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Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 11h

If you ignore it, climate change will just go away.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

Since the beginning of 2025, Democrats have pulled back from talking about climate change, according to data analyzed by The Post.

At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.

Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.

A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.

www.washingtonpost.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 14h

If those are the new rules, then it's hard to see an end game where you, as the party who cares about Americans suffering, can really benefit from this fight. /2

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 14h

It's hard to reconcile what the Democrats "yes" votes to open the government signifies relative to the alternative. These Dems correctly surmised the GOP isn't willing to play by traditional rules. No SNAP benefits, reduce air traffic, and inflict whatever pain necessary to induce capitulation. 1/

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

Since the beginning of 2025, Democrats have pulled back from talking about climate change, according to data analyzed by The Post.

At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.

Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.

A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.

www.washingtonpost.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 1d

There needs to be a viable third party option to the Democrats. I know our system is set up to disincentivize such an option, but damn.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 2d

FFS

Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him

A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...

www.espn.com

Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 2d

Hey kids the Trump Healthcare
Plan just dropped!

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d

Riddle me this... The GOP-lead Senate is resisting Trump's call to elimate the fillibuster because it is a tool that forces compromise, but the GOP refuses to engage in any compromise 🤔

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone should have someone to look at in the way that Trump looks at Viktor Orbán.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d

Paying the ransom to hostage takers is not the way to avoid further hostage taking, unless that is not really your goal.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d

Really Cornell?

Cornell reaches $60 million deal with Trump administration to restore funding

Cornell is the latest Ivy League school to announce a settlement with the federal government to restore research grants.

www.nbcnews.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d

Really Cornell?

Cornell reaches $60 million deal with Trump administration to restore funding

Cornell is the latest Ivy League school to announce a settlement with the federal government to restore research grants.

www.nbcnews.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 3d

It's important to understand what a realignment actually is, and it is not a couple of election cycles. It's also important to understand that some groups, like Latinos, have become much more issue voters than party voters and thus more susceptible to thermostatic shifts. Parties need to adjust.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...

Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated

Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated

www.gelliottmorris.com

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...

Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated

Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated

www.gelliottmorris.com

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

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

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4d

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

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 4d

Cornyn out there doing his best impersonation of Mike Johnson.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 4d

The space lasers need some tuning.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 4d

"We're just going after the hardened criminals"

Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish a "National Call Center" in Nashville, Tennessee, to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal, according to an agency contracting document.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/ice-o...

ICE to open call center to help track migrant children for removal

ICE plans to establish a "National Call Center" to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal.

abcnews.go.com

Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish a "National Call Center" in Nashville, Tennessee, to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal, according to an agency contracting document.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/ice-o...

ICE to open call center to help track migrant children for removal

ICE plans to establish a "National Call Center" to help law enforcement track unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal.

abcnews.go.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 5d

Why don't they just call him the leader of Antifa? It would be a shortcut for all those labels.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely an example of the nationalization of politics, but also an example of not being civically literate, and if the opportunity arises, taking a State and Local Poltics class!

Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 5d

All jokes aside, this is a great example of Daniel Hopkins' point that nationalization is driven, in part, by people being more engaged with national rather than local politics.

Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 5d

All jokes aside, this is a great example of Daniel Hopkins' point that nationalization is driven, in part, by people being more engaged with national rather than local politics.

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 5d

There were higher profile and broader races last night, but this development is huge-- in a state with one of the largest black populations where Republicans have done everything possible to deny equal representation.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 6d

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 6d

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 7d

Damn. Mackenzie Scott out there showing rich white people how it's done!

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 7d

Again Mackenzie Scott ftw www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/11/03/s...

Spelman College receives $38 million ‘unrestricted’ gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

The university says Scott’s gift lets it address expanding financial aid and scholarship support and investing in a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure “to enhance the academic experience.”

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 7d

Again Mackenzie Scott ftw www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/11/03/s...

Spelman College receives $38 million ‘unrestricted’ gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

The university says Scott’s gift lets it address expanding financial aid and scholarship support and investing in a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure “to enhance the academic experience.”

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 7d

The grifty grift that keeps on grifting.

Report: Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts

The White House ballroom’s donor list contains heavyweights in the tech, financial and defense sectors, including Google, Comcast and Lockheed Martin.

wapo.st

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 7d

This is an important reason many political scientists oppose term limits. It's based on reproducable research, unlike the "feels" of politicians and pundits who make the case for term limits as the panacea to our dysfunction via non-data driven op-eds.

Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 7d

Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase.

New explainer of our PNAS study:
theconversation.com/amateur-hour...

Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns

The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.

theconversation.com

Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 7d

Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase.

New explainer of our PNAS study:
theconversation.com/amateur-hour...

Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns

The public’s frustration with ‘politics as usual’ has led more political newcomers to win office. But amateurs are more likely to view bipartisanship as a concession, not a tool for advancing policy.

theconversation.com

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 9d

Would it surprise anyone if Landry, who has one of the best trained tongues for licking Trump's boots, would seek his input on the next football coach. As James Carville said, "Who the f*ck coach id going to come here?"

Stella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 10d

The whole Southwest makeover is going splendidly so far.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10d

Southwest Airlines will begin serving pistachios to passengers in new premium seats next year, sparking backlash from hundreds of travelers and parents of children with tree nut allergies that can be life-threatening.

Southwest upsets fliers with allergies by bringing pistachios on board

Southwest will start offering pistachios in premium seats next year, upsetting travelers with tree nut allergies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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