Reposted by DanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/08/2026The final stretch of primary season has scrambled the battle for Congress, as scandals, insurgent victories and voters’ rejection of party leaders’ preferred candidates reshape a small but critical set of races. washingtonpost.comSurprises and scandals scramble the battle for CongressUnexpected primary results have complicated both parties’ paths to control of the House and Senate. 1184
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"All told, the economy has added 542,000 jobs over Trump’s 19-month second term, a dramatic decline from the nearly 2.7 million jobs that were added over the previous 19 months under President Joe Biden..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowThe White House tries (and fails) to put a positive spin on ugly economic results“If you look at the overall economy, then things are really, really booming,” the White House’s top economist said, despite reality. 891774734
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026He no longer if ever speaks to an inclusive group party. Primary results support that. He needs to go and let a more inclusive Democrat become chairperson 100
Reposted by DanCult MTL @cultmtl.com · 26/07/2026“Pierre Poilievre had no shame in trying to rise in the polls by riling up anti-Canadian sentiment. He’s also shamelessly pandered to alt-right extremist groups.”cultmtl.comObservations from MontrealAn ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture. 109140
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"Spencer Pratt did worse than Donald Trump did in L.A. in 2024, and worse than Trump did in 2020. He did considerably worse than Rick Caruso, a Republican turned independent turned Democrat, did in 2022’s mayoral primary..." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What Spencer Pratt’s Defeat Tells Us About the American City 491254311
Reposted by DanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/06/2026SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvaluedtheguardian.comSpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvaluedAnalysts say IPO that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire has a ‘major disconnect’ on price Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch the biggest stock market float in history amid warnings that it may be overvalued. The space exploration, satellite broadband and AI company will join the US stock market on Friday at a valuation of $1.78tn, after offering at least $75bn of shares to investors through an initial public offering . Continue reading... 223411
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"No progress on Iran, no progress on trade, no progress on tariffs, but a stern lecture on Taiwan. Behold, the towering dealmaker of our time..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowDespite the hype, Trump leaves China empty-handed and no better off than he was beforeThe president’s first trip to China was largely a flop. Nearly a decade later, his second excursion was worse. 25242441353
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Trump just put him in charge of the FDA. He has no medical background at all. But he does turkey hunt with Don Junior so ok. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comTrump Taps Don Jr.'s 38-Year-Old Turkey-Hunting Pal to Lead FDAKyle Diamantas, a hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr., has been tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration on an acting basis. 42646102249
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"The commutation 'signals it's open season on our election and election officials' “Gov. Polis is bending the knee to the same voices and conspiracy theories undermining belief in our democratic institutions. This is now Polis’ legacy. He will not be able to run from it” apnews.com/article/tina...apnews.comColorado's Democratic governor commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressureColorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a former county clerk and election conspiracy theorist following pressure from President Donald Trump. 1862343824
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026“California Republicans refused Sunday to endorse Donald Trump’s pick for governor here, a stark rebuke of the sitting president by the party’s rank-and-file in the nation’s most populous state…” www.politico.com/news/2026/04...politico.comRepublicans break with Trump in California governor’s raceThe party declined to endorse his preferred candidate on Sunday, a rare rebuke of the president in the nation’s largest state. 1032752704
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Victor Orban concedes defeat! May that happen unequivocally in the USA 000
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026"Four Catholic faith leaders washed feet and offered Communion to 14 DHS detainees at the ICE facility in Broadview IL on Holy Thursday..." "Outside in rain and heavy winds, 50 Catholic faithful held a Holy Thursday liturgy, blessed the delegation and held their own Washing of the Feet ritual..." 16575031649
Reposted by DanMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 07/04/2026We’re building the local infrastructure you rely on every day, faster. We’ve just launched the Build Communities Strong Fund to speed up the construction of new recreation centres, colleges and training centres, hospitals, and water and transit systems across Canada. 3549682
Reposted by DanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/03/2026In @nytopinion The A.I. and crypto industries “will inevitably have a place at tables where decisions are made,” E.J. Dionne writes. “But they shouldn’t own the tables.”nyti.msOpinion | We Can’t Let Crypto and A.I. Buy the Policies They WantWe can’t let crypto and A.I. buy the policies they want. 1211621
Reposted by DanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/03/2026A record-breaking heat dome will continue to bring abnormally warm temperatures across the West this week as some of its summer-like heat spreads east. At least 14 states have preliminarily broken their March high temperature record. wapo.st/4buv1ak 116928
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Tell me more about the whole 'war on fraud' thing. "A month after Trump nominted Benjamin Landa to be US Ambassador to Hungary, the HHS inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments..." www.propublica.org/article/benj...propublica.orgNominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare PaymentsA month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now the facility ... 12328201387
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It’s a combo of her personality and having to prosecute unwinable cases because their is no legal basis for tRump’s claims 000
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026We’re coming together again on March 28 to make it clear to Trump that his fear and intimidation aren’t working. In America, we have NO KINGS and power still belongs to the people. app.sosha.ai/s/fWGd6kXEapp.sosha.aiJoin me at the next No Kings Day 000
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Gotta wonder why congress is not “investigating” Pete Hegsteth for saying he’s slow the Iranians “no safe haven”. I do believe that’s a war crime! 001
Reposted by Dan @elliottoberman.bsky.social @elliottoberman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026AIPAC you can't hide behand stupid names, we see you! 032
Reposted by DanLe Parisien @leparisien.fr · 02/03/2026🔴 L'Iran annonce la fermeture du détroit d'Ormuz pour les navires, sous peine d'être «mis à feu» Suivez notre DIRECT ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/p82x 1108
Reposted by DanSky News @news.sky.com · 02/03/2026Iran has three ambitions, and it needs to do them all at oncenews.sky.comIran has three ambitions, and it needs to do them all at onceSome wars start slowly while others spring to life at speed. This one is racing, transforming nations, politics and loyalties at a spectacular rate. 554
Reposted by DanThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 02/03/2026theglobeandmail.comMost of B.C. to adopt daylight saving time permanently, Eby saysPremier says the twice-yearly ritual is difficult for families and businesses 23213
Reposted by DanKyle Whitmire @warondumb.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Republicans says they believe in voter ID, but when one of their own got caught in the snare, what happened? Donald Trump endorsed him. I give you the curious case of John Wahl. 12211116
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/02/2026www.unionleader.com/news/local/m...unionleader.comMerrimack officials scoff at promised windfall from ICE warehouseA rushed federal report promising Merrimack would reap economic benefits from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center did little to change the minds of local officials, Town Mana... 711673519
Reposted by DanClimate Elf @climateelf.bsky.social · 14/02/2026FL next pls?! We are so gerrymandered. I have also had my voter registration cancelled, even though I vote in every election,we also have a heavy police presence at voting stations to intimidate people.When you elect a Senator who committed the largest medicare fraud in history, expect corruption. 3729
Reposted by DanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/02/2026The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress. The referendum will take place on April 21. 8363291270
Reposted by DanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/02/2026I hate that they got to him too 3275574
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, which was deeply discouraging. Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo... 14329051334
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026"In Hutchins Texas, ICE reportedly bought a former Amazon property for $80 million. The broker’s contact on the listing was Majestic Realty, a Los Angeles–based firm owned by Ed Roski Jr, a Trump campaign contributor who is a partial owner of the L.A. Lakers..." jacobin.com/2026/02/ware...jacobin.comReal Estate Brokers Are Profiting From Warehouse Sales to ICELucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real esta... 22929671795
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u... 773152415492
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Indeed it is and to anyone who knows her personally. If it ever becomes possible to have out own “Nuremberg trials”, she definitely should be a defendant 020
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...act.indivisible.orgTell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOWOn January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc... 042
Reposted by DanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/02/2026Breaking News: Investigators looking into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie have detained a person for questioning, according to a law enforcement official. Follow live updates.nyti.msInvestigators in Nancy Guthrie Case Detain Person for Questioning: Live Updates 36311
Reposted by DanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A great conversation with Senator Jon Tester and the great Maritsa Georgiou on Montana, the Trump prison camps, cowards in politics, and heroes in real life -- groundedpodcast.substack.com/p/stay-on-th...groundedpodcast.substack.com"Stay on the air. Stay big. No state TV." A conversation with Rachel MaddowA recording from Grounded Podcast's live video 411265375
Reposted by DanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/02/2026Breaking news: The FBI relied heavily on previously debunked claims of widespread election irregularities in Georgia as it persuaded a federal judge to sign off on plans to seize 2020 voting records from Fulton County, court documents show.washingtonpost.comFBI cited debunked claims to obtain warrant for Fulton County vote records, documents showThe FBI told a federal judge that it is investigating whether any “deficiencies” in Georgia officials’ handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional. 2318175
Dan @dmarc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026These ignorant jerks refusing to acknowledge modern science and a company that was in the forefront of helping protect us from Covid. Our government is made of dumb and dumber 051
Reposted by DanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours." 11395307916777
Reposted by DanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/02/2026Democratic governors threatened to boycott a White House dinner after President Trump excluded some of their colleagues from the guest list, breaking with a decades-long bipartisan tradition.washingtonpost.comDemocratic governors threaten to boycott Trump dinner over exclusionsThe president left some governors, including Maryland’s Wes Moore, off the guest list for an event that has traditionally been bipartisan. 209124
