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From the New York Times: x YouTube Video Ady Barkan, the prominent liberal activist and advocate for “Medicare for all,” is endorsing Joseph R. Biden Jr. for president, in a sign that some progressives … Read More
If you ever get annoyed, look at me I’m self employed. I love to work at nothing all day BTO Taking Care of Business Many moons ago, in my street … Read More
From Sam Brodey at The Daily Beast: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has been the object of liberal ire since her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Now in … Read More
x Photos of Trump today – from @tru62. pic.twitter.com/dVVHvwUG9q — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 27, 2020 x In white polo shirt and red cap, Pres Trump returns to WH from … Read More
From Salon: Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican facing a tough re-election battle this fall, revealed in financial disclosure forms that her husband invested in pharmaceutical companies that courts … Read More
Received this e-mail today from former President Barack Obama in support of former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: The most important election of our lifetimes is just around the … Read More
Shout out to Dan Desai Martin at The American Independent for bringing this to our attention: Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) is planning to hold an in-person book signing and campaign … Read More
Received this e-mail from former presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D. IN), in support of former Vice President, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: I’m reaching out today to let … Read More
More great work from Lachlan Markay at The Daily Beast: x Great to spend some time this afternoon with @DonaldJTrumpJr and @mschlapp to talk about why business and battle-tested leadership … Read More
Some big news today: California Gov. Gavin Newsom formally endorsed Joe Biden for president on Friday, praising the former vice president for his “deep compassion and empathy” during a virtual … Read More
Kudos to Lachlan Markay at The Daily Beast for capturing this: Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is running for reelection in what will likely be one of the nation’s most closely watched … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World: Too much of modern politics revolves around fundraising, especially after the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision. But when Leo … Read More
Kudos to Brad Reed at Raw Story for bringing this to our attention: x #CoronavirusCornyn doesn't mention 26,211 Americans are dead. I guess that's not important. He also doesn't mention … Read More
NowThis has a brand new episode of their series, Who Is?, up and they teamed up with rapper, Busdriver, to explain to voters just who U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R. … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World: Colorado has three key congressional races in 2020. The state has been growing fast and leaning blue in recent … Read More
Holy shit: x New KY-Sen fundraising: Mitch McConnell: $7.5M raised, $14.9M COH Amy McGrath: $12.8M raised, $14.7M COH— James Arkin (@JamesArkin) April 7, 2020 Democrat Amy McGrath raised substantially more … Read More
FiveThirtyEight has a new piece out today about the 11 Governor races coming up this year. The most competitive and only toss-up race this year is Montana: The most competitive … Read More
Here’s something I wanted to highlight: Former Vice President Joe Biden said he could fill his administration with younger people to try to build a “bench” for the Democratic Party. … Read More
In early to mid-March, the City of Miami canceled large gatherings such as Calle Ocho, Ultra Music, and Coachella festivals all located in the City of Miami. One event not … Read More
Trump’s main goal is to be re-elected, he needs the con to continue. His grift requires getting past a pandemic that will not abide a timetable built on the lies … Read More
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 … Read More
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, … Read More
Trump spoke before the daily briefing of the COVID task force presser.at 630pm ET. More time was spent changing the podium seal from the VPOTUS to that of IMPOTUS* than Trump’s … Read More
This is the sort of story that, if someone tried to sell it as fiction, they would be laughed out of every agent’s office as simply not believable. After stopping … Read More
Lawlessness continues as Trump commutes a sentence and pardons others prior to the Thursday sentencing of Roger Stone. Trump’s celebrity pardoning of Bernard Kerik and Eddie de Bartolo Jr. is an … Read More
In case you missed this: x In a room of wealthy fundraisers, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are “out of control” and that she … Read More
Here’s some more news out of Texas: On Wednesday, Texas Lyceum released results from its 14th annual poll, identifying Texans' views on the 2020 elections and primaries. Pollsters surveyed 1,000 adults from Texas … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Last week, Speaker Mike Turzai unexpectedly announced he won't run for re-election. Please give me a moment to share why that's … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: x YouTube Video Speaker Mike Turzai, the most powerful Republican in the legislature, just announced he won't run for re-election. Good … Read More
The Washington Post has obtained audio of Donald Trump schmoozing his deep-pocketed donors at a Friday night Mar-a-Lago fundraiser, and he made one remark that’s sure to enrage rank-and-file Republicans … Read More
Progressives around the country strongly urge the 2020 candidates to take bold and fearless stances on several policy issues from immigration to a Green New Deal to Medicare for All. … Read More
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s former Deputy Chief of Staff, Adam Jentleson, wrote that a quick coalescing around Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren is best for a Democratic win. … Read More
While I grateful that Democrat Andy Beshear beat the corrupt Republican Governor Matt Bevin, Kentucky voters elected one of Moscow Mitch’s political cronies as state attorney general — one Daniel Cameron. … Read More
Commander-in-Chief claimed he was working, then went golfing. There will be media distractions with an impending DPRK missile launch, but we are reminded that the funny business with the Three … Read More
Kentucky’s version of Donald Trump — loser former Governor Matt Bevin — just won’t go away no matter how much Kentucky Republicans wish it. Bevin is an early Christmas present to Kentucky … Read More
Here’s the latest news today out of Arizona: Retired astronaut Mark Kelly (D) leads Sen. Martha McSally (R) by a narrow 3-point margin in Arizona, a state critical to Democratic chances of … Read More
Yes, Max Boot is a conservative. But despite his Republican roots, he’s been one of Donald Trump’s fiercest and most consistent critics. That makes him useful — at least for … Read More
Here’s some big news today out of Alaska courtesy of the DSCC: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, issued the following statement endorsing Dr. Al … Read More
The good news for Joe Biden is that most of his supporters must not be paying attention to Biden’s malarkey about good Republicans. The bad news for the rest of us … Read More
OK. White guy here stepping into a racial issue: police shootings of unarmed black men. According to Politico, Julian Castro has “blindsided” Pete Buttigieg over accepting a donation from an … Read More
So two associates of Rudy Giuliani, Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, were arrested at Dulles International Airport last night on campaign finance charges. True to form, Donald Trump claimed he had … Read More
Damn: Former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath’s 2020 U.S. Senate campaign said it raised $10.7 million in its first three months of fundraising, a whopping sum that allows her to … Read More
It only took two weeks for Joe Biden to finally say that Trump has committed an impeachable offense. “To preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be … Read More
We did it! Signed, sealed and delivered, letters were received in these last weeks by more than 700 Bay Area residents informing them that … you no longer owe the balance … Read More
Trump wants Urkaine to manufacture dirt on Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. It’s a smear campaign by Trump that is a replay of “But Hillary’s Emails!” Trump’s latest criminality … Read More
x He’s like a real life version of a politician in a political cartoon stuffing their pockets with money pic.twitter.com/1qQQKmsQIR — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 18, 2019 x Well, he … Read More
Nothing like reading the online version of “Where Politics and Business Meet.” It shines a little light on what the patricians are thinking. First up, Harris’s wealthy donors are really … Read More
Can we agree that money in politics, especially from corporations and oligarchs, is not healthy for our democratic process? But we have a political system that equates “free speech” with … Read More
Sorry North Carolina Kossacks, you’re getting another visit from this fucking guy: President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Fayetteville on Sept. 9, the night before a special congressional … Read More
Nicole Bell of Crooks and Liars has another story up about how even Democratic political consultants are helping to restart the career of a prominent sexual harasser: Mark Halperin. According … Read More
