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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h

This will increase Mamdani's margin of victory by double digits.

#ETTD

mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 2h

Make it so, my beloved home of three decades, NYC*, make Cuomo’s defeat the most gigantic and memorable.

*former. We bought a house in NJ

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2h

Why did the New York Post claim a million New Yorkers will move away if Mamdani wins? Well, because the Post fearmongers and lashes out at the left. But *specifically* because it extrapolated from a super dubious poll.
www.pbump.net/o/no-1-in-11...

No, 1 in 11 New Yorkers will not move if Mamdani wins

The headline in the New York Post was characteristically cautious: "Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll." Why the departure of...

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 5h

Trump is trying to abuse National Guard & ICE powers across the country

We're proud to be part of the coalitions fighting back

Overall we have 200+ cases & matters @democracydefendersfund.org proving the rule of law still works

I explained on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social 👇

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mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 5h

💯💯💯

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump has lost 15 points with independents since February

New CNN poll shows Trump falling to 28% with independents

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Holder: The Supreme Court is a broken institution. And it’s something that has to be part of the national conversation in ’26 and in ’28.

If there is a Democratic trifecta in 2028—and I think the possibility of that is pretty good—Supreme Court reform has to be on the table.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 8h

Flashback to the time I got into it with Scott Jennings on CNN because he was claiming antisemitism only exists on the left. I pointed to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago dinner with Nick Fuentes and Kanye. He dismissed it as “one stupid dinner.”

Welp, here we are.

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mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 8h

Goddamn. I freakin hate that I know exactly who Aimee Therese is. Remember when she pretended that she was a “Marxist”? LMAO

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 9h

Hey folks--

I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.

The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

America at 250: A History - YouTube

This one-time-only course examines U.S. history from 1776 to the present, in advance of the nation's semiquincentennial (or 250th birthday) in 2026. Taught j...

www.youtube.com

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 9h

Trump ally Elon Musk endorses Andrew Cuomo

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mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 9h

Just LMAOOO

great endorsement, Andrew Cuomo, you loser LOL

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mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 9h

Agree

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

Lots of bad polls for Trump in the past few days, but I think the worst number for him is one some people may not even notice. www.pbump.net/o/the-number...

The number in new Trump polling that’s most worth watching

Even by the standards of Donald Trump's poorly reviewed second term in office, the poll numbers that have come out over the past week are miserable. An NBC poll found that two-thirds of Americans thin...

www.pbump.net

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9d

Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.

2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%

2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%

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mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 10h

I’d like to add: this report “Deciding to Win” written by the centrist super PAC “the Welcome PAC”, ran by Liam Kerr (just go to his Twitter, you’ll see), boosted by Matt Yglesias, Ezra Klein (Ezra used all their talking pts in his NYT column Sun), et al.

Now pushed by another reactionary centrist

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

On top of all that this from @larryglickman.bsky.social nails it. The Douthat Theorem of American politics is that elections only have ideological significance when it can be claimed in a tortured, highly tendentious way that "conservative populism" defeated liberalism
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2d

Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
bsky.app/profile/larr...

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 9d

Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.

2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%

2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

Relatedly, this @brianbeutler.bsky.social formulation leaves no doubt that the info problem cannot be handwaved away as Ross does. In my reporting (above) it became obvious very quickly that Trump was being heard by low-info voters in a unique way.
www.offmessage.net/p/exploit-th...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

See if you can spot the circular argument here: "It's obvious why Dems lost in 2024, therefore I can promote a report concluding the same thing without subjecting it to any critical scrutiny, and that report also happens to confirm that I'm right"

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 10h

There's nothing "moderate" about surrendering in exchange for "strong assurances" from congressional Republicans. That's just stupid political malpractice. Republicans are losing this fight, and Dems should hold the line!

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 10h

Off the top of my head, even with imperfect candidates, I can think of so many concrete ways that a Dem blowout in Virginia tomorrow would improve the lives of people in my community and across the state, as well as bracing the nation for the ongoing struggle against Trumpism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

"Victories remind elites Trump is not some sort of eternal expression of the American volk. The press will have to at least briefly acknowledge MAGA fascism is not inevitable. Institutions that have been acting as if Trump is a rightful king will be confronted with a sweeping rejection of him."

Virginia and New Jersey can show that Trump isn't inevitable

MAGA might be in for an ass-whuppin' on Tuesday.

www.publicnotice.co

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mary angela perna @maryangelaperna.bsky.social · 14h

Great thread. I keep saying that 1/ all these think tanks/analysis, mostly from the center-left, are operating as if Nov 2024 is static, as if Trump hasn’t lost that coalition (Latinos/Poc/under 30), he’s v unpopular. When *he* isn’t on the ballot, Rs don’t do well.

& RW disinfo machine.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h

from fairer taxes to health care for all...it's the long-standing Dem agenda. It is not "centrist." It is humane, common-sensical, compassionate, and vital to the well-being of countless Americans. The issue isn't that the party has moved left, the left's agenda is a US majority agenda.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h

What if the real problem faced by Dems is bad analysis combined with MAGA lies and cynical promotion of some of those lies to serve the agenda of some Dem leaders. Look at popular policies with 2/3-3/4 support in America--from gun control to environment...

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