10% chance I admit, but imagine if Davids runs for Senate and wins, that's a hell of a lot more valuable than a house seat and would never have happened if Republicans didn't press their luck
However unlikely, I think Sharice Davids threat to run for state office is smart. Karmic justice is the only way forward with this redistricting fiasco since it seems unlikely the Supreme Court won't block mid-cycle changes
I don’t think Fair Fight Action fearmongering about Dems losing 19 seats post-VRA is especially responsible because it’s (a) incorrect and (b) gives people an inclination to simply give in and wail about things without realizing that it‘s way more breakable than that.
Question I haven't been able to figure out: if a PI from a school currently having its funding blocked the government gets a fundable score, is NIH just holding off on awarding it until the govt and the university reach an agreement, or does it effectively get rejected and require resubmission?
Ban on congressional stock trading, double NIH funding, double the CTC, eliminate tax loopholes to make the system fairer, universal pre-K and parental leave, just to start
As the shutdown extends, the rhetorical utility of a 94-style Contract With America becomes significantly greater.
Democrats need something material they can point to and say, "These are the perfectly reasonable points Republicans are refusing to do their jobs for."
As the shutdown extends, the rhetorical utility of a 94-style Contract With America becomes significantly greater.
Democrats need something material they can point to and say, "These are the perfectly reasonable points Republicans are refusing to do their jobs for."
It's wild how much more incompetent this administration is compared to Bush or even Trump I, and even wilder how little of that will matter as long as the courts back him up
Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
Good example of the difference between his first and second term: Trump's first cabinet was full of people trying to hit the brake, his second Cabinet is full of people with their for on the gas
"I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, 'Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? My people tell me different.' They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place...
For NJ I was rooting for Fulop, I thought he had the clearest plans to clear out some of the cobwebs, but I do think there needs to be a top to bottom reassessment by Dems
The NJ Dem machine is like the NY machine, sclerotic and still unwilling to change despite mounting problems. They need to be built back from the ground up to reverse the massive losses they've incurred
Sherrill likely pulls out a modest win, but get candidacy is lab designed to underperform. Running a bland campaign, backed by the NJ machine, and Murphy has underwater favorables. Sherrill embodies the Dems current problems- bland and only playing not to lose
Relatedly all these online food delivery services have made ordering food so much worse, instead of having to go to a restaurant or fast food place to get it someone else does, which means lines are so much longer for everything
A lot of these releases from Harris' book points to the same thing- she wasn't willing to take risks even though her position was tenuous. Would Buttegeig have been a better VP? Who knows, but in the end the safe pick didn't help her
Sherrill is a great example of a big problem in the Democratic party- she's an empty suit who doesn't have a clear message and isn't willing to take risks
Not feeling great about Democrats holding NJ-Gov this year.
Sherill is polling ahead of Harris's 2024 results, but not as much as Spanberger is in Virginia. The GOP attack ads all highlight some of her speaking flubs, and a couple are bad!
I think they hold it but it's closer than it should be.
This is a great an opportunity as ever to get rid of the deadwood in the state party, Brooklyn machine, etc. but I'm I'm not sure Hochul has the strength
You could probably buy 100 newspapers for pennies and run them at a modest loss to keep investigative journalism and credible news in every community. Radio and TV presumably generate good returns, you don't even need a left-wing focus, just avoid right wing editorializing
There have been liberal concerns about media control for like 20+ years, why exactly hasn't there been any effort in creating a liberal version of Sinclair? It's not even a money losing venture, this is something that could generate returns for a group of liberal investors
I'm not sure how much salience there is, but I think there's a a pretty big opportunity for Dems to paint Trump as weak, particularly on foreign policy. He's about to sell out American interests and farmers to the Chinese, won't stand up to Putin, etc.
