Simon Rosenberg
@simonwdc.bsky.social
Democratic political strategist, analyst, commentator. Hopium purveyor. More than 30 years in the fight. My primary political home is on Substack. Join me there too - https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/
Abbott has already started:
Jay D Johnson@refusenik.bsky.social · 10h agoHere's a question for @robertdownen.bsky.social I wonder how Islamophobic Texas Republicans will attempt to use Abdul El-Sayed in their attack ads against Talarico and the Democratic Party in general? The same really applies nationwide. It's why establishment Dems solidly backed Stevens.
Impossible to know what drugs and shit they are pumping into his veins everyday to keep grotesque monster somehow going each day....
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agois Trump rocking a wig, or what the hell is going on here?
Imagine if Dems are part of the final CR negotiations demanded the resignations of Hegseth, Kennedy, and Vought.
Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · 7h agoHegseth blames someone else for the failure of the war he convinced Trump would be a quick, easy win
How bat shit crazy is this? Hong is too out there for Bernie?
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Abdul El-Sayed is “quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence,” @michellegoldberg.bsky.social writes. “But he also has a blind spot, one endemic to his movement: an inability to grasp how and why people of good faith might see the world differently.”
Opinion | Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
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“In Salisbury, the Eastern Shore’s biggest city, about 10% of the 33,000 residents are Haitian, many of them employed under #TPS as farmworkers, caregivers and in the poultry plants that are the region’s economic backbone.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 14h ago“Empty pews and fear of ICE grip Maryland’s Eastern Shore after #TPS ends for Haitians. As Temporary Protected Status expires, many Haitian immigrants in Salisbury retreat from daily life, fearing arrest and deportation." haitiantimes.com/2026/08/05/m...
Trump tells his Nevada audience "Michael Whatley should be your governor" (Michael Whatley is running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina)
Jo Mendoza (AZ-6) on water conservation issues playing out in the district. "Ciscomani has done absolutely nothing on it... he voted against a huge amount of appropriation that would have come to the lower basin states to help with water conservation. It's a top concern for a lot of folks."
A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flagged for potential money laundering should be a far bigger story…
Is the President Laundering Money?
A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flag...
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You could say Abdul El-Sayed won despite $64 million being spent against him… one may also wonder if he won *because* of it
Live MI Sen via NYT..... Less than a point, only 15k votes separate them now
Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
On Sunday I wrote about the ferocious effort by the El-Sayed camp to flood the zone with polls to create a false impression of the strength of his candidacy, and argued that the race was likely going to be closer than people expected. Find it below: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/as-his-pow...
Been A Good Week Of Polling For Democrats, New Polls In Michigan, As His Powers Ebb Trump's War With Reality Is Growing More Desperate
Got a bunch of terrific new candidate interviews for you.....
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Good riddance. If he had any honor he would leave now, but Mike Johnson needs his vote so Republican sexual harassers need to stay around. Probably want to keep young female staffers away from him though.
I wrote about why the MI Senate race was likely to be much closer than expected here 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/as-his-pow...
Been A Good Week Of Polling For Democrats, New Polls In Michigan, As His Powers Ebb Trump's War With Reality Is Growing More Desperate
Got a bunch of terrific new candidate interviews for you.....
hopiumchronicles.com
While we wait results meet some great candidates running in the battleground all across the country.....
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d agoHave interviewed a series of top battleground candidates in recent days. Here's a quick thread - check 'em out, support who you can, and let's go win these midterms, together. First up, @troyjackson207.bsky.social, off to a strong early start in Maine 👇1/ www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/meet-troy-...
The number of states targeted in cyberattacks on water systems has jumped to 12 www.axios.com/2026/08/04/w...
The number of states targeted in cyberattacks on water systems has jumped to 12
This appears to be the broadest known coordinated cyber campaigns against U.S. municipal water systems.
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Here are the last four polls released by the El-Sayed SuperPACs: El-Sayed +19 Zenith El-Sayed +19 Tulchin El-Sayed +13 Data for Progress El-Sayed +19 Tulchin
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · yesterdayHere's the last poll released by El-Sayed's SuperPAC. If the current results hold it was off by 14 points.
Here's the last poll released by El-Sayed's SuperPAC. If the current results hold it was off by 14 points.
From the newsletter: - Let's call our Senators and demand they vote against the venal Todd Blanche, and not institutionalize Trump's corruption & lawlessness. - Three months out data tells us Dems have a legit shot at winning both the House and Senate 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/three-mont...
Three Months Before Election Day Democrats Have A Legitimate Shot At Taking Both The House And Senate
Senate Republicans are attempting to institutionalize Trump's unprecedented corruption today - we need to hit the phones everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@bohannaniowa.bsky.social on the effects of health care cuts in IA-1. "Hospitals are seeing large numbers of people coming to the emergency rooms. What that means is the hospitals are going to have to absorb those costs, which means they’re going to have to cut services."
Well…yes. You CAN rein in the president. Try…reading the Constitution and CHECKING the executive. My God.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
From the newsletter: - Let's call our Senators and demand they vote against the venal Todd Blanche, and not institutionalize Trump's corruption & lawlessness. - Three months out data tells us Dems have a legit shot at winning both the House and Senate 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/three-mont...
Three Months Before Election Day Democrats Have A Legitimate Shot At Taking Both The House And Senate
Senate Republicans are attempting to institutionalize Trump's unprecedented corruption today - we need to hit the phones everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
hopiumchronicles.com
Doesn't it feel there is more to the Cornyn/Tillis deal? Was part of the deal Trump agreeing to spend hundreds of millions of his ill-gotten SuperPAC funds on GOP Senate candidates, including Paxton? Has Trump been holding up campaign spending during his fight with the Senate?
Have interviewed a series of top battleground candidates in recent days. Here's a quick thread - check 'em out, support who you can, and let's go win these midterms, together. First up, @troyjackson207.bsky.social, off to a strong early start in Maine 👇1/ www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/meet-troy-...
Meet Troy Jackson, The Man Who Can Beat Susan Collins
Troy rallied the party behind him quickly and leads Susan Collins 49%-46% in first general election poll.
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"We have been talking here for weeks, months, about the necessity for us to run on an accountability agenda. To tell the American people that when we get back into power we're going to pursue the lawlessness, the criminality, and the corruption that we've seen." - @simonwdc.bsky.social