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Pennsylvania Dems just won two special elections for the state House — keeping their majority intact — by massive margins.

Democrat Ana Tiburcio won more than 67% of the vote to represent HD 22 in Lehigh Co.

Democrat Jennifer Mazzocco won nearly 82% of the vote to represent HD 42 in Allegheny Co.

YouTube video by NBC News Trump’s State of the Union will be ‘full of lies and excuses’: Sen. Ruben Gallego

Sen. Ruben Nailed It!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmmp...

Texas - Generic Ballot Polling:

Poll:
🔵 Democrats: 42%
🔴 Republicans: 42%

2024 House Result:
🔴 Republicans: 58.4%
🔵 Democrats: 40.4%

U. Texas / Feb 16, 2026

Eye-popping margins in the Pennsylvania special elections today:

—Democrats won HD94 by 63 points.
(Harris won it by 30 in 2024.)

—Democrats won HD42 by 35 points.
(Harris won it by 17 in 2024.)

[The 2024 numbers are via the essential @the-downballot.com].

Net-Lead Among:

Independents: 🟢 Platner +65
Democrats: 🟢 Platner +34

Men: 🟢 Platner +57
Women: 🟢 Platner +34

18-34: 🟢 Platner +73
35-49: 🟢 Platner +42
50-64: 🟢 Platner +38
65+: 🔵 Mills +4

College: 🟢 Platner +46
No college: 🟢 Platner +32

Chilled afternoons with Maple. 🍁🧡
#cat #catsofbluesky #orangecat #orangecatsofbluesky

Massie goes full beast mode today.

Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files.

Aww so cute!! I love this 🥹
Thank you so much!!

Maine - Senate Polling:

🔵 Platner: 49%
🔴 Collins: 38%

🔵 Mills: 41%
🔴 Collins: 40%

UNH / Feb 16, 2026

While I am getting ready for SCOTUS opinions to be released at 10am, Blue has other ideas...

Democrats need to show up everywhere, not just the battleground states.

Lord Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office The ex-US ambassador had been under investigation over allegations he shared market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein while a government minister.

In UK, they are prosecuting the Epstein class Rep. Thomas Massie & I have exposed.

We need accountability in the United States.

www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

Dems refuse to make 2024 mistakes in the wake of tariff ruling The party is betting that a strong economic message will resonate better than emphasizing that the president is violating the law with his trade agenda.

The Supreme Court’s tariff decision left the door wide open for Democrats to hammer Trump for violating the law. This time, they’re not taking the bait.

Instead, Democratic campaigns are leaning into an argument they have been making for months: Trump’s tariffs are coming out of voters’ pockets.

3rd Republican to call for Rep. Gonzales to resign. All women.

Mark Ruffalo: “Tax the rich... They can handle it, trust me.”

The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More

Remember it's Election Day tomorrow.

Democrats are defending important state House seats in Maine and Pennsylvania — in both cases, in chambers where their margins are as close as it gets, and they can't afford to lose either seat.

Details in here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

I know one of my senators is not going. I’m suggesting to my other representatives to do the same.

Lmfao yikes dude, Trump is cooked

Dear Congressional Democrats,

Just don’t go. Please. Don’t play silly games or wave signs in protest in the House chamber tomorrow night. JUST DON’T GO. Period. Do not normalize who he is and what he’s doing. Boycott his speech. Don’t go.

Sincerely,

A Very New Democrat

Trumps approval among independents is -47

-47 is how we 8647

new Post poll: Trump's tariffs are 64% disapprove, 34% approve

seen on Fox Business

A Love So Beautiful

A president does not dictate what speech is allowed. A president does not dictate who a company can hire or fire or have sit on their board. A president does not dictate when a merger pleases him and when it does not. Only a dictator does. And we will not allow one in the United States. Not now. Not ever.

@schiff.senate.gov

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Caturday fashion

It's so mean of him to embarrass Lindsey Graham by telling this story so publicly this way

Utah Supreme Court upholds fairer map for midterm elections, rejects GOP appeal That fairer map creates a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.

🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fox Anchor Reports Republicans Are ‘Quietly Breathing a Sigh of Relief’ That SCOTUS Tossed Out Trump’s Tariffs Shannon Bream spoke to the political impact the the Supreme Court decision will have on lawmakers now that Trump's tariffs have been declared illegal.

Cowards. A story of the Trump yrs: Congressional Republicans, always afraid to stand up to Trump, and always praying that somebody else - the courts, a law, the media, the voters - would do the job they’re afraid to do and stand up to Trump & take him out. Cowards. www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...