News I want to share. 11-11-2026

NEW from me + @paulblumenthal.bsky.social: Dems' wins in state legislatures are still piling up, and just wow:549 seats flipped.12 chambers flipped.13 GOP supermajorities busted.22 Democratic trifectas. A "shattering of Republicans’ control of the states." http://www.huffpost.com/entry/democr…

— Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) 2026-11-10T14:39:29.698Z

McGovern: "They do not listen. Speaker Johnson said yesterday that 'the voters made the wrong choice.' Are you kidding me? … you just ain't listening."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-11-10T17:30:22.451Z

Meta expands Instagram’s AI age-guessing tech globally

— TechCrunch (@techcrunch.com) 2026-11-09T15:36:21Z

Freedom Caucus lays out legislative priorities for lame-duck sessionThe conservative group is also pushing GOP leaders to not leave Capitol Hill until the list of demands is met. http://www.politico.com/live-updates…

— Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) 2026-11-09T18:11:16.645Z

Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar emerged victorious against a Republican challenger, showing how President Trump may have miscalculated in pushing a state redistricting effort and granting Cuellar a presidential pardon. on.wsj.com/4iXdCe0

— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-11-04T06:03:45.255394Z

NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-2077 Democrats voted YES on the bill: – Jared Golden- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez- Henry Cuellar- Tom Suozzi- Laura Gillen- Don Davis- Vicente GonzalezOne Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie

— Andrew Solender (@andrewsolender.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T21:42:02.099Z

Rep. Henry Cuellar won a Trump pardon and beat a gerrymander. Will his colleagues protect him?

— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) 2026-11-07T22:00:12.539Z

Cuellar and his wife, charged with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy, were pardoned in December. In a social media post, Trump indicated he expected Cuellar to run as a Republican.

— Texas Public Radio (@texaspublicradio.bsky.social) 2026-10-10T03:24:36.902Z

‘Loyalty does matter’: Trump backs Tijerina again, attacks Cuellar for not switching parties Source: Laredo Morning Times share.newsbreak.com/jtv0x27k?s=i16

— Dennis M. Taylor (@dmt4mt.bsky.social) 2026-10-11T16:22:49.764Z

NYC ICE chief fires back at far-left politicians seeking to abolish agency: 'Change the law'https://fascinating.news/r/bVEjwGzS

— American News Daily (@american-news-day.bsky.social) 2026-11-09T15:28:03.244Z

Yes.We must put forward humane, comprehensive immigration reform.

— Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (@jayapal.house.gov) 2026-11-08T23:00:10.692962635Z

ICE's misfits; Trump's mass deportation push has led to bottom-of-the-barrel types being given a badge and a gun by ICE, including:- a Detroit cop who shot a teenager in the back and killed him- an NYPD detective who stole $3,000 in champagne- an Arkansas cop fired for anger management issues

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2026-11-10T14:45:10.778Z

Massie: "I hope Hegseth addresses the 8 articles of impeachment, and doesn‘t get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and call everybody fat and gay. I may have just given you half his speech, I don't know."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-11-09T20:49:49.529Z

BREAKING: House Republicans kill effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-11-10T23:04:22Z

BYRON DONALDS: I didn't really hear any Republicans try to blame gas prices on BidenWELKER: We had a number of Republicans on this show who pointed the finger at Biden

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-11-08T16:04:26.287Z

WATCH: Byron Donalds Hits Ron DeSantis for Accusing House GOP of Trying to ‘Gaslight’ by Blaming Biden

— Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2026-11-08T20:10:57Z

Mamdani says more help is coming to homeless New Yorkers living outside this winter gothamist.com/news/mamdani…

— Gothamist (@gothamist.com) 2026-11-09T09:02:26.752767Z

Three holdout states could reconsider Medicaid expansion after Democratic election victories shift power in Texas, Georgia, and Wisconsin. https://www.statnews.com/2026/11/10/medicaid-expansion-holdout-states-midterm-election-power-shift/

— STAT (@statnews.com) 2026-11-10T15:20:47.426153849Z

House Democrats plan more prominent placement for Jan. 6 memorial plaque http://www.politico.com/live-updates…

— Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-11-09T10:11:13.439Z

Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump’s construction projects are being destroyed http://www.cnn.com/2026/11/10/p…

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2026-11-10T15:13:09.971Z

USDA policy shift would cut millions of people off food aid programpoliti.co/4endL83

— Politico (@politico.com) 2026-11-09T19:35:41.608Z

Democrats first order of business has to be to reverse the Medicaid and SNAP cuts.

— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2026-11-08T01:31:35.115Z

U.S. Received $12 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Revenues, Secret Report Shows http://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/w…

— Judi Brown (@judiwgs.bsky.social) 2026-11-10T14:22:33.745Z

Trump posts as president of the United States but he's allowed to sell early access to his posts for more convenient insider trading. Just obscene vile corruption:

— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) 2026-11-10T02:04:28.935Z

🤯 even Hassett can't spin hotter than expected inflation data: "It's a disappointing report … things have accelerated over the last three months … the trickle down from higher energy prices is definitely very palpable in the data"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-11-10T14:38:50.819Z