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There are 120K+ DSA members. There are millions of Democrats, so let’s keep this in perspective. The DSA isn’t taking over the party —most progressives aren’t DSA. Here’s the caution: Weak Dems left a vacuum with their post 2024 silence and the DSA is taking the opportunity to fill the void.
A thread on how heroes like Dr. Anthony Fauci make Trump and the Republicans look like criminals by comparison. That's why they tried to destroy his good name. That's the story.
🧵 NEW: A spokesperson for Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, where Franklin Graham is president and CEO, messaged me today about two married pastors in the U.S. on religious visas who were arrested by ICE last week in Texas as they were trying to fly to a Billy Graham marriage conference.
Republicans spent years lecturing Democrats about “family values.” This poll says the lecture is over. Moral bankruptcy is not a dealbreaker for most Republican voters. And we can see it in the candidates they nominate and continue to support.
BREAKING: TRUMP ANNOUNCES HAMAS AGREES TO DISARM IN GAZA. The headlines sound promising. The reality is this deal only works if both Hamas and Israel honor it. We’ve seen ceasefires before. What matters now is whether the fighting and killing actually stops.
I was wondering if anyone was keeping a running total on Trump’s waste and abuse. You have to check out this video. And there’s so much, I bet you forgot about some of it: 💰Ballroom: $1 billion project, taxpayers already on the hook for $300 mill 💰 J6 Slush Fund: $1.776 billion for his rioters 🧵
1. When it comes to the congressional elections in November, the conventional wisdom is that many Republican voters are probably not going to show up because they have become demoralized.
Some really encouraging Senate polls… 📍Georgia 🔵 Jon Ossoff: 56% 🔴 Mike Collins: 43% 📍North Carolina 🔵 Roy Cooper: 53% 🔴 Michael Whatley: 44% 📍Ohio 🔵 Sherrod Brown: 53% 🔴 Jon Husted: 45% 📍Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek: 50% 🔴 Ashley Hinson: 46% Keep organizing. Keep fighting.
Just wondering, where all the “say it’s a genocide” folks have been when it comes to Sudan and Myanmar?
WHOA, IOWA‼️ Josh Turek just landed the biggest endorsement in Democratic politics: Barack Obama. Reminder: Obama was the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Iowa.
So Cornyn is a hell no on Blanche’s AG nomination unless Trump agrees to rewrite his IRS immunity settlement. 😂 Cornyn wants the agreement amended in writing to permanently eliminate the controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund.
As Measles cases hit a 35 year high, as a senseless war rages on with no exit plan, as gas climbs to record highs, and the Epstein files remain secret, the U.S. Senate is holding a hearing today to yell at Dr. Fauci and again push horse dewormer on the American public.
MIDTERM MADNESS PART I The Senate map is heating up with just 98 days until Election Day. Here’s a breakdown of the changing dynamics in battleground states: 📌 Maine: Troy Jackson (D) Susan Collins (R) 📌 Georgia: Jon Ossoff (D) Mike Collins (R) 📌 Ohio: Sherrod Brown (D) Jon Husted (R)
Senate Dems just announced a $40 million ground game investment across 10 battleground states. I’m pleasantly surprised. Instead of blowing it on expensive TV ads, they’re investing in field staff, new offices, volunteer programs, and outreach to Latino, Black, and Alaska Native voters. 1/2
If you ever encouraged people not to vote, you’re part of the problem. You are no longer needed in the chat and have no business running for office. F*ck uncommitted‼️
Mitch McConnell stole two Supreme Court seats. Now ask yourself this: If McConnell were still Leader and a Democratic senator had been missing from public view for more than six weeks, what would he be doing right now? 1/2
So Trump started the war, then stood over the flag-draped caskets of fallen service members and claimed they all agreed with his decision? That’s not honoring the dead; that’s using them as political props. The families deserve better.
Kaitlan Collins on the WHCD. Stewart: “Was he bombing as hard as it appeared on TV?” Collins: “What was most surprising to me was that the room was filled with a lot of his staffers, his cabinet, his allies, and Republicans in Congress. It was so quiet in the room during the president's remarks.”