Speaking of, this would be a good time to revisit this below... we need Dems in all statewide races (including judicial and governor), congressional, State House, State Senate, State Board of Education, and local races. Let's make a big push in the next two weeks. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

And I would also urge people, especially Texans to donate to the local county Democratic Parties and get those precinct chairs filled, candidates recruited in the next two weeks, as well as pay the filing fee and/or signatures if applicable. December 8th is the filing deadline to get on the ballot.

Speaking of, this would be a good time to revisit this below... we need to make a big push in the next two weeks to fill precinct chairs, recruit candidates, and pay the filing fee/signatures across the state (especially State House & Senate, SBOE, and local races). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I do agree that we need to reach out to the 10.3 million non-voters in Texas and convince them that voting does matter. Not just voting in the general, but voting in the primaries - they matter.

Plus, some of them should become a precinct chair and/or run for office - as well as a poll worker.

And this is partly due to candidate recruitment (uncontested/underfunded seats), the candidate on the ballot didn't satisfy all their needs and wants, they faced voter suppression obstacles, or a mixture of all.

I understand a federal court in TX has blocked the maps, but that is being appealed.

And more Lt. Governor candidates will be filled once the Democratic governor candidate picks his or her running mate, should the state allow that option (usually happening after they win their primary, but sometimes it occurs before).

And it's possible that those who are spewing hate on Schumer and Jeffries on a constant basis are coming from the same troll farm as the MAGA accounts, at least to a certain extent. But I do agree that we need new leadership especially when term limits still aren't there. bsky.app/profile/trum...

I hope other states with Democratic trifectas will consider such legislation, as well as a local state Voting Rights Act in case SCOTUS guts it federally, taking it back to the states (as well as counties) as a safety valve.

And I hope 2026 is the year that the AZ Dems finally flip the state legislatures to blue... it's been six decades since the AZ Dems had a full trifecta.

April 6, 2026 by 5pm local time is the deadline to run for office and get on the ballot in AZ.

And now we have this... am I not surprised that many MAGA accounts are foreign bots? Same can be said for the doom and gloom accounts, as well as Bernie Bros. bsky.app/profile/trum...

Voter apathy and candidate recruitment issues (uncontested and underfunded seats) I think were the main reasons why she lost.

If we had contested everywhere, the funds needed to run a real campaign, and prioritized more on local races, we probably would have had a different election outcome.

And often times on social media, they block us without any warning. Yes, there are trolls, bots, and foreign operatives that do it, but what I would do is block and report them if that's all they're gonna do.

You have to wonder how much JD Vance will keep Trump's cabinet if Trump does resign... he's next in the line of succession.

It's also possible that she wants term limits to be imposed in Congress - and I don't think she's wrong.

This is a problem with both parties, but more so the establishment Dems who have refused to step aside. Maybe it is time for new and younger leadership after all. bsky.app/profile/aman...

And not just that, but the Value Pack for the seats that the forecasters have declared to be Safe R, as well as the reddest districts in all states where a Dem is running. @charlesgaba.com did that for Virginia and New Jersey (with more focus on Virginia)... hopefully he'll continue it for 2026.

And I think 2026 will continue to be that way with a women surge... let's expand the field.

Same is definitely true to a certain extent at the state legislature level where without term limits, establishment Dems refuse to step aside, and the way they vote indicates to me that we need better candidates, including young people to lead the way.

And not just at the general election - they need to vote in the primaries to get the candidate they want. Even so, they should also run for office, fill the precinct chairs - show up to precinct meetings and become a volunteer. Not just at the state Dem level, but at the local county Dem level.

Let the MAGA cult (30%) stay home... and then we can persuade non-voters (40%) to get them to show up and vote. That's who we need to target to run up the score.