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Ossoff and some others have figured out what they can gain by fighting. That’s the key — that the gains of fighting outweighs the costs of fighting. The tipping point among Dem elites is either coming or it has arrived.
Jon Ossoff could make a Senate hearing on agricultural subsidies feel like the season finale of The West Wing.
October 24, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Ossoff and some others have figured out what they can gain by fighting. That’s the key — that the gains of fighting outweighs the costs of fighting. The tipping point among Dem elites is either coming or it has arrived.
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Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
October 24, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"
Many Democratic elites do not want to fight. They are content to benefit from the public’s backlash against the right’s destruction. It is an amoral position, which is why it tolerates corruption.
A helpfully clear exchange here
Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028."
Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028."
Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
October 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Many Democratic elites do not want to fight. They are content to benefit from the public’s backlash against the right’s destruction. It is an amoral position, which is why it tolerates corruption.
The last third of this essay, Hoo boy. The elites are terrible people.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Devils in America | Fintan O’Toole
Toward the end of his biography of Roy Cohn, written with his wife, Susan Goldmark, Kai Bird quotes the editor and publisher Jason Epstein: “In a way,
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October 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The last third of this essay, Hoo boy. The elites are terrible people.
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www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Guys. All the things on the ballot that people like me were told was "fearmongering" is actually happening.
BREAKING:
The Trump DOJ just sent letters to local election officials across California — every county in the state — demanding they identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls and set aside their ballots.
Local officials would "risk significant federal scrutiny" if they failed to comply.
The Trump DOJ just sent letters to local election officials across California — every county in the state — demanding they identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls and set aside their ballots.
Local officials would "risk significant federal scrutiny" if they failed to comply.
October 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Guys. All the things on the ballot that people like me were told was "fearmongering" is actually happening.
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What an open sewer of racism and bigotry the right has become.
October 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
What an open sewer of racism and bigotry the right has become.
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This is charged on information, meaning a grand jury hasn’t indicted yet. These two agents have squeaky clean records. This case will go nowhere, but winning isn’t the point. www.npr.org/2026/10/23/g...
Ex-FBI employees charged with lying to Congress over Hunter Biden inquiries
Republicans have long accused the FBI of mishandling the laptop and the investigations into the younger Biden.
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October 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is charged on information, meaning a grand jury hasn’t indicted yet. These two agents have squeaky clean records. This case will go nowhere, but winning isn’t the point. www.npr.org/2026/10/23/g...
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New — I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy’s weaponization of Amy Acton’s childhood sexual abuse and how it’s only the latest symptom of a Republican party flush with rape apologists, led by an adjudicated rapist:
Vivek Ramaswamy and the Grand Old Rape Party
As Election Day closes in, the party's values have never been more clear.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
New — I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy’s weaponization of Amy Acton’s childhood sexual abuse and how it’s only the latest symptom of a Republican party flush with rape apologists, led by an adjudicated rapist:
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The plain fact of it is thus: the Trump administration wants to re-segregate higher education. It is a racist project straight-up-no-chaser. Accommodating any of this puts you on the wrong side of history, makes you a collaborator in this project. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Trump DOJ: Yale’s Medical School Has Way Too Many Black Students
The administration’s view is that the mere presence of students of color at Yale Medical School proves discrimination against white people.
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October 24, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The plain fact of it is thus: the Trump administration wants to re-segregate higher education. It is a racist project straight-up-no-chaser. Accommodating any of this puts you on the wrong side of history, makes you a collaborator in this project. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Exhausted by stupidity: Melania negotiated a 'ceasefire' while Trump bleated like a sheep. A THREAD.
1. I am very tired of being asked to be stupid. I know that is not the most important thing right now. There are many more serious consequences to electing a criminal president who is burning up the economy.
October 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Exhausted by stupidity: Melania negotiated a 'ceasefire' while Trump bleated like a sheep. A THREAD.
1. I am very tired of being asked to be stupid. I know that is not the most important thing right now. There are many more serious consequences to electing a criminal president who is burning up the economy.
October 24, 2026 at 12:42 PM
1. I am very tired of being asked to be stupid. I know that is not the most important thing right now. There are many more serious consequences to electing a criminal president who is burning up the economy.
"“It’s an inescapable law of politics: Money can only propel a campaign so far when its candidate’s flaws act as an anchor,” the nonpartisan ratings organization wrote."
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Cook Political moves Ohio governor’s race after Ramaswamy attack ad
The race moved from “toss-up” to “Lean D.”
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October 24, 2026 at 12:39 PM
"“It’s an inescapable law of politics: Money can only propel a campaign so far when its candidate’s flaws act as an anchor,” the nonpartisan ratings organization wrote."
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Amazing investigative journalism. Once again, I promise to take it seriously once there is any evidence at all that it has changed how Trump is covered in the political articles & front page headlines going forward:
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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks.
A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...
A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...
How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Amazing investigative journalism. Once again, I promise to take it seriously once there is any evidence at all that it has changed how Trump is covered in the political articles & front page headlines going forward:
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From February.
"Immigrants are Americans. They might not speak the language. They might not know the rules. They might not have the right papers. But they are here. That makes them American."
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"Immigrants are Americans. They might not speak the language. They might not know the rules. They might not have the right papers. But they are here. That makes them American."
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Bad Bunny’s ‘together, we are America’ is dangerous to Trump
Immigrants are here. That makes them American.
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October 24, 2026 at 11:36 AM
From February.
"Immigrants are Americans. They might not speak the language. They might not know the rules. They might not have the right papers. But they are here. That makes them American."
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"Immigrants are Americans. They might not speak the language. They might not know the rules. They might not have the right papers. But they are here. That makes them American."
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This is a not a humanitarian. This is a thief who's mad about getting caught for taking credit for the pope's work.
October 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This is a not a humanitarian. This is a thief who's mad about getting caught for taking credit for the pope's work.
“EUHHH.”
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Exhausted by stupidity: Melania negotiated a 'ceasefire' while Trump bleated like a sheep
Fortunately, there are signs this moment is exhausting itself.
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October 24, 2026 at 2:03 AM
“EUHHH.”
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Exhausted by stupidity: Melania negotiated a 'ceasefire' while Trump bleated like a sheep
Fortunately, there are signs this moment is exhausting itself.
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October 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Very important thread.
🧵 Matt Yglesias is one of the biggest reasons the Democratic Party leadership is so feckless, cowardly, and lazy.
I'm not exaggerating. Yglesias is often a featured speaker at private Democratic Party events, despite almost always being wrong. Let's discuss...
I'm not exaggerating. Yglesias is often a featured speaker at private Democratic Party events, despite almost always being wrong. Let's discuss...
A helpfully clear exchange here
Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028."
Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028."
Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
October 24, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Very important thread.
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For the technocrat, "the business of politics is, at best, a kind of antipolitics: placating and distracting the masses sufficiently well to keep them away from any of the actual levers of power."
October 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
For the technocrat, "the business of politics is, at best, a kind of antipolitics: placating and distracting the masses sufficiently well to keep them away from any of the actual levers of power."
“It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Musk understands the stakes – that he has crossed the line, that there’s no going back, and that all that’s left is to pour hundreds of millions into the midterms in the hopes of staying out of jail.”
“.. The world’s richest man poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress, recent election filings show.”
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October 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Musk understands the stakes – that he has crossed the line, that there’s no going back, and that all that’s left is to pour hundreds of millions into the midterms in the hopes of staying out of jail.”
I’m telling you even the maganites are so tired they will want to put Trump behind them.
Ohio voters on the Ramaswamy ad:
“I don't want that type of person making decisions about my life. It just made me feel that he is not a good leader at all.”
“It's just gotten a little ugly in the last couple of days. So that kind of seals the deal for me.”
“I hope it's going to backfire on him.”
“I don't want that type of person making decisions about my life. It just made me feel that he is not a good leader at all.”
“It's just gotten a little ugly in the last couple of days. So that kind of seals the deal for me.”
“I hope it's going to backfire on him.”
October 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I’m telling you even the maganites are so tired they will want to put Trump behind them.
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Are you sure?
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NEW, from Bloomberg News: “Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle.”
Musk Giving Tops $445 Million in Midterm Election Push for GOP
With a fresh infusion of cash to his super political action committee in the first two weeks of October, Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle and become one of ...
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October 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Are you sure?
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Cleaning up my computer and found this. This is what Charlie Kirk will be remembered for. He chose to live a small life.
October 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Cleaning up my computer and found this. This is what Charlie Kirk will be remembered for. He chose to live a small life.
Am I to believe Melania Trump cares about kids in need? This is the same woman who visited a migrant detention center in 2018, where there were 55 children, wearing a jacket on the back of which was written “I really don’t care. Do U?”
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Exhausted by stupidity: Melania negotiated a 'ceasefire' while Trump bleated like a sheep
Fortunately, there are signs this moment is exhausting itself.
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October 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Am I to believe Melania Trump cares about kids in need? This is the same woman who visited a migrant detention center in 2018, where there were 55 children, wearing a jacket on the back of which was written “I really don’t care. Do U?”