Wow: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus epidemic. But Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler also bought and sold stocks during the same
On Wisconsin. Considering all that we already know about Trumpism, his attempts to warp the election will occur until the last vote is counted. Sabotage like unfaithful electors or worse could actually hijack the presidency. Suppression becomes repression, whether by virus or vote. Experts around the
Here comes another one: The Senate’s newest member sold off seven figures’ worth of stock holdings in the days and weeks after a private, all-senators meeting on the novel coronavirus that subsequently hammered U.S. equities. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) reported the first sale of stock
So I’m sure you’re all caught up to speed but just in case: Three weeks ago, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee privately warned dozens of donors about the harrowing impact the coronavirus would have on the United States, while keeping the general
Received this e-mail today from EMILY’s List: Barbara Bollier. Sara Gideon. Theresa Greenfield. MJ Hegar. Democrats need to pick up four Senate seats in November, and these are the four women who can do it. Donate $3 to help all four women win Senate seats
For the Alaska Kossacks: x There are some real plans that need to be put in place now to address the #COVID19 pandemic & I want to discuss them with you. Join us for a telephone townhall this Sunday. Reply to this tweet or email
Some very good news out of Montana today courtesy of Public Policy Polling on behalf of End Citizens United: x [BREAKING] Our new poll in Montana shows close races for both the #Senate and the #House: both @stevebullockmt and @WilliamsForMT are TIED with their #GOP
This fucking idiot is making Ted Cruz look like the smart one: x Sen. John Cornyn: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats & snakes & dogs & things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people
This is my third diary on this topic. Each time I said I expected Bernie to stick it out through the debate and the March 17th primaries, and then he would leave the race. There were two reasons: First, he wanted to push Biden more
Received this e-mail from VoteVets in support of U.S. Senator Gary Peters’ (D. MI) re-election campaign: This team never ceases to amaze. We asked for your help in keeping the momentum up for four critical Senate seats — Texas, North Carolina, Arizona, and Kentucky —
Love it: With the COVID-19 crisis keeping healthcare in the headlines, the Texas Democratic Party has launched an ad campaign targeting Republican Sen. John Cornyn as the “top salesman” for repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Cornyn, who faces reelection in November, has voted to
Kudos to Travis Gettys at Raw Story for capturing this moment from U.S. Senator Martha McSally’s (R. AZ) interview on Fox & Friends regarding COVID-19: x “asymmetric people are spreading this virus” pic.twitter.com/MPq6zG69GF— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) March 18, 2020 “I am begging them, their grandparents
The urgency to end the Trumpian counter-revolution in one term must GOTV with the strongest party unity. Adam Serwer’s article in The Atlantic is worth your time to summarize the issues that lead to the noisy disrespect for one or another side in the waning
The New Republic has a new piece out about the upcoming U.S. Senate race between U.S. Senator “Leningrad Lindsey” Graham (R. SC) and Jaime Harrison (D. SC), who has proven to be one hell of a fundraiser and formidable opponent. The piece discusses the dynamics
Eight-term pro-Life(sic) Congressional representative Dan Lipinski loses to progressive challenger Marie Newman in the Democratic primary for IL-3. A final result has yet to be called, because of the final tabulations, so one hopes this is not premature. x Ballgame.https://t.co/u7MUOCnc4I— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March
Democratic groups to spend millions hitting Trump over coronavirus response A Democratic super PAC said Tuesday it would spend $5 million on digital advertising flaying President Trump for his response to the novel coronavirus, one of several groups that planned to devote resources to this
Here’s the big news out of Georgia: x Our first public poll of the #GASen Democratic primary against David Perdue… Ossoff: 31%Tomlinson: 15.8%Amico: 14.5%Undecided: 38.7% The primary is set for May 19. #gapol https://t.co/obixgbX9pE— Niles Edward Francis (@NilesGApol) March 17, 2020 Jon Ossoff, an investigative
Great piece out from The Daily Beast today: Incumbent Republican Thom Tillis has been taking some heat over the discrepancy between his coronavirus response and his response to an earlier outbreak when Barack Obama was president. Tillis is all in when it comes to Donald Trump. He says
Seriously, what a fucking moron: x Be smart; don’t panic. We will get us through this #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/SyvOAWXItK— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) March 14, 2020 Texas Senator John Cornyn was in a bar enjoying a cold Corona over the weekend as the spread of CORVID-19 intensified
So I’m not sure if you heard about this: Colorado’s economy and its environment will receive a huge boost thanks in large part to Sen. Cory Gardner. At Gardner’s urging, President Donald Trump said recently he will sign a bill that injects $900 million into
