That’s a damning court ruling against the State of Alabama. Any guesses as to what corrective requirements the Trump Regime will impose if Alabama is brought back under federal supervision?
Naturally I am far more hopeful with regards to remedies the court itself may impose!
It is doubtful that the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, headed by election-denier Harmeet Dhillon, whose stated priorities are "Keeping Men out of Women's Sports” and “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” will be very zealous in enforcing the court's ruling against Alabama.
The thing about preclearance is that it's reactive, not proactive. So yes, of course Trump's DOJ would greenlight everything AL would want to do if it gets bailed back in, but Trump won't be in charge of DOJ forever.
One thing the next Democratic president needs to absolutely 100% do “norms and precedent” be damned is fire every single one of the department people appointed by Republicans (obviously not GOP federal workers, but those in power making key decisions).
Every time a Democrat does the “right” thing in office, Republicans don’t and those people in government hamstring Democratic policy priorities (see James Comey, Chris Wray, Louis Dejoy, Jay Powell, Robert Mueller, Merrick Garland as the most obvious examples). Get these people out of government policy on the 1st day in office. It’s that important.
Maybe Biden would have had 2 more years with a trifecta. Maybe Trump wouldn’t have been allowed to run again. Maybe he never would have become president. That’s an enormous outsized negative impact on the party coming tied to only a handful of people that Democrats should have fired immediately and these people never do the right thing when it matters the most.
I’m so sick and tired of these people staying for some old fashioned idea of stability that doesn’t exist anymore. Fire. Them. ALL!
Not only that, we need a Democratic version of DOGE-there's no reason why non-Democrats should be allowed to work in the Federal Government at any level.
Nix on this. We need to return to the professional civil service that goes back to the reforms of Chester A. Arthur. Dragonfire is right to restrict this to political appointees, not career civil servants.
No way. That’s ridiculous. The federal workforce does what their bosses tell them (like any good employee would) and they have a ton of experience that’s invaluable to getting the priorities Democrats want done effectively and efficiently. We can’t just suddenly decide half or a quarter of federal workers can no longer be employed because of partisan affiliation.
They’d take the government to court and win, even if progressive Democratic justices are hearing the case. These people don’t suddenly decide not to do their jobs in the way Democrats want them to because they’re Republicans and if they did, they’d get weeded out pretty quickly. They do what they’re asked to, which means the leaders need to go. Different boss = different job description for them to follow.
As a former federal employee, I can vouch for this 100%. I left during sequestration. My colleagues were absolutely on both sides of the middle, but we supported the mission.
Something tells me that the officials in Alabama knew this decision would be defeated in court and anticipated the strong possibility that the Department of Justice under Trump would look the other way to their corruption when a remedy would be proposed. That is, unless the courts somehow have a way to enforce this ruling without the involvement of the feds. Someone please update and correct me on this. Either way it seems this may get revisited again in 4 years give or take.
Suggestion: In the months ahead, as the consequence of Trump tariffs are increasingly felt by Americans, Democratic candidates have a unique opportunity to tar their Republican opponents.
For instance, when Congressman Buddy Carter, who is challenging Senator Jon Ossof, touts himself as a "MAGA warrior for Donald Trump", the Ossof campaign can brand him as "a MAGA warrior for Trump’s tariffs". "Buddy Carter supports the Republican tariffs that are devastating your wallet." "Carter and the tariffs he supports are the reason everything costs more."
Make every national Republican politician own these tariffs and the damage they’re doing to the USA!
Yesterday, on the occasion of VE Day which marks Allied victory in World War II, King Harald V of Norway held a powerful speech – and it is getting unusually much attention.
King Harald held this speech in Trandumskogen, often referred to as "The Death Forest". This is where soldiers of Nazi Germany, who were occupying Norway, executed 194 resistance fighters and buried them in mass graves.
Here is part of the King’s speech, including words that are widely seen as addressed to Trump:
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"Today we celebrate 80 years since the jubilant day in our country's history: the liberation from occupation on May 8, 1945. But it was not a day of joy for everyone. The war continued to cast long shadows over the lives of innocent people: Jews, queers, Roma… Survivors who had lost loved ones. For some, the war never ended.
"What is worth fighting for today? When we talk about protecting our freedom and values, what does that really mean?
"In the world, it means, among other things, showing mutual respect for national borders. That we respect international laws and rules. That we can cooperate and trust each other within a community of allied states.
"In Norway, it means having a democratic government where the majority recognizes that one of their most important tasks is to take care of the minority. Where no one is above the law, and where all people are of equal value.
"In our local environment, in our everyday lives, we protect our values by avoiding spreading lies, but by speaking the truth. By taking responsibility for our own mistakes and actions. By caring and being kind to each other. By not only being concerned with protecting ourselves, but also taking care of others around us."
I always thought the British custom very strange. The idea of someone else putting words in the mouth of the King? Or Queen?? Beyond bizarre!
No, King Harald of Norway chooses what he wants to say and how to say it, although I am sure he has good help from his staff.
(On a side note, dyslexia runs in the family; his father King Olav, and his son, Crown Prince Haakon, are both afflicted, although I don’t think the present King is.)
I'm not sure what data or historical evidence he is using to convince himself a third-party bid is feasible. We've had 8 non-major-party governors in the last 50 years, and I don't know that Duggan has anything in common with them. Alaska and Maine are mavericky, independence-minded states, primed to elect an independent politician to begin with. Jesse Ventura was a celebrity and an anomaly. Lincoln Chafee and Charlie Crist were elected as moderate Republicans and switched later. Everything is so polarized now, especially in swing states like Michigan, and Dems are desperate for leverage right now, so it's really difficult to see a path.
His decision seems to be the sort of knee jerk reaction based on the mindset that Democrats have lost the country, immediately after the 2024 election.
Yeah, that's what I thought. He forgot that the off years benefit the out party. Has he even raised money or done any events? Has anyone put him on the spot about all this?
So the Pope might have voted for Kamala. He voted in most GOP presidential primaries and elections, did not vote in 2016 and 2020 after voting in the 2016 GOP primary and voted in 2024 presidential election. Has criticized Vance's doctrines, his ordo amoris and the Trump admin deportations on Xitter. Maybe, he knew Kamala would not have been able to codify abortion rights anyways.
While I agree he’s definitely the strongest candidate to run for Senate, it’s a tough call between a no chance federal statewide race and a slight chance conservative Democrat wave recipient to pad a hopeful House majority.
He’s the type of Democrat that used to be able to hold red districts like this through good political years and bad based on a personality brand separate from the toxic party brand. Can that actually still happen in today’s America? Not a clue.
For me though, I’d lean wanting him to run for the House, because even a tsunami won’t elect a Democrat federally statewide in Kentucky, whereas a Trump +15 district could be on the outskirts of being in play, like an OK-05 shocker.
“I’ve seen politics be hard on people so I’m concerned for the Fettermans,” Lamb said. “I think I share the feeling of many that I don’t know his true condition, but if he is okay, as he says, I don’t understand why he’s rarely seen in our state and he doesn’t answer constituent questions on things like his vote for Pam Bondi or his advocacy for war with Iran.”
Asked if he is weighing a challenge against Fetterman, Lamb said he is “not considering any campaign right now” and that his recent appearances at public demonstrations against Trump are aimed at “just trying to help others.”
At this point, Lamb entering the 2028 primary seems to the most plausible outcome. Anyways, it would be good for us to have another predictable vote and a normal moderate Democrat for our next presidential agenda. Hopefully, Bernie and AOC don't interfere in this one.
Don't know about Sanders but AOC hasn't exactly been singing Fetterman's praises lately. Yeah, they endorsed him in the 2022 primary but I wouldn't make that into much of a mark of shame. Everyone thought he'd be in the more progressive camp. The people that preferred Lamb back then weren't doing so because they felt Fetterman's ideological appearance would prove to be a facade, but because they thought that ideology would be an electoral detriment and/or they disagreed with it as well.
AOC even made a public apology to Lamb over that primary.
No, like they might back a Progressive like Deluzio who now represents Lamb's district and split the anti-Fetterman vote.
The progressive media branded him as a Sinema which was not true. He had voted with Biden 100 percent of the time and espoused many liberal positions minus Medicare for All and the progressive version of Green New Deal (he supported BBB). Lamb was tailor made for representing a swing state like Pennsylvania.
In all fairness to AOC, she supported Fetterman because he was traditionally on the progressive wing like her. He was supported by Bernie for the Senate in the primary back in 2016 and supported Bernie for POTUS as well.
However, I think AOC’s wisely trying to stay away from Fetterman. He just keeps on melting down and is not practicing what he’s preaching.
Goodness, the whole 2022 Senate campaign made us all sympathetic for Fetterman. Now it’s like his mental health problems are making him to be a monster.
No, Fetterman wasn’t a monster before. He was saner and actually quite socially conscious. Frankly, being a Senator has only worsened his problems, not made it easier for him.
As someone very against primaries in purple/red seats/states, especially in a state that just tossed a Democrat for a Republican Senator, it’s definitely time to primary Fetterman. The health problems behind the scene for him are scary and I question his ability to run a campaign to win if as the article states, he’s been MIA in PA during what is mostly the easy time period of being a Senator. I hope Lamb primaries him and he gets polling showing he can’t win a primary, leading him to retire after 1 term if he won’t leave himself.
Being a Senator at all is a major accomplishment and nothing to scoff at! Very few Americans ever get there as politicians. He should be proud and take that career capstone then spend time working on his health for his and his family’s sake instead of being an extremely high stress environment that makes all his symptoms and problems so much worse (and that’s without the added pressure of running a statewide campaign).
He's clearly not well, like who proposes to send US troops to fight in Gaza, support exploring the Trump's Riviera of the Middle East plan, which Gov. Shapiro denounced as a unserious human rights violation, and ask Trump to "waste that shit" (Iranian nuclear and military facilities). Seems like what people on 4chan write. Either that or he is more neoconservative than Dick Cheney himself.
I meant that Lamb is angling for a Shapiro appointment to replace Fetterman, which I think will be needed well before 2028 as I can't see Fetterman surviving the year.
I’m glad Senate Democrats tanked the crypto bill. Maybe they’re finally (far too late) understanding the breadth of how angry the Democratic Party base is at the party leaders for not fighting Trump hard enough from left to right in the party. Just say no, it’s really that simple and it’s been the GOP doctrine every single time a Democrat is in office. Time to give it to them to see how they like it. A hopeful sign, but I also sadly expect in the end they’ll cave and Trump will get to sell his crypto coins from the White House.
"The law, which the Democratic-run state legislature passed in 2023, would impact races for county executive and county legislature, as well as for similar posts at the town level. It does not, however, cover races in New York City, which holds its mayoral race this year, or many other local races."
Why not? That's really stupid, but given that this is New York, I feel sure it's for some corrupt-adjacent reason.
My other reaction to the Digest is that I wish there were a politically damaging way to make fun of idiocy like this from Buddy Carter in an ad, and it's too bad Americans are too ignorant and too many support any U.S. invasion if it doesn't take many U.S. lives:
"However, he sought to change that in February when he introduced a bill to allow the Trump administration to purchase Greenland from Denmark and rename it 'Red, White and Blueland.'"
There just might be an angle if he's done a bunch of really dumb crap like this and it can be shown as wasting the taxpayer's time and money instead of doing things that actually address real issues affecting Americans.
That’s a damning court ruling against the State of Alabama. Any guesses as to what corrective requirements the Trump Regime will impose if Alabama is brought back under federal supervision?
Naturally I am far more hopeful with regards to remedies the court itself may impose!
If it's up to the administration, which I think it is, Alabama won't be brought back under federal supervision.
It is doubtful that the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, headed by election-denier Harmeet Dhillon, whose stated priorities are "Keeping Men out of Women's Sports” and “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” will be very zealous in enforcing the court's ruling against Alabama.
The thing about preclearance is that it's reactive, not proactive. So yes, of course Trump's DOJ would greenlight everything AL would want to do if it gets bailed back in, but Trump won't be in charge of DOJ forever.
One thing the next Democratic president needs to absolutely 100% do “norms and precedent” be damned is fire every single one of the department people appointed by Republicans (obviously not GOP federal workers, but those in power making key decisions).
Every time a Democrat does the “right” thing in office, Republicans don’t and those people in government hamstring Democratic policy priorities (see James Comey, Chris Wray, Louis Dejoy, Jay Powell, Robert Mueller, Merrick Garland as the most obvious examples). Get these people out of government policy on the 1st day in office. It’s that important.
Maybe Biden would have had 2 more years with a trifecta. Maybe Trump wouldn’t have been allowed to run again. Maybe he never would have become president. That’s an enormous outsized negative impact on the party coming tied to only a handful of people that Democrats should have fired immediately and these people never do the right thing when it matters the most.
I’m so sick and tired of these people staying for some old fashioned idea of stability that doesn’t exist anymore. Fire. Them. ALL!
Not only that, we need a Democratic version of DOGE-there's no reason why non-Democrats should be allowed to work in the Federal Government at any level.
Nix on this. We need to return to the professional civil service that goes back to the reforms of Chester A. Arthur. Dragonfire is right to restrict this to political appointees, not career civil servants.
No way. That’s ridiculous. The federal workforce does what their bosses tell them (like any good employee would) and they have a ton of experience that’s invaluable to getting the priorities Democrats want done effectively and efficiently. We can’t just suddenly decide half or a quarter of federal workers can no longer be employed because of partisan affiliation.
They’d take the government to court and win, even if progressive Democratic justices are hearing the case. These people don’t suddenly decide not to do their jobs in the way Democrats want them to because they’re Republicans and if they did, they’d get weeded out pretty quickly. They do what they’re asked to, which means the leaders need to go. Different boss = different job description for them to follow.
As a former federal employee, I can vouch for this 100%. I left during sequestration. My colleagues were absolutely on both sides of the middle, but we supported the mission.
Something tells me that the officials in Alabama knew this decision would be defeated in court and anticipated the strong possibility that the Department of Justice under Trump would look the other way to their corruption when a remedy would be proposed. That is, unless the courts somehow have a way to enforce this ruling without the involvement of the feds. Someone please update and correct me on this. Either way it seems this may get revisited again in 4 years give or take.
Suggestion: In the months ahead, as the consequence of Trump tariffs are increasingly felt by Americans, Democratic candidates have a unique opportunity to tar their Republican opponents.
For instance, when Congressman Buddy Carter, who is challenging Senator Jon Ossof, touts himself as a "MAGA warrior for Donald Trump", the Ossof campaign can brand him as "a MAGA warrior for Trump’s tariffs". "Buddy Carter supports the Republican tariffs that are devastating your wallet." "Carter and the tariffs he supports are the reason everything costs more."
Make every national Republican politician own these tariffs and the damage they’re doing to the USA!
Hell, tie Buddy Carter to DOGE and the Muskrat too. That'll play well in a state where the CDC is located gets government funding yanked away.
Good suggestion, you should email this to the Ossoff campaign.
The Ossoff campaign was extremely effective last time and this is kind of obvious (though well stated), I think, so I'm sure they're on it.
Buddy cater branding himself a “maga warrior” might be smart for the primary but my goodness thats going to haunt him in a General.
MTG would use the same slogan too.
Seems that way, but it's probably his only shot: win a Republican primary and then try to max out the MAGA vote that won the state last year.
How many federal rulings have been filed against Alabama in the past four years?
FYI - You say Zellnor Myrie twice in the last paragraph on NYC Mayor. Assuming one should be Zohran Mamdani.
Thank you for the catch, I've corrected it.
What are the odds of two candidates in the same race both having the initials "ZM"?
Zorta Minimal.
LOUD MESSAGE FROM THE KING OF NORWAY ON VE DAY
Yesterday, on the occasion of VE Day which marks Allied victory in World War II, King Harald V of Norway held a powerful speech – and it is getting unusually much attention.
King Harald held this speech in Trandumskogen, often referred to as "The Death Forest". This is where soldiers of Nazi Germany, who were occupying Norway, executed 194 resistance fighters and buried them in mass graves.
Here is part of the King’s speech, including words that are widely seen as addressed to Trump:
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"Today we celebrate 80 years since the jubilant day in our country's history: the liberation from occupation on May 8, 1945. But it was not a day of joy for everyone. The war continued to cast long shadows over the lives of innocent people: Jews, queers, Roma… Survivors who had lost loved ones. For some, the war never ended.
"What is worth fighting for today? When we talk about protecting our freedom and values, what does that really mean?
"In the world, it means, among other things, showing mutual respect for national borders. That we respect international laws and rules. That we can cooperate and trust each other within a community of allied states.
"In Norway, it means having a democratic government where the majority recognizes that one of their most important tasks is to take care of the minority. Where no one is above the law, and where all people are of equal value.
"In our local environment, in our everyday lives, we protect our values by avoiding spreading lies, but by speaking the truth. By taking responsibility for our own mistakes and actions. By caring and being kind to each other. By not only being concerned with protecting ourselves, but also taking care of others around us."
https://www-nrk-no.translate.goog/norge/kong-harald_-_-vi-ma-tale-a-se-urett-som-er-begatt-1.17408494?_x_tr_sl=no&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Do the Norwegian king's speeches get written by the PM, as in the UK?
I always thought the British custom very strange. The idea of someone else putting words in the mouth of the King? Or Queen?? Beyond bizarre!
No, King Harald of Norway chooses what he wants to say and how to say it, although I am sure he has good help from his staff.
(On a side note, dyslexia runs in the family; his father King Olav, and his son, Crown Prince Haakon, are both afflicted, although I don’t think the present King is.)
I understand the British custom. It continues a custom of royalty but continually establishes that actual supremacy of Parliament.
Could Duggan win as an Independent? Is his work in Detroit really that good? Anyone here from Michigan?
Polls show him faring very poorly, and pulling a bit more from Republicans than Democrats!
It's always fascinating to watch someone with so much political capital squander it so quickly
I'm not sure what data or historical evidence he is using to convince himself a third-party bid is feasible. We've had 8 non-major-party governors in the last 50 years, and I don't know that Duggan has anything in common with them. Alaska and Maine are mavericky, independence-minded states, primed to elect an independent politician to begin with. Jesse Ventura was a celebrity and an anomaly. Lincoln Chafee and Charlie Crist were elected as moderate Republicans and switched later. Everything is so polarized now, especially in swing states like Michigan, and Dems are desperate for leverage right now, so it's really difficult to see a path.
Per Wikipedia, Angus King's been an independent since 1993.
Yeah, lotta familiar names here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Maine_gubernatorial_election
His decision seems to be the sort of knee jerk reaction based on the mindset that Democrats have lost the country, immediately after the 2024 election.
Yeah, that's what I thought. He forgot that the off years benefit the out party. Has he even raised money or done any events? Has anyone put him on the spot about all this?
If that's the case, we could always use the help any way we can in keeping the governor's mansion in the hands of Democrats!
So the Pope might have voted for Kamala. He voted in most GOP presidential primaries and elections, did not vote in 2016 and 2020 after voting in the 2016 GOP primary and voted in 2024 presidential election. Has criticized Vance's doctrines, his ordo amoris and the Trump admin deportations on Xitter. Maybe, he knew Kamala would not have been able to codify abortion rights anyways.
He's not a registered Republican if he votes in Illinois. We don't have party registration.
https://x.com/StatisticUrban/status/1920875350285762590
He's definitely a Republican, a Never Trumper though. He seems to have defended Kamala in the comments on his MAGA relatives post on Facebook.
This is just an X post abt a tweet that he posted. There's no voter registration evidence here at all.
https://x.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1920678989586219185
We're basically celebrating increasing our sales tax while the UK decreases theirs. Really, really stupid.
https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/1920593383493357662
"Multiple Democratic sources say Beshear is invested in making the 6th District competitive and working hard to convince one of his allies to run.
He hopes to convince either Rocky Adkins or Lt. Gov Jacqueline Colman to run."
Could be competitive if it's a blue wave year, The spread was 57-42 last year and 54-46 in 2022.
Adkins should run for senate.
While I agree he’s definitely the strongest candidate to run for Senate, it’s a tough call between a no chance federal statewide race and a slight chance conservative Democrat wave recipient to pad a hopeful House majority.
He’s the type of Democrat that used to be able to hold red districts like this through good political years and bad based on a personality brand separate from the toxic party brand. Can that actually still happen in today’s America? Not a clue.
For me though, I’d lean wanting him to run for the House, because even a tsunami won’t elect a Democrat federally statewide in Kentucky, whereas a Trump +15 district could be on the outskirts of being in play, like an OK-05 shocker.
WY At-Large - Rep. Harriet Hageman Booed After Defending DOGE at Town Hall
Rep. Harriet Hageman isn't even trying to care. She's already being a dick to those who are freaking out about DOGE's impact in WY.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YYcSmrDY45Q
Now if Democrats bust their ass in WY to get the right candidate…
2006 vs 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election precinct map :
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MI_Governor_2006.svg
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022_Michigan_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_municipality.svg
The shift is incredible right? Won by almost similar margins by a female Democratic Governor!
It helps that Michigan wasn't gerrymandered in 2006 and 2022 like it was after Walker was elected and then unseated by Big Gretch.
Snyder, but he didn't run for a third term. Whitmer beat Bill Schuette.
Internal polling shows Fetterman’s support is tanking with Democrats in his backyard: (even before the NYMag piece) https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/senator-fetterman-poll-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-00337505
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/fetterman-island-new-york-article-00333777
“I’ve seen politics be hard on people so I’m concerned for the Fettermans,” Lamb said. “I think I share the feeling of many that I don’t know his true condition, but if he is okay, as he says, I don’t understand why he’s rarely seen in our state and he doesn’t answer constituent questions on things like his vote for Pam Bondi or his advocacy for war with Iran.”
Asked if he is weighing a challenge against Fetterman, Lamb said he is “not considering any campaign right now” and that his recent appearances at public demonstrations against Trump are aimed at “just trying to help others.”
At this point, Lamb entering the 2028 primary seems to the most plausible outcome. Anyways, it would be good for us to have another predictable vote and a normal moderate Democrat for our next presidential agenda. Hopefully, Bernie and AOC don't interfere in this one.
I'd support Conor Lamb!! 💙🇺🇲
Don't know about Sanders but AOC hasn't exactly been singing Fetterman's praises lately. Yeah, they endorsed him in the 2022 primary but I wouldn't make that into much of a mark of shame. Everyone thought he'd be in the more progressive camp. The people that preferred Lamb back then weren't doing so because they felt Fetterman's ideological appearance would prove to be a facade, but because they thought that ideology would be an electoral detriment and/or they disagreed with it as well.
AOC even made a public apology to Lamb over that primary.
I think we'd want AOC to "interfere" ...
No, like they might back a Progressive like Deluzio who now represents Lamb's district and split the anti-Fetterman vote.
The progressive media branded him as a Sinema which was not true. He had voted with Biden 100 percent of the time and espoused many liberal positions minus Medicare for All and the progressive version of Green New Deal (he supported BBB). Lamb was tailor made for representing a swing state like Pennsylvania.
In all fairness to AOC, she supported Fetterman because he was traditionally on the progressive wing like her. He was supported by Bernie for the Senate in the primary back in 2016 and supported Bernie for POTUS as well.
However, I think AOC’s wisely trying to stay away from Fetterman. He just keeps on melting down and is not practicing what he’s preaching.
Goodness, the whole 2022 Senate campaign made us all sympathetic for Fetterman. Now it’s like his mental health problems are making him to be a monster.
I don't think he was a monster before?
Re-edited for clarification.
No, Fetterman wasn’t a monster before. He was saner and actually quite socially conscious. Frankly, being a Senator has only worsened his problems, not made it easier for him.
As someone very against primaries in purple/red seats/states, especially in a state that just tossed a Democrat for a Republican Senator, it’s definitely time to primary Fetterman. The health problems behind the scene for him are scary and I question his ability to run a campaign to win if as the article states, he’s been MIA in PA during what is mostly the easy time period of being a Senator. I hope Lamb primaries him and he gets polling showing he can’t win a primary, leading him to retire after 1 term if he won’t leave himself.
Being a Senator at all is a major accomplishment and nothing to scoff at! Very few Americans ever get there as politicians. He should be proud and take that career capstone then spend time working on his health for his and his family’s sake instead of being an extremely high stress environment that makes all his symptoms and problems so much worse (and that’s without the added pressure of running a statewide campaign).
He's clearly not well, like who proposes to send US troops to fight in Gaza, support exploring the Trump's Riviera of the Middle East plan, which Gov. Shapiro denounced as a unserious human rights violation, and ask Trump to "waste that shit" (Iranian nuclear and military facilities). Seems like what people on 4chan write. Either that or he is more neoconservative than Dick Cheney himself.
My guess is he's angling for a Shapiro appointment not in 2028 but later this year. Hard to see Fetterman surviving nearly four more years.
Fetterman shouldn't be appointed for anything, least of all by a Democratic administration.
I meant that Lamb is angling for a Shapiro appointment to replace Fetterman, which I think will be needed well before 2028 as I can't see Fetterman surviving the year.
Gotcha.
Agreed.
The sooner Fetterman is out of the Senate, the better it will be for Fetterman's sanity and the Democratic Party's sake.
NJ-Gov, Newark Mayor Ras Barka arrested during ICE detention center protest: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/nyregion/newark-ice-protest-arrest-ras-baraka.html
That's one way to try to stand out
NC-Sen, Always fun seeing MAGA fume when a GOP Senator occasionally gets a spine. Not sure how this will affect Tillis but still. https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-melts-down-as-gop-senator-thom-tillis-torpedoes-trumps-attack-dog-ed-martin/
I vote for Michele Morrow to primary this RINO. Tillis has got to go!
Anything to get Democrats closer to winning the Senate seat.
Let's do this!
And Tillis fully is on board with the next choice (Pirro).
https://bsky.app/profile/dbernstein.bsky.social/post/3lop3ets7vs27
Hopefully his set of choices satisfy no one, he gets primaried by a nut, and NC is even more likely to flip. (fingers crossed)
I’m glad Senate Democrats tanked the crypto bill. Maybe they’re finally (far too late) understanding the breadth of how angry the Democratic Party base is at the party leaders for not fighting Trump hard enough from left to right in the party. Just say no, it’s really that simple and it’s been the GOP doctrine every single time a Democrat is in office. Time to give it to them to see how they like it. A hopeful sign, but I also sadly expect in the end they’ll cave and Trump will get to sell his crypto coins from the White House.
Cryptocurrency is a real Ponzi scheme. The whole thing should have a nationwide ban with only the Treasury Department having control over it.
From FTX to Binance, it's a joke.
"The law, which the Democratic-run state legislature passed in 2023, would impact races for county executive and county legislature, as well as for similar posts at the town level. It does not, however, cover races in New York City, which holds its mayoral race this year, or many other local races."
Why not? That's really stupid, but given that this is New York, I feel sure it's for some corrupt-adjacent reason.
My other reaction to the Digest is that I wish there were a politically damaging way to make fun of idiocy like this from Buddy Carter in an ad, and it's too bad Americans are too ignorant and too many support any U.S. invasion if it doesn't take many U.S. lives:
"However, he sought to change that in February when he introduced a bill to allow the Trump administration to purchase Greenland from Denmark and rename it 'Red, White and Blueland.'"
There just might be an angle if he's done a bunch of really dumb crap like this and it can be shown as wasting the taxpayer's time and money instead of doing things that actually address real issues affecting Americans.