UPDATE: uh holy shit we’ve raised over $12k since I posted this. that’s enough to give each of the 9 candidates here over $1K each, a significant fundraising boost that they will feel on the ground in these must-win swing districts

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 3d ago

I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

Lol he probably got them as bar mitzvah/wedding presents. This is a total non-issue.

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 3d ago

well that's going to complicate things, but it gives him a really easy PR win with the base

The 2026 NY-15th Congressional Primary, a contest between 3-term incumbent Richie Torres, and former Assemblyman Michael Blake saw Torres easilly win in this conservative Minority heavy seat — losing only one precinct in the beggining-to-be gentrified area of Motthaven

this is the rest of our lives and I'm just feeling pre-emptively exhausted

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d ago

Holy shit, y’all… this is real… 🤡 😂😂 Rogers’ post: www.facebook.com/reel/1045105...

Generic Ballot (CNN/SSRS): Democrats 47% Republicans 39% www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/p...

POV: you are the Susan Collins campaign and Graham Platner just resigned from the race

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 7d ago

feeling like "just got incinerated by Sunfyre on Dragonstone' level cooked tbh

'DSA' is just really funny, it's being used like leftists used to use 'neoliberal' to describe anything they don't like.

brad (armor-piercing incendiary tracer)@bradicality.bsky.social · last wk.

Never post a video showing Haley Stevens @rephaleystevens.bsky.social interacting with constituents, lord in heaven

Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault

A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."

thehandbasket.co

it's also, as these things so often are, mixed in with a kind of ethnonationalism that seeks to prevent the influence of pernicious American citizens and preserve Puerto Rico for the Real People. It frustrates me that so many leftists cannot see how fucked up that is.

Awful awful awful. I hope there are news cameras ready to go. If there’s any single lesson we learned here in Minneapolis, it’s that ICE melts in sunlight.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.

TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...

Lately when I do a long run and finish near a bar or brewery I like to get a beer but also I get an non alcoholic beer at the same time because those are good to drink immediately post run. If there’s a line I get both at the same time and sometimes the bartender looks at me like I’m an alien

at least I understand why many republicans oppose statehood (they don’t want what will very likely be left-leaning senators and representatives), but anti-statehood lefties just crack me up

Humble Novice@humblenovice.bsky.social · last wk.

Is Darializa Avila Chevalier even aware that the majority of Puerto Ricans aren't interested in independence for a variety of reasons?

I've said many times that I'm hardcore self-determination for PR, and every time there's a referendum they vote for statehood, so....

Humble Novice@humblenovice.bsky.social · last wk.

Is Darializa Avila Chevalier even aware that the majority of Puerto Ricans aren't interested in independence for a variety of reasons?

yeah like, the idea among the left that PR could/should be a state is brand new. No one wants to touch that for the reason Maria said, and because the loudest Puerto Ricans on the left want to be independent to larp

Is Darializa Avila Chevalier even aware that the majority of Puerto Ricans aren't interested in independence for a variety of reasons?

It makes sense when you see so many on Twitter chastising anyone who points this out including Puerto Ricans who’ve studied the issue (see @sageoftime.bsky.social). They want to call America the evil empire. And if those folks want the empire? They’re simply lying or a silent majority doesn’t.

Humble Novice@humblenovice.bsky.social · last wk.

Is Darializa Avila Chevalier even aware that the majority of Puerto Ricans aren't interested in independence for a variety of reasons?

Weirdly, I can’t say it in English but can, and do, say it A LOT in Spanish.

@escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 2w ago

10) If you're a guy I can almost all-but-guarantee you don't say "I love you" to the close family members in your life enough. I didn't! Started doing it without warning a few years ago and now all my family ends our calls that way and it just feels better in a way I never expected.

In 2019, Troy Jackson wrote this oped in the Bangor Daily News about a labor blockade of the Canadian border he participated in in 1998: www.bangordailynews.com/2019/10/25/o... Here he is talking to Maine State Troopers during the blockade, the guy on the right in the picture:

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

Lol it’s like when LGBT groups here endorse the “good” Utah Republicans

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 3w ago

Two environmental groups, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and the National Resources Defense Council Action Fund, have endorsed Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, who faces his toughest Democratic opponent in years in #PA01, Bob Harvie.

The 2026 CA Congressional Blanket Primary in CA-11th CD, a contest between YIMBY senator Scott Weiner, SF Supervisor Connie Chan, and former AOC Chief of Staff Saikat Chakrabarti resulted in a Weiner-Chan November Matchup.

No noooooo why is his challenger pro Jones Act

More Final Round RCV scenarios from the Maine Governor Primary

You know you are a real Senate sicko if you immediately thought "Who will replace Graham on Budget" and "who will be the top Republican on Judiciary next Congress when Grassley becomes the top Republican on Finance?"

The 2026 ME Governor Democratic Primary, a clown car contest between Maine CDC director Nirav Shah, Former Maine State Rep Hannah Pingree, Frm. Senate President Troy Jackson, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, and businessman Angus King III

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pulling his National Guard early from Washington, D.C. as the chorus against Democratic governors sending troops to the city amid President Trump's ongoing deployment grows louder.

Minnesota is pulling troops early from D.C., as pressure grows on Michigan

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pulling his National Guard early from Washington, D.C. as the chorus against Democratic governors sending troops to the city amid President Trump's ongoing deployment grows louder.

n.pr

Blue Sky is full of resist libs. And if you’ve followed politics in the Trump era Resist libs have been right more often than they’ve been wrong.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4w ago

Well, hell

“In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside.” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont urged Graham Platner on Tuesday to withdraw from the Maine Senate race after a rape accusation.

Bernie Sanders Calls on Graham Platner to Drop Senate Bid After Rape Allegation

Mr. Sanders was one of the last remaining prominent allies of Graham Platner, the Maine Senate Democratic nominee, to call for him to drop out after a rape allegation.

nyti.ms

it is genuinely heartening that the antibodies still exist in the Democratic coalition to sink our Roy Moores before Republicans can do it for us

Wandering Hoo@wanderlib.bsky.social · 4w ago

I do think we (and by here I mean basically everyone, but particularly supporters and the left) need to do some hearty introspection about this whole clusterfuck. That said, it *is* remarkable to me that the line is still there, somewhere. It is encouraging even if the discovery isn't.

graham platner feels like a candidate of a perverted version of the progressive coalition oh, the progressive coalition is very strong with white men under 45 in democratic primaries? that means the candidate had to be the most toxic white man under 45 you have ever seen in your life