.@JohnCornyn: whatabout Obama? pic.twitter.com/ddoRUoxmbe — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 1, 2019 Side note: Beto O’Rourke is not helping me, you or anyone else in this country by running for President instead of running to unseat John Cornyn and flip a vital Senate seat. Regardless of how you feel about Beto, we should all be calling …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Always Keep Fighting
If you're thinking about running for office, take the @traindems 30-day challenge. By the end of April, you'll have the knowledge you need to run. Sign up now, and bring along a friend to join you: https://t.co/jXo1lw8BRc — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 20, 2019 Unlike McConnell – who once called money in politics a cancer …
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Policy matters
From yesterday: Azar and Wyden getting snippy at the @SenFinance hearing: Wyden asks why insurance coverage has gone down by 7 million, Azar responds that "I thought the ACA was taking care of it." Wyden shot back that its "kind of hard with all the sabotage." — Robert King (@rking_19) March 14, 2019 I am …
Open Thread: Stacey Abrams’ SotU Rebuttal
I started watching this promptly at 10:05pm and the Bloviator-in-Chief didn’t seem to be anywhere near shutting up already. The sacrifices I make for you people… He’s trying to outwait Stacey Abrams. — Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 6, 2019 Ten-thirty, and he’s finally wrapped with a last round of self-applause. Here goes…
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Cold Grey Pre-Dawn Open Thread: Just Desserts
Pres. Trump never served in elected office until 2017. His interactions with Congress have so far included signing ceremonies, a gift of Starbursts, and leaders who remain wary of angering him or his core voters and therefore praise him, at least publicly. Today, that changes. — Robert Costa (@costareports) January 3, 2019 Me: New Congress …
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Medicaid expansion will be on the ballot again
Bruce Japsen at Forbes makes a very good point. Medicaid expansion will be on the ballot again as the referendums to pass Expansion succeeded in three very red states this year: Utah, Idaho and Nebraska. The Fairness project says at least six states could become targets for Medicaid expansion ballot initiatives in 2020 thought the …
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40 is the new 23
And there goes the last one. Cox (D) now beating Valadao (R) in #CA21 https://t.co/a4pRehc9CT — G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) November 27, 2018 40 seats on net flipped Blue. Open thread.