Trump-Vance 2025 Budget. The ugly details.
Fix Democracy First has compiled an excellent list of sites with which to expand your activism
Robert Reich shows the Big Picture
Notes on 15th LD Remapping
Watch SUFFS on PBS’ Great Performances This Weekend!
The Apocalypse Is Here
APPLY HEAT, MELT ICE — This Weekend, We Protest Everywhere!
Night-Night History
War Is Over! If You Want It
My Afternoon With The Last Living Prosecutor of Nazi War Criminals
Yes! Today is Election Day for Many Cities and States Across the Country!
URGENT: Get Out The Vote for Zohran TOMORROW — Sunday!
“Will We Remain In The Shadows, Or Will We Together Step Into The Light?”
One Week After “No Kings,” What Comes Next?
Your Pics From Yesterday’s Massive Protests
TOMORROW, October 18th — We Hit The Streets!
My First Post-Trump Substack
Hey New Yorkers — VOTE TOMORROW!
American Idiot(s)
Here’s the New Pledge of Allegiance I Think We All Should Take
Four Dead in Ohio
Why Today April 30th Should Be a National Holiday
PROTEST EVERYWHERE — Saturday, April 19 — Every city, every county, every town, everywhere! Freedom Against Tyranny!
The Home of the Brave
There Was a Record 5 to 6 Million People Who Took to the Streets to Stop Trump on Saturday! — And the Only Sound of Silence You Hear is from the Media and the Democratic Party
Massive Crowds Everywhere! And Everywhere You Look, You Will See The True Leaders of This Next Revolution
Get Up! Get Out! Get in the Streets! Mass Protests Saturday Near You!
Simon Rosenberg
Veteran Political Analyst, Strategist and Commentator. 2 Presidential campaigns (incl Clinton War Room), senior roles at DNC, DCCC, NDN. One of the only ones who got 2022 right. On Substack at Hopium Chronciles.
Anyone Who Thinks Trump Is Winning Isn’t Paying Attention
Senator Ruben Gallego On Why America Must Stand With Ukraine, Europe, And NATO
Six States Vote Today, Welcome To The Post-USAID World, Non-Voters And Indies Turn On The Rs
NYT Has Generic Ballot D +11, Ukraine’s Big Battlefield Win, Mortgage Rates And Brent Crude Rising – Trump’s Failures Just Keep Mounting
Trump Gets A Brutal New CBS Poll, WHO Declares Global Health Emergency, New Intvs W/Gov. Shapiro and Ohio’s Amy Acton
Trump Is A Fool, A Coward, And A Traitor
Happy Mother’s Day All
Trump Is Hell Bent On Weakening America And Making Russia And China Great Again
My Conversation With Governor Josh Shapiro
Republicans Are Gerrymandering Because They Are Scared Of The American People, And Of Us – As They Should Be (New Video, Written Analysis)
Meet Dr. Amy Acton, Our Great Candidate Running For Governor Of Ohio
Trump Admits What Has Become Obvious – He Simply Doesn’t Care About The American People Only Himself, His Ridiculous Ballroom, His Fellow Oligarchs
Ugly Inflation Data, Tariffs Ruled Illegal (Again), Failed War, Soaring Unpopularity – Trump Heads To China In A Dangerously Weakened Position
Some Thoughts On What Comes Next
Trump Hits New Polling Low, Putin’s Sad Parade, Magyar Takes Control In Hungary, Expanding Our Maps
Meet Elaine Luria, Our Candidate Fighting To Turn VA-02 Blue
Trump’s Failed War Keeps Failing, His Tariffs Are Struck Down (Again), VA Supreme Court Overturns An Election
Meet Charlie Bailey, Chair of the Ass-Kicking Democratic Party of Georgia
Democrats Are Expanding Our Maps And Competing In Hard To Win Places (New Video & Written Analysis)
Historian Phillips O’Brien Talks Ukraine, Iran And “Taking The Initiative” In War
Putin Breaks a Ceasefire, Trump Stumbles and Retreats in the Gulf, Democrats Overperform in a Special Election (Again)
Eric Croft, Alaska Dem Party Chair, Returns To Hopium To Talk “Expanding The Map” and Winning This November
If Trump Wants The Pentagon Funded The United States Must Side With Europe And Ukraine – Not Russia
My Conversation With Stuart Stevens About Zelenskyy’s Momentum, 61 Years Of The Southern Strategy, The Dems’ Midterm Message And More
Trump And Putin Are Not Winning Their Wars
Reflections On The Return Of Our “Barbarous Ancestors” And The Need For Us To Build Something New
Gas Surges 40 Cents This Week, Louisiana Gov Cancels Primary Elections, “Poll: Trump’s Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval levels”
Callais, 2026 Senate, 2032 – Democrats Are Now Operating With A Very Different National Map (New Video, Written Analysis)
Inflation Has Surged, Our Economy Has Slowed, And Everything Trump Is Doing Is Making It Worse
Katie Phang On Callais, Her New Lawsuit Against The DOJ, And Todd Blanche’s Escalating Lawlessness
An English King Schools Our Wanna Be King, Trump And Blanche Escalate, Hill Republicans Keep Melting Down
Janelle Stelson, Our Great Candidate Running In PA-10, Returns To Hopium For An Update On Her Race
Oil Tops $111 A Barrel, US Gas Prices Surge, Russia Is Failing In Ukraine, Senate And House Rs Are Fighting – Holy Trumpian Sh-tshow Batman!
Meet Jen Jordan And Miracle Rankin, Our Terrific Candidates Running For The Supreme Court Of Georgia
The Strait Of Hormuz Remains Closed, Bennett and Lapid Join Forces in Israel, Spanberger Celebrates Her First 100 Days, Slava Ukraini!
Grateful No One Was Seriously Injured Last Night
New House Dem Media Buy Shows Dems On Offense, Strong, And Expanding The Map
Sherrod Brown – Still Fighting With Everything He’s Got For The People Of Ohio
Ukraine Gets EU Funding Package, Dems Up 6 Points In House Battleground, Peltola Leads In Alaska
Trump’s Failed, Illegal War Is Breaking His Presidency, And The Republican Party Too
Trump’s Terrible Polling Gets Worse, National Battleground Deteriorates Further For GOP – 2026 Has Become A Year Of Opportunity For Democrats
“Yes” Wins In Virginia Tonight – Congratulations Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meet Kathleen Clyde, Chair Of The Democratic Party In Battleground Ohio
Our 2026 Candidates Are Impressive, New National and CA Polls, The AI Wars Have Begun
Meet Senator Sarah Trone Garriott – Minister, Mom, Community Leader, And Proven Winner Working Hard To Flip IA-03 Blue
Meet Mayor Chaz Molder, Our Experienced, Hard-Working Candidate Running In TN-05
It’s Time For The Magical Thinking About The Costs Of Trump’s Failed War To End
Sunday Hopium – The Strait Remains Closed, Trump Is More Far More Mad Than King, Farmers Are Really Struggling in America
Trump’s Ridiculous Story About The Iranian Negotiations Crashes And Burns, And The Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed Once Again
Is MAGA Dying?
The Trump Regime Is Rotting, Decaying, Crumbling, Unraveling, Falling Apart (New Video & Written Analysis)
Imagine If This Moment Was Not About The Ascent of Authoritarians, But About A New Birth Of Global Freedom. Just Imagine…..
Hanging Out, Catching Up, And Breaking It Down With The Contrarians (Video)
More Ugly Economic Data, More Evidence Of What A Historic Failure Trump And His Presidency Have Become
Closing Strong On Vote Yes With Virginia’s Inspiring Speaker, Don Scott
Congress Returns To Trump Breaking The Cease Fire, Attacking The Pope, Orban Falling, Melania Going Rogue, And Inflation Exploding
Orban Concedes – Huge Blow To Trump, Putin, Vance, And The Global Right
Vance Fails In Pakistan, Trump Breaks The Ceasefire And Launches A Naval Blockade, Turn Out In Hungary Is Very Strong
Hungary Votes Tomorrow, Trump Continues To Flounder and Flail, Understanding And Winning In An Evolving Political Battlefield
Meet Rebecca Cooke, Our Terrific Candidate Running In WI-03
Inflation Surges, The War Is Failing, Epstein And Corruption – America Needs New Leadership And A New Direction
The Crisis The World Faces Today Is Trump (New Video, Written Analysis)
Trump Is A Failed President. It’s Time To Start Talking About What Comes Next
Meet Shannon Taylor, A Prosecutor And Battle-Tested Candidate Running To Flip VA-01 Blue
Trump’s Failed War Keeps Failing, Vance Debases Himself In Hungary, The General Election Has Begun
My Conversation With Stuart Stevens Of Lincoln Square
Roy Cooper, Our Great Candidate For US Senate In North Carolina, Returns To Hopium To Update Us On This Must Win Race
Starting The Painful Process Of Picking Up The Pieces From A Failed Trump Presidency
“He Has Gone Insane”
Winning In An Evolving Political Battlefield
A Decent Jobs Report In A Swirl Of Bad Economic News, Escalating Chaos In DC, New Hopium Vote Yes VA Phonebanks
Things Are Bad For Trump and The Republicans. They Are About To Get Much Worse
Defending Our Democracy – A Conversation With Marc Elias
Trump Must Now Fix The Global Mess He’s Made (New Video, Analysis)
Lt. Gov Candidate David Pepper Reports In From Battleground Ohio
The War Has Started Doing Meaningful Damage To Trump’s Standing, Gas Prices Hit $4 A Gallon, Let’s Rock This Filing Deadline People!
Meet State Senator Sean McCann, Fighting Hard To Turn MI-04 Blue
Meet Jamie Ager, Our Terrific Candidate Working To Turn NC-11 Blue
Trump’s Global Crisis Worsens – Where Is Congress?
Hardy Merriman On The Fight For Democracy And Freedom, Here And Everywhere
Inspiring Photos From No Kings Three!
Springsteen’s Powerful”Streets Of Minneapolis” At No Kings Today
It’s No Kings Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Breaking: House Republicans Reject Senate DHS Funding Bill, Johnson Calls It “A Joke”
Indivisible’s Ezra Levin On No Kings, Letting Go, And Building A Mass Pro-Democracy Movement In America
Senate Rs Cave, No Kings Is Here, The Enormous Costs Of Trump’s Ridiculous War Continue To Grow (Revised, Updated)
More Encouraging Dem Wins, Trump’s Three Vietnams, And A New Birth Of Freedom (New Video, Written Analysis)
Big Dem Flips In Florida, Iran War Has Gone To Shit, The “Deal” To Reopen DHS/TSA Falls Apart – The Regime Is Failing, Weakening, Coming Apart
Trump Lied About Iran Talks, DHS Minus ICE Set To Reopen, Poll: Dems Should Be Leaning Into “Elections And Democracy”
Trump’s Three Vietnams And The Wisdom Of The Founders
Sunday Hopium – Trump Escalates In The Middle East, Throws ICE At Our Airports, And Gets An Ugly CBS News Poll
Trump Is Pushing America And The World Into A Dangerous Global Crisis
Friday Notes – Gas Prices Keep Rising, Trump Escalates, Rep. Smith A No On More War Funding
The War Must End Now
Today’s Ugly PPI Inflation Report Is Further Confirmation That Trump Is A Titanic, Vainglorious F*ck Up
The Regime Is Cracking – My Morning Discussion with Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen Of The Contrarian
Meet Christina Bohannan, Working Hard To Flip IA-01 Blue This November
Trump And Trumpism Were Already Failing. The Iran Fiasco May Be Causing Something Akin To A Collapse
Meet Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, Working Hard To Turn PA-08 Blue
This Trump Thing Has Failed, Utterly. Pro-Democracy Forces Must Fight Now For An Urgent, Dramatic Course Correction
Sunday Hopium – Trump Begs The World For Help, Ukrainian Wartech To The Rescue, Senate Rs Getting Worried The Chamber May Flip
Meet Mary Peltola, Our Great Candidate Running For US Senate in Alaska
2,500 Marines Are Headed To The Middle East, Kushner Shakes Down Gulf Leaders, Trump Is A Titanic F*ck Up
Progress In The Sunshine State – Florida Dem Chair Nikki Fried Drops By For A Visit
Inflation Comes In Hot (Again), Nation State AI Propaganda Here Now, New 2026 Battlefield Emerging
Trump Is A Titanic, Vainglorious F*ck Up (New Video, Written Analysis)
Inflation Is Still Running Way Too Hot, Idiots And Fools Are Running Our Country, Thune Stuffs Trump On SAVE
Indivisible’s Ezra Levin On No Kings, Letting Go, And Building A Mass Pro-Democracy Movement In America
Trump’s Knees Are Buckling – For Good Reason
Jo Mendoza Checks In From Arizona
The Third Gulf War Is Both Illegal And A Terrible Mistake. It Needs To End, Now
Trump’s Disastrous New War Spirals Out Of Control
Hopium Turns Three – Thank You All!
Tomorrow – Stand Up For Science’s National Day Of Action – Events In More Than 50 Cities
A Disastrous Jobs Report, Russia Is Helping Iran Attack The US, The War Is Spinning Out Of Control – America Needs A Course Correction, Now
“For The First Time Since 2002 Democrats Outvoted Republicans in Texas” – An Uplifting Conversation With Kendall Scudder, Chair Of The Texas Democratic Party
The Idiocy Is Strong With Trump, Zelenskyy To The Rescue, And An Exciting Update From The Great Anderson Clayton (New Video, Analysis)
Recapping Our Encouraging Election Night With Jen Rubin And Norm Eisen
Another Good Election Night, NC Dems Rock It, All In For James Talarico
On Ukraine, Trump’s New Gulf War, And More – Stuart Stevens Reports In From Kyiv
Trump’s New War, Day 4 – We Are Learning Why Our Founders Gave Congress – Not The President – The Power To Commit Us To War
Trump’s New War, Day 3 – Ongoing Incoherence, Rising Oil Prices, Global Chaos, And Oops! We Are Already Sending In Additional Troops
Notes On Day 2 Of Our Mad King’s New War
Our Addled, Failing, Desperate Leader Wags The Dog, Goes To War, And Declares Himself King (Again)
Spelling Out What We Want To Do, Strong And Weak, Leaning Hard Into No Kings
Trump Should Have Course Corrected This Week. He Didn’t – And 2026 Republicans Are In Trouble (New Video, Written Analysis)
My Post-SOTU Discussion With Katie Phang
The Spanberger and Padilla Addresses – A Better Day Is Coming
Katie Phang Is Coming By At 11am Tomorrow To Talk About Him, And Our Opportunity – Join Us!
New Polls Show People Ain’t Buying What Trump Is Selling, Loss Of Tariff Revenue = Big Problem For GOP, DHS Whistleblower:”They Lied”
Hopium Adds 8 More Candidates To Our “Winning The House” Campaign – LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Slower Economy, Higher Prices, Degraded Health Care, Pretti And Good, Epstein Coverup, Unprecedented Corruption, Unending Chaos – The State Of Our Union Is Troubled
Fighting Trump’s Reckless Assault On Science – A Conversation With Dr. Jenna Norton And Colette Delawalla
The State Of The Union Is That We’ve All Had Enough Of Trump’s Bullshit
The Tariffs Are Gone. What Comes Next May Be Even Worse For Trump – A New Conversation With Dr. Rob Shapiro
The Epstein Scandal Explodes, The Economy Slows, MAHA Moms Revolt, And Yes – F*ck Trump
“He’s Just Protecting Putin” – Dr. Phillips O’Brien On Trump, Ukraine, and Europe
Trump Is Weak, And Now We Must Become Strong (New Video, Written Analysis)
Breaking: Former Prince Andrew Arrested, Ex-South Korean President Given Life For Insurrection
Rep. Delia Ramirez On The Fight Against ICE And For America’s Immigrants
Has Mass Deportation Become A Domestic Vietnam For Trump, Vance, and Miller?
In Iowa It’s A Year Of Opportunity – A New Conversation With Rita Hart, The Hardworking Chair Of The Iowa Democratic Party
Standing Up For Our Neighbors, DHS Overpays Russian $100m for ICE Warehouse, Welcoming The Year Of The Fire Horse
Trump On President’s Day – Rot, Failure, And Decline
Standing Up For Our Neighbors – A Vital Lesson From The Siege Of Minnesota
Some Notes And Tasty Fare For Our Long Holiday Weekend….
n America The Law Is King – My Conversation With Michael Waldman Of The Brennan Center
DHS Runs Out Of Money Tonight, Trump Keeps Retreating, Fighting Anti-Science, Dems Raise The Freedom Flag In Munich
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan on Affordability, Standing Up For Her Country, And Reining In ICE
Trump Is Weaker And Our Movement Is Stronger (New Video, Written Analysis)
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick On Why Detention Centers Are So Central To Trump’s Mass Deportation Strategy
Trump’s Terrible Week – Huge Tariff Loss In House, 2025 Jobs Revised Deeply Downward, Epstein Scandal Metastasizes, Six Patriots Escape His Wrath, Bad New Polls
Rolling Back The Tariffs, Reining In ICE, Blocking The Detention Centers, Forcing Accountability For Epstein Crimes
Bad Bunny:”God Bless America”- Choosing Light Over Darkness, Joy Over Fear, Love Over Hate
Big Win In Louisiana, Fox News Refuses To Air Anti-ICE Ad, Ossoff On “The Epstein Class”
We Must Rein In ICE, The Epstein Scandal Goes Global, Vance Booed In Italy, Joy Is Resistance
On ICE We Are Having The Fight We All Wanted To Have, And Now We Need To Win It (New Video, Written Analysis)
“We Know Enough” – Powerful Testimony From Arizona Against ICE’s Building Of A Massive “Detention” Center There
American People Firmly Behind Drive To Rein In ICE, On The Hill Powerful Stories of ICE’s Violence, Greater Focus Needed On The Detention Centers
“Coming Together” With Oregon AG Dan Rayfield and GovAct’s Julia Spiegel
The Fight To Rein In ICE Starts In Earnest Today, Judge Blocks Haitian TPS Termination, Trump Is Profoundly Unwell, The Regime Creates A Measles Superspreader
“Meeting The Moment” – A New Discussion With Stuart Stevens Of Lincoln Square
Reining In ICE, Reining In Trump – A Big Week Ahead
Sunday Hopium – Working To Ensure Trump Understands There Are Limits To His Power Other Than What’s In His “Own Mind”
The Senate Advances 2 Week Funding Bill For DHS. Now To The House. We Are Now Having The Debate About DHS/ICE We Simply Must Have
Senate Funding Deal Comes Together And Then Falls Apart, Trump Has Lost The Argument on ICE (Badly), Dems Must Stay On Offense, Don Lemon Arrested!
Big Day In The Senate. Make Your Calls. Let’s Rein In ICE For “ICE Is Not A Law Unto Itself”
Inspired By The Courage And Bravery Of The Patriots In Minnesota We Need To Keep Fighting Everyone (Video, Written Analysis)
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