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NANCY SMASH!

TGIFriday Morning Open Thread: Bring On the Campaign

by Anne Laurie|  February 23, 20247:56 am| 150 Comments

This post is in: 2024 Elections, Biden Administration in Action, Foreign Affairs, NANCY SMASH!, Proud to Be A Democrat, War in Ukraine

From single-family housing and clean transportation to mental health centers, America’s county officials are making a big difference thanks to our Investing in America agenda. pic.twitter.com/OM18MHhAfM

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 22, 2024

Biden’s “This is not your father’s Republican Party” may sound corny, but he’s been very consistent and insistent on driving home this important point. https://t.co/Zr6QaOeFoY

— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) February 22, 2024

When we win Democratic majorities in Congress, President @JoeBiden will sign the following into law:

A bill that reinstates the protections of Roe v. Wade
An assault weapons ban
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and Freedom to… pic.twitter.com/JFNwY2Whfa

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) February 22, 2024

Loved joining the @kellyclarksontv this afternoon and sharing one of the moments in my career that has inspired me the most: my first time meeting @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/UFe1CKZfmW

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) February 22, 2024

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Because of President Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act, our Administration announced preliminary terms with GlobalFoundries this week to invest $1.5 billion in the expansion of domestic production of semiconductors – and create over 10,000 new jobs in New York and Vermont. https://t.co/2DV2MpLVwW

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 22, 2024

https://t.co/mzuTMPAJtj pic.twitter.com/QvIB0l3WtK

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) February 22, 2024

Today, I met with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya – Aleksey Navalny's loved ones – to express my condolences for their devastating loss.

Aleksey's legacy of courage will live on in Yulia and Dasha, and the countless people across Russia fighting for democracy and human rights. pic.twitter.com/aiCcgTrws3

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 22, 2024

Russian puppet vs. protector of democracy doesn't seem like a tough call pic.twitter.com/jvSw81NI4i

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) February 22, 2024

⚡ US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrives in Lviv, Ukraine.

"I am leading this delegation to meet with President Zelenskyy to show the Ukrainian people that America stands with them… to protect our democracy and national security." pic.twitter.com/nRxhiYo8YZ

— UNITED24 Media (@United24media) February 23, 2024

TGIFriday Morning Open Thread 6

(Joel Pett via GoComics.com)

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Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Pelosi Nominates Chef Andres for the Nobel Peace Prize

by Anne Laurie|  January 31, 20248:14 pm| 99 Comments

This post is in: NANCY SMASH!, Readership Capture, Something Good Open Thread

.@chefjoseandres and his team are nothing short of heroes for humanity – not only conquering hunger but spreading hope.

That is why it was my privilege to join @rosadelauro and @RepMcGovern in nominating Chef Andrés and @WCKitchen for the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 31, 2024

Read our full letter urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to recognize Chef Andrés and World Central Kitchen’s quick, extensive and life-saving responses to recent emergencies around the globe with the Nobel Peace Prize:https://t.co/KL6eXvOmrT

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 31, 2024

Readership capture:

Dear Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee:

It is with the utmost respect for the Norwegian Nobel Committee that we write to nominate José Andrés and World Central Kitchen for the Nobel Peace Prize. Chef Andrés and his team are nothing short of heroes for humanity – not only conquering hunger but spreading hope.

When a devastating earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Chef Andrés launched World Central Kitchen with a simple yet powerful vision: that food can be a force for good. His innovative model – providing local dishes with local ingredients prepared by local people – has proven nimble and effective. Responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and war zones without hesitation, Chef Andrés and his team have served more than 350 million meals worldwide.

During many dark and difficult moments, the impact of Chef Andrés and World Central Kitchen has been extraordinary. All are in awe of how, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chef Andrés quickly marshaled the effort to provide 40 million meals to feed the hungry across the world. We in Congress saw firsthand how respectful he is of the people he serves, when he came to the U.S. Capitol to feed the National Guard after the January 6th insurrection. During Russia’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine, World Central Kitchen set up shop in Kyiv to distribute hot meals and grocery kits. Amid violence and chaos in Gaza, he distributed food and aid to displaced Palestinians.

José Andrés and World Central Kitchen are a generational global phenomenon, with a desire to help those in need that is as saintly as it is insatiable. They do not accept obstacles between their meals and those who need them. Chef Andrés gets his own boots on the ground, even in the most harrowing places, because the need is there. And he believes in building “longer tables,” with enough good food for all.

For his selfless personal commitment to feeding the hungry and launching World Central Kitchen, we believe José Andrés is most deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize and we are honored to nominate him.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Saturday Morning Open Thread: The Year in Review

by Anne Laurie|  December 30, 20235:59 am| 91 Comments

This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, NANCY SMASH!, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Politics, Republicans in Disarray!

As we close out the year, we wanted to take a look back at the progress made since @POTUS and @VP took office.

From Day One, our administration has taken on historic challenges, and almost three years in, we have a record of delivering for the American people. pic.twitter.com/1KhVHTal3R

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) December 21, 2023

One way and another, we Democrats actually did the work to make it a pretty good year!

.@CapehartJ: “There were many top moments in 2023; the one I found most significant happened on April 7. That is when @VP made a surprise visit to Nashville, TN to stand in solidarity with the Tennessee 3..to rebuke a stunning attack on free speech and stand up for democracy.” pic.twitter.com/Ir58Ej7jXz

— Kirsten Allen (@KirstenAllen46) December 23, 2023


 
Across the aisle…

Hey Chip Roy – Here’s what you guys did:
– Sham Biden impeachment inquiry
– Sham Hunter Biden investigation
– Blocked military promotions
– Took credit for Biden achievements after voting against them
– Played chicken with govt. shutdown
Should I continue?pic.twitter.com/sW8zTrbIwO

— Piyush Mittal ???????????? (@piyushmittal) December 19, 2023

When it came to the politics of retribution and revenge, however, the House had a historically productive year. https://t.co/EKRAsvCcv7

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) December 20, 2023

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Hey, we didn’t want anything useful to happen, and by that metric the GOP did just fine! Annie Karni, at the NYTimes — (GOP) “House Dysfunction by the Numbers: 724 Votes, Only 27 Laws Enacted” [gift link]:

Representative Kevin McCarthy, the former speaker, had a positive spin on the five days and record-breaking 15 voting rounds it took him to win the gavel in January. “Because it took this long,” he said after the ordeal, “now we learned how to govern.”

But as the first year of the 118th Congress draws to a close, the numbers tell a different story — one that doesn’t involve much governing at all…

That is more voting and less lawmaking than at any other time in the last decade, according to an analysis by the Bipartisan Policy Center, and a far less productive record than that of last year, when Democrats had unified control of Congress. The House held 549 votes in 2022, according to the House clerk, and passed 248 bills that were signed into law, according to records kept by the Library of Congress, including a bipartisan infrastructure law, the Inflation Reduction Act and the first bipartisan gun safety bill in decades.

The list of this year’s accomplishments is less ambitious and more bare minimum, such as legislation to suspend the debt ceiling and set federal spending limits that helped pull the nation back from the brink of economic catastrophe. The tally also includes two temporary spending measures to avoid government shutdowns…

The numbers reflect the challenges that have plagued Republicans all year and are likely to continue, and maybe even get worse, in 2024: a tiny majority that requires near unanimity to get anything done; deep party divisions that make unanimity all but impossible; and a right wing whose priority is reining in government, not passing new laws to broaden its reach…

“Democrats as a party are much more interested in having government do things,” Ms. Reynolds said. “A lot of what Republicans are motivated by is the pursuit of ideological purity. The ideological difference around the role of government makes it harder to imagine the sets of things on which the Republican House, especially with its divisions, would get together with a Democrat-led Senate and a Democrat president.”

Despite the low number of bills signed into law, the House saw a frenzy of activity on the floor. That included numerous votes for numerous speaker candidates (19 across two historic speaker elections), multiple attempts to expel Representative George Santos of New York from Congress (three), failed and successful votes on censuring Democratic lawmakers (six) and dozens of votes on hard-right amendments to appropriations bills that ultimately did not pass, or proved to be non-starters in the Senate because they were laden with conservative policy priorities.

The mismatch between the number of votes taken and the number of laws passed is something far-right House Republicans might consider a win. One of the demands the faction made of Mr. McCarthy in January as they were withholding their support to make him speaker was to open up the legislative process and allow more votes on the floor…

 

Winners and Losers 2023 (Gift Link):
Epic Congressional dysfunction made for a great year for bankers, railroads, pharma, tech, Putin and Chinahttps://t.co/I8yLh1sUNj

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 20, 2023


The Big Bidniz take, from Steven Dennis at Bloomberg:

Any Washington lobbyist worth their salt knows defeat or delay of new legislation is often the most lucrative outcome for corporate clients.

By that measure, 2023 was a success, as Congress passed few new laws amid months-long battles over raising the US debt limit and avoiding a government shutdown. All that inaction translated into wins for Wall Street banks, tech giants, and pharmaceutical companies, whose profits were spared the pinch of additional regulation.

Just 22 new laws had been enacted as of Tuesday, according to the US Federal Register, versus 281 last year, when Democrats controlled Washington. Some provisions tucked into laws that did pass boosted businesses, including a well-connected pipeline…

 

Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024 https://t.co/5jBQv4pTYw

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 22, 2023

Per the Associated Press, “Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024”:

This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to “never quit,” and then did just that.

House lawmakers proceeded not only to oust the GOP speaker, they also punished their own colleagues with censures and expulsion, launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and were barely able to conduct the basics of governing by keeping federal offices from shuttering.

While this first year of the 118th Congress was a historic one, thanks to the dizzying turmoil coming from the Republicans on the House side of the Capitol, next year is headed toward more of the same. With just 27 bills and resolutions signed into law, not counting a few board appointments, it’s among the most do-nothing sessions of Congress in recent times.

“This fall has been a very actively stupid political environment,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, the bow-tie-wearing Republican from North Carolina, who emerged as a voice of reason as the interim House speaker leading the chamber during the upheaval.

While Americans typically give low marks to Congress, as the branch of government closest to the people, it’s still the main venue the U.S. relies on, at times more so than the presidency or the courts, to work out the nation’s problems and challenges.

The need for a functioning Congress — what one scholar calls “the place” where it all happens — is even more apparent heading into a tumultuous presidential election year and with hot wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East…

Heading into 2024, new House Speaker Mike Johnson will start the year under the same pressure to pass legislation to keep the government funded, starting Jan. 19, that led to then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster after he brokered a budget-cutting debt deal with Biden…

It’s a shift from Nancy Pelosi’s run as speaker, when the powerful gavel wielded political fear and discipline, but also legislative results. The last Congress, among the most productive in decades, passed more than 300 pieces of legislation over two years, including major infrastructure and climate change bills.

By year’s end, it wasn’t just the ousted McCarthy calling it quits, but dozens of lawmakers heading for the exits.

After his stint as interim speaker, McHenry, a powerful committee chairman with allies across Congress, promptly announced he, too, would be retiring at the end of his term, as his far-right colleagues claim increasing power.

“We need people to be realists, not just blind ideologues,” he said.

If I had the cash to spare, I’d put up some billboards in the Beltway commuter corridors with a big photo of Nancy Pelosi and the words Miss Me Yet?…

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Thursday Evening Open Thread: No Labels, No Ethics, No Chance

by Anne Laurie|  November 9, 20238:36 pm| 45 Comments

This post is in: 2024 Primaries, Grifters Gonna Grift, NANCY SMASH!

Two anti-choice 76 year old wealthy white guys. https://t.co/9J4CoBYw7s

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 9, 2023

The Blogfather just beat me to this ‘scoop’: Joe Manchin is officially not running to hold his Senate seat, which he was widely predicted to lose to Jim Justice. Per the Associated Press:

… But his statement also fuels growing speculation that Manchin harbors national political ambitions. In recent months, he has teased a 2024 presidential campaign, possibly as an independent candidate, although it’s unclear what his voter base would be. Along those lines, a group pushing for Manchin to partner with retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney to seek a third-party presidential bid filed paperwork to form a formal draft committee with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday…

Up pops ‘No Labels’!

The committee's backers, described as "a group of longtime Romney and Manchin supporters," are "invigorated by the possibility of the draft going well." But a 2nd adviser says they "expect them not to be on board with this immediately."

— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) November 9, 2023

The WSJ article is behind a paywall, but the headline reads “Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Won’t Run for Re-Election in West Virginia – Decision likely boosts Republicans’ efforts to take back Senate“. (Not that the WSJ isn’t wishcasting for just such an outcome.)

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More from the Associated Press:

… The draft committee pushing a Manchin-Romney ticket is planning to launch publicly next week along with a new website titled “America Back on Track,” according to a person with direct knowledge of the committee who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to disclose internal planning ahead of the launch.

Initially, the draft effort plans to raise $1 million for a budget to commission polling to show that there is a path to victory for a Romney-Manchin ticket as part of the No Labels movement, according to the person.

Romney and Manchin have not signed onto this effort, the person said. But the group expects to build out presidential campaign infrastructure for Romney and Manchin and ultimately court No Labels delegates to win the nomination at its March 2024 convention in Dallas.

“We will make a decision by early 2024 about whether we will nominate a Unity presidential ticket, and who will be on it,” the organization said…

We’ll flog this spavined old equine for as long as we can keep extracting donations from the rubes, which will probably dry up once the actual GOP ticket (TFG + ???) is announced…

Do Manchin and Romney have much of a relationship? I can’t see Romney approving Manchin’s party-boat shenanigans… and I can’t imagine either of those two being willing to accept the undercard slot. So: Manchin / Scotty Brown? Manchin / Joe Lieberman? Red meat for the snarksters, but I don’t see either of those pairings setting ‘independent’ voters’ hearts aflutter…

I think Mark Penn & Nancy Jacobson had a much bigger influence https://t.co/juqHHE7OQW

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 9, 2023

Not being glib. Unless/until he says otherwise I’m assuming Manchin is the No Labels candidate. He has the perfect combination of grandiosity, ignorance, & stupidity to fall for the Penn/Jacobson pitch that he could actually become president https://t.co/DRVeY1wh1X

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 9, 2023

Q is, would a Manchin candidacy hurt Biden, hurt Trump, or be a wash. As of a few weeks ago No Labels had secured a spot on the ballot in only 10-15 states, most of them uncompetitive. And I doubt an anti-choice 77 year old coal peddler from WV pulls many Latinos or suburbanites

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 9, 2023

To quote a wise elder:

No Labels is perilous to our democracy. I hesitate to say “No Labels” because they do have labels. They’re called “No Taxes For The Rich.” “No Child Tax Credit For Children.” “No Affordable Care Act For Families.” -NP https://t.co/Ym51atyurq pic.twitter.com/fzXeZcW9SU

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) November 2, 2023

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TGIFriday Morning Open Thread: Thank Goddess for Democrats

by Anne Laurie|  October 20, 20238:13 am| 136 Comments

This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, C.R.E.A.M., NANCY SMASH!, Open Threads, Proud To Be A Democrat!

Nothing less is at stake in this election than our Democracy — and all that we care about and all that we believe in.

We don’t agonize, we organize. And when necessary, we unionize to get the job done! -NP pic.twitter.com/e7SVcTGtpp

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) October 19, 2023

Sharing is caring:

We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win.

I refuse to let that happen. pic.twitter.com/Ywjviuw3gF

— President Biden (@POTUS) October 20, 2023

Bidenomics!

Curious how “Biden” ends up in the first headline but is conspicuously absent from the second! https://t.co/a7qh7ptCXU

— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) October 18, 2023

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one more in long list of data points demonstrating that Americans’ poll responses about the economy are mostly not about the economy

they’re about other sources of anxiety/concern/worry in our national life https://t.co/e5IwwHUZIr

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 18, 2023

Things are far better in America than is understood, part a million.

Inflation adjusted median net worth jumps 37% over past several years, more than doubles for young people. https://t.co/YDleFplXAh

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) October 19, 2023

*snickers*

After just two days, the Biden campaign already has more followers than the Trump campaign on Truth Social pic.twitter.com/I6oafmDcwb

— Parker Butler (@parkerpbutler) October 18, 2023

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Open Thread: Nancy Pelosi, Living Her Best Life

by Anne Laurie|  September 12, 20234:13 am| 69 Comments

This post is in: A Woman's Place Is In The House, NANCY SMASH!, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

Great read by @markzbarabak about the former House Speaker who dances in four-inch heels in the wings of Grateful Dead shows: Column: Nancy Pelosi on Dylan, the Grateful Dead, a wild night in Argentina — and the healing power of music https://t.co/lPsZQgEvKr

— Seema (@LATSeema) August 29, 2023

Bob Weir was cold.

It was a partly cloudy July night and temperatures were falling as Dead & Co. played before tens of thousands of fans in San Francisco, ancestral home of the band’s legendary forebear, the Grateful Dead.

Typical summer weather in the city, and Nancy Pelosi knew what to do.

Socks, she told the Birkenstock-shod guitarist on a visit backstage. And a hat.

It may be easier to picture the former speaker, still one of America’s most influential women, surrounded by suits and wingtips than beads and sandals. But Pelosi, who grew up listening to opera waft through the streets of Baltimore’s Little Italy, is a genuine tie-dyed in the wool Deadhead, as cultists and aficionados of the group are known.

She’s friends with Weir and drummer Mickey Hart, having seen the Dead and assorted iterations more times than she remembers. On several occasions, the elegantly styled lawmaker has been seen dancing in the wings, 4-inch heels and all.

It wasn’t certain she’d make the band’s valedictory performance that night, one of the last of Dead & Co.’s recently concluded farewell tour. The House of Representatives was pitching another fit, with balky Republicans acting up, must-pass legislation stalled and restless lawmakers anxiously eyeing the exits.

But in the end, the House approved the necessary defense spending bill with time to spare and Pelosi easily made it home for the Friday night show, mingling with the band and scoring the evening’s set list as a souvenir.

When Weir returned for the second half he was still sockless.

But he had on a hat…

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(A smart lad listens to his nonna.)

“They’re wonderful musicians,” Pelosi said of the Dead and company, putting a lie to the notion — propounded mostly by haters — that the group’s kaleidoscopic catalog can only be enjoyed in a drunken stupor or chemically induced haze. (Pelosi doesn’t drink and has never used drugs.) “It’s great music.”…

Perusing the menu at San Francisco’s Delancey Street Restaurant — a favorite of local politicians, staffed by ex-convicts and recovering addicts — Pelosi savors the freedom of life as just another member of the House.

“You have to remember,” she says, “that for 20 years, either as speaker or [minority] leader, I was responsible for everything that happened on the floor … in terms of what happened with the Democrats … and I didn’t even realize that it was a burden until it was gone and I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What a relief.’ ”…

“I still, obviously, take an interest in the legislation,” Pelosi goes on, “and I still raise money for the Democrats,” though not the $1 million a day she pulled in as speaker. “It’s a completely different story.”…

“Liberated” and “emancipated” are words Pelosi often uses in her new incarnation. She’s started on a book — not a memoir, but an account of certain decisions…

Not gonna lie, I’ll put my name down for a preorder.

Part of a ‘savvy’ update from the ever-savvy Puck:

No Senioritis for Pelosi: One of the more batted-around questions in Democratic politics is how involved Nancy Pelosi is in raising money for colleagues, after passing her rolodex to Hakeem Jeffries in January. In fact, a glance at her campaign and leadership PAC finance reports shows the speaker emeritus is still a surprisingly active rainmaker. Pelosi has donated to about 60 House Democratic incumbents so far this year, ranging from safe members like Eric Swalwell to freshmen still getting their political apparatuses set up, like Jasmine Crockett, to nearly all of the vulnerable Democratic members known as “Frontliners.”

Pelosi also sent cash to four House Democrats who are running for Senate: Colin Allred, Ruben Gallego, Lisa Blunt Rochester and Adam Schiff. But Schiff is still her clear favorite of the bunch, as she gave a separate $100,000 to an independent expenditure called “Standing Strong PAC” that was formed solely to back Schiff’s California Senate campaign. That race includes two of Pelosi’s California delegation members, Barbara Lee and Katie Porter. F.E.C. records also show Pelosi transferred about $1.2 million to groups focused on redistricting, which remains a live issue amid litigation in New York, North Carolina and several Southern states.

Early each cycle, leadership in both House caucuses set internal fundraising expectations for members (especially the ones who don’t have to worry about reelection) based mostly on leadership positions and committee assignments. Per D.C.C.C. records, Pelosi has already well surpassed Democratic expectations. She’s met the $500,000 in dues the D.C.C.C. requested of her, and has raised $6.4 million in direct contributions to the committee, far beyond the $1 million goal set for her. The D.C.C.C tally calculates she has donated $989,000 to Democratic House candidates in competitive races…

On top of that Pelosi has spent and has cash on hand in her treasury $5,673,722.40, Sanders $37,964,112.82 – almost SEVEN times Pelosi!

For the record, Pelosi's Congressional District in CA has more constituents than Sanders STATE of VT.

What is he doing with all that cash?

— New Yorker ???? ???? ???? (@ThomB01) September 10, 2023

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Friday Night Open Thread: Nancy Pelosi Is Not Finished Yet

by Anne Laurie|  September 8, 20239:50 pm| 166 Comments

This post is in: A Woman's Place Is In The House, Excellent Links, NANCY SMASH!, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announces she will seek reelection in 2024 pic.twitter.com/jnjYHLtf3g

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 8, 2023

More power to our generation’s John Quincy Adams. Excellent story from the Washington Post [unpaywalled gift link] — “Former speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will run for reelection to House in 2024”:

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Friday that she will run for reelection in 2024 for her San Francisco-area House seat, ending speculation about her political future after she decided last year that she would step down as the leader of the House Democratic caucus.

Pelosi, 83, said she had been receiving calls from people who asked if she could stay in Congress.

“I have decided now that in light of the values of San Francisco, which we have always been proud to promote, I’ve made the decision to seek reelection,” Pelosi said during an event at a labor hall in San Francisco on Friday morning.

In a 30-minute telephone interview Friday, Pelosi said the decision to remain in Congress came down to two critical things: the needs of her district and her ability to continue using her high profile to boost Democrats, particularly financially, ahead of the 2024 elections…

While she still does not intend to seek committee assignments, Pelosi said running for reelection allows her to “amplify my role” in helping President Biden and House Democrats in next year’s elections.

As long as she’s actively campaigning, Pelosi can keep raising money for her own campaign account, which hauled in more than $2 million in the first six months of this year. In a very safe Democratic seat, she pours most of that into helping other campaigns, including at least $400,000 sent to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee…

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Pelosi, who on Thursday celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary, announced her reelection campaign at a moment when she has emerged as a staunch defender of politicians serving well into their 80s.

She has a formal role in Biden’s campaign, and she continues to raise money for former attorney general Eric Holder’s group fighting to help redraw congressional districts.

“We need all the help we can get,” she said, explaining she believes that Democrats will win the majority and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will become the first Black speaker. “I just can’t sit it out.”…

When she stepped out of leadership at the end of last year, Pelosi repeatedly said that she did not want to appear as the “mother-in-law in the kitchen” hovering over the new Democratic leaders. She took no legislative committee assignments and became a roving political ambassador for Democrats, still helping to raise money for candidates and liberal causes but without an official portfolio…

Pelosi acknowledged in December that she would be transitioning from a role that comes with “awesome power” to one with still “strong” if subtler influence, particularly on women who might want to run for office. She recalled how, when she arrived in Congress in 1987, there were only 23 women in the House out of 435 lawmakers.

“I want women to have confidence,” Pelosi said in December. “So sometimes when I act a little more, shall we say, like myself, it’s because I want them to know it’s okay to assert yourself, to have confidence in what you bring to the table and also to understand your uniqueness.”…

Nancy Pelosi is our real-life Olenna Tyrell and y’all disrespect her way too casually. https://t.co/BWGC553aW8

— Dark Brandon Mecha (@TonyMoonbeam) September 8, 2023

Whether you like her or not, there is no single legislator who has been responsible for as much legislation as Nancy Pelosi has.

CARES and the ACA would not exist without her. Most speakers would have struggled to pass the ARP or the Inflation Reduction Act with her majorities. pic.twitter.com/tYD5tOgZNh

— Lakshya Jain (@lxeagle17) September 8, 2023

Speaker Emerita Pelosi is the greatest to ever do it.

Her continued leadership on behalf of the people of San Francisco and the nation will serve us well in 2024 and beyond.

Let’s do this! https://t.co/SvU9uLGy1r

— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) September 9, 2023

Nancy Pelosi is trending

He's 35 She's 83 pic.twitter.com/VoPzj2Xze6

— Vice Presidentissimo 🍔 (@ProseccoLiquido) September 8, 2023

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