So last night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a funding bill for the TSA without additional funds for ICE. What are the odds Mike Johnson stalls it or Trump vetoes it?
Yes, which means Dems WON. Plus, the hours long lines at airports like ATL and HOB/IAH during springtime highlighted that travelers blamed TRUMP, not Democrats, for the TSA agents not being paid.
No can do since he's running for Senate. He'll either lose that primary or win the general, because Kentucky isn't flipping statewide in a federal race just yet, I think.
The funds are there from the BBB and "potentially" from a second reconciliation bill, although count me highly skeptical they manage to thread that needle with their bare majority.
But I think with airport lines getting that long and the salience of Minneapolis fading from the public, this was as good as one could hope for.
MoCs were looking at being in regular TSA lines during their own spring breaks, and some of the airports struggling the most are in red states, which is why the GOP folded.
"For when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner." From Shakespeare's Henry V. Not sure about soonest, but the polls sure show people turning away from the current cruelty.
He got a waiver to chair the committee for one more term this Congress (GOP has three-term term limits), so he was about to become a backbencher, probably in the minority
I was born and raised in the rural areas of this district in northwest Missouri. I don't have nice things to say about Sam Graves, except that he was a more traditional Republican who occasionally tried to bring funds to his district. Having spent a great deal of time around rural folk in this area, I can assure you Graves' replacement will be far worse.
"You might not agree with me and say I'm stuck in my ways and past my prime, but these people coming up behind me have no principles, utterly no principles at all, and will stop at nothing"- Senator Richard Russell to LBJ after passage of Voting Rights Act of 65 (allegedly)
Of course, that quote was definitely wrong, Sam Nunn and Max Cleland were the next 2 senators in that seat and I wouldn’t describe either of them in that way.
Democrats in California…please unite behind the leading Democrat candidate for Governor. We don’t need to split the Democrat vote and help Republicans take the Governorship!!! This is how we continually screw our voters and our party.
What has caused this current perceived problem is we have 2 equally polling Republicans and there isn't a leading Democrat. We still have over a month before ballots drop for the primaries, and my assumption is most of the undecided (like me) will vote Democratic. I'm also of the opinion that most people who support the 0-5 percentage crowd will realize they aren't viable and support a candidate that is.
I also suspect there may be shifting between the two Republicans as we get closer to election day.
I have a little bit of angst, but I still think we will have one Democrat and one Republican advance to the general and the Democrat will win decisively.
I really would like a viable candidate debate to help me decide.
A substantial upgrade, yes. Probably in the same vein as current Progressive Caucus members like Jayapal or Casar. DeGette is pretty corporate and establishment, and recently had a rough go-around with a constituent regarding the forbidden issue.
To be fair, just because it /can/ happen doesn't mean it /does/ happen to every politician who's been in office long enough. I am not reflexively pro-Bernie, but I think his ability to connect with younger voters even as an octogenarian indicates he does not have the same problem that is plaguing DeGette this cycle.
A confrontation with a constituent regarding the forbidden issue is not a bad thing, unless you literally believe that any dissent on that issue from your own personal position is unacceptable.
And while we can't talk about that issue here, you need to stop automatically assuming that everyone here has the same position on it that you do.
The way DeGette reacted in the confrontation should be enough to discredit her. I'm not pushing my views on anyone by saying why people may not like her.
Willett is the only conservative/republican on City Council in KC. He votes no on everything. I thought he was already running for State Senate District 34, but I suppose he could drop out to run for congress.
Just a reminder that there are No Kings protests across the country tomorrow.
I am planning on attending the one in downtown Los Angeles and coordinating the protest with senior rush tickets to the Los Angeles Philharmonic's matinee performance and a visit to the Broad art museum.
I saw someone on Bluesky also suggest that Rep. Cory Mills also be expelled with Sheila, owing to his own litany of scandals and ethics violations. If he is found guilty, I think he should -- that way, we could also say we're willing to use Congressional tools in a bipartisan fashion against those who violate them (not that the GOP particularly cares.)
First polling I've seen for CT 1st Congressional District Primary against Incumbent John Larson
This is Larson Internal poll. Poll was fielded in late January by GQR. Only released now. 400 Likely Dem Primary Voters. Crosstabs not included
John Larson (Inc.) - 49%
Luke Bronin - 26%
Jillian Gilchrest - 9%
Undecided 15%
Though Larson has a lead, he is below a majority in his internal. Also no one has been up on the airwaves yet, and former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin had more than $1 million cash-on-hand so that could change it up the race. Debates haven't happened yet, the primary will be in August.
One competitor against him, former Hartford Board of Ed Member Ruth Fortune was not included in this polling.
Candidates are likely focused on the May Convention, where delegates formally endorse a candidate. So candidates have been running to the 27 towns in the district's Democratic Town Committees. That candidate will receive top billing on the ballot in the August primary. Candidates need 15% of delegates to make the ballot, and to avoid CT's fairly difficult signature-gathering process. This can make the field smaller.
I'm back. I managed to get my emotions under enough control to be able to post in a stable manner. I probably will not post as much as I used to though, as I think the amount of times I posted was making me get too angry here and take everything too personally. I'll thus make an effort to also avoid engaging with anything that riles me up too much.
Anyway, might as well share some things I saw that I didn't see people post here (I haven't been posting but I have been reading posts).
A couple more candidates expressed interest in the recently-vacated seat of Rep. Sam Graves. Those being radio host Chris Stigall (who is already in), and State Rep. Mazzie Christenson (who is considering).
Bolts Magazine is out with their 40 elections to watch this April. I recommend reading it, as there's some interesting races in there (including a ton of school board races and some mayoral ones -- plus some Wisconsin court races other than the SC race that haven't gotten as much attention.)
Curious to know if anyone has any thoughts on any of this.
So last night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a funding bill for the TSA without additional funds for ICE. What are the odds Mike Johnson stalls it or Trump vetoes it?
Isn't that pretty much what the Democrats have been pushing for this whole time?
Yes, which means Dems WON. Plus, the hours long lines at airports like ATL and HOB/IAH during springtime highlighted that travelers blamed TRUMP, not Democrats, for the TSA agents not being paid.
Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) even went as far as to make up a fake encounter where an airport worker reportedly told him it was the fault of the Democrats.
I would love to see this blue tsunami wash that POS out too.
No can do since he's running for Senate. He'll either lose that primary or win the general, because Kentucky isn't flipping statewide in a federal race just yet, I think.
The funds are there from the BBB and "potentially" from a second reconciliation bill, although count me highly skeptical they manage to thread that needle with their bare majority.
But I think with airport lines getting that long and the salience of Minneapolis fading from the public, this was as good as one could hope for.
I heard it first here Thank you!
MoCs were looking at being in regular TSA lines during their own spring breaks, and some of the airports struggling the most are in red states, which is why the GOP folded.
"For when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner." From Shakespeare's Henry V. Not sure about soonest, but the polls sure show people turning away from the current cruelty.
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), 62, chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, is retiring from Congress after 23 years, POLITICO reports.
He got a waiver to chair the committee for one more term this Congress (GOP has three-term term limits), so he was about to become a backbencher, probably in the minority
26 years, not 23
I was born and raised in the rural areas of this district in northwest Missouri. I don't have nice things to say about Sam Graves, except that he was a more traditional Republican who occasionally tried to bring funds to his district. Having spent a great deal of time around rural folk in this area, I can assure you Graves' replacement will be far worse.
"You might not agree with me and say I'm stuck in my ways and past my prime, but these people coming up behind me have no principles, utterly no principles at all, and will stop at nothing"- Senator Richard Russell to LBJ after passage of Voting Rights Act of 65 (allegedly)
Of course, that quote was definitely wrong, Sam Nunn and Max Cleland were the next 2 senators in that seat and I wouldn’t describe either of them in that way.
I remember Nunn. I looked him up out of curiosity. He's still alive at 87.
Democrats in California…please unite behind the leading Democrat candidate for Governor. We don’t need to split the Democrat vote and help Republicans take the Governorship!!! This is how we continually screw our voters and our party.
What has caused this current perceived problem is we have 2 equally polling Republicans and there isn't a leading Democrat. We still have over a month before ballots drop for the primaries, and my assumption is most of the undecided (like me) will vote Democratic. I'm also of the opinion that most people who support the 0-5 percentage crowd will realize they aren't viable and support a candidate that is.
I also suspect there may be shifting between the two Republicans as we get closer to election day.
I have a little bit of angst, but I still think we will have one Democrat and one Republican advance to the general and the Democrat will win decisively.
I really would like a viable candidate debate to help me decide.
I think a lot of people are waiting to do that. It isn't even clear who the two leading Democrats are.
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/degette-risk/
CO-1: 30-year Rep. Diana DeGette (D) has a real chance of being kicked off of the ballot tonight at the caucus.
I hope this happens, for no other reason than to continue the process of waking the Democratic Party up.
Is this good or bad?
Good, if you're like bpfish and I
If this happens, is Melat Kiros any good?
A substantial upgrade, yes. Probably in the same vein as current Progressive Caucus members like Jayapal or Casar. DeGette is pretty corporate and establishment, and recently had a rough go-around with a constituent regarding the forbidden issue.
Just curious, what makes DeGette bad? She’s a progressive too and she isn’t that old, she’s still in her 60s.
Even though she's not as old as some of the other Reps. being targeted, she's been in office since 1997, which can calcify your approach to politics.
Bernie Sanders has been in office since 1990. And yet the usual suspects above will insist that he can do no wrong.
To be fair, just because it /can/ happen doesn't mean it /does/ happen to every politician who's been in office long enough. I am not reflexively pro-Bernie, but I think his ability to connect with younger voters even as an octogenarian indicates he does not have the same problem that is plaguing DeGette this cycle.
A confrontation with a constituent regarding the forbidden issue is not a bad thing, unless you literally believe that any dissent on that issue from your own personal position is unacceptable.
And while we can't talk about that issue here, you need to stop automatically assuming that everyone here has the same position on it that you do.
The way DeGette reacted in the confrontation should be enough to discredit her. I'm not pushing my views on anyone by saying why people may not like her.
https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-councilman-addresses-rumors-regarding-potential-run-for-congress/
MO-6: Kansas City councilman Nate Willett and businessman Jim Ingram are the first candidates looking to succeed Rep. Sam Graves.
Willett is the only conservative/republican on City Council in KC. He votes no on everything. I thought he was already running for State Senate District 34, but I suppose he could drop out to run for congress.
Who else north of Kansas City could run?
Maybe Cindy O'Laughlin the senate majority leader?
Just a reminder that there are No Kings protests across the country tomorrow.
I am planning on attending the one in downtown Los Angeles and coordinating the protest with senior rush tickets to the Los Angeles Philharmonic's matinee performance and a visit to the Broad art museum.
going to the jersey city one with my brother and girlfriend
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/newsom-to-sign-order-banning-insider-prediction-market-bets-for-state-officials-00847938
Gavin Newsom is signing an executive order banning state officials from betting in the political. Good.
Rare Newsom W
I see that Raffensberger is gunning for Coward of the Year by launching an insidious and transphobic attack ad to try and save his faltering campaign.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-guilty-ethics-00848019
FL-20: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is guilty of House Ethics violations. Love this for her. Please let Elijah Manley take her seat.
I saw someone on Bluesky also suggest that Rep. Cory Mills also be expelled with Sheila, owing to his own litany of scandals and ethics violations. If he is found guilty, I think he should -- that way, we could also say we're willing to use Congressional tools in a bipartisan fashion against those who violate them (not that the GOP particularly cares.)
First polling I've seen for CT 1st Congressional District Primary against Incumbent John Larson
This is Larson Internal poll. Poll was fielded in late January by GQR. Only released now. 400 Likely Dem Primary Voters. Crosstabs not included
John Larson (Inc.) - 49%
Luke Bronin - 26%
Jillian Gilchrest - 9%
Undecided 15%
Though Larson has a lead, he is below a majority in his internal. Also no one has been up on the airwaves yet, and former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin had more than $1 million cash-on-hand so that could change it up the race. Debates haven't happened yet, the primary will be in August.
One competitor against him, former Hartford Board of Ed Member Ruth Fortune was not included in this polling.
Candidates are likely focused on the May Convention, where delegates formally endorse a candidate. So candidates have been running to the 27 towns in the district's Democratic Town Committees. That candidate will receive top billing on the ballot in the August primary. Candidates need 15% of delegates to make the ballot, and to avoid CT's fairly difficult signature-gathering process. This can make the field smaller.
https://www.wtnh.com/news/elections/rep-john-larson-projects-confidence-with-new-poll/
Larson might face a tough challenge in a one-on-one race. But with a split field against him, he's strongly favored to win his primary.
Agreed - if any of his challengers wanted a chance, two of them should drop out. Probably Fortune and Gilchrest, leaving Bronin as the sole candidate.
That depends on whether Fortune and Gilchrest want to act like California Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
I'm back. I managed to get my emotions under enough control to be able to post in a stable manner. I probably will not post as much as I used to though, as I think the amount of times I posted was making me get too angry here and take everything too personally. I'll thus make an effort to also avoid engaging with anything that riles me up too much.
Anyway, might as well share some things I saw that I didn't see people post here (I haven't been posting but I have been reading posts).
PA-03:
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-progressives-endorse-chris-rabb-congress/
State Rep. Chris Rabb has been endorsed by a series of progressive groups, including the Working Families Party and the DSA.
MO-06:
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/missouri-us-rep-sam-graves-retire-igniting-race-open-gop-seat
A couple more candidates expressed interest in the recently-vacated seat of Rep. Sam Graves. Those being radio host Chris Stigall (who is already in), and State Rep. Mazzie Christenson (who is considering).
In general:
https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/guide-to-elections-in-april-2026/
Bolts Magazine is out with their 40 elections to watch this April. I recommend reading it, as there's some interesting races in there (including a ton of school board races and some mayoral ones -- plus some Wisconsin court races other than the SC race that haven't gotten as much attention.)
Curious to know if anyone has any thoughts on any of this.