NEW: Alexander Smirnov is back in the news, charged with federal tax evasion between 2020-2022, after being charged with lying to the FBI about the Bidens in February. In March, I reported for The Guardian that Smirnov was paid by a company called ETT in 2020 that was connected…

This is fun, because it's like example 6,428 of the Biden administration doing good policy and then absolutely neglecting to even attempt to communicate it to the broader public, which then believes Trump's nonsense.

Hey Wisconsin , I’m a Democratic Party chair in the northeast, recent candidate in assembly district 56, and former paid statewide organizer. Aftersome pretty devastating losses (and state legislative wins due to new maps), I’ve taken a few days to process and I… have *notes* 1/

Just read this.

Yes, Zuckerberg clearly is a massive villain in all of this. Facebook got some pushback from Dems for being an accessory to a foreign intel op in 2016, made modest reforms and then got deluged by bad faith RWers. And he gave in completely/joined them. x.com/ok_post_guy/st…

Trump wins because he directly pursues his dictatorial and corrupt ends while his opponents spin themselves in elaborate circles taking about 12-dimensional chess moves he isn’t capable of, because accepting what he is would obligate them to actually change their behavior

Soon to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth complained on Fox that veterans who use the benefits they've earned are dependent on the government and lack "personal integrity". This is what every Vet who wore their MAGA hats to the VA hospital voted for.

Biden administration officials have taken on the rich/big corporations in important ways, even if they didn't lean into that on the campaign trail and voters might not have noticed. The wealthy noticed---and struck back, spending heavily to beat Harris. prospect.org/power/2024-11-…

Zelensky: "We aren't ready to give our freedom to this fucking terrorist Putin".

I am begging Democratic influencers to stop spreading conspiracy theories about Starlink satellites changing votes. This is not how anything works, and it is a direct copy of the insane right wing "Italygate" satellite conspiracy theory from 2020. We can do better than this.

Amazing idea to break up an alliance that has kept the West safe for 80 years after two World Wars, and fulfill Putin’s lifelong dream, because the EU is being mean to Elon.

Since I’m already pissing everyone off.. I use a lot of tactics against Maga, but the one that works the best, without fail, is to ignore them when they most expect you. Don’t go protest the inauguration. Stop having Marches and large protests. They want a reason to fight, and…

It’s going to take time to sort through what happened Tuesday. But I've read a lot of takes the past few days (some good, many bad), and I've had a lot of people ask how I won one of the toughest districts in the country by over 13%. Here are some thoughts: 🧵

"The American people spoke loud and clear ... the goal should be to deport every illegal in this country we can find" -- Senator-elect Jim Banks indicates on CNN he supports going as far as to deport the undocumented parents of children who are American citizens

More governors coming out swinging. This is what we need to see. Where we have power, we use the power. Where we don't have power, we build the power.

Mike Davis, a leading candidate for the Trump administration's AG: “We're going to deport a lot of people, 10 million people and growing - anchor babies, their parents, their grandparents. We're gonna put kids in cages. It's gonna be glorious." (2023)

It’s about time the Democratic Party come to terms with the fact that a vast majority of the American public lives in a media environment — from Fox to Twitter to podcasts — that functions as a Republican propaganda machine. Ignoring this reality is no longer a tenable solution.

While voters have many reasons for their choices, and I respect their right to make them and accept the outcome of the election, so much of what I hear from Trump supporters is that “the left” looks down on them. 🧵1 / 4

Lara Trump: Maybe now is the time, once Trump is inaugurated, we go forward and maybe we have something that passes so that we can have a blanket federal election process that every state a abides by

To those freaking out about about Trump handing Ukraine over to Putin (I have seen quite a few), several simple things to remember: 1. Ukraine is not Trump's to hand over 2. Ukrainians can and will decide for themselves whether to fight on 3. Donate, donate, donate