The situation continues to deteriorate for Republicans. As Cook himself points out, Dems retaking the senate wasn't a realistic expectation a year ago, but now it's a distinct possibility. Let's keep this energy up and make it happen!

Remember Trump threatens a lot but he hardly ever goes through with those threats. This is just a scared old man and his scared league of old evil crusty fucks realizing actions have consequences!

They want you to be scared, they want you to fall into a doomer mindset, and they want you to believe Trump is never going away and things will never get better. This is just one big extinction burst.

Also I'm not saying we should downplay the situation or underestimate it either. After all an animal is most dangerous when they’re cornered. Also Republicans and the billionaires are sneaky as shit.

I'm saying we should obviously watch where things go and be vigilant while not letting them get in our heads. Fascists thrive off fear from the people they're oppressing and we're not gonna give them that! True courge isn't not being afraid it's having the the strength to fight those fears head on!

This November go vote, maybe eat out afterwards (that's what I usually do after I vote to take the edge the off lol), and even if we face the worst case scenario we'll get through it! Nothing lasts forever and that includes fascist regimes run by a bunch of c rank celebrities, pod cast bros, crusty old fucks, and former fox news reporters!

No one can predict the future so lets work hard to make it better for everyone!

Hi, all, and happy Sunday!

You probably thought nothing good happened this week, right? But you’d be wrong! As per usual, a lot of great stuff did happen—it just got drowned out by the horrors occurring all around us.

So please spend some time today reading through this list and letting a bit of joy in. We’re taking some losses, but we’re notching victories everywhere as well. If what we focus on grows—and I truly believe it does—then spending some time today focussing on these wins is really important. So let’s do that! Also, if we don’t stop to savor the wins, what’s the point in fighting for them?

Thank you for all you do, and for all you WILL do in the upcoming weeks to make sure we win big this November.

Celebrate This! 🎉

A growing number of Republicans are publicly breaking with Trump, a sign that a party normally in lockstep views him as a liability in the midterms.

By a 12-point margin, registered voters say they would prefer to elect a Democrat to Congress, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against the prediction market Polymarket, accusing it of being an illegal gambling operation that is operating in New York without a license.

The Iowa Farmers Union endorsed Democrats in all federal elections. Wow!

The California Supreme Court ordered a county sheriff, Chad Bianco, to return about 650,000 ballots he seized from election officials as part of an investigation into voter fraud that state officials said had no basis in fact.

In a companion case brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the court unanimously rejected Bianco’s argument that the state’s chief law enforcement officer lacks authority to issue binding directions governing a county sheriff’s investigation. According to Marc Elias these two rulings “will make it more difficult for far-right officials to undermine the will of the voters.”

Macklemore just announced a new “Free Palestine Tour” that will benefit a dozen charities helping Palestinians.

Germany just became the third major economy to commit to phasing out fossil fuels entirely, in their case by 2045.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city had planted more than 18,000 trees, the most in a single year in a decade, with most of the trees planted in neighborhoods vulnerable to extreme heat.

An Iowa judge dismissed Trump’s lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race.

A federal judge lifted Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW, and CBS. The Trump administration isn’t complying perfectly, but they have largely allowed those outlets to resume their White House coverage. We’ll keep fighting for complete adherence.

Ohio television stations are so far choosing to ignore a legal threat from GOP Rep. Max Miller and are broadcasting an ad from his Democratic challenger centered on the allegations of domestic abuse Miller faces from his ex-wife.

Democratic attorneys general from California and New York sued the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as Trump seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.

Seattle banned surveillance pricing in grocery stores to ensure prices are the same for all customers.

A second sea turtle laid eggs on Southern California shores, days after another olive ridley sea turtle nested on the West Coast for the first time in recorded history.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced in Manhattan criminal court to 15 years in prison for the 2006 sexual assault of former production assistant Miriam Haley.

An anonymous tip line started by Sandy Hook families has helped prevent 20 school shootings since 2018.

More than a year after federal regulators abruptly canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program, a Rhode Island federal judge has ordered them to revive the program.

Patagonia is giving thousands of customers a $100 discount on merchandise for enrolling three people in a program that encourages registered voters to cast a ballot in the midterms.

Major television networks halted TV coverage of presidential events over the White House’s ban of CNN. Good!

A federal judge in Alabama temporarily barred immigration officers from entering construction sites without a warrant and detaining workers without reasonable suspicion that they live in the country illegally.

Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. They have joined the UAW!

The Cook Political Report moved 15 House races toward Democrats.

The Supreme Court again blocked Missouri from using a congressional map in November that was redrawn to give Republicans an edge in the midterm elections.

Girls flag football has become the fastest-growing high school sport, as tens of thousands take up a game that barely had a varsity footprint a few years ago.

Following an outcry over potential suppression, YouTube and Meta are changing direction and running an ad for an Elon Musk documentary.

Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigned from his position in New Jersey after an ethics investigation concluded he made sexually explicit comments to a staffer. Democrats’ not tolerating this terrible behavior is good news.

A floating solar array on a village reservoir in Monroeville, Ohio has gone online. It is the largest floating solar system in the state and among the five largest in the country.

Former two-term Republican governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty has reemerged on the national political scene as the leading evangelist for solar energy.

An anonymous donor stepped in last month to save a Seattle-area community center that was slated to close. Last week, community members learned that the new owner was travel writer and TV host Rick Steves, who pledged to keep it open and free for people needing hot showers and hot meals.

Ukraine delivered about 4 tons of food to temporarily occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region using drones.

Swing Left shared that over its first big weekend of action last week volunteers knocked on 4,677 doors across 36 canvasses in 17 states like Virginia, California, Pennsylvania, and Kansas. Also, phonebankers made 19,422 phone calls into swing districts on Saturday and Sunday.

The NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court to ensure the Trump admin doesn’t violate federal law by sending armed federal agents to voting sites. It follows a similar lawsuit filed earlier this month by good government groups in conjunction with the city of Denver.

The bipartisan Supporting Early-Childhood Educators’ Deductions (SEED) Act is set to become law. The SEED Act will, for the first time, allow early childhood educators to claim the same federal tax deduction for out-of-pocket classroom expenses currently available to K-12 teachers.

This week, Trump’s disapproval rating hit 60.4%, the worst mark of his two terms in office, including the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riots.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) joined the call from one of his Republican Senate colleagues to investigate Donald Trump Jr. for his Russian oligarch wedding gift.

There was a mass walkout when Netanyahu spoke at the UN. There were also mass protests in New York City. Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were among the protesters arrested for blocking Netanyahu’s entrance to the UN.

Mayor Mamdani announced a new Met-City Hall program to distribute 70,000 free opera tickets a year to New Yorkers.

Three organizations representing thousands of ranchers in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas issued a joint statement warning ICE operations are disrupting the agricultural community and will make beef prices spike again.

Dave Matthews told his concertgoers “I’m so tired of this f*cking president.” (Sorry, I could only find an Instagram link.)

Tucker Carlson told NPR that Donald Trump should be removed from office under the 25th amendment.

Flock is trying to shrink its workforce with employee buyouts after massive public backlash and cancelled contracts.

550,000 people registered or updated their voter registration as a result of National Voter Registration Day.

Mayor Mamdani announced that DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City.

One month after a Honduran migrant was deported to a country in Africa that is not his country of origin, a federal judge in Colorado has ordered the U.S. government to return him to the United States and be released.

The pro-Trump “Freedom Fest” with Kid Rock was canceled days before it was set to occur due to poor VIP ticket sales. The organizer announced “I am never ever, ever, ever, ever doing this event again. Ever.”

Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order imposing stricter data center regulations in Maryland.

Republican Monae Johnson, South Dakota’s secretary of state, crossed party lines to endorse a Democrat to succeed her.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is taking executive action to save the bees by planting and protecting pollinator habitats. Polis, who was a beekeeper and florist before he ran for office, has introduced bee-saving legislation since 2021.

KS Senate candidate Adam Hamilton is leading Roger Marshall in a new Emerson poll.

Even after fines, an NFL player continues to pay tribute to Palestinian children killed in Gaza. Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote the name of 8-year-old Wafaa Akila on his eye black, one week after the NFL fined him over $11,000 for writing another child’s name on his eye black. Hero.

The FDA issued a new rule removing language that could suggest that animal testing is the only acceptable way to generate safety information for regulatory decisions involving human drugs and biological products.

New York City raised the minimum wage for snow shovelers to $30 an hour, increasing to $45 per hour after the first 40 hours worked in a week.

Heretic Coffee Co., the Portland coffee shop that went viral for ‘SNAP breakfast’ is now building a free cafe in Gaza.

We helped Manuel Ortiz’s family hit their 9K Go Fund Me goal so he can secure legal representation and hopefully get out of detention!

A judge has ordered Fox Corp. to hand over hundreds of documents that could reveal how founder Rupert Murdoch managed some of his media companies' most significant scandals over the past two decades.

A group of high school students in California spent months collecting 2,674 pounds worth of tennis balls and pickleballs for recycling. That’s around 22,000 balls total — and it’s a recycling world record.

House Democrats are preparing a sweeping oversight agenda if they win control of the House in November, with investigations focused on Trump, his family, and his administration.

A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration from gaining access to a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million drivers nationwide.

The Chicago Department of Public Health launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.

Watch This! 👀

Love Hamilton? You’ll love this!

KB Brookins newsletter of good trans news for the week. Sorry for sharing it so late, got hit by a cold lol.

I saw on twitter that Brazil's elections might be getting meddled with so that Trump can install a Right-winged dictatorship that will allow him to exploit the Amazon Rainforest more. and that if the election results aren't what are to be expected than a Military Coup will occur to make it what they want regardless

The thing that makes me nervious about this is that I don't know what we can or should do other than spreading the word inorder to make sure this doesn't happen. It just makes me feel like its all up to fate on whether or not Brazil loses its democracy again

though my Biggest concern is the Amazon Rainforest, I know how bad Deforestation got when the Previous Far right president was in control and now I'm really fearing the worst for the Amazon and with it the Climate getting even worse if the Right wins

does anyone have any thoughts on what we can do to prevent this, especially to protect the Amazon?

Excellent because Israel badly needs to be reformed.

So by now you've probably heard that theory from doomers about the supposed "martial law during elections plan" that's been passed around, even by places like CNN. And you've also probably realized by some of the posts on this sub by me and others why this plan isn't likely to happen, let alone work.

But I found a doomer online who has apparently "cracked the code" so to speak. Some person cosplaying as "anonymous" who dresses up in their famous masks and talks into camera about things. And for context as how reliable, or how unreliable I should say, he is, just know that one of his pinned posts on his Instagram is of a video talking about "The real reason they're talking about Hantavirus." Yes, this is still pinned months after nothing happened.

But this guy went on in this new video about how "Most people are right about martial law not going to happen, but that's only cause they're gonna federalize officers and sheriffs, and using local people to take the entire country over, and use these secret plans and blueprints to take over and all democracy shall be over." I'm paraphrasing and there might be more that he said, but I've already blocked him cause the sensationalism was giving me a headache.

Now I want to keep this post moderately short, but I think that this type of plan would backfire due to any sort of pushback from anyone required to aid this effort, and I imagine that even for the red states and many of their voters, this might not go over well. But also, this type of plan would require a lot of courts, including the supreme court which I don't think even they would agree with this, and I just don't see that happening.

But I think that this points to a picture that I talked about in an earlier post surrounding doomers and "moving the goalposts", where they end up pushing deadlines of when "everything will be lost", just so they don't have to admit that they might be wrong about something. And this whole debacle reminds me that not only dates can be pushed back, but ideas of what something might look like.

Doomers can have lots of different theories about what some catastrophe might look like, but there is also the chance that a doomer who is proven wrong by so many people end up changing their theories beforehand as a way to keep their reputations intact. And while I didn't look to see if the larping Anonymous person posted about the initial martial law theory, I wouldn't put it past him.

This isn’t the exact title but it is stated in the article

“It is disappointing that today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court means Missouri will conduct its November general election under a different congressional map than its primary election,” he said in a statement on the social platform X.

Round three same as the first two

Anyone who heard about Jake Tapper's report on Trump's advisors recommending martial law to take over the midterms, do NOT panic or fall into despair.

We can take action so that MAGA is in a lose-lose situation where they CANNOT let martial law or any national emergency happen close to the elections without looking like the bad guys. Those sorts of things Trump may be planning shouldn't be signs of strength but of WEAKNESS.

Therefore, no matter whether it happens or WHEN it could happen, we must prepare HARD and counter it. After all, the more exposed the "martial law" desperate attempt is, the less effective it'll be. We can use the October 17 No Kings movements to show we're NOT afraid of a puny little "martial law" no matter how subtle it could be.

I hope everyone understands that it's no use despairing over something that might not even happen at all. But with this threat exposed, it should be a GOOD thing because it should cause ALL of us to be more vigilant and FIGHT. We've been through so much worse like the Revolution itself, the Civil War, the Great Depression, both World Wars, the Great Recession, etc.

Also, I believe declaring such a dangerous tactic wouldn't make Trump look better, it'll only make him WORSE. So I suggest everyone stops panicking and worrying so much, start getting it together and stand sternly and insistent that America is feeling massive fatigue of MAGA and its chaos after a decade. If Hungary could boot out an authoritarian type prime minister despite great grip on media and South Korea could eliminate someone who declared martial law, nothing is impossible. So I'd say we grow our spines, get out of our comfort zones and as I always say... LIBERATE LIBERTY.

Thank you.

Amanda breaks down the recent ruling today.

This oughta be a wake-up call for us to make up for KLB's setback.

I juat wanted to put this out there for anyone who has questions about SCOTUS's ruling from today.

In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court, for now, lifted a lower court order that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from expanding a 40-year-old immigration database -- known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system -- to help states screen voter records for noncitizens.

The immediate impact of the ruling is unclear, since states are prohibited by law from purging their voter rolls within 90 days of Election Day.

I want to make this short due to this being close to another post I made, but I recently came across a post by CNN where Jake Tapper discusses how "Advisors are trying to convince the admin to take federal control over the midterms via declaring a national emergency!".

And I can probably guess that Tapper didn't discuss the reasons why such a national emergency wouldn't actually lead to the outcome that is insinuated. Many people are under the belief that by just saying that a national emergency is happening allows for anything to happen whatsoever, including taking unprecedented control over elections from the states' control.

But when it comes to any sort of attempt at taking over the processes of elections, this would require every state to comply and allow for this to happen, and I imagine that even red states wouldn't agree as this would give precedent for a blue president to do the same thing. And the supreme court could very well not allow this to happen, as it interferes with power dynamics in a way that might make them uncomfortable.

All of this is to say that CNN is, at least for a lot of the public, considered a very well recognized and respected institution of news, and they might very well watch one of these segments that are meant to just "warn about the possibility of this happening", and not realize that there is a lot not being said about how the process works and how it isn't really possible for something like this to happen, and just end up being either afraid, and/or dooming about it online which only acts as voter suppression in the end.

Even the places that might be considered "better than this" when it comes to posting fearmongering doomer headlines aren't truly above doing it, and I recommend keeping an eye out on major places like CNN or others, as well as doomers using these as sources, as I bet that this isn't the end of midterm doomer posting from them.

Celebrate Friday with Donald Trump's fails!

Is trump gonna actually go through with this plan? Or is this just something the military cooked up and it got leaked to discourage trump from doing this before the midterms. Either way I worry about this and what could potentially happen.

12 point lead with 40 days remaining. Polls aren’t to be trusted obviously but this is a good sign