Tort reform is *still* a major issue in Texas GOP politics? What's going on down there? It feels like it's been a thing for them- and pretty much only for them- for like 20 years.
Its entirely possible his political strength has been exaggerated. He didn't overperform at all against Beto in 2022. I think he actually (marginally) underperformed!
I don't think Abbott has ever ran in a competitive race, aside from the 2002 lieutenant governor primary, which he dropped out of to run for AG and was unopposed in the primary. He has never had an election within 10%, Beto came the closest of anyone.
I always like to remind people that, while stuff like healthcare is stupid expensive, we could come very close to solving homelessness for $50 billion a year
The most useful political distinction to pay attention to in my experience is asking whether children and young adults are most likely to suffer harm from people inside or outside their family. Only people who say “inside” are sensitive to power dynamics that matter
i complain about how the mainstream media often chooses photos dishonestly to paint dems in a negative light so let me be fair by saying they are doing that to trump (the same way they did to Biden) by running photos of That One Gas Station In LA That is $2/gal More Expensive Than Everywhere Else
The Department of Energy is warning that gas prices aren’t likely to come back down to pre-war levels until mid-2027 at the earliest.
March 11, 2026 Minneapolis City Council 350 South 5th Street Room 370 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Dear Council President Payne, Council Vice President Osman and Council Members: This letter is to inform you that I have vetoed Ordinance No. 2026-002 to extend the pre-eviction notice for renters to 60 days. I understand the authors’ intent, but the experience from COVID-19 and guidance from shelter and affordable housing providers shows that this strategy has not worked. We have heard over and over again from shelter and affordable housing providers that longer timelines produce worse outcomes for residents. In their words, when rental assistance isn’t available, time is a debt trap that becomes a barrier to securing future housing. I heard a call for more financial assistance, and I believe that is the best path forward. Rental assistance is working and getting to renters quickly – rent collections are better in 2026 than 2025. That’s why I’m proposing to spend $1 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for emergency rental assistance administered through Hennepin County. While a 60-day pre-eviction notice period sounds good, there is no data to show that it does good. Pandemic era eviction moratorium allowed many renters to accumulate huge amounts of debt that they are still paying off today. When property owners carry the losses, the housing system experiences upward pressure on rents to replenish reserves, catch up on missed mortgage, insurance, utility, payroll, and property tax payments, and cover increased costs associated with deferred maintenance. I believe most landlords are working with tenants to develop payment plans and access rental assistance. But for bad actors, I worry that the proposal gives them reasons to report tenants to ICE or use minor lease violationswhich don’t require as much notice and are harder to expunge – to evict tenants. We will continue to monitor the data. If something substantially changes, I am committed to working with the City…
mayor jacob frey has vetoed the pause evictions, save lives bill the minneapolis city coucil approved that would've extended the eviction timeline from 30 days to 60 days temporarily to held families impacted by the ICE invasion catch up paying rent
please do not make me have to vote strategically to avoid a two republican ballot, you cretins
if iran has drones that can fly 7500 miles undetected and unintercepted, we should probably give up now
the hydrocarbons beget the energy, and the fertiliser proceeds from the hydrocarbons and the energy
Hegseth drove himself this morning, I see
Final results in the Georgia #SD53 (Trump+58) special election:
Lanny Thomas (R)- 38.7%
Jack Zibluk (D)- 27%
Denise Burns (R)- 20.9%
Blake Elsberry (R)- 13.4%
Thomas & Zibluk advance to a runoff, with Zibluk's 27% being a seven-point overperformance from Kamala Harris here.
Open the strait. Stop letting it be closed.
Unofficial final results in the New Hampshire #HDCarroll7 (Trump+9) special election:
Bobbi Boudman (D)- 51.9%
Dale Fincher (R)- 48.1%
This would be a 13 point overperformance from 2024 and the third Democratic state legislative flip of 2026!
Fun fact: historians haven’t been able to find a single documented case of US Vietnam war veterans being spit upon
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped a Trump+9 seat in the New Hampshire House, per reporter Kevin Landrigan.
Republicans outspent Dems by a considerable margin.
This is now the 10th special election flip for Ds in Trump's second term, versus zero for the GOP. sos.tn.gov/elections/20...
This isn't funny. My CENTCOM gets very anxious when he has to do something besides hit empty patches of desert with TLAMs.
Romney tried, very clumsily, to play up his local cred in New Hampshire in 2012 by talking about his Wolfeboro lake house. Wolfeboro flipped from Trump to Kamala in 2024 and just delivered a Trumpx3 state House seat for us by outvoting its Republican neighbors
I said to my co-worker today "I have a better idea about what the fuck we're doing than Trump does in Iran" and I stand by that statement
RESULT: The AP calls it, that there will be a runoff between Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clayton Fuller in April (meaning they’ll take the top 2 spots and neither will get 50%).
This is the reddest district in Georgia, though Dems are at least going to get a big overperformance today.
The core revelation here is that Trump has lost the public *on the mass deportations themselves* and not just on ICE's brutal tactics. We have been arguing this for months but media has simply refused to acknowledge it. Now so obvious that it can't be avoided
Compared to Trump 2024, it's looking like a Dem overperformance of around a dozen points in GA-14 (MTG's seat).
I like to call it epistemological terrorism
Fine voters (14%): 39-6 for Biss
Simmons voters (10%): 24-21-14 (Biss-Amiwala-Kat)
Andrew's voters (7%): 17-16-15-10 (Biss-Fine-Amiwala-Kat)
Amiwala voters (6%): 37-17-5 (Kat-Simmons-Biss)
I dont really know what to make of that at first glance
Disregard, this was the february poll 🤦
Which kind of looks like voters are still treating this like a 3-way race, which is good news for Kat
2nd choice crosstabs from the poll:
Fine voters (16%): 51-9 for Biss
Simmons voters (6%): 31-20-8 (Kat-Fine-Biss)
Andrew voters (5%): 31-22-13 (Fine-Biss-Kat)
Amiwala voters (4%): 41-17-17 (Kat-Biss-Fine)
Huynh voters (2%): 18-13-5 (Kat-Biss-Fine)
Here are the favorability ratings for some of the more notable candidates.
Laura Fine at 50% unfavorable opinion among Democrats is honestly one of the worst performances I've seen from a politician among their own party. Literally almost Chuck Schumer among Democrats numbers
IL-09 POLL: In the 2nd @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social/PPP primary poll, Daniel Biss is unmoved at 24% and Kat Abughazaleh has jumped to 20%, narrowing the gap to 4%. Laura Fine falls to 14%, Mike Simmons up to 10%. Undecideds still sizable at 17%. Polled March 9-10, MOE 3.6%. See below for more!
