Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Hey DNC,

How long before you waste this?

We need new leaders now.

Progressives did this.

Every member of the leadership of the DNC needs to resign today.

In the 2 weeks after Mamdani won in June, 10k ppl signed up with @runforsomething.net to consider a run for local office - our biggest surge *ever*. Like it or not (& I do!!) he's shaping the future of the Democratic Party.

If you want something different, get other people to run.

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.

He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

Grijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand.

There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, “Swear her in.” They wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise.

Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system you’re protecting really is.

What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯

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War Powers Law Does Not Apply to Trump’s Boat Strikes, Administration Says

“Presidents have obtained congressional authorization for major wars, such as the Persian Gulf war, the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan and against Al Qaeda and its progeny.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"

Kash fired the guy he thinks outed him for taking another private jet flight to see his girlfriend sing.

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

The crowd tonight in Norfolk, Virginia for Abigail Spanberger and Barack Obama. LET’S GO!!!

Jonathan Capehart: "National Guard troops in LA, Portland, Chicago, and threatening to use them in New York City if Zohran Mamdani wins the election on Tuesday — that sends a different kind of message. That is a threat to democracy message that a lot of people take."

Virginia Votes Rally in Norfolk with Abigail Spanberger and President Barack Obama YouTube video by Abigail Spanberger for Governor

Virginia! I’m here today for a very important reason: to ask you to vote for your next Governor, @abigailspanberger.com. Tune in:

Very important not to become accustomed to the fact the US is literally in the "masked men are rounding up your neighbors" phase

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘Unspeakable’: Bernie SLAMS Trump over ‘hungry children' as SNAP clock ticks

WATCH: “In the richest country in the history of the world…millions of people are going to say, ‘How am I going to feed my children?’” says Sen. Bernie Sanders, warning that SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans will lapse Nov. 1 if Trump and Republicans don’t act.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

Very concerning, if true.

Totally stable and normal thing to say. Don't you agree @jaketapper.bsky.social ?

Trump did what Osama Bin Laden couldn't do... 😭

Jackson County voters won’t be charged for signing redistricting petition twice Residents who may have signed a statewide petition against the new “Missouri First” congressional map twice will not be charged in Jackson County, according to Prosecutor Melesa Johnson…

Massive confusion in Missouri around the petition process to set up a referendum vote that would stop the GOP’s redistricting.

I’m not so sure that the confusion was unintentional on the Missouri GOP’s part.

But when they put up an obstacle, we climb over it.

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The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Some courts are losing trust in Trump Justice Department, according to a study

"In the most serious category, they've now found 20 cases where judges have questioned the government's compliance with their judicial orders."

I'm grateful for this new discussion of our updated study in @60minutes.bsky.social Overtime.

Link to @justsecurity.org study:
youtu.be/VO_2nP1-e5c?...

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

Thought experiment, how much of the White House could the president tear down before anyone in power did anything meaningful to stop it? Like if he just kept going?

Karoline Leavitt’s Campaign Didn’t Pay Down Its Debt Last Quarter — Including Overdue Refunds Leavitt’s old congressional campaign reported more than $326,000 in debt, most of which is refunds for illegal excessive donations.

Karoline Leavitt: still a campaign cash deadbeat.

— via @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com www.notus.org/money/karoli...