Larry Sabato
@larrysabato.bsky.social
Director, Center for Politics at UVA (@center4politics.bsky.social); Author, The Kennedy Half Century http://bit.ly/3hSzJp5. Read the Crystal Ball every week: http://linktr.ee/c4puva
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Larry Sabato
@larrysabato.bsky.social
· Dec 4
A favorite JFK quote: "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."
Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/31/t...
Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet | Washington Monthly
The Democrats won’t save us, nor will the courts. We are the only ones who can save us. We’ll start when we decide we’ve had enough.
washingtonmonthly.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/31/t...
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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats stateline.org/2025/02/20/e...
Election officials blast Trump's ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats • Stateline
The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.
stateline.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats stateline.org/2025/02/20/e...
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Trump's words below are astonishing. They're the comments of a deluded megalomaniac who somehow manages to be a bully & a cringing coward at the same time. If Starmer does go to Washington next week he has to defend civilised values and not be upstaged or demeaned. But that's easier said than done
Let’s be honest. Does anyone think that this president would honour Article Five? Presence of US military & nuclear sharing still has value to Europe, but its deterrent value is significantly reduced & falling. This is reckless, dangerous behaviour by the Trump administration.
February 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump's words below are astonishing. They're the comments of a deluded megalomaniac who somehow manages to be a bully & a cringing coward at the same time. If Starmer does go to Washington next week he has to defend civilised values and not be upstaged or demeaned. But that's easier said than done
When history asks, “who lost Ukraine?”, the obvious answer will start with T and end with rump.
February 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When history asks, “who lost Ukraine?”, the obvious answer will start with T and end with rump.
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This is the so-called Law & Order. 🙄
February 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is the so-called Law & Order. 🙄
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Acosta: It’s hard to see somebody out-Spicer Sean Spicer or out-Huckabee Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but Karoline Leavitt—she’s making a run for it.
Unless they’ve already done it on SNL, I have to think something like that is in the works, because the skit writes itself.
Unless they’ve already done it on SNL, I have to think something like that is in the works, because the skit writes itself.
February 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Acosta: It’s hard to see somebody out-Spicer Sean Spicer or out-Huckabee Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but Karoline Leavitt—she’s making a run for it.
Unless they’ve already done it on SNL, I have to think something like that is in the works, because the skit writes itself.
Unless they’ve already done it on SNL, I have to think something like that is in the works, because the skit writes itself.
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I'm watching Canadian officials hold a presser on the Toronto plane crash and remarkably they're not blaming DEI or recklessly speculating about causes. They could never cut it down here in Trumplandia.
February 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm watching Canadian officials hold a presser on the Toronto plane crash and remarkably they're not blaming DEI or recklessly speculating about causes. They could never cut it down here in Trumplandia.
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How much is Congress cutting from their $6.5 billion/year budget? Don’t you think congress can operate on say, maybe, $5 Billion? And each congressman has 18 staff, they could operate on say, 14?
What about the White House?
What about the White House?
February 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How much is Congress cutting from their $6.5 billion/year budget? Don’t you think congress can operate on say, maybe, $5 Billion? And each congressman has 18 staff, they could operate on say, 14?
What about the White House?
What about the White House?
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?
February 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?
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Congressmen when they are asked if they will cut THEIR budgets and lay off staff as well:
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media.tenor.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Congressmen when they are asked if they will cut THEIR budgets and lay off staff as well:
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Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.
Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil
Former president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power.
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.
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white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
February 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
Where's RFK Jr when you actually need him? Another Trump/Musk disgrace. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
JFK Library in Boston closed until further notice due to federal job cuts, source says
The JFK Library in Boston is closed indefinitely because of federal job cuts, a source tells WBZ-TV.
www.cbsnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Where's RFK Jr when you actually need him? Another Trump/Musk disgrace. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball baseline ratings for the U.S. Senate races in 2026 are now available in Congress in Your Pocket. @center4politics.bsky.social @larrysabato.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sabato's Crystal Ball baseline ratings for the U.S. Senate races in 2026 are now available in Congress in Your Pocket. @center4politics.bsky.social @larrysabato.bsky.social
I am pro-FBI but only a fool would believe the FBI just "found" all these documents. The JFK law was passed in October 1992! They've had over 3 decades to get their files in order. You don't think they were willfully withholding this information, do you? Nah, no way!!
www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
Scoop: FBI finds secret JFK assassination records after Trump order
The still-secret records are in 14,000 pages of documents the FBI found in a review triggered by Trump's Jan. 23 executive order.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I am pro-FBI but only a fool would believe the FBI just "found" all these documents. The JFK law was passed in October 1992! They've had over 3 decades to get their files in order. You don't think they were willfully withholding this information, do you? Nah, no way!!
www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
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February 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Legal experts warn of 'constitutional crisis' as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump
February 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Legal experts warn of 'constitutional crisis' as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump
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1/My statement on learning through news reports that my #securityclearance has just been revoked.
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
1/My statement on learning through news reports that my #securityclearance has just been revoked.
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@jackschlossberg.bsky.social Can your Mom take back her father's name and STOP the Kennedy Center Honors? It shouldn't become an awful affair with honorees like temu Hercules, Chachi, Village People, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock, etc. It's always been true artistic achievement, not trash TV.
February 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@jackschlossberg.bsky.social Can your Mom take back her father's name and STOP the Kennedy Center Honors? It shouldn't become an awful affair with honorees like temu Hercules, Chachi, Village People, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock, etc. It's always been true artistic achievement, not trash TV.