Shawn Gaylord
@shawngaylord.bsky.social
Principal at Raben. Former Executive Director of Congressional Equality Caucus. Human rights advocate and sort-of lawyer. Might be staring at the Chesapeake Bay right now.
Is there some kind of disease where you just never stop laughing for the rest of your life?
Trump’s bad week got a lot worse on Tuesday when judges blocked his Texas gerrymander, leaving Republicans wondering whether the nationwide remapping effort was worth the political capital.
Roadblocks leave Republicans questioning whether redistricting push was worth it
The White House push to redistrict ahead of the midterms suffered two more roadblocks on Tuesday.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Is there some kind of disease where you just never stop laughing for the rest of your life?
Reposted by Shawn Gaylord
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
May the four winds blow you safely home! RIP Donna Jean Godchaux.
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
May the four winds blow you safely home! RIP Donna Jean Godchaux.
Poor Susan Collins! Her disappointment energy is very strong but it never makes it down to her fingers so she could vote the right way on nominations.
New from Susan Collins: “I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed due to a completely unnecessary government shutdown caused by Senator Schumer.”
October 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Poor Susan Collins! Her disappointment energy is very strong but it never makes it down to her fingers so she could vote the right way on nominations.
I hate to admit how much of a relief this is.
You have to hand it to the generals. Unlike so many other people in this country, they know how to conduct themselves in public. They know they are supposed to be apolitical. So they greeted Trump's political speech with silence. And you could have heard a medal drop when Pete Hegseth finished.
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I hate to admit how much of a relief this is.
I always forget the name of the muppet that’s always shouting.
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I always forget the name of the muppet that’s always shouting.
not satire. Politico reporting that Trump is golfing with a shutdown imminent. But but but before you think Dems aren't equally to blame, they have a trip planned for 12 days after a potential shutdown.
September 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
not satire. Politico reporting that Trump is golfing with a shutdown imminent. But but but before you think Dems aren't equally to blame, they have a trip planned for 12 days after a potential shutdown.
@axios.com reports this as matter-of-factly as the score of last night’s game. If matter-of-factly is a word.
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@axios.com reports this as matter-of-factly as the score of last night’s game. If matter-of-factly is a word.
Except almost none of these can really be called slams. And a few seem perfectly reasonable - like Whitmer needing a day to decide what to do. Almost seems like Politico hates America - or is that a slam?
September 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Except almost none of these can really be called slams. And a few seem perfectly reasonable - like Whitmer needing a day to decide what to do. Almost seems like Politico hates America - or is that a slam?
The right today: this violent rhetoric from the left has to stop and if it doesn’t, we will rip their throats out and collapse their skulls and slaughter their families until the streets are rivers of blood.
September 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The right today: this violent rhetoric from the left has to stop and if it doesn’t, we will rip their throats out and collapse their skulls and slaughter their families until the streets are rivers of blood.
Another proof point that our media isn't up to this challenge. An apparent plan? The kids were literally sitting on airplanes!
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Another proof point that our media isn't up to this challenge. An apparent plan? The kids were literally sitting on airplanes!
I can just imagine the meeting where some consultants (full disclosure - I’m one) clicked on the PowerPoint side where “Serious About Safety” was rolled out as if it was some massive paradigm shift that would solve the Ds problems on crime messaging. Blech. And please don’t try this.
Democrats present their unresolved fights as evidence their party is healthy | CNN Politics
The debates roiling the Democratic Party, from the war in Gaza to how to discuss crime, were on full display during the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting this week.
www.cnn.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I can just imagine the meeting where some consultants (full disclosure - I’m one) clicked on the PowerPoint side where “Serious About Safety” was rolled out as if it was some massive paradigm shift that would solve the Ds problems on crime messaging. Blech. And please don’t try this.
Do I have to come out to Bluesky now?
August 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Do I have to come out to Bluesky now?
Um, huh? I think this article raises some interesting points but why is Joe Rogan being quoted?
Joe Rogan, who hosted Kennedy last year on his popular podcast, has called full-fat dairy “quite healthful.”
Joe Rogan, who hosted Kennedy last year on his popular podcast, has called full-fat dairy “quite healthful.”
On this food issue, RFK Jr., the industry and nutritionists agree
The Trump administration is embracing whole milk, once demonized for its fat content, as a healthier option, citing new research that suggests it may be beneficial.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Um, huh? I think this article raises some interesting points but why is Joe Rogan being quoted?
Joe Rogan, who hosted Kennedy last year on his popular podcast, has called full-fat dairy “quite healthful.”
Joe Rogan, who hosted Kennedy last year on his popular podcast, has called full-fat dairy “quite healthful.”
Unhinged levels of transphobia from Greg Gutfeld on Raging Moderates. @jessicatarlov.bsky.social offered not the slightest resistance. I'm open to pushback on liberal beliefs but this was they-don't-exist level and I doubt would go unchecked re. religious or racial minorities. These are our allies?
August 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unhinged levels of transphobia from Greg Gutfeld on Raging Moderates. @jessicatarlov.bsky.social offered not the slightest resistance. I'm open to pushback on liberal beliefs but this was they-don't-exist level and I doubt would go unchecked re. religious or racial minorities. These are our allies?
Axios seems sure that the White House analysis isn’t skewed or politicized or simply false. Because otherwise they wouldn’t run it as a news story right?
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Axios seems sure that the White House analysis isn’t skewed or politicized or simply false. Because otherwise they wouldn’t run it as a news story right?
Is anyone throwing a ceasefire party today? I could bring some dip.
August 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Is anyone throwing a ceasefire party today? I could bring some dip.
how is that Black outreach going? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Protesters toppled this Confederate statue. Now, it’s coming back to D.C.
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate Army brigadier general whose wartime career lasted less than two years, is scheduled to be back on its plinth at D Street between Third and Fourth streets NW i...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
how is that Black outreach going? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
What annoys me is how the GOP denigrates every Dem until we start doing it ourselves. Do you roll your eyes when someone mentions Kamala Harris? Or Hillary Clinton? Or John Kerry? Because these are some smart-as-f*ck people. Also Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, Ruben Gallego, Gretchen Whitmer….
August 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What annoys me is how the GOP denigrates every Dem until we start doing it ourselves. Do you roll your eyes when someone mentions Kamala Harris? Or Hillary Clinton? Or John Kerry? Because these are some smart-as-f*ck people. Also Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, Ruben Gallego, Gretchen Whitmer….
I just voted for it and it’s going to hurt the people in my state. If only that could be made into some kind of ad.
She voted for it, but she’s against it and hopes the House makes changes. The Republican Party.
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I just voted for it and it’s going to hurt the people in my state. If only that could be made into some kind of ad.
Grandpa is spiraling…..
Trump officially orders ICE to ratchet up its "enforcement" in Blue cities...
"ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History."
What about his "pause"?
"ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History."
What about his "pause"?
June 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Grandpa is spiraling…..
Love listening to a podcast where a prominent member of Congress spends 45 minutes talking about what Democrats “should” do. Um, just a thought, maybe go ahead and do it. Also, try to sound a little less relaxed.
June 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Love listening to a podcast where a prominent member of Congress spends 45 minutes talking about what Democrats “should” do. Um, just a thought, maybe go ahead and do it. Also, try to sound a little less relaxed.
In case it's unclear, this is America.
LAPD is now joining the fray. They are firing rounds of less lethals
June 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In case it's unclear, this is America.
Mr. President, you can create whatever monster you like but eventually he’s going to throw that little girl into the pond.
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Mr. President, you can create whatever monster you like but eventually he’s going to throw that little girl into the pond.
is this real? That's a very odd thing to do. One thing to trip over something on the ground but walking right into a wall?
The current President, Donald Trump, walked into a wall yesterday when he was leaving the Capitol after speaking to the press with House Majority Leader Mike Johnson.
If we're going to bring up Biden's ability while in office, let's not leave Trump out.
If we're going to bring up Biden's ability while in office, let's not leave Trump out.
May 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
is this real? That's a very odd thing to do. One thing to trip over something on the ground but walking right into a wall?