David Solimini
@commsdirector.bsky.social
Fear and bravery are contagious. Be brave. Leading @democracycomms.bsky.social. Previously Stimson Center, Truman Project, ICAN, others. Proudly SAIS Hopkins, William & Mary. Opinions are mine, not my employer's. Was @commsdirector at the bad bird place.
I don't think people have factored in the fact that the president is rapidly approaching lame duck status. Members of his party are not going to want to be held accountable for his deeply unpopular choices now that he won't ever be on the ballot again.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don't think people have factored in the fact that the president is rapidly approaching lame duck status. Members of his party are not going to want to be held accountable for his deeply unpopular choices now that he won't ever be on the ballot again.
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Trump plans to invade Venezuela without giving any justification. Some liberal critics cry foul.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Trump plans to invade Venezuela without giving any justification. Some liberal critics cry foul.
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Like everything else, the current overwhelming fetishization of math and quant skills in our culture is also just gender in an unconvincing disguise
There is also the common belief that the humanities are somehow "feminine".
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Like everything else, the current overwhelming fetishization of math and quant skills in our culture is also just gender in an unconvincing disguise
Who wants to bet that Trump has to be talked out of scraping Five Eyes over this?
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Who wants to bet that Trump has to be talked out of scraping Five Eyes over this?
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This is absurd and not a thing that is ever going to happen. There’s a way to replace elected officials you’re unhappy with; those are called elections. There’s not a single elected official who’s going to call for anyone’s resignation because of a single shitty vote. People, get a grip.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is absurd and not a thing that is ever going to happen. There’s a way to replace elected officials you’re unhappy with; those are called elections. There’s not a single elected official who’s going to call for anyone’s resignation because of a single shitty vote. People, get a grip.
This could be the entire story for a week. But instead, it'll be shutdown surrender.
Trump gives a “full, complete, and unconditional pardon” for fake electors — including his co-defendants charged in Georgia for trying to subvert his 2020 election defeat.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election, pardon attorney says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Jus...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This could be the entire story for a week. But instead, it'll be shutdown surrender.
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Trump gives a “full, complete, and unconditional pardon” for fake electors — including his co-defendants charged in Georgia for trying to subvert his 2020 election defeat.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election, pardon attorney says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Jus...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Trump gives a “full, complete, and unconditional pardon” for fake electors — including his co-defendants charged in Georgia for trying to subvert his 2020 election defeat.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
FWIW, I don't think Kaine will run again in 2030.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
FWIW, I don't think Kaine will run again in 2030.
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
Looking forward to the scolding opeds about how actually sandwich guy should have been convicted
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Looking forward to the scolding opeds about how actually sandwich guy should have been convicted
Like, someone tweaked her meds, right?
Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party."
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Like, someone tweaked her meds, right?
You made me snarf my beer 🤣
Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
You made me snarf my beer 🤣
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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In 1993, I flew on Mary Sue Terry's campaign plane as she unsuccessfully sought to be elected the first woman governor in Virginia history. Now 32 years later, Spanberger cracks that glass ceiling. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Virginia elects Spanberger as first female governor, in rebuke of Trump
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, the Associated Press projects, after campaigning on the economy and promises to stand up to Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
In 1993, I flew on Mary Sue Terry's campaign plane as she unsuccessfully sought to be elected the first woman governor in Virginia history. Now 32 years later, Spanberger cracks that glass ceiling. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Wondering how much the shutdown increased NoVA's interest in sending a message to the White House.
Virginia governor elections
Major shift in the vote-rich DC suburbs.
LOUDOUN COUNTY
2021: D+11
2025: D+29
FAIRFAX COUNTY
2021: D+30
2025: D+47
Major shift in the vote-rich DC suburbs.
LOUDOUN COUNTY
2021: D+11
2025: D+29
FAIRFAX COUNTY
2021: D+30
2025: D+47
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Wondering how much the shutdown increased NoVA's interest in sending a message to the White House.
Wife, asking all the right questions: "F---. What terrible petulant thing is he going to do tomorrow?"
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Wife, asking all the right questions: "F---. What terrible petulant thing is he going to do tomorrow?"
VA is an off-off year. Electorate skews educated, informed, and wealthy. Which is exactly the demographic Dems have been gaining. Yes, some of these numbers are shockingly big, but I want to see the comparison with the last VA gov race not the last presidential.
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
VA is an off-off year. Electorate skews educated, informed, and wealthy. Which is exactly the demographic Dems have been gaining. Yes, some of these numbers are shockingly big, but I want to see the comparison with the last VA gov race not the last presidential.
When Mark Warner ran (and won) for governor, he got 45% in Loudon County. 4 years later Tim Kaine won 51% of Loudon. Today it went +29 for Spanberger. Twenty. Nine.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
When Mark Warner ran (and won) for governor, he got 45% in Loudon County. 4 years later Tim Kaine won 51% of Loudon. Today it went +29 for Spanberger. Twenty. Nine.
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From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
Agree that if Spanberger makes it to +12 (Harris was +7) then Jones could squeeze through.
FWIW, my final guesses re VA results:
Spanberger +12%
Hashmi +10%
Jones +3%
HOD: Dems 60-40 (current 51-49)
Spanberger +12%
Hashmi +10%
Jones +3%
HOD: Dems 60-40 (current 51-49)
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Agree that if Spanberger makes it to +12 (Harris was +7) then Jones could squeeze through.
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This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
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Godfrey doing his Trump impression with Dr. Dre in the studio 🤣💀
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Godfrey doing his Trump impression with Dr. Dre in the studio 🤣💀
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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The thing about leadership is that people expect you to lead.
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The thing about leadership is that people expect you to lead.