Our brilliant plan of putting people who think reading is gay in charge of everything has hit an unexpected snag.
Natalie Colleen Gates
@nataliecgates.bsky.social
Trans. Liberal. Democratic voter. Artist. Big Tolkien fan. Rideshare driver.
"Democratic power in the waning days of the Trump era must look, feel and be different from past incarnations. Governance must be visible, participatory and consequential. If it isn’t, the blue tsunami will recede." Ben Rhodes is right.
Opinion | The Worst Thing Democrats Could Do Right Now (Gift Article)
Democratic power in the final years of the Trump presidency must look, feel and be different from that of the past.
nytimes.com
if you wanted to split the baby on it, you could revise the rules for filibusters to make them incredibly onerous but still technically possible and see how it works over the next two years. senate republicans have become *incredibly* lazy and most of them aren't very good speakers to begin with
The antidemocratic betrayal here really cannot be overstated. https://mrf.lu/274Nt
The Democrats’ First Move After Their Big Win? A Giveaway to Big Oil.
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I think we should support the challenge, expect that it fails, and expect that either way, the further along it goes and the more support it gets, the more the urge among Senate Dems to play hardball will be reinforced.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h agoChris Van Hollen's leadership challenge to Schumer should force a serious debate among Dems over the need to use the power of the purse to compel Trump and his co-conspirators to cooperate with legitimate oversight demands. My take on this looming leadership battle: newrepublic.com/article/2179...
him going to El Salvador was the single most effective thing any Democratic politician has done in any respect (messaging, substantively, whatever) in the last 2 years. i'd love this
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · yesterdayHell yes, let’s go
In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption. To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn't about any one person – it’s about answering that call. That's why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.
Little history here. Pre-Senate, Van Hollen ran the campaign arm for House Dems. Pelosi wanted him to be her successor as House Dems leader. This is not a person lacking in insider knowledge (Schumer’s supposed strength.)
Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · yesterdayIn this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption. To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn't about any one person – it’s about answering that call. That's why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.
NEW: Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for majority leader "It’s now on us to meet this moment, and to do that we need new leadership. This is not about any one person — it’s about answering the call of the American people." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for majority leader
The Maryland Democrat said he is “answering the call of the American people” as grassroots progressives and some newly elected senators call for change in leadership.
nbcnews.com
A doctor in Cuba called to say that there were no supplies at the Children's hospital because of the Trump blockade. @meidascanada.ca is working with Containers4Cuba to get medical supplies past the blockade. But we need your help. Here's how you can help: charlieangus.substack.com/p/today-we-b...
Today We Break the Cuban Blockade
The time has come to defy Marco Rubio and Donald Trump and their brutal blockade of Cuba.
charlieangus.substack.com
If gen Z gets semi-permanently negatively polarized against the GOP to the degree millennials were—and that's a big if—it puts Republicans in an incredibly difficult position moving forward
Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 2d agoD+53 in Mississippi for 18-29 year olds. 53.
This is fascinating cos it was shared by a sort of Young Radical account but, like, if you had to guess right now the answer is pretty demonstrably the American praxis surely?
don't see a lot of progressives talking about pritzker and I think that's a mistake? he's significantly to the left of Ossoff. he's great on trans issues. solid on labor. he's been extremely outspoken in opposition to aipac. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-left-s...
The Left Should Consider Pritzker 28
He’s embraced progressive policies—and he can win
everythingishorrible.net
People are freaking out about Jeffries in wholly unconstructive ways imo. Sure seems like he’s going to let his committee chairs go after the admin. And Democrats simply aren’t going to oust him on the eve of becoming the first Black speaker in history.
Keira Havens@highcountryrose.bsky.social · last wk.Amazing job everybody, keep going
My dad just forwarded me this email he sent to @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social. (Posted with his permission.)
OK I don't know that a Mississippi Democrat from 44 years ago is the same sort of Democrat as Scott Colom lmao
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last wk.🚨🚨 BREAKING: SCOTT COLOM’S LEAD IN MISSISSIPPI JUST GREW AGAIN! 🔵 Scott Colom: 467,965 🔴 Cindy Hyde-Smith: 465,395 🔥 COLOM NOW LEADS BY 2,570 VOTES — UP FROM 2,010! Mississippi is on the brink of electing its first Democratic U.S. senator in 44 YEARS! COUNT EVERY VOTE! 🔥
My unpopular opinion is that I think Biden was extremely frail, and he was definitely going to lose, but I never believed he had dementia.
Here's a photo of Blanche Bruce, the last Black person to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate. He was born into slavery in 1841. Scott Colom is currently up 43 votes over incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
i know james carville is terrible but this is the energy i want democrats to have the next two years
allison montgomery, the trans woman who won in alabama, deployed messaging like this where 1. she directly calls republicans pedophiles and sex pests 2. she directly points out that sex testing kids is pedophilic. compare this to the spineless cis wafflers who face no danger here lol
We gotta bully the fuck out of these Democrats on behalf of trans kids and trans rights. It's literally our responsibility.
It truly is The Big Lie that corporate tax cuts benefit workers. They benefit corporate executives and shareholders. The Big Lie has worked to persuade too many working people to vote against their own self-interest. Which is exactly why it was cynically created.
Kathy Winter, chair of IA Osceola County Democratic Party, said in a statement she will not support Dem House candidate Josh Turek’s over his ad saying he's "against '“taxpayers paying for sex changes” bec. it runs counter to their state party platform opposing GAC restrictions. Iowa!
Democratic official says she won’t back Iowa Senate candidate over trans ad
Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek faces criticism after ad opposing "taxpayers paying for sex changes."
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Motorcycle gang just rode by and they’re all wearing Cookie Monster onesies. RVA
Love these Social Security Administration emails telling me what a great job Trump is doing. I hope he gets a gravy named after him like Hoover did, or maybe just a rebrand. Who was Hoover anyway?