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Also Bennet! 12.5% turnover from the current caucus.
sooo... all of them are clear upgrades, too? depending on appointments
Smith > Flanagan
Klobuchar > ??? (Walz?)
Shaheen > Pappas
Peters > McMorrow
Durbin > Stratton (even Raja would be better than Durbin though)
Bennet > Pettersen or Neguse
sooo... all of them are clear upgrades, too? depending on appointments
Smith > Flanagan
Klobuchar > ??? (Walz?)
Shaheen > Pappas
Peters > McMorrow
Durbin > Stratton (even Raja would be better than Durbin though)
Bennet > Pettersen or Neguse
2026 alone is going to see a 10% turnover in the senate caucus
MN: Smith, Klobuchar
NH: Shaheen
MI: Peters
IL: Durbin
MN: Smith, Klobuchar
NH: Shaheen
MI: Peters
IL: Durbin
What people don't realize is that since the 2020 election, the Senate Dem caucus has already seen 11 new faces (Ossoff, Padilla, Warnock, Kim, Schiff, Fetterman, Welch, Gallego, Rochester, Alsobrooks, Slotkin)
With Durbin, Peters, and Smith retiring, Schumer has a whole new caucus on his hands
With Durbin, Peters, and Smith retiring, Schumer has a whole new caucus on his hands
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Also Bennet! 12.5% turnover from the current caucus.
sooo... all of them are clear upgrades, too? depending on appointments
Smith > Flanagan
Klobuchar > ??? (Walz?)
Shaheen > Pappas
Peters > McMorrow
Durbin > Stratton (even Raja would be better than Durbin though)
Bennet > Pettersen or Neguse
sooo... all of them are clear upgrades, too? depending on appointments
Smith > Flanagan
Klobuchar > ??? (Walz?)
Shaheen > Pappas
Peters > McMorrow
Durbin > Stratton (even Raja would be better than Durbin though)
Bennet > Pettersen or Neguse
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registered Dems and independents: early voting is now open in NJ-11! vote in your county of residence (Essex, Passaic, or Morris) at any of the below sites for Analilia Mejia, the candidate who wants to abolish ICE
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 PM
registered Dems and independents: early voting is now open in NJ-11! vote in your county of residence (Essex, Passaic, or Morris) at any of the below sites for Analilia Mejia, the candidate who wants to abolish ICE
i don't think D+10 is the ceiling.
The precinct-level data from last night’s special election in Texas suggest a national win for the Democrats of around D+7 to D+10 come November www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...
Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing
A nerdy look at precinct-level data from the TX SD-9 special election
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
i don't think D+10 is the ceiling.
get trans people's good name out of your mouth you whiny opportunist
In December, Gov. Hochul vetoed the New York Health Information Privacy Act, leaving sensitive health data open to exploitation. That puts trans New Yorkers seeking gender-affirming care at risk as the federal government ramps up its attack on the transgender community.
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
get trans people's good name out of your mouth you whiny opportunist
2026 alone is going to see a 10% turnover in the senate caucus
MN: Smith, Klobuchar
NH: Shaheen
MI: Peters
IL: Durbin
MN: Smith, Klobuchar
NH: Shaheen
MI: Peters
IL: Durbin
What people don't realize is that since the 2020 election, the Senate Dem caucus has already seen 11 new faces (Ossoff, Padilla, Warnock, Kim, Schiff, Fetterman, Welch, Gallego, Rochester, Alsobrooks, Slotkin)
With Durbin, Peters, and Smith retiring, Schumer has a whole new caucus on his hands
With Durbin, Peters, and Smith retiring, Schumer has a whole new caucus on his hands
I will say this, no election in American history has needed a double digit senate swing quite like this one
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
2026 alone is going to see a 10% turnover in the senate caucus
MN: Smith, Klobuchar
NH: Shaheen
MI: Peters
IL: Durbin
MN: Smith, Klobuchar
NH: Shaheen
MI: Peters
IL: Durbin
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As we celebrate Black History Month, we honor the countless Black leaders who have shaped our nation’s history, and we reaffirm our commitment to advancing opportunity, justice, and fairness for all Americans.
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
As we celebrate Black History Month, we honor the countless Black leaders who have shaped our nation’s history, and we reaffirm our commitment to advancing opportunity, justice, and fairness for all Americans.
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The case hardly needs making at this point. It's hardly different from a cop walking up to every encounter swinging his billy club
There's a reasonable case to be made that American law enforcement has abused chemical irritants for far too long and should be banned from having them nationwide
ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The case hardly needs making at this point. It's hardly different from a cop walking up to every encounter swinging his billy club
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I’m proud to have the support of a true champion for everyday people, Senator Elizabeth Warren!
She and I both know the system is rigged against working people, and together in Congress, I’m ready to fight like hell to ensure we make real change for working people.
She and I both know the system is rigged against working people, and together in Congress, I’m ready to fight like hell to ensure we make real change for working people.
February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I’m proud to have the support of a true champion for everyday people, Senator Elizabeth Warren!
She and I both know the system is rigged against working people, and together in Congress, I’m ready to fight like hell to ensure we make real change for working people.
She and I both know the system is rigged against working people, and together in Congress, I’m ready to fight like hell to ensure we make real change for working people.
ICE hasn't had a confirmed director since twenty-fucking-seventeen?!?!
and there have been TWELVE acting directors since then??? this agency seems massively dysfunctional like at a logistical level *on top of* everything else
and there have been TWELVE acting directors since then??? this agency seems massively dysfunctional like at a logistical level *on top of* everything else
February 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
ICE hasn't had a confirmed director since twenty-fucking-seventeen?!?!
and there have been TWELVE acting directors since then??? this agency seems massively dysfunctional like at a logistical level *on top of* everything else
and there have been TWELVE acting directors since then??? this agency seems massively dysfunctional like at a logistical level *on top of* everything else
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re: that reskeet of the Tarrant County, TX election results…I'm *from* Tarrant County, pre-Portland. I was involved in activism & government in Fort Worth. I can personally attest that a 31-point swing toward a Democrat in Tarrant County TX state senate is absolutely bonkers banana pants.
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
re: that reskeet of the Tarrant County, TX election results…I'm *from* Tarrant County, pre-Portland. I was involved in activism & government in Fort Worth. I can personally attest that a 31-point swing toward a Democrat in Tarrant County TX state senate is absolutely bonkers banana pants.
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Merrick Garland was so good a man that he was stupid.
I mean this in the spirit of curiosity: why the fuck did the Biden DOJ not release these Epstein files?
Were they just completely asleep at the wheel? Did Trump have the files stashed away in a Maralago bathroom?
Seriously what the fuck.
Were they just completely asleep at the wheel? Did Trump have the files stashed away in a Maralago bathroom?
Seriously what the fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Merrick Garland was so good a man that he was stupid.
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I think he geniunely believed that it would have been inappropriate and believed in preserving norm. This was in some sense noble. In a most greater and more meaningful sense, he was stupid and wrong.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I think he geniunely believed that it would have been inappropriate and believed in preserving norm. This was in some sense noble. In a most greater and more meaningful sense, he was stupid and wrong.
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unfortunately the way you amplify the "victory" of that clearly unjust use of force is by complaining about it in such a way that it does not appear to be a victory
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
unfortunately the way you amplify the "victory" of that clearly unjust use of force is by complaining about it in such a way that it does not appear to be a victory
i hate that we have dumb people floating around in our society whom we only recognize as being dumb. this is not how it should be. i should not know who infantrydort is.
Dort is really dumb y’all. I love that the first reply I saw is from a former SAMS Director stating, “Actually, Napoleon created the modern staff….”
February 1, 2026 at 9:19 AM
i hate that we have dumb people floating around in our society whom we only recognize as being dumb. this is not how it should be. i should not know who infantrydort is.
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i mean they did also kill beria. that was a pretty
significant thing that happened. like i understand
where you're coming from here but they very much
did kill beria.jpg
significant thing that happened. like i understand
where you're coming from here but they very much
did kill beria.jpg
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 PM
i mean they did also kill beria. that was a pretty
significant thing that happened. like i understand
where you're coming from here but they very much
did kill beria.jpg
significant thing that happened. like i understand
where you're coming from here but they very much
did kill beria.jpg
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All ICE/BP has to do to secure billions in funding with the bare minimum of oversight or restriction is to not brutalize the American public for like three days and they are completely incapable of being other than they are.
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 AM
All ICE/BP has to do to secure billions in funding with the bare minimum of oversight or restriction is to not brutalize the American public for like three days and they are completely incapable of being other than they are.
i think the people that remember Woke 1 this way do not actually remember Woke 1.
MeToo was not about stickers.
MeToo was not about stickers.
Context & purpose of discourse must swing towards practicable & logical solutions that are enduring, not just slap a smiley face sticker on the wound & call it sorted.
Practical does not mean exclusion, it means LFG!
Practical does not mean exclusion, it means LFG!
February 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
i think the people that remember Woke 1 this way do not actually remember Woke 1.
MeToo was not about stickers.
MeToo was not about stickers.
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Conflating the symbolic with the substantive.
OTOH, treating land acknowledgments and Hollywood/C-suite diversity as substantive gains
OTOH, refusing to distinguish between physical and verbal aggression
OTOH, treating land acknowledgments and Hollywood/C-suite diversity as substantive gains
OTOH, refusing to distinguish between physical and verbal aggression
January 31, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Conflating the symbolic with the substantive.
OTOH, treating land acknowledgments and Hollywood/C-suite diversity as substantive gains
OTOH, refusing to distinguish between physical and verbal aggression
OTOH, treating land acknowledgments and Hollywood/C-suite diversity as substantive gains
OTOH, refusing to distinguish between physical and verbal aggression
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Woke 1 was about words and their use. Woke 2 will be about power.
[woke 2 voice] woke 1 was right on the theory but wrong on the praxis
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Woke 1 was about words and their use. Woke 2 will be about power.
reupping my take that religion, not just structurally but also culturally, is a big part of the Why behind a lot of this.
it should be removed from the world.
it should be removed from the world.
"you should suffer to advance the cause" sounds a bit too much like the trap of Christrianity that i think we really should have left in the dirt hundreds of years ago.
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 AM
reupping my take that religion, not just structurally but also culturally, is a big part of the Why behind a lot of this.
it should be removed from the world.
it should be removed from the world.
i feel like this makes it sound like the suffering is the point. no, the suffering is not the point - creating a contrast and using your body to show disagreement are the point
It's brutal and it's cruel and it's terrifying but you are right, people have to suffer, and be seen to suffer, to end an authoritarian regime. I just hope for the brave patriots it gets no worse than irritant gasses.
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
i feel like this makes it sound like the suffering is the point. no, the suffering is not the point - creating a contrast and using your body to show disagreement are the point
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So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
quotes are disabled so i'll screenshot, but yeah, the entirety of Fallout season 2 is incredibly deliberate about making this point
February 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
quotes are disabled so i'll screenshot, but yeah, the entirety of Fallout season 2 is incredibly deliberate about making this point
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