I live in a blue state, and it’s pretty clear what Donald Trump thinks of me. From his peevish attitude toward the tribulations of Puerto Ricans to his threats to cut off disaster funding to California, it’s become more than obvious that Trump sees some Americans as more American than others. And sometimes he wears that attitude…
Category: RedStates
Trump threatens to tie federal relief for states to 'sanctuary-city adjustments'
“I want you to do me a favor, though.” Attention blue states! If you want your people to live, be more racist! So Donald Trump, because he’s an irredeemable asshole, apparently wants states to follow his racist lead on sanctuary cities before they can expect to receive federal aid as a part of COVID-19 relief…
Trump Tariffs Hurt North Dakota Soybean Farmers, but Voters There Threw Out Heitkamp.
I know I am picking at a fresh wound here, but NPR had an interview with a soybean farmer — Josh Gackle – in North Dakota who sits on the American Soybean Association’s board of directors about the effect of Trump’s tariffs on soybeans. You could tell that Gackle didn’t want to directly say anything bad about…
NPR Interview with Outgoing Senator Claire McCaskill.
I have some issues with outgoing Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill. Yes, I am definitely going to miss her vote in the Senate, especially now that the Republicans have a greater majority in that “august” body. But I have to nitpick on some of what she said in an NPR interview that I heard today while…
Mike Lux of Crooks and Liars Brings Up Valuable Insights on Redstate Senate Contests.
I want to highlight what Mike Lux over at Crooks and Liars has written about the redstate Senate contests in 2018 and 2020. No, it is not gloom and doom. In 2018, we saw three different strategies to winning in red state America. The first was to run as a conservative, separating yourself from the…
Looks More Like Rural Tribalism Hurt Democrats in Redstates in 2018.
As with many, I’ve been trying to look at some numbers now of several disappointing Democratic races in several redstates to make some sense of what happened. It’s taken some time to actually look at the numbers because I got my hopes up and the let down has been painful. The ones I’m looking at…
Man, Oh Man. Was I Wrong About TN and IN Senate Races. And KY-6th.
I do not know what to say, except I was dead wrong on two U.S. Senate Races: IN and TN. I thought for sure that Donnelly would win because, well, he threw people like me under a bus and ran the bus back over me. I do not know if everyone else saw his commercials,…
Suggestion to Redstate Democratic Senators on the SCOTUS.
If Redstate Democrats want cover for maybe — they are all quiet for now — not voting for Trump’s evenutal judicial nominee to the SCOTUS, I think they could argue that a vote for a Trump nominee means the death of healthcare coverage and protections brought by the ACA to millions. Just to refresh our collective memories…
