YoteDan ❌ 👑
@heffbombs.bsky.social
Left of center consumer of political and #climate news. East Bay, CA. I am not a bot. Reposts may imply interest, agreement, or just mockery. Recovering wildlife biologist. Resistance member. Twitter refugee.
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Run everywhere.
Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat (& @runforsomething.net candidate!) flipped a state senate district in Texas that Trump had won by 17 points.
Expand your imagination. When great candidates rooted in community step up to lead, anything is possible.
Expand your imagination. When great candidates rooted in community step up to lead, anything is possible.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Run everywhere.
Bill Kristin: American hero
Defund ICE.
Disable the grift.
Disempower the Epstein class.
Defy authoritarianism.
Discredit Trumpism.
Deconstruct MAGA.
Defeat the GOP.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.
Disable the grift.
Disempower the Epstein class.
Defy authoritarianism.
Discredit Trumpism.
Deconstruct MAGA.
Defeat the GOP.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Bill Kristin: American hero
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
This bit of grift is pretty astounding…but nothing is surprising at this point.
Trump is demanding that taxpayers pay him $10 billion, and guess who'll decide whether he gets it? He will!
Even in the most corrupt presidency ever, this bit of self-dealing stands out. My latest at MSNOW:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Even in the most corrupt presidency ever, this bit of self-dealing stands out. My latest at MSNOW:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump's absurd $10 billion suit against his own government
Paul Waldman: Trump wants every American taxpayer to give him a payoff
www.ms.now
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This bit of grift is pretty astounding…but nothing is surprising at this point.
Pretty much.
Stop calling us names or we'll keep killing you.
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "Through their rhetoric we're already seen tragedies. We're gonna see more of them unless they pump the brakes on this stuff."
February 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Pretty much.
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If MAGA's favorite demon, George Soros, paid people to protest, it would be easy to find evidence and show it. If he promised to pay people and didn't, that would be a crime, and MAGA would be thrilled to charge him.
Instead, it's just another shameless lie to keep conning the cult.
Instead, it's just another shameless lie to keep conning the cult.
Leavitt pushes Trump's "paid protesters" lie to zero pushback from Maria Bartiromo
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
If MAGA's favorite demon, George Soros, paid people to protest, it would be easy to find evidence and show it. If he promised to pay people and didn't, that would be a crime, and MAGA would be thrilled to charge him.
Instead, it's just another shameless lie to keep conning the cult.
Instead, it's just another shameless lie to keep conning the cult.
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"One year into Donald Trump’s second term, and something strange is happening in political media. A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called 'alarmists' were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong."
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"One year into Donald Trump’s second term, and something strange is happening in political media. A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called 'alarmists' were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong."
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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There are elections almost every week. Don’t wait till midterms.
GOP only understand money and power.
Mess with either or both, and things start to change.
GOP only understand money and power.
Mess with either or both, and things start to change.
📣 Dems have overperformed 13 pts on avg across 78 Special Elections so far!
NEXT:
01/31: TX SD-09: Taylor Rehmet
02/03:
AL HD-38: Hazel Floyd
NY AD-036: Diana Moreno
NY SD-47: Erik Bottcher
NY SD-61: Jeremy Zellner
NY AD-74: Keith Powers
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NEXT:
01/31: TX SD-09: Taylor Rehmet
02/03:
AL HD-38: Hazel Floyd
NY AD-036: Diana Moreno
NY SD-47: Erik Bottcher
NY SD-61: Jeremy Zellner
NY AD-74: Keith Powers
Donate today! #Blue26
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January 31, 2026 at 10:43 PM
There are elections almost every week. Don’t wait till midterms.
GOP only understand money and power.
Mess with either or both, and things start to change.
GOP only understand money and power.
Mess with either or both, and things start to change.
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“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”
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Protect independent journalists at all costs.
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Protect independent journalists at all costs.
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A very significant vote. The $75 billion can be taken away; this marks a clear vote by the Democratic caucus to do so.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 PM
A very significant vote. The $75 billion can be taken away; this marks a clear vote by the Democratic caucus to do so.
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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Democrats' razor-thin majorities in the Maine & Pennsylvania House are on the line.
Voters will decide billions of dollars in funding for schools in a ton of Washington referendums.
And New Jersey is hosting a big intra-Dem battle.
Don't miss my guide to the 20 elections to watch in February:
Voters will decide billions of dollars in funding for schools in a ton of Washington referendums.
And New Jersey is hosting a big intra-Dem battle.
Don't miss my guide to the 20 elections to watch in February:
The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts
Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More
boltsmag.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Democrats' razor-thin majorities in the Maine & Pennsylvania House are on the line.
Voters will decide billions of dollars in funding for schools in a ton of Washington referendums.
And New Jersey is hosting a big intra-Dem battle.
Don't miss my guide to the 20 elections to watch in February:
Voters will decide billions of dollars in funding for schools in a ton of Washington referendums.
And New Jersey is hosting a big intra-Dem battle.
Don't miss my guide to the 20 elections to watch in February:
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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There is no world, no scenario, no imaginable or unimaginable turn of events under which the Trump Administration will not end up regretting this stupefyingly idiotic arrest.
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 AM
There is no world, no scenario, no imaginable or unimaginable turn of events under which the Trump Administration will not end up regretting this stupefyingly idiotic arrest.
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
Don Lemon today: "I will not stop now, I will not stop ever."
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It’s doesn’t feel like it right now, but the people are winning and the regime is freaking out.
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s doesn’t feel like it right now, but the people are winning and the regime is freaking out.
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Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened.
So here’s a quick thread to help.
So here’s a quick thread to help.
January 30, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened.
So here’s a quick thread to help.
So here’s a quick thread to help.
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If you believe in American democracy, this is a very good time to stand up for the free press
January 30, 2026 at 8:07 PM
If you believe in American democracy, this is a very good time to stand up for the free press
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OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
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January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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Calling the Gestapo “the Gestapo” is causing the Gestapo to act like the Gestapo.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Calling the Gestapo “the Gestapo” is causing the Gestapo to act like the Gestapo.
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This is the escalation cycle I've been talking about for months, one Homan can't pretend DHS is not part of.
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is the escalation cycle I've been talking about for months, one Homan can't pretend DHS is not part of.
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
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Great point from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social: The spectacle of ordinary people in Minneapolis courageously protecting each other from the ICE invasion is itself inspiring and contrasts powerfully with Miller/Bovino totalitarian cruelties.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Great point from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social: The spectacle of ordinary people in Minneapolis courageously protecting each other from the ICE invasion is itself inspiring and contrasts powerfully with Miller/Bovino totalitarian cruelties.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...