Also eating shit last night: Tricia Cotham, the turncoat in North Carolina who became a Republican and gave the GOP a legislative supermajority. Her district, once gerrymandered to help her stay in office, is now represented by a Democrat.

A few years ago I made a video at MPU about workers whose friend died while building one of Tesla’s Gigafactories. There was no recourse, no penalty. That should change ASAP.

John Voelcker@johnvoelcker.bsky.social · yesterday

Elon Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars on the midterms + got very little to show for it. @reuters.com looks at what the Democratic sweep of Texas means for his various businesses.

Here's a list of the biggest 35 election upsets in the House and Senate this year. It's almost surreal.

Also eating shit last night: Tricia Cotham, the turncoat in North Carolina who became a Republican and gave the GOP a legislative supermajority. Her district, once gerrymandered to help her stay in office, is now represented by a Democrat.

Her ads have been playing nonstop in every taxi I've been in since the summer. Such a relief to see her eat shit. Leave us alone!

Amos Posner@amosposner.bsky.social · 3d ago

The bizarre Alina Bonsell is running her second weirdly expensive campaign in a row. Last year she ran for city council, largely just decrying Mamdani, and this year she’s doing it for state senate, including an insane AI Sex and the City spoof ad. May she eat shit again. youtu.be/TOj_qnt6zzo?...

I put every election result — and what they mean — in one convenient, easy to navigate place: electionhub.org. The site will automatically Senate, Congress, and state elections throughout tonight and tomorrow. Ballot initiatives, too. It’s free and open to all.

The way Haley Stevens makes me feel as a Jew is how I imagine hardcore weebs make Japanese people feel. Sabotaging an election to keep warmongering, Netanyahu-allied Republicans in power is the opposite of keeping Jews safe.

Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

Just launched electionhub.org, which puts every key election in one place, shows results in real-time, and calculates majorities and flips. Both federal and state elections included. Hopefully it makes election night a little easier. electionhub.org

James Dolan is on a one-man mission to make it impossible to enjoy the Knicks’ championship or even root for the team. This is truly sociopathic.

Officially two months since I underwent my seventh open-heart surgery (and third in three years). It sucked, but I'm glad to still be here in this trash world of ours.

I hope at the end of the Beatles movies they show photos of the real people and reveal what happened to them

Spoke to Jaime Churches, a former Michigan representative running for her old seat in a super-swingy district outside Detroit. She’s been dealing with death threats for months, but she was more interested in talking about polluter pay and healthcare. www.progressreport.news/p/unfinished...

Unfinished business, death threats, and the swingiest district

Jaime Churches is on a mission

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Spoke to Jaime Churches, a former Michigan representative running for her old seat in a super-swingy district outside Detroit. She’s been dealing with death threats for months, but she was more interested in talking about polluter pay and healthcare. www.progressreport.news/p/unfinished...

Unfinished business, death threats, and the swingiest district

Jaime Churches is on a mission

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Seven weeks since my seventh open-heart surgery (and third in three years). Just started physical therapy. I’m supposed to keep my blood pressure down but that may have to wait another month. At least the Mets ended all tension well before the August surgery.

Just put in a huge update to FlipSeats.org, a directory of must-win legislative seats in critical swing states. Now it goes to districts that were decided by 15 points or less in 2024. flipseats.org

My election night reach goal is trifectas in MI, PA and WI. This would do so much good for the people of these states and help secure 2028 as much as we can. What a miracle to even conceive of this possibility! Want to help? @jordanz.bsky.social has made it super easy to donate to targeted races.

Flip these seats and save democracy

Filling in the gaps for the establishment

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Repeated open heart surgeries: do not recommend it!

I thought the ad for the drug Jardiance was an SNL spoof because they kept mentioning side effects like bleeding pernieum (aka the taint)… but no, SNL had yet to return from commercials. The drug that makes your taint bleed is real.

Love to see this focus on what elected Dems can do to help trans kids from the recovering but indefatigable @jordanz.bsky.social

How can Democrats protect kids from Trump... and hospital administrators?

The legal and political avenues to protecting trans kids

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The Paramout surrender is a perfect distillation of Democratic politics: 1. Talk a big game 2. Fold despite having legal leverage and public opinion on their side 3. Empower conservative oligarchs who hate working people. Great message to send right before the elections!

The first great tragedy of 9/11 was all the lives lost and families shattered on that terrible day. The second tragedy of 9/11 is how it was weaponized to spread fear, sow hatred, wage endless war, justify torture, and deny freedoms. It's a legacy of heroism and cynicism.

I need to keep my blood pressure down post-heart surgery, so I'm not really allowed to work, but nothing makes me feel more anxious (and thus raises my blood pressure) than not working. Capitalism has destroyed me.

The future of American democracy will be determined by reports on irrelevant old deleted tweets and then the DC media will spend four years moaning about being under attack by the people they put in power

Democrats should have a big tent, but if Blue Dogs like MGP are going to use party infrastructure and then go vote with Republicans, they should get their own ballot line

I underwent my 7th open-heart surgery a week ago today. It sucks, but without insurance for a routine MRI, they wouldn't have caught the issue and I probably would have died. Medicare for All is the only moral way forward.

Special episode of @thelatechallenge.bsky.social with @robbohuyton.bsky.social talking to @jordanz.bsky.social on if LFC supporters should be worried about Jeff Bezos ... youtube.com/watch?v=bDAh...

Should Liverpool Fans Be Worried About Jeff Bezos? | TLC Special

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I'm undergoing yet another open-heart surgery (my 7th!) in a couple of weeks. All prayers and movie recommendations are appreciated.

I don’t think I’ve heard Stevens discuss policy — other than the vague need for manufacturing — once during this campaign. She’s not even pretending to move left to win a Democratic primary. It’s all superficial identity politics, dontchyaknow

Howard Mortman@howardmortman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens

“That was some bullshit.” - Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s response to Trump’s speech tonight