This is very clearly true. It is also true that information bubbles like BlueSky risk doing exactly the same thing on the other side. People need to confront reality that progressives underperformed. Not just AES/Flanagan/Jackson. Bernie-picked Dunlap lost to LePage in ME-2. Disaster.

Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · yesterday

An underdiscussed (imo) aspect of this election cycle is the extent to which media consolidation and domination by conservatives resulted in huge blind spots that ultimately prevented them from recognizing the widespread anger and dissatisfaction directed at Republicans.

Love JiffyLube hiring the Sonic Improv Guys!

Oversight Democrats are ready to take on the crooks, the con men, and the Trump crime family. Lawyer up.

To evaluate Terry Moran’s comment that Stephen Miller is “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred,” I recommend this oral history of his time at Santa Monica High School. lamag.com/politics/ste...

Trump Advisor Stephen Miller Has Always Been This Way

From "virtual loner" to the White House: An oral history of Stephen Miller's days at Santa Monica High

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Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · last yr.

Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:

New rule for myself: every time I see a dumb take and get an urge to partake in any sort of Dem internal feuding nonsense right now, I will instead find another preposterous win from Tuesday that makes me happy

Right now, Chuck Schumer is drinking scotch with the Baileys and laughing at you, yes, you in particular. They're dragging you something fierce.

I've met a lot of guys like Stephen Miller and let's just say they don't have a talent for management

NYC right now.

Republicans, you’re the umbrella now

Donald Trump Struggles with Umbrella Boarding Air Force One

Alt: Donald Trump Struggles with Umbrella Boarding Air Force One

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Apparently Reinhard Heydrich wasn’t available.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

Trump: "I am pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Miller, the current Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, & one of my most trusted advisors, will become Chief of Staff starting Monday. Susie Wiles, who has done an outstanding job, will be moving over to the Trump Political Operation."

Colom got his start n politics by knocking off an incumbent DA named Forrest Allgood, named after the same guy.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterday

Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, a once reliably Republican County named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest

Some things that won't happen with a Democratic Senate: Appropriations Chair Susan Collins Banking Chair Tim Scott Budget+Investigations Chair Ron Johnson Commerce Chair Ted Cruz Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul Finance Chair Mike Crapo Judiciary Chair Mike Lee Intel Chair Tom Cotton

Had I not seen this meme in situ, I would not have believed it was real. Like, worst Miss Mazeppa ever.

Please read and share this thread. bsky.app/profile/anit...

Anita@anita1956.bsky.social · 21h ago

A non-Jewish woman I knew spoke to me on a number of occasions of the horror of Kristallnacht she witnessed as a child. Steffi and her family lived close to a Jewish neighborhood in Germany (the town I don't remember) and did much of their shopping and socializing among the Jewish community.

If only someone wrote a whole book that, among other things, refutes this exact claim at length. bookshop.org/p/books/amer...

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country

From one of the country’s most respected religion reporters, a paradigm-shifting discussion of how the Religious Left is actually the moral compass that has long steered America’s political debates, i...

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Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 20h ago

‘The Democrats became hostile to people of faith’ is a claim that begs for evidence (of which there is basically none).

There has to be something in the Constitution about the chief of staff not being one of the undead.

I always greedily look ahead: 2028 SENATE TARGETS Tier 1 Ron Johnson Ted Budd Lisa Murkowski Tier 2 Tim Scott Ashley Moody Chuck Grassley Gerry Moran Tier 3 Todd Young Eric Schmitt Mike Lee Tennessee (TBD) John Kennedy Others up for reelection K Britt R Paul J Boozeman J Hoeven J Thune M Crapo

Let me make this *crystal* fucking clear. A thing we are not about to do this week or at anytime in the future is continue this "both parties are the same" garbage in the face of what we're dealing with right now. This right here is, as far as I'm concerned, fascist apologia.

really this should be paired with the next part

Brian Barrett@brbarrett.bsky.social · 21h ago

The cybertruck was a total disaster but without it we would never have had this one perfect quote. www.wired.com/story/owning...

lol, i guess guilfoyle finally got flushed out of the HVAC system at the greek embassy. MAGALANGELO. what a rich tapestry.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 21h ago

This photo from this week’s CPAC gala at Mar-A-Lago (posted by Matt Schlapp) is such a glorious image of late stage MAGAworld

Please read this incredibly thoughtful & smart thread. Tuesday‘s amazing Dem successes were not just lucky happenings, but due to the hard work put in by so many people, particularly Black Women, who have been our most reliable workers/votes for decades, along with Dem leaders (and funding!).🍸🍸

PortiaMcGonagal@portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 22h ago

Sigh. Way too much of white America still does not understand the double standard it perpetuates for non-white people in leadership roles, especially Black people. The privilege you have to throw hissy fits, issue ultimatums, threats, etc. isn't the same for us, and if and when we do, you turn

Elections have consequences.

Translation: "they trounced us so thoroughly that we can't even keep up the pretense."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 22h ago

Ali Alexander, a "Stop the Steal" organizer after the 2020 election, wrote on social media that "STOP THE STEAL SAYS MIDTERM WIPEOUT ELECTION WAS LEGITIMATE" & "WILL NOT PROTEST" the results.

Top Jewish values most American Jews were raised with are "don't do a genocide" and "pursue education." We know when we're being used as a straw man to screw others—and that this makes us a target. Netanyahu's actions, besides devastating Palestinians, have hugely increased antisemitism in the US.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 23h ago

More than half of American Jews think the Trump administration's campaign to cut funding to universities in the name of "fighting antisemitism" actually results in more antisemitism. That campaign was never about helping Jews. It was about instrumentalizing Jews to destroy higher education.

Every single person screaming about leader elections in DC would be FAR better served picking an issue and pursuing it in their now more Democratic state. Pick an issue, make it happen. YOU can make govt work at the state level. emptywheel.net/2026/11/06/w...

WSJ's Tears and a 2-Year Plan to Save Democracy - emptywheel

The Great Blue Tsunami of 2026 brought democracy back to states where it hasn't been seen for decades, if not a century. And we need to focus at the state level to ensure we complete the project in 20...

emptywheel.net

Nothing says resolve like Dick Eagles

My hot streak continues. Wordle 1,966 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I've seen a lot of people honor Beto and Stacey Abrams for their ground work that lead to the flip of Texas and Georgia but in Mississippi, Jim Hood, Mike Espy (2X), and Brandon Presley ran hard uphill races and showed it was possible and built the networks needed for a final victory

Things moved to second worst: President James Buchanan and the Ford Edsel.