Larry Sabato

Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet | Washington Monthly The Democrats won’t save us, nor will the courts. We are the only ones who can save us. We’ll start when we decide we’ve had enough.

Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/31/t...

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

Election officials blast Trump's ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats • Stateline The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.

Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats stateline.org/2025/02/20/e...

Trump's words below are astonishing. They're the comments of a deluded megalomaniac who somehow manages to be a bully & a cringing coward at the same time. If Starmer does go to Washington next week he has to defend civilised values and not be upstaged or demeaned. But that's easier said than done

When history asks, “who lost Ukraine?”, the obvious answer will start with T and end with rump.

This is the so-called Law & Order. 🙄

Acosta: It’s hard to see somebody out-Spicer Sean Spicer or out-Huckabee Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but Karoline Leavitt—she’s making a run for it.

Unless they’ve already done it on SNL, I have to think something like that is in the works, because the skit writes itself.

I'm watching Canadian officials hold a presser on the Toronto plane crash and remarkably they're not blaming DEI or recklessly speculating about causes. They could never cut it down here in Trumplandia.

How much is Congress cutting from their $6.5 billion/year budget? Don’t you think congress can operate on say, maybe, $5 Billion? And each congressman has 18 staff, they could operate on say, 14?

What about the White House?

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?

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Congressmen when they are asked if they will cut THEIR budgets and lay off staff as well:

Math is hard

Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil Former president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power.

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

JFK Library in Boston closed until further notice due to federal job cuts, source says The JFK Library​ in Boston is closed indefinitely because of federal job cuts, a source tells WBZ-TV.

Where's RFK Jr when you actually need him? Another Trump/Musk disgrace. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Donald Trump's high approval rating fades: Poll Recent Economist/YouGov polls show this is the first time since Trump's inauguration that his disproval rating is higher than his approval.

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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

Sabato's Crystal Ball baseline ratings for the U.S. Senate races in 2026 are now available in Congress in Your Pocket. @center4politics.bsky.social @larrysabato.bsky.social

Scoop: FBI finds secret JFK assassination records after Trump order The still-secret records are in 14,000 pages of documents the FBI found in a review triggered by Trump's Jan. 23 executive order.

I am pro-FBI but only a fool would believe the FBI just "found" all these documents. The JFK law was passed in October 1992! They've had over 3 decades to get their files in order. You don't think they were willfully withholding this information, do you? Nah, no way!!
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Goran World - yesterday As someone who grew up under an authoritarian regime, I can offer one crucial piece of advice: time is everything. If you don’t stand up now—if you don’t protest, resist, disrupt, and refuse to comply—you may lose your country forever. Authoritarianism thrives on silence, hesitation, and fear. The longer people wait, the more entrenched the regime becomes, making resistance exponentially harder. Every moment of inaction is a moment the regime uses to tighten its grip. History has shown that those who act early have the best chance of reclaiming their freedom. The time to fight back is now.

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides

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Legal experts warn of 'constitutional crisis' as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump

1/My statement on learning through news reports that my #securityclearance has just been revoked.

@jackschlossberg.bsky.social Can your Mom take back her father's name and STOP the Kennedy Center Honors? It shouldn't become an awful affair with honorees like temu Hercules, Chachi, Village People, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock, etc. It's always been true artistic achievement, not trash TV.

Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.

NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.

#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.

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TRUMP PARDONS of January 6 criminals draw ire of three-quarters of Americans--including a solid majority of Republicans.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST

@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏

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