Stephen Clermont
@sjclermont.bsky.social
Democratic Pollster. Cat parent. Irresponsibly glib.
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there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0.
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
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The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
Feel so much safer with the adults back in charge
This FBI “pulse check” report on the dept under Patel and Bongino is a mixed bag - the fibbies love having no more sensitivity training but many hate going on ICE raids and think leadership is weak - but this anecdote is clearly gold: K$H Patel wearing the traditional FBI Director’s ladies clothes.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Feel so much safer with the adults back in charge
Happy Holidays!! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/b...
Bitcoin starts financial markets off on wrong foot to begin December
A historically strong month for stocks is opening on a down note, with crypto leading the charge lower.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy Holidays!! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/b...
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Google's "AI Overview" invents essay I've never written, about a book published two years after I was supposed to have written it, while claiming the book was published six years before it was published. For gifts like these, the global economic teeters on the verge of collapse.
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Google's "AI Overview" invents essay I've never written, about a book published two years after I was supposed to have written it, while claiming the book was published six years before it was published. For gifts like these, the global economic teeters on the verge of collapse.
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Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Sorry, Olivia Nuzzi haters, but age is just a number.
by David Brooks
by David Brooks
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Sorry, Olivia Nuzzi haters, but age is just a number.
by David Brooks
by David Brooks
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Opinion | The 2024 election was always about pardoning Honduran drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández. If Kamala Harris and the Democrats didn't understand that, shame on them.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Opinion | The 2024 election was always about pardoning Honduran drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández. If Kamala Harris and the Democrats didn't understand that, shame on them.
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Dem Senators and MoCs shouldn’t be voting for DoD authorization spending legislation as long as Hegseth remains in charge of DoD. This should be basic and a position that Dem Leadership should be whipping while loudly speaking out against war crimes/extra judicial killings funded by our tax dollars.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Dem Senators and MoCs shouldn’t be voting for DoD authorization spending legislation as long as Hegseth remains in charge of DoD. This should be basic and a position that Dem Leadership should be whipping while loudly speaking out against war crimes/extra judicial killings funded by our tax dollars.
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There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
The Thanksgiving soup course at Mar a Lago is in honor of what is left in his head
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Thanksgiving soup course at Mar a Lago is in honor of what is left in his head
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Think billionaires aren’t feeling the pinch this Thanksgiving? Think again.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Think billionaires aren’t feeling the pinch this Thanksgiving? Think again.
Just a reminder that the only reason Eileen Cannon is on the federal bench is that Democrats allowed her confirmation to go forward after Trump and Senate Republicans lost the 2020 election.
A new level of "pick your judge" -- a special grand jury in a location with only one judge, guaranteeing that Trump's favorite handles the case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just a reminder that the only reason Eileen Cannon is on the federal bench is that Democrats allowed her confirmation to go forward after Trump and Senate Republicans lost the 2020 election.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
So many people "considering" doing things instead of actually doing them.
If there are enough pro-Ukraine Republican lawmakers who are "so angry," they could end the GOP majority in the House right now.
If there are enough pro-Ukraine Republican lawmakers who are "so angry," they could end the GOP majority in the House right now.
NEW: Rep. Don Bacon tells @axios.com he was “so angry” last week about the Trump admin’s proposed Russia-Ukraine peace deal that he considered resigning in protest.
He ultimately decided against it, he says, but not before giving Mike Johnson an earful. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
He ultimately decided against it, he says, but not before giving Mike Johnson an earful. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So many people "considering" doing things instead of actually doing them.
If there are enough pro-Ukraine Republican lawmakers who are "so angry," they could end the GOP majority in the House right now.
If there are enough pro-Ukraine Republican lawmakers who are "so angry," they could end the GOP majority in the House right now.
Princeton grad Hegseth
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Princeton grad Hegseth
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Thanksgiving in Donald Trump's America
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thanksgiving in Donald Trump's America
Trying to afford the basics of life and keeping their heads above water because of all the generational wealth Boomers are hoarding www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trying to afford the basics of life and keeping their heads above water because of all the generational wealth Boomers are hoarding www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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At least once a week, I am grateful for the world-class liberal arts education I got at U.C. Berkeley
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
At least once a week, I am grateful for the world-class liberal arts education I got at U.C. Berkeley
More and more people are saying this.
What a shit show. Everyone could see this plan was written by the Kremlin. Adopted by Witkoff and Trump who demanded Ukraine accept it by this Thursday. After a firestorm of objections by Europe and Republican senators it appears Rubio wants to distance himself from it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
More and more people are saying this.
The level of incompetence that allowed this to stand and be presented as an ultimatum Trump was giving to Zelenskyy with a Thursday deadline is beyond staggering.
Besides being an amoral demented grifter, Trump is simply just awful at his job.
Besides being an amoral demented grifter, Trump is simply just awful at his job.
Been driving for a couple hours. Just got online. Lemme see if I understand. US has been pushing a Ukraine plan for a few days. After some pushback, US Secy of State reveals that in fact it's a Russian plan that was presented to the US. Helluva a misunderstanding.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The level of incompetence that allowed this to stand and be presented as an ultimatum Trump was giving to Zelenskyy with a Thursday deadline is beyond staggering.
Besides being an amoral demented grifter, Trump is simply just awful at his job.
Besides being an amoral demented grifter, Trump is simply just awful at his job.
These Kavanaugh stops are quite dangerous
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These Kavanaugh stops are quite dangerous