Kaili Joy Gray
@kailigray.bsky.social
Phrase-turner. Fist-shaker. Chief Content Officer at DailyKos.com.
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February 1, 2026 at 5:16 AM
If you love special elections coverage like this—from a small but mighty team devoted to staying on top of the results even past midnight on a Saturday—please subscribe to The Downballot!
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BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet just won a *massive* landslide to flip a deep-red Senate district. He's up by 14 points in a Trump+17 seat—an overperformance of more than 30 points.
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
Breaking: Texas Democrats score landslide upset in race Trump badly wanted to win
Taylor Rehmet just flipped a deep-red seat—and gave his party a shot in the arm
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February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet just won a *massive* landslide to flip a deep-red Senate district. He's up by 14 points in a Trump+17 seat—an overperformance of more than 30 points.
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
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"It's all too easy to make facile comparisons to the Nazis and to the Holocaust, and I've been on guard for that sort of thing my whole life. But the comparisons are valid now." — @davidnir.com
Check out the full episode: www.publicnotice.co/p/life-in-be...
Check out the full episode: www.publicnotice.co/p/life-in-be...
January 24, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"It's all too easy to make facile comparisons to the Nazis and to the Holocaust, and I've been on guard for that sort of thing my whole life. But the comparisons are valid now." — @davidnir.com
Check out the full episode: www.publicnotice.co/p/life-in-be...
Check out the full episode: www.publicnotice.co/p/life-in-be...
JD so wants to be in on the joke.
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
JD so wants to be in on the joke.
The New York Times, boy, I don't know.
NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The New York Times, boy, I don't know.
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Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Never underestimate Democrats’ addiction to losing
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Never underestimate Democrats’ addiction to losing
I really don’t care do u
Congratulations to First Lady Melania Trump for winning Fox Nation's “Patriot of the Year” award
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I really don’t care do u
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An impressive list, girls, but I know we can do better
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
An impressive list, girls, but I know we can do better
It will take Trump a week to declare he won “the peace prize” and then turn it into the Nobel peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It will take Trump a week to declare he won “the peace prize” and then turn it into the Nobel peace prize
Just joyscrolling all day today
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Just joyscrolling all day today
Mamdani told Trump to bend over and he did. Immediately.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Mamdani told Trump to bend over and he did. Immediately.
Sir, I am listening sir, Trump said with tears in his eyes.
Mamdani taunts Trump in his victory speech: "Turn the volume up." Trump replies instantly on social media: "AND SO IT BEGINS!"
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Sir, I am listening sir, Trump said with tears in his eyes.
Plan to spend all day tomorrow riding around town on the free buses
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Plan to spend all day tomorrow riding around town on the free buses
Good job, us.
So if New Yorkers play their cards right tomorrow, we get to humiliate Trump and Musk, defeat Cuomo for good, and get a million rich assholes to leave town?
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Good job, us.
Now Cuomo has to pack his bags and get out of our city. He promised!
Mamdani wins in New York, defeating disgraced creep and the beret guy
Democrat Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist , was projected by multiple news outlets to become New York City’s next mayor—an outcome that would have been unthinkable just a year ...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Now Cuomo has to pack his bags and get out of our city. He promised!
Which Supreme Court justice was he trying to DM with this one?
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Which Supreme Court justice was he trying to DM with this one?
In 2008, Cheney was still defending his war in Iraq, and he didn’t care what the rest of the country thought.
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In 2008, Cheney was still defending his war in Iraq, and he didn’t care what the rest of the country thought.
So if New Yorkers play their cards right tomorrow, we get to humiliate Trump and Musk, defeat Cuomo for good, and get a million rich assholes to leave town?
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So if New Yorkers play their cards right tomorrow, we get to humiliate Trump and Musk, defeat Cuomo for good, and get a million rich assholes to leave town?
Once the consultants finish poll testing a response to this, Hakeem Jeffries gonna be so mad maybe
The White House heard the complaints
Dismissed them as “manufactured outrage”
And kept demolishing the East Wing on Tuesday
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Dismissed them as “manufactured outrage”
And kept demolishing the East Wing on Tuesday
New photo and update with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
White House continues East Wing demolition amid cries of Trump overreach
More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,
www.washingtonpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Once the consultants finish poll testing a response to this, Hakeem Jeffries gonna be so mad maybe
The more he whines about this, the happier I am that Obama got it just for not being George Bush.
Trump: "Every time I solve one they say, 'If you solve the next one you're gonna get the Nobel Prize.' I didn't get the Nobel Prize. Somebody got it who's a very nice woman. I don't know who she is but she was very generous."
October 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The more he whines about this, the happier I am that Obama got it just for not being George Bush.
Has anyone else's mom become obsessed with sharing Portland frog memes on Facebook?
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Has anyone else's mom become obsessed with sharing Portland frog memes on Facebook?
The headlines refusing to acknowledge it’s his second annual in 6 months are how we got here
Trump to get routine yearly checkup on Friday, White House says reut.rs/4q1zaI3
Trump to get routine yearly checkup on Friday, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday and undergo his routine yearly check up, the White House said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The headlines refusing to acknowledge it’s his second annual in 6 months are how we got here
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There's been a lot of confusion about which states could redraw their House maps before the midterms, so we've put together a definitive guide to every state that could actually do so—16 in all.
We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.
We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.
Here's every state that could draw a new congressional map by 2026
Most states can't pass new maps quickly—but those that can favor Republicans
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October 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There's been a lot of confusion about which states could redraw their House maps before the midterms, so we've put together a definitive guide to every state that could actually do so—16 in all.
We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.
We explain the likelihood of new maps, probable targeted districts, and any obstacles to passage.