Eric Swalwell is leaving the campaign to spend more time with his adulterous pickups that he plies with liquor until they pass out in his hotel beds. He asks for privacy while he does this.

Victor Orbán is a horrible person, but at least he had the decency to immediately concede defeat.

Donald Trump, an even worse person, *still* hasn’t conceded defeat—SIX YEARS LATER!

I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.

Oh my God this is what Ezra Klein sounds like now? This is the same dudebro who says the Democrats should have "prolife" candidates in red states ignoring that unlike Kamala Harris abortion rights actually did well in red states.

The anticampist Left used to have the "Syria test"; if someone was pro-Assad, or "neutral", or thought dead Syrians were funny and you were cringe for caring, they were bad people.

Now we have the Ukraine test and it's also super-effective. Not even for unearthing Red-browns, but just plain jerks.

The Left saying "after Hitler, us" has never, *ever* worked. They keep predicting the death of liberalism/social democracy (and capitalism, for that matter) and it keeps coming back. Who took over in post-fascist Spain 1977? It wasn't the PCE or the CNT/FAI, was it

For those who know - will TISZA/Magyar actually do anything nice with that supermajority? I mean, sure, he's going to stop glazing Putin and deliberately sandbagging the EU. But is he, like, going to make it legal to be queer in public again, or anything else *good*?

Spirit of '56

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal.

Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November.

It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.

Big things are happening in Hungary right now. This is shaping up to be a historic day.

Follow this thread for the latest details. 🧵

This focuses closely on last year's Pride march, which I was hoping someone would do:

"2025 Pride march was not only an expression of solidarity w/LGBTQ community, but, much like No Kings marches in US, opportunity to show govt their capacity for intimidation & bullying may have reached its limit."

Can we get JD Vance to campaign in every state for the midterms?

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed wants to ban ALL military aid, including to Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel - The Midwesterner U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed wants to ban U.S. support for Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel and any other country that needs help to defend against hostile nations. The former Wayne County health direc...

Wait a minute this guy Abdul El-Sayed actually wants to stop all aid to Ukraine and Taiwan too?? www.themidwesterner.news/2025/08/sena...

In other news Klein thinks the Democrats need to run "pro life" candidates in red states so... On brand. Missing to be sure that while Harris got 42% in Florida and Arizona, abortion rights got 57% in both red states

I mean, El-Sayed has two female opponents, one who is pretty progressive.

This Hasan Piker controversy has completely disappeared them, in the same state and via the same reasons Kamala was largely disappeared in 2024.

Silencing of women--not just treating Piker as the sole popular influencer (somehow @hcrichardson.bsky.social always gets ignored)--but even leaving out El-Sayed opponent Mallory McMorrow's comments abt Piker seems to take some acrobatics.

"Talk to everyone," Ezra says, while talking only to men.

Israel Hits Russian-Iranian Weapons Smuggling Route in the Caspian Sea Moscow and Tehran have used the world’s largest inland sea to move everything from drones to oil and wheat By Anat Peled Follow March 24, 2026 4:58 pm ET Gift unlocked article Listen (6 min) Ships on the Caspian Sea off Bandar Anzali, Iran. The Caspian Sea links Russian and Iranian ports roughly 600 miles apart. Vahid Salemi/AP An Israeli strike on a naval outpost in the Caspian Sea targeted Russia’s support for Iran in the war, hitting a supply line that the countries have used to move ammunition, drones and other weaponry, people familiar with the matter said.

This remains, IMO, one of the least noticed interesting stories of the Iran War.

How are you going to blockade Iran when Russia is supplying it via the Caspian?

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

We're going to besiege Iran while our best boyfriend Vladimir Putin supplies them via a backdoor we can't access.

So the US has now openly threatened Greenland, Denmark, Spain, and the Netherlands with military force, and Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, & the UK with economic damages.

It has destroyed our energy infrastructure, funds Russia in attacking Ukraine, and openly meddles in our elections.

Zelenskyy to The Rest is Politics: “Without Ukraine and Turkey, Europe will not have an army similar to Russia’s.”

How does James Comer have Hillary testify but not Melania?

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to obtain Massachusetts' unredacted voter file. A victory for our clients the New England NAACP and the MA Alliance for Retired Americans and the Commonwealth.

My firm is now 4-0 in these cases against DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...

I wrote about Melania's litigiousness last year, a few times.

After I wrote. it, Michael Wolff filed a preemptive anti-SLAPP.

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Reports that Melania Trump didn't give Donald a heads-up that she was going to do something to get everyone talking about Jeffrey Epstein again really makes it seem that her motive for the unsolicited speech was intentionally to undermine Donald.

Epstein survivors have issued this statement in response to the First Lady's surprise public appearance denying any involvement with Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.

Jeffrey Epstein on Special Envoy Paolo Zampolli, who claims he introduced Melania Trump to Donald and would testify to it:

“Be careful, zampoli is trouble. Lots…He sells stories to the press.”

Paolo with JD in Hungary.

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Here's why it matters: BC there are a GREAT MANY questions abt Melania's visa.

Paolo is her witness; w/o his word, she's an illegal immigrant who can and should be deported.

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