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D.M. Ridley retweeted
Now that these rigged maps have spectacularly backfired, can we all get on board with banning partisan gerrymandering now?
I have been an outspoken critic of Schumer's when it has come to legislative strategy but the man knows how to win elections. Let's make him majority leader, rack up seats in 2028, and then encourage him not to run for reelection (to serve until he's 84). Go out on a high note.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Looking forward to 2032 when our forecast has Talarico as a narrow underdog in Ossoff's re-election year and nobody believes it because "polls always underrate Democrats in Texas."
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Truly you are a moron if you think you were elected to further constrain American science. Reactive ignorance is not what your constituents voted for
D.M. Ridley retweeted
On behalf of EVERYONE, we officially apologize to chuck schumer and Pete Buttigieg for mocking your spending of ungodly amounts of money on Mississippi
D.M. Ridley retweeted
I implore the incoming Congress to look at the last two years, at the assault on free speech that has been so shameless and transparent so as to draw bipartisan concern, and recognize that:
(a) even unsuccessful, performative appeals to censorship helped create an atmosphere in which censorship could be effectuated and must no longer be acceptable; and
(b) bipartisan work towards structural reform is more important than ever to strengthen institutional checks and resilience against those who would use the levers of government power for censorship.
Lots to come from @TechFreedom on the latter in the near future.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
everyone is doing a pronouns/land acknowledgement bit but actually the fucking awesome thing is that a large part of why this sweep happened is we had a lot of really strong candidates that didn't lean into the woke 1.0 nonsense
10,000 years of bill clinton neoliberal abundance
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Don’t get complacent. The map still favors Republicans. Move a bill to prohibit partisan gerrymandering nationwide, no funny business, and if Republicans filibuster or Trump vetoes, finish the job.
It’s remarkable that in the House, the cutoff point where p(D House) crosses 50% is between a D+4 and D+5 environment. The Senate—albeit not all elected at once—requires a D+7 environment for a Democratic majority.
Don’t let a blue wave distract you from the fact that 2026 and 2028 may be our last chances to avoid long-term Republican rule. A gerrymandering ban, DC/PR statehood, and Supreme Court reform all need to be priorities in 2029.
The final @SplitTicket_/@TheArgumentMag model update, run with today's polls.
Senate: 53D-47R (77% 🟦)
House: 239D-196R (92% 🟦)
The data unambiguously says something. It's just that nobody seems to actually believe it. We'll see if that's warranted.
theargumentmag.com/p/split-t…
D.M. Ridley retweeted
The right-wing Anakin posting does make a lot of sense as it combines many of the Right’s core preoccupations: getting groomed; killing your wife; working for an insane, octogenarian tyrant; being hated by your children; losing and dying
D.M. Ridley retweeted
If the GOP leans into this — and promises to end the scourge of Ohio's statehood — El-Sayed is cooked
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Democrats should really consider getting on board with self-driving cars, I don't think the alliance with the Teamsters is paying large dividends.
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien here. Just voted in the State of Florida for the first time, and very proud to have cast a ballot for @SenAshleyMoody. Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded union apprenticeship programs. The Teamsters look forward to working with Sen. Moody in her role on the Senate HELP Committee to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act and get this critical legislation signed into law to protect American workers.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Part of why I’m livid is that she’s now fucked over *moderate* Dems. If AES loses, he won’t get blamed: it will be seen as her fault and the fault of moderate Democrats.
This helps DSA and will make them more insufferable, no matter what. Just a colossal own-goal.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Speaking as a mild-mannered, moderate, liberal Democrat who generally opposes revolutionary change, supports capitalism, etc., I would consider it political malpractice not to enact, and will work to primary Democrats who fail to full-throatedly support, both DC/PR statehood and Supreme Court expansion. If they *don’t* happen my p(doom) for America increases significantly.
So, yeah, 80% is good. (Musk’s #2 is just bullshit though.)
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Here’s your final ad for the Midterms, @TheDemocrats.
Run it on a loop.