Always worth consuming. And a sobering reminder of how much has changed since Obama won the state twice. Florida is a checkmate electoral college move when it’s blue. Need to find a way back on the regular.

Some thoughts on the new primary calendar and the obstacles and opportunities it presents. Opinion | What It Will Take to Win the 2028 Democratic Presidential Nomination - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opini…

This video is all net.

It was a meaningful week in Chicago. Perhaps most so because it was a reminder when a collection of people have that blend of missionary spirit and mercenary skill and for a period are their best selves, doing their best work for the best reasons, there is nothing more powerful.

Stellar.

This is not snack food content. Takes thought and time but highly suggest getting smarter on what we could all be dealing with and what it would take to protect all of us.

Tariffs, higher prices, punishing our allies and the Greenland weirdness are all wildly unpopular. Trump’s latest announcement pours all these poisonous ingredients into one toxic stew. His vassals in districts and states with tough races need to pay the political price.

Some thoughts on the road ahead. The only real remedy to what the country is enduring is a sustained period where MAGA is not in power. To do that Dems have to get back to not just competing everywhere but have a plausible shot at winning in a lot more places. The math unrelentingly makes it so. Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now nytimes.com/2026/01/15/opini… via @NYTOpinion

In the end, Burgermeister Meisterburger treatment might be how it ends.

Hope. obama.org/programs/leaders/

Unless it’s to get rid of the debt ceiling permanently, there should no Dem votes to raise it prematurely now. A lot of talk about mandates, landslides and trifectas. Let those claiming absolute power use some of it to deal with the debt ceiling next year.

Little solace if you wanted a different outcome. But it is worth noting as some claim a grand mandate that Trump is now below 50% of the vote. 49.87-48.25. Margin will continue to shrink. He ran 3 times and never passed 50. Heading to dplouffe.bsky.social.

It was a privilege to spend the last 100 days with @KamalaHarris and the amazing staff led by @jomalleydillon who left it all on the field for their country. We dug out of a deep hole but not enough. A devastating loss. Thanks for being in the arena, all of you.

It’s helpful, from experience, to be closing a Presidential campaign with late deciding voters breaking by double digits to you and the remaining undecideds looking more friendly to you than your opponent. Close race, turnout and 4 days of hard work will be key. But good mo.

This guy is clearly not liking his internal briefings on the state of the race in Pennsylvania.

For your opponent, hard agree.

A great update for everyone by @jomalleydillon on where the race stands. Rather be us than them but a lot of voters who need to be reached in the close to get us over the finish line. Please sign up to help if you can. Let’s go win this f’ing thing.