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Ndgree, the Grand Remonstrator

@ndgree.bsky.social

Travel tips, complaints, and observations from 6 years of full-time travel. Mom of @Faineg but not responsible for Alf except tangentially. Likes are free. Don’t be stingy.

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · yesterday

Talk about Iran all you want, and sure it's a calamity and voters are mad, but our new electeds understand that masked secret police murdering people in the streets has to be stopped, the killers held to account, their commanders held to account, their financial backers held to account.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · yesterday

In his first public appearance since winning the election, James Talarico adds his “I voted” sticker to Lorenzo Salgado’s memorial in Houston. Lorenzo was murdered by ICE 4 months ago today.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3d ago

Reminder for anyone who needs to hear it: Investigating corruption and prosecuting individuals or corporations for wrongdoing is not "retribution" or "getting even." It's enforcing the rule of law. Just thought I should point that out.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 3d ago

We need a strong political campaign to get the Democrats to fight hard to bring back USAID funding - which would save huge numbers of lives globally. (And I’d really like to be involved with that - if you’re working on this organizing or know someone who is, please let me know!)

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d ago

There are lots of things on the Dems’ agenda this January, but right off the bat, they could save thousands upon thousands of lives by re-funding the foreign-aid programs that Musk and Rubio laid waste to.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3d ago

also, this website of political obsessives would be much happier and more well adjusted if you'd pay less attention to schumer and more attention to the committee chairs who are currently banging their swords against their shields and anxiously waiting to hear the battle drums start

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3d ago

van hollen can probably make a good majority leader if he wants it and the caucus wants it, but i'm going to laugh like a hyena when you're all mad at him for some compromise in 2027

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · 4d ago

Why should you follow me? Because im probably one of the two sources of lived Kowloon Walled City experience on this site app. And I swear a lot.

ESG Hound@esghound.com · 4d ago

Chuck Hubbard, who just scored one of the biggest house upsets last night in ousting Granny Demon from Hell Virginia Foxx, apparently opened nearly every campaign event with this anecdotes about protecting the rights of his lesbian daughter. He's delightful

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEW: Democrats have gained control over enough state governments to pass the National Popular Vote Compact and give it a majority of at least 283 electoral votes—13 more than it needs to activate by 2028. My story below explains the path forward for eventually electing the president by popular vote

Map titled “Projected Partisan Control Over State Governments After 2027” from The Downballot. Each state is sized by its 2020 census population and colored by which party controls its government. Full control means the party holds the governorship and legislative majorities. States with divided government where one party holds veto-proof majorities are shown with stripes, since that party has effective control. Population percentages are calculated using 2025 state population estimates. Proportion of population by category: Fully Democratic: 52% Arizona: 2.2% California: 11.5% Colorado: 1.8% Connecticut: 1.1% Delaware: 0.3% Hawaii: 0.4% Illinois: 3.7% Maine: 0.4% Maryland: 1.8% Massachusetts: 2.1% Michigan: 3.0% Minnesota: 1.7% Nevada: 1.0% New Jersey: 2.8% New Mexico: 0.6% New York: 5.9% Oregon: 1.3% Pennsylvania: 3.8% Rhode Island: 0.3% Virginia: 2.6% Washington: 2.3% Wisconsin: 1.8% Democratic veto-proof majorities with Republican governor: 0.2% Vermont: 0.2% Divided Government: 22% Alaska: 0.2% Georgia: 3.3% Iowa: 0.9% Kansas: 0.9% New Hampshire: 0.4% North Carolina: 3.3% Ohio: 3.5% Texas: 9.3% Republican veto-proof majorities with Democratic governor: 1% Kentucky: 1.4% Fully Republican: 24% Alabama: 1.5% Arkansas: 0.9% Florida: 6.9% Idaho: 0.6% Indiana: 2.0% Louisiana: 1.4% Mississippi: 0.9% Missouri: 1.8% Montana: 0.3% Nebraska: 0.6% North Dakota: 0.2% Oklahoma: 1.2% South Carolina: 1.6% South Dakota: 0.3% Tennessee: 2.1% Utah: 1.0% West Virginia: 0.5% Wyoming: 0.2%
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 6d ago

NEW: The 2026 elections could lead to enough states passing the National Popular Vote Compact for the Electoral College to activate it by 2028. Dems have already passed it everywhere they can—adding a few more states could give it a majority of electoral votes www.the-downballot.com/p/how-tuesda...

Map titled "Hypothetical Path to Activating the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact," with the subtitle "How the compact could obtain a majority of Electoral College votes by 2028." It is a stylized map of the United States in which each state is labeled with its number of electoral votes. States are shaded in three colors: green for current members, yellow for states possible by 2028, and gray for states unlikely to join. A note on the map says the compact would take effect once states with at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes join. Current members and the states possible by 2028 together hold 290 electoral votes. Current members (222 electoral votes): California: 54 Colorado: 10 Connecticut: 7 Delaware: 3 District of Columbia: 3 Hawaii: 4 Illinois: 19 Maine: 4 Maryland: 10 Massachusetts: 11 Minnesota: 10 New Jersey: 14 New Mexico: 5 New York: 28 Oregon: 8 Rhode Island: 4 Vermont: 3 Virginia: 13 Washington: 12 Possible new members by 2028 (68 electoral votes): Alaska: 3 Arizona: 11 Michigan: 15 Nevada: 6 New Hampshire: 4 Pennsylvania: 19 Wisconsin: 10 States unlikely to join (248 electoral votes): Alabama: 9 Arkansas: 6 Florida: 30 Georgia: 16 Idaho: 4 Indiana: 11 Iowa: 6 Kansas: 6 Kentucky: 8 Louisiana: 8 Mississippi: 6 Missouri: 10 Montana: 4 Nebraska: 5 North Carolina: 16 North Dakota: 3 Ohio: 17 Oklahoma: 7 South Carolina: 9 South Dakota: 3 Tennessee: 11 Texas: 40 Utah: 6 West Virginia: 4 Wyoming: 3 Footer: "States are sized and labeled based on their total electoral votes. Files available at https://the-db.co/data." Source: The Downballot.
Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d ago

this doesn't feel like 2008 (to me) bc in 2008 we were all so full of hope with eyes wide open for the future, and i have too much anger for that now. but this does feel like catharsis, like a result we were owed but were never confident we would get.