The big DSA/Dem split is over the DSA folks who want a more European-ish Democratic party and the ones who despise the Democratic party.
Democratic-Socialists ❌ Social Democrats ✅
How to solve the DSA problem.
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The party of the incumbent president hasn’t maintained control of the House in an off-year election since 2002. And that's without the...particulars of this administration. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4fWCxMg
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has largely avoided contentious public events, yet somehow keeps finding controversy in unexpected places. @jimswift.bsky.social with a dispatch from the Ohio campaign trail:
Vivek Ramaswamy Gets a Reality Check at the County Fair
He handled the hecklers. Explaining how he would pay for all his promises was harder.
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"In 2016, less than a quarter of Bernie’s primary voters ended up voting for Trump, picking a third-party candidate, or staying home in the general election. Most of Bernie’s voters were social democrats, not DSA. Why not make that distinction official?"
Democratic-Socialists ❌ Social Democrats ✅
How to solve the DSA problem.
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The Comey prosecution is dead. But the assault on the rule of law it represents is alive and well.
The Comey Prosecution Is Dead
But it’s no time to rejoice.
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Trump on Jeanine Pirro: "Well I just think she was totally wrong...I told her I was not happy." Q: "Is she safe? Are you going to keep her in the position?" Trump: "I haven't made a determination."
There could hardly be a worse attorney general for America, but there could hardly be a more fitting one for Trump.
Ground Control to Major Don
The president’s planet is getting farther and farther from our own.
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The suspicious transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell is just the most visible and outrageous example of what could become a quiet attack on the rule of the law:
Todd Blanche’s New Grip on the Federal Prison System
Critics worry a little-noticed policy shift could let the attorney general reward allies, punish enemies, and sideline longstanding Bureau of Prisons processes.
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"These trips for the family of eleven didn’t come cheaply, and were seemingly funded to the tune of millions of dollars in donations from corporations Duffy regulates. Still, there was theoretically a noble goal involved." Emphasis on "theoretically."
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
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@timmiller.bsky.social and @ansleyskipper.bsky.social test how much political news made it through Tim’s vacation bubble, from Trump’s White House correspondents’ dinner insults and the Fauci diaries to Canada tariffs, RFK Jr.’s cooking show, and a bizarre lettuce-recall controversy.
This reported attack—no matter who conducted it—should remind us that cyberwarfare is not a future threat. It is part of the operational environment in which every modern democracy must function.
The Attack We Knew Was Coming
Effectively defending against cyber threats against critical infrastructure requires a long-term commitment of political will.
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"The lines that he was crossing, it's just inappropriate for a boss to be doing this to women whose employment he has in their control." @sarahmatthews1.bsky.social on what the bizarre details in the Chuck Edwards ethics report reveal about a much larger pattern of powerful men in Washington.
Blanche has either bamboozled Cornyn and Tillis by giving them meaningless written “assurances” that assure nothing, or they have simply caved to pressure from Trump, Senate colleagues, the right-wing blogosphere, or their own allies and supporters.
Don’t Believe Todd Blanche About Trump’s Slush Fund From Hell
The attorney general nominee did not kill off Trump’s egregiously corrupt fund, even if he duped Sens. Cornyn and Tillis into thinking he had.
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"This is the digital equivalent of strip-mining or clear-cutting. It ought to be illegal. Maybe an enterprising social democrat could package this with opposition to data center construction as part of an AI policy suite. The bubble can’t pop soon enough."
Democratic-Socialists ❌ Social Democrats ✅
How to solve the DSA problem.
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TUNE IN: @timmiller.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social are live at 9PM ET with analysis on Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
The Next Level: LIVE Election Night Coverage
Join Tim Miller, JVL and Sam Stein (filling in for Sarah) as they cover the primary elections LIVE!
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@cwarzel.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social why the tech oligarchs’ grand vision for the future feels so profoundly anti-human: "They don't seem to be able to articulate a brilliant vision of what the future looks like, because I think their imaginations are really, really small."
"I don’t know about you, but I would give a lot for a politician of genuine wit right now." On Donald Trump's lack of actual sense of humor:
Trump Was Never Funny
Too bad—humor is a good thing in a politician.
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"Trump’s planet—where America is the hottest country in the world, Iran has been brought to its knees, vandals who destroyed the Reflecting Pool will be brought to justice—is so far from Earth it can no longer be seen with the naked eye."
Ground Control to Major Don
The president’s planet is getting farther and farther from our own.
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One of the big issues that will have shaped tonight's Michigan result:
The ‘Medicare for All’ Test for Michigan Democrats
Haley Stevens wants to move legislation. Abdul El-Sayed wants to move the debate. But first, one of them has to keep the seat blue.
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"Elon Musk lost, in one trading day, more than Bill Gates' entire net worth.” @cwarzel.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social how Elon Musk turned his unprecedented wealth into unchecked political power.
So was the non-existent "Great American Road Trip" a mere screw-up, or a Hans-Gruber-style heist dressed up as a cause?
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
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@eggerdc.bsky.social on Sen. Husted saying he hopes Trump "can move things along" in regards to Max Miller: “Let’s let Trump do our dirty work…to demand that people accused of abusing women not hang out any longer.”
It's funny how unprepared you can be when something you've been expecting happens
The Attack We Knew Was Coming
Effectively defending against cyber threats against critical infrastructure requires a long-term commitment of political will.
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You may not believe this, but Todd Blanche is not being completely honest here:
Don’t Believe Todd Blanche About Trump’s Slush Fund From Hell
The attorney general nominee did not kill off Trump’s egregiously corrupt fund, even if he duped Sens. Cornyn and Tillis into thinking he had.
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Rep. Max Miller: "[Trump] called me and he said, 'Max, it's gonna be a tough race.' And he said, 'I don't know if you're going to be able to pull this one out.'"
Tapper: "When's the last time you used illegal drugs?" Rep. Max Miller: "The last time I had illegal drugs would have been, I don't know, several years ago…This whole needles thing, this is testosterone replacement therapy…That's what I was doing."
Tapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."
"The case before the Hawaii Supreme Court did not warrant such an impassioned condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court. But Associate Justice Todd Eddins and his colleagues wanted to send a message to the country." And so they did. ICYMI @kimwehle.bsky.social:
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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Tapper: "Your ex-wife said your daughter said, 'Daddy angry,' and 'Daddy's house is scary.'" Rep. Max Miller: "She can't string together sentences like that. She's two-and-a-half." Tapper: "You just told me that she had said she was scared to go to 'mommy's house'...That doesn't make sense."
Tapper: "You also released a drop box with files involving your family…One of those files was an image of your daughter naked…It is shockingly reckless behavior." Rep. Max Miller: "I wouldn't say that it's shockingly reckless."