@steveadams
Texan/Memphian/New Yorker. Pushcart Prize, BAE Notable, Glimmer Train New Writers Award. Fiction/NF writer, NYC playwright. Debut novel: REMEMBER THIS from UWisc Press. Writing coach and developmental editor. www.steveadamswriting.com
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders' revenge tour against 2 Republican state senators who refused to indulge her Barbie dream prison goes down in flames. Double-digit wins for both senators she tried to oust, including Bryan King, who's made it his life's work to be a thorn in her side.
#arpx
Well would you look at that
Put the next No Kings protest on your calendar today. It's March 28. Bring your family and friends.
It's a way to express our disgust with Trump, and it's also a rehearsal for the even more massive protest ahead if Republicans dare try to cancel or steal the midterms.
People power > fascism.
Trump's economic program has failed. Let's review some data in a thread.
First, his job growth record in BOTH his first and second terms is the worst of any President since Hoover. 1/
🔥SULLIVAN COUNTY WOMAN: “You’re being bullied?? I’ve got a bigger dick than all of y’all!”
CROWD: “SHAME! SHAME!”
In (very red 👀) East TN folks showed up 💪🏽 to oppose 2 resolutions re: taking ICE money for immigration enforcement. They passed.
Full: www.wjhl.com/news/local/s...
"They went into Minneapolis with the assumption that we'd see the equivalent of George Floyd...they wanted to provoke this. And the discipline that freedom-loving Americans have shown in this—I think it's been incredible."
Adam Kinzinger on Minnesotans refusal to take the bait.
Best Congressional photo of the year, with nothing even close.
Check out this article from IndyStar:
'The party left me': Longtime Indiana lawmaker is leaving the GOP
www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota:
youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU
If Trump wags the dog in Venezuela it is going to do enormous damage to his already degraded brand here in the US. Zero support for this in the public. Will be seen for what it is - transparent attempt to rescue his flailing Presidency.
House Republicans are on an Epstein vacation
The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...
So many people are canceling Disney+ over the Kimmel suspension that the cancellation page crashed.
Did you cancel too?
Another loss for Oklahoma's MAGA mini-me Ryan Walters.
OK's supreme court blocked new social studies standards that included conspiracy theories about covid and about Trump's loss in 2020. And they blocked the law putting bibles in public schools.
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
As I told Jimmy Kimmel, when is it enough?
Thank you, Dems.
Overreach begets backlash.
jeffries.house.gov/2025/09/18/j...
There are 8 House of Delegates districts held by Republicans in Virginia that MVP Harris won. Four of them are in the Richmond area. If we want to expand our majority from a slim 51-49 one, we need to pay attention to the Richmond suburbs.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Mike Johnson decries political violence after Charlie Kirk shooting.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
If there is to be a backlash to "DOGE" and the wanton destruction of the federal government it will be most acutely felt in the DC Metro area. There are six races I am watching in the area including four races we have a shot at flipping.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.
"We should view his increasing desperation as a reflection of our growing strength" - from my new, timely interview with the great @raskin.house.gov 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/rep-jamie-...
Greg Abbott issued a warrant for my arrest, but I’m not backing down.
Texas Democrats stand up to bullies, and we fight to win. Let’s do this, y’all.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Democrats nationwide are pledging to support their Texas colleagues who are protesting Republican legislators’ move to redraw the state’s congressional map. Michelle Cottle asks: “Could the Texas mess be the thing that finally drives Democrats off the high road?”
“Trump might win this state. But you can win the school board. You can win the city council.”
Jess Piper warns how GOP-led cuts to Medicaid, public media, and weather services are devastating rural communities. However, there are avenues that Democrats can take to build local power and hope.
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