Ken Paxton has spent months calling James Talarico a soyboy vegan and religious extremist. It isn't working: He's getting killed in fundraising, his scandals are mounting, and most polls show the race is either a toss-up or favors Talarico. So now, he's pivoting. The latest:

Ken Paxton Is Acting Like He Thinks He Could Lose

After calling his opponent a vegan freak for months, Paxton is finally pivoting to issues voters care about.

texasmonthly.com

El Sayed and Mamdani wins do this to centrist democrats

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10m ago

Klobuchar responds: "None of my opponents on this stage condemned what ICE did. Not a word. Two innocent people were killed, shot in the back. We had many people arrested when they weren't supposed to be arrested, and we need reform to ICE."

Yep that's why i would want a congressional investigation

Vivalavoices@vivalavoices.bsky.social · 46m ago

A Special Council prevents the impropriety of a president's interference in that investigation and from mucking it up - you know, like what Trump is doing, to prevent his name all over it from showing up and everyone knowing for sure so he can't be removed ...1

Face it. The Court is captured by right-wing billionaire interests, just the way railroad barons used to capture the railroad rate commissions, or mining barons the mine safety commissions. Look up “regulatory capture” or “agency capture.” thehill.com/opinion/judi...

Just admit it: The Supreme Court is political

Let’s face it, the Supreme Court has dug itself into a hole, and it just keeps digging.

thehill.com

he should be impeached today and referred for criminal charges

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h ago

A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

National Democrats are adding former GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales’ district to their congressional target list for Texas. The sprawling district went for President Trump by 15 points, but Democrats see an opening to win its Hispanic-majority electorate. bit.ly/4xjJ1vs

DCCC adds Texas’ 23rd Congressional District to target list

The sprawling district, vacated by Gonzales earlier this year , went for President Trump by 15 points. But Democrats see an opening to win its Hispanic-majority electorate.

bit.ly

He never had a plan was always a huckster, cheat, rapist, liar and racist misogynist - the thing we should be talking about today is what a crisis republicans are in not a crisis with dems that we have more progressive candidates running and winning

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h ago

🤷🏼 @timmiller.bsky.social: “Trump has lost touch with MAGA base — between the war, economy, gas prices ⬆️ , putting gold everywhere… he doesn’t even seem to have a plan. I’m not that surprised his numbers have slipped. Even his supporters are like ‘how can I get excited about this anymore?’”

man- oh- man do we need a morning progressive talk show ...

hahahahaah that guy goes to jail

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 1h ago

people who invest in elon musk kind of deserve it

This is most political spending--the new left candidates ( call them whatever you want) spend money on canvassing and outreach the old fashioned way person- to- person

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 1h ago

tv ads in politics mostly exist these days to make consultants wealtheir

Whats detention costing #Bentonville City #Arkansas The Cost of Deportations Calculator Trump administration is taking billions of taxpayer dollars to pay for mass deportations. What could this money be used for instead? Put in your town/county & post to your social media www.epi.org/deportation-...

What's detention costing #Benton Co. #Arkansas The Cost of Deportations Calculator Trump administration is taking billions of taxpayer dollars to pay for mass deportations. What could this money be used for instead? Put in your town county and post to your social media www.epi.org/deportation-...

oh wow this is excellent tool !

Whitney Curry Wimbish@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 2h ago

Democratic candidates, steal this idea. The @epi.org just released a calculator showing how Trump's immigration terror campaign is sucking money out of social programs. It shows how, in addition to ruining immigrants' lives, it's also ruining the lives of everyone else.

absolutely must read

In These Times@inthesetimes.com · 2h ago

Democratic socialists want to “stack the deck” toward working people: make unions easier to organize, protect workers during economic transitions and give labor more power over the conditions under which people work. inthesetimes.com/article/demo...

hahahahah what an ass and my guess is Miller made him let him sit next to him

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

This is really what we should be talking about because these weaknesses are what will help all democratic candidates this fall beat republicans ( no mater what kind of democrats they are ) primaries are almost all over- now it's chop wood and carry water time !

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2h ago

In a stunning turn of events, a Republican primary was convincingly won by a candidate who had given up—and convincingly lost by the candidate Trump endorsed.

We got some quotes from @wyden.senate.gov about his wild report yesterday about banks withholding suspicious activity reports about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking empire because they wanted to keep the lucrative relationship. Crazy conduct and Wyden has some good solutions for it.

Sen. Wyden Report: Banks Systematically Ignored Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes - The American Prospect

The report shows how employees at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan helped to hide Epstein’s activities because he was a load-bearing part of their ‘wall of cash.’

prospect.org

there should be articles like this every single day

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2h ago

Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl

Really, really nice concession - good for her. I didn't know El-Sayed was a Rhodes scholar like Maddow, Booker, BClinton, Buttigieg, Ronan Farrow and Kris Kristofferson ( yes, that one!) From the wierd things I remember category

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2h ago

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

This is image of item I can expect in mail today. Now, there is no doubt that Republicans know that no one at my address is a democrat, but Womack continues to send things here. Note the photo he uses for Benton County. It’s of the Walmart museum you think he’s trying to tell us something? #Arkansas

NWArkProgressive@arkprogressive.bsky.social · 2h ago

This what I can expect from the mail today now, there is no doubt that Republicans know that no one at my address is a democrat, but Womack continues to send things to this address and note the photo for Benton County. It’s of the Walmart museum you think he’s trying to tell us something. 

I sure hope he wins but all the left challengers were winner lasts night becasue they moved the needle. There's another congressional election in 2 years centrist dems take notice "We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us"

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 12h ago

I definitely think the online left got a little out in front of their skis reporting internal polls but a win against $60 million is a win (if it's a win).

Mine always voted with me

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 12h ago

God bless my nerdy kids watching the election results. Lol. Tear of pride.

wonder how red states can't seem to vote themselves out ?#Texas is an example

@janettes-999.bsky.social@janettes-999.bsky.social · 13h ago

Texans, including former State Rep. Lon Burnam, were arrested for defending our voting rights. Tarrant County leaders tried to slash 𝟭𝟰𝟬 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. That’s nearly HALF of the election day polling locations! Texans showed up, fought back, and forced them to back down—for now.

Texans, including former State Rep. Lon Burnam, were arrested for defending our voting rights. Tarrant County leaders tried to slash 𝟭𝟰𝟬 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. That’s nearly HALF of the election day polling locations! Texans showed up, fought back, and forced them to back down—for now.

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I attended a tree-sit (that's what they are called) brought food and supplies to a farmer in East Texas who was so determined to block the Keystone XL pipeline from coming through his forest (Man Takes Last Stand Against Keystone XL Pipeline) tinyurl.com/28lnvbsh) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall

theguardian.com

good comment by @macfarlanenews.bsky.social

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 14h ago

MacFarlane: I think it's an anti-establishment era we may be entering here. Look at all the different ways in which people are bucking against establishment. If El-Sayed is somebody who channels people who don't want the establishment to run and to reign, he's going to have a big night…

Oh and they will try to show you a few races when DSA candidates (or more liberal) challengers were beaten by entrenched power, money, name recognition BUT challengers were there --we had a left challenger ! That's the point of democratic primaries. CONGRATULATIONS everyone !

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 9h ago

Don't let anyone gaslight you. Tonight was a HUGE win and represents a seismic shift in Democratic politics.

Don't let anyone gaslight you. Tonight was a HUGE win and represents a seismic shift in Democratic politics.