and another big break for Senate Democrats as the path back to a Democratic senate majority in 2026 looks more and more viable by the day

race off the board on my personal senate predictions

Definitely staying on my board now, especially without a relatively popular GOP incumbent like Daines and a GOP challenger that doesn’t appear to have ran for office before like Whatley in NC. Another massive headache for Senate Republicans

This is a big one and probably the most stunning GOP retirement so far this cycle

Daines had announced reelection a while back and given the anti Daines vote was split between a handful of lesser name Democrats and an independent that Tester had urged to run, I was on the verge of moving this

It’s a war. It’s not a war. It’s a combat operation. It’s a defensive operation. We had to take our nuclear facilities…that we obliterated last year. It was Israel’s idea. It was our idea. They were not an *imminent* imminent threat, but they might become an imminent threat. And on and on and on.

NEW: Democrats outnumbered Republicans in early voting across Texas for the first time in more than two decades.

Let’s keep up the momentum and flip Texas blue in November!

Voters sent a message last night: Dems are ready to win.

-2.4M Texans cast ballots in the Democratic primary, the most since 2008.
-In NC, Democratic turnout was nearly 50% higher than Republican turnout.
-Democrats have now flipped 27 state legislative seats since Trump retook office.

Add yet another example to the collection of why EVERY SINGLE VOTE MATTERS no matter where you live and how your area leans on the political spectrum

Between critical coverage of Trump's war, shifting rationales for the war, GOP debates over whether it is even a war, a crashing stock market, skyrocketing gas prices, or Kristi Noem getting filleted on Capitol Hill, this feels like one of those days where the bottom is falling out for Republicans.

From a purely strategic, political, and PR standpoint, there is no overstating just how badly Trump has botched this Iran War rollout.

Zero justification for the people and the media.

Shifting definitions, rationales and excuses.

No discernible long-term plan.

Pure tone-deafness from Trump.

WATCH — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social : “Every Republican president does this. Every Republican president cuts benefits for the poor, taxes for the rich, and bombs a Middle East country. Trump promised he'd be different… while he & his allies told voters Kamala would send their kids to die.”

Ted Lieu Is 💯% Correct.......

NY Times homepage featuring bad headlines about Iran.

U.S. Military Death Toll Reaches 6

Hezbollah Plunges Lebanon Back Into War

What Rising Oil Prices Could Mean for Drivers in U.S.

For Travelers Stuck in Dubai 'Chaos and Confusion'

And that's not even mentioning the 3 jets we lost or the attack on our embassy in Riyadh.

Things are going GREAT👌.

Shambolic shitshow 2/

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I am passing these on without comment. 1/

LMAO

Let them fight

Final reminder that there is a State Supreme Court general election Arkansas tomorrow.

This is a STATEWIDE election.

So if you know ANYONE who lives in Arkansas, please reach out and ask them to vote for John Adams and flip this seat on the Arkansas State Supreme Court.

Democrat Vanna Howard

Map of MA State Senate District 1 Middlesex

🚨SPECIAL ELECTION - MASSACHUSETTS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 1ST MIDDLESEX🚨

Democrat: Vanna Howard

Election Date: 🗓️THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD🗓️

Area: Lowell and points west.

Notes: Safe blue seat, but we still show up in overwhelming numbers, right?

Independent Adam Watson

Map of ARKANSAS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 26

🚨SPECIAL ELECTION - ARKANSAS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 26🚨

Independent: Adam Watson

Election Date: 🗓️THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD🗓️

Area: Between Fort Smith and Russellville

Notes: There is no Dem in this race, so I'm highlighting the Independent. Very red seat, but there are unique local issues at play.

Democrat Alex Holladay

Map of Arkansas State House District 70

🚨SPECIAL ELECTION - ARKANSAS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 70🚨

Democrat: Alex Holladay

Election Date: 🗓️THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD🗓️

Area: North of Little Rock

Notes: THIS IS A FLIPPABLE SEAT! A Kamala+2 district, Dem Holladay almost won it in 2024, coming up short by just 286 votes. Spread the word!

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

Instead of doing anything to help working families, Donald Trump is blowing your taxpayer dollars on an unconstitutional war in Iran.

This war will drive up costs even further.

He chose bombs over your budget.

Virginia redistricting election can move forward, court rules Although Monday’s ruling means the redistricting referendum will take place, it is not the end of the legal saga.

🚨BREAKING: Virginia voters will head to the polls starting Friday to weigh in on a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states after a court ruled* that election preparations can move forward. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

At least the physical decay matches the moral decay.

New photos show Trump now has large, red rash on his neck.

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke to retire, will not seek reelection Congressman Ryan Zinke announced he will not seek reelection for a fourth term representing Montana’s first Congressional District, citing health issues.

Another GOP retirement: Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, citing health issues stemming from "injuries sustained from a career in Special Operations."

#MT01 voted 54-43 for Trump, but Dems have long had designs on it.

A question this double-barreled seems specifically designed to get picked up by Third Way types. Equivalent to asking "Would you rather have policy A, or policy B that also does unpopular policy C that nobody is arguing for in the debate between A and B?"

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Trump has no plan. This is a damning summary from The Economist’s Middle East Correspondent Gregg Carlstrom.

Four American service members have died and Trump is talking about his ballroom. Despicable.

I made this monster of a chart to show the partisan split of the early/abs vote in the TX primary by age/race/gender.

You can see why Republicans must be worried about what they're seeing in the turnout data.

Anyone who believed Trump would be the “peace president” should delete their accounts- including JD