What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections Read more here.

Democrats captured two governorships, won every statewide race in Virginia, gained 13 seats in the Virginia House and more. While the party saw big wins this week, it’s critical to prepare for Trump’s sure attempts to subvert the 2026 midterms.
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If only the Speaker put half as much energy into governing as he does into avoiding work.

He still hasn’t sworn in Representative-elect Grijalva, people are hungry, planes are grounded, and Republicans are on vacation.

They’re showing you exactly who they are. Believe them.

If SNAP funding lapses, it’s because Republicans let it—there’s money available that they could use to get people fed.

Trump and Republicans don’t care about your health care or if you feed your family.

If they did, they would come to the table to negotiate.

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.”
- Trump, October 31, 2024

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

Trump administration cancels nearly $8 billion in climate funding to blue states: Vought The announcement came on the first day of the federal government shutdown.

Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies.

They continue to break the law, and expect us to go along.

Hell no.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Warren: "Knock 15 million people off their coverage, drive up the cost for everyone else, close rural hospitals -- that's the Republican plan, because you know what the real heart of it was? They gave away a trillion dollars to the billionaires. That was the part that matters to them."

Trump has decided that no jobs report will issue on Friday due to the government shutdown. But it turns out there is a different reason: that report will, when issued, be catastrophically bad.

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

Less than 36 hours away from a shutdown, Republicans chose to fly to North Carolina instead of to DC to do their jobs. This field hearing is just another example of them exploiting tragedy to score political points.

Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.

And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

Weren't these supposed to be $5 million? I guess demand must not be as high as predicted.

The actual story is not reflected in the headline:

ABC cancels Kimmel after threats to its business from Trump administration.

Former CDC chief says she was fired for resisting RFK Jr. orders on vaccines • Minnesota Reformer She was fired after just 29 days because, she said, she refused to pre-approve vaccine recommendations or fire career officials for no reason.

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Today’s act of political violence in Utah against Charlie Kirk is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable.

We don’t have to agree on everything, but we should all agree on this: political violence is wrong, and has no place in our democracy

HORRIBLE. SICKENING. UNACCEPTABLE.

In a democracy we settle our differences with words, ideas & actions, not hatred, guns & violence.

#ShameOnUS

The killing of Charlie Kirk is absolutely horrifying.

There’s no place for violence in our country’s politics.

My deepest sympathies to his family.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

The Trump administration is going great... for Trump.

WELKER: Trump said tariffs were gonna spark a manufacturing renaissance but since he announced them the US has lost 42k manufacturing jobs. Is that proof tariffs are failing?

BESSENT: We can't snap our fingers & have factories built

W: The economy added nearly 500k manufacturing jobs under Biden

This is your economy on Donald Trump.

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Kudos to Catelin Drey on her victory in Iowa.

This is a district that Trump won easily last November. It's one special election, yes. But it's a sign of hope and another reminder that every election is important.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

The Last Line of Defense Against GOP Gerrymanders: Dem Governors Read more here.

NEW: As Republicans work to rig the 2026 election, Democratic governors are key to winning the redistricting fight. With veto power over maps and the ability to appoint judges who impact their implementation, electing governors has never been more crucial, @megmeedra.bsky.social writes.

Martinez Fischer: "We Are the Test Case" Read more here.

"It is my duty and moral responsibility to sound the loudest alarm, alerting our nation to this assault on our Democracy. There is no way we could have been successful fighting this on the House floor, so we moved the fight to the national arena." -Trey Martinez Fischer