Sounds odd but I genuinely think every part of the Dem coalition - moderates, progressives/CPC, Squad, & leadership - “won” big last night politically and played their parts brilliantly. Hear me out… First, Dems overall benefit from passage - or at least prevent a nosedive from their failure - but each Dem takes a hit for some parts of the compromise. So @SpeakerPelosi & @POTUS win big for getting BIF passed with GOP votes (more below) and putting an improved BBB on track .

VA offers a roadmap for midterms: (1) Pass #BuildBackBetter now! Down-ballot incumbents combined the fear of Trump 2.0 with major legislative wins (living wage, paid leave, clean energy, justice reform) to hold their seats as “reformers with results.”🧵 nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opi… (2) own the anti-corruption mantle. Voters are pissed and keep voting to shake up the status quo or drain the swamp. When Dems fight for working families, they win. When some Dems sell out the suburbs for corporate donors, our tent shrinks.

Stop recycling this myth that Blue Dogs lost for supporting cap and trade? Most voted no & those of us who voted YES outperformed them. They spent millions against me on this in a solid red district, and Election Day polling showed us winning on the issues of energy and climate. The bigger losers were those who didn’t take the vote and make the case / which was a winning argument for cap and trade.

For those more focused on blame than saving what lives we can, please distinguish proximate cause from primary cause. Biden doesn’t make list of Top 5 Leaders Most Responsible for Losing Afghanistan: 1. Cheney (w/ Rumsfeld), 2. Bush, 3. Karzai (w/ Obama), 4. Trump & 5. Ghani. 1. Cheney (& Rumsfeld) at Bonn Conference and after committed the “original sin,” rejecting Afghan pleas not to hand power to their 80s era Northern Alliance allies who Afghans despised for their corruption and brutality.

A year ago, my mom let me escape the city to spend COVID with her and her view of the Blue Ridge. While we’ve shared many great moments, we’ve hit an impasse after 12 months on 5 things I just can’t explain to her… (5) why a grownass man with a job still uses his friend’s Netflix account… (h/t @ProfAtuahene)

It seems increasingly clear that DC officials and Capitol Police - at a minimum - internalized the false and fatal logic of “both sides.” They keep mentioning lessons learned from last summer, but evidence shows BLM protesters do not show up the same way white supremacists do. BLM crowds have been much larger, unarmed, & overwhelmingly peaceful even when provoked by law enforcement. White supremacist crowds have been smaller, heavily armed and violent in rhetoric and actions - often explicitly designed to terrorize public officials inside Capitols.

Headed to final event of election eve. Wanted to share a few stories from GOTV tour across Commonwealth over last 3 days... In rural VA a nurse came to a canvass kickoff from the graveyard shift, b/c she's seen addicted patients who might be alive today w/Medicaid