🇺🇸 Discussion: The DEMOCRATIC P - Part 3

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gov. Hobbs issues executive order expanding access to contraception in Arizona

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed an executive order to provide free and affordable birth control in the wake of the uncertainty in regard to the state’s territorial abortion ban.

www.azfamily.com

 

[blueharvest]

Key Senate Democrat doesn't plan to probe Justice Alito over upside-down flag

Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin said there’s not “much to be gained” with a hearing. An upside-down flag outside Alito’s home drew criticism from senators, including Republicans.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Gov. Jared Polis rankles fellow Democrats with vetoes of wage-theft bill, other measures

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ first vetoes following this year’s legislative session included a bill aimed at fighting wage theft in the construction industry that he said “would not…

www.denverpost.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Mayor Adams' hype men, socialites and legal bills: How one strange fundraiser fell flat

The private event, which was billed as a policy discussion hosted by two tech founders, occurred a month after the FBI seized Adams’ electronic devices.

gothamist.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sources: Manchin is being encouraged to hop into governor's race against Morrisey - WV MetroNews

Two sources confirmed that the outreach comes from Republicans who oppose the GOP nominee for governor, Patrick Morrisey.

wvmetronews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Fulton DA Fani Willis wins Democratic primary, delivers fiery victory speech

Ex-Trump special prosecutor Nathan Wade attends DA’s victory party.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

 

[squeekness]

Fulton DA Fani Willis wins Democratic primary, delivers fiery victory speech

Ex-Trump special prosecutor Nathan Wade attends DA’s victory party.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

Nice.

 

[blueharvest]

White House-backed border bill loses Democratic support as Schumer presses for new vote

A White House-backed effort to vote on a border security package in the Senate was dealt a blow when Sen. Cory Booker said he would not support the legislation, a move that shows Democrats are losing support within their ranks even as they try to shift blame to Republicans.

www.yahoo.com

 

[squeekness]

White House-backed border bill loses Democratic support as Schumer presses for new vote

A White House-backed effort to vote on a border security package in the Senate was dealt a blow when Sen. Cory Booker said he would not support the legislation, a move that shows Democrats are losing support within their ranks even as they try to shift blame to Republicans.

www.yahoo.com

Now we're falling apart like them. Not good.

 

[blueharvest]

A real estate mogul bought her way into the New York mayor’s inner circle – and then the favors started

Weihong Hu raised money for Eric Adams’s campaign and helped his friends while winning favorable regulatory decisions and city contract funds, an investigation by the Guardian US, the City and Documented has found

www.theguardian.com

 

[InCali]

A real estate mogul bought her way into the New York mayor’s inner circle – and then the favors started

Weihong Hu raised money for Eric Adams’s campaign and helped his friends while winning favorable regulatory decisions and city contract funds, an investigation by the Guardian US, the City and Documented has found

www.theguardian.com

As @Sithborg has said:

A crooked NY cop....whodda thunk? (paraphrase)

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

"Very abnormal": Expert worries pro-Israel megadonors trying to make Dems a "pro-Netanyahu party"

AIPAC has spent nearly $5 million to defeat Jamaal Bowman — and plans to spend over $100 million this year.

www.salon.com

 

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[DA_Champion]

"Very abnormal": Expert worries pro-Israel megadonors trying to make Dems a "pro-Netanyahu party"

AIPAC has spent nearly $5 million to defeat Jamaal Bowman — and plans to spend over $100 million this year.

www.salon.com

Both parties are already the pro-Netanyahu party.

 

[squeekness]

Both parties are already the pro-Netanyahu party.

Pretty much. One isn't any better than the other.

 

[blueharvest]

Sen. Menendez's campaign drops $2 million on legal fees for corruption trial

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s campaign has spent $2 million on defense and legal fees during his corruption case, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[InCali]

Sen. Menendez's campaign drops $2 million on legal fees for corruption trial

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s campaign has spent $2 million on defense and legal fees during his corruption case, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.

www.nbcnewyork.com

What a great guy......pulls a perfect twofer by throwing his wife under the bus.

 

[blueharvest]

Senate Democrats are polling well. That could help Biden.

Senate Democrats are polling better than President Joe Biden. What does that mean for 2024?

abcnews.go.com

 

[Sithborg]

Now we're falling apart like them. Not good.

No, this is a good thing. That bill is a bunch of GOP policies. When it was being used as a bargaining chip for Ukraine aid, I understood going forward with it. But bringing it back is just another attempt to hammer the GOP as being ineffective and just tools of Trump.

 

[DA_Champion]

Hillary Clinton on why women didn't support her like they're supposed to:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reflected on her 2016 presidential campaign, saying in a recent interview that female voters deserted her in the last days of the campaign because she was “not perfect.”

“They left me because they just couldn’t take a risk on me, because as a woman, I’m supposed to be perfect,” Clinton said in an interview with The New Times, published Saturday.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4685788-hillary-clinton-women-abandoned-her-2016-election-new-york-times-interview/

She lost because she represented and defended the status quo.

That is a risk for the Democratic party, as they represent what Barbara Ehrenreich termed "the professional managerial class" in her seminal 1977 essay. These are people who do not necessarily own the means of production, but are privileged because they are tasked with the cultural reproduction of capital: academics, lawyers, media, the permanent bureaucracy, artists, and other white collar professionals. It is difficult for these people to see the failings of the system as they benefit from the system.

Trump's campaign was and is "the system is failing" which simultaneously resonates with a lot of people while leaving the other people thinking "huh? What? The system is working great what is he even talking about???"

History is repeating itself.

 

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[squeekness]

We don't need this crap.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

We don't need this crap.

No, we don't.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Manchin for Governor Is ‘More Than Just a Rumor’

The effort to coax retiring Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) into running for West Virginia governor is "more than just a rumor," WVRC reports.Manchin attended an event at the Greenbrier Resort last week where the lobbying for him to run intensified... The effort is led by moderate Republicans who are re

politicalwire.com