Category Archives: Democrats

Performative Politics Matters

No, this post isn’t about Venezuela, though, given the title, it could have been! No, this post is about this initiative by shiny, new Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, who yesterday announced the following (boldface mine): New York … Continue reading

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The Left, Construed Broadly, Must Find a Way to Support Its Own

Brian Beutler gets at something important here, if depressing, about recent rightwing celebrity Riley Gaines (boldface mine): [Republicans are] in the market, day and night, for people they can cast as heroes or victims or martyrs in the culture war. … Continue reading

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Impeach HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy. Impeach Him Now.

Calls for a Kennedy impeachment: it’s not just for bloggers anymore! Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens* (MI) is pushing filed articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary and Plaguelord Kennedy. Is she doing this to help her Senate bid (she’s running for … Continue reading

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Panicked by a Close Election in Tennessee, Trump Attempts to Bribe Democratic Rep. Cuellar

In case you missed it, Tuesday night, the Democratic congressional candidate, Aftyn Benn, for TN-7 lost, but, importantly, she overperformed in a heavily Republican district, in what appears to be a thirteen point swing from the 2024 Trump margin of … Continue reading

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Can Democrats Control Their Own Internal Security Forces?

In a very good piece about the problems NYC Mayor elect Zohran Mamdani will face regarding policing, this stuck out (boldface mine): Referring to Tisch as the “mother of the DAS,” Fox Cahn questioned why Mamdani would choose to retain … Continue reading

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Democratic Support, At Least in Virginia, Has a Huge Gender Gap

One exit poll result from Virginia’s gubernatorial race–and early exit polling data should always be taken with a grain of salt–was the massive support for the Democratic candidate (and victor) Spanberger among women aged 18-29: (it’s worth noting that very … Continue reading

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House Republicans to Protect Reputation of Dead Pedophile and Possible Live One

In light of yesterday’s Epstein file release , which suggests at the very least Adjudicated Rapist Trump knew about the child rapes and at worst he participated in them*, it appears the Republican-controlled and Trump-subservient House will only vote on … Continue reading

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The Invective Gap Is Still Killing Democrats

And I don’t just mean Democratic politicians. Americans, including Democratic supporters, will die because the Quisling Caucus of the Democratic Party caved. There’s no One Neat Trick that would stop Republicans, but a key problem is the invective gap: professional … Continue reading

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If Republicans Are Just Adding Crap to a Continuing Resolution, Then Let’s Talk About the Epstein Files

In what is a very perplexing political maneuver*, Republicans are doing their damnedest to make it difficult for Democrats to cave in the shutdown fight. The latest insult to intelligence is an attempt to add an abortion ban to any … Continue reading

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Who Goes Cuomo?

In light of Mamdani’s victory over Cuomo for the office of New York City Mayor (despite Cuomo massively outspending Mamdani and having the tacit support of multiple media organizations), the Democratic establishment should be asking itself these questions–and they might … Continue reading

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