Shoutout to Anna Wintour for simultaneously recognizing Jasmine Crockett and also driving Donald Trump insane.
— đđŚđđđđ đžđŚđŁđ (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) July 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Jasmine Crockett gets the @elainegodfrey.bsky.social treatment: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
— Ashley Parker (@ashleyrparker.bsky.social) July 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Elaine Godfrey, to phrase it politely, is wired for Republicans. (That’s why she has a prime spot at the Atlantic!) And yet… “A Democrat for the Trump Era” [gift link]:
…In poll after poll since Donald Trumpâs reelection, Democratic voters have said they want a fighter, and Crockett, a former attorney who represents the Dallas area, has spent two and a half years in Congress trying to be one. Through her hearing-room quips and social-media insults, sheâs become known, at least in MSNBC-watching households, as a leading general in the battle against Trump. The president is aware of this. He has repeatedly called Crockett a âlow-IQâ individual; she has dubbed him a âbuffoonâ and âPutinâs hoe.â Perhaps the best-known Crockett clapback came last year during a hearing, after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia made fun of Crockettâs fake eyelashes. Crockett, seeming to relish the moment, leaned into the mic and blasted Greeneâs âbleach-blond, bad-built, butch body.â Crockett trademarked the phraseâwhich she now refers to as âB6ââand started selling T-shirts.
At the time, I wrote that the episode was embarrassing for everyone involved. But clearly it resonated. Crockett has become a national figure. Last year, she gave a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention and was a national co-chair of Kamala Harrisâs campaign. This year, she has been a fixture on cable news and talk shows as well as a top party fundraiser; she was in Atlanta, in part, for a meet and greet with local donors. At an anti-Trump protest on the National Mall in April, I saw several demonstrators wearing B6 shirts. Others carried signs with Crockettâs face on them.
Crockett is testing out the coarser, insult-comedy-style attacks that the GOP has embraced under Trump, the general idea being that when the Republicans go low, the Democrats should meet them there. That approach, her supporters say, appeals to people who drifted away from the Democrats in 2024, including many young and Black voters. âWhat establishment Democrats see as undignified,â Max Burns, a progressive political strategist, told me, âdisillusioned Democrats see that as a small victory.â Republicans understand this, Crockett said: âMarjorie is not liked by her caucus, but they get her value, and so they gave her a committee chairmanship.â…
None of this appears to be giving Crockett any pause. The first time I met her, a month before our conversation in Atlanta, she was accepting a Webby Award, in part for a viral exchange in which sheâd referred to Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina as âchildâ and Mace suggested they âtake it outside.â Backstage, in a downtown-Manhattan ballroom, I asked Crockett whether she ever had regrets about her public comments. She raised her eyebrows and replied, âI donât second-guess shit.â
This spring, I watched Crockett test her theory of politics in a series of public appearances. At the Webbys, most of her fellow award winners were celebrities and influencers, but only Crockett received a standing ovation. A week later, Crockett flamed Republicans and the Trump administration during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A 15-minute clip of her upbraiding ICE agentsââThese people are out of control!ââhas racked up more than 797,000 views on YouTube; I know this because she told me. On TikTok and Instagram, Crockett has one of the highest follower counts of any House member, and she monitors social-media engagement like a day trader checks her portfolio. She is highly conscious, too, of her self-presentation. During many of our conversations, Crockett wore acrylic nails painted with the word RESIST, and a set of heavy lashes over her brown eyes. The lock screen on her phone is a headshot of herself…
Still, Crockett is often more thoughtful in person than she might appear in clips. Once, after a hearing, I watched as she responded to a request for comment with a tight 90-second answer about faith and service. Another time, a reporter who was filming her tried to provoke her by asking what she would say to people who think she is âmentally ill.â âThey can think whatever they want to, because as of now, we live in a democracy,â Crockett answered calmly, before taking another question. âI donât want people to lose sight of the fact that this is someone with a very fine, legally trained mind,â Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, a mentor of Crockettâs, told me…
Jasmine Crockett speaks facts…
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rep. jasmine crockett (D) takes the mic at the TX redistricting public hearing in houston:
— jen rice (@jenrice.bsky.social) July 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Kudos to Her Agenda for recognizing that a woman on a mission can change the world!
— Jasmine Crockett (@jasmineforus.bsky.social) July 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is redefining the role of a leader in American politics, dedicated to empowering women and underrepresented communities while fiercely protecting civil liberties. Her journey began as a passionate public defender and civil rights attorney, where she made it her mission to advocate for the most vulnerable, especially women and children. Now serving Texasâ 30th Congressional District, Jasmineâs commitment to justice and equality drives her every action. During the 87th Texas Legislative Session, she broke records as the sole Black freshman, filing more bills than any other newcomer and securing significant advancements in criminal justice reform. As a founding member of the Texas Progressive Caucus and Texas Caucus on Climate, Energy, and the Environment, she is a steadfast advocate for fairness and the empowerment of women in all arenas…
Her Agenda: What inspired you to pursue law and politics?
Jasmine Crockett: What inspired me to pursue law was a professor at my school. Professor Pohlmann, he was the mock trial coach, and he recruited me to do mock trial after seeing me in a musical on campus. But I was a business major who was set on going into accounting at that time. He convinced me to apply to law school after I became an All-American, during the one year that I did a mock trial. And I got a full ride to go to law school. [So] I thought, well, if I donât like it, Iâll just quit. I just would have lost a year of my life. So that was pretty much how I got there. There were a couple of other incidents, in my opinion, that played a role in getting me to that decision. But yeah, it was more so never planned, at least not planned by me. It was obviously Godâs plan…Her Agenda: Where do you see yourself in the future of politics? And I know that this has to do with current events, that the president has mentioned you a lot as an adversary.
Jasmine Crockett: Yeah, heâs mental, though, so I donât know how much stock I would put into the things that the crazy man says. But for whatever reason, he obviously sees me as formidable. I think it is because, traditionally in politics, people have some level of decorum. He doesnât. He is used to punching people, and nobody punching him back. I probably was one of the first elected [officials] that refused to be bullied or punched. If heâs going to punch me, Iâm going to punch him back. Iâve never met him. I donât know how he feels about me. I donât really care. What I care about is the harm that heâs bringing to the American people. And when I say the American people, I mean all people. The harm that heâs inflicting, unfortunately, for a lot of his supporters, is going to hit them harder than those of us who donât support him. Rural America is about to really be in for a rude awakening because of some of the terrible bills that he passed. Because there are so many people in urban America, we will be able to take a little bit more of the impact. Weâll be able to have a softer landing. Itâs a lot of Democratic states that generate more revenue than Republican states. They can take a little bit more…Her Agenda: Whatâs your message to young women and girls who feel disillusioned with the current state of our country?
Jasmine Crockett: Well, first of all, let me validate their feelings. They have every right to feel disillusioned, especially if youâre young. Things are supposed to get better and not worse, as you grow, at least in this country. So many parents tell their kids that, I made these sacrifices because I wanted you to have better than I did. And thatâs the idea; we should all be standing on the shoulders of those that came before us, whether weâre talking about the political giants, or whether weâre talking about the civil rights giants, or whether weâre talking about our family members that sacrifice so much to make sure that our pathway in life was easier. So if youâre disillusioned, I tell you that you should feel validated because you have every reason to be disillusioned.At the same time, that disillusionment should not keep you on the couch; instead, it should be a motivator. It should motivate you to decide that this is [the] fight of your generation. It is the fight for freedom that the greats like Coretta Scott King talked about â the fact that we have to fight for freedom in every single generation. The fight has to be fought and won. This is your fight. This is your call. I donât think that the octogenarians in the Senate will be around forever to continue to wage this war, but it is up to us, the people, to show our real greatness and that thereâs nothing that you can write into policy that is going to write us out or write us off. Instead, we will make the rules. We will decide where our opportunities are going to be, because we still live in a democracy and we have access to education, at least for now. We have access to freedom of speech. We have access to freedom of religion. We still have freedoms in this country, and we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that no one will roll back our freedom in this country. We are the real patriots, and the most patriotic thing that we can do is fight for our constitutional rights as well as all other rights that have been fought for and won and a lot of those fights included bloodshed as well as death. We will honor those that came before us and make sure that we continue that fight.
Donald Trump won the state of Texas by approximately 56%
So let's change the rules to the game
Jasmine Crockett— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) July 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joined Beto OâRourke in Texas and condemned the Republican Partyâs plan to restrict Texas!
Cutting healthcare funding Texans rely on!!
She questioned their commitment to God and called them âsoulless cowards!â— Liz (or Lizzie) Kim ęšíěą đŤ (@liz.sheshed.rocks) July 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Jasmine Crockett brings the đĽ
Also, donât forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe— Scott Dworkin (@dworkin.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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zhena gogolia
I’ll follow her anywhere.
Baud
Wasn’t she thinking about the Senate?
Steve LaBonne
She is just brilliant. More like her please!
Bupalos
I would say in my opinion that’s not quite right. Crockett has been my go-to example of the potential new breed of left-populist politicians that are going to emerge. To frame this emergence as a response to Republican tactics, a kind of eye-for-eye kind of justice, or a necessary realism, is a bit of a moralized distortion. It’s rather a response to the emerging information environment in which commanding the attention of a distracted electorate is the coin of the realm. It’s political technology. Crockett understands that if you don’t make a splash, it doesn’t matter what you’re saying. Yes, many Republicans already arrived here, Trump chief among them and leading the way, exposing this reality to those with less genius for social insight. (Another way to put that for those with weak stomachs re:positive words paired with Trump is “more of a nose for social rot.”)
But it’s a mistake to think about this as a thing that left populists will do because Republicans are doing it or a thing they do when Republicans are doing it. Â It’s rather a mode of communication that the most clear-eyed and intelligent politicians will utilize because of the nature of our electoral dynamics and simply because it’s the way to command democratic power in 2025. It isn’t dependent on the other side. It isn’t some kind of response that will go away if the other side moderates.
Chat Noir
Truth. That entire paragraph is spot on. Would love to see more like her in the Democratic caucus.
Ishiyama
Jasmine Crockett is employing the skills that she refined as a criminal defense attorney and civil rights lawyer. That’s ten times harder than the work of prosecutors or municipal attorneys. SHE KNOWS HOW TO WORK A JURY!
prostratedragon
That entertaining sass is likely just a byproduct of this passion:
Omnes Omnibus
@Chat Noir: We need people like her, but we also need the Lauren Underwoods who quietly get work done. Â There is room for many different kinds of representatives in Congress.
hitchhiker
I love her brains, I love her heart, I love her instinct for the kill. Please, let’s have more like her and let’s have her around for a long, long time.
Sean
@Baud:
There is a draft Jasmine movement here for sure. I don’t think we know whether she’s really going to get in at this point. I hope she and/or Talarico get in the race, or one runs for Senate and the other Governor when the time comes.
Anything to preclude another Allred nomination. Give me a real campaigner, communicator, legislator like Crockett to go against Paxton or Cornyn. (I’m assuming Paxton, honestly, because of how distilled the lunacy of the Texas GOP electorate has gotten)
She knows how to harness media, which is key in a massive state like Texas.
Bupalos
These clips from Crockett are great, they show her working her way to a populism characterized by traditional left values. That is what has to happen. It can’t be a tit-for-tat or copying MAGA, which is an expression of right values in both form and function.
She showed with “Governor Hot Wheels” that she understands the attention economy and the kind of game that we’re playing. Here she’s showing growth in adapting that game to the constituencies and values she needs to target. I think our most talented rookie is taking the next step.
mali muso
She is whip-smart and doesn’t mind telling it like it is. Love her energy! I read the Atlantic article and found it pretty smarmy and backhanded at low-key accusing her of being an attention-chaser and not well liked by her Dem colleagues. Guess that author really is wired for Repubs.
Rathskeller
@Bupalos: I agree with all of this. AOC wasnât responding to the GOP, she was responding to a sleepy incumbent who wasnât advancing important values.
taumaturgo
She is noticed alright, then there is this that most democrats avert their eyes and ignore.
Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds
Bupalos
@mali muso: I think it might be “wired for Republicans” but it also might just be true and also what makes her successful and our best hope.
She’s competitive, ambitious, brilliant, daring, and understands attention is the coin of the realm. Those aren’t necessarily qualities that make you popular with your colleagues. I think it’s fair to say that most Republican politicians hated Trump, and even with the findlandization that came from his meteoric rise to and consolidation of power, they mostly probably still do. Goes with the territory.
TONYG
Ha ha. Â I know nothing about fashion, but good for “Vogue”!
Gretchen
@Omnes Omnibus: Yes. I hate it when people say Lauren Underwood is a better rep because she gets more passed, than those like Crockett and AOC who bring the fire to hearings. We need both types of reps and weâre lucky to have all of them.
mali muso
@Bupalos: True enough. And I think we also know that ambition that is lauded in a man is not tolerated well when demonstrated by women, particularly black women.
suzanne
@mali muso:
The Atlantic is into WASPy propriety, right? The kind of people who are uptight, even if they’re politically liberal.
(This is my mom’s side of the family, and I am deeply familiar with the vibe. It’s amazed how much they can fight through clenched teeth.)
RedDirtGirl
@TONYG: I’m pretty sure that is fake…
Betty Cracker
@Bupalos:
I think that’s right. The strategy is a two-edged sword and can go sideways quick if the pol isn’t skilled, but Crockett isn’t a blowhard like, say, Alan Grayson. Seems like the real deal.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@taumaturgo: Thank goodness we have you to remind us how much Democrats suck and how everyone hates us.
Oh, where would we be without your beneficent wisdom?
Someone praised a Democrat – quick, to the taumaturgo-mobile!
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@TONYG: That clearly looks photoshopped.
Baud
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
You’d think they’d be happy. This is their chance. A better situation is never going to come around.
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Disagree. We should pick one person, clone them, and have them run for every seat.
Melancholy Jaques
@Omnes Omnibus:
We have a surfeit of “quietly effective, able to reach across the aisle” Democrats. And none of them are going to help us win back the majority in either house of the congress.
We could use like ten fifteen more like Crockett.
Baud
@mali muso:
We need to run Crockett’s laugh by a focus group.
Ishiyama
@Betty Cracker: Watching Jasmine Crockett on The Breakfast Club is a good way to see her ordinary self. When she is “on camera”, she chooses her words before she speaks. That 6B comment was what first caught my attention, and her explanation of how she came up with it was cool.
When she questions a witness, she uses demonstrable facts to confront their lies. She is good at it. (I am a fan.)
suzanne
@Melancholy Jaques: Agree. We have work horses and we need more show horses. The ability to get attention and bring people along with you is part of the job of being a national-level politician.
And I say this as a dedicated work horse. LOL.
Baud
@Ishiyama:
You might be confusing her with Molly Ringwald.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Chat Noir:
We need more of her type in the House (D) caucus and less New Democrat/Blue Dog, aka “New Liberalism”, MattY “liberals”.
And what MJ said at #26.
Baud
@comrade scotts agenda of rage:
I’m ok with that, but any majority is going to have to come from winning purple and slight red districts.
The Audacity of Krope
To be fair, if I answered just such a poll right now, I would express a lack of support for Democrats. I haven’t voted against them, yet, and there’s still no guarantee I ever will.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Baud:
I’ll take their vote, I’ll vote for them outside of a primary holding my nose the entire time. What I won’t do is accept them as leading the party and setting it’s policy direction, strategic guidance, etc. On some days, they don’t present much differently than pro-choice moderate republicans from a generation ago. I fought them tooth and nail then and will continue to do so now.
Again, vote for them in a November election while squeezing my nose hard? Absolutely. The rest of the time it’s slings and arrows.
Professor Bigfoot
@taumaturgo:
So, the party of Black people, Jews, LGBTQIA+ and women is hated by⌠WHICH voters?
The straight white Christians who run that OTHER party?
Who havenât voted for a fucking Democrat since the Voting Rights Act passed?
Omnes Omnibus
@Melancholy Jaques: It doesnât mean we donât need those people. Â Not every soldier is in the infantry. Â Not every legislator needs to be. Crockett. Â I am not denigrating Crockett in any way. Â I have held her up as a great example many times.Â
Ishiyama
Who do you think she is talking about with this comment?
The Audacity of Krope
That’s the model the elite media will fight for.
H.E.Wolf
Yes! Co-signed. And thank you for the shout-out to Rep. Underwood, who I hope will have a long and quietly illustrious career in the House.
prostratedragon
Now đľđľ … I read some of the comments, which as we know can be a big mistake, even on this blog once in a while, and have finally, today, got thoroughly fed up with people who refuse to get that when a party controls zero branches of government, there is a large number of thinvs that they don’t do, not because they are too stupid to have thought of them before being reminded by some commenter from Doaksville, but because they haven’t the power, or the authority to command, or the majority in both (or even one) Houses of Congress. You can’t put a trap door under all these folks, there are too many. But this is the kind of swarm that greets most Dem efforts to discharge their duties. I suppose it’s useful that the wit and charm of a few such as JC and AOC serves as a useful deflection of this mob, but even both of them seem serious enough about the work not to want to become full-time comedians.
piratedan
I adore her, because she comes armed with truth, facts, and receipts. She’s incredibly nimble in regards to her times in front of the nation because she’s fucking prepared.
She’s like the Nations’ public defender, defending our democracy and the truth against those that would disenfranchise millions with a pen and call it freedom.
Baud
@prostratedragon:
I’ve noticed that too. I don’t know how many of those comments are from real people. But it is effective in hampering communications.
Bupalos
Men under 30 now disapprove of Trump at slightly higher rate than Women under 30. Young people as a whole have seen probably the sharpest reversal of opinion in polling history over the last 6 months. At the same time, the Democratic Party as a concept is polling as low as it has general since before Clinton and at the worst differential to the Republican Party since GWB.
Without claiming to fully understand all the dynamics behind these reversals or the incredible gains Trump made among the young and non-white in 2024, I think we’d all do well to consider how electoral politics is radically changing and becoming more volatile, and how little this political era looks like the ones that preceded it.
Lobo
@H.E.Wolf: It takes all kinds that fight in their own way, whether quiet or loud. Each makes space for each other.  Why we fight. It was Jim Crow and now it has expanded to be Juan Crow.
Ishiyama
@piratedan: Well said! Jasmine Crockett for The People!
Ramona
@Bupalos: Her easy facility with verbal sparring is firmly rooted in African-American culture. Her bursting on the scene makes me retrospectively wonder if Obama, Booker, Harris, Jeffries and other ‘polite’ manifestations of Black political power softened the ground for her rawer, playfully combative unguarded presentation.
This is indeed not a reaction to the GOP conduct. She grasps the reality of today’s media.
@heymistermix.com
Jasmine Crockett is so great that she was passed over for ranking member of Oversight by the Democratic Caucus, in favor of Robert Garcia. Just the same as AOC was passed over for that position.
I think she’s great, too, but notice that the Democrats in the House don’t agree.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@The Audacity of Krope:
@comrade scotts agenda of rage:
And the constant negging helps how?
Ramona
@taumaturgo: Philip Bump on his website pbump.net analysed those poll findings and argues that it’s not as clearcut a conclusion as that.
On a phone so can’t go link hunting.
Baud
Sure Lurkalot
Seeing Republicans revel in the heinous things their representatives say and do, I find this very refreshing. I am all for reflection and contrition but IMHO, Dems need to start not giving a shit when Republicans huff and puff about something a Democrat says.
p.a.
“Only Democrats have agency” is the ONE fucking meme that has penetrated deeply into the vast miasma of “normie” voters.
tam1MI
There’s a real “wait your turn” culture in the House and especially the Senate that really holds back up and comers. A thorough housecleaning via primaries is really the only way at the moment to counteract that, but that presents it’s own problems.
Baud
@p.a.:
In Texas, Florida, and Ohio, the voters have given Republicans total control of state government for three decades and they still blame Dems for all their problems.
We might be headed that way nationwide.
Baud
@Baud:
Ramona
@Ishiyama: How did she come come up with âbleach-blond, bad-built, butch body.â?
I recall that the chair of the subcommittee ruled that polite language be used and she asked if it were permissible to say for example BBBBBB…
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@@heymistermix.com: Oooh, those evil Democrats.
I think that spreading resentment is counterproductive, even though I agree with you that AOC and Crockett are awesome.
When you run for a leadership position and lose the vote, you donât constantly bitch about it, like you were entitled to the position or something. Thankfully our awesome Democrats AOC and Crockett are better than that. Unlike some of their fans.
âYouâre not wrong, Walter – youâre just an asshole!â
evodevo
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:Â It is…it’s a faux/parody mag cover, but I still love it..
prostratedragon
@Baud:
The Johnsons of Twin Peaks on property. In a later episode, someone accuses Leo Johnson of embezzlement.
Ishiyama
@Ramona: She thought about what her grandmother used to call some people. (The Chairman of the Committee was not going to hold MTG’s remarks about JC’s eyelashes to be personal attacks, so JC asked if it would be considered a personal attack to talk about another member’s B6 figure.)
Omnes Omnibus
@@heymistermix.com: Great at public sparring doesnât necessarily equal great at running a committee.
Bupalos
@Professor Bigfoot: The change in Democratic favorability is driven first and foremost by changes in younger voters, with a 17% margin swing towards the GOP overall. This in turn is driven first and foremost by changes in preferences of young Hispanic and Black men, followed by hispanic women, asian men, white men, and white women.
lowtechcyclist
@prostratedragon:
I was wondering about this the other day.
There is obviously nothing Sen. Van Hollen and Rep. Mfume can do in real time if ICE blocks them from entering areas they have a right to access. But couldn’t they take the names of the persons illegally blocking access, and hold them in contempt of Congress when the Dems retake Congress in January 2027?
Prosecution would have to wait until the next Dem President took office, hopefully in 2029, but the penalties, according to FindLaw, include up to $100K fine and up to 12 months in prison. Justice delayed is justice denied, but it’s still better than no justice at all.
If informed of these potential consequences, the low-level schlub manning the gate might be a bit more reluctant to be the person keeping the Congresspersons out. Eventually, somebody’s boss’s boss’s boss might have to put his own ass on the line.
Worth a try, based on my limited knowledge.
Ramona
@prostratedragon: I try to think of how things could go wrong if Congress passed a law permitting it to deputize a law enforcement agency to be used in situations such as this where the Executive controlled armed agents are openly breaking the law.
Baud
@Ramona:
Republicans control Congress.
Sure Lurkalot
@Bupalos:
Old person here finds it disconcerting that peopleâs opinions can turn on a dime, especially on the actuality of clearly stated intention.
Someone here a while back commented that the world has good reason to never trust the US again given how we switch from one party in power to the other every 4 years. A constant cycle of doing and undoing, ally to enemy.
Baud
@Sure Lurkalot:
Makes sense. I don’t trust us.
Ramona
@Ishiyama: I enjoyed watching it when it aired some time ago. Thanks for the insight that she was inspired by her grandmother and for reminding me of the context!
@heymistermix.com
@Omnes Omnibus:
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
Omnes Omnibus
@@heymistermix.com: Â That is one perspective.
mappy!
Smart, skilled, talented, true… True. Period.
prostratedragon
We are not happy. Far as I’m concerned, the money, while relevant, is the least of it.
Glory b
@taumaturgo: I said the other day that this is a poll to ignore.
Normie Dems in special elections held since Trump took office have overperformed by 15 points, according to Charles Gaba.
Even right leaning Rasmussen says Drms are due to have a winning season, according to its polling.
A comfortable number of the Dem candidates for the general are polling higher than their Republican opponents.
Every Dem running for statewide office in VA is polling ahead of the Republicans. Winsome Sears, who clearly doesn’t have any friends who will tell her how bad her hair looks, has fired her campaign staff, she clearly has terrible inside polling.
I say IGNORE THAT POLL, it’s only being published to further tear the party apart.
Numbers on the ground tell quite a different story.
About the topic at hand, Jasmine Crickett seems a regular normie Drm too, there’s no very left positions I’ve seen her take.
And we also need the Lauren Underwoods of the party. She is a black woman who flipped a Republican district.
Unfortunately, she now has a DSA primary opponent, her position is now shaky.
Belafon
@prostratedragon: On another site I go to, a number of responses aligned with the bsky replies: They should get take the Capitol police with them and force their way in. Because we just know that police group will act differently than every other police group.
Citizen Dave
Delayed thought from the morning thread, triggered by the head EPA guy in my city–at a truck dealership–to announce the reversal of the 2009 Obama EPA greenhouse gas endangerment finding.
One new Democratic slogan is simply “Come with us if you want to live”
WaterGirl
@@heymistermix.com: Hey mistermix! Â I think two things can be true at the same time.
Democrats in congress can think she’s great.
And they can still think she should wait her turn.
*for the record, I am not a fan of waiting your turn and leadership positions being handed out as attendance awards. Â And by attendance, I of course mean how long you have been an elected official.
Belafon
@@heymistermix.com: In addition to the House Democrats not exactly wanting to be aggressive, both of them have two marks against them, not just one like a male named Garcia would have.
Ishiyama
@Ramona: The more I learn about JC, the more I like her, because “game recognizes game”. She went to law school by chance, not because of a childhood ambition to be a lawyer, but was caught up by the call of the profession, to defend the defenseless and aid the helpless.
Glory b
@@heymistermix.com: I think the problem is that ranking members have to work pretty closely with the Republicans in charge to make the committee sausage, schedule hearings, witnesses, etc.
Someone seen as a star may be bullied in the eyes of many folks like you as they cooperate with Republicans to get day to day committee work done.
And it’s not like anyone knows who ranking committee members are or what they do.
If I knew people wanted me to be constantly combative with Republicans in order to be a “star,” I wouldn’t want it.
H.E.Wolf
Yes! From one wolf to another, thank you, cousin. :)
prostratedragon
@lowtechcyclist:Â I’m sure they’ve documented as much as they could determine, since there are explicit laws (I think, and not mere rules) being violated. Contempt of Congress? ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ It would be a way to promote discussion and draw more attention, but no idea if it’s out of order.
Belafon
@@heymistermix.com:
A small part of me is in favor of sitting back until people figure out who’s in charge of the government – because I am seriously tired of “why didn’t Democrats stall the vote for the 30th time” people – but not enough for me to sit things out.
Trollhattan
@prostratedragon:
I do wonder how both major and repeating donors of cave-first unis will respond to the kowtowing and extortion payouts.
Harvard kicking a half-billion at Trump because reasons is not going over well, I expect, and yet have absolutely no actual insight as to how things will shake out. Their endowment is bigger than a hundred nations’ GDPs but it’s not Scrooge McDuck’s money pool WRT easy access, either.
Wapiti
One wonders if the Texas redistricting this year will be taking special pains to mess with Rep. Crockett.
prostratedragon
@Ramona:Â ‘Tis a puzzlement, isn’t it? These same times we’re living in that prompt such thoughts are also the very argument against them. But I think when the dust settles we will need to do something.
Bupalos
I agree and disagree with this. As you say, this can’t be transferred to particular races, and it appears that the more local you go and the less the race is nationalized, the less the Democratic popularity deficit matters. Â And even in races that are national in scope, Trump’s own cratering popularity can counteract it. So it doesn’t mean we can’t win races and stay competitive.
It does probably mean that we can’t consolidate those wins with overall levels of support that bring actually governing majorities to power. Personally I think the systemic challenges we’re facing from global warming to spiraling inequality to technology-mediated social disruption will continue to degrade the electorate and turn the ground more favorable to authoritarianism without effective governance and major initiatives to at least slow this slide. I think we can’t play to get the game to extra innings, because we’ll run out of pitchers. So in that context, a generalized brand popularity deficit is something we absolutely need to address.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@taumaturgo: yes. Â No matter what the republicans do, apparently, some folks need to blame everything on democrats.
I do hope we can stop doing that. Â Right now the Goypers are attempting to destroy our health, our futures and perhaps this earth itself.
prostratedragon
@Citizen Dave:Â I like that!
prostratedragon
@Trollhattan:Â I’m waiting until I hear it from Harvard.
ETA very true, even, or maybe especially, the biggest endowments are not very liquid.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@suzanne: grinding molars in my experience
suzanne
@HopefullyNotcassandra: LOL. Absolutely right.
My mother’s side of the family loathed my father’s. Those Italians, all emotional and showy and they talk with their hands…..
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@@heymistermix.com: Well, youâre certainly convinced that youâre right. I guess thatâs somethingâŚ
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Professor Bigfoot: this presidentâs support is cratering with all young men, even the pale variety. Â Apparently, his âagendaâ sucks so very hard that he is down to break even with all white men.
Right now, this president and his crew of incompetent sadists makes pale people look horrible.  He is an embarrassment to every one of us  every single day.
Breaking through the streaming, screaming disinformation is key. Â Representative Jasmine Crockett is excellent at breaking through the goyper noise with reality.
taumaturgo
@Bupalos:
This is a paradox that younger voters have gone MAGA, yet this is the same age group that surge for Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race. The wise leaders of the party have averted their eyes and have not summoned the courage to back a candidate that is showing how it is done in this new day and age. I can see signs of a “bury your head in the sand” syndrome.
Glory b
@Wapiti: I read that they intend to both redistrict her out of office & reduce the number of Democrats in congress.
Belafon
@Wapiti: The first attempts divide her district up in such a way that no Democrat will get elected in that area.
Glory b
@Bupalos: There is the thought that black men didn’t actually defect in the numbers first believed.
csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2025/2/black-voter-project.html
zhena gogolia
@HopefullyNotcassandra: Oh, but let’s not focus on Trump’s cratering, let’s flog the Democrats for some stupid poll! (not directed at you)
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Ramona: I found something on blue sky from Mr. Bump that resembles your comment.
bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3lv34aige6s2v
and the skeet (?) linked to your reference
pbump.net/o/the-party-is-the-problem/
He included this most hopeful tidbit
That morsel truly improved my mood!
Thank you for remembering it!
lowtechcyclist
@prostratedragon:
Another highly-ranked university apparently has never heard of ‘Danegeld.’Â They’re not doing a very good job of this liberal-arts education thingy.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: Reps. Garcia and Crockett are both talented members of the House Class of 2022, so this wasn’t a matter of seniority. In terms of fame, Crockett is better known by far to the general public and by comparison Garcia is a nobody.
But their fellow caucus members know them and work with them as peers. And Garcia must have some ability because his fellow freshmen elected him as their representative on the leadership team when the last Congress was organized.
These are two young, talented and hardworking legislators. Crockett brought experience from her work in Texas’s legislature, while Garcia brought experience from serving as Mayor of Long Beach, California which is not some podunk town.
I don’t think it reflects poorly on Crockett or Garcia that their peers thought Garcia was a better choice for Ranking Member. And I don’t think it reflects badly on the Democratic caucus that they chose Garcia over Stephen Lynch, after Crockett withdrew her candidacy. But some people are gonna harp on this matter anyway because that is what they do.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@suzanne: they also donât raise their voices very often and are excellent people to have on your side in any crisis. Â Unfortunately, there do seem to be way too many cracked molars (in my mouth too).
@zhena gogolia:  Ramona has some relief for blues caused by democratic bashing  at Philip Bumpâs new site.
pbump.net/o/the-party-is-the-problem/
Miss Bianca
@Geminid:
you know, it’s almost getting depressing reading your thoughtful reasoned responses to “Why don’t those dumb Democrats in Congress pick the leaders *I* think they ought to?!” I mean, seriously, dude, when you gonna give up and go with the flow!//
The Audacity of Krope
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: Negging? That’s just where my mind is at. That would be my honest answer to a poll question. My whole point was to explain that my fairly dim views of Dems as a group might not even have any bearing on my actual voting behavior.
Then, again, it may.
cain
I think one thing that we should entertain going forward is this idea that “no drama” is a good thing in a democratic administration. The tight control of information frustrates the press and they end up going to the GOP.
We need to allow a lot of press and leaks that they can use. I think how we approach social media is going to be important. Daresay, we should have our own ecosystem of influencers, and bots doing the same thing to the counter messaging. Especially, now with agentic AIÂ – we can now use AI to generate sound bites, and commercials on AM and FM radio – multiple languages.
Black and Brown men were moving the meter because of how the GOP was doing outreach by preying on their fears of LBGTQ+ and transgender issues.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Baud: I know next to nothing about Florida and Ohio. Â You are absolutely right about Texas. Â Years back the Texas Rangers arrested tons of small town government folks and sheriffs for all sorts of criminality (embezzlement to traps where a personâs car & everything got looted). Â I thought this will be the end of gop control in the Lone Star state.
Obviously, it was not. Â The legislature even tried to defund the rangers. Â That did not happen. Â Nonetheless, the gop kept control. Â The open, flagrant corruption of Ken Paxton is apparently qualification for higher office.
Texas Goypers rule at voter suppression. Â Otherwise, it makes little sense to me.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Ramona: Congress used to have a jail in the basement of our Capitol. Â It has seemed obvious for some time now that the Capitol police are needed to enforce Congressional immunity (in the constitution it is!) and congressional prerogatives. Â That cannot happen until democrats regain control of the house and senate.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Ramona: Congress used to have a jail in the basement of our Capitol. Â It has seemed obvious for some time now that the Capitol police are needed to enforce Congressional immunity (in the constitution it is!) and congressional prerogatives. Â That cannot happen until democrats regain control of the house and senate.
Omnes Omnibus
@cain: That worked wonders for the Clinton administration. The MSM still bought what the GOP was selling.
Geminid
@Glory b: Aside from dealing with the Committee Chair on these matters, the only difference between the Ranking Member and the rest of the Democrats on Oversight is that the Ranking Member gets their five minutes of questions in first. That’s it.
I noticed that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez got some very good licks in during the Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on the Big Crappy Bill earlier this year. It made no difference when her allotted time came; she made the most of it.
The funny thing is, I did not notice her many followers amplify and propagate her remarks. I would have. My cynical side deduced from this that some of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s fans value her more as a protagonist in the intra-party fights they contantly try to stir up than as a capable legislator in her own right.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@HopefullyNotcassandra: my apologies for the double posting
Glory b
@The Audacity of Krope: See my response at #97.
Maybe the conventional wisdom isn’t so wise.
Glory b
@Geminid: They’re too busy vandalizing her offices.
Geminid
@Miss Bianca: It’s a nerdy job, but someone’s gotta do it
Ed. By the way, I was so desperate for reading material recently that I picked up a John Jakes novel from a free box. I mean, I was *desperate*.
American Dreams is set in 1906. One of its several protagonists, an aspiring race car driver living in Detroit, just took the electic tram out to Grosse Point. A young lady he met after his car invited him to dine at her family’s summer home.
It’s got 12 rooms. There’s a yacht tied to a pier that the father uses to commute to work in Detroit during Summer
Did y’all have a yacht when you lived there?
The Audacity of Krope
Understatement of the day right there.
cain
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yeah, but Clinton left with high approval rates and the GOP couldn’t get a foothold regardless of the huge press.
Omnes Omnibus
@cain: Â Congress was GOP controlled after 1994. Â It limited what he could do.
Ramona
@Ishiyama: Indeed! I’d be envious of her if I were not so bowled over!
Miss Bianca
@Geminid: err…no yacht. But…12 rooms? Only 12 rooms? Pish – that’s not a cottage, by GP standards, that’s a shack.//
And it’s Grosse Pointe, btw, cuz it be French and you gotta have those gendered adjectives match the gendered nouns. (Not picking on you in particular, you understand… seems like no one who didn’t actually grow up there knows how to spell it correctly. I mean, books get published with it spelled wrong!)
Ramona
@HopefullyNotcassandra: You are most welcome! Thank-you for looking it up.
Ramona
@HopefullyNotcassandra: I welcomed reading you twice without having to scroll back.
ruckus
It takes a person with drive, confidence, intelligence, and in acceptable places and times, the willingness to speak as if talking to people in a bar. IOW use the language they understand, because they use it.
And Jasmine Crocket has all of these in spades. She is SMART, willing and able and she seems to brook zero bullshit. And she is respectful of actual human beings, people that actually want this to be a nation of the people – ALL THE DAMN PEOPLE, not just the ones that pay others to screw everyone else because they think they are way, way above everyone else, and they are not even close, as in they are the dirt on the floor that got dragged into the kitchen, during a rain storm.
ruckus
@Miss Bianca:
I’d bet on the fifth day of never.
tokyokie
@Sean: I contributed the Allred campaign last go-round, and he seemed to have enough money push out lots of TV ads that struck me as presenting himself as Black, but not that Black. His ads let voters know that he, too, wanted tough enforcement on the border. Like his opponent, the loathsome Rafael Cruz, wasn’t going to capture the racist vote anyway. Allred was basically even, within the margin of error, with Fled Cruz in the last polls before the election, but he lost rather decisively. I think a lot of left-leaning voters weren’t motivated to get out on election day, but now he’s running again and asking me for money. Sorry pal, you had your chance and blew it. I’ll enthusiastically support Crockett should she decide to run. And if the choices are between her and a dull old White guy (Cornyn) or a despicable fascist crook (Paxton), I think voters could see her as the one actually offering something different.
Bupalos
@Glory b: That’s a bit of a weird link and a weird way to put it. That guy’s last pre-election support levels do in fact show exactly the movement from the 2020 election that exit polls showed, though his “wave 1” and “wave 2” from earlier in the year show much lower levels of Harris support…. but critically this is from a time when she was not the candidate. So her (implausibly) low support then is essentially meaningless, and using that data to I guess establish a trend….
Dunno what to say. To the extent that it shows anything it confirms the movement from 2020-2024, and then uses some odd language to suggest this is LESS than people think… using a meaningless comparison number.
The Lodger
@Ishiyama: I just read B6 as 86.
Works for me.