So…she voted as she did because Barack endorsed a candidate in a race in which he made no endorsements? How do you combat this? Where did she get this idea? Was it a fever dream or fake news? #inners

If Democrats lose, it’s not going to be because they didn’t suck up enough to AIPAC and Elon Musk. It’ll be because of turnout. When we show up, we win. Give us a reason to show up. #inners

Progressives are supposed to feel bad because El-Sayed won but not by as much as the polls suggested? A win is a win. Shut up, you dumb fucks. #inners

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

the median midwestern voter loves two things: electing republicans and thwarting republican policy goals via ballot referendum

“I’m staying in the race because, thanks to President Trump paving the groundwork, sexual assault and violence against women is widely and openly accepted now, so there’s really no reason to drop out.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

If It Happens because the president installed an incompetent reality TV star as Transportation Secretary ....

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h ago

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMS MARINE ONE WAS BRIEFLY TOO CLOSE TO PASSENGER AIRPLANE - STATEMENT

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:

if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.

📌Susan Collins is voting "no" on the repulsive Blanche because she has been given political cover by Thune. Her vote doesn't matter. This isn't a heroic decision, it is pure politics, and whether anybody wants to admit it or not it's how she has survived like a parasite in that chamber for 30 years.

This is a new view of the bulldozed White House complex. The criminal monstrosity subhuman filth won’t stop until he destroys everything, makes me sick to my stomach.

Let’s level set. MICHIGAN is a must-win if we want to flip the Senate. A word caution: This race was tighter than many predicted. El-Sayed needs Stevens supporters in the general, so it’s not smart strategy to keep them angry. Welcome them. Focus on issues. Time is short, so healing must be quick

Monsters

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

In the rare cases where incumbents lose primaries, their replacements become instant celebrities. (see: AOC) #maddow

Apparently, Roger beat a guy named “Pond” in the Kansas Republican Senate Primary. RIP Pond. #maddow

I‘m not a fan of ascribing artificial importance to a random mid-sized town like Saginaw, MI. They’re not any smarter than anyone else; they just have a voting history that happens to fit some sort of pattern, and you’ve decided that makes them political soothsayers. #maddow

Can we just admit that 2010 was racist af? Just a knee-jerk reaction to “OMG the black guy won!” #maddow #inners

Trump keeps trying to cheat, but the courts won’t let him. #maddow #inners

TB Times editorial cartoon