Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

Amen

In his publications, he lists consulting for BP as a conflict of interest. How is it possible for someone getting $$ from the oil and gas industry to lead the NIEHS? Dr. Kyle Walsh selected to lead the NIEHS share.google/R7HlIDkU1d5W...

"We covered this city for a living and love it, and we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal. It’s eroding all of our rights and should be a warning to other cities that find themselves enveloped in an ICE storm."

Anyone else feeling like they're trapped in a b-movie masquerading as a political thriller?

How far does information like this go at a time when billionaires who benefit from Trump's policies control the algorithm?

"They should be building statues of her. We’re lucky to have seen her in action. A truly remarkable leader, a fierce partisan, and an even fiercer patriot." Queue up Swift's If I Were A Man.

This is not Bernstein's first shutdown, and he addresses what power Democrats have in Congress right now analytically instead of emotionally. A terrific read.

Local coverage of this event reports 2 people got in a fist fight, 3 were arrested and, by 9:30, there were more people at Yogurt Park (famous soft serve) than outside Zellerbach. share.google/wgIgr07yi5AU...

They aren't really trying to hide the white supremacy part, are they? Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

If a Democratic president did this would it be celebrated as a victory for the public or pilloried as gov't overreach? Only Nixon could go to China. Novo Nordisk, Lilly strike deal with Trump to slash weight-loss drug prices | Reuters share.google/6voeJujECN8w...

After Tuesday, they are doubling down on this? Do they believe they'll never have to win another election? Or they are just plain stupid. SNAP benefits: Trump admin seeks block on food stamps order share.google/B1KwwlMDG8WV...

My election wrap, mostly forward looking, covering lots of ground briefly - including my irresponsible speculation about one reason the conventional wisdom was so certain that the party didn't have its act together. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/after-the-...

Meanwhile, over at Heritage, staff are arguing about whether condemnation of antisemitism means that "Christian staff will have to engage in Jewish rituals." Heritage staff in open revolt over leader’s defense of Tucker Carlson www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

That's right. Keep doing exactly what you're doing. (Tee hee)

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't be able to say this, but voting for prop 50 today was a vote for democracy. Nice work California. California voters approve new US House map to help Democrats | AP News share.google/6U13lvQC5Z2l...

Is it legal for a president to lie to try to influence a state election? California officials push back on Trump claim that Prop. 50 vote is a 'GIANT SCAM' - Los Angeles Times share.google/BreHS9iO1V1C...

States stepping up in the absence of public health guidance from the CDC

This guy! He just did that! LFG!

Would love to be a fly on the wall of the Cuomo campaign as all of these nail-in-coffin endorsements come pouring in. Happy election day!

Harris/Democrats did better than most parties who were in power during the post-Covid inflation. But I presume efforts from right wing fanatics to make Democrats believe their party is a dumpster fire will continue until the midterms when we'll start to see headlines about its surprising turnaround

She was previously banned from Facebook, Venmo, PayPal, GoFundMe, and Instagram. She was banned from CPAC. She was even banned from Uber and Lyft. But good enough for Pete Hegseth. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

If we take the WI supreme court justice election as a model, we might expect Cuomo's tepid support to drop after an endorsement from Musk. How well will that racism play with undecided voters who might not want to be associated with such bottom feeders, even if they think Mamdani is too liberal?

All the photos, all the videos. Flood the zone with images of these agents attacking peaceful protesters. This is a pastor who has just asked if he could help getting shot in the face. Source: Berkeleyside search.app/vR1hN

Pappas: It’s a big tell that Republicans are trying to gerrymander their way into a permanent majority, because they understand how historically unpopular their ideas are. Whether it’s closing rural hospitals, kicking people off their health insurance, or taking food away from hungry families

Throughout this year, NIH Director Bhattacharya has said studying structural racism is "ideological" and unscientific Today, a team including scientists at his agency have published a paper showing it has links to increased rates of cardiovascular disease www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/s...

Remember back when Clinton and Trump used to socialize? I do. Also, kinda looks like Johnson's stonewalling is failing. JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking | JP Morgan | The Guardian share.google/7ukbKUIKD8S5...

Evidence that the US Congress might actually be aware of Article 1 of the Constitution! US Senate votes to end Trump’s global tariffs on more than 100 countries | Trump tariffs | The Guardian share.google/0cQ9ZW2u4soJ...

Today, the SPLC filed a complaint opposing a Georgia county's Board of Commissioners selection process that has weakened Black voting power in elections. Read our full statement: https://bit.ly/3Lo1Yup

Presidents are (perhaps!) experts at politics; they're at best sort-of experts in their best policy areas. Political skill includes skill at balancing subject-matter experts w/ everyone else. Going by the president's gut alone is a disaster even if they know quite a bit. Which this one doesn't

"Mamdani's proposals, such as freezing the rent for some New York tenants, free buses and free child care, are not only feasible but also build off the foundations of previous New York City laws, political analysts told ABC News."

even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media

Health insurance acquired through state exchanges IS private sector healthcare. The subsidies are public. So are the coverage rules rules like no exclusion for pre-existing conditions. GOP confronts voter fear over rising health care premiums | AP News share.google/cGe9it6l5x23...

Because, apparently, having billions of dollars still isn't enough

The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.” Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?

Nothing but mad admiration for this

I have a colleague who complained when I suggested the US had tipped into competitive authoritarianism. "It's not as if the brown shirts are coming," he said. Remind me, what part of the Constitution is working right now?

Whatever else one might say about this period in American history, they will not be able to say that Americans kept quiet. Americans are protesting, often at real personal risk. Pastor shot in face by pepper round at anti-ICE protest speaks out - Newsweek share.google/JbvIHsY1MimE...

Who ever turned Americans against the public sector and convinced them to have blind faith in the private sector should give themselves a pat on the back. They were successful beyond their wildest dreams. Investors are in control of U.S. health care | STAT share.google/q2xk0zkK3fgA...

If you wanted health care reform that tackled costs, you should have voted for people willing to include a public option. The ACA merely extended our system of specialty-skwewed and increasingly monopolistic private providers to more people. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

If your entire business model is dependent on the smooth functioning of an expert bureaucracy, it may have been unwise to have supported the party intent on destroying the federal government. FDA approved fewer drugs in third quarter, analysis finds | STAT share.google/VjDkIO4uXcrE...

The chances that the GOP is forced to meet congressional Democrats' demands on extending the subsidies seem like they're getting higher with each passing day. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

Brown liquid? BROWN LIQUID?!?!?! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

It is pretty clear that Oct 18 brought out more people than No Kings in June. That means this was the third largest protest in US history. It looks like the only things Americans hate more than Trump are racism (BLM 2020) and environmental degradation (Earth Day 1970).

Wikipedia has Oct 18 No Kings listed as the third largest protest in US history. It trails the collective BLM protests from May to June of 2020 and Earth Day, 1970. Shout out to the organizers and everyone who showed up for democracy yesterday. We did good work.

I confess to feeling overbabied right now. I liked it better when we elected grown ups to run the government.

A pathological liar in prison for fraud claims he's been kept in solitary confinement days before having his sentence commuted by another pathological liar who says he's letting him go free because he didn't deserve solitary confinement. Not suspicious at all. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Padilla: It’s not just undocumented folks who are being detained and arrested. It’s legal immigrants—even US citizens. We know of at least 170 US citizens who have been caught up in these raids and put in detention centers. It’s the intended effect of this administration to stoke fear and terror

This is the right thing to do. Also, excellent journalism in getting the confirmation that he's leaving because he cannot, in good conscience, support this. Trump's support is looking very thin these days www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

This is incredibly dangerous. This is the kind of language that can generate publics willing to support killing political opponents and genocide.