Progressive politico, school activist, attorney; proud dad of girl & 2 boys, Iowa-born son of immigrants from India, Iowa State alumnus & from a Cyclone family.

Falls Church, VA
DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
my sister lives in gwinnett county and says she sees 0 about KLB and knows nothing about her but is seeing ossoff and tons of rick jackson
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Trump is still traveling with Natalie.
Natalie Harp shows Trump and Sen. Hagerty something on a laptop in their box at the Tennessee-Texas football game (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
A great example of why the GOP wants our education system underfunded while it creates a deficit of people capable of critical thinking.
Trump's 2024 election victory exposed that the democrat party doesn't actually even have any blue states, just a bunch of really big blue sanctuary cities full of illegal immigrants that are voting.
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Yup. I'm betting on 53 as the top of my probability bell curve, and I know that's a seat or two higher than most people. I'm long on record with ME; NC; OH; IA; TX; and AK. Kansas is 7, Nebraska 8, and South Carolina 9, all three less than 50-50 to me now, but Kansas is close.
Replying to @ASDem
Put it to you like this: I’d bet on 54 before I bet on 49 (I think 50-53 is where we end up, which is not a hot take at all)
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
Replying to @DCCyclone
FL comes in rapid fire. And I'm not even including FL-27 which may well flip
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
Normal people are upset about the high prices Trump failed to fix. Then they see he’s focused on a battle with … cnn 🤣🤣 the little bitch energy is so strong
LMAO - does fake news and their activist judges actually think they’re gonna win against Trump here? 🤡
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
For the first time since at least 1982, deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties across America. This demographic shift may already be reshaping US voting patterns. bit.ly/4hpvwUK
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This is a good take. These states all have the first poll closings.
I'm expecting the House to be called for Ds as early as shortly after the polls close at 8 EST (in 2010 it was hust before 9). If Ds hold 3 of the 4 redistricted seats, have decent leads in 2 VA seats & are nip'n'tuck or slightly ahead in IN-5 & KY-6, the writing is on the wall
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
KLB is the nominee because nobody knew who the other candidates were and Black women make up a significant number of the Dem electorate Endorsements don’t matter when a result like this is already baked in. Esteves was supported by most of the legislature and it didn’t matter
She’s only the nominee because Biden endorsed her. Another reason to hate Biden
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Agree. Who?
Obviously it won't happen but the Missouri Legislature should impeach and remove Denny Hoskins from office.
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Seeing grown adults argue AGAINST a 32-hour work week is insane. Get a hobby. Read a book. See your friends. Touch grass. Fall in love. Do literally anything. Life was never supposed to be work, sleep, repeat until you die.
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
You voted to confirm the OMB Director.
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration.  This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse.    This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.     Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.  OMB is an agency of the executive branch.  It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.   The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.   I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
Community note
Senator Collins voted to confirm OMB Director Vought, despite Vought’s known support for the President’s efforts to impound Congressionally-approved funds. thehill.com/homenews/senat… thehill.com/homenews/senat…
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
I’m not trying to say this is science or predictive, it’s just anecdotal, so take it FWIW…but I’ve never heard this many three-time Trump voters in places like Texas, Iowa, Kansas, and Ohio specifically use the “E” word before right now. They say they are “embarrassed” of Trump. Plenty will still vote for him…but this is NEW as I’ve talked to these voters for multiple election cycles.
Maggie Haberman Says 'Every Republican I Talk To Is Completely Freaked Out' mediaite.com/media/news/magg…
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
Ken Paxton is going to be the next Senator from Texas as long as we take nothing for granted. Don't fall for the Fake News' "anonymous sources." Don't fall for the demoralization ops. And especially don't get complacent. Get out and vote to send the best Attorney General Texas has ever had to the U.S. Senate.
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
Replying to @EricHeggie
This could go either way though. If they show up they may be underrepresented in polling.
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
This stood out from this: "We're having problems just getting Republican voters to respond to polls," said one national Republican pollster. "At what point do we think these guys aren't showing up at the actual polls on Election Day?"
GOP election outlook goes from bad to "craptastic" axios.com/2026/09/26/trump-r…
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
I appreciate "the Republicans are starting to panic" stories, but would like to see more of them. A lot more.
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration.  This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse.    This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.     Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers.  OMB is an agency of the executive branch.  It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.   The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.   I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
Community note
Senator Collins voted to confirm OMB Director Vought, despite Vought’s known support for the President’s efforts to impound Congressionally-approved funds. thehill.com/homenews/senat… thehill.com/homenews/senat…
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
I post a lot about how fucked up MAGA men are. Don’t let that distract from the fact - MAGA women are 10 times worse than MAGA men. Pure Fucking Evil.
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DCCyclone (now mostly at dccyclone.bsky.social) retweeted
Replying to @PatrickSvitek
This would be like a Dem going to a rally in NYC and being like “it’s fucking genius. It gets Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey all in the same DMA. All of which are vulnerable for some reason”
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