By Drazen Jorgic CUERNAVACA, Mexico Feb 3 (Reuters) – It was supposed to be a festive occasion. Regional politicians, officials and military officers gathered in the Morelos state capital of Cuernavaca for breakfast in February 2022 to mark Mexico´s annual Army day.Cuauhtémoc Blanco, a former Mexican soccer star and the...
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Playing catch up here with my e-mails since it was a very busy week for me. Received this e-mail this week from former Presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), on behalf of his organization, Powered By People: As President Joe Biden said at his inauguration, “democracy has prevailed.” Last...
Received this e-mail today from former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D. GA) on behalf of her organization, Far Fight, in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) & Jon Ossoff (D. GA) We are less...
I recently came across a typical Twitter argument about the CIA promoting modern art as propaganda. The usual distorting tweet-discourse occurred but what remained are somewhat paranoid discussions of whether the CIA supported Modern Art. They really didn’t, as much as they supported US propaganda in general. The argument about CIA and Art evolved...
Received two e-mails from prominent Democratic politicians helping mobilize Latino voters in Georgia for the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff elections on January 5th. The first one is from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D. NY-14): Without Democratic control of the Senate, Mitch McConnell is going to do everything in his power to...
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate and HUD Secretary, Julián Castro (D. TX), in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaigns: Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) We learned on Election Day that we MUST prioritize Latinos...
I am so tired of the story being Florida, Florida, Florida. The pundits agree even with doom and gloom, the case they all agree on is Florida is the state where Trump has to win. A Biden win and it’s all over. We have the highest number of veterans, seniors, and it...
offered both in English: x YouTube Video and in Spanish: x YouTube Video Think it might have an impact in Florida?
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), and his organization, Powered By People: Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country, with elections for the State House that will determine the future of redistricting and a Presidential contest that might come down to...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: I’m not going to ask you for money in this email. In fact, you won’t find a fundraising link anywhere in this email. This is because I don’t want you to get distracted...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People: x Texas-sized voter phone bank with (get this!!!) @WillieNelson, @Oprah, @BernieSanders, @JulianCastro, @StaceyAbrams, @AndrewYang & MORE! We’ll call over 1 million Texas voters on the eve of Early Voting – sign up for...
From The Houston Chronicle: “This is a state that perhaps better than any other understands the costs and consequences of Donald Trump,” O’Rourke said during a pre-debate press call hosted by the Texas Democratic Party. “And it’s a state by the way — not unrelated to that — that is...
The GOP keeps trying to rewrite history as a quarter-million deaths lie ahead with a failed policy, as if any death toll could be spun positively. 3 takeaways from the first night of the Republican National Convention 1. A promise of optimism, quickly abandoned The GOP claimed that this convention would be...
I have a few thoughts. Perhaps they may seem random, perhaps not. I watched all of each night, and some commentary both on cable and what I saw online. These thoughts, however, are only mine, They will not be in any particular order. Make of them what you will. Let...
Apparently, Donald Trump can’t conceive of a running mate who isn’t the quasi-vertebrate equivalent of premasticated Cream of Wheat. Four years ago, Trump chose Mike Pence, who’s basically invisible when he’s not conspicuously smooching Trump’s ass. And being the sick, sick little man he is, Trump thought Joe Biden was...
Trump’s attempts to rationalize his future grievances resemble the excuses he’d created for an anticipated 2016 loss. He had hoped to grift for his quasi-empire from his opposition to a Clinton presidency when he gained it via the Electoral College. He’s repeating that tactic, only this time his adoption of the 1968...
Some good news today out of Massachusetts: x *7/29-30â Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) July 31, 2020 Click here to read the full results. Past polling showed Kennedy pulling ahead of Markey and out raising him in fundraising. Both Markey and Kennedy have been racking up endorsements: Per tradition over here at...
The New York Times has a great piece out about how Democrats are eager to not only help Joe Biden take out Trump but also want him to expand the electoral map. The goal is to get to 270 electoral votes and here are the current states Biden’s campaign is...
Received this e-mail today from Rep. Joaquin Castro (D. TX-20) in support of State Senator Royce West’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: Royce West (D. TX) I’m proud to endorse Royce West for U.S. Senate because he is the candidate that fully meets this moment of crisis. As Texas deals...
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Julián Castro (D. TX), in support of former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: Right now, our nation is in crisis. We're facing a global pandemic, a massive spike in unemployment, and racism in our policing system — all at the same time. And,...
Received this e-mail from ALS and health care activist, Ady Barkan, on behalf of the group, Progress America: Last year, I launched a series of interviews with Democratic candidates for president called Uncovered because I felt the debates weren’t giving enough airtime to the life-or-death issue of health care. I had deeply...
Trump’s button got pushed by Biden: x If John Bolton's accounts are true, itâÂÂs not only morally repugnant, itâÂÂs a violation of Donald TrumpâÂÂs sacred duty to the American people to protect AmericaâÂÂs interests and defend our values.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 17, 2020 x Joe Biden was a TOTAL...
So this is an actual thing: “Listen Hellboy.” So began one of the weirdest episodes in what has been one of the weirdest years in politics, well, ever. The author of those words was none other than Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who was responding to a tweet from...
Here’s the latest news out of Texas: .@ppppolls has Texas tied up at 48 https://t.co/CMn121Vnbj This actually a one point net gain for Trump from PPP's April TX poll https://t.co/3RfzZN3nGf Earlier this week @QuinnipiacPoll had TX as Trump +1 https://t.co/TX6gCFGEdg TX is clearly in play — Bill Scher (@billscher) June...
Some big news today out of Texas: x At a time when working families are being squeezed to their breaking point, we need fighters in the Senate like @MJHegar who embody strength, courage, and an unwavering commitment to putting people first. I'm proud to endorse her in the fight to...
Received this e-mail from Rep. Joaquin Castro (D. TX-20) on behalf of the Texas Democratic Party: The right to vote is fundamental to who we are as Texans and Americans. That’s why the Texas Democratic Party is rolling out a new tool called Register Texas to ensure that everyone who...
When you’ve got a bungled pandemic response, a cratering economy, and a candidate who looks and behaves like he was made out of scrotums in a Russian mad scientist’s lab, this is the kind of nuanced advertising you get: x pic.twitter.com/NUpRW7gjbD— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom)...
For full transparency I was a Julián Castro supporter and then an Elizabeth Warren supporter. Now I’m ready for the 2020 contest to really begin with Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. But there’s one issue in the way and that’s Bernie Sanders. If this was a normal...
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 and that's why China has...
Buttigieg has since deleted this tweet: Yes we can. Especially since we now need a Third Reconstruction. x Buttigieg said he's not looking forward to Bernie Sanders' “revolutionary politics of the 1960s,” but does that mean he opposes the 1969 start of the modern-day LGBTQ rights movement? #LGBTQ #gay https://t.co/nqUb1COGln...
I am a Democrat, not a moderate, a liberal, a progressive or even a Democratic Socialist, but a Democrat. The Democratic candidates must learn to communicate the art of nuance and not treat it as a nuisance. When Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders nuanced an answer—in the first debate, that...
So Bernie Sanders is still defending that he said nice things about Fidel Castro, Daniel Noriega, and the subway system in Moscow, and Sanders is only doubling down on his previous comments because Trump does this? I saw that being posited on MSNBC today. It’s bullshit. Politicians were doubling down...
The establishment media is so user to controlling the Internet that they still have no idea that people can search for information….and make their own decisions….really pretty easily. The whole thing with the establishment media trying to bring down Bernie Sanders because he said Fidel Castro did something good (he...
Attention all Arizona Kossacks: Former Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro will campaign in Arizona Tuesday on behalf of Elizabeth Warren. Castro dropped out of the race in January and endorsed Warren. The former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will start the day at 9:15 a.m. in Phoenix with...
Texas Kossacks, mark your calendars: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and Secretary Julian Castro are coming to San Antonio next week. The pair will hold a town hall event at the Sunset Station Lone Star Pavilion at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. The town hall is set to begin at...
It is late for me to “decide.” It is even later than usual for me to to vote. I can and usually vote absentee in person on the first day possible — I live in Virginia but work in Maryland so I have no trouble qualifying for the privilege to...
Received this e-mail just now from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) presidential campaign: Super Tuesday is in just 11 days, so we're hosting a canvass kick-off in Long Beach on Sunday with a special guest: Secretary Julián Castro! Will you join us on Sunday? Julián Castro will be sharing...
Received this e-mail today from former San Antonio Mayor, HUD Secretary, and former Presidential candidate, Julián Castro (D. TX), in support of Marie Newman’s (D. IL-03) campaign: Marie Newman (D. IL-03) After I ended my campaign for president, I made a promise that I wouldn’t stop fighting for bold and...
Some more big news today out of Texas: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, is endorsing Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez in the crowded Democratic race to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, providing one of the biggest endorsements yet in the primary. “To replace [Cornyn], we need someone who understands the Texas of...
I’ve been in San Francisco for the three day weekend so playing a little catch-up today. I received a few e-mails in support of Progressive Jessica Cisneros (D. TX-28) in her bid to unseat Blue Dog Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D. TX-28). The first is from former San Antonio Mayor,...
Maria Teresa Kumar did not allow Chuck Todd to derail the truthful narrative that Bernie Sanders will add excitement that will encourage a new base that includes a group of diverse young people. Maria Teresa Kumar corrects Chuck Todd on Sanders x x YouTube Video Chuck Todd came close to throwing...