Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026If the GOP really wanted to get rid of folks in America who are undermining our constitutional democracy and destroying our freedoms then I suggest they start in earnest with their base. 33630123
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/06/2026Generally speaking, polls have shown the Democratic Party's problem is not being seen as too woke, but weak and ineffective. Judging by tonight's primary results, Democratic Primary voters are intent on fixing this www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...gelliottmorris.comNew poll: Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weakAmericans, including swing voters, see the Republican Party as 20 points more extreme than Democrats — and the Democrats as weak and ineffective. So why would the *Democrats* moderate? 683598826
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026for me impeachment isn't what we should be after. this president and most of his cabinet and staff should be prosecuted for corruption, fraud, war crimes, obstruction, and all the various crimes they have committed. i will only vote for a presidential candidate in 2028 who commits to this. 616105402382
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026if somebody had sat down and written a manual in January 2025 of how a President could screw up our nation and the world, damage our economy, democracy and international human rights, and instill corruption in our government, then it seems Trump would be clearly following that manual. 2624260
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialDon Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸 547220143935
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026There are approximately 3 million undocumented persons in Texas and Florida, and there are about 100,000 in Minnesota. Ask yourself why ICE has been deployed to MN, but not even close to the same way in FL and TX. This isn't about immigration, it is all about politics and retribution. 941784640
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Trump approval is net -20 among all voters, and -32 among independents. his strong approval v. strong disapproval overall is 22% to 48%, and his strong approve v. strong disapprove among independents is 13% to 50%. his approval among GOP is now under 80%. These are worse than 2018. 2828065
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Trump as President and his administration of corruption and cruelty are a danger to the world and humanity globally. they have done incredible damage to democracy here in America and around the world. Trump is far more dangerous and damaging than Maduro ever was. 28415125
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I know Sharyn Alfonsi, i worked with Sharyn Alfonsi (at ABC News), Bari Weiss you are no Sharyn Alfonsi. Sharyn is as good as a journalist as you will ever find, and she has more integrity in her little toe than Weiss has in her entire body. 29617156
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025i tell you what, if Democrats win the elections in 2026 and 2028, one of the biggest mistakes they could make is to talk about uniting the country by not prosecuting all of the lawbreakers and corruption of Trump administration officials. One reason we are here today is Ford's pardon of Nixon. 751047252
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Despite the propaganda (lies) spewed by so many including the show Landman, the average time it takes for a wind turbine to offset it's carbon footprint (construction, installation, maintenance, etc) is around 5 months. and a typical wind turbine typically generates energy for 25 years. 19487147
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025here is what so many in political news media don't get. Unless prices of goods significant drop in cost, Trump will get no credit on economy and it will be a negative for GOP. Just because inflation is "slowing" doesn't get you any credit as incumbent. Prices have to drop substantially. 917824
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States. Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc." 9739471311
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message. 26552731081
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Going to be interesting see how much control Trump and Johnson are going to have over those Republican House Members whose political careers they have ended. 28928205
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 05/11/2025what is so ridiculous about this is the GOP was claiming in last few years that NJ and VA were now purple states. and of course they are ignoring ground they lost in suburban areas and in rural areas. 83917135
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 05/11/2025yup, it's a non-ideological cross-cutting campaign that can help dems perform well with people aligned with them on an axis other than D vs R (this is also how trump won in 2024, just with prices) 144987
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025political news media does such a disservice whenever they cover polls. new example: latest poll comes out showing Mamdani with double digit lead, while average of polling hasn't moved, they then report Cuomo has closed the gap and Mamdani in trouble. so so bad of news media. 3350493
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 21/09/2025The gap between what Republicans think they are & what they actually are is huge. GOP thinks they are for freedom, they are not. They think they are for the rule of law, they are not. They think they are against corruption, they are not. They think they are for protecting the safety of Americans... 36565149
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Democrats are right to remind people that when Trump falls there will be accountability. I also think we should start issuing criminal referrals to DOJ. While they won't be acted on by our corrupt Attorney General it puts Congress on record against lawbreakers. bsky.app/profile/hake... 1224371
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Today in 1963, 4 young girls are killed by white racists as a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson & Carol Denise McNair. Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words lead to hateful actions. 641351467
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/09/2025These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything? 33964332563
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/09/2025US health insurers are raising insurance premiums by the most in 15 years. Recall that Trump recently threatened 250% tariffs on pharmaceuticals. GOP lawmakers also chose not to extend the expanded premium tax credits that expire at the end of this yearon.ft.comAmericans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 yearsRising premiums add to pressure on households already feeling the pinch from the high price of goods 36696334
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025The reality of 21st century America is that GOP dominated red states are becoming a combination of loss of health care, loss of economic mobility, loss of freedoms, loss of democracy, loss of safety and protections, loss of empathy, loss of caring, and loss of well-being. 2011912554
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 02/09/2025again i will say this today, the greatest threat to democracy, individual freedoms, and most citizens personal safety is not islam, socialism or wokeism, or someone's sex or sexuality. The greatest threat today is "christian" nationalism. 641180324
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025any reporter or analyst saying Trump has had a good month should be completely ignored. He passed an awful unpopular bill, and his approval ratings dropped. He launched national guard in DC and his low approval numbers haven't moved. the level of malpractice by analysts is astounding. 1223556
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Trump approval on economy is now at all time low for him of 37% according to Gallup much lower than 2018. His approval among Dems on economy is 4% and among Independents it is 29% (another all time low). Among GOP Trump economy approval is 93%. GOP continues to support the felon. 1912627
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19/08/2025in latest YouGov Economist polling, Trump now has -16 overall approval, and -36 among independents. there isn't a single issue Trump has positive approval on. 1519152
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Trump approval has reached new low in latest PEW poll. His approval is 38 to 60 disapproval, a net -22. He is down among all groups, even falling a bit among GOP where he was a high of 95% in Jan., and is now at 85%. His numbers are worse now than they were in the 2018 midterms when Dems won big. 1313446
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025And as i said on @msnbc.com today, in 2018 Trump still had strong numbers on economy. In 2018 his approval on economy was net +8 and among Independents it was +15. Today his approval on economy is -13, and among independents it is -32. 77514
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025important stats: violent crime rate in DC has dropped dramatically in last few years. And DC violent crime rate is lower than the following cities: Indianapolis, Wichita, Baton Rouge, St. Louis, Cleveland, Tulsa, Memphis, Nashville, and Houston. GOP/Trump aren't talking anything about red states. 1417155
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Trump is declaring fake "emergencies" while reducing our ability to deal with real ones.prospect.orgFEMA Employees Reassigned to ICEProbationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It co 912146784
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 09/08/2025By demanding all of Donbas, Putin is trying to achieve at the negotiating table what his troops have not been able to win on the ground. If Trump were to agree, it would be a reprise of the 1938 Munich agreement in which Chamberlain handed over to Hitler the Sudetenland. wapo.st/45rmMaWwapo.stOpinion | Trump is letting Putin manipulate him, againThe president’s desperation to end the Ukraine war might lead to another Munich moment with Russia. 53816284
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025What Trump and the GOP is doing is clearly trying to reestablish the Confederacy: bringing back monuments to those who committed treason, pardon folks who committed treason on 1/6, putting in place districts which harken back to Jim Crow, attacking our diverse multi-cultural democracy at every turn. 2228377
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025As I said on @msnbc.com yesterday, more than 60% of the population of Texas is non-white and 25% of TX population is white Republican. And the new GOP undemocratic Texas redistricting plan would create nearly 75% of the congressional seats as white Republican. So so awful. 15314114
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 03/08/2025everything Republicans warned about the Democrats doing for year, the GOP and Trump are actually doing to our government and country. GOP screamed about govt overreach, they yelled about autocracy, and they moaned about loss of freedoms. The GOP is doing all this. 3325981
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20/07/2025In new CBS poll Trump clocks in at an ugly 42%-58% (-16). This is a 22!!!!!!! point drop from early February when he came in at 53%-47% in this poll. Six months in the American people are not buying what he's selling. 1/ 1641889507
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Because of Trump and the Republicans, Americans are now less safe, less healthy, less informed, less free, have less money, less happy, and are less respected in the world. is this what making america great is? 24453117
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025If the Epstein files exonerated felon Trump, he would have them printed, bound in gold leaf, marketed and be selling them to the MAGA faithful. 28619151
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 11/07/2025In latest Gallup polling 35% approve of Trump handling of immigration, while 62% disapprove. Democrats need to be pro-active on this issue: getting rid of ICE, a path to citizenship, no border wall. 2122846
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 10/07/2025you know what made the Guadalupe flood disaster worse? A catastrophic failure of GOP leadership at the federal level, the state level, and the local level. What is in common here is failure and the GOP. 1353284912
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 09/07/2025A question: if one believes that the government is trending towards fascism and putting in place unconstitutional and inhumane methods and violating human rights, then is the best response to follow norms and engage in normal political debate? 118541110
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Here in the hill country of Texas where I got 15 inches of rain in last few days, and watching the tragedy unfold of so many what is fascinating is the finger pointing: was it GOP leadership at federal level, GOP leadership at state level, or GOP leadership at local level. or a combo platter? 67655144
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025karl and the GOP's normal strategy is as follows. 1. Pass the bill. 2. Lie about the bill and what is in it. 3. Don't answer questions about the bill and revert back to culture war. 4. Continue to lie about the bill and its implementation. 67932
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025finding peace and joy in moments each day doesn't mean we are not angry and upset by what Trump and the Republicans are doing to our Constitutional Democracy so many sacrificed for over the last 250 years. We can choose to be motivated by our anger, and go out into world to make change with joy. 1117027
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025don't ever let another GOP politician ever talk again about fiscal responsibility or budget deficits. The GOP today is the most fiscally irresponsible party in our nation's history. 25442116
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Trump has decided to join Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler and other great villains in history as someone who is seeking and working towards the death of millions of people. We are witnessing levels of inhumanity from the the US govt now that is breathtaking, staggering, terrifying and deeply, deeply wrong. 19550227
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 30/06/2025If the Democrats up and down the ballot don't run on economic populism and making government work for the working class, they are completely out of it. There is a complete convergence of the morally right message and the best political strategy. 1546281
Reposted by @bgz2013.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 27/06/2025Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights. And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live. That is un-American and wrong. 59071532215
