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The reason rank and file Dems are pissed at their party is because their party doesn't lead in key moments. The good news is it's primary season, and now's when we get to demand better leadership. I recommend everybody adopt 1 or 2 DINOs and dedicate yourself to replacing them with Dems who fight.
DHS spending bill passed 220-207
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The reason rank and file Dems are pissed at their party is because their party doesn't lead in key moments. The good news is it's primary season, and now's when we get to demand better leadership. I recommend everybody adopt 1 or 2 DINOs and dedicate yourself to replacing them with Dems who fight.
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
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Tom Suozzi represents the NY-3 district on northwestern Long Island.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Tom Suozzi represents the NY-3 district on northwestern Long Island.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
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If Trump can tell the DOJ who to prosecute, he can also tell them to release the #EpsteinFiles.
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 PM
If Trump can tell the DOJ who to prosecute, he can also tell them to release the #EpsteinFiles.
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The ICE deaths we're not talking about
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
People are dying in Trump’s squalid concentration camps | Will Bunch
People are dying in ICE detention facilities at nearly 10 times the rate of the Biden years. It will likely get worse.
www.inquirer.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The ICE deaths we're not talking about
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
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Strike in any way you can!
It’s going to be a bitterly cold day so if you’re planning to be out be sure to bundle up and bring plenty of hand and feet warmers for yourself and others.
If you can’t make it out to the streets, spend the day calling your reps and getting the word out.
#abolishice
It’s going to be a bitterly cold day so if you’re planning to be out be sure to bundle up and bring plenty of hand and feet warmers for yourself and others.
If you can’t make it out to the streets, spend the day calling your reps and getting the word out.
#abolishice
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Strike in any way you can!
It’s going to be a bitterly cold day so if you’re planning to be out be sure to bundle up and bring plenty of hand and feet warmers for yourself and others.
If you can’t make it out to the streets, spend the day calling your reps and getting the word out.
#abolishice
It’s going to be a bitterly cold day so if you’re planning to be out be sure to bundle up and bring plenty of hand and feet warmers for yourself and others.
If you can’t make it out to the streets, spend the day calling your reps and getting the word out.
#abolishice
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In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble."
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
In the words of John Lewis, it's time for "good trouble."
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
If you're a Minnesotan, I urge you to join tomorrow's Ice Out For Good economic blockout and exercise your collective power.
And if you're not, organize in solidarity and demand our leaders stand up to ICE. https://iceoutforgood.org/
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AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
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Democrats, fight.
To demand your congress members take action to NOT grant ICE more tax payer dollars, start here: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
@indivisible.org
To demand your congress members take action to NOT grant ICE more tax payer dollars, start here: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
@indivisible.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Democrats, fight.
To demand your congress members take action to NOT grant ICE more tax payer dollars, start here: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
@indivisible.org
To demand your congress members take action to NOT grant ICE more tax payer dollars, start here: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
@indivisible.org
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Campaign finance reform ( a reformed/expanded SCt can revisit Citizens United), DC statehood, independent redistricting, legis protection for DOJ independence, etc
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... Dems will need democracy enhancement legislation: updating/reinstituting the Voting Rights Act, re-establishing workable causes of action (so-called Bivens cases) to hold federal officials liable for constitutional violations,
So, You Want to Run for President?
What 2028 aspirants should consider before running
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Campaign finance reform ( a reformed/expanded SCt can revisit Citizens United), DC statehood, independent redistricting, legis protection for DOJ independence, etc
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
So, You Want to Run for President?
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
So, You Want to Run for President?
What 2028 aspirants should consider before running
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 PM
So, You Want to Run for President?
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro”
Didn’t work.
Didn’t work.
Bessent: "Everyone take a deep breath. Do not escalate. Do not escalate. President Trump has a strategy here. Hear him out and then everything will be fine."
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro”
Didn’t work.
Didn’t work.
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Question. If Joe Biden called Greenland, “Iceland” four times…. What would the right be saying?
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Question. If Joe Biden called Greenland, “Iceland” four times…. What would the right be saying?
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My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
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Every Democrat should be voting against this funding bill, and Democratic leadership in both chambers should be actively whipping their caucus in opposition.
Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you ASAP. Urge Democrats to answer the people’s call to stop ICE’s lawlessness.
Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you ASAP. Urge Democrats to answer the people’s call to stop ICE’s lawlessness.
Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, a...
act.indivisible.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Every Democrat should be voting against this funding bill, and Democratic leadership in both chambers should be actively whipping their caucus in opposition.
Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you ASAP. Urge Democrats to answer the people’s call to stop ICE’s lawlessness.
Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you ASAP. Urge Democrats to answer the people’s call to stop ICE’s lawlessness.
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I am just a simple small-town lawyer but I really can’t think of a more toxic and self-defeating political strategy than telling your constituents the things they care about are “a distraction.”
January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I am just a simple small-town lawyer but I really can’t think of a more toxic and self-defeating political strategy than telling your constituents the things they care about are “a distraction.”
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New on Heads Up News! Minnesota rising. (Big strike on Fridiay.) www.headsupnews.org/p/minnesota-...
Minnesota rising
A massive statewide strike and economic boycott is set for Friday
www.headsupnews.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
New on Heads Up News! Minnesota rising. (Big strike on Fridiay.) www.headsupnews.org/p/minnesota-...
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Looking for any/all clear, HQ photos of *federal agents* at today's gas attack (Minneapolis, not Chicago!). You can send anonymously via Signal at unraveled.66
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Looking for any/all clear, HQ photos of *federal agents* at today's gas attack (Minneapolis, not Chicago!). You can send anonymously via Signal at unraveled.66
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The equation is simple: you can’t afford healthcare anymore because ICE agents are making 6-figure salaries and $50k signing bonuses. The money is not marked for life, liberty or happiness. It is set aside for state suppression.
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The equation is simple: you can’t afford healthcare anymore because ICE agents are making 6-figure salaries and $50k signing bonuses. The money is not marked for life, liberty or happiness. It is set aside for state suppression.
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We'll see, but I don't think the apparent TACO on Greenland will last long. It's just another case of "last person he talked to," and that won't be the Europeans once he's back at the West Wing / Mar-a-Lago. For their own anti-NATO reasons, too many in the inner circle are determined to push this.
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
We'll see, but I don't think the apparent TACO on Greenland will last long. It's just another case of "last person he talked to," and that won't be the Europeans once he's back at the West Wing / Mar-a-Lago. For their own anti-NATO reasons, too many in the inner circle are determined to push this.
American voters f—-ed themselves bigly.
January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
American voters f—-ed themselves bigly.
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it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?
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Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson