A recent Avalanche Strategy poll of likely Democratic voters found Joe Biden in the lead, but when voters were asked to “imagine that they have a magic wand and can make any of the candidates president,” Elizabeth Warren narrowly became the top choice. https://t.co/tIsWKwMh27 — FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 21, 2019 Even if it is Politico …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: The Long Game
(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com) . Karen Tumulty, in the Washington Post: There is something about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that allows her to unnerve President Trump as seemingly no one else can. “I pray for the president of the United States,” she said on Thursday. “I wish that his family or his administration or …
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Personal vs Systemic
Ezra Golberstein put up an excellent tweet last night that I want to deconstruct a bit as he makes an amazingly good point. He pulled data from the National Health Expenditure Analysis tables to make two pie charts. Chart #1 is where all the money goes systemically. As we eyeball the chart, hospital spending …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Stanning for My Favorite Senator (& Hopefully Future President)
“You stay after it… One might say you persist. Organize…fight for working people and that’s how I am going to the the first woman elected President.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses concerns that sexism could hinder her in her 2020 run #WarrenTownHall https://t.co/HjEFk8gQXO pic.twitter.com/SuAdgkQicW — CNN (@CNN) April 23, 2019 SHE IS (deservedly) GETTING NOTICED, …
Calling the Traitor(s) in the White House to Account
Elijah Cummings says that even if the House moves to impeach Trump and the Senate votes against it, "history would smile upon us for standing up for the Constitution."Via CBSpic.twitter.com/OPrjACfQFN — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 21, 2019 Counter-argument, which refutes itself in the person of the panty-sniffer making it: Ken Starr says Democrats shouldn't pursue …
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Better Call Your Senators!!!!
RED ALERT! I talked with a few sources on Capitol Hill and am hearing Trump folks are paying to barrage offices with pro-wall calls ahead of Thursday's vote. These calls are BS but can make it seem like there's public support for the wall. Here are three ways we can combat this: — Ezra Levin …
Saturday Morning Open Thread: Same As It Ever Was
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on protracted government shutdown: "It's a temper tantrum by the president. I'm the mother of five, grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one." https://t.co/5HK6dtw3WJ pic.twitter.com/Qh2lP5IfJH — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 11, 2019 Democrats care about people; Republicans care about “winning”, which they mostly define as …
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