“Back in 1980, boxer Roberto Durán famously threw in the towel after a beating from Sugar Ray Leonard by waving his hand and saying ‘No más!’ (no more!). He was done, out of gas and hurting. Over the next few years, we can expect to hear a similar sentiment from many leftists, as conservatives sharpen our elbows and pummel them with the rules they’ve created and used against us. Make them hate it, make them cry ‘No más!’ and, even as they beg, never, ever let up on them.” (11/12/26)
“Remember last week’s election? The one just a few days ago? The one representing a massive earthquake in American politics? Well, the president doesn’t. The GOP on Capitol Hill doesn’t. And many Democrats don’t seem to. And a whole bunch of pundits don’t. Despite results that marked the biggest electoral shift in House races since the mid-1970s, with the victories of countless candidates whose message was a promise of change, a condemnation of corrupt leaders, a corrupt political system, and a rigged economy that offers ever greater riches for the rich and a smaller and smaller piece of the pie to most of society… despite all that, we are seeing denialism on an epic and dangerous scale.” (11/11/26)
“On Election Night, Representative Robert Garcia, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, described one agenda that congressional Democrats could pursue over the next two years: investigating the ‘Trump Crime Family,’ as his office put it in a statement. His message was, ‘Lawyer up.’ This tack would be a mistake. The new Democratic majorities should instead take advantage of the fissures now emerging between President Trump and his party to pursue their own legislative goals.” (11/11/26)
“Fear has become a currency in America’s immigration system, and two federal lawsuits raise the disturbing question of whether it is being monetized. Camila Overmyer, an Indiana-based beauty influencer turned immigration commentator, is accused of using Spanish-language TikTok livestreams to convince frightened immigrants seeking humanitarian relief that their lawyers may have implicated them in fraud. The complaints allege that she solicited contracts, immigration records, and sworn statements while directing viewers toward competing attorneys. One lawsuit further alleges that Overmyer acknowledged receiving commissions when referrals became paying clients. The allegations remain contested, but they expose a danger larger than any dispute among law firms: What happens when someone without identified legal training gains immigrants’ trust, undermines their existing counsel, and may profit from directing them elsewhere?” (11/12/26)
“For Israeli authorities and their supporters, maintaining the flow of U.S. arms to Israel is far more important than who pays for them. If Israel—rather than U.S. taxpayers—pays for a bomb, that does not mitigate the bomb’s impact when Israel drops it on a Palestinian family. The United States will remain complicit in Israeli genocide and apartheid as long as U.S. arms keep flowing. The new Congress should end all U.S. arms transfers to Israel. It can start by removing the $3.8 billion in military aid from fiscal 2027 appropriations and by blocking supplemental military funding.” (11/11/26)
“Say you’re a Republican, and you’re in charge of the Early Voting Ballot Board. That’s the room where mail and provisional ballots get accepted or rejected, and where the post-election hand count gets done. Say you’d like that room a little less crowded with witnesses. And if anybody complains about irregularities? Easy. Call them a sore-loser Democrat. You have one problem. Texas law. Section 87.002(c) says the board needs the same number of members from each party’s list. Worse, every member swears an oath never to handle ballots alone, only alongside someone from another party. Annoying. So here’s the playbook.” (11/11/26)
