"Last night the DCCC expanded their target list from 46 GOP held seats to 58." Despite all the gerrymandering shenanigans, I would think that one statement sums up best how the party out of power sees last night's results.

An In-Depth Look At Last Night's Elections And The 2026 Elections More Broadly (New Video)

Sharing my conversation from earlier this morning with April Boyd of the Contrarians

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Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage

The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters

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If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.

Thank you to everyone who voted today. And a special thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped at the polls! 💚

lol eat shit

Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary. She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · yesterday

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...

Trump: "Everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape." (There is no tape. Trump is nuts.)

YOU COULD HAVE VOTED NOT TO CONFIRM HIS LAWYER AS AG! You literally had that power, you coward.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.

But sure… tell us again how DEI is the problem. 🙄

MacFarlane: We are near the new gold-plated statues the Trump administration unveiled near Memorial Circle, Memorial Bridge, and the Lincoln Memorial. It’s really, really gold.…

BREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "

DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

Proud that Elias Law Group is helping the Democratic Party fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Marc Elias Firm Rebounds as Key DNC Litigator for Midterms

Marc Elias and his firm have reemerged as a top legal adviser for the Democratic National Committee after the party organization cut back work with the prominent elections attorney during the 2024 cam...

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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."

Concerned for her seat, Susan Collins is a no on Todd Blanche. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/...

"Oligarchs are doubling down on MAGA." "Rather than being daunted by the flood of billionaire money, Democrats should treat this as a campaign theme." As billionaires have gone all in w/ MAGA, so too must Democrats go all in in fiercely unambiguous opposition to the billionaire agenda.

The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans

And Democrats should make the most of it

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This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.

This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.

I will be on CNN tonight around 11:15pmET during their live election coverage of the Michigan Democratic Party Primary. Tune in! I'll have a few things to say and why we may be watching a revolt that's already underway.

It’s adorable that she thinks reality matters at all to Trump or the MAGA cretins www.cbsnews.com/news/pirro-b...

Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro was seen with a large box as she left the White House Monday after her meeting with President Trump.

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"If only the Constitution had established a co-equal branch of government that exists in part to rein in the president. Ah, well. I guess we'll never know."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

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Absolute 🔥🔥🔥 from @johnfugelsang.bsky.social Take away their camouflage -- the awful terrible no good very bad people who hide behind Jesus' robes are the very ones who don't (won't) understand the actual teachings of Christ because they can twist things for their benefit. Don't let them.

The Sacred Slope@thesacredslope.bsky.social · 2d ago

Let's...make them find a new name for their sh&**y group. If they want to treat women as 2nd-class citizens, fine. They don't follow Christ, because Christ is the biggest feminist in the whole book - @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ▶️ full ep youtu.be/NvDa1CpdT8c?... #Deconstruction #christianity