This is why saying shit like “we need to work with Republicans” is such weak and foolish terrible politics doomed to fail. NO. It’s “we are going to bury these Nazi fuckers beneath their own dungeons and if they beg us nicely enough we will let them sign our healthcare bill before we do it.”

Josh Zingher@zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 13h ago

I'm still stunned that no one in the media is willing to say a reason why the Republicans lost is because White America got a taste of authoritarianism and hated it.

Mamdani declines to back fellow New Yorker Schumer as Senate majority leader gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

Mamdani declines to back fellow New Yorker Schumer as Senate majority leader

Sen. Chuck Schumer also declined to endorse Mamdani for mayor after he won last year's Democratic primary.

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A Mayor getting more done for people across the country than the most powerful Dem in the Senate. Don't pick this guy, Senators.

Schumer ultimately rejects Mamdani endorsement

Congress' top New York Democrat refused to say whom he voted for in Tuesday's mayoral election.

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

Pretty amazing that Mamdani negotiated a nationwide deal on SNAP benefit compliance.

It's extremely frustrating that no is talking about Schumer having individually PERSONALLY hurt more trans people than basically any other Democrat by getting the Big Beautiful Bill passed and thus putting work requirements on SNAP Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

However bad you think this story is, it’s worse

The Columbus Dispatch@dispatch.com · 19h ago

Columbus police arrested a quadriplegic teenager at his home and took him to the same detention center where he was paralyzed in a fight in 2023.

This will always be the defining Chuck Schumer moment to me. "If he broke the law, he should be deported." 2025!

jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com · last yr.

This puts Cuomo to the left of Chuck Schumer on the issue of Mahmoud Khalil's deportation. Schumer, March 16: "I don’t know all the details yet. They’re trying to come out, and there’ll be a court case which will determine it. If he broke the law, he should be deported."

LA County is finally ordering the Sheriff’s Department to name its deputy gangs. After decades of alleged violence, the LA County Board of Supervisors is demanding transparency from LASD. Families of victims and advocates say more needs to be done. lapublicpress.org/2026/11/la-s...

LA County is finally ordering the Sheriff’s Department to name its deputy gangs

After decades of alleged violence, the LA County Board of Supervisors is demanding transparency from LASD. Families of victims and advocates say more needs to be done.

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Run Ro! stocktwits.com/news-article...

Congressional Stock-Trading Ban Advocate Ro Khanna, Spouse Sold Nvidia Shares At Peak Before Spy Scandal Emerged

Democrat Khanna also serves on the House committee that examines security competition with China.

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Pepsi could give every one one of their 306k employees a $17,000 bonus and still retain $5,500,000,000 in pure profits. Instead they authorized a $10B stock buyback program and paid $6B in dividends to Wall Street this year.

Fight For A Union@fightforaunion.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: PepsiCo is slashing 1,000 jobs across North America. Their net income this year was nearly $11 BILLION, a 50% increase from last year. People losing their paychecks. Families losing their security. All so a multibillion-dollar corporation can juice their stock price.

'Fuck LAPD' Spotted in Hollywood, California

if you still aren’t paying attention: the fossil fuel industry and everyone they pay are working overtime to turn BAAJA into anything but what it really is: a shitty bill that sells out Indigenous nations, clean water, and our future—and locks in fossil fuel infrastructure

Opinion | The First Thing Democrats Should Do to Show They’re Serious on Affordability (Gift Article)

A party that just won an election on affordability should not pass up a chance to deliver immediately.

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We’re witnessing new levels of Democrat never thought possible. Rep Jackson posting a video next to Thomas Massie voicing his support for impeaching Hegseth after ghosting the vote and getting caught lying about it is just seriously next level bullshit. You hate to see it.

From our friends at @sludge.bsky.social: Jeffries and 2028 hopefuls are heading to Denver for a conference by a group aiming to sideline progressives. Who’s paying? Six billionaires gave 96% of its PAC’s money, led by a hedge fund founder heavy in AI stocks. readsludge.com/2026/11/12/a...

AI-Invested Hedge Fund Billionaire Is Bankrolling Democrats’ 'What’s Next' Conference

Stephen Mandel, whose fund holds billions of dollars in AI stocks, and his wife have given $13.4 million to the group Majority Democrats behind a Denver gathering of 2028 hopefuls.

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So I did hear back from Utah on this story. And the school's answers are... dubious. Either one of two things is true. Something funky is going on here, or the school Leeroy Jenkinsed its way through a $100 million funding round. www.foiaball.com/p/utah-priva...

Utah's private equity LLC explanations don't add up

They sent me two conflicting statements.

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David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · last wk.

Here's a question I have, one I didn't get an answer to. When Utah created its LLCs to take on college sports' first-ever private equity investment, why were they set up by a guy with three federal indictments for embezzlement and over 30 counts of wire fraud? www.foiaball.com/p/utah-priva...

Punted a Nazi into the abyss.

Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster@chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d ago

Big congratulations to Senator-elect Scott Colom on his victory, it’s always great to see Dems win in areas normally considered unwinnable!

In 2018, MLB gave Hyde-Smith $5000 *after* she made comments about being willing to attend a public hanging. abcnews.com/Politics/maj...

Major League Baseball's contribution to Mississippi Sen. Hyde-Smith draws it into national controversy

A MLB PAC donated over $500,000 during the election cycle, but it's a $5,000 contribution to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith that has drawn the league into a national controversy.

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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2d ago

Scott Colom has won the Mississippi Senate race, CNN projects

People keep talking about how just it is that Hyde-Smith blocked Colom’s judicial appointment and now he put her out of a job. But no one should forget why she blocked his appointment. He stood his ground on gender-affirming care and he won MISSISSIPPI.

When anti-trans lawyer Paul Conrathe started legal action against a school over their toilets and changing rooms earlier this year, we stepped in. That case has now been withdrawn – an important moment in the wider fight to protect the rights of trans children: goodlaw.social/u8ln

Win: Legal challenge against school’s inclusive approach withdrawn

Case represented by Paul Conrathe withdrawn as school toilets and changing rooms meet the standards set out in the revised Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance

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D+53 in Mississippi for 18-29 year olds. 53.

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wow. Look at these youth vote margins. Mississippi was D+53, tied with MN at the top. In NC, TX, SC and OH, all flips, young voters were more Democratic than in OR. Young voters look crucial to the unexpected Senate wins. (Estimates from CIRCLE at Tufts.)

Last sentence, please.

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 2d ago

Scott Colom, a 43-year-old Democrat, will be Mississippi’s next U.S. senator and the first Black senator to represent the state in the U.S. Capitol since 1881. His historic feat comes just six years after Mississippi retired its old Confederate-themed state flag. Full story: buff.ly/4RlyTBv

Oh, I know the answer to this! It's pretty tricky, but I'll walk you through it. (ahem) When an official commits impeachable offenses, you impeach him. The end. It's not just that it's your goddamn duty, but by doing your duty you help build popular support for your "broader objectives"

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · 2d ago

Oh wow would you look at that?

👀 Interesting… Rep. Ayanna Pressley is now encouraging people to endorse "Ayanna's Agenda." The page lists out what the Democratic majority would do "if it were up to Ayanna Pressley" —> – Medicare for All – National abortion protections – Stopping data centers – Abolishing ICE

As we welcome Woke 2.0 or 3.0 or whatever it is, a fun thing to remember is that there's no need to pull rhetorical punches on right wingers ever again in our lives. In 18 months they validated every negative thing that's ever been said about them and more

New (but not surprising) results from the largest study yet of its kind: Among trans adults who began their medical transition as minors, just 3% expressed regret

Most transgender people have no regrets years after hormone therapy, study says

The study, conducted by researchers in Texas, is the largest yet to examine satisfaction and regret in people who transitioned before they reached adulthood.

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Man is putting up Halloween decorations, has a seizure. His brother calls an ambulance and they're rendering aid. Then...the cops showed up. And tazed him. And fought with EMTs yes, he's a Black man www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z8W...

Officer fired for allegedly tasing Chattahoochee man, mistreating EMS employee

YouTube video by WCTV Eyewitness News

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Gavin Newsom and other Democrats sided with billionaires to defeat a one-time 5% tax in California. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are helping Republicans gut environmental protections to benefit fossil fuel interests. This is how Democrats squander historic victories and lose in 2028.

‘The many v the money’ should frame the next US Congress

If Democrats want to keep the blue wave going into 2028, they have to take on the billionaire class

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they had some early success with right wing online agitprop via gamergate, so they build a propaganda and meme machine that cooked their brains so thoroughly they actually believed all their grade-school racist dogshit was effective

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Near-total ownership of social media platforms backfired on Republicans in the midterms, convincing them they were building a thousand year Trumpenreich by being the biggest assholes imaginable (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...