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Open Thread: ‘Tis the Season for Giving!

by Anne Laurie| November 27, 20196:20 pm| 137 Comments

This post is in: Free Markets Solve Everything, Open Threads, Fuck Yeah!

Legal Twitter: I’m dressed in a black suit outside a restaurant waiting for a friend and a curmudgeonly gentleman pulls his sports car into the driveway. While walking past, he dismissively looks at me and barks “Key’s in it.”
The Porsche is now mine, right?
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) November 26, 2019

As long as you itemize its value as a taxable gift
— RicardoSabroso (@ricardo_sabroso) November 26, 2019

Quite. The correct thing is to draw yourself up and say, "Do you know who I am?" When he says, "No", say, "Good" and drive off.
— Zoe Samuel (@zoe_samuel) November 27, 2019

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Friday Night Impeachment Watch: Nancy Pelosi Talks to Steven Colbert

by Anne Laurie| November 1, 201910:26 pm| 30 Comments

This post is in: Don't Agonize - Organize, Excellent Links, Impeachment Inquiry, NANCY SMASH!, Proud to Be A Democrat, Fuck Yeah!

Good for Madam Speaker, now and forever…

Translation: we intend to squeeze every drop of blood from this that we can https://t.co/7CgxgDYuaJ
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 1, 2019

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Friday Morning Open Thread: SURPRISE!…

by Anne Laurie| September 27, 20195:28 am| 194 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs, Impeachment Inquiry, Indict the MOFO, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Venality, Fuck Yeah!

I both want and don’t want tomorrow to be another big news day.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) September 27, 2019

It would be easier to listen to congressional Republicans defend the actions of POTUS if they just said “whatever he does, we don’t really care” rather than spinning these justifications.
— julianzelizer (@julianzelizer) September 27, 2019

SHADE THROWN:

"I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election."
Every American should read this whistleblower complaint. https://t.co/9Mk6kLNsIL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 26, 2019

Hmm, that seems a little long for a re-election slogan.
You're never going to fit that on your bumper stickers. https://t.co/W3UGGZ8Jok
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 26, 2019

[ding] Who is Donald Trump? https://t.co/So8f2GYRtg
— shauna (@goldengateblond) September 26, 2019

At least he’s got the title of his memoir settled https://t.co/uWBUzf4RVY
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 26, 2019

Here is the NPR/PBS/Marist poll trend on impeachment.
April: 39% support, 53% oppose
Today: 49% support, 46% oppose
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 26, 2019

Interesting from Morning Consult poll:
43% for starting impeachment, 43% against. Of those "for," 59% say for impeachable offense.
But when told Trump withheld aid to Ukraine before phone call, support moves to 44 for, 41 against. Of the 44, *66%* say for impeachable offense.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 26, 2019

But what of the BoBo demographic?

Speaking of overconfident takes pic.twitter.com/kUu0rdZxv5
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 27, 2019

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— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) September 26, 2019

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Today’s Magic Number

by Anne Laurie| September 26, 20195:27 am| 182 Comments

This post is in: Dolt 45, Impeachment Inquiry, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Fuck Yeah!

BREAKING: Here's the 218th lawmaker to support an impeachment inquiry (217 Dems plus Amash). This puts a majority of the House on record in support.https://t.co/3RIKRLxnic https://t.co/KWCHpQdazA
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 25, 2019

Meanwhile, Individual-1 remains Murphy the Trickster God’s gift to political cartoonists…

(Jack Ohman via GoComics.com)
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(Tom Toles via GoComics.com)
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Excellent Read: “Why Ex–Sanders Supporters Are Backing Warren”

by Anne Laurie| September 21, 201910:44 am| 177 Comments

This post is in: Election Year, Excellent Links, I'm With Her, Proud to Be A Democrat, Warren for President 2020, Fuck Yeah!

So grateful to have had @MauriceWFP with me at our Washington Square Park event. @WorkingFamilies has been on the front line of the fight for racial and economic justice, and I'm honored to have their support. We're going to build this grassroots movement together. pic.twitter.com/WMxCY62IZF
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) September 20, 2019

Tip O’Neill always warned candidates not to neglect the voters who could be assumed to be on their side: People like to be asked.

Elaine Godfrey, at the Atlantic:

In 2016, Bernie Sanders described the Working Families Party (WFP), a grassroots progressive organization, as “the closest thing there is” to his “vision of democratic socialism.” The group endorsed him in his primary race against Hillary Clinton, and it’s grown more powerful in the past three years, as it has sought to build a multiracial populist movement nationwide. But this time around, with Sanders taking another shot for the White House, the group is throwing its weight behind someone else: Elizabeth Warren. The group’s surprising decision could be an early indicator of how progressives—including those who backed Sanders in the past—are planning to organize and vote next year.
“The political conditions are different” in this election, Maurice Mitchell, the national director of the WFP, told me earlier this week, after the group announced that Warren defeated Sanders in a vote of WFP members and leadership, earning 61 percent compared to Sanders’s 36 percent. Unlike in 2016, there is more than one progressive candidate in the race to choose from, Mitchell said. Warren “has a track record of finding that nexus between visionary structural change and also the tools to operationalize it.”
Mitchell’s reasoning echoed the sentiments of other progressive voters I’ve spoken with recently. They have affection for Sanders and appreciate what he’s done for the movement, as roughly one dozen voters explained to me this week. But Warren, they argued, is proffering a kinder, gentler version of progressivism—one that is rooted in her experience, simple to understand, and compelling enough to attract a broad swath of voters.
“She’s everything Bernie is—but a bit more electable,” said Joe Piluso, a 71-year-old former Sanders supporter and former social-services worker living in San Diego…
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Late Night Open Thread: Furries Prove Themselves Braver / More Ethical Than the ‘Mainstream’ GOP

by Anne Laurie| September 16, 201911:35 pm| 64 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Popular Culture, Fuck Yeah!, Rare Sincerity

Bravo for the furries!

UPDATE: I just got a statement in from Midwest FurFest:
"The board of Midwest Furry Fandom, consistent with our posted code of conduct, has rescinded Mr. Yiannopoulos’s registration. He is not welcome to attend this or any future Midwest FurFest event.” https://t.co/M5ynm0tcyP
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) September 16, 2019

My story from this morning has been updated with new information:https://t.co/cX4BAggul7
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) September 16, 2019

Didn’t take months of ‘but free speech’ equivocation for the Fur-Folk to reject blatant fascism:

… Yiannopoulos posted an email screenshot to one of the few platforms he has left—his Telegram messaging channel—on Saturday and claimed he registered for Midwest FurFest, a convention “to celebrate the furry fandom” hosted in the suburbs on Chicago this December…
Yiannopoulos also claimed on Telegram that he had submitted a form to suggest he host a panel called “The Politics of Fur.” He asked his followers who plan to attend Midwest FurFest to message him to arrange “dinner, drinks, photos or anything else.”…
In a statement later provided to Right Wing Watch, organizers wrote that they had rescinded Yiannopoulos’ registration for the event and that he would not be welcome to attend Midwest FurFest or any future event.
“Hate is not welcome at Midwest FurFest. We are dedicated to providing a safe, harassment-free convention experience for all, regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, or personal beliefs,” organizers wrote. “Midwest FurFest can confirm that Mr. Yiannopoulos has registered for the event this year. While the convention generally does not comment on anyone’s registration status, Mr. Yiannopoulos has already stated as much publicly.”
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Saturday Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie| August 17, 20196:02 am| 165 Comments

This post is in: Gun Issues, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Fuck Yeah!

In the middle of our road trip home today, Sherrod and I started talking about how the first few words of favorite songs can trigger years of memories.
Sherrod’s: “Here comes the sun….”
Mine: “Screen door slams….”
What’s yours? pic.twitter.com/pyc8fDo2ql
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) August 16, 2019

And now for something completely different…

The House Judiciary Committee will return early from August recess to consider three bills that address gun violence in the wake of two deadly mass shootings earlier this month. https://t.co/iVYg1UOGEO
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) August 16, 2019

NEW: House Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Nadler announces that he is calling cmte. back from recess on Sept. 4, the week before rest of Congress returns, to work on gun-related legislation.
Nadler also says the cmte. will hold a hearing on military-style assault weapons Sept. 25.
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) August 16, 2019

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Late Night Pushback Open Thread: You Come At the King, You Best Not Miss…

by Anne Laurie| July 29, 20191:01 am| 39 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Fuck Yeah!, Nobody could have predicted

If this empty-suit, race-hating fraud had to actually visit West Baltimore for five minutes and meet any of the American citizens who endure there, he’d wet himself. https://t.co/QBSed1S4c8
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 27, 2019

It means the president, if he stepped out of his limo and found himself suddenly a racial minority, would wet himself on that fundamental alone. The humanity of those he encountered could not matter to him; only their lack of whiteness and his discomfort. So he won't come. https://t.co/kkU8MggT3G
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 27, 2019

The Sun, where I worked for 13 years, is a centrist, MOR newspaper. And national policies and paradigms are bigger than partisan banter. You're wandering into a prepared enfilade of belt-fed macroeconomics and institutional racism flashing a bent butterknife of Democrats-are-bad. https://t.co/Q2jG8901jP
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 27, 2019

I’m particularly impressed with his skill at responding to the exact level of witlessness in each attack:

You wouldn't know misleading if it crawled from your asshole and latched on to your scrotum. 7-MD includes large tracts of Howard & Baltimore County, both quite affluent, as well as the city. Trump cites only the city because he's a racist and it only works for his argument. You? https://t.co/rFM8kvAPEx
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 27, 2019

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Open Thread: Charm City Pushback

by Anne Laurie| July 28, 20196:15 pm| 80 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality, Trump Crime Cartel, All Too Normal, Flash Mob of Hate, Fuck Yeah!

My sister lives in Baltimore and says people are already selling these. pic.twitter.com/fDvvycym0V
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) July 28, 2019

One of the many advantages of a vibrant urban area is that its residents learn to defend themselves, regardless of the power & weight of the attacker…

I lived in Baltimore while working for the U.S. Atty’s Office there in law school. It boasts Camden Yards, the Inner Harbor, and Johns Hopkins, one of the top colleges and research hospitals (where I was born!) in the country. Nat’l anthem born there, too. This is a trashy tweet. pic.twitter.com/4uaVtfwnhU
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 27, 2019

Btw, for those who say that Trump’s racist rhetoric “won’t matter” tomorrow, you’re wrong. Those of us whose dignity is attacked by this President & who are endangered by his licensing of racism are seeing who stands up & who doesn’t. The test is not for Trump, it is for you.
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 27, 2019

There is a #WeAreBaltimore hashtag, not because of a national disaster or an act of domestic terror, but instead because the President chose to perpetuate a racist attack against it. Let’s all think on that for a second.
— Bishop Garrison (@BishopGarrison) July 28, 2019

Low-key most revealing thing about Trump’s Cummings tweets is how he sees crime in Baltimore as Cummings’s problem, not his own
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 27, 2019

Baltimore has a lot of problems but also a lot of cool stuff in it.
Call me crazy but I would like to see policymakers and concerned citizens try to help solve those problems rather than dunk on hundreds of thousands of people. https://t.co/f3iuabFsOz
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 27, 2019

Racists coming out of the woodwork to blame a black congressman for Baltimore don't have shit to say about white people leading the entire fucking Midwest's decades of decline under white Republicans. https://t.co/DXjuClUAFY
— Dreadful E (@EvilCEOE) July 27, 2019

Speaking of TRASHY PEOPLE…

Trump's attack on Rep. Cummings is a straight recitation of a Fox segment. "Living conditions at the border are better than most areas in his district, the city lined with abandoned building and trash on the streets."
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:18 a.m.
Right, Trump, 7:14 a.m. pic.twitter.com/w5OniqHgW6
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) July 27, 2019

Reminder that Trump's restaurants are rodent infested, and unlike Cummings and Baltimore, Trump owns and has responsibility for that.https://t.co/2B4JrTqGN3
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 28, 2019

And since this all started with a Fox segment, let us recall that Sean Hannity is a secret slum emperor with an absolutely sickening record for raising rent and evicting tenants over the slightest of infractions. https://t.co/Qe7IHADveb https://t.co/c8fQhjshEv
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) July 28, 2019

blorp https://t.co/iGHOMqVVvc pic.twitter.com/JDNQbdPJMU
— Matt Pearce ?? (@mattdpearce) July 28, 2019

Not that it really matters but Cummings' district has above-average college education rates and home prices, along with a pretty good mix of urban and suburban areas (even some rural), and well-off, working-class and middle-class areas. https://t.co/33mH7JreHw https://t.co/8VWBWVkRRD
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 27, 2019

I think this is because new restaurants cause both white people and rats, rather than white people causing rats per se.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 27, 2019

Try to imagine a Democratic campaign manager snarking about the high opioid death rate in some rural area that votes Republican. You can’t. Your brain will explode. pic.twitter.com/t4R4DMqwpB
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 27, 2019

The attack on Baltimore isn't really about Baltimore (which is an excellent city, btw, damn fun), but about making Red state white people living with poor educational, poverty, unemployment, meth and opioid epidemics feel like they're still better off than black people.
— Dreadful E (@EvilCEOE) July 28, 2019

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Respite Open Thread: To the Moon, Google!

by Anne Laurie| July 20, 20196:26 pm| 86 Comments

This post is in: Nature & Respite, Open Threads, Space, Fuck Yeah!

Bonus: Buzzfeed has assembled a batch of contemporary news photos that may not “Change Your Perspective Of The Moon Landing”, but that certainly have nostalgia value for those of us who can remember the original event!

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Back Where She Came From

by Anne Laurie| July 19, 20194:42 am| 123 Comments

This post is in: I'm With Her, local races 2019/2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Fuck Yeah!

Congresswoman Omar just arrived back in the Twin Cities. pic.twitter.com/ZiFqWnDJgQ
— Tom Hauser (@thauserkstp) July 18, 2019

CNN:

… “It feels good to be home,” Omar said into a bullhorn at the airport, where she was greeted by dozens of supporters.
She was in Minneapolis for a town hall with Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, which was intended to focus on their advocacy for “Medicare for All.”…
“He’s threatened because we are inspiring people to dream about a country that recognizes their dignity and humanity,” Omar said of Trump at the airport.
An hour later, Omar received a standing ovation at the start of the town hall.
“I know there are a lot of people that are trying to distract us now, but I want you all to know that we are not going to let them,” Omar told the crowd. “I’m going to continue to do the work on behalf of the 5th (District), because you all send me to Washington to do the important work of progressing our country.”…

Elsewhere…

STUNNING: ~4 years ago in Morning Consult polling, Susan Collins was the 2nd most popular senator, with 78% approval and just 16% disapproval in her state. Now she’s the 2nd most unpopular at 45/48.
No senator has seen their standing hurt more in the age of Trump.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 18, 2019

Susan Collins voted to give a $1.5 trillion tax cut benefiting corporations and the ultra-wealthy.
We can vote her out. No corporate PACs, just people like you.
Pitch in ? https://t.co/JxgGZ5PRkc
— Sara Gideon (@SaraGideonME) July 14, 2019

And also:

Wouldn’t want to lose those poverty jobs. https://t.co/tOsdWaxUHq
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 18, 2019

Amy McGrath — Donate via ActBlue https://t.co/y5BCHH0egV
— Susann Kaspersen (@Descutner) July 17, 2019

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Remember the Ladies…

by Anne Laurie| July 8, 20194:42 am| 156 Comments

This post is in: Election Year, I'm With Her, Kamala Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Racial Justice, Warren for President 2020, Women's Rights Are Human Rights, Fuck Yeah!

50 yrs ago, Shirley Chisholm began her service as the first Black woman in Congress.
She was often frozen out by men and alienated by the feminist movement.
Chisholm's courage helped create a pathway for the 20 Black women in Congress today. https://t.co/Uu45fFC8aa
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) July 7, 2019

Rep. Chisholm, and Bella Abzug, were my first IRL political heroes when I was in high school. “In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party’s nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, as well as the first ever woman (of any race) to appear in a United States presidential debate.”

It’s not just Black women she inspired / motivated, either! From the NYTimes, “Warren and Harris Rise in Democratic Primary, Challenging Male Front-Runners”

… “I want someone who I know will stand up, that has a backbone,” Ms. Krerowicz said, suggesting that Ms. Warren and Ms. Harris could perhaps form a ticket. “They’re both very, very strong women. I would love to see them together, but I think Elizabeth has the experience.”
In the span of just a few weeks, voters like Ms. Krerowicz have pushed the race into a new, highly uncertain phase, propelling a pair of women toward the top of the Democratic pack at the expense of the onetime front-runners, Mr. Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Neither woman is yet in a position to take control of the race. Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders retain considerable advantages, most notably the backing they enjoy among working-class voters and their significant financial reserves. Mr. Biden, 76, is still the clear front-runner, and both he and Mr. Sanders, 77, are not likely to see their support simply melt away.
But recent polls, and interviews with voters in the early primary and caucus states over the last week, found that Ms. Harris and Ms. Warren had plainly broken through, drawing on a deep hunger within the Democratic electorate for big ideas and groundbreaking female leadership…

When we talk about the new class of awesome congresswomen can we include @sharicedavids and @lucymcbath more? I love both of them so much
— Mia Brett (@QueenMab87) July 7, 2019

Gonna be another busy week, like it or not; remember the long game, and try to hang on to your sense of humor…

create a new position: vice-vice president
just for rapinoe
Warren/Harris/Rapinoe and Rap’s job is just to go to rallies and places & fuck shit up
— Prof. Book Learnin’ ?? (@PhD_femme) July 7, 2019

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Late Night Open Thread: Mmm, Grilled Cheese…

by Anne Laurie| June 12, 20191:10 am| 22 Comments

This post is in: Food, Open Threads, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, Fuck Yeah!

ok, finished the trailer design. pic.twitter.com/KQizSptz0U
— Daniel Danger (@tinymediaempire) June 7, 2019

We all have our late-night fantasies of a different life…

my post-art plan is opening a grilled cheese cart. it will serve $1 grilled cheese made with white bread, bulk cheese, bulk butter, and thats it. greasy as hell. no options, no artisan, nothing. there will be no change. you give me $5 youre getting 5, you figure your own life out
— Daniel Danger (@tinymediaempire) June 7, 2019

its 1am, youre stumbling out of the bar or show. what do you want? do you want to wait outside some asinine truck for a $12 deconstructed grilled cheese with avacado relish that takes 20 goddamned minutes? or do you want 5 no bullshit grilled cheeses stacked in wax paper for $5?
— Daniel Danger (@tinymediaempire) June 7, 2019

“Get your wallet out, but don’t get your hopes up.”

I'd like to buy a franchise. I don't want to sell grilled cheese to drunken assholes outside of bars, I'm just going to park this thing in my driveway and live in it.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 9, 2019

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Election 2020 Open Thread: If You Thought Trump Hated CNN Now…

by Anne Laurie| June 5, 20191:46 pm| 50 Comments

This post is in: Election Year, Open Threads, Fuck Yeah!, Rare Sincerity

I’m going to work for CNN! I’ll be on the truth beat full-time starting June 17, dissecting dishonesty from Trump, Democratic candidates and others. https://t.co/KBe4IiBfwt
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 5, 2019

Dale’s the Toronto Star reporter who’s been relentless live-blogging and fact-checking Trump’s every rally. Lord Smallgloves is gonna have a meltdown as soon as somebody — probably on Fox News — dares to tell him about it.

I started fact-checking Trump in September 2016 because I was frustrated that much of the campaign coverage didn’t seem very interested in talking about what was true and not true. This is a great opportunity to get more facts to a U.S. audience this time around.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 5, 2019

Finally, a huge thank-you to editor @EdTubb. He's been the hidden maestro behind this whole initiative — fact-checking my fact-checks, coming up with informative graphics and statistics, doing the back-end work on the database, a bunch of other stuff. Everyone applaud Ed!
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 5, 2019

I am! We’re doing a giant final update on https://t.co/msFz15g7NA today…I fell six weeks behind and it was bad…and then I’ll keep counting at CNN. https://t.co/KSUwEMTRQz
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 5, 2019

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Tell It, Senator Warren!

by Anne Laurie| May 9, 20194:57 am| 132 Comments

This post is in: Don't Agonize - Organize, I'm With Her, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Venality, Warren for President 2020, Fuck Yeah!

When Warren arrived at work Tuesday, she had no intention of calling for Trump's impeachment on Senate floor. Mitch McConnell made her do it, she said.
“I felt a responsibility to go to the floor to say: ‘Case not closed, buddy,’” she says in interview https://t.co/wuHOoq7Vnl
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) May 8, 2019

"I had never intended this to be any part of my presidential campaign. I’m running on how to make this government work," Warren says of impeachment. Dems say it's good for primary, potentially bad for the general
Seems "a popular position with the Democratic base," says Shaheen
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) May 8, 2019

As is her wont, Warren is serving as point-person here. And — as is hers — Speaker Pelosi is proceeding, with all due deliberation, along the same path:

#BREAKING: Pelosi says Barr should be held in contempt of Congress, impeachment isn't "off the table" https://t.co/LuJx0bluK7 pic.twitter.com/chLx4pRvcZ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2019

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Open Thread: ‘Tis the Season for Giving!

Friday Night Impeachment Watch: Nancy Pelosi Talks to Steven Colbert

Friday Morning Open Thread: SURPRISE!…

Thursday Morning Open Thread: Today’s Magic Number

Excellent Read: “Why Ex–Sanders Supporters Are Backing Warren”

Late Night Open Thread: Furries Prove Themselves Braver / More Ethical Than the ‘Mainstream’ GOP

Saturday Morning Open Thread

Late Night Pushback Open Thread: You Come At the King, You Best Not Miss…

Open Thread: Charm City Pushback

Respite Open Thread: To the Moon, Google!

Friday Morning Open Thread: Back Where She Came From

Monday Morning Open Thread: Remember the Ladies…

Late Night Open Thread: Mmm, Grilled Cheese…

Election 2020 Open Thread: If You Thought Trump Hated CNN Now…

Thursday Morning Open Thread: Tell It, Senator Warren!