I wanted to make sure you all saw this: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday called on the Senate to act in the wake of a mass shooting at a supermarket in his state, asserting in an impassioned speech from the chamber floor that his colleagues have a moral obligation to a generation...
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Here’s the latest news on the recall effort in California: The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has gathered over 2 million signatures — a number of signatures, if validated, that could force a measure on a ballot. The leaders of RecallGavin2020 announced this week that their effort reached over 2,060,000 signatures...
Georgia is our opportunity to take the majority in the Senate. Ted Kennedy is gone. He WAS the lion of the senate. Byrd is gone. Tom Harkin is no longer in the senate. John McCain is gone. The last Lion was Joe Biden, running second was Kamala Harris, IMO. Joe...
Some of you may disagree, but the idea that the United States Constitution is not a living, breathing document is absurd. Were it not imbued with the capacity for expanding its judicial lungs, America would have suffocated on the choking fluids of its’ past injustices. If the Constitution were not breathing,...
Crime was at a 50 year low when Trump took office. Remember that Trump is all about declaring non-trump supporters (and voters) as “un-American”. x Hours after a man wearing a far-right group's hat was shot and killed during clashes in Portland, Oregon, President Trump used his Twitter account to...
From Politico: Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday signaled he would be open to the Senate ending its practice of imposing a 60-vote threshold for most legislation, a positional shift from the Democratic presidential nominee who spent more than 35 years as a senator. In comments to journalists Monday...
Can’t say that I’m surprised. When you’re loyal to Trump, this is how you get rewarded: The Justice Department notified three senators on Tuesday that it will not pursue insider trading charges against them after an investigation into stock transactions from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic did not...
The Daily Beast has been on a roll with terrific pieces about the upcoming U.S. Senate races and Eleanor Clifft’s latest piece highlights three Senate GOPers hypocrisy on their claims to their constituents that they are protecting and defending the Affordable Care Act: With the election looking iffy for the...
Received this e-mail today from Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: Gun violence prevention has always been one of Joe Biden’s top priorities and, according to our supporter surveys, it’s one of Team Joe’s top priorities, too. So today we want to share with you Joe’s Plan for ending our gun violence...
This is really bad: Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, purchased and sold about $1.4 million in stock during the market panic set off by the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reports. Why it matters: Though the couple still lost money, they were able to limit...
http://www.buzzfeednews.com/… http://www.usatoday.com/… Buzzfeed reports Democratic congressman Ben McAdams of Utah and Republican Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida have tested positive for the coronavirus. Rep. Ben McAdams ✔@RepBenMcAdams Please read my statement on contracting #COVID19. I have self-quarantined since first having symptoms and consulted with my doctor. #utpol Diaz-Balart, a 58-year-old...
I’ve read the comments below (and also had to step out to deal with an urgent issue). I apologize for having taken the LA Times story in its original form at face value, but I have seen Feinstein before taking stands much further to the right than a regular Democrat...
The pushback from Trumpists is beginning with much disinformation and noise. The coming weeks will unfortunately be far too interesting because the latest episode with Ukraine is one clearly created while Trump has been POTUS*, even as its foundation was laid by Paul Manfort, among others, like Rudy Giuliani. x...
It’s worse than you’ve heard. CNN July 30 2018 CONFIDENTIAL Senator Dianne Feinstein Dear Senator Feinstein; I am writing with information relevant in evaluating the current nominee to the Supreme Court. As a constituent, I expect that you will maintain this as confidential until we have further opportunity to speak....
By Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F., Mike H., Donna, Dan, Janis, Dr. Bill, Bryan, Kimberly and Shayna—your PDA National Team Stopping the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme is the single most important thing we can do to salvage our democracy and have any hope of ending America’s...
Ryan Grim of The Intercept recently wrote this report on the fact U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is refusing to release a letter, for whatever reason, that may implicate Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court seat that was vacated by Anthony Kennedy, in a sexual misconduct...
Three Progressive groups want Chuck Schumer to show some courage in time to at least slow Bret Kavanaugh’s slime trail to the Supreme Court, stating that Senator Grassley has no statutory right to designate pertinent records and e-mails “Committee Confidential” but have been met with silence from Schumer’s spokesman. Huffington Post...
Photo: PDA’s Judy Hess with Kevin de León By Mike Hersh for Judy, Donna, Dr. Bill, Mike F, Kim, Janis, Deb, Dan, Bryan, and Shayna—Your Progressive Democrats of America National Team Not Just A Moment; This Is A Movement Support Kevin de León For U.S. Senate Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) has...
Expecting moral consistency out of Republicans is like trying to wring a human soul out of a Trump, but the hypocrisy over the GOP’s handling of Supreme Court nominees has really gone beyond the pale lately. As they whine about obstruction, they conveniently forget about Merrick Garland. As they spew...