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I think it's clear that the David Leonhardt theory of 2024 is now very hard to sustain. I try to make that case in this piece at some length -->
“Democrats can speak with conviction about what they know to be right, wrong, and true.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social has me up on the table with this takedown of Leonhardt-style popularism. He’s absolutely right.
Be loud. Be convicted. Show the truth. Persuade people. That’s politics.
@gregsargent.bsky.social has me up on the table with this takedown of Leonhardt-style popularism. He’s absolutely right.
Be loud. Be convicted. Show the truth. Persuade people. That’s politics.
The extraordinary courage of people who are documenting ICE atrocities in places like Minneapolis, at great personal risk, are also achieving something else: They're changing the public's mind about immigration. We have a rare opportunity here. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I think it's clear that the David Leonhardt theory of 2024 is now very hard to sustain. I try to make that case in this piece at some length -->
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House Passes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever” in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections
House Passes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever” in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to require proof of U.S. citizenship in the November midterm elections. If it becomes law, it would be the “worst voter suppression bill ever passed by Congress,” according to Ari Ber...
www.democracynow.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
House Passes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever” in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections
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DHS is shutting down. Why? Because Democrats took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and ICE is lawless and out of control. We cannot fund an agency that is murdering our citizens, tear gassing school zones, and disappearing legal immigrants.
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
DHS is shutting down. Why? Because Democrats took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and ICE is lawless and out of control. We cannot fund an agency that is murdering our citizens, tear gassing school zones, and disappearing legal immigrants.
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NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of over a hundred Venezuelan men it expelled to an El Salvador prison and also allow them to challenge their removal from abroad.
Judge orders Trump administration to allow men expelled to El Salvador to return, challenge removal
The Trump administration's decision to send these men to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison has not stood up well in court.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of over a hundred Venezuelan men it expelled to an El Salvador prison and also allow them to challenge their removal from abroad.
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NEW: Visually impaired Texas voters sued Harris County over its alleged inaccessible mail ballots, which they argue violates federal law.
They seek to instate an electronic mail system that allows them to "privately and independently" read and mark ballots without third-party assistance.
They seek to instate an electronic mail system that allows them to "privately and independently" read and mark ballots without third-party assistance.
🚨 National Federation of the Blind of Texas et al v. Hudspeth et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
NEW: Visually impaired Texas voters sued Harris County over its alleged inaccessible mail ballots, which they argue violates federal law.
They seek to instate an electronic mail system that allows them to "privately and independently" read and mark ballots without third-party assistance.
They seek to instate an electronic mail system that allows them to "privately and independently" read and mark ballots without third-party assistance.
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"The administration has just announced they're moving on from Minneapolis. And while that statement should not be accepted at face value, it should be seen as an admission of defeat. They tried to force their will and their reality on the city, but its people refused to bend."
Thank you Minnesotans.
Thank you Minnesotans.
February 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
"The administration has just announced they're moving on from Minneapolis. And while that statement should not be accepted at face value, it should be seen as an admission of defeat. They tried to force their will and their reality on the city, but its people refused to bend."
Thank you Minnesotans.
Thank you Minnesotans.
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NEW: Yesterday, the House passed the SAVE America Act, a measure that would disenfranchise millions of Americans domestically and abroad.
@demsabroad.bsky.social Martha McDevitt-Pugh asserts voting is not a privilege; it’s a constitutional right. And they do not lose that right when living abroad.
@demsabroad.bsky.social Martha McDevitt-Pugh asserts voting is not a privilege; it’s a constitutional right. And they do not lose that right when living abroad.
The SAVE America Act would disenfranchise Americans living abroad
The “SAVE America Act” is a rebranded version of the anti-voter SAVE Act, and its new name should not fool anyone.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM
NEW: Yesterday, the House passed the SAVE America Act, a measure that would disenfranchise millions of Americans domestically and abroad.
@demsabroad.bsky.social Martha McDevitt-Pugh asserts voting is not a privilege; it’s a constitutional right. And they do not lose that right when living abroad.
@demsabroad.bsky.social Martha McDevitt-Pugh asserts voting is not a privilege; it’s a constitutional right. And they do not lose that right when living abroad.
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🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Election denier involved in fake electors plot wrote much of SAVE America Act, Trump-aligned think tank claims
“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electoral plot in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Horsefeathers!’: Judge blasts Hegseth’s attempt to demote Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troops
The fiery decision against Hegseth included 15 exclamation points.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Thank you @democrats.senate.gov* for voting against funding for the Gestapo.
Keep the partial shutdown going until you can, at the very least, claw back some of the $75 billion ICE slush fund.
Keep the partial shutdown going until you can, at the very least, claw back some of the $75 billion ICE slush fund.
February 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov* for voting against funding for the Gestapo.
Keep the partial shutdown going until you can, at the very least, claw back some of the $75 billion ICE slush fund.
Keep the partial shutdown going until you can, at the very least, claw back some of the $75 billion ICE slush fund.
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In breaking news, Popok reports on a brand new order by Chief Judge Boesberg, declaring that the Trump Administration can "go pound sand" and is now being compelled to give Due Process rights to the 137 men they made "disappear" first to El Salvador and then to Venezuela.
🚨 BOASBERG Makes MASSIVE RULING on Trump’s ALIEN ENEMIES ACT Plot
YouTube video by Legal AF
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
In breaking news, Popok reports on a brand new order by Chief Judge Boesberg, declaring that the Trump Administration can "go pound sand" and is now being compelled to give Due Process rights to the 137 men they made "disappear" first to El Salvador and then to Venezuela.
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A CBS producer just quit and accused the network of vetting stories for “ideological expectations” instead of journalistic merit. That’s not a rebrand. That’s a warning sign.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Bad news: CBS producer reveals stories are being vetted for ideology
Now-former CBS News producer Alicia Hastey revealed in a memo announcing her departure from the network that under Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, stories are being vetted for their ideological content,…
www.dailykos.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
A CBS producer just quit and accused the network of vetting stories for “ideological expectations” instead of journalistic merit. That’s not a rebrand. That’s a warning sign.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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NEW: The GOP incumbent whose district was struck down for diluting Black and Latino representation just asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the ruling and keep the current map in place for the 2026 midterms.
GOPer asks SCOTUS to restore her district after court found it discriminated against minority voters
The stakes extend beyond Staten Island and Brooklyn.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
NEW: The GOP incumbent whose district was struck down for diluting Black and Latino representation just asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the ruling and keep the current map in place for the 2026 midterms.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Lyons admitted that federal immigration officers would have “no reason” to be at polling places, which is perhaps the most direct engagement we’ve gotten from anyone in the Trump administration yet on this issue.
Read their full exchange here:
Read their full exchange here:
Dem Senator Pushes Ice Director To Admit His Officers Have No Place at Polling Stations
This is your TPM evening briefing.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Lyons admitted that federal immigration officers would have “no reason” to be at polling places, which is perhaps the most direct engagement we’ve gotten from anyone in the Trump administration yet on this issue.
Read their full exchange here:
Read their full exchange here:
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U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that Pentagon officials violated Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly's First Amendment free speech rights and "threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
https://to.pbs.org/4cmgtKI
https://to.pbs.org/4cmgtKI
Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that Pentagon officials violated Kelly's First Amendment free speech rights and “threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.”
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that Pentagon officials violated Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly's First Amendment free speech rights and "threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
https://to.pbs.org/4cmgtKI
https://to.pbs.org/4cmgtKI
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Let the record show that J.D. Vance gets booed in America, too! USA! USA!
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Let the record show that J.D. Vance gets booed in America, too! USA! USA!
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump.
“That’s sort of by design.”
“That’s sort of by design.”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump.
“That’s sort of by design.”
“That’s sort of by design.”
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Yep. It's very hard for some commentators to imagine that the aspirations of open societies might be broadly shared by many ordinary people and that the basic pillars of Trumpism might actually not represent the mystical aspirations of the volk
Trade and international cooperation are the Actual Popularism, episode 32,698
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bsky.app/profile/mcop...
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Yep. It's very hard for some commentators to imagine that the aspirations of open societies might be broadly shared by many ordinary people and that the basic pillars of Trumpism might actually not represent the mystical aspirations of the volk
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Lincoln’s words I come back to right now are
“We cannot escape history…We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves…We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it…We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”
“We cannot escape history…We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves…We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it…We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Lincoln’s words I come back to right now are
“We cannot escape history…We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves…We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it…We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”
“We cannot escape history…We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves…We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it…We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”
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[Abraham] “Lincoln saw clearly that if we give up the principle of equality before the law, we have given up the whole game.”
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
[Abraham] “Lincoln saw clearly that if we give up the principle of equality before the law, we have given up the whole game.”
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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There is no partial equality.
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
There is no partial equality.
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I will be down at the Stonewall Monument today where political leaders and activists will be defiantly raising the Pride flag again at 4pm.
I will be there with my SiriusXM program, live on the air, interviewing folks there, including protesters, activists, and political leaders.
I will be there with my SiriusXM program, live on the air, interviewing folks there, including protesters, activists, and political leaders.
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I will be down at the Stonewall Monument today where political leaders and activists will be defiantly raising the Pride flag again at 4pm.
I will be there with my SiriusXM program, live on the air, interviewing folks there, including protesters, activists, and political leaders.
I will be there with my SiriusXM program, live on the air, interviewing folks there, including protesters, activists, and political leaders.