M.B.

M.B.

@mabilesimo.bsky.social

Politics and Tequila. Not always in that order.

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I genuinely believe he has lost the ability to distinguish between his own bank account, flush with plundered cash and bribe money and insider trading bets, and the bank accounts of everyone else.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We've never created so much wealth as we have in the last year and a half. Trillions of dollars."

This is a signal to Thune she’s not against switching parties if they fuck around in the lane duck.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor. Kreiss-Tomkins would be the state's first Democratic leader in 24 years.

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It’s vastly underated that one of the main reasons the far right hate Zelenskyy so much is he stayed & fought for what he believes in while they go from posting like this to fleeing the country within 48 hours

Aw nuts *BOLSONARO EN ROUTE TO THE US, FOLHA REPORTS CITING ALLIES

“You get a visa if you’re rich and connected” is such a terrible message to send to undecided Trump 24 voters.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department says it will give US visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family.

Incredible levels of making up a guy to get mad here. But in this case it’s an entire policy regime.

Hen Mazzig@henmazzig.bsky.social

But I thought the point of the embargo and sanctions was to pressure Israelis to elect leaders who would adopt different policies? It sounds like Congresswoman Tlaib doesn't think Israel should exist at all.

The problem for the GOP is the electorate is finding out only one of these two politicians actually exists.

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social

"Who would you vote for?" 🔴 Moderate Republicans Who Is In Favor Of Cutting Spending And Reducing The Deficit: 52% 🌹 Democratic Socialist Who Is In Favor Of Raising Taxes On Billionaires, Medicare-for-all, And Abolishing ICE: 48% YouGov / Oct 26, 2026

Vivek polling better than Husted is so on brand for Echelon.

Kevin Duffy-Greaves@kduffygreaves.bsky.social

Echelon: FL-GOV: R+6 FL-SEN: R+8 OH-GOV: R+2 OH-SEN: TIE GA-GOV: D+1 GA-SEN: D+15 (!!) IA-GOV: D+4 IA-SEN: D+2 NE-GOV: R+7 NE-SEN: R+1 ME-GOV: D+13 ME-SEN: D+7 Trump national disapproval 59/40 National GCB: D+5

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Obama’s Cheesecake Factory decor joke is going to continue to get far more play in the media, days after it happened, than RFK Jr being openly racist. Draw your own conclusions about the press based on that.

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The vile attacks on Amy Acton need to be seen in the context of a party that *needs* people to believe women fabricating sexual assaults is common as rainwater. Because it’s pretty much the only way to evade the conclusion that the president is a rapist.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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You never have to hand it to the Ayatollahs, but I would point out that fighting back against a country that bombed your capital and assassinated your head of state does not fall under “decides to throw a temper tantrum.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"

Ok Ralston had me dooming Friday night this is huge.

RalstonReports@ralstonreports.bsky.social

The early voting blog is updated! Dem lead in NV above 20,000 ballots and above 5 percent. Five days of in-person early voting left and after a dominant D weekend, Republicans need it to turn around or a wave is coming. Lots of data and charts: thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-...

He’s specifically talking about conservative unwillingness to fight here? It’s the same kind of argument as Nancy Pelosi saying we need a healthy GOP to return to normal?

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The absolute annihilation of blue state Republicans is one way to reconcile national and district polling with state polling.

Magenta@magentab.bsky.social

so some serious analysis, this may be the most comically blue IPEV day 1 electorate i have seen in NJ compared to 2025, IPEV DEM turnout is UP by 26% (yes, more democrats have voted on 2026 IPEV day 1 compared to 2025) all the while, IPEV GOP turnout is DOWN by 41% on day 1

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Yes, that's correct. As experts in the employment statistics know, "not participating in the labor force" just means "is not working and has not looked for work in the past 28 days". That's the definition of the term under discussion.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

The article literally says "dropping out of the workforce" and "foregoing work" and the need for policies that "point men back toward work" and "reintegrating men into missing social and economic life" but I guess they only meant for 28 days at a time

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"Mahoning County Court records we obtained show that Cledith Arthur was arrested & charged with sexually abusing Acton, then 12 years old" Local news like News5 in Cleveland is doing a helluva job revealing the facts behind this vile Ramaswamy campaign ad. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

news5cleveland.comDemocrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother calls her liar in ad; court documents say otherwiseOhio Democrat Dr. Amy Acton's estranged mother appeared in a new attack ad, calling her gubernatorial candidate daughter a liar. Court documents indicate otherwise.

No matter what social media platform you’re on, it’s usually best practice to immediately block anyone who talks like this.

The 2027 Governor elections are gonna be wild btw. Absolutely nanners.

Andrew Palmer 🎃@andrewp97.bsky.social

this being possible come january and jim justice could run again as governor and do the funniest thing

All 3 should be layups for Republicans the GOP also has a history of blowing KY and LA Gov specifically and the Mississippi GOP has been playing with fire for years.

Again, I feel like it’s not getting enough attention that people feel comfortable confronting MAGA like this. We really haven’t seen it since 2016!

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The protesters are the only people at Trump’s rally who aren’t lying.

This is a great map illustrating where population is growing and how that’s affecting the partisan makeup of the states as well.

Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social

Just pulled some youth vote data. 18-29 year old share of the vote so far 20% bigger than at this point in 2022. Encouraging.

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A 'SpaceX' investor said he’s not only “disgusted…from a humanity perspective” (by restrictions on Starlink in Ukraine), but also because: “.….they've given everybody a reason not to use Starlink, that Starlink isn't reliable for national security for anybody but Trump.”

This is a very online thing to say.

frankwilhoit.bsky.social@frankwilhoit.bsky.social

Acton is the most hated individual in Ohio. She is blamed, single-handedly, for the school closures that got an uncountable number of poor White parents fired from their "jobs", if the word will stretch so far. Ramaswamy is merely held in contempt -- like all immigrants, and like all politicians.

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Tommy Tuberville pledged in 2020 to donate his Senate salary to Alabama veterans & families. An investigation found no evidence he did. The pledge is worth roughly $1 million. Asked about it, he had staff remove him, then called the media socialists and communists. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

huffpost.com‘Get Him Out!’ Trump Ally Freaks Out Over Question About Broken Promise To VeteransSen. Tommy Tuberville reportedly ousted a reporter who asked him about a pledge he made to veterans and their families back in 2020.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

Oh gee, what do you know, Mike DeWine walks right up to the line of doing the right thing and just can’t bring himself to do it. Such an underrated member of the cowards caucus.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

GOP Ohio Governor Mike DeWine slams Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Amy Acton's abusive mother: "The ad is deeply troubling. But when you know the rest of the story, it just makes it more wrong. It's wrong to run this."

Deifying the Founders like this is the kind of thing you say if you think the Republican base are a bunch of hicks and rubes.

Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social

If I were Vivek Ramaswamy, a nonwhite Hindu candidate trying to persuade his party's racist and Christian nationalist base to forget those differences and vote for him, I would simply not do a "How do you do, fellow Christians? Here's a heresy!"

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It was extremely funny in a certain way that the "fuck your feelings, comedy is legal again" contingent insisted there was no humor to be found in the situation

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Republicans needed the it can only good happen stock market, unemployment under 5%, hundreds of millions of dollars from Musk and Co., tons of red states to suspend their gas taxes, and a hesitant Fed to get back to this place. They’re unlikely to have any of those things the next couple cycles.

Nathan Goldwag@goldwagnathan.bsky.social

Six months of HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE TOTAL REALIGNMENT IMMINENT and then we end up with the same map we had before, +/- 50,000 votes feels pretty apropos of everything in American politics right now.

Ask yourself if any of that improves by this time 2028. That’s why I’m sanguine on another Dem polling miss, if it happens.

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Replying to @gilmored85.bsky.social

George W Bush was the guy who “was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple” but Vance is a guy who hit a triple and is constantly, visibly aggrieved that he wasn’t born on third base.

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Sir you are a registered Ohio voter.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.

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It really needs to be emphasized that the woman Vivek is featuring in these videos fled with an accused & indicted child rapist and successfully helped him avoid trial for 20+ years.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social

even by normal oppo standards this story is bonkers — basically vivek and co (and acton’s shitty mother) are accusing acton of fabricating horrific stories of child sexual abuse that are clearly documented in court records