Kait Sweeney

Comms strategist. Alum of @berniesanders, @ofa, @DFAaction, @turnoutpac, @boldprogressive, etc. Perpetually over-caffeinated and underwhelmed.

[Jake Lewis @jake____lewis]

i am not a big believer in chicago purity tests, but i do think "have you ever seen the jesse white tumblers" is a pretty fair dividing line between real chicagoan and fake chicagoan

[Dan Petrella @PetrellaReports]

Patty García gets Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC endorsement in race to replace US Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García https://t.co/PfNrUfMhyj

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Great work by all the party insiders who rejected Ben Wikler

[Cabot Montana @AmanitaFugax]

Obama’s presidency ended health insurance denials for pre existing conditions, we’ve memory holed how horrible that was.

Gay marriage legalized, normalized relations with Cuba, JCPOA signed, Dodd-Frank regulations and recession recovery.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Everyone can (rightly) call for impeachment and the 25th amendment all we want, but - as ever - Trump will remain in office because Republicans want him there.

Their party must be annihilated in the next election, and the election after that. It’s the only way.

[Jamesetta Williams 💕 @jamesetta_w]

Yesterday I wrote that Twitter gave me the insight that America’s political journalists are actually not that interested in policy or its impact or ethics (either that or not smart enough to write anything insightful on it). They view what happens in Washington as entertainment or sports, and many would be happier covering those industries instead. @JakeSherman is one of the journalists who made me realize this.

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

My TLDR.

[DEI speedwagon (all eyes on Cuba) 🌹🇵🇸 〽️ @uhshanti]

the anti-tax bullshit from a bunch of the California gubernatorial candidates is genuinely dangerous and will set us even further back on housing. I can't believe we only have one candidate who wants to do something about Prop 13 and it's the literal billionaire

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

The best version of the Democratic Party is a party that taxes the public to fund an efficient, simple, robust safety net, and that can build public infrastructure fast.

The worst version of the Democratic Party is economic slop about 'nobody should pay taxes but millionaires', and also grinds economic activity to a halt with a million regulations on everything.

The first actually believes in the power of the state to do good. It thinks the system is worth funding and defending. It believes in the fairness of a safety net but also in the power of economic growth and dynamism.

The second is cynical crap that just wants to identify heroes and villains and hysterically strike out at whoever is 'bad'. Rich people bad, only they should pay taxes. Big Companies bad, they shouldn't be allowed to do anything. It has no actual vision of the good.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

So how will we pay for single payer healthcare? One of the things I admire about Bernie Sanders is he is honest that people need to pay taxes to fund foundational social services in healthcare, education, & childcare. The taxes should be progressive. But the math needs to work.

[Adele Bloch @adele_bloch]

everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager

> drive your friends to the airport
> go to their party even when you're tired
> stop cancelling last minute
> host at your place
> support the wins & losses

it's worth every ounce of effort

[Phadetheplex @phadetheplex]

@envisionedluna It’s not an extreme view to say that most of the American political experience since Regan has been Democrats either doing harm prevention or cleaning up the mess of Republicans and at best the reward has been a seesaw of wins and losses while Rs collapse into lunacy.

[Michael McLean @cornoisseur]

Kelly is fracturing the south side vote to help Raja win

[Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630]

Random reminder that the Great Lakes Metroplex is far bigger than the Bos-NY-Wash.

It takes a few of our cites to match NYC/Manhattan and her suburbs, but people from Chicago or Toronto are always a bit bemused when residents of Boston and similar chilly villages start critiquing "flyover land."

[Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) @ColMoeDavis]

Firing Kristi Noem and replacing her with Markwayne Mullins is like shitting your pants and running home to change your shirt.

[Kait Sweeney @kaitesque]

Love when they rearrange the deck chairs like it's going to change the underlying politics.

[Audrey Fahlberg @AudreyFahlberg]

SCOOP: Trump's furious that Noem said under oath in her Senate Judiciary hearing that the he had advance knowledge of the $220M DHS ad campaign & approved its release

He's privately floated Markwayne Mullin as prospective replacement, @NRO has learned
https://t.co/7KyWyACkhB

[Addisu Demissie @ASDem]

I’m quoted in here but to elaborate: if you came of age in the Bush/Obama/Trump/Biden years, you’re between 18-42yo and have never seen a political system that delivered sustained economic prosperity. In many ways the opposite.

[Patty Garcia @PattyforIL]

President Trump is the last person who should be talking about protecting youth. Release the full unredacted Epstein files! #SOTU #SOTU2026

[Kait Sweeney @kaitesque]

Trump rejects all political violence, except when his ICE guns down Americans in the street. #SOTU

[Kait Sweeney @kaitesque]

Nothing like using a child as a political prop right after bragging about voter suppression and lying about ICE. #SOTU