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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

“Congress's top bathroom sheriff Nancy Mace is on the ballot, and while not all of the votes have been counted yet, she is in a respectful fifth place,” Sarah McBride just said. “I don't like punching down and I believe in the politics of grace. So all I will say is happy Pride, Nancy.”

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

So we actually have data on messaging around ICE and the thing that turns people against them is videos of them doing work, people saying they're opposed to them just doesn't move the needle that much.

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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“Immigration enforcement used to be a strong point for Republicans,” says @adamjentleson.bsky.social. “Republicans thought that there was no version of enforcement that people would reject, and they were wrong about that.”

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On Immigration, the G.O.P. Finds Itself in a Shocking Place: On Defense

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.

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NEW: Since yesterday's deadly shooting in MN, I've talked to more than half a dozen federal sources involved immigration enforcement, including several in senior positions, who all tell me they have grown increasingly uneasy & frustrated w/ some of the claims & narratives DHS pushed in the aftermath of the shooting.

Specifically, I'm told there is extreme frustration with DHS officials going on TV and putting out statements claiming that Alex Pretti was intending to conduct a "massacre" of federal agents or wanted to carry out "maximum damage", even after numerous videos appeared to show those claims were inaccurate. While they say it was a terrible decision to show up with a gun and inject himself into a federal law enforcement operation, there is no indication Pretti was there to murder law enforcement, as videos appear to show he never drew his holstered firearm.

These sources say this messaging from DHS officials has been catastrophic from a PR and morale perspective, as it is eroding trust and credibility - comparing it to when Democrats falsely claimed the border was closed or that Haitians were being whipped at the border.

Some of these sources have described DHS’ response to the shooting as “a case study on how not to do crisis PR”, one said they are so “fed up” that they wish they could retire, another said “DHS is making the situation worse”, and another added that “DHS is wrong” and “we are losing this war, we are losing the base and the narrative."

These sources all believe this is going to end up being what they call a “bad shoot”, a “shitty” situation that happened in seconds where agents likely heard “gun!”, then the disarmed firearm may have had an accidental discharge that spooked the agents, and they shot. The agents do not have the luxury of multiple slow motion angles - and had to make split second decisions.

All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda, but have serious hesitations about the way it is …

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Aaron Strauss @aaronstrauss.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

... that they were right to support Lincoln, the moderate, in 1860 rather than Gerrit Smith, the abolitionist? Just like LGBT activists supported Obama in 2008. The movement and center-left politicians can work together to improve our country, just like we always have.

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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Base strategies are good at turning out your base. Just one small problem.

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I’d like to introduce you to the Searchlight Institute. We believe that a realignment is not just possible, but necessary – and we are here to make it happen.

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https://searchlightinst.substack.com/p/our-mission-to-spark-a-realignment

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Daniel Schlozman @daschloz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

A good time to say, since we're talking about the Biden years, that @samrosenfeld.bsky.social and I wrote a paper for APSA, to be presented Sat. at noon, about why the Biden-era Democrats turned to policy as their salvation, and why it didn't work out. Here's the first paragraph.

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Steven S Smith @profstevensmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

On the GEM/Yglesias spat. Morris is right: cong'l election outcomes are shaped by factors far more important the candidate moderation. Old news. But issue positioning is one of the few things that could affect the outcome that can be controlled by a candidate or party in an election year.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2025

Gallego on Mamdani: "It's okay to say 'I disagree with this, this, and this, but I agree with that.' But the idea that we're just gonna throw out people that are really bringing in new ideas to the fold, exciting people, just because they're slightly to the right or to the left of us is dumb."

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dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Ya small results = null result is pretty unpersuasive in this context. If the claim is "it doesn't matter if you put up a moderate or a non moderate in a purple district" , that claim seems to be dubious. If the claim is "putting up a moderate doesn't guarantee a win".. fair enough I guess?

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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Whispers: budget is there for a lot more officers and could not add more officers and give a raise and ask Jess Tisch to stay on and buy a lot of good will. And then focus on collective bargaining reform. There are ways to do this like Bernie did.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2025

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

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David Karol @davidkarol.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I know Yglesias isn't everyone's favorite, but it's amazing how angry many people -often with PhDs-get at a suggestion that there are tradeoffs in politics. Remarkably, many who purport to believe the republic is hanging by a thread are in the "no compromise with the voters!" camp.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

This is why I emphasized "study public opinion accurately." Progressives have invested huge sums of money in misleading polls to convince people that all of their ideas are popular when it isn't true and it's been very damaging. bsky.app/profile/jere...

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Aaron Strauss @aaronstrauss.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

It shouldn't take a recession for Democrats to win over people who we're helping afford healthcare, food, and housing -- no more sticking our heads in the sand, please!! Also: finding was replicated by the NYT

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Dave Chappelle nailed it 🤣🎯

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A historic show of strength from Senator Booker.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

forming a theory that the cringier the memes become, the more a story is genuinely breaking through to normal people

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Lara Putnam @laraputnam.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I'm going to stake out the apparently-edgy-onhere position that the voter shifts described by David Shor here are real, & should be cause for genuinely difficult rethinking of strategies based on no-longer-accurate assumptions about the 'rising American electorate' www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

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Opinion | Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won

The Democratic pollster David Shor walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

oh, uh, it turns out that the guy who is accessing your social security right now did cybersecurity for, uh, a Satanic neo-Nazi child porn extortion cult www.justice.gov/archives/opa...

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Member Of Violent 764 Terror Network Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison For Sexually Exploiting a Child

Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore, 47, of Kaleva, Michigan, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child.

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GeorgistSteve 🔰🏗️🌆🪩🗽 @georgiststeve.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

JD Vance will really be like "you believe in loving thy neighbor? That pales in comparison to my strategy, loving my family first" and then not love his family.

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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

One day I will convince liberal friends to just make one minute of video content complaining about Republicans in the time they spend complaining about Democratic inability to stop Republicans from making the world worse. The problem is the Republicans!

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Joel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Democratic opposition is in fact effective.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2025

BROWN: Would you support getting rid of school lunch for vulnerable kids and getting rid of childhood cancer research? REP. MCCORMICK: Philanthropy is where you get most of your money for childhood cancer research. When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school.

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The story of the Harris campaign is pretty simple: her polls rose during her honeymoon. Then the Trump campaign spent millions hitting her for far-left positions and her polls went down. This is consistent with the data and the logic of being alive. Let’s not fool ourselves.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 28/01/2025

Net expectations for improvement in business conditions, jobs growth, and income growth all bounced in the Conference Board's November reading but over the last two months they've reversed all of it.

2014-current charts of net % expecting improved business conditions, jobs growth, and income increases in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence survey.

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Came home yesterday with plenty of time for baby snuggles all around + treats from Sweet Teez & Sugar bakeries! Best birthday ever 💕

Michelle smiles from the backseat next to baby Mira in her car seat & too big puffy onesie coat for the car ride home from the hospital

Baby is wearing a pink shirt and wrapped in a pink fleece blanket while being held by big brother at home

Michelle & her family celebrate mom’s & baby’s birthdays at home with treats from Sweet Teez & Sugar Bakeries

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

If RFK gets confirmed (chances well better than even) we’re going to have to figure out how to get the H5N1 vaccine approved and taken by lots of people. If and when that happens, the wisdom in this piece and podcast will be very helpful. Throwing tantrums online doesn’t help with vaccine uptake!

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Fascinating thread and replies. At a time when everything gets polarized, should our goal be maximizing vaccine uptake - especially with H5N1 bearing down? If so, wouldn’t it be better to find a way for RFK to bless the next wave of vaccines?

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year! One of my resolutions is to post here more.

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Adam Jentleson @adamjentleson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

First post: so wait how does this work, do i have to redo what i wrote in twitter here or is that a faster way?

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