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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

The SAVE Act is a dangerous bill. The primary purpose is to disenfranchise certain populations of voters. Call your Congressperson & tell them to vote NO if & when it comes for a vote. (202) 224-3121

LOL. He's got a quick block finger. Kind of impressed.

Considering that actually Democrats are winning pretty much every election right now, maybe Republicans should quit being racist and losing elections. No one's reaching out to Trump Republicans any more than they're going to reach out to Dixiecrats, which is badically what they are.

We’ve launched canvasses in San Joaquin, Bakersfield, and Palm Springs, to reach voters in NEW parts of these districts! We’re building relationships with voters early. That’s how we win in 2026! #TogetherWeWin

And then people whine after a general that they didn't have any choice on who ran. News flash to them: not only can you participate in primaries, either run or persuade someone else to and then help them, but you can volunteer and spread the word about the candidate you like best. It's pretty cool.

It’s no longer up for debate. Trump is a stone-cold racist, and this administration is the vehicle for his policies.

The pattern isn’t subtle.

Think about students, renters, women who changed their names, and rural voters without easy access to records. The SAVE ACT makes them prove citizenship with specific documents or lose their voice. The people already on the margins get pushed out completely. #sheshed

People are tired of the chaos. We don't want concentration camps by our high schools or ICE goons waiting to grab people as they come out of church. We the people have had enough. #sheshed

The Hollow Men

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Think that guy's trying to get sent home at this point.

This will always be, even when it sometimes looks otherwise.

But what does she even mean by "who's going to win the race"? The race to what? If it's just money, long term she'll be wrong about that. Putting bad books out faster is no feat.

Verge headline: Everyone is stealing TV by Janko Roettgers Photo illustration depicts a dodge truck with a decal of Calvin peeing on a satellite dish. The Texas license plate says F-CABLE

Fed up with increasing subscription prices, many Super Bowl viewers will be watching today's big game on a rogue streaming box.

Read more from @jank0.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/streaming/87...

Oligarchs took over and started making people mad as prices started going up, so they're gonna start losing money. People aren't just unsubscribing for ethical reasons. It's just too much. You have to pick and choose and now the economy is starting to squeeze people. #unsubscribe

#Arkansas AG #TimGriffin thinks there are no legal issues with a whites only community, below. I see absolutely no reference to a private membership loophole being a viable, legal opportunity for residential racial segregation despite the top legal voice of #Arkansas telling us it's all good. 🙄🤔🫩😐

Congratulations to Chasity Verret Martinez on her election to represent House District 60.

She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won. This is what happens when grassroots Democrats show up and organize.

Proud of this win and excited to keep building power together. #LaDemos

They purchased the building and the land outright. It’s why local govs are unable to do much. Staffing and renovation will be expensive but doable. Billions buys a lot.

Any funding agreement that comes from Democrats in the Senate needs to make sure these can never be built anywhere. @vanhollen.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @dscc.bsky.social

I will note that Tarrant county and now this election are the type of elections in March of '25 we were moving by 10 points but losing, and now the movement is 30 points and the GOP is getting routed.. everywhere.

People are really sleeping on how bad 2026 is starting to look for the GOP.

A generally applied 10 point Dem overperformance from 2024 would make me basically confident of winning house, probably the senate, and a gargantuan pile of state house seats. Maybe even some unexpected governors.

And tbf, turnout there was like 5%. Tonight it's at least over 20%

@maddow.bsky.social

@maddow.bsky.social

Don't ignore education in red states. Rural people are losing their schools. That's been going on for years. Democrats have done nothing to help them on it, and now it's threatening the actual existence of rural communities. @kenmartin.bsky.social @repdelbene.bsky.social

They're looking at leadership and pundits. What we're seeing is excellent candidates for the first time in a while and more actual primaries, which means more people are interested in participating and that will bring out more voters in and of itself. People are mad but they're enthusiastic too.

The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2017-18 cycle

We've maintained this data since 2017. In that cycle, it was 49 D, 10 R docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

#ruralrising

This is the first time many rural people are seeing Republicans exploit them directly. Is that a selfish way to vote? Yes. Is it ignorant of the big picture? Yes. But people live the lives they live and see what they see and vote based on that. We have not shown them what we are as an alternative.