Craig Hayes

My statement on the entrance of outside spending in the Maryland Democratic Primary for District 22.

You’ve probably heard about the Administration’s new lawsuit trying to block election results in Alaska – and the two Dan Sullivans running in its U.S. Senate race. Reminder: Ranked choice voting is not why the “other” Dan Sullivan is on the ballot – and it helps solve the problem.

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Gotta love getting a mailer from my State Senator supporting a PGCPS Board of Education candidate that I can’t even vote for. VOTE Juan Arango-Millan for BOE in District 3 and VOTE Caroline Decaire-Goldin for BOE in District 2!

Days after AIPAC announced it would stop endorsing candidates and direct contributions, our reporting shows it was already moving its spending out of sight. Its super PAC has sent $13.1M to other groups this cycle, 3x 2024, so the ads never carry AIPAC’s name.

New Yorkers: @socialists.nyc convention is less than a month away and ballots are in your emails! So please, rank me #1 and reach out to friends all across the city to make sure they are voting for the @socialistmajority.com slate. And if you’re not a member, you can join today and vote!

Anyone who gets fooled by Ro Khanna is a fucking moron I'm sorry.

I’ve now received 3 separate fundraising texts claiming to be for Amy Acton. Before this, I hadn’t received any texts for Ohio candidates. Fucking vultures man.

The workers have spoken: they want to unionize with UFCW Local 400. They want to join the same union contract as other Kroger stores in the area, with the same pay, benefits, and working conditions. Instead of honoring its agreement, Kroger is stalling. TAKE ACTION: ufcw400.org/KrogerPetition

Always pay attention to which endorsements a candidate embraces and which ones they decide to not talk about.

SAVAGE.

Thanks to @currentaffairs.bsky.social for letting me put pen to paper here, and to the local organizers who stood up for their communities. www.currentaffairs.org/news/no-king...

Seems like an excellent opportunity for people to be productive by canvassing or making phone calls for candidates and ballot questions.

The vibes are rancid.

When only 235 people out of a total of 4,040 members of a supposedly democratic organization vote to endorse a candidate in a general body vote that’s rushed through a weekend without any prior announcement so that only 251 members vote in total, is the result valid?

Nothin’ more American than a rowdy constituency.

There is no ethical use of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

And yet, every single Democratic member of Congress and every progressive organization (except @indivisible.org) still uses X as their primary method of breaking news. The pro-democracy movement really needs to boycott X.

FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT

Mary Peltola released her anti-trans ad on September 21st. On that date, RCP's poll average had her leading 50.2% to incumbent Dan Sullivan's 48.1%. As of today, those numbers are 48.5% for Peltola, 47% for Sullivan. Really looks like going anti-trans gained Peltola absolutely nothing.

MARYLAND REDISTRICTING: New poll on Question 3, changing state constitutional requirements for drawing districts (could enable Dem gerrymander if passed) ✅ Yes: 25% ❌ No: 53% ❓ Undecided: 19% UMBC, 766 likely voters, MOE 3.5, 9/22-27 www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

In a just democracy, this would be disqualifying.

More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up

All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 - The Wall

The problem with the proliferation of sports betting and online gambling isn’t going away. @healthygamergg.bsky.social, a licensed psychiatrist and one of the largest live streamers covering mental health issues, is currently live on YouTube and Twitch discussing this very topic!

Man, this place is depressing to scroll thru lately.

this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient

Evergreen reminder that the online gambling and sports betting industry spent over $2 million via a SuperPAC in Maryland’s Democratic Primary to prop up Senate leadership and its allies.

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

this is simply damning. a lot of it has been reported previously to some extent, but seeing it all pieced together like this is just horrifying. do not look away

Brought to you by Maryland Senate Democratic leadership.

YO WHAT Star Trek Voyager’s Tom Paris is running as a Democrat for a County Council Seat in Utah’s Wasatch County www.parkrecord.com/2026/09/11/w...

People who want to move somewhere to improve their lives (whether that be their career, escaping social conservatism, or both) is basically a force of nature. You cannot fight against it and it would be easier to just build more housing despite how difficult that can be.

Can’t forget the cocaine-fueled orgies.

Join Neurodivergent Socialists at our Fall Social on Sat 9/26 from 1-4:30 PM at BPL Macon Library, a fully accessible location, to play some games and get to know other members! RSVP here: luma.com/jdk1cne3

And this is how Maryland Senate leadership thinks we are going to solve the budget gap in our state— on the backs of the most vulnerable to addiction.

Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.

I think this would solve a lot of problems in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

I LOVE being a part of multiple dues-paying organizations that functionally keep their general bodies in the dark about their activities.

that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.

Obama invited a minister who compared gay marriage to incest to give the invocation at his inauguration, not sure we need to retcon this www.theguardian.com/world/2008/d...

The gutting of local journalism continues. I started as an intern at the Lexington Herald-Leader, which laid off a majority of its reporters today. The McClatchy company was bought by a hedge fund that promised to be a good steward of journalism. And here we are... www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...

WMATA adjusts Bus Operator fare quotation policy in collaboration with Local 689

There is no pain, you are receding Comfortably Numb - The Wall