Dana Houle
@danahoule.bsky.social
Family’s first HS grad. Runner. Worked in labor/Did policy/Elected Dems/Stint on Cap Hill. Blogged+pieces for WaPo/TNR/etc. Got rare disease, nearly died 5 times. Detroiter in Chicago. Husband. Dad to twins. Gardener. Getting healthy. Wants to run again.
Dangers of keeping phone near bed while sleeping: 1. ADHD browsing keeping you from falling back to sleep immediately. 2. 4 am donations to Michigan House swing districts. secure.actblue.com/donate/rinkw...
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Not from LA. Not from Chicago. Not from Minnesota. Not from Charlotte or Memphis or anywhere else. DHS has shown no video of people helping ICE/CBP find supposedly undocumented people. If they had it they’d be showing it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h agoTrump: "People will make millions of dollars by turning others in"
Maybe better than a public poll? Party spending. Republicans Are Spending To Protect Tom Cotton
Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social · 5h agoIf Mississippi & Texas Senate are close, & Texas & Oklahoma Governor are close, then I really want a quality poll of Arkansas Senate. Dear God would it be sweet to be rid of ghoulish Tom Cotton.
Whew!!! Recall the rating Houses are trailing indicators, so this is really, really bad news for the GOP & signals that things are almost certainly going to get worse for them over the next 2 weeks....
TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com · 4h agoA whopping 28 House rating changes over at The Crystal Ball, all in favor of Democrats. Democrats are now favored in over 218 seats. centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
I think this is a bigger deal than the $80 he spent in 2018; this looks like he’s giving a big chunk directly to House Dems or doing ads in certain races to free Dem $ for other races 2018 he ran a lot of his own ads for Dems & they were on issues important to him (taxes/deficits) but not to voters
NY Times@nytimes-news.bsky.social · 4h agoMichael Bloomberg Gives $80 Million to Help Democrats in Final Midterm Push
I keep saying that sending a few bucks to places like Arkansas is well worth the investment. If it doesn't flip, it was still worth it to beat up Tom Cotton. If it does flip, I will be laughing for days.
If Mississippi & Texas Senate are close, & Texas & Oklahoma Governor are close, then I really want a quality poll of Arkansas Senate. Dear God would it be sweet to be rid of ghoulish Tom Cotton.
Pollcast - Poll Tracker@pollcast.net · 5h agoNew Oklahoma Governor poll: Workbench Strategy (Oct 13 - 600 LV) 🔴 Mazzei 49 (R+4) 🔵 Munson 45 Poll report ->
A reminder that Activote is actively not included in averages because it is not actually a poll, and poll trackers reporting it as such is incredibly irresponsible.
Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social · 6h agoC’mon, FL & OH Gov races aren’t the same. Remember, polls aren’t free. If it’s not Pew or something like that, or some established university poll, a poll that doesn’t list a client/sponsor should be viewed as sketchy at best, but more likely it’s intentional bullshit to skew averages
For the love of God and country, Jon Husted should just have some good old-fashioned - consensual - lockerroom sex with Trump to get the old man to quiet down.
Talarico has that special Texas angle, & I’m glad he’s using it, but there’s nothing stopping plenty of other Sems from running against Musk
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 22h agoTalarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."
C’mon, FL & OH Gov races aren’t the same. Remember, polls aren’t free. If it’s not Pew or something like that, or some established university poll, a poll that doesn’t list a client/sponsor should be viewed as sketchy at best, but more likely it’s intentional bullshit to skew averages
Yesterday's votes were D+18.6 by party reg in NC D+6.2 in 2022, R+1.1 in 2024 Cumulative is D+24 vs +10.3/+1.3 in 22/24
Dj@djsoke.bsky.social · yesterdayOnly about 25k votes in NC yesterday, D+43 by party reg Not apples-to-apples with previous years though because far fewer counties were open yesterday than in 2022 or 2024
Fam, I don’t know a better way to frame this but the MT Senate race is what it is. We can’t go back in time and get a candidate to drop out. Don’t bother yourself obsessing over what ifs. We got lucky in ME Senate, TX Senate, and WI Governor. We got less lucky in MT Senate. Shit happens 🤷♂️
I guarantee that whatever organic impulses there are, Russian psyops are fueling this. On top of that, the entire world is being corrupted by billionaires buying politicians and distorting politics for their own gain. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/w...
France Protests Show Europe’s Shift Away From Centrist Politics
Europe’s centrist parties are losing ground among young people and workers, who are increasingly tempted by populist promises of radical change.
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We have gotten to the point where it feels like the 1850's are happening domestically while the 1930's are happening internationally. Which shitty decade is happening economically remains to be determined. Personally, I'd much prefer the tech bubble crash to the housing bubble crash, but we'll see.
It is true that Black, Hispanic, and Native American/Alaskan poverty rates are at recent (at least since the financial crisis) lows. Since 2011, Black poverty ⬇️ ~30%, Hispanic poverty ⬇️ ~40%. Still way above white poverty, but don't let the fact Trump said it make us overlook a real win.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 17h agoTrump: "African American poverty, Hispanic American poverty, and Native American poverty rates are the highest and the best numbers ever recorded by far."
Meh. World Series will be going to a team with a 25K seat arena. I hate the “oooh, Tampa Bay is a small market club” BS. Tampa is MLB’s 20th biggest market, btwn Detroit/Seattle/MSP & SD/Colorado/Balto. If it had been Milwaukee-Cleveland I’d have been happy whoever made it. But I’m for the Brewers
Maybe it ends for him tonight, but few guys this season were as fortunate as Jo Adell; guy was paroled from Anaheim & is in game 6 of the ALCS.
Imagine being this ignorant of History, and being proud of that fact The New York Times editorial page apologized for them pushing the US into the Iraq War But this woman thinks a reporter who said things she didn't agree with is the worst ONE OF US IS AN IDIOT AND WRONG I DON'T THINK IT IS ME
Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social · yesterdayJeremy Peters, the worst reporter at the NYT. I don’t care who else you mention, they may be terrible. Maybe you mention five. They could all be tied for next to worst. But Jeremy Peters is the worst.
I’m not against big celebrations; I like guys who show they play with passion. But don’t stop on your HR trot.
Edgewater/Rogers Park/Evanston people, we need to get together after the election.
Love that @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social is 10 minutes in to his show & he’s spent every minute so far on Trump talking about men’s asses.
Why not first get me a cheaper mid-sized SUV/mini-van EV, cheap & cost-effective solar panels on my roof that provide all their electricity to me, & equitable, sustainable, & generous universal healthcare, & my ability to see every Detroit team’s every game through a single streaming subscription
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterdayNVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS HE BELIEVES MOST PEOPLE IN GERMANY WILL MOSTLY WORK INSIDE A DIGITAL TWIN OF THEIR COMPANY, BUILDING DIGITAL CARS WITH DIGITAL BRAINS, WITH AI ROBOTS BUILDING ROBOTIC CARS INSIDE ROBOTIC FACTORIES
Mississippi farmers deserve more than cheap talk. They deserve a senator who will fight for their livelihoods and put them ahead of special interests. That’s exactly what I’ll do because our Mississippi farmers matter.
Cindy High Prices talks a big game about standing up for farmers, but her record tells a completely different story.
