vibe check: CNN now has a gas tracker on their front page

NEWS — An anti-gerrymandering group says it has enough signatures to force a November vote on Missouri’s new 7–1 GOP congressional map, drawn to flip the Kansas City-based seat held by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D). If voters reject the map, Democrats would likely retain MO-05.

Uh, because either you voted for a felon or didn't show up to vote at all?

Of the five GOP reps who got drawn out by Prop 50: Valadao: Staying and fighting Kiley: Moving to another district that he’ll probably still lose (as an independent???) Calvert: Trying to backstab Young Kim Issa: Retiring LaMalfa: Dead

Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. n.pr/4csIbWh

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

As the tweet above from Jonathon Ambarian notes, it appears that U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme unexpectedly filed just before Daines dropped out. Alme was nominated with Daines' support and was confirmed in October.

GOP Rep. Burgess Owens has confirmed he's retiring.

Multiple reporters are saying that Montana Sen. Steve Daines will NOT seek reelection. The state's candidate filing deadline was *tonight*, and it's already passed. Not clear whether the GOP has a serious alternative in the race. x.com/JSAmbarian/s...

I voted in Dallas County today. The texas.gov site wouldn't tell me where to go, so I went to where I voted in the '24 presidential election. They said I was at the wrong place, and gave me the address I needed to go to. That place then informed me I had to go somewhere else.

JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*. Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be. Our full recap:

I'm a Talarico supporter (though I love Crockett too). It's reprehensible that in Texas, and in red states across the nation, Black neighborhood voting locations have been closed. This is a Trump / GOP thing. Voting should be free and fair for all.

RACE CALL: All three North Carolina Democrats (Shelly Willingham, Nasif Majeed, & Carla Cunningham) who voted to overturn Governor Josh Stein's vetoes have LOST their respective Democratic primaries

Wow. If any races in Dallas County are super tight, this will be a huge legal fight as thousands of votes hang in purgatory.

I'll post the final numbers when I can get them, but for now... THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FLIPPED ARKANSAS'S #HD70 (Harris+2) Looks like a pretty good-sized overperformance from 2024 too

Polis should be impeached if he does this. This would be little different than granting clemency to a January 6 insurrectionist

I am going to enthusiastically support whichever Democrat wins the US Senate primary in Texas and hope for the sake of the country that all Democrats do the same.

A judge has ordered Dallas County polling places to stay open until 9pm CT for the *Democratic primary only.*

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were. These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

Putting this here for later www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

This seat is currently blue in Kansas but the current very popular Democratic Governor is term limited and can’t run for re-election. Keep your eye on this one because we should 100% be fighting to keep this seat blue. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

SCOTUS just blocked a state court ruling that required a new congressional seat in Staten Island. The NY court's ruling, upheld by a state appeal court, would have likely delivered a new congressional seat for Democrats. SCOTUS conservatives grant the stay: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

#SCOTUS just granted emergency relief in *both* the California teachers case (putting back on hold, at least in this case, California’s law barring teachers from outing transgender students to their parents) *and* the Malliotakis redistricting cases. The Democratic appointees dissented in both.

Another GOP retirement: Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, citing health issues stemming from "injuries sustained from a career in Special Operations." #MT01 voted 54-43 for Trump, but Dems have long had designs on it.

I wonder when Bernie and the remaining Bluesky diehards will finally recognize the situation here.

Not much I can say about Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego that hasn't already been said. I will note that his office was one of the first in the Democratic Party to put out a statement criticizing the latest strikes in Iran. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

FUCK. Should have stayed asleep.

Looks like we're gonna have some pretty chonky overperformances in PA tonight—and unlike in Maine, we can calculate the presidential results by district with great confidence. Got 'em here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Final results in the Maine #HD94 special election: Scott Harriman (D)- 53.2% Janet Beaudoin (R)- 46.8% Kind of weird here, we don't if it's an overperformance or an underperformance from 2024. Some people have it as Harris+5, some Harris+13. Either way, Democratic hold in Lewiston.

A conservative site is reporting that Democrat Scott Harriman has won the special election for Maine's #HD94 by a 53-47 margin. x.com/LocalPolitic...

Look, the only person with an excuse for having to watch the State of the Union is @atrupar.com because he made bad life choices. If any of the rest of you watch and then post about it…

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court three-judge panel DENIES republican motion for a preliminary injunction to block Utah's new congressional map from going in to effect. The new map will stand for the 2026 midterms. Democrats will likely gain 1 seat! www.democracydocket.com/cases/utah-c...

ICE thugs pulled over and threatened a University of Scranton employee “I hear one in the back say ‘I think we got the wrong person,’ and the other one says ‘They all look the same, we gotta get this one.’” aquinas.scranton.edu/post/living-...

This is in Michigan and I know about 500 kids that spent their summers up there and there have been near constant rumors. Those kids knew what was going on, there’s no way that interlochen didnt.

From @mrwilliamjones.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Rep. Lou Correa has been a sharp critic of ICE and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. He doesn't get accolades for doing the job as he is more moderate than progressive. California's 46th district is in good hands. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Joanne Bland, one of the youngest people to march on “Bloody Sunday,” has died. She was 72. "By the time I was 11-years-old, I had been arrested at least 13 documented times”

NEW: Virginia Dem legislators have passed their new 10-1 congressional map targeting 4 Republicans. Gov. Spanberger will likely sign it soon. It would take effect for 2026 if voters pass it in an April 21 referendum (litigation pending). Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/8560023...

The Fetterman revisionist history is crazy. In the real world he’s a Senator today because the left wing rallied for him because Conor Lamb was seen as a centrist establishment stooge.

NEW: Virginia Dems have amended their proposed 10-1 congressional map to strengthen GOP-held District 2 from Harris+1 to Harris+5. The revision moves parts of Chesapeake between districts 2 & 3. Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/8560023... Bill: lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

Seventh Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody This Year open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com. At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."

Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by Mica Rosenberg.

NEW: When North Carolina's GOP wanted to pass a bill last year to require that local governments comply with ICE, they were one vote down. A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills. Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.

Sowing fear of "ICE at the polls!" could do more to suppress votes than any actual ICE at the polls. Here's an explanation of the right's strategy on this, along with my recommendations for what to do instead of playing along. katestarbird.substack.com/p/effective-...