Dems' Strong Week Of Polling, McMorrow Drops Out, Putin Attacks Kyiv, "Trump Is Cultural Heroin" (Corrected, Updated)Stuart Stevens joins us live today at 12pm ET/The US Men play tonight at 8pm ET!
Morning all. An earlier version of this post sent this morning had a few consequential mistakes - yes it’s Monday! - so re-sending the whole thing with updates and corrections. Let’s move the daily subscriber discussion to this post…..sorry everyone! Now, let’s get to it….. There is a new time for today’s get together with Stuart Stevens - Noon ET. Please follow this link in a few minutes to join us. I always learn in these discussions with Stuart and promise you will too…… The detailed battleground state polling we got from the NYT and Fox News last week confirmed that 2026 truly is a year of opportunity for Democrats. Here’s a recap of some of what they found along with some other recent battleground polling:
I published three essays/analyses late last week diving into all this new data and what it means for the November elections, now just four months away:
State Senator Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the US Senate race in Michigan yesterday, leaving our August 4th primary a contest between Rep. Haley Stevens and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. We will be tracking the developments in this must win Senate race closely in the days ahead, but remember all - this is just one race among the dozens we need to win this November. On Friday Trump got a bad jobs report, just 57,000 net new jobs. It was an ugly reminder that not only has inflation surged on Trump’s watch but job growth has really slowed too:
Punchbowl News has a terrific overview of what a complete sh*tshow the Republican controlled Congress has become in recent weeks, and how little time left there is to do anything meaningful:
The Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have published a report that accuses Trump of corruptly hijacking the America at 250 celebrations:
Speaking of fraud The Atlantic celebrated our 250th birthday this weekend in part by revisiting an article it published ten years ago on July 4th, 2016:
On the eve of the NATO Summit Trump will be attending in Ankara, Turkiye on Tuesday and Wednesday Russia launched a barbaric attack on civilian targets in Ukraine:
These attacks prompted our friend Dr. Phillips O’Brien to post this:
Finally, the World Cup. Two great matches yesterday. Congrats to England and Norway for their inspired wins! Today we have Portugal vs Spain at 3pm, and the US vs. Belgium tonight at 8pm. There will time to discuss FIFA’s shocking lifting of the suspension of our star striker, Folarin Balogun. Today I’m just going to do everything I can to root our remarkable team to victory tonight!
And now, my friends, it is that time! Time To Get To Work Everyone!!!!!!Winning The Midterms, Competing In Red States and Red Places, Expanding The Map(Please be patient as we overhaul and update this section. Note that we have now changed our ActBlue default settings so that your contact information is only shared with a campaign if you give your affirmative permission. Many of you have asked for this and it is now our standard operating procedure. ) Winning The HouseHopium’s Winning The House Campaign - $947,100 raised, $1,000,000 goal - Donate to all twelve of our endorsed House challengers with a single contribution split twelve ways | Get to know Jamie Ager (NC-11), Christina Bohannan (IA-01), Paige Cognetti (PA-08), Rebecca Cooke (WI-03), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Sean McCann (MI-04), Jo Mendoza (AZ-06), Chaz Molder (TN-05), Jonathan Nez (AZ-02), Janelle Stelson (PA-10), Shannon Taylor (VA-01), and Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-03) by watching our recently recorded Hopium interviews. Friends if these twelve win, the House will flip, no matter redistricting madness the Rs execute in the coming days. So eyes on the prize here everyone! Winning The House - The Second Wave Fund - $166,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | We’ve launched a second House fund, one targeting candidates who’ve recently emerged from primaries or running in new districts. Our initial crew is Rebecca Bennett (NJ-07), Bob Brooks (PA-07), Cait Conley (NY-17), Johnny Garcia (TX-35), Bob Harvie (PA-01), Denise Powell (NE-02), and Bobby Pulido (TX-15). A donation to the Second Wave Fund is split evenly among these seven, and more as other worthy candidates emerge from their primaries. Our total above includes money we’ve raised for directly for each candidate. You can watch interviews with all of seven of these intrepid leaders here. We are off to a great start here everyone! Winning The SenateOur New Winning The Senate Fund - $459,100 raised, $1,000,000 goal - Donate | This new fund splits a single donation to our six candidates must likely to flip a Senate seat this November - Sherrod Brown (OH), Roy Cooper (NC), Mary Peltola (AK), Graham Platner (ME), James Talarico (TX), and Josh Turek (IA). The $459,000 figure is what we’ve raised for these six so far, as you see will below. You can also continue to contributions to their individual campaigns here: Roy Cooper For NC Senate - $129,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more through my new discussion with Gov. Cooper Mary Peltola For Alaska Senate - $114,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more through my uplifting conversation with Mary Peltola as she fights to turn Alaska blue Graham Platner For Maine Senate - $8,500 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more and volunteer James Talarico For Texas - $101,500 raised, $250,000 - Donate | Learn more from my inspiring interview with Rep. Talarico as he fights to turn Texas blue Josh Turek For Iowa Senate - $28,600 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more and volunteer | Watch my wonderful new interview with Josh Turek Jon Ossoff For GA Senate - $201,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more through my uplifting conversation with Senator Ossoff
Expanding The Map - Investing And Winning In Key Expansion StatesWinning Iowa - $14,900 raised, $100,000 goal - We’ve also set up a new Winning Iowa campaign that splits a contribution three ways - to Josh Turek for Senate, to our gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand, and to the Iowa Democratic Party and its great chair, Rita Hart Winning Ohio - $171,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Our new campaign splits contributions evenly among Sherrod Brown, the Acton/Pepper ticket, and the Ohio Democratic Party | Donate today and help turn this critical 2026 battleground blue Hopium’s Audacious Expansion Fund - $620,100 raised, $1,000,000 goal (new stretch goal) - Join our campaign that has helped expand our map by investing in the Democratic Parties of Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and Texas, all now central battlegrounds in the 2026 election | Contribute to all five state parties with one contribution split evenly among these five critical battlegrounds | Catch interviews with the five intrepid state chairs leading their troops into battle this year - will get you fired up! | Some Things To Call Congress About This Week
See the Hopium Agenda Project for what we can and should be fighting for now, and our Resolutions Project for ways to more forcefully condemn Trump’s unprecedented corruption and betrayal of the country. Make Hopium Stronger, Bigger, Better - And Keep It Paywall Free For AllA big thank you to everyone who has become a paid subscriber in recent days. Our Independence day subsricption drive and sale netted us 276 new subscibers - a little short of our goal, but progress nonetheless. To help us hit our goal of 500 new subscribers I’m extending the sale of an annual new subscription through August 1st. So it’s 10% off an annual subscription now through the end of July, and follow the link below for group and gift subscriptions too! Please use the paid subscriber chat to self-report the good trouble you make each day. Keep working hard everyone. We have a country to save, and elections all across this great country to win, together! - Simon You're currently a free subscriber to Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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