Hilde Eliassen Restad

Today at 16:00 catch our Chair and Vice-Chair on the 2nd edition of their Dems for Democracy radio program on Drammen Unlimited Radio with special guest @herestad.bsky.social where they talk about the current happenings in US politics and Hilde’s new book “USA. En Nekrolog?”

Florida man in fifth year of presidency reads Constitution

‘You Love It or You Hate It’: Pumpkin Spice Lattes Divide Europe

‘You Love It or You Hate It’: Pumpkin Spice Lattes Divide Europe: 'His version, he said, “is sweet, but not American sweet — because that’s really sweet.”' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...

Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️

Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.

Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.

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First Weekend of Early Voting Shatters Record, as Mamdani Rallies Thousands in Queens Turnout was massive across all five boroughs, with voters telling THE CITY that they were motivated to vote for — and against — the Democratic nominee.

Across the city, more than 164,000 New Yorkers flocked to the polls this weekend for the first two days of early voting, according to the Board of Election, a staggering turnout that nearly matches the entire early voting count in 2021.

Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.

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WELKER: Coffee prices are up 19%, beef is up almost 15%, and bacon up almost 6% just to name a few. So when are all grocery prices going to come down as President Trump promised?

BESSENT: Kristen, it's unfortunate. As much as I like you, you like to cherrypick.

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

Excellent piece that all who love freedom should read.

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Yet another shocking scandal from The White House.

h/t @brizzyc.bsky.social

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
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(+) På tide å ta Danby Chois Maga-vennlige propaganda på alvor På få år er Danby Choi blitt en av Norges mest kjente og synlige redaktører. Den posisjonen bruker han til å renvaske antidemokratiske krefter.

"Tilfeldighetens lunefulle spill, der altså. Hvem har vel ikke slumpet til å høres ut akkurat som barnemorderen fra 22. juli i ny og ne?" www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/danby-...

The Resistance has the momentum:

U.S. News Judge Demands Answers on Trump Immigration Crackdown in Chicago Federal agents used tear gas canisters to disperse people who had gathered last week on Chicago’s South Side. To Fight ICE, Portland’s Leaders Turn to What They Know Best: Zoning How Trump Aims to Redefine the Military U.S. Politics To Fight ICE, Portland’s Leaders Turn to What They Know Best: Zoning Police cleared the block near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Portland, Ore., last week. How Trump Aims to Redefine the Military Trump Reiterates His Intention to Send Troops to San Francisco

Other than an excellent opinion piece by @shteyngart.bsky.social, the @nytimes.com apparently has no follow-up stories on the "No Kings" demonstrations, one of the largest days of political protest in U.S. history. They don't even get a mention in the U.S. News and Politics homepage roundups.

There is a bias among pundits to eye-roll and dismiss Dem opposition to Trump (such as the No Kings protests) as predictable. But in terms of raw numbers (both events and participants), what we're seeing is much bigger than e.g. the Tea Party movement was. Dems are a high entropy system right now

Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders:

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Texas professor ousted from admin role over "ideological differences" Art Markman had served as a senior vice provost for academic affairs since 2021.

“The ousting comes amid a critical dispute within academia about how to rebuild confidence in higher education in a politically polarized moment.”

This is such a tortured story frame it is functionally a lie. Greg Abbott is not trying to rebuild confidence, he is proudly conducting a purge.

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cops tackling and marching off with a giant penis, Kristi Noem menacing a chicken she swears is antifa, feds pepper-spraying a frog

ridicule is an extremely effective protest tactic and foil for authoritarianism

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

According to Russ Vought, this is essential government work that must be continued throughout the shutdown

Cincinnati

#NoKings 👑

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#NoKings 👑

Times Square

Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.

Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings

Good luck today! There’s one in Oslo too, but called «No Tyrants» because of embarrassing Norwegian reasons