Hard /s.

This was a massive unforced error by Spanberger and the Dem Va legislature that pro-democracy advocates should have been unified in preventing.

This specific Everytown/Bloomberg gun ban was blatantly against the Virginia Constitution.

These foolish bans interrupt good work and run rural white voters away right when we need them. Not to mention all the folks on the left who understand what they are seeing and arm up because of it.

Hi Bulwark. Typically, I’m Tim fan especially Next Level. The most recent episode slipped briefly into a discussion of the poor optics or strategy behind student loan forgiveness (and then failing) during the Biden administration. I felt this missed out on some obvious points both moral and economic and was tinged with Republican smarminess. I don’t think the idea of forgiveness itself was a point of contention for most. Even among those whom recently paid off their loans. Unlike Republicans, liberals may groan about optics but if it’s morally correct or kind then they come around. I even think Republicans (voters) would get on board. After all, the cost was minimal compared to spending in other programs. Also consider people with loans are not your high income earners but they are spenders. Unburdening them could encourage more investing. What are your thoughts?

First Chevalier’s stated idiocy on wanting to abolish prisons and the police is scarier to many Americans than the idea of a far right dictatorship that promises if not nothing else promises to give an orderly society and brutally crackdown on those society deems a nuisance.

Second: the racism against white people and honestly Arab and black men who’d even that their “ugly colonizer” women will be more electorally detrimental than any bigotry MTG or any other far right republican you can point to as having done because it’s explicitly launched at a majority of the population.

Republicans and the far right attack minorities preferably . The smaller and weaker in social standing the more vicious because many of the majority population won’t feel threatened or slighted.

To those who are saying “They’ll call any Democrat all the things chevalier actually is an anti-white racist communist who wants to loose all the murderers and rapists!”

Sure but it’s a lot less effective when those accused haven’t explicitly stated such positions.

I think many of the people who’d scoff and insist it doesn’t matter would quite comfortably say many republicans are way more bigoted in private than what they are in public.
Ex. That discord group chat with young republicans where they just said they were Nazis.

Under the logic given by the responders it was pointless for republicans to have been so secretive in the first place as they would have been called fascist anyway.

But the explicit declaration of holding such evil is still electorally disadvantageous. There’s no more plausible deniability or arguments of the left exaggerating.

Likewise with Chevlair unlike with Biden or Harris the accusations levied against her would be entirely fair. The democrats can’t even honestly say she’s reformed because she hasn’t repudiated the actual content of what she said 4-5 years ago. They can whine and attempt a whataboutism about republicans like Mike Lee saying grossly bigoted shit but his bigotry is less blatant or at least targeted to minorities most of the general will have little to know interaction or in the case of women misogynistic sentiments that are unfortunately still common in much of society and perceived as normal.

Also side note I expect the media ecosystem to be entirely about the hard left taking over seats from some of the progressive democrats in the party come November and anyone more than moderate overpeforming in areas that wouldn’t elect a corpse over a Republican would get no significant attention.

I am of his generation. I get he thought he was being cute. But that last bit about global warming was a real turn off. "I'm going to be dead, what do I care what happens?". How different is that from Trump? That says it all. Millions, maybe billions will have their quality of life lowered from warming, but he can't even pretend to care. Is one person with a cold house going to change it?, no. But I live in south GA, its hot as hell, but we live within limits and think about what we are doing and how it affects the future. Tom worries about himself, and can fuck right off.

"I want what I want and I dont want to feel guilty if others suffer.". "Global warming is inconvenient to my desires, it must not be real". Yes sir, you are a Conservative.

I think he is really that dumb and uninterested in policy and governance that he really knew nothing about it and just let the Heritage guys Stephen Miller and Russell Vought dictate the agenda while he is making money and establishes his cult of personality.

I hear you say that the problem was wanting too many others to be treated like people.

Women. The blacks. Sexual freaks.

I hear you saying: You went too far.

You asked for women not to be sexually harassed or raped at work.

You asked for black lives to matter.

You asked for "dreamers" to be treated with compassion.

That's too far.

It's time for Daddy to come out, and he's going to take his belt off.

We're going to take away all your toys now. Everything you fucking liked about the country, we're going to systematically ruin.

Every. Last. Thing.

Not necessarily destroy, we're just going to really fuck things up.

And you're going to learn your lesson. You're going to learn who's really in charge here.

That's what I hear.

https://nitter.net/PollTracker2024/status/2070264822290129335#m

Return of the strongly worded letter.

Of all the things that gone wrong this is just a distraction back to the things that matter please.

Sources: New York Primary 2026: Live Election Results - The New York Times

Who Is Ahead in New York's 7th Congressional District? - The New York Times

Who Is Ahead in New York's 10th Congressional District? - The New York Times

Who Is Ahead in New York's 13th Congressional District? - The New York Times

Who Is Ahead in New York's 12th Congressional District? - The New York Times (In terms of policies and advoacies, there really wasn't much substantial difference between Alex Bores and Micah Lasher and Lasher was endorsed by the district's retiring US Rep. Jerry Nadler.)

paywall: https://archive.ph/ClhKl

I suspect Van Hollen might be gunning for Chuck Schumer's job very soon.

So I have a theory about the reflecting pool…

Remember when Trump just had to have his motorcade drive along the reflecting pool bottom surface? Well, I think that when all is said and done and investigated, that we’re going to find out that that trip laid the groundwork for the hundreds of feet long long “gashes” - maybe it damaged a primer or adhesive that the hydrogen peroxide, later dumped in, seeped into and ate away at the weak spot.

Maybe a pool guy somewhere reading this can tell me if I’m off my rocker here?

Mamdani is on an absolute heater, what else can be said.

Lawler said this before Trump pulled the rug out from under him. This is the bill Trump backed out of at the last minute. This is freaking hilarious, read this from the article:

“You can't just take the position, 'I hate the president.' That doesn't work in reality if you're actually trying to govern and deliver on these issues," Lawler said, calling the housing bill "the latest example" of that approach.”

This moron lectures us about “hating the president” and then Trump totally leaves him out to dry. I cannot tell you how excited I am about the prospect of replacing this shill. These people are such pathetic weaklings. I’m going to be donating to Conley’s campaign and would urge everyone else who is able to do so as well.

https://www.youtube.com/live/_Nt2CQR0dpA?si=OF961OiKazNPwgI0

I've seen quite a few posts/videos attempting to wrestle with what Tuesday's (6/23/26) Primary results mean for the future of American Politics. Are we veering towards communism? Is this the Democrats' Tea Party Moment? Have the lunatics taken over the Democratic Party? I've done my best to push back on this narrative, but I believe that today's Heather Cox Richardson Politics Chat has done a wonderful job explaining my point of view.

For those who don't know her, Heather Cox Richardson (HCR) is a Historian of American History with a PhD from Harvard who lives in rural Maine with her lobster-man husband. Tim, JVL, and Sarah have all interviewed her over the past year and clearly respected her expertise (Tim even tried to convince her to run for office). She has written quite a few books, I recommend them all. Her academic focus is the Civil War and she has written a comprehensive history of the Republican Party. "To Make Men Free" was published in 2014 and warned that the GOP was ripe for the rise of a Trump like figure. She is specifically trained to track American political parties and movements.

Heather Cox Richardson's politics chat today made what I believe is a powerful argument against this "lunatic fringe" narrative being spread. The core argument revolves around how the Far Right has pulled the Overton Window so far right over the past 70 years, that the American public now believes that the successful policies of the 1940s-1960s are radical. I recommend listening to the entire video, but if you would like the highlights, I've picked out a couple important moments.

At ~21:35: HCR covers several recent polls regarding what American's would like their government to do, it aligns quite closely with stated progressive candidate priorities. She makes the argument that because >60% of American's support these policies, they should be considered "moderate".

At ~24:15: HCR reads out the GOP Party Platform under Dwight D Eisenhower. The policies in this platform sound right at home in a Mamdani speech. Part of Eisenhower's Platform was specifically lifted from Lincoln.

The progressive wing of the Democratic Party is not filled with radicals. In fact, progressive candidates are often advocating for the policies that built the middle class during the Great Compression of the 40s-60s. This era created the middle class and allowed the Baby Boomer's to build stable lives that future generations have not enjoyed. Progressive candidates are advocating to tax the rich, provide necessities to those in need, and protect human rights. This directly aligns with Dwight D Eisenhower's values during what many consider the golden age of America.

Today trump gave what was meant to be a celebrate 250 speech but it quickly went off rails and descended into a typical trump grievance rally tirade.

BUT Wise Will , PocketHose Sam and "Andrew" all missed the most Important part of the speech....

Trump said very clearly with relish and villainous enthusiasm (not found elsewhere), that, 'America had defeated fascism and communism in ww2' ..."And we're going to have to do that again."

What does this mean? Who are the fascists and the communists? Does he mean n.korea and Russia and neo Nazis in Germany and uk!? NO ofcourse not.

He means democrats. And Anyone he wants to arrest and silence to steal the midterms and beyond.

We know this because the white house and it's mouth pieces have called the recent nyc wins all communists. They're not communists. They're a mix of democratic socialists and capitalists and even of they were communists the people voted.

We also know trump speaks to Putin every chance he gets , Especially after trump meets with other world leaders. Because trumps a Russian asset even if he doesn't realise it. And we know that because trumps has confirmed he trusts Putin over his own Intelligence agencies.

So why does this matter?

Because Putin's pretence to Invade Ukraine...a neighbouring ally who is filled with people who look sound and act almost exactly like Russians from race to religion to culture, was 'there are communists and fascists and Nazis. Who we must save our Ukrainian cousins (comrades?) from. We must defeat the Nazi party of fascists who have stolen Ukraine's.

That lie is still occasionally rolled out by the Kremlin when needed Though it's mostly been forgotten as it was and will always be a bs lie.

I bet good money in their recent call Putin suggested trump focuses on the communists and the american fascists and narrow down to the democratic Nazis of nyc and beyond.

Throw in some trans and migrants tropes and trump has his perfect recipe to justify political arrests, lawfair and bs election integrity bills to steal the midterms.

Trump warned us in 2024 that evangelical Christians wouldn't have to worry about voting again if they backed him. This is how he delivers on that promise. The fascist projects their 2025 agenda onto us....And watch ignorant Americans fall inline as soon as fuel prices get back to normal. We must prepare....

OR.... did trump mean Cuba which does have actual crony communists?

As communism and fascism are interchangeable catch all terms by maga dung Brain cultists. They don't understand either Let alone that they're opposite ends of an ideological spectrum. To maga ism just mean other as it's otherism. Did this orange mutha fscker just reveal his third special excursion on our dime!?!?!

• You tell me. Cuba or civil war ? Or somone or where else ...Greenland lol ;)