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Bookish chaos. Sports-induced suffering. Dog mom. Politics nerd. Movie aficionado. Reality TV enthusiast.

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Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h ago

Brace yourself for a massive escalation of economic damage: Multiple major US airlines were preparing to tell travelers to stay home to prevent overcrowding at airports with little indication when the ground stop would be lifted and normal operations would resume.

U.S. halts flight departures nationwide on air traffic communications outage

U.S. halts flight departures nationwide on air traffic communications outage. Air traffic is snarled after radar and radio frequencies fail - follow for updates

theaircurrent.com

Marcia Brown@marciabrown.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEWS: USDA is proposing to further tighten eligibility for the nation's largest anti-hunger program, a change that could remove 6M+ people currently receiving benefits from SNAP. USDA says the change will ensure benefits only go to "the truly needy." www.politico.com/news/2026/11...

USDA policy shift would cut millions of people off food aid program

The Agriculture Department is reviving a plan that will require low-income people to take additional steps to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

politico.com

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d ago

She literally had to call her boss to tell him she couldn't come to work because she might have just been elected to Congress.

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 5d ago

The reddest House seat Dems are poised to flip is TN-4, where Victoria Broderick, a progressive who backs Medicare for All and is openly pro-trans rights, leads. Trump won it by 24. She ran on a shoestring budget with no party support. Here are other Democrats who flipped deep-red seats.

Table titled “Six Democrats who flipped deep-red House seats in 2026.” Subtitle: Each won a seat Trump carried by double digits in 2024. Their backgrounds and the positions they ran on. TN-4: Trump +24.3. Victoria Broderick leads Scott DesJarlais (R, incumbent) by 0.1, not yet called. Logistics and customer-support worker, ex-county party chair. Calls herself a progressive; Medicare for All; pro-Roe; openly queer; backs trans rights; no corporate or AIPAC money. Raised $0.09M, spent $0.09M. TX-9: Trump +20.0. Leticia Gutierrez beat Alex Mealer (R, open seat) by 15.1. Environmental-justice advocate; came from Monterrey at age 8, child of farmworkers. Ties her son’s illness to refinery pollution; supports universal health care; path to citizenship; endorsed by the Houston Progressive Caucus. Raised $0.22M, spent $0.10M. NC-9: Trump +16.0. Richard Ojeda beat Richard Hudson (R, incumbent, NRCC chair) by 2.2. Retired Army major; ex-West Virginia state senator. Repeal right-to-work; abolish ICE; codify Roe; no corporate PAC money. Raised $2.93M, spent $2.94M. NC-14: Trump +15.2. LaKesha Womack beat Tim Moore (R, incumbent) by 2.2. Business consultant, AME Zion minister, first run. Pledges to center communities historically excluded from decision-making; Medicare for All long-term. Raised $0.06M, spent $0.06M. TX-23: Trump +15.0. Katy Padilla Stout beat Brandon Herrera (R, open seat) by 8.5. Teacher turned foster-care lawyer, first run. Supports expanding Medicare to cover all Americans; background checks; universal pre-K. Raised $1.12M, spent $0.97M. NJ-2: Trump +12.7. Zack Mullock beat Jeff Van Drew (R, incumbent) by 2.7. Cape May mayor. Medicare for All; wealth tax; overturn Citizens United. Raised $0.96M, spent $0.86M.
Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · last wk.

America is amazing. The voters fucking showed out. Go America. A black man just flipped a county named for the founder of the Klu Klux Klan. That's history book shit. This is an historic election. Don't take that for granted, Dems. Please do the work.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has flipped Forrest County, a once reliably Republican County named for Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · last wk.

Fire him tomorrow. Fire him. Fuck this guy. Against all odds? You were the odds we were running against. Don't fuck this up, smarter, younger members of Congress. Don't let them do that. This might be your one and only time to fix it. Do not fuck it up again.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · last wk.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) now talking about Dems taking back the Senate tonight. "Against all odds, Democrats have won the Senate," he says. "We have five words for the American people: relief is on the way."

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

Nope. People have made it clear they have had enough of crime and corruption - inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering on our neighbors. There must be accountability. This kind of sentiment in 2009 cost us in 2010. We can’t go back to milquetoast Obama politics.

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · last wk.

Tonight, the American people sent a clear message — they want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them, and leaders who offer concrete solutions to the challenges they face.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2w ago

Honestly in shock. @nytimes.com terminated the contract of romance fiction columnist Olivia Waite because she reposted on Bluesky criticism I and @markjacob.bsky.social had of the paper’s lack of coverage of the new rape allegations against Donald Trump. Details and a statement from Olivia here:

The New York Times Terminates Contract with Romance Columnist Olivia Waite After Bluesky Repost - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

smartbitchestrashybooks.com