Phang: Good for Pritzker, good for Hochul, good for Newsom—good for these other Democratic governors who are saying, “You know what? F off.” We’re not going to let people in these other states—people who are under attack and trying to do the right thing for their constituents—go without support
Full video from Katie Phang’s YouTube channel here: youtu.be/c72G0K6hmcM
Wow. This is happening again?
The MAGA in the Texas legislature are finally after trump and his cripple sycophant! They were promised by 500,000 ppl they would never be elected if they went ahead with the bill, then the MAGAts turned on Abbott and his orange shitstain! I do love Mondays!
Just a friendly note here to help everybody calibrate what an actual fleeing-without-purpose coward looks like. (extra points if you recall that he was NOT actually born in Texas)
I thought the news was about Texas state reps leaving. Is it actually about US reps from Texas? Or something else?
(pained sigh) So Abbott calls the quorum busters "cowards", when really they are trying to prevent Abbott from being subservient to Trump. It seemed like fun to take a shot at Ted Cruz who fled Texas cowardly during an Ice Storm that killed people. (also Ted's a Senator btw) Questions?
Cancun Cruz
Cruz is literally a canadian-born anchor baby. fuck him
Okay but don't blame Canada, we don't want Ted Cruz either.🇨🇦
We don’t blame you . He’s a do nothing idiot who doesn’t care about any of the people in his state.
Rats. (Why does every Canadian I know say the same thing?...Dammit.) : )
He's running back to Canada this time!
I believe Calgary,Alberta,Canada! We don't do take backs either!😝
Once again, I have yet to meet a Canadian willing to take him back. Dammit. : )
He’s a millionaire who went to Princeton and Harvard, and his wife is the one with all the money. These people are the real privileged and elitist and just act like fools to bilk their constituents.
Canada here, we saw what was coming early and kicked him out of 🇨🇦 it was clear he did not have our values. He is your problem.
You cruel cruel heartless bastards.... : )
Cool fight, but when are they going to have the same fight for the palestinian people?
Indeed
If the republicans are going to cheat, as they have been for years, then the democrats can cheat too. Level the playing field. No more losing due to republican cheating. DON'T FEED THE OLIGARCHS
I am loving Dark Katie.
Me too!!!
Republicans rely on Democrats playing by the rules while they destroy our country. I say do what needs to be done Dems.
Just failed to realize different game different rules . . .fuck the high road in this moment
Our democracy is in play…
Thank you Katie!
Dems can’t afford to go high anymore. They can’t play the party games when all the rules are broken. It’s about time they figured that out.
We will bend but not break
All three have eyes on 2028 yet all three are staunch zionists silent on the bipartisan funded Israeli genocide on Palestine and thus will suffer the same fate as the appointed nitwit. #GenocidalUniparty
except one remaining huge problem apparently buried in Project2025 or some other nasty corner of the cabinet of this administration they are going to require all voting machines be federally certified and only one or two companies will be approved if Musk "knows those vote counting computers" ...
I mean let's hope Elon is not up for another round this time given their falling out, so I'm not sure that holds as much water
they just gave Musk another $29 Billion he can literally spend one million dollars a day for the rest of his life and still have many millions left people like him get high on controlling everyone else at that point he'll be back, worse than ever, he can buy ANYTHING now
Rules for thee, not for me. Typical Democrats!!!
Quick heuristic here: see glasses, change the channel.
The day the left takes back power they need to be ruthless and use their own tactics against them.
So much for MEN BEING MEN! Bunch of pantywipes! And GOP ever wave the flag of men being immasculayed! Excellent example of sissies! What woman would touch any of them?
Spot on Katie Phang.
Waiting on Murphy to join the crowd.
Yeah. He’s been too quiet on this. It’s not like he’s up for reelection so he should just go ahead and do it.
He needs to do it since he’s done after the election. Let this be the last thing he does to save democracy.
I don't think NY can redraw before the midterms. It'll require a state constitutional amendment to do so. Not sure what their plan is. It could take up to two election cycles to do so sadly
We're watching the next phase of Civil War 2.0 up close. Here it comes.
Talk is cheap. Let’s see what actions get taken before we start handing out medals.
The whole “when they go low, we go high” slogan needs to be tossed out the window. You don’t bring a handshake to a firefight.
Is it too early to point out the democrats who fled Texas, ran to one of the most heavily gerrymandered states in the country? Someone, please make that make sense.
We’ve got your back.💙🇺🇸
Fight fire with fire. Nothing wrong with that.
ABSOLUTELY ON POINT !! Dems should man the Fuck up !!!!
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Exactly!!😵💫🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Support is good, but only if these governors are actually doing the right thing for their constituents. Political loyalty shouldn't be the only criteria.
The sad part is our current SCOTUS majority believes it is legal to dis-enfranchize millions of people! Nothing will change until republicans manage to break everything to the point where MAGAs feel real pain from all of this nonsense! How much damage can they do before there is a correction?
If I’m California, I gerrymander the hell out of the state- creating just ONE or TWO districts loaded with GOP voters, and ALL the other districts rigged for blue voters. The GOP district will probably look like a long, skinny snake, resembling the GOP leaders.
That's what they did here in Louisiana. Some of the districts are now long and skinny. I ended up in Mike Johnson's district, unfortunately.
YIKES. Here's hoping his alliance with and support for a pedophile will have an impact on how voters in his mostly "Christian" district feel about him come election day.
I fully intend to help with his removal!
Good on you! I've been working to remove my own representative (Scalise), but the people who live on that side of the street (metaphorically and physically) keep re-electing him.
Lot's of maga up here that will vote for Johnson again I'm afraid. What do you think of Julia Letlow? I used to be in her district before it was gerrymandered.
She drinks the Kool-aid a bit too much for me. I'm interested to see if she gets the call to be president of LSU. It's about time LSU had a female prez, but the trend is to install those who yield to the governor, #LaLege and football fans, rather than to academic excellence and student needs.
Does a lot for her shareholder's & the good ole boys up in north district 5 but ignores those in southern part. The fact she talks about the "Big Beautiful Bill" with a giant smile on her face & a gleam in her eyes really rubs me the wrong way especially when it's going to cost others their lives😠
Yeah, she's in the cult. She's being whispered about as a candidate for Cassidy's seat. I loathe him, but she's just him with less seniority. I guess as LSU president she'd have less power than as a member of Congress. And we all remember she backed into that job after her husband died.
She would do all of us a a favor if she took the LSU job. Maybe they will offer her more money. I think they want her for Cassidy's seat because they consider her more "malleable."
But, you get to vote against him, which, speaking as a person who got to vote against ted cruz as many times as I could over my time living there. I never won, but it does feel better than not voting....those people? I have less respect for them than I have for maga.
Can we ALL sue drumph?
I am astonished. Maybe, just maybe, the party is starting to unite in opposition to Trump. Its a start.
The problem with OUR Democratic Party is that we always deploy the Kumbaya, “pussy” option against the trumpublicans… instead of swinging at their heads with some political baseball bats. THIS is the shit that sickens me about the Democrats! Stop being pussies and swing for the cheap seats dammit!
The Democrats need to start showing some spine honestly. The U.S. is doomed of they can't get their shit together quickly.
Newsom and Hochul need to stop talking and redo the maps. Cali, Illinois, and NY redraw their maps the gop will never hold the House again.
Fucking "hot wheels" is a criminal himself.
Texas appears to be confirming it is the most corrupt State in the Union
GOP has been in this suicide pact since The Civil Rights Act They’re racists misogynist Fascist human filth 🤮 Their desperation is blatantly obvious, now morphed from KKK to Heritage Foundation TREASON
We the people are calling for the arrest and prosecution of Abbott and other maga cult members for treason and crimes against humanity!
It’s about time!
Maybe other governors can issue an arrest warrant for Abbott, for his illegal attempt to redistrict outside the 10 year parameters.
for human trafficking
Agreed!!
Among other things he has done.
ATTENTION ALL DEMOCRATS BEFORE MIDTERMS With this outlandish “gerrymandering redistricting” (Texas and potential of Red States), Democrats MUST GET TOUGH AND PUT SKIN IN THE GAME before Trump and his MAGA Congress “put their foot on you and squish you in the MIDTERMS!
dont wait to see what texasshole does, they are doing it, just redistrict and FK DRUMPF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🔥💙👍… exactly!
Is this how civil war in 2025 begins?
Exactly fuck off fight fire with fire. Time to quit backing down.
They are fighting for Democracy. Cheer them on!
@massgovernor.bsky.social still waiting for you to act. Step up. The end of democracy is on our doorstep
Yep… fight fire with fire..
Exactly! And governors who are opposed to government sanctioned kidnapping should take a page from the Republicans! Immediately order every masked unidentified person pulling people off the street without any justification be immediately arrested!
Doesn't the things Republicans try 2 do feel like a Power Grab. They want "2b the be all And the do all." We all are our own person with wants, need, and dreams.You no the saying "I'm a grown ass Woman/Man. Are you talking 2 me or would you Like 2b talking 2 me?" You can put us n timeout!
Michelle Obama doctrine is dead in the water
Welcome to "Project 11780"—where democracy is bent like a Texas pretzel. No more threatening calls to Brad, no more missing votes—just redraw the lines until losing becomes impossible. Gerrymandering: because why cheat one county when you can rig the whole map? Welcome to elections, MAGA style!
The democrats are fighting indecency with decency. We are no longer up against equals on the republicans side, it’s time to take the gloves off and fight fire with fire!!!
Even my republican governor has refused to let ICE work with our LEO’s.
They need to throw a few Texas lawmen in jail, just to drive the point home...
No help, no haven as Phang said. Resist the threats from your republican governors. They want you to feel weak and unable to make a difference in speaking out. SPEAK OUT. We cannot allow our government officials to silence us.
It appears that Walz of Minnesota fears he could lose reelection if he were to advocate redistricting in his own state to favor Democrats. I know of at least two US representatives from Minnesota that could be replaced because they are harming their constituents while helping the orange clown.
Is there somewhere we can donate to cover the illegal fines that these heroes are going to have to pay?
He doesn’t have to pardon her for me to know that he’s a pedophile.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
I feel exactly the same way!!!
I will say it Again—-Democrats way too nice
Stop pussyfooting around - 💯
No taxation without representation…
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Fighting for our Democracy!!
OUR CURRENT CALIFORNIA LEADERS BELIEVE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC& OUR TAXPAYER FUNDED MONEY FOR USE IN OUR OWN STATE. TRUMP SYCOPHANTS BELIEVE TRUMP IS DICTATOR & WANT TO STEAL EVERY CENT THEY CAN FROM U #Trump #economy #MAGA #inflation #billionaires #Republicans #vote #repost #share #california
I believe every decent politician needs to stand up to this rogue administration & do whatever possible to stop this corrupt madness now.
Yes this is good. If only all decent politicians had the power to band together & do something about those scalawags in the White House. They all need to be replaced.
When Mike Johnson pulled THIS same tactic (Leave town) to get out of voting to release the Epstein file, the Democrats should have gone on EVERY media outlet available to tell EVERYONE, WE tried and the GOP is keeping it hidden!
There needs to be a real sense of urgency here by the Dems. Better do it before midterms because if you blow that then I fear it's going to get exponentially worse.
Even if Texas fails to redistrict, blue states should go all in on trying to do the same and win. The time to counterpunch, not to just threaten it, is now.
Like a police state on a way bigger scale.
@colorado.gov @philweiser.bsky.social Time for Colorado to join this list of states!
Gotta love Katie!
Yes! Go Dems!!! Thank you for being out there and standing up to the bullies!!!
Every single Democratic governor needs to stand the fuck up now!! Stop following “rules” that do not exist anymore! They are lawless and do not care! Fight back before there is nothing left to fight for!!
We all need to teach non voters how to to vote these racist republicans out of our government.
We need to support the Democrats in office in TEXAS. We must stop the Dictatorship
Like Hochul said “fight fire with fire “! This has been going on way too long.
Abbott did order the arrest of the missing Dems so the story is not over. Gerrymandering is wrong. This is proof of how damaging it is.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/p...
This can happen in any state that does not prohibit gerrymandering. The effect could be extreme with votes dedicated to one party as the other becomes too diluted. Do you think this i govt for and by the people? #gerrymandering
Democrats today: 👏👏👏👏👏
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Thanx for the laugh….its hilarioussssss 🤣🤣😝😝😝 💀
Nice rant until the end. There's a strong argument to be made not to sink to their level of horseshit politics. What's next, fake assassination attempts? Candidates with massive levels of criminality like Trump? How about getting new blood in the party like Mamdani, Buttigieg, AOC and Crockett.
Agree fully! We got to stand firm unapologetically to defend our democracy and to restore rule of law. Let’s us be reminded once again “…the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.”
As Admiral Yamamoto said "I fear we've awakened a sleeping giant" We can fight Christofascism now while it's as easy as protesting or risk prison and sacrifice lives to go back to normal if they succeed. Trump gone won't end the 45yr trend in the GOP
Thank you. Democrats have been soft for too long.
Right on Katie!
YES!!! Katie is getting it, others too. We need to metaphorically punch the cheating GOP right in the face! That’s what you do to bullies; walk up to them and punch them right in the fucking face. You try to defuse the fight and that’s when they sucker punch you so you know what… PUNCH FIRST. 🤜
Rachel put it on the line, finally, telling her audience, basically, it ain’t comin’, it’s here. We are an authoritarian — shit, Fascist — nation. Our fight cannot begin until we stop pretending otherwise. The fight is not to prevent it, but to defeat it, not to compromise with it, but to crush it.
You mean the right thing for their pockets and anything to get more power. A bunch of anti-American trash that violates the Constitution whenever it suits them.
It’s good for America Texas kicking off a race to gerrymander Congress to secure permanent MAGA rule despite the fact the vast majority of Americans wouldn’t be represented escalates to civil war GOP needs to turn back now and start acting like Americans and stop defending pedophiles
Awesome job by our governor, JB! We’ll take any red state refugees.
Rep. James Talarico is circulating a “show your support for Texas Democrats” form. It’s not a solicitation for $.
Tell Abbott to go fuck himself.
@massgovernor.bsky.social hope you do the same. No way we can stand for autocracy and bigotry. The destruction of due process and the rule of law. Thank you. 🗽🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #CivilRights #HumanRights #Democracy
TX Ledge has been racially discriminating against minorities for over 30 yrs!! 💙💙🇺🇸
Do dems need smarter lawyers to get thru this? Proj2025 & repubs seem to have figured this out for years. Dems are far behind. In smarts and cleverness and research. R's know exactly what they're doing. Follow P25 playbook. No doubt Orban & Erdogan helped. Toss the pandemic book and hail P25 book.
This is crazy
This is all good, just want to add - We need a bigger umbrella, people. There are MILLIONS of Republicans and Independents who don't like Trump, NOT JUST DEMOCRATS. We need to start including everyone NOW. The 99%?
I wish NC didn’t have gerrymandering locked in by the state Supreme Court.
The USA needs a modern day revolution and blue states should be holding back your federal tax dollars from Washington. Hit them where it hurts, money talks. Get Trump and the GOP off the books and out of the oval office
People in the gerrymandered red states need to withhold federal tax payments if they can + stop paying (or reduce amt) your property taxes if this applies to U. Red states already causing widespread double digit property taxes delinquencies due to their policies; choke em @ state + local levels too!
#FightFireWithFire
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Finally they're starting to fight back. The Red states have taken advantage for far too long, they need to understand what happens when everyone takes the low road like them.
Democrats in Blue States are spending big money “protecting” TX Dems while people starve to death in Gaza and are kidnapped and tortured in their own fucking states. Redraw your own maps and be done. Give the money to starving people and put your asses on the line to save others from kidnapping
As is now common, NJ governor Phil Murphy is silent. I know he is on the way out in a few months, but for goodness sake, where is your moral compass? You are still governing and a "leader". Trump must have something on Phil because he has been mostly silent. since Trump re assumed office.
His silence is really pissing me off.
We have been waiting for capable people to step forward, and when they do, we should offer our support, even though there may not be much we can do.
You go Katie!!! You & @mehdi have been unleashed from @msnbc rules & you are on 🔥!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=619s...
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Love this ….
It's about time! Dems should have been pushing back with the same venom that's been dished out by the GOP for years. They have enough ammo, the facts are horrendous & they need to keep reminding Americans of it! They don't even need to make anything up like the GOP does.
We stand beside all of them.
Where are you Tim Walz?
@governorwalz.mn.gov , @govwesmoore.bsky.social , @govandybeshear.bsky.social
it is about fucking time that some blue state governors started rolling up their sleeves and getting dirty.
I don't feel that most of them understand the danger of what is going on.
We are heading for civil war… people need to wake up… this is NOT NORMAL!!
Sounds good, now they must act. We are captured.
Romans 13:6-7 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
@governorwalz.mn.gov ??????
There Democrats go again, trying to keep those states united. What traitors, eh maga?
We need to keep an eye on this too. youtu.be/XNXdWb6WY6c?...
bsky.app/profile/mooc...
Need a LOT more nuclear options, organized, sponsored, and funded by a Democratic Party that isn't moribund. I refuse to give one nickel to any Democratic campaign until I see the Party fighting hard...nasty... dirty... at the level of the scummy Trump/MAGA/GOP goons.
Yep. You can do it. We can do it better.
Nice job as always Katie. I have said for 10 years when they go low we go lower. Then there’s nowhere for the White Nationalist MAGA Party formerly GOP to go
Why didn't the Democratic Party National Leaders over the last 10 years - Pelosi, Schumer, Jeffries - take action against the GOP cheating and breach of the Constitution before it's possibly too late? They & other geriatric Dems should retire.
If republicans (trump) policies were popular and working, Texas wouldn't have to cheat and gerrymander to try to save their little ass majority. Y'all are cooked maga and us REAL Americans see thru this bull.
Where is Josh Shapiro?
Otherwise, what's the point of having a UNITED States?
Absolutely agree!!
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Amazing how when the shoe is on the other foot, GOPs whine, holler, and want to arrest everyone.
The orange charlatan agenda is so horrendous that he need to enforce his square narrow minded views and policies that benefit only their circle and not the country. He will go down on history as the worse of all. I just hope Maga is branded and declared a terrorist and criminal organization
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when taking the high road leads empowers the authoritarians, it is time to fight fire with fire.
The US is a casino where everyone is counting cards.
This is brilliant. Im working a write up on this on our substack , thistleandmoss.com, but I wont be ready with it for at least a few days.
Yes!
Newsom is putting it on the ballet… the MAGA Nazi SA candidate is whining.. about unfair.. not playing by the rules.. my prediction is it passes on the special ballot.. and it on in 2026…
Wish Oregon had a fighter as governor...
More need to join them and say a huge fuck you back to Trump and his goon squad!
Good. But what's taking so long
This is what Democrats should be doing, fight fire with fire. No more Mr. Nice Guy!
I’ve been saying for months that dem governors need to start withholding funds immediately. If the federal govt starts withholding legally approved funds then stop sending them our tax money
The Democratic Party pussyfoots around most issues because they are pussies and or complicit with the Republican Party. They are not interested in defeating the Republican Party. Especially when both are owned by Israel.
The entire GQP are part of this conspiracy to overthrow the country. I’m surprised they just don’t have 2025 tattooed all over themselves.
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Democrats please reDistrict in time! Talking about, it’s not good enough! Do it and don’t wait for the Republicans to do it first!
they constantly say f*ck you to US - so yea - F*CK THEM
Completely agree with Katie's humble opinion. We must fight fire with fire, Democrats have appeared weak, done things that and conciliatory, reaching across the aisle to fascists. Wake up Dems! It can't continue.
Not your humble opinion! You are right!! We need attack mode! NOW!!
Yes! RESIST!
Gavin Newsom wants to put homeless people in concentration camps.
DER SPIEGEL about the current situation in Texas and the democrats leaving the country. Pritzker and Hochul are considering responding with a counteroffensive in their states and redrawing their constituencies in favor of their own party. Hochul : You have to fight fire with fire
They didn’t leave the country. They went to different states.
Sorry, my English is responsible for that mistake. I apologize
The rich, educated, progressive states with great industries must tell the poor, racist, ignorant states to pound sand. States must take sides, just like in 1860. The sides are save democracy or crater to F47.
Absolutely. Stop playing by the old rules that the GOP threw out the window. Take it to them.
I thought his campaign rhetoric was about getting rid of big government and turning it back to the states to run... the lies abound from this snake oil art of the steal dealer! He's got his small grimy burger hands into everything, and his mongols obey his lead!
It's about time the Democrats are doing what is right.
I agree with sister Phang. Dems needs to stop coming off as weak and go toe to toe with these a-holes. A sign of weakness can lead to voter mutiny. They keep this s*** up and they'll have millions not voting Blue or Red. They vote independent or again sit home and just await Trump's term to end.
PREACH! I've been saying for over a decade, "WE ARE AT WAR, ACT LIKE IT AND VOTE LIKE IT". People are finally coming around
NEVER STOP FIGHTING..... Who wants to help make this Times Square billboard a realtiy? Read. Respond. Resist. (~);} secure.actblue.com/donate/25-bi...
Indeed....fuck all the way off!
Because we are weak sisters. Everyone knows it.
He is creating new fires to distract you from the real issue—the Epstein files and who holds copies of them. He wants you focused on the chaos so you don’t look where you should. This puts the US in a compromised situation, making the country weak. Are you proud of being an American?
#TuckFrump & his regime (& their families) #Trumpism is a dangerous cult being enabled by "loyal followers" who willingly gave up all their morals, values, standards, common sense, self-respect, & critical thinking skills just to follow, serve, support, worship, & defend their lying #PedoPresident
When they go low we need to go to the earths crust! These are not normal times.
I love the way you talk, you so are smart 👏🏻👏🏻
Totally agree 👍🏻!
#governorwhitmer where are you???
It's not like Dems haven't tried the "High Road", they have and we've gotten our asses kicked by folks who play by NO rules. This is bare knuckles/full contact Politics and is way past time Dem Leadership started acting like it. Governors are, but our Federal House & Senate are not. Time for changes
AMERICAN PATRIOTS!!!! THIS IS WHAT RESISTANCE LOOKS LIKE!!!!
Saving the Republic 🙏🏼🇺🇸⚖️🦅👍🏼
The modern GOP are like a bunch thieves straight from a hornet’s nest!
Good for Governor Andy Beshear doing the right thing when the house republicans don’t.
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Love my state!!
Appreciate @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social addressing trump rigging next election on @meidastouch.com @meiselasb.bsky.social YouTube video youtu.be/TyVCKOtXsYM?... Dictator trump will corrupt our votes to retain power noting GOP republicans have surrendered America to him
Fight democrats
If this goes on in Texas as per Gov instructions to arrest dem reps, it's a clear line being crossed, and backed by the Exec Branch. This is going to cause a civil war, mark my words. I guess Poot is winning, RU promised US would be destroyed from within 40 yr ago.
Katie Phang you make my day. This is a great post.
People of Texas, get it together to vote out that vile cockroach in 2026.
Here in Canada the size of a riding/constituency is determined roughly by population, so as people either move in or out the riding's borders are redrawn. This is done by an INDEPENDENT electoral commission in each province...not perfect but better than the corrupt extremely gerrymandered US system.
