Jay Marcellus

this is honestly invigorating—maybe because the US far right has been on the rise most of my life, maybe because it suggests why the far right being unpopular is not enough. mostly: because it gives us something we can do

Fellow US folks, read this. 2 weeks ago it seemed like 2024 US election dynamics were doomed to repeat in Brazil. This is information warfare against billionaires. Boldness, creativity, mass mobilization — we have to drown out the right’s story, not appease or debunk or debate it.

the contrast between seeing US democrats fall over themselves to embrace idiot transphobia all year and tonight seeing footage of the president embracing my (trans) congresswoman, Erika Hilton, at the election night party

Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

One benefit of holding leaders accountable for crimes is that if Flávio Bolsonaro tries to overturn this election, he knows exactly where he’d end up. In prison, next to his father.

WOW. Serbia and Brazil 💜 💜💜💜May U.S. voters follow your lead next week.

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.

I'm deadly serious about this: every Republican should be shown this photo on TV and asked if they repudiate/reject/renounce Musk. And if not, why not.

Every word of this. I am losing my mind.

newrepublic.com/article/2150...

Sometimes I get overwhelmed by the dissonance of trying to keep things light and playful and safe for my child, all while this regime assaults and traffics and kills kids. What the fuck are we doing.

This is correct, but also another reason why Democrats have to lean into accountability and oversight as hard as possible when they retake Congress. It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs.

Put simply -- either Democrats hold Republicans accountable for this mess when they retake Congress, or voters will blame Democrats for it down the line.

A beautiful reflection on the grief, trauma, and complicated feelings of miscarriage— especially in 2026 in the U.S.

FLIP IN FLORIDA: The Democratic-backed slate has flipped the school board of Sarasota County. This is a county of 400K that went for Trump by 18%. It's also where Bridget Ziegler has been on the school board. Dem-backed candidates just flipped 2 seats, adding to the 2 they already had (out of 5).

lmao at Iddin-Sin, an ungrateful little shit of yore

A difficult piece but please read it, share it, and act on it anyway. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Got flipped off by a guy trying to cut me off in the elementary school pick up line, which feels spot on for 2026

I think we overhype the ideological split in the Democratic Party. It’s less progressive vs moderate and more courage of our convictions vs cowardice of conventional wisdom

The pedophile protector regime wants to force kids to beg for their lives alone in immigration court. Call your Member of Congress, tell them to demand HHS pay what they owe the lawyers representing 20,000 unaccompanied kids & let them keep doing their jobs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Man, what a chapter. I need to catch my breath. What a journey!! Jane motherfuckin Austen is the best to ever do it.

You could write a whole thesis on the rhetorical brilliance of the wording "I think California transplants like Ken Paxton can become Texans"

For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚

Last thing on yesterday’s Edsall piece: had I known he was also pushing this on immigration and crime, I’d have had LOTS more to say (with more research to back it up). Publishing that after ICE had just murdered 2 dads in the span of a week… is something. (He only asked me about trans people.)

Already seeing advice from punditocracy that Dems ought to tack to the right to (ironically) raise the saliency and affirm the positions of Republicans on so-called "cultural issues." Let's ask Keir Starmer how well this worked - I hear he has loads of free time.

There IS a slam dunk platform for Dem candidates. It’s taking on the fascists and their billionaire backers.

None of these people are okay, all these social strictures are ridiculous, and somehow I care about all this VERY MUCH. Goddammit, Jane Austen.

once again saying: Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

Would be nice if pundits telling Dems what they have to do to in order to win in red states actually, I dunno, listened to Dems who have repeatedly won in red states time.com/article/2026...

Can we all agree that before listening to NYT opinion (or WaPo) columnist on what Dems need to do to win, they have to show they have at least 1 Dem electoral or policy win in the past 5 years? Otherwise, it’s as useful as a fart. Everyone has one, no one wants to hear it, and it stinks.

A must-read (and excellent sequel to Bringing a Survey to a Gunfight)

Gah! Forgot to add caveat that this study analyzes elections across many different countries and focuses on EU context, not US. I personally think that strengthens the point — how this strategy fails everywhere — but it’s true it doesn’t show this one way or the other for the US