Brian Beutler
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm;
Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
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Progressives say Harris lost because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both reasoning backward and they’re both wrong. My grand unified theory is right. www.offmessage.net/p/why-kamala...
Why Kamala Harris Lost
Progressives say it's because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both wrong. My grand unified theory is right.
www.offmessage.net
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Progressives say Harris lost because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both reasoning backward and they’re both wrong. My grand unified theory is right. www.offmessage.net/p/why-kamala...
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In addition to a completely fucked information/media ecosystem (sorry for the technical language), this by @brianbeutler.bsky.social also rings true:
"The Democratic Party's pathological risk aversion and over-reliance on survey data...are generally paralyzing."
"The Democratic Party's pathological risk aversion and over-reliance on survey data...are generally paralyzing."
Progressives say Harris lost because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both reasoning backward and they’re both wrong. My grand unified theory is right. www.offmessage.net/p/why-kamala...
Why Kamala Harris Lost
Progressives say it's because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both wrong. My grand unified theory is right.
www.offmessage.net
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In addition to a completely fucked information/media ecosystem (sorry for the technical language), this by @brianbeutler.bsky.social also rings true:
"The Democratic Party's pathological risk aversion and over-reliance on survey data...are generally paralyzing."
"The Democratic Party's pathological risk aversion and over-reliance on survey data...are generally paralyzing."
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Yes, some of us did, but the libertarians at Reason were not prominent among them, except for the one who got fired for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Yes, some of us did, but the libertarians at Reason were not prominent among them, except for the one who got fired for it.
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the suggestion that the libertarian movement has always been anti trump is infuriating, but also a sign that people may have a sense of which way the wind is blowing
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
the suggestion that the libertarian movement has always been anti trump is infuriating, but also a sign that people may have a sense of which way the wind is blowing
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BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
Progressives say Harris lost because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both reasoning backward and they’re both wrong. My grand unified theory is right. www.offmessage.net/p/why-kamala...
Why Kamala Harris Lost
Progressives say it's because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both wrong. My grand unified theory is right.
www.offmessage.net
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Progressives say Harris lost because she was too moderate; moderates say it's because she was too far left. They're both reasoning backward and they’re both wrong. My grand unified theory is right. www.offmessage.net/p/why-kamala...
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An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
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People of DC, more than two weeks into being totally iced in, now get news of measles spread—brought in by Right to Life marchers.
Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.
Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.
dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.
Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.
dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Health Officials Investigating Measles Exposures to DC Residents
(Washington, DC) - DC Health was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious. DC Health is informing people who were at t...
dchealth.dc.gov
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
People of DC, more than two weeks into being totally iced in, now get news of measles spread—brought in by Right to Life marchers.
Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.
Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.
dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Looking for people exposed on the Metro, at DCA, at Children's Hospital, on Amtrak.
Gee, thanks, RFKJr et al.
dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
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The best thing to have is enough.
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
May 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The best thing to have is enough.
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Part of what's great about this is how Hunter Hess tried really hard to not go into specifics but Trump (1) deduced (correctly!) that any reference to things that aren't "good" or "moral" must mean him and (2) decided he needed to elevate it with some bonkers response. Great work, Mr. President. 🫡
The president is now attacking a US Olympian as a “Loser” and misrepresenting his words for his mild unspecified criticisms about things going on in the US right now.
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Part of what's great about this is how Hunter Hess tried really hard to not go into specifics but Trump (1) deduced (correctly!) that any reference to things that aren't "good" or "moral" must mean him and (2) decided he needed to elevate it with some bonkers response. Great work, Mr. President. 🫡
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
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Amy Klobuchar running for Governor of Minnesota
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Amy Klobuchar running for Governor of Minnesota
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Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
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When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
His work here is done!
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
Will Lewis has just told staff at the Washington Post he is stepping down
February 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
His work here is done!
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
Becoming more and more convinced that Bezos entered a quid pro quo agreement with Trump, where the quo is “destroy the Washington Post.”
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Becoming more and more convinced that Bezos entered a quid pro quo agreement with Trump, where the quo is “destroy the Washington Post.”
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Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
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February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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If I was a Democratic politician I would consider that the thousands of brave patriots in this city are America’s most visible and hardened cohort of anti-Trump resisters, and if you tell them you’re going to stand with ICE, they will never care about anything else you ever do again
Minneapolis has real Boston 1775 vibes lately. No surprise that John Adams—a moderate farmer and lawyer, yet the principal agitator for independence—was radicalized against the English crown by its Eye of Sauron-like brutality against his city.
If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
If I was a Democratic politician I would consider that the thousands of brave patriots in this city are America’s most visible and hardened cohort of anti-Trump resisters, and if you tell them you’re going to stand with ICE, they will never care about anything else you ever do again
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If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
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“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
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The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Immigration, Fascism, And The Politics Of The American Creed
We have to protect what's best about America from ALL threats, not just the easiest scapegoats.
www.offmessage.net
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Immigration, Fascism, And The Politics Of The American Creed
We have to protect what's best about America from ALL threats, not just the easiest scapegoats.
www.offmessage.net
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...