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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/ARRddzG

The Washington Post Has Become Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought

It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 1d

"Things have changed in the South"

Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

Where federal observers really need to be

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.

Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

YES

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 4d

And more from me on this topic @theunpopulist.net :

Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation

Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system

www.theunpopulist.net

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 4d

A good overview of the ways that Republicans have anti-democratically seized power by gerrymandering congressional districts and putting anti-American revolutionaries on the Supreme Court (Roberts et al). Thanks @hcrichardson.bsky.social @davedaley.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/U-z60SV...

American Conversations: David Daley

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 4d

Elie Mystal--Justice correspondent for The Nation-- spoke to me about the corrupt GOP Supreme Court. Elie explained the court gives Trump what he wants as an act of self-preservation. He noted without SCOTUS reform, we will never be able to move this nation forward. youtu.be/qsTzICW1tZQ?...

Elie Mystal: GOP Supreme Court gives Trump what he wants as an act of self-preservation

YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 4d

YouTube as well!

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 4d

Live on FB with the magnificent @hcrichardson.bsky.social at 11. Please join us!

American Conversations: David Daley

Other event by Heather Cox Richardson on Friday, October 31 2025

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Nicole Sandler @nicolesandler.bsky.social · 5d

It's our final moving day & walkthru with the landlord. So 1 more 'best of'. Since tomorrow is Halloween, it's a scary one w @davedaley.bsky.social of Ratf**ked fame. Listen any time @ nicolesandler.com/10-30-25 @ nicolesandler.substack.com, or watch the original airing youtu.be/ptHzeI8ellE

RatF**king a la D'ump & Other Atrocities on the Nicole Sandler Show 8-12-25

YouTube video by Nicole Sandler

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 5d

With co-star @naomiaklein.bsky.social

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to make a guest appearance on The Morning Show

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 6d

Los Angeles! Let's talk ANTIDEMOCRATIC. It has been too long. Join me at Vroman's next Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7. Event details are here.

www.eventbrite.com/e/david-dale...

David Daley discusses & signs Antidemocratic

The author and journalist presents his new book Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections

www.eventbrite.com

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 7d

auntifa

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 7d

lmao

My Post headline

Mamdani didn’t tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing ‘aunt’ who feared for safety post-9/11

The “aunt” who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 was actually his dad’s cousin.

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 7d

"Trump literally thinks he can do anything he wants because the Supreme Court has yet to show him otherwise."

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7d

Supreme Court is hearing oral argument next week in the Trump tariffs case because, sure, why not, it's not like the Court has given Trump any reason to think laws apply to him

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/tarif...

Trump Will Always Ask the Supreme Court For More

The conservative justices have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to reshape executive power to fit their favorite president’s agenda.

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 8d

89 Topps bookmark for the win

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 9d

Message me your address and I’ll send you the new paperback of ANTIDEMOCRATIC

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 13d

Quinnipiac has the generic congressional ballot at D+9.

poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Who Is More Responsible For The Government Shutdown? Voters Blame Republicans Slightly More Than Democrats, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Numbers Spike On Handling Of Israel - H...

"The GOP takes the harder hit for the grinding government shutdown while the Democrats, despite a miserable approval rating, get the nod on which party should control the House," said Quinnipiac Unive...

poll.qu.edu

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 16d

also, we call it Robertsmandering now

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander

The chief justice has let partisan gerrymanders flourish, and created the conditions for near-permanent minority rule.

www.thenation.com

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 16d

Gerrymandering isn't just about the net gain for one party or the other - though that's crucial.

By reducing competition, mid-decade redistricting makes it easier to interfere with the 2026 election.

My deep dive, with examples in Texas, California, and Ohio: samwang.substack.com/p/gerrymande...

Gerrymandering's domino effects

Narrowing the field of competition opens new vulnerabilities to attack

samwang.substack.com

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 18d

Stop blaming poor Elbridge Gerry. He didn't do this.
John Roberts did. We should name it after him.

It's Robertsmandering now.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander

The chief justice has let partisan gerrymanders flourish, and created the conditions for near-permanent minority rule.

www.thenation.com

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 18d

This isn’t gerrymandering any more. It’s Robertsmandering.

Time to rename it and identify who is really to blame. Not a governor from 200 years ago. This chief justice.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander

The chief justice has let partisan gerrymanders flourish, and created the conditions for near-permanent minority rule.

www.thenation.com

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David Daley @davedaley.bsky.social · 18d

Back at you! Who else can geek out over Mobile v Bolden...

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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social · 18d

'Roberts-Mandering': Activist SCOTUS Repubs Appear Ready to Gut Rest of Voting Rights Act: Today's #BradCast

...Perhaps before the critical 2026 midterms; Guests: Prof. @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social of Univ. of KY; @davedaley.bsky.social of FairVote...

FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15533

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choo choo choose anger @ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social · 18d

We’re years behind on this, but Democrats should be *relentlessly* attacking the legitimacy of this court. Both to pressure them to moderate and to soften public opinion for the essential changes that must come

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 19d

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18d

Hmmmm.

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: Supreme Court's no longer set to discuss on Nov. 7 if it will hear North Dakota case on whether private individuals & groups — whose lawsuits have been main way of enforcing Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing. Change comes day after rehearing case on Section 2's constitutionality

Screen grab of the court docket showing:
"Oct 08 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
Oct 16 2025 Rescheduled."

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 19d

Coming up on the @deanobeidallah.bsky.social show:

Deirde Schifeling of @aclu.org
@davedaley.bsky.social
@senatorhashmi.bsky.social
@goangelo.bsky.social of @mmfa.bsky.social

☎️: 866-997-4748
🔊: SiriusXM.us/Dean

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