Beth Caskie

The year is 2010/2016/2025/2030. Republicans are about to unveil their alternative to Obamacare.

The Most Frustrating Thing About the Shutdown Cave - The American Prospect Senate Democrats actually know how to use their power to counter Donald Trump and ensure that legislative funding gets spent—but this continuing resolution makes it clear they chose not to.

Must read: how 'page 12, and section 120 of the continuing resolution' shows that if we mean it, we can exercise power. We have to get these useless cave caucus Senators out.

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part I “Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.

When CA launched Prop 50, it was polling at 38%. And so, we did it anyway. Winning campaigns requires that your GOALS define your actions, recognizing opinion - including who agrees to vote - is malleable. In other words, be a thermostat, not a thermometer.
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With a Day to Think About It I wrote last night’s post fresh off the news that at least...

"Democratic voters need to keep demanding more, keep up the pressure and keep purging the Senate caucus of senators who are not up to the new reality." @joshtpm.bsky.social

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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...

Josh Marshall at TPM: "We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party — not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it." So, steps taken, more to go.

Hey Dick, even if Thune keeps his word that doesn't get you anywhere

California Democrats Win Redistricting Measure, Prove That Resistance Works - The American Prospect The win, combined with several mid-cycle surprises, has weakened Trump’s shield against accountability for his unpopular reign, although the Supreme Court really holds the key to whether we’ll have so...

"...what California did on redistricting, and how other Democrats are following suit, shows that preemptive surrender is not some law of the party universe."

🚨During the Arctic Frost Investigation, we found that Special Counsel seized President Trump’s government-issued phone. This means the Biden Administration turned over President Trump’s phone to Special Counsel—an UNPRECEDENTED action. In addition, Special Counsel subpoenaed all of President Trump’s PERSONAL phone records. We can never again allow this kind of government weaponization in America. I submitted these new documents to our partners on Capitol Hill. I commend our team at the FBI for working diligently to expose this.

Over on Xitter, Pam Bondi is OUTRAGED that before indicting Donald Trump for almost getting Mike Pence killed, Jack Smith first checked the murder weapon.

Today Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn goes on trial for throwing a Subway sandwich.

To Build a Stronger Labor Movement, Go to the Members - The American Prospect As we’ve watched our rights, our membership, and our power erode over the last few decades, it’s become obvious that business as usual just won’t cut it. That’s why our union has embarked on a campaig...

Good reads.

Nigerian Nobel Laureate Says the U.S. Revoked His Visa

Soyinka sees us clearly, finds Trump similar to Idi Amin, and therefore has no interest visiting the US rn.

Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want - The American Prospect The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because the cost of construction isn’t nearly as important as having an inventory of donat...

Not enough vulgarity or profanity in any language to describe how very fucked this is, but I invite anyone to try after reading this succinct account of the bribes, or 'ongoing maintenance."

Without Online Trolls, There Would Be No Donald Trump On July 8, something happened to Donald Trump that I’ve not seen...

My contribution to TPM's 25th Anniversary edition:

One reason we bloggers don't have the oomph we used to is bc of Trump's trolls.

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Tressie cooked here:

"Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them."

There will come a day when this asshole is hauled straight to prison.

Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

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Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!

I-I-It's a Nazi government, folks!

Is This Dapper Man Going to Crack the Louvre Heist Case?

sadly, no, just a passerby

Opinion | I Quit My Job in the Face of Pro-Trump Censorship A veteran journalist says his bosses were afraid of crossing the administration.

Another disturbing example of how Trump silences dissent: "the chief content officer for our parent company... stated in a meeting that we should not run articles that could draw the attention of the Trump White House and have them try to shut us down." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

White cat with sunglasses, headscarf and drink. Text reads: Drowning in existential dread but voting yes on prop 50 anyway.

California!!! Yes on Prop 50

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A warning over a highway near Interstate 5 in Los Angeles that reads “live weapons over freeway”

We just live in a john carpenter movie now.

Red Lentil Soup (Published 2008)

Soup for the people.