Ted Lieu Endorses Kamala Harris for President.

No time for a lengthy diary, I have to get back to work…. But I wanted to break this:   x I endorse @KamalaHarris for President. Known Kamala for many years … Read More

Kamala Harris In Oakland – “We have foreign powers infecting the White House like malware…”

For your consideration. This was a damn fine speech. (close captioned — she begins @ 1:06:30) “I’m running for president because I love my country. I’m running to be a … Read More

Nate Silver tweets results of Daily Kos presidential straw poll

Election maven Nate Silver has taken note of our humble l’il community’s presidential preferences, which means we’re on the vanguard of … something. A Kamala Harris surge, maybe? x Pretty big … Read More

Poll: Every potential Democratic candidate would defeat Trump

It’s very, very, very early, but so far it’s hard to find a Democrat running for president (or considering a run) who wouldn’t defeat Donald Trump were the election held today. … Read More

South Carolina is going to be a busy place for the next year.

Ahhh, South Carolina. Land of southern beauty and hospitality. I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting the state, but all of the photos and video I’ve seen of it are … Read More

We're not done spanking you yet, Donnie. Important upcoming special elections.

Trump got a beating in November, and we have a responsibility to keep the pain going. There’s a few special elections coming up that need some attention: North Carolina House … Read More

We're not done spanking you yet, Donnie: 4 important upcoming special elections

Trump got a beating in November, and we have a responsibility to keep the pain going. There are a few special elections coming up that need some attention: North Carolina … Read More

KY-Sen: Bernie Sanders Mounts Pressure On Mitch McConnell (R) To End The Shutdown

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT): Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT)   Last night Trump said that this country faces a national emergency – and … Read More

Trump's attack on U.S. continues: Says he's ordered FEMA to stop funds for California

What. A. Dick. x Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act … Read More

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(Bill Mitchell is a conservative radio talk show host and super genius.) x pic.twitter.com/mOrrji2MQM — Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) January 6, 2019 x A zero friction roller would be filled with … Read More

Zounds. It Now Seems Jazmine Barnes, 7 Year Old Murder Victim, Was Killed 'By Mistake.'

Breaking, from News4SA.Com According to KTRK in Houston, an investigation tip led authorities to 20-year-old Eric Black Jr. who has been charged with capital murder in the deadly shooting and … Read More

So far Elizabeth Warren is having a spectacular first week

Elizabeth Warren has always been my first choice for president and I was disappointed when she decided not to run in 2016, but I understood. I know corporate America fears … Read More

CREDO Action Pressures The Incoming Congress To Pass The Federal Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights

Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: They clean houses. Care for seniors. Nurse the sick. Raise children. But the reward for the hard work of our nation's more than … Read More

NC-09: Sen. Cory Booker (D. NJ) Refuses To Let The GOP Get Away With Election Fraud

Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Dan McCready (D. NC-09)   There is a grave situation going on … Read More

MoveOn 2020 Straw Poll: Support Up for Grabs Among Wide, Diverse Field

The results of MoveOn’s first membership-wide straw poll and survey for the 2020 presidential elections are in: Support from members is up for grabs among a wide and diverse field … Read More

NC-09: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Refuses To Let The GOP Get Away With Election Fraud

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Dan McCready (D. NC-09)   This is shocking news — Multiple … Read More

MoveOn 2020 Straw Poll: Field Wide Open; Members Want Strong Progressive Voice To Challenge Trump

Group To Hold Series Of Events In Early 2019 In Early Primary States To Allow Candidates To Present Big Bold Ideas WASHINGTON, DC — The results of MoveOn’s first membership-wide … Read More

MoveOn 2020 Straw Poll Results

Someone Else / Don’t Know 17.89% Beto O’Rourke 15.60% Joe Biden 14.95% Bernie Sanders 13.15% Kamala Harris 10.02% Elizabeth Warren 6.42% Sherrod Brown 2.92% Amy Klobuchar 2.75% Michael Bloomberg 2.71% … Read More

The “Beto Factor”

Sometimes it’s almost hard to wrap your head around. It was only 29 days ago that we all hit the bricks for the polling places in the midterms, and yet, … Read More

TX-Sen: John Cornyn (R), “Texas Is No Longer A Reliably Red State”

First off, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I went home to Pittsburgh, PA last week to be with the family. Afterwards, I flew to El Paso to go … Read More

Trump needs a primary challenger. Desperately.

OK, this is just getting ridiculous. I’m not even going to say “I’m old enough to remember” because this didn’t happen all that fucking long ago! Many of you can … Read More

OK Texas Kossacks: Texas Tribune on 1st Day Early Voting. You All Tell Me What This Means…

The Texas Tribune has the first day early voting turnout figures, and they break them down by the most populous to the least.  Overall: In the first day of early … Read More

Mike Pence's wife campaigns for nutty GOP candidate who thinks homosexuality should be illegal

Views on homosexuality differ widely in this country, but the percentage of Americans who think same-sex relations should be flat-out illegal is small and dropping precipitously. Frankly, it’s absurd that … Read More

Samuel L. Jackson Cleans (D) House Candidate Angie Craig's Pootie Potty To Help Her Campaign.

Movie icon and tough guy Samuel L. Jackson really wants to turn The House blue and he’s willing to get his hands dirty doing mundane household tasks to keep his preferred … Read More

Mention of KY-6th Congressional District as Possible Bellwether for Midterms.

Sometimes he can be irritating, but Steve Kornacki mentioned on “All In with Chris Hayes” that a possible bellwether for the House in this midterm election is KY-6th Congressional District.  … Read More

If NBC Listed the White House Podium as a Source, I would Buy that Before I Believed a Trump Tweet.

There was a minor dust up in the blogosphere last night after anNBC news story came out, which stated that White House Council Don McGahn, who sat directly behind Kavanaugh during … Read More

IN-Sen: Kamala Harris (D. CA) & MoveOn.org Team Up To Help Joe Donnelly (D) Win Re-Election

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) on behalf of MoveOn.org in support of U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s (D. IN) re-election campaign: Sen. Joe Donnelly (D. … Read More

GA-Gov: Kamala Harris (D. CA) Doubles Down To Make Stacey Abrams (D) The First Black Female Governor

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Stacey Abrams (D. GA) gubernatorial campaign: Team — In just a few moments, I am going … Read More

The GOP's new SCOTUS strategy. Informercials.

This shit is going to put me out of business. The best description of the job of a comedian is “One who finds and exposes the absurdity in the mundane.” … Read More

NV-Sen: Kamala Harris (D. CA) Wants To Punish Dean Heller (R) For Voting To Repeal The ACA

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Rep. Jacky Rosen’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA)   You have … Read More

The Week That Was

Photos: The United States Supreme Court Building, by Joe Ravi • CC BY-SA 3.0 and Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing in 2004, CSPAN • Public domain By  Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, … Read More

MO-Sen: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Helps Claire McCaskill (D) Get Ready To Defeat Josh Hawley (R)

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support her colleague, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s (D. MO) re-election campaign: Senator Claire McCaskill is tough as nails … Read More

FL-Sen: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Helps Bill Nelson (D) Defeat Trump Foot Soldier Rick Scott (R)

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of her colleague, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s (D. FL) re-election campaign: Sen. Bill Nelson (D. FL)   … Read More

Stop Pro-Torture Kavanaugh Today!

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 … Read More

TX-Sen: Beto O'Rourke (D) On Botham Jean's Slaying, “That is not justice. That is not us.”

Yes: x “This hasn’t happened before. I showed up and I hadn’t done something like it before.” pic.twitter.com/DVfbxfTK0y — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 15, 2018   Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke … Read More

The Week That Was

Photos: The United States Supreme Court Building, by Joe Ravi • CC BY-SA 3.0 and Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing in 2004, CSPAN • Public domain By  Debra Schrishuhn for Mike … Read More

NV-Sen: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Helps Jacky Rosen (D) WIn A Democratic Senate Majority

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Rep. Jacky Rosen’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign: You have to see this quote from a … Read More

AZ-Sen: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Helps Kyrsten Sinema (D) Defeat Trump Loyalist Martha McSally (R)

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: I’ve spent the better part of the last … Read More

TX-Sen: NYT, “Top Trump Adviser Says Ted Cruz (R) Could Lose Texas Senate Race”

A must read from the New York Times: President Trump’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, expressed confidence to Republican donors on Saturday that the party would overcome a Democratic “movement of … Read More

CA-25, 39, 45, 58 & 49: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps The Blue Wave Hit California Hard

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA): Everywhere Elizabeth Warren goes, people ask her: “How can I get in this fight in 2018?” This year could be historic – … Read More

Kavanaugh signals that he may overturn SCOTUS ruling that made marriage equality law of the land

I do not like using the word “unqualified” to describe an appointee to a U.S. Supreme Court seat or other federal judgeship, in large part due to the fact that … Read More

FL-Gov: Kamala Harris (D. CA) Teams Up With DFA To Help Andrew Gillum (D) Become Governor Of Florida

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) on behalf of Democracy for America in support of Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) campaign: Andrew Gillum (D. FL) It’s … Read More

FL-Gov: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Refuses To Let Trump Take Down Andrew Gillum (D)

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) gubernatorial campaign: Team — I am writing you this afternoon to tell … Read More

OH-Gov: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Helps Richard Cordray (D) Defeat Mike DeWine (R)

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Richard Cordray’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign: Richard Cordray (D. OH)   In a few moments, I’m … Read More

OH-Sen: Kamala Harris (D. CA) Keeps Up The Momentum To Help Sherrod Brown (D) To Win Re-Election

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of her colleague, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign: In a few moments, I am … Read More

Sen. Feinstein: GOP going to 'unprecedented' lengths to hide Kavanaugh's records

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 … Read More

TX, WI & OH-Sen: Kamala Harris (D. CA) & MoveOn.org Team Up To Help Democrats Win The Senate

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) on behalf of MoveOn.org in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign and U.S. Senators Tammy … Read More

MoveOn Members Help Raise $160,000 for Progressive Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams

MoveOn members and a coalition of progressive groups including the Daily Kos, the Working Families Party, NARAL Pro-Choice America, People for the American Way, and Collective PAC raised $160,000 for … Read More