Haley Stevens is giving Hillary Clinton 2008. Abdul El-Sayed is giving Zohran Mamdani 2025. Which playbook will prevail and lead the party into the future?

The Democratic Party Playbook Is On The Ballot In Michigan

The winner of Michigan's Senate primary could signal the future direction of the Democratic Party

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Everyone agrees Democrats are poised to win back the House this November. But what about that pesky Senate. Have Democrats sealed the deal with midterm voters? It’s sure looking like it.

Sealing The Midterm Election Deal

With 96 days to go to Election Day, Democrats still have work to do to flip both chambers of Congress. Is the wave that's building big enough?

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Incredible reveal that Susan Collins was the villain in Troy Jackson’s political origin story.

@troyjackson207.bsky.social delivers one of the central tenets of his campaign: that this movement for change “is not from the left, it’s not from the right. It’s from the bottom, and we are rising!” His joy is palpable.

Maine Democrats dub now until Election Day “Troyotathon,” with merch and all.

Here is @troyjackson207.bsky.social calling out Susan Collins’ almost thirty year record of “concern.”

10/10 Maine Dems credential graphic design 👏

Signs distributed at seats throughout the hall.

MaineDems nominating convention streaming live: www.youtube.com/live/gxM6nbF... MaineDems chair Charlie Dingman rages against ICE for “summarily executing” Joan Durán Guerrero in Biddeford. He calls ICE “government sponsored terror” and says “Senator Susan Collins has been complicit in all of it.”

Maine Democrats Special Nominating Convention

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These cards welcomed us as we entered the Maine Dems nominating convention. Troy Jackson is in fact not the only one on the ballot.

Teamsters Local 340 out in force for Troy Jackson at the Maine Democrats’ nominating convention.

Susan Collins lied to Mainers. She helped destroy Roe v. Wade, she advanced Trump's $990 billion Medicaid cuts, and she gave ICE $70 billion continue its rogue terror campaign. Together, we will replace her with a Senator who gives a damn about the working people of this country.

Very concerned.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2w ago

Susan Collins on JACKSON: “I've known him for many, many years. He has been around Augusta for like 20 years, and he's from the same area of Maine that I'm from... He's had quite a transformation over the years in his political views, but now seems to be firmly aligned w/ the democratic socialists.”

People underestimate Troy Jackson’s game.

How was Troy Jackson able to all but clinch the nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine this weekend, days before Maine Democrats’ nominating convention? Spoiler alert: it traces back to November 6, 2024, the day after Kamala Harris lost the presidency to Donald Trump.

Is Troy Jackson The Working Class Champion We've Been Waiting For?

Maine's presumptive Senate nominee has the chance to prove the viability of progressive economic populism as the way forward for Democrats

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America only accepts white refugees now. Why? Because the Trump Regime's policy comes almost entirely from false conspiracy theories. In my first guest post at The Big Picture, I walk you through the 4chan-to-Trump pipeline. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/4chan-trum...

The Pipeline from Fringe Conspiracy to Trump Policy

Official Trump policy is increasingly driven by once fringe right-wing conspiracy theories. How can we fight back?

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Everywhere you look, Trump and GOP leaders are big mad…and that’s by design. Chasing the white male rage of their supporters is literally their only play.

Chasing the Rage: The GOP’s Masculinist Playbook for November

How overt misogyny has become the American right’s last unifying cause

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Trump’s obsession with his ballroom despite the “let them eat cake” vibes of it all shows he’s more concerned with legacy than political outcomes. He knows he’ll never be on a ballot again, but all those Republicans who are up for election this fall are letting him drive them off an electoral cliff.

Trump's Bad Ballroom Bet

Will he drive Republicans off a political cliff just to build it?

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Mamdani drew up the blueprint. Magyar proved it can work on a national scale. Now, Ossoff is showing candidates for Congress how to translate it into a blue wave this November.

The Lesson Every Democrat Should Learn From Peter Magyar's Victory In Hungary

The cost of living crisis needs a villain.

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There's a war on for your mind. theonion.info

As with anyone who leaves a cult, many former MAGA are undergoing a sort of deprogramming and, in the process, are working through all the classic stages of grief. Get out the popcorn! 🍿

The Five Stages Of MAGA Grief

As MAGA voters turn on Trump, they’re reckoning with loss in a classic, recognizable pattern

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The Big Picture @toddbeeton.bsky.social The Great White Supremacy Unmasking thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-musk...

The Great White Supremacy Unmasking

Musk and Trump have brought once fringe views into the mainstream of the right

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This could have been an email.

For me and clearly many others, the SOB test is now the primary lens for judging Democratic candidates. Every election at every level, from now through 2028, is a referendum on an unbearable presidency. My latest, at The Big Picture. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats: Don’t Fail the ‘SOB Test'

Which Democratic leaders have learned the right lessons about how to compete in a post-Trump political environment?

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#NoKings Geneva, NY drew 300 people. Amazing turnout and energy.

It’s almost as if Jake Tapper should write a book about this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo ago

Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."

We believe healthcare is a right for every American. But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies. Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

If only he had a way to vote in accordance with his stated beliefs!

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · last yr.

Hawley is a YES But: "This has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid... Frankly, my party needs to do some soul searching. If you want to be a working-class party, you’ve got to deliver for working-class people. You cannot take away health care from working people."

Honestly, this is my #1 objection to yesterday’s decision. SCOTUS had many, many opportunities to curb universal injunctions against the Biden administration. For four years, it refused. Then, almost as soon as Trump returned to office, it changed the rules to take away universal injunctions. Why?

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m curious why you think the six justices in the CASA majority allowed multiple universal injunctions against the Biden administration to stand, then abolished universal injunctions within six months of Trump’s return to office

“Turns out Zohran’s coalition was everyone.” Says it all.