LisaRad

Join me in supporting Juliana Stratton for US Senator. She has the strength and the heart to do the job and will work for the benefit of everyday people in Illinois. Vote in the primary on March 17th.

Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

📊 A new poll reveals voters overwhelmingly reject Trump’s election-meddling tactics. Voters were given potential scenarios outlining how federal or state officials might respond to the 2026 election process. Overwhelming majorities disapproved of every tactic: https://demdock.com/4yIGP19

🚨Illinois Governor JB Pritzker calls for Trump to be REMOVED via the 25th Amendment: "There is something genuinely wrong with this man..." The calls to remove Trump are growing LOUDER.

My reporting on the student movement in Serbia last summer. They kept at it, amazingly, for two years. And they won. snyder.substack.com/p/youth-prot...

Check out how easy this is.

OBAMA: "Trump is focused on enriching himself & his family/friends. A Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon, so he paid a Trump lawyers $50 million — and lo & behold! The pardon falls out of the sky... We’ve never seen a president straight-up grifting on your dime like this."

Keith Ellison: "This guy had the nerve to go on his social media thing and say he was gonna get 'reckoning and retribution against Minnesota.' Well I can't wait until November 3 so we can get reckoning and retribution on him."

“I mean, not *you* … but I’m making a fucking killing. These things are great! As long as you don’t live near them, am I right?”

Vote Blue before Jared Kushner sells your house to the Russians.

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“Trump’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory.” - Barack Obama in Ohio.

Obama points out that values (or lack thereof) are just as big a problem for our civic society as affordability

In a world where you can be anything, be a person who votes in midterm elections! 💚🙏✊

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam opened up a Cheesecake Factory" Obama just spoke to an ELECTRIC audience in Ohio, skewering Trump & Hegseth and making the case that while we may be stuck with the same POTUS until 2029, we are not stuck with a spineless do-nothing Congress Highlights:

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Medicare for all. NOW.

Obama: "You got the defense sec who is like a laser focused on important matters like the jawline & testosterone level of our troops, and livestreaming executions because that's how he thinks you cultivate that manly warrior spirit. How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror?"

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Obama: "The guy has become billions of dollars wealthier in office. Nobody disputes this! It's just -- how do you do that when you're supposed to be looking out for you? And the worst part of it not a single Republican in Congress has done anything to stop it."

MICHIGAN, BRING IT HOME! 🔥 Barack Obama reminds voters to vote Democrat all the way down the ballot. From the top of the ticket to the very last race. No skipping races. No sitting this one out. #BlueWaveIn10Days

Obama: "This election is our last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration"

Obama: "We've seen this movie before. I starred in it. I've got a long-form birth certification to prove it. This stuff didn't work on me. It's not going to work in Michigan on Abdul."

Obama argues that we won’t fix our political problems unless we rediscover our moral compass first

Murder cover-ups by the Trump regime.

“Election officials say unintended touches, not vote flipping, normally causes the issue.” They’re blaming long fingernails. Check your ballots y’all. www.wsmv.com/2026/10/22/m...

We always thought we could rely on a US President to appoint reasonable, experienced people to posts with power. There is a reason our system has (had?) oversight and controls over people with power. We may never recover from this era of arrogant buffoons

“Basic Islamophobia… open racism in the Republican Party… a really disgusting performance by Mike Rogers…”

This is not how American democracy should function. It’s getting worse every election, not better. I know constitutional amendments are difficult, but it seems like there should be a bipartisan supermajority of citizens who say enough with this stuff.

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All these so-called “independent” Republicans will go right back to voting for Johnson as speaker, confirm every Trump nominee, vote with Trump on everything, and continue doing zero oversight on his corrupt regime. A vote for any one of them is a vote to continue all of that.

Hundreds of lawyers are spending election week in war rooms & courthouses, ready to file at a moment's notice More than a dozen national firms are in it w/ @democracydefendersaction.org & our complaints are already written Bring it on More @financialtimes.com👇 -TN

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

Solid metaphor for the entire administration, honestly

We need to re-establish/establish some moral guardrails

Jon Stewart on Mike Rogers: “He was a real pain in our ass in 2010 when we fought for the Zadroga Act for 9/11 first responders. He called it a New York problem and voted against it, all while claiming to respect the heroes of 9/11. It was all bullshit.”

WATCH: “Mike Rogers was a real pain in our ass.” jon stewart rips Rogers for claiming to support the troops yet standing in the way of health care for 9/11 first responders. (H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )

NEW: Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker, wife of Governor JB Pritzker, announces she’s sending $500,000 to Amy Acton after Vivek Ramaswamy’s truly vile ad featuring Acton’s estranged mom.

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Peak hypocrisy is when the guy who pardoned the Jan. 6 mob calls on France to get tough on its rioters.

The Republicans’ betrayal of Ukraine will leave a permanent stain on American history. It’s not just Trump — it’s the entire Republican Party bowing down to Putin. They could stop this if they wanted to.

NEW AD: “Ken Paxton says I don't have his experience — and he's right. I’ve never been indicted for fraud. I’ve never been reported to the FBI for bribery. I’ve never been impeached by my own party. And I’ve never given a sweetheart deal to a pedophile.”

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

With two weeks until Election Day, we are at the intersection of Donald Trump's plan to make it harder for you to vote and easier for him to cheat. When Republicans lose the House and Senate Trump will escalate the attacks. But he will fail and we will win.

“No, it’s not a failed system- it’s called what built 🇺🇸 and won World War 2.” 🔥 A Fox host panics and scrambles to change the subject as Tennessee’s own @corbintrent.bsky.social explains how *SOciAliST* programs like the TVA, highways etc. have always helped regular folks.

For two years, people have speculated about the potential for a constitutional crisis. Let me be clear: we have reached one. newsletters.democracydocket.com/the-constitu...