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grannydoodle.bsky.social @grannydoodle.bsky.social · 2h

Yes ma'am!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

Is it time to call it a referendum on the president yet?

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

Alvin Bragg has won a second term race for DA of Manhattan.

The Democrat, who prosecuted Trump last year, was facing two challengers who were targeting him for going too far toward criminal justice reforms.

(The Republican nominee here was a prominent anti-trans voice.)

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile...

This is why fascists always lose.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3h

Still 1M votes to be counted, but the Mamdani–Cuomo margin is narrowing: Mamdani 50%, Cuomo 42% web.enrboenyc.us/OF11CY0PY3.h...

Totals by Candidate
11
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
580461
49.57%
12
Curtis A. Sliwa
94803
8.10%|
13
Irene Estrada
1367
0.12% |
14
Eric L. Adams
3030
0.26%
15
Joseph Hernandez
651
0.06%|
16
Andrew M. Cuomo
485928
41.50%
17
Jim Walden
1239
0.11% |
18
WRITE-IN
3444
0.29% |

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

A COMPLETE AND TOTAL REPUDIATION OF TRUMP AND MAGA

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 3h

🚨Virginia Attorney General race won by Democrat Jay Jones!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

Near wipeout predicted for Virginia House of Delegates Republicans. Democrats on track to get at least 60 seats, maybe more.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

Republican pollster Frank Luntz: “Tomorrow will be a bad day for Republicans.”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

For the record: I'm not tired of winning.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

BREAKING: MAMDANI HAS WON according to Decision Desk

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3h

First NYC results are in: That's already 819,165 votes.

Mamdani: 51.5%
Cuomo: 40%
Sliwa: 8%.

(That's roughly 40% of the vote.)

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 3h

The Kansas House’s top Republican on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national battle for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections.
apnews.com/article/redi...

Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle

The Kansas House's top Republican has given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S.

apnews.com

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grannydoodle.bsky.social @grannydoodle.bsky.social · 3h

FYI
bsky.app/profile/chad...

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

“United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, declared that the US military has violated international law by killing at least 61 civilians thus far on 14 different boats in international waters in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.”

Trump Has No Legal Grounds for His Boat-Bombing Campaign

The Trump administration’s use of a “war” framing to target boats it claims are trafficking drugs is complicating its legal strategy in three ways.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3h

That’s seven.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3h

ZOHRAN MAMDANI

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3h

A big thank you to our poll workers and election judges for your commitment to democracy. Minnesota’s elections are safe, free, and fair because of you.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

✊

New York City
Mayor
PROJECTED WINNER
D
Zohran
Mamdani
DecisionDeskHQ.com
Decision Desk HQ

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grannydoodle.bsky.social @grannydoodle.bsky.social · 3h

😆

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4h

A glimpse from the Andrew Cuomo official watch party at Ziegfeld Ballroom, via NYPost's Matthew Fischetti

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 3h

Seeing a lot of this. I'm relieved, temporarily.

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grannydoodle.bsky.social @grannydoodle.bsky.social · 3h

Check this out.
bsky.app/profile/chad...

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

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Updates Key Races N.Y.C. Mayor

Va. Gov.
County
Margin

Shift from 2024 pres.
T Votes
Loudoun

Spanberger +29
* 12 pts.
164,366
Prince William

Spanberger +34
× 16 pts.
161,419
Portsmouth

Spanberger +47
* 8.1 pts.
29,956
Washington

Earle-Sears +49
* 4.5 pts.
20,927
Louisa

Earle-Sears +20
* 6.5 pts.
18,719
Orange

Earle-Sears +15
* 9.3 pts.
17,127
Powhatan

Earle-Sears +40
* 4.4 pts.
16,957
Pulaski

Earle-Sears +38
* 7.1 pts.
12,466
Dinwiddie

Earle-Sears +17
~ 6.3 pts.
11,974
Harrisonburg

Spanberger +41
× 15 pts.
11,753
Manassas

Spanberger +30
* 16 pts.
11,514
Carroll

Earle-Sears +57
~ 6.1 pts.
11,277
Wise

Earle-Sears +59
~ 4.6 pts.
10,962
Fairfax City

Spanberger +45
* 11 pts.
10,232
Fredericksburg

Spanberger +43
* 11 pts.
10,191
Salem

Earle-Sears +12
6.9 pts.
9,374
King William

Earle-Sears +34
* 7.1 pts.
8,999
Russell

Earle-Sears +63
* 4.9 pts.
8,860

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Maddow: The very charismatic incumbent mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. He has defeated JD Vance’s half brother.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3h

NYC hits 2 million votes, breaking the 1989 record (1.9M) and taking us back to records set in the 1960s!

(1969: 2.4M; 1965: 2.6M)

Tweet from NYC Board of Elections:

We officially hit TWO MILLION votes - first time since 1969!
Polls are open until 9pm.
If you are on line by 9pm, you will be allowed to vote

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

NYC polls close in 10 minutes. nauseously optimistic.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

We have evidence now going back to 2018 that when Trump isn't on the ballot, it's grim scenes for Republicans.

And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.

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