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Head dude @MasterPancake. @Jeopardy Champ. Heavy into lots of different worlds.

Austin, TX
Joined March 2009
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John Erler retweeted
To give you an idea: #FL14 was expected to be a tossup. But with 73% of the vote counted, Kathy Castor (D) is up by 13 points.
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John Erler retweeted
Zach Dembo with a 90% chance to FLIP KY-6
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John Erler retweeted
Welp. Let's get to it: This is not a good early set of results for Republicans in Kentucky's 6th. Republican candidate Ralph Alvarado is significantly underperforming in the early results for this Trump +15 seat. This seat gives some early cues on the size of the wave.
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Indiana U.S. House District 5 Hamilton County, IN (Early Vote): 🔴 2024: Spartz +4 🔵 2026: Ford +27 This 31-point swing toward Democrats is significant. Victoria Spartz, whom VoteHub rates Likely R, is now in serious trouble. IN-05 is a genuinely competitive race.
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John Erler retweeted
Jesus. The Democratic nominee for Indiana Secretary of State, Beau Bayh, is absolutely crushing his benchmarks right now in this Trump +19 state. He's absolutely a favorite to flip this office at the moment.
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John Erler retweeted
Collin and Denton County are in for the first day. Prior primary voters swung 19.2 points toward Democrats. This is the first meaningful partisan interpretation of the in person early voting.
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John Erler retweeted
All disrespect intended. Shut the entire fuck up, Matthew McConaughey. We're beyond capacity of entitled white men running their mouths.
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All due respect Congressman @RoKhanna -- this entire thread started with you attacking Newsom for "shilling." Sounded kind of like a personal attack to me, rather than just focusing on the positives of the ballot initiative you support. But if you are not for going after people personally, that's good news!
Thanks @MarkPocan and for your vision and leadership. There is also a difference between a debate with others in our party over issues (billionaire tax, medicare for all, repealing Laken Riley, no aid to Israel) and going after people personally. I'm for the former, not latter.
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We made an ep at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX that you can listen to now! @fantasticfest @highballaustin @elkmating
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John Erler retweeted
Had a blast interrupting THE DUNGEONMASTER aka RAGE WAR yesterday at Fantastic Fest with co-interrupters Doug Mellard, Roxy Castillo and John Erler. Thanks to James Pound for bringing in that weird ass movie! @fantasticfest @MasterPancake @elkmating
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I dunno man, it’s not like he’s just a regular old normal president. I get that everyone is invested in Mamdani being perfect, but that press conference was pretty gross. Liz Cheney made it her life’s mission to ensure that Trump wasn’t normalized. She went down swinging.
can someone help explain to neera why campaigning with a Cheney is different than having a meeting with the president of the united states
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Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data. wapo.st/4xtFlaf
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John Erler retweeted
The media was so creative when prices were high under Biden. Remember when milk was up and they found a family that went through 7 gallons a week and interviewed them? Now that prices are even higher now under trump, they’ve somehow lost their spark
If Biden were president with $6.40 diesel, Fox News would have a countdown clock and a correspondent permanently stationed at a truck stop.
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#TXGOV Democratic nominee Gina Hinojosa has raised over $1 million in the 36 hours since the release of the Siena poll showing her up, per her campaign
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New - Kansas Senate 🔵 Adam Hamilton 45% (+2) 🔴 Roger Marshall 43% 🟡 David Graham 4% 2024 - Trump +16 Emerson #A - LV - 9/16
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KANSAS POLL - Senate 🟦 Adam Hamilton: 45% 🟥 Roger Marshall: 43% 🟨 David Graham: 4% Emerson (A) | 9/15-16 | 750 LV emersoncollegepolling.com/ka…
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John Erler retweeted
Gloria Steinem on Dolly Parton, 1987: "If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both."
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John Erler retweeted
The whole point of Talarico’s candidacy was that he would bring in white and Latino voters and Jasmine could not. Jasmine cant help him with those voters and if she campaigned with him she would hurt him with those voters. It’s best she stay away.
COATES: Will you campaign with Talarico? CROCKETT: I will be campaigning down ballot COATES: Why? CROCKETT:
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One humbling thought—Bill Clinton’s 1993 tax increases were the largest permanent, standalone tax increase since 1951. They would raise the equivalent of $3.3T over 2030-39. That shouldn’t serve as a ceiling but as an acknowledgement of historical ambition 2029 could require.
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