John Malloy
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Civic, Electoral & Advocacy Analytics | Kentuckian in DC | 🏳️🌈 he/him/his | views my own
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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luckily we asked an expert
January 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
luckily we asked an expert
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Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...
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The Trump administration’s lawless attack on Senator Mark Kelly is part of a much broader project to turn the US military into a partisan militia and silence veterans who might speak out against that by threatening their pensions www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The Trump administration’s lawless attack on Senator Mark Kelly is part of a much broader project to turn the US military into a partisan militia and silence veterans who might speak out against that by threatening their pensions www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Americans.
An almost perfect show with an almost perfect finale.
An almost perfect show with an almost perfect finale.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The Americans.
An almost perfect show with an almost perfect finale.
An almost perfect show with an almost perfect finale.
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Trump Approval On Venezuela:
All:
Disapprove: 49%
Approve: 32%
Approval Among:
GOP: 68%
IND: 24%
DEM: 6%
YouGov / Jan 5, 2026
All:
Disapprove: 49%
Approve: 32%
Approval Among:
GOP: 68%
IND: 24%
DEM: 6%
YouGov / Jan 5, 2026
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Trump Approval On Venezuela:
All:
Disapprove: 49%
Approve: 32%
Approval Among:
GOP: 68%
IND: 24%
DEM: 6%
YouGov / Jan 5, 2026
All:
Disapprove: 49%
Approve: 32%
Approval Among:
GOP: 68%
IND: 24%
DEM: 6%
YouGov / Jan 5, 2026
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"Are you concerned the US will get too involved in Venezuela?"
Yes: 72%
No: 25%
Ipsos / Jan 5, 2026
Yes: 72%
No: 25%
Ipsos / Jan 5, 2026
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"Are you concerned the US will get too involved in Venezuela?"
Yes: 72%
No: 25%
Ipsos / Jan 5, 2026
Yes: 72%
No: 25%
Ipsos / Jan 5, 2026
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“you won’t get away with this”
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“you won’t get away with this”
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In 2022, the June special election for NE-01 took place under the new lines, even though the special was ostensibly to fill the seat under the old lines. I wonder if Newsom will attempt to call the special under the new lines, which would be a Democratic pickup.
Punchbowl News & Fox News are reporting that U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican, has died.
LaMalfa represents a currently ruby red district (CA-01) that is becoming pretty reliably blue under the state's new map. There'll be a special to replace him under current lines.
LaMalfa represents a currently ruby red district (CA-01) that is becoming pretty reliably blue under the state's new map. There'll be a special to replace him under current lines.
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In 2022, the June special election for NE-01 took place under the new lines, even though the special was ostensibly to fill the seat under the old lines. I wonder if Newsom will attempt to call the special under the new lines, which would be a Democratic pickup.
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Punchbowl News & Fox News are reporting that U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican, has died.
LaMalfa represents a currently ruby red district (CA-01) that is becoming pretty reliably blue under the state's new map. There'll be a special to replace him under current lines.
LaMalfa represents a currently ruby red district (CA-01) that is becoming pretty reliably blue under the state's new map. There'll be a special to replace him under current lines.
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Punchbowl News & Fox News are reporting that U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa, a California Republican, has died.
LaMalfa represents a currently ruby red district (CA-01) that is becoming pretty reliably blue under the state's new map. There'll be a special to replace him under current lines.
LaMalfa represents a currently ruby red district (CA-01) that is becoming pretty reliably blue under the state's new map. There'll be a special to replace him under current lines.
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Doug LaMalfa (California 1st Congressional district House Republican) just died according to Jake Sherman.
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Doug LaMalfa (California 1st Congressional district House Republican) just died according to Jake Sherman.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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the eternal struggle
January 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
the eternal struggle
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...And therefore Democrats will...? What? What's the response to "wildly illegal" behavior @chrismurphyct.bsky.social? Sternly worded interviews?
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
...And therefore Democrats will...? What? What's the response to "wildly illegal" behavior @chrismurphyct.bsky.social? Sternly worded interviews?
Dems need to message against this quickly and relentlessly. The public is looking to the public debate to shape their views on this, and ceding ground at this stage poses the largest potential threat to very strong midterm fundamentals.
Jan 3 poll of 2,092 U.S. adults (+/-2.7 points)
% who support | oppose the U.S. using military force to overthrow Maduro and bring him and his wife to the U.S. to face trial
U.S. adults 36% | 39%
Democrats 14% | 63%
Independents 27% | 44%
Republicans 66% | 13%
today.yougov.com/topics/inter...
% who support | oppose the U.S. using military force to overthrow Maduro and bring him and his wife to the U.S. to face trial
U.S. adults 36% | 39%
Democrats 14% | 63%
Independents 27% | 44%
Republicans 66% | 13%
today.yougov.com/topics/inter...
January 4, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Dems need to message against this quickly and relentlessly. The public is looking to the public debate to shape their views on this, and ceding ground at this stage poses the largest potential threat to very strong midterm fundamentals.
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The oil companies knew about this before the U.S. Congress www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The oil companies knew about this before the U.S. Congress www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Venezuela may seem like a tactical loss for Russia, but in fact it's a strategic win for Putin's vision of the world. new essay:
hegemon.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
hegemon.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela Is a Gift to Putin
and a harbinger of more Russian aggression in Europe
hegemon.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Venezuela may seem like a tactical loss for Russia, but in fact it's a strategic win for Putin's vision of the world. new essay:
hegemon.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
hegemon.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Okay here’s an actual take: the fascist international is at war with the very concept of legitimacy.
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Okay here’s an actual take: the fascist international is at war with the very concept of legitimacy.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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🧵 Overnight, the United States launched an illegal, large scale military attack against the nation of Venezuela. We have not passed a Congressional authorization to deploy our troops into harm’s way. No legal authority was granted by Congress to install or prop up an interim government of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
🧵 Overnight, the United States launched an illegal, large scale military attack against the nation of Venezuela. We have not passed a Congressional authorization to deploy our troops into harm’s way. No legal authority was granted by Congress to install or prop up an interim government of Venezuela.
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Resign. Today
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Resign. Today
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Trump's bombing of Venezuela, kidnapping of Maduro & attempt to run the country are brazen violations of our Constitution & int'l law.
It will endanger US lives, destabilize the region, & cost us billions of dollars.
Congress must stop this endless war & hold Trump accountable.
It will endanger US lives, destabilize the region, & cost us billions of dollars.
Congress must stop this endless war & hold Trump accountable.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Trump's bombing of Venezuela, kidnapping of Maduro & attempt to run the country are brazen violations of our Constitution & int'l law.
It will endanger US lives, destabilize the region, & cost us billions of dollars.
Congress must stop this endless war & hold Trump accountable.
It will endanger US lives, destabilize the region, & cost us billions of dollars.
Congress must stop this endless war & hold Trump accountable.