mistermix

mistermix

@heymistermix.com

Some reverse pyromaniac. Formerly balloon-juice.com now heymistermix.com. heymistermix@proton.me Perhaps some day, over a glass of whiskey that I accept, despite my gastritis, we could talk frankly about this.

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NY Times Pitchbot
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

(1/X) It's striking to me how little anyone seems to care that Trump is openly working for Russia now, that he's openly participating in the mass slaughter of Ukrainians. It would be inaccurate to say that he's received less criticism for this than Obama got for wearing a tan suit...

mistermix
@heymistermix.com

South Dakota is a very red state. I have a lot of relatives there, members of both parties. Kristi Noem will never win a Republican primary there for Senate or House, she's arguably termed out as governor, plus she'd lose that primary, too. She's a grifter and SD voters know it.

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Brian Beker
@brianbeker.bsky.social

So please tell me again why it would be wrong to nationalize a company whose tech its owner uses to help Russia defeat our ally? SpaceX must be nationalized. Period. And Elon Musk treated like the criminal he is. Otherwise America accepts that it is powerless against money.

mistermix
@heymistermix.com

From her, I believe it.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov

This is the most corrupt President in history. He doesn't even hide it, but this Republican Congress is too afraid to even criticize him. A Democratic Congress will investigate the corruption and hold Trump accountable.

mistermix
@heymistermix.com

More savvy political advice leaking out from a panicked mashed potato brain. That said, I'd pay big money to watch it.

mistermix
@heymistermix.com

Kay who writes at our blog watched the Collins/Jackson debate and says Collins "won" in the 2012 or 2016 sense, but this is 2026. I think that's right about a lot of the political traditions the DC press venerates. They're an anchronisms. Her post: heymistermix.com/p/collins-v-...

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jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.

bit.lyThe Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian BigotryA Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.
mistermix
@heymistermix.com

This is a good thread. Related, on Instagram I follow a mix of outdoor influencers and Mexican artists/politicians. Multiple posts about how the women were bullied by men and how they fought back. No coincidence I think.

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social

This is slightly out of my normal lane, and I could charge six (hell maybe seven) figure to deliver this message as a consultant, but I’m gonna do it for free. Because I’m ✨enraged✨ People in the think tank/policy/inside the beltway DC world have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE how mad people are abt Cornell. 🧵

mistermix
@heymistermix.com

Shit just got real.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

BREAKING New York Governor Kathy Hochul has exercised her executive authority to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case involving men accused of raping a woman at a Cornell University fraternity house.

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Patrick De Haan
@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social

my live fuel clock showing Americans now have spent $70 billion more on filling up with gasoline since March 1 (vs same period a yr ago) and $44 billion more on diesel (same dates) for a total of ~$114.2 billion spent over this time.

mistermix
@heymistermix.com

The diarrhea presidency.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

President Trump signed an executive order to help ranchers bypass USDA-inspected processing facilities. https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-signs-executive-order-ranchers-cattle-beef-usda-inspection-processing-facilities

notus.orgTrump Signs Order to Help Ranchers Bypass USDA-Inspected Processing FacilitiesHe characterized the move as an effort to reduce smaller ranchers’ reliance on a handful of large meat-packers.
mistermix
@heymistermix.com

One of my readers says her view of polls is 55% for the Dem is comfortable -- it deals with margin of error plus sampling uncertainty. Probably makes sense. This one tells us nothing other than AK is a very close race.

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social

Alaska - Senate Polling: 🔵Peltola: 51% 🔴Sullivan: 49%* Alaska Survey Research / Aug 23, 2026 (Current Model Result In AK-SEN is DEM 49.2% - GOP 49.1%) usapolling.substack.com/p/democrats-...

usapolling.substack.comDemocrats Still Lead Where It Matters MostThe generic ballot keeps inching closer, but state polls are saying something else