Politico screenshot "Jared Polis sits while speaking at event. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. | Allison Robbert/AP FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: PRAGMATIC PALS — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will today endorse Matt Mahan in the race for governor, a top endorsement as Mahan tries to ride a surge in fundraising and improving polling after Swalwell’s exit. Polis and Mahan are both adherents of the Abundance and YIMBY (Yes in My Back Yard) movements within Democratic politics, including a pragmatic focus on making it easier and cheaper to build market-rate housing in blue states. The governor said he supports Mahan because he “understands a simple truth: California will not be more affordable until it builds a lot more housing.”"

Matt Mahan has no momentum except for infusion of cash from big donors.

At this point Mahan is nothing more than a de facto rat f*cking project of Big Tech/Big Business in their attempt to divide up Democratic votes to get two Republicans on CA ballot.

Needs to gtfo of the race.

Senate rejects effort to halt arms sales to Israel, but most Democrats vote to block them More than three dozen Democrats supported an effort by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to block arms sales to Israel, signaling a growing discontent in the party with Prime Minister Benjamin ...

40 Senate Democrats voted for Sen. Sanders’ bill to block arms sales to Israel, a 50% increase in Democratic support from the last Senate vote.

But in yet another act of failed leadership, Schumer voted against the bill — along with Blumenthal, Coons, Cortez Masto, Fetterman, Gillibrand, and Rosen.

Himes Fact-Checked on ‘Misleading’ Claims About Warrantless Spying - The American Prospect Jim Himes keeps telling his constituents that U.S. intelligence agencies don’t spy on them, and “have no reason” to buy Americans’ data. Advocates say that’s untrue.

Jim Himes claimed in town halls that the US doesn't buy commercial data from data brokers. This is untrue; the NSA disclosed this years ago. That's one of several misleading claims from Himes as he tries to sell an extension of warrantless spying. @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social reports.

E&E News: Dem, GOP AGs agree on Monsanto Roundup cancer case The two sides are at odds with the Trump administration, which sided with the pesticide giant in a Supreme Court showdown worth billions in damages.

So proud to see Maine join 19 states—and another brief filed by Republican states!—in standing up to Big Chemical.

On 4/27 SCOTUS will hear arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell, a case that'll determine whether individuals can hold pesticide companies accountable for failing to warn about health risks.

A Kalshi ad that says "We don't do death markets"

My "We don't allow bets on assassinations and murder" ad campaign has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the ad campaign

Chuck Schumer sits at 17 percent approval...he drags all Dems down with him. He is not made for the era of Trump that we live in today.

Schumer steps down as Minority Leader and it will be a fund-raising bonanza for the Dems...

House Progressives Blast $200 Billion Iran War Funding Plan “Not one more cent for this reckless, illegal war,” Rep. Greg Casar said.

“Not one more cent for this reckless, illegal war" - @repcasar.bsky.social

This is the energy we need from every Democrat in Congress.

Bold move, Speaker Johnson. Cutting healthcare to fund an unpopular war in an election year. Does not seem like a move that someone would take if they were expecting/hoping to have a majority after 2026.

Pope Leo this week called universal health coverage a "moral imperative."

He also said: “Health cannot be a luxury for the few,” it is “an essential condition for social peace.”

In Illinois, a Deluge of Corporate PAC Ads Sold Populism. Wait, What? Ads from crypto, AI, and AIPAC-affiliated PACs tried to sell their candidates as economic populists. The reason, and the moral of the story, is clear.

"The real debate inside the Democratic Party is not whether progressive economic policies...appeal to voters. It is whether candidates who genuinely believe in those ideas can compete against industries willing to spend millions to steal their message."
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New poll from UC Berkeley shows 64-28 support for California billionaire tax (via email).

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

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"A former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer...an unprecedented breach of security protocols."

MARKEY: Do you think Trump's EO promoting glyphosate, which you've said likely causes cancer, will put families' health at risk?

MEANS: These issues around ag & health are extremely complex. My understanding is this has to do with natl security

MARKEY: I'm just trying to help you agree w/ yourself

Republicans Advance Stock-Trading Bill With Limited Restrictions

yeah so the “Stop Insider Trading Act” that Trump just called for Congress to pass...doesn’t stop insider trading. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

Holy shit Alysa Liu just perfect tenned that shit

Donald Trump’s top antitrust enforcer Gail Slater pushed out as turf war deepens Departure comes after months of turmoil in Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice

The People Who Believed that "Pro Worker Republicans" Were a Real Thing Were Massive Suckers, vol. 967:
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Senators’ stock trades directly overlapped with their committee work, CNN analysis finds | CNN Politics At least 10 senators reported stock purchases or sales last year involving companies in industries overseen by the committees they serve on. These transactions worry government watchdog groups, as a b...

CNN analyzed senators’ stock trades. Here’s what we found: https://cnn.it/4aqxO2B

Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

This isn't your fighter, Democrats.

Newsom won't get it done.

He's compromised. Calling it now.

Just a reminder...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

New Nestpoint Poll Finds California Billionaire Tax Poised to Pass as Economic Warnings Fail to Break Through. | Nestpoint Discover Nestpoint, your strategic ally in the complex world of international public affairs and advocacy. Our expertise spans strategic communications and global networks, enabling us to transform ch...

New polling shows that 60% of California voters support the proposed one-time tax on billionaire wealth.

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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.

I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

DOGE Lives On Through Russell Vought Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.

DOGE isn't really gone, it's just become the way that the Office of Management and Budget operates, writes our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social.

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t? Neera Tanden Reid Hoffman Fixed your headline: reposted @reidhoffman •1h LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman exonerated by Trump's FBI in newly released Epstein DOJ docs.

From: Sent: To: Reid Hoffman Subject: Re: Re: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sunday, September 6, 2015 8:46 PM ok, come to island, ranch ,=C2 lets play On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Reid Hoffman <= probably not - China visits, etc. possibly next year. ‹mailtol > wrote: From: jeffrey E. ‹jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacati=n@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2015 7:20 AM To: Reid Hoffman Subject: Re: no, when are you back, will you be in new yor= for general assemly, clinton etc?

Opposition party needs a much higher standard than this

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

I'm so old I remember when various reporters were very critical of the refusal of outlets to devote significant attention to a president’s mental fitness in light of polls showing that the public believed there was an issue.

One of the bravest people in the world. We all owe her an immense debt of gratitude for her service and her courage.

I can promise you that Democratic leadership doesn't need to be in the majority to whip their own caucus; they do it every single day.

Being in the minority didn't stop them from finally supporting this effort today -- it shouldn't have stopped them from whipping this a month (or more!) ago.

Good, but this took WAY too long.

Republicans voted (twice!) to impeach Mayorkas because they didn't like him. But it takes ICE killing not one, but two, innocent civilians to get House Dems to move to impeach.

The asymmetry is a problem.

Pardoned Former New York Rep. Chris Collins to Attempt a Comeback Bid in Florida Collins will run in Florida’s 19th Congressional District, where former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn is also running.

There's something so perfect about Chris Collins, who was literally convicted of insider trading, running a House comeback bid as "the original Trump conservative."
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absolutely insane that there are Democrats considering voting to send more money to fund this evil