Biggest sign yet progressive candidates learned ball
Cenk Uygur complains that no progressive Senate candidate has gone on The Young Turks this election cycle, and he blames the consultants for it.
"Do you know that we've asked all the progressives running in the Senate to come on the show?"
"Do you know that we've asked all the progressives running in the Senate to come on the show?"
October 31, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Biggest sign yet progressive candidates learned ball
I gotta say dem primary voters made some pretty good calls this year in terms of which candidates were going to be serious general election candidates and which ones were egotistical nightmares, as shown by the behavior of the losers
October 31, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I gotta say dem primary voters made some pretty good calls this year in terms of which candidates were going to be serious general election candidates and which ones were egotistical nightmares, as shown by the behavior of the losers
Brilliant strategy for the Republicans to make the midterms all about this buffoon instead of just letting individual candidates run their races.
November 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Brilliant strategy for the Republicans to make the midterms all about this buffoon instead of just letting individual candidates run their races.
if democrats sweep a good part of the explanation will be that a bunch of the republican candidates are just dogshit politicians
To close his campaign, Roger Marshall is running a 60-second ad about a central theme of this campaign — how he treated patients.
“We had to keep the lights on, so we occasionally handed accounts over to collection agencies”, he explains.
“We had to keep the lights on, so we occasionally handed accounts over to collection agencies”, he explains.
November 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
if democrats sweep a good part of the explanation will be that a bunch of the republican candidates are just dogshit politicians
just so y'all know there is a group chat of candidates who lost this cycle and Hayley Stevens is NOT in it nor is she allowed to cross our sacred virtual threshold
November 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
just so y'all know there is a group chat of candidates who lost this cycle and Hayley Stevens is NOT in it nor is she allowed to cross our sacred virtual threshold
Except for trans people based on the candidates yall are running
House Democrats will always fight to protect healthcare.
October 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Except for trans people based on the candidates yall are running
I just hope all of the candidates had fun
November 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I just hope all of the candidates had fun
It says a lot that Republicans are trying to trick voters by attributing unpopular REPUBLICAN policies to Democratic candidates.
November 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It says a lot that Republicans are trying to trick voters by attributing unpopular REPUBLICAN policies to Democratic candidates.
We need psychological screenings for all candidates.
November 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
We need psychological screenings for all candidates.
GOP candidates and operatives right now
October 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
GOP candidates and operatives right now
Don't let them fool you: We agree on more than we disagree on - and our candidates can deliver on the changes most Americans want and need.
November 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Don't let them fool you: We agree on more than we disagree on - and our candidates can deliver on the changes most Americans want and need.
I'm told by Republican candidates it's totally normal to make referrals for small dollar amounts to collections agencies...
Even by the gross standards of modern political fundraising, this is exceptionally gross.
November 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I'm told by Republican candidates it's totally normal to make referrals for small dollar amounts to collections agencies...
This seems slightly more ratfuckery than the wholly legal act of two candidates with similar names appearing on the same ballot
You need to read this story, by @kaylaruble.bsky.social and @rpmcnamara.bsky.social, about the dark money and devious PR firm behind "Empowering Black America PAC," attempting to weaken Black voters' support for El-Sayed.
www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
Outside groups spend millions on ads to weaken Black support for El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
An ad campaign targeting Black voters in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race has ties to a PR firm that was criticized for deceptive practices during the Flint water crisis.
www.michiganpublic.org
November 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This seems slightly more ratfuckery than the wholly legal act of two candidates with similar names appearing on the same ballot
I mean like...Dem leadership backed the more centrist candidates in primaries, I guess? But they've uniformly rallied around progressive candidates once they've won
November 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I mean like...Dem leadership backed the more centrist candidates in primaries, I guess? But they've uniformly rallied around progressive candidates once they've won
She's unintentionally done future candidates a favour on that basis.
November 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
She's unintentionally done future candidates a favour on that basis.
You can't pull this bullshit on candidates to the left of party ideology while excusing pro-life candidates in red states. I mean, you can and they do, but the credibility problems pile up.
5 days before midterms…
“Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over their views on Israel Thursday, calling their positions ‘wrong’ and saying they did not reflect congressional Democrats.”
www.wfmd.com/2026/10/29/n...
“Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over their views on Israel Thursday, calling their positions ‘wrong’ and saying they did not reflect congressional Democrats.”
www.wfmd.com/2026/10/29/n...
Nancy Pelosi calls Mamdani, El-Sayed’s past comments on Israel ‘concerning’ and ‘wrong’
Former House speaker says progressive Democrats' views do not reflect the party in Congress
www.wfmd.com
October 30, 2026 at 5:44 PM
You can't pull this bullshit on candidates to the left of party ideology while excusing pro-life candidates in red states. I mean, you can and they do, but the credibility problems pile up.
Oh yeah we are getting all SORTS of crashouts among candidates and electeds
November 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Oh yeah we are getting all SORTS of crashouts among candidates and electeds
Some people are pretty solid bureaucrats and bad candidates for high office/weird freaks.
October 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Some people are pretty solid bureaucrats and bad candidates for high office/weird freaks.
Shame on Alaska Democrats for recruiting candidates who will draw support from people who’d otherwise vote Republican.
by Jill Stein and Cornell West
by Jill Stein and Cornell West
October 30, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Shame on Alaska Democrats for recruiting candidates who will draw support from people who’d otherwise vote Republican.
by Jill Stein and Cornell West
by Jill Stein and Cornell West
Also, much harder to smear dozens of candidates than one woman.
*If* if the Democrats do win big in the midterms, expect a complete meltdown from Elon Musk who will learn that a shedload of money cannot resist the tide of the political fundamentals.
November 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Also, much harder to smear dozens of candidates than one woman.
Elect better candidates.
November 2, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Elect better candidates.
In my lifetime, presidential candidates used public financing.
The 20 biggest donors this cycle have spent $2 BILLION on the midterms, the overwhelming majority of which has gone to help Republicans.
In the entire 2008 cycle, the last before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
In the entire 2008 cycle, the last before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
November 3, 2026 at 1:19 AM
In my lifetime, presidential candidates used public financing.
Really have to give it to the Democratic Party for nominating strong candidates this election. Thanks to primary voters, and to a lesser extent some party officials, the Democrats picked a variety of charismatic, competent candidates who seem suited to their constituencies. And dodged some bullets.
October 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Really have to give it to the Democratic Party for nominating strong candidates this election. Thanks to primary voters, and to a lesser extent some party officials, the Democrats picked a variety of charismatic, competent candidates who seem suited to their constituencies. And dodged some bullets.
Even competing candidates are disowning her
November 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Even competing candidates are disowning her