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Branch Covidians: Typhoid GOP Senators and their court-packing attempts
The GOP Senate mischief continues, as the GOP’s rush to endanger the women’s health of at least 17 states and 30 million people also continues. x Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris will not in person attend the SCOTUS confirmation hearing as COVID runs through the Senate GOP.https://t.co/AD6Q5ulw4T via @politicususa— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October…
Conservative columnist on GOP senators: 'It’s too late to scurry away from the sinking Trump ship'
Jennifer Rubin is a longtime NeverTrumper member of the marginally sane community. She’s one of The Washington Post’s conservative writers, but when she decided to side with common sense over Trumpite servility, she became an apostate in the eyes of many of her fellow travelers. Importantly, she pushed away from the Trumpian hog trough ages ago,…
Ady Barkan Already Targeting GOP Senators Up For Re-Election In 2022 Over Trump's SCOTUS Pick
Received this e-mail yesterday from health care activist, Ady Barkan, and his Super PAC, Be A Hero: Ady Barkan It's official. Just moments ago, the NYTimes reported that Trump will be nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. Amy is a notorious, ultra-conservative judge who has been openly…
AZ, ME & NC-Sen: NYT, “Virus Pulls Down Trump, Poll Shows, and G.O.P. Senators Suffer With Him”
The latest New York Times/Siena College poll does not have good news for Trump or Republican Senators in these battleground states. Let’s start with Maine: x #MEsen:Gideon (D) 44% (+4)Collins (R-inc) 40%Linn (I) 2%Savage (I) 2%@SienaResearch/@UpshotNYT, LV, 9/11-16— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 18, 2020 In all three states, Democratic Senate candidates were leading Republican incumbents…
Senators on vacation as the Russians keep working
GOP Senators took their three weeks off, as the COVID death toll rises, Some left to campaign for re-election, others to disinform in support of IMPOTUS*. And then there’s Trump corrupting USPS in unprecedented election meddling. All the while, even Trump cannot condemn QAnon’s tacit escalation of Trumpian themes. x Which Senate seats are in play…
GA-Sen A: Roll Call Adds Sen. David Perdue (R) To Their Top 10 Most Vulnerable Senators List
From Roll Call: The Senate map has expanded in Democrats’ favor heading into the fall, and that’s bad news for Republican incumbents. Eight Republicans now rank among the most vulnerable senators as the GOP defends its majority in the Senate, with Georgia’s David Perdue once again making the list. Georgia has become an increasingly competitive…
Steve Schmidt scorches Republican Party & Senators as an irredeemable threat. But Beware!
Steve Schmidt deconstructs the state of the Republican Party as he enumerates all the ills of the party including the President & Senators. Steve Schmidt wants Trump's sycophants out of office too x x YouTube Video Watch complete episodes here. Steve Schmidt did not pull any punches. He made it clear just as the group he is…
AZ & GA-Sen B: NYT, “Republican Senators in Arizona and Georgia Have a Problem: The Base”
From The New York Times: As Representative Doug Collins went booth to booth at a recent Republican jamboree in northeast Georgia’s Rabun County, he was a hero, not an insurgent. No one knocked him for splitting the party with his bid against the state’s junior senator, Kelly Loeffler, who is also a Republican. For many…
Lincoln Project slams Republican Senators
In a new ad whose tag line is “Learn. Their. Names.” It goes after McConnell, Graham, Tillis, Gardner, McSally, Cruz, Ernst, Rubio, Collins, Daines, Cotton…. (Yeah, I know, the picture I used lacks the two not running as welll as Daines and Cotton and has the two from Georgia who are). “Every time they chose…
GA-Sen A & B: AJC, “Georgia senators avoid criticizing Trump for sharing ‘white power’ video”
Not exactly the headline sitting Senators should see from The Atlanta-Journal Constitution: U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have avoided criticizing President Donald Trump even after his posts on social media were called out for spreading racist messages. The most recent example came on Sunday when the president shared a video on Twitter of…
AZ, CO, ME, NC, MT, IA & KY-Sen: Newsweek, “The 7 GOP Senators at Risk of Losing Their Seats”
Newsweek has a good piece out that discusses the control of the U.S. Senate and which seats are at most danger for the GOP: With polling in the presidential race swinging in the Democrats' favor, the party will be buoyed in its ambitions to oust a handful of GOP senators in a bid to take…
CO & MT-Sen: “In An Election Year, 2 Vulnerable GOP Senators Are Suddenly Conservationists”
A lot’s been going on in the news but here’s something you might’ve missed: The Senate is expected to debate into next week bipartisan legislation that would allow massive spending on the nation’s public lands and help two GOP senators boost their moderate credentials in tight reelection races. Senators voted 79-18 on Wednesday to proceed…
One of my senators just called Trump's speech fascist; I couldn't be more proud
Thank you, Ron Wyden — my senator — for calling out the ocher abomination in the strongest terms. x The fascist speech Donald Trump just delivered verged on a declaration of war against American citizens. I fear for our country tonight and will not stop defending America against Trump’s assault.— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) June 1, 2020 In…
MT-Sen: Sen. Jon Tester (D) Keeps Up The Momentum For Montana To Have 2 Democratic Senators
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D. MT) in support of Governor Steve Bullock’s (D. MT) U.S. Senate campaign: Gov. Steve Bullock (D. MT) For too long, Mitch McConnell has turned the Senate into a legislative graveyard. Between the heartless policy decisions and the never-ending circus surrounding their scams, secrets, and shortcuts,…
GA & MT-Sen: Loeffler (R) & Daines (R) Now On The Top 10 Vulnerable Senators List
From Roll Call: With Election Day six months away, senators facing well-funded challengers from their own parties and the late entry of a game-changing candidate have shaken up CQ Roll Call’s list of the 10 most vulnerable Senate incumbents. Both appointed Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler and Massachusetts Democrat Edward J. Markey make the list because of challenges…
Moscow Mitch Willing To Kill His Fellow Senators To Get Political Toadie On Court Of Appeals.
Moscow Mitch is willing to risk the lives of his fellow senators in order to force a vote on one of his political toadies to the Court of Appeals to D.C. The toadie in question: Only 161 days after he took his seat on the U.S. District Court in Louisville, Judge Justin Walker, who has…
MT-Sen: Sen. Jon Tester (D) Wants Montana To Have Two Democratic Senators
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D. MT) in support of Governor Steve Bullock’s (D. MT) U.S. Senate campaign: Steve Bullock (D. MT) Here’s some good news: My good friend, Montana Governor Steve Bullock can flip Montana’s second Senate seat — the proof is in the numbers. Steve is currently neck and neck with his…
NC-Sen: DFA Helps Cal Cunningham (D) Defeat 1 Of North Carolina's 2 Corrupt GOP Senators
Received this e-mail from Democracy for America in support of Cal Cunningham’s (D. NC) U.S. Senate campaign: Last week, we learned conservative Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, dumped up to $1.6 million in stock before the stock-market crash after he received classified nonpublic information about the severity of the…
NC-Sen & Gov: PPP Shows Voters Really Don't Like Both GOP Senators, Strongly Approve Of Dem Gov
PPP has some bad news for U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R. NC), Thom Tillis (R. NC), and Donald Trump and some very good news for Governor Roy Cooper (D. NC): 50% of voters in the state think Burr should resign to 24% who think he should remain in office. Democrats (63/15) and independents (53/18) both…