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Joe Biden • @JoeBiden X.com I often said Nancy Pelosi was the best Speaker of the House in American history — it's why I awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When I was President, we worked together to grow our economy, create millions of jobs, and make historic investments in our nation's future. She has devoted much of her life to this country, and America will always be grateful. Jill and I wish Nancy and Paul all the best. 7:57 AM • 11/6/25 • 68K Views

Former President Joe Biden, who is still angry with Nancy Pelosi, issues a gracious statement in response to her announcement that she won’t be seeking reelection.

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The Islamic Republic of Iran has sentenced an Iranian American Jewish man from New York to prison on charges of traveling to Israel 13 years ago for celebrating his son's bar mitzvah.

Kamran Hekmati traveled to Iran in May for a brief visit, has been held in Tehran's Evin prison since July.

Looking at the new voter registrations in PA over the past year+ shows some very interesting trends.

Let's start with the 3 months leading up to last year's election. New registrants were +5R over that period.

Some Blue Wave 2025 Election Recaps With Jen Rubin & Norm Eisen, Tom Bonier, And Charlie Dingman The Chair Of The Maine Dem Party Congratulations everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOPIUM CHRONICLES: Joyous 2025 Election Recaps With Jen Rubin & Norm Eisen, Tom Bonier, And Charlie Dingman The Chair Of The Maine Dem Party
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Calling Tuesday night a “half-dozen scattered elections” shows why everyone needs to follow sites like The Downballot. There were thousands of elections this week, and Dems achieved as close to a clean sweep as is possible. We kept readers informed on dozens and dozens of them.

The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.

“We want to turn the page past the divisiveness, the angriness, and just focus on brass tacks, good policy, and governance"
That was how @abigailspanberger.com began her campaign. From last year:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yesterday, Democratic candidates won 3 Council seats in the town of Hudson, Ohio.

The sitting Republican Council President up for reelection in 2027 resigned today.

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All I would like is for folks with your point of view to achieve electoral success where you can implement your ideas rather than demanding others surrender what they’ve earned by doing the work. You are upset that your ideas haven’t become dominant, and expect me to abandon my project and

hand the levers of power to you rather than by persuading more voters and taking those levers the usual way. Which is insane, actually, because why the hell would we do that when it’s moderates and independents who fall out differently each time, but whose vote is essential for victory?

I don’t!

Baghdad Bob reincarnated.

VA, and NJ are getting all the attention, but I think this is the bigger state-level story. I suspect few national reporters have spent much time in the Magnolia state, so they don't know how surprising this is.

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If there is anything true about the @mississippifreepress.org team, it’s that they are nimble, passionate, collaborative and innovative. Our group text is on fire this morning with shared ideas to grow audience even more (and they’ve already doubled our site traffic over last year!) They are stars!

Not @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social saying “ we have smoked these fools” 🤣😆🤣😆👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Democrats are on track to win 64 of Virginia's 100 House seats.

That'd be THIRTEEN flips; the chamber is 51/49 right now.

This ALL day long!

Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.

DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.

His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
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The Democrats’ Patriotic Vanguard A small group of lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds prefigured Harris’s overtly patriotic campaign.

Abby Spanberger will now be governor of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill governor of NJ. I wrote about both of them, and their friend group, last year
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Happy Halloween from Clyde the Hot Dog and Gracie the Avocado!!

Drones hunt medics—so Ukraine sends robots that can’t be killed Drones dominate the skies in Ukraine. Below, ground robots evacuate the wounded where medics would die trying.

Three wounded Ukrainian soldiers waited over a month near the front lines

No vehicle could reach them—drones strike anything that moves

Ukraine finally sent robots instead

This is how battlefield medicine died and was reborn in 44 months of war 👇 euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/27/t...

Red state residents: Calling your sens & reps works!

Our Friend Anderson Clayton Dropped By For A Check-In Today...... Enjoy this conversation with the dynamic Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party

Just dropped a new interview w/the dynamic and wonderful @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, North Carolina Dem Party Chair. We cover a lot of ground - how folks are feeling Trumpism there, the importance of strong state parties, new GOP gerrymander, + more..... 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/our-friend...

The Oregonians interviewed a guy who Republicans have accused of running an “Antifa safe house.” The levels of MAGA derangement about Portland are truly off the charts.

Btw, Ohio is/was absolutely a leading laboratory of autocracy.

I see that as of today, Bluesky Discourse has shifted to blaming Dem leadership for defending Platner's Nazi tattoo, a thing which I cannot stress enough has literally not happened, approximately one week after Bluesky was blaming Dem leadership for not getting behind Platner

Trump’s Campaign to Defund the Arts—and Rewrite History "The campaign to defund the arts, capture our museums, and rewrite our history is a prelude to silencing dissent."

Back in 2017, I joined 15 colleagues in resigning from the President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities. We warned that attacks on culture would escalate. Today, those warnings are reality: museums closed, history rewritten.