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Miami mayoral runoff election: See results here Frank Carollo is running against Rolando Escalona for Miami’s District 3 seat.

This looks pretty bad for Republicans www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/m... Looks like the Third Reich isn't selling well here.

Can do with some good news like this and the Miami mayoral election.

Just like the 70s when people abandoned the GOP to elect Carter and no one would admit to being a Nixon fan, no one will ever admit to voting for Trump and the GOP. They will just quietly and anonymously switch parties.

Georgia Democrat flips a state House seat in district Trump won by double digits, CNN projects | CNN Politics Democrats continued their run of successes in special elections by flipping a state House seat in Georgia Tuesday, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.

Republicans lost a state House seat in GA in a district Trump had carried by 12 points. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p... Looks like the Third Reich isn't popular in Georgia either.

and this is even before the AI bubble bursts!

Scotus Says Trump Can Use Government Power to Shut Down News Outlets That Criticize Him The right know that it matters who controls the media, the left needs to learn

SCOTUS is saying it's fine for Trump to harass media outlets he doesn't like. It's time for progressives to have a serious alternative strategy deanbaker22.substack.com/p/scotus-say...

Trump doesn't do numbers

In fact, we do better all round. Despite everything you’ve heard – and sometimes said – about the dangers of “socialised medicine” and “NHS death panels”, on average we live longer in London than you do anywhere in the US. Our overall life expectancy here is 81.4 years – a figure that probably looks pretty low to a 79-year-old President, I’ll admit – but that’s better than any US state. Hawaii has the best life expectancy in the USA, and it’s 79.9. In Florida, the home of Mar-a-Lago, it’s 76.1 years, and that drops all the way below 71 years for anyone living in Mississippi. Hey, what do you think of “Move to London and live another decade” as a slogan. Think it could catch on?

Wrote a letter to Donald Trump, putting him right on a couple of points about London. This one stood out: London’s life expectancy is better than *all 50* US states.

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Democrat Rob Long wins Florida House District 90 special election Delray Beach City Commissioner Rob Long won the Florida House District 90 special election on Tuesday.

a 16 point shift to the Democrats in this Florida House seat www.wpbf.com/article/demo...

A huge night for Democrats:

—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.

and this is even before the AI bubble bursts!

Georgia Democrat flips a state House seat in district Trump won by double digits, CNN projects | CNN Politics Democrats continued their run of successes in special elections by flipping a state House seat in Georgia Tuesday, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.

Republicans lost a state House seat in GA in a district Trump had carried by 12 points. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p... Looks like the Third Reich isn't popular in Georgia either.

What, he got the FIFA Peace Prize™️

Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee

Welcome to one of Trump's peace deals www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...

I Factchecked Trump’s Big Politico Interview – Because Politico Didn’t! Interviewer Dasha Burns allowed the president to tell lie after lie, and also failed to push back on his racism. So here is a rebuttal from Zeteo.

“Politico FIFA-ed Trump into giving them an interview. Having flattered Trump into an interview, Politico then flattered him with a series of softball questions.”

Trump's whole appeal is that he is a vile piece of excrement. He takes pride in it.

Trump is trying to get these countries to understand that the United States is not an ally

BREAKING: Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor in a landslide, defeating Trump-backed Emilio González and ending nearly 30 years of Republican control.

The rank bigotry of today’s nativism is striking, but the utter stupidity of today’s nativism is almost as impressive.

The EU-Canada-China Grand Alliance The EU, Canada, and others can cut reliance on Trump’s tariffs by tapping China’s EV and clean energy strengths.

In a context where Europe must look at the U.S. as an enemy, it should look to ally with China
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China is far from a democracy, but so was Stalin's USSR in WW II

Miami mayoral runoff election: See results here Frank Carollo is running against Rolando Escalona for Miami’s District 3 seat.

This looks pretty bad for Republicans www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/m... Looks like the Third Reich isn't selling well here.

Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee

Welcome to one of Trump's peace deals www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...

Every Democratic presidential candidate needs to include in their platform having majority of justices on the Supreme Court who believe in the Constitution

Trump Gives the Country an Economics Lesson on Tariffs Trump first announced his massive tariffs on “Liberation Day,” which was April 2. This was supposed to be the beginning of the United States rebuilding

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As @deanbaker13.bsky.social , it's only allowed when it enriches US big money, whether giant co's or rich professionals. American consumers could save enormously by buying lower priced pharmaceuticals or getting international (Chinese, Indian) medical & legal services. But that? No, can't do.

Every Democratic presidential candidate needs to include in their platform having majority of justices on the Supreme Court who believe in the Constitution

A political party that behaves like this has no place in a democracy

Trump didn't know about the debate on healthcare over the last two decades, he was busy golfing and palling around with Jeffrey Epstein

It's not even third grade arithmetic really it's going to percentagecalculator.net like I do 15x a week when my boss wants to know a percentage allocation for something

this is 3rd grade arithmetic. Can it really be the case that the NYT, WaPo, NPR and the rest can't find someone who both can do reporting and passed third grade?