition. Base mobilization and swing voter persuasion aren't opposing strategies—they work hand in hand. To win in 2026 we will need both.

Republicans are going to gut Social Security to help pay for tax cuts for billionaires. @housedemocrats.bsky.social Democrats are holding hearing on the Republican scheme to destroy Social Security and its impacts on everyday Americans. Make sure to tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g6a...

Latinos starting to turn on Trump, overall job approval is down. As @simonwdc.bsky.social notes his approval dropped by 25 pt since Jan 20. Whatever gains he made have been erased by a toxic stew of mass deportations, racially profiling American born Latinos and badly hurting the economy.

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As Republicans love to remind us they control Cingress and the White House, it is their responsibility to keep the government open. They should negotiate with Dem’s on a bipartisan CR that protects Medicaid. Whatever happens here it is on Republicans. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“It’s hard to grab a hammer without smashing yourself in the face, tho” Wait, no. Actually

Let’s add, “it’s hard to rip the band aid off without getting some blood everywhere,” to the list of tone deaf, comments made by the Trump administrations about an economy in free fall. What makes the comments so infuriating is it’s an acknowledgment that their policies are causing harm to people.

You know what I didn't hear tonight from the President, solutions. How is he going to lower cost of living for struggling families? We are headed for a recession and all I heard tonight was grievances & excuses. We need solutions not culture war nonsense. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Republican Budget + DOGE = MAGA Turd Sandwich. In 2 months GOP front liners have fired voters in their own districts without cause + proposed to take health care away from millions (including their own voters) to pay for Tax Cuts for billionaires. They will eat this Turd Sandwich in November 2026

NEW EPISODE POSTED: This week Republicans took a big step forward on implementing their plan that @kramos1841.bsky.social has dubbed a Toxic Shit Sandwich. And he's maybe being kind. Kerry leads a roundtable with him, Maddie and Jenifer fusing updates from media, polling, the Hill, and the socials.

I dont know who needs to hear this but giving unelected billionaires access to everyones personal data, pardoning January 6 insurectionist and tanking the economy are wildly UNPOPULAR actions. Trumps poll numbers are dropping like a stone. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-pol...

DOGE is contributing to rising grocery prices + unemployment, farmers aren’t getting paid, and an unelected billionaire has access to your private info all in the name of what? Because it is not passing any savings on to to the American people. www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

Nearly 20% of Medicaid users are Latino, any cuts to this critically important program will hurt this community. Republicans are offering literally nothing to replace these cuts, but they will be used to give tax cuts to billionaires. Sad. #HandsOffMyMedicaid www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Since Republicans have taken office: farmers are not getting paid, we have threatened trade wars, and have crippled OUR OWN government unsurprisingly, eggs, coffee, gas and overall cost of living is now rising. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A constituent points out he is losing money because of MAGA chaos in government, and his Representative says: "It's a little bit disruptive." No apology, no humility, what an absolutely tone deaf answer, this is his actual constituent, a human being. Not some abstract economic policy.

Thank to everyone who came out at RootsCamp to hear @kramos1841.bsky.social Pili and myself today talk politics

Elon Musk is the single biggest beneficiary of U.S. government contracts. Taxpayers are subsidizing the “fire hose of hate and falsehoods” that now appear on X that Musk bought for $44 billion two years ago. Do you see a pattern here? Does this make you angry?

Elon Musk’s agenda takes aim at all of us including those who voted for Trump. Right now there are thousands of angry people as far as the eye can see at the treasury wondering who the hell elected Musk President?

Join me this week at Rootcamp with this talented crew breaking down some hard facts. @kramos1841.bsky.social

This is going to hurt peoples lives. What is the point of Republicans having the power of the purse in Congress if they just let Elon Musk dismantle whole Government agencies without so much as a single Congressional hearing? www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

As I told @waytowinus.bsky.social podcast, Trump's Tariff's are a $1,700 tax, raising prices on everything. More baffling, they are meant to protect domestic manufacturing, yet Trump is proposing no new manufacturing projects. As @torygavito.bsky.social noted we have a trade advantage with MX + CA.

Another plane crash. Its almost as if we shouldn't gut government agencies indescriminantly… Not an expert but two plane crashes a week after Trump gutted the FAA. Seems related, who can say. www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...

So not sharks with lasers on their head but sending migrants to GUANTANAMO BAY. This feels unnecessary? A little over the top? Totally batshit crazy…

My latest for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social: Whether its tariffs, mass deportations or tax cuts for the mega-rich, all paid for with cuts to programs that benefit working class Americans working class Latinos and all Americans are going to be hurt. www.salon.com/2025/01/27/t... a 🧵

It is clear MAGA Republicans do not want to let ANY Immigrant legal or otherwise into the U.S. As I told @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social for @thebulwark.bsky.social, Dems can be for updating + enforcing immigration laws, allow people to contribute + legally enter country. This is a popular position.

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

People will stop working if their family is at risk. These policies are very detrimental to the economy!

It turns out, separating families, sending ICE agents into schools and churches and going after agriculture workers has NOTHING to do with lowering costs. If anything going after agriculture workers will RAISE costs. Who could have seen that one coming?

We are about to get a crash course on interior immigration enforcement that most people are not ready for. Imagine what would happen if your child's best friend or teacher is removed from school during class? Has anyone thought through how traumatic that would be? www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...

Democrats now is the time to fight for our vision of America in the face of a rising oligarchy, at a time when Billionaires are about to try to take away our health care, pass tax cuts for the mega rich and execute mass deportations that will raise prices for everyone.

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We don't need more Joe Arpaio's all over the country. The Laken Riley Act allows for the indefinite detention of any immigrant SUSPECTED of theft. It lets cops detain citizens who look like immigrants until they prove their citizenship. Senate Dems say #NoRacialProfilingLaws vote against this bill.

Joined @tonolatino.bsky.social to talk #LakenRileyAct an 8 page MAGA messaging bill, with possible real racial profiling consequences for non-immigrants. We should have real conversations about immigration enforcement, but this is a poorly written bill that could shred some peoples civil liberties.

Stop calling Laken Riley an immigration bill, its a national racial profiling bill that will hurt our economy. As @tonolatino.bsky.social says this legislation will create Joe Arpaio's all over the country, detaining people indefinitely erodes the rights of EVERYONE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrQM...

Smart stuff from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social. The media can and should give a forensic accounting of what mass deportation entails. There is a disconnect between how people perceive mass deportation and how awful it will be. Journalists must tell this story. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-media-...

Well well, something positive as we start the new year. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Under the governance of Democrats inflation dropped year to year for all of Joe Biden's presidency. The Mass Deportations and Tariffs Trump is promising to implement will raise cost of living and increase inflation. We must hold him accountable for hurting our economy, workers and growth.

It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here. If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances. Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."