Comms @cygnal. American-born, Colorado-made. Fmr. Capitol Hill press flack. Bitcoin advocate. @UNC_Colorado alum. Observer of misgovernment.
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Just remember that 99% of the vitriol and nastiness you spew on social media you'd likely not say if you were standing face-to-face with the person(s) to which your attacks are targeted.
What would bring GOP midterm defectors back?
@cygnal asked:
Fix the economy/lower prices: 16%
Listen/help working-class people: 15%
End the Iran war: 13%
Another 15% said nothing would.
Some openings for Republicans.
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Who leads the Democratic Party?
- 38% name no one or aren’t sure
- AOC leads named figures at 8%
Meanwhile, the early Democratic '28 field:
- Buttigieg: 18%
- AOC: 18%
- Harris: 14%
- Newsom: 12%
- Unsure: 21%
Per @cygnal’s post-mortem:
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An early look at the GOP Primary '28 from @cygnal's midterm post-mortem poll:
- Rubio: 34%
- Vance: 31%
- DeSantis: 14%
Among traditional Republicans:
- Rubio: 36%
- Vance: 30%
Interesting starting point.
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"Candidates ride the tide or get crushed by it. The anger at Trump moved around and underneath LePage, but he didn’t budge."
@cygnal's @ChrisLaneMA writes in @realDailyWire how Paul LePage was the GOP's political unicorn amid the blue wave.
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WATCH: @cygnal pollster @nickweinstein breaks down the Senate GOP's renewed sense of urgency to get key judicial appointments through while they still have the majority.
"It's what's best for the country."
Via @NEWSMAX
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Well, well, well
Rep. Ro Khanna sold $NVDA right before Nvidia's CEO admitted to having a Chinese spy side piece
He's a member of the following:
- Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party Committee
- Taiwan Caucus
- High Tech Caucus
Apparently, federal agents informed some lawmakers last year that Jensen Huang might be the target of a foreign intelligence operation
He avoided a ~26% dip
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Happy Veterans Day
Thanks to all who have served
Refresher:
Memorial Day: honors those that paid the ultimate sacrifice
Armed Forces Day: honoring those currently serving
Veterans Day: honoring those who served
MUST READ op-ed by @brentbuc in the @DailyMail:
"Republicans told @cygnal why they made that decision: Broken promises, lies and corruption led the list, followed by weak candidates, the Iran war and high prices. Only about one in eight named Trump, his family, or his admin as the reason they abandoned the party."
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“When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”
—Golda Meir
Just another night in the lands of Mamdani.
🚨🇺🇸 ATERRADOR: Dos policías musulmanes en Nueva York detuvieron a una mujer sin motivo aparente, más allá del hecho de que ella estaba paseando a su perro.
La acorralaron y amenazaron con confiscar a su perro. Al ser cuestionados, reaccionaron con enojo y no pudieron precisar qué ley había infringido ella.
Esto es lo que sucede cuando se le otorga poder a este tipo de personas. Solo puedo decir que ella tuvo suerte de que hubiera transeúntes cerca, porque eran las 3 de la madrugada y la situación podría haber terminado mucho peor.
Vía @realMaalouf
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WATCH: @cygnal pollster @nickweinstein tells @NEWSMAX Trump was elected on two issues: the economy and immigration.
"He addressed immigration in a decisive way that receded from the minds of average voters, and it became all about the economy."
He also says the GOP will have to look at the way campaigns allocate resources and really ask if the millions spent on TV ads, for example, were effective with the voters they needed to turn out.
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LISTEN: "Two things happened that took us from a blue wave to a blue tsunami to a blue interstellar wave..."
@brentbuc's expert analysis with @cygnal data on 'In the Weeds' podcast with the legendary @toddcstacy at the @ALDailyNews.
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Salon wrote some of the best satire we've ever seen. If these brilliant humorists couldn't keep the lights on, what does that mean for the rest of us?
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege. salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
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FEWER AMERICANS SAY ISRAEL-PALESTINE IMPACTED THEIR VOTE.
In 2002, 45% of American voters told Gallup the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was extremely important to their vote for Congress. This year, it was 35%. That's 10 percentage points lower.
Voters said their top issues this year were the economy and healthcare.
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Despite the noise on this app, it is indeed possible to be a friend and ally to the state of Israel, and the Israeli people, to have given strong support to Israel for their God-given right to respond to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack with all necessary military force-
and to simultaneously recognize that the Trump decision to hit Iran just got Republicans annihilated in the midterms and may deliver 2028 to the communists here at home. Concern about America's future, first and above others, is a natural instinct of every patriot.
The costs of Iran are being debated vigorously right now, which they should, along with the imminence of the nuclear threat and the handling of the aerial campaign. But it would be wrong- and politically unwise- for the staunchest allies of Israel in this country to insist anyone who recognizes the electoral price of the Iran war is no longer a friend of Israel, or even an anti-Semite. And this approach will only strengthen the position within the Right of those voices who act in bad faith and wish to undermine the Jewish state at every turn.
We will get through this. But we must all remember who our friends are, and not confuse them with enemies.
Journalism excellence from the @nytimes for putting a Tennessee Democrat congressman as Republican challenger in California.
Attention to detail is not a hallmark here.
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