Minnesota voters didn’t vote for him.
Minneapolis party delegates voted. But we’ll never know how many voted for him, because 20% of the votes were left uncounted.
If this were any other election, there would be a unified call for a redo.
Leftists: “Democratic politicians are feckless. They need to get on social media to call out Trump’s bullshit on daily basis! When is a leader going to step up?!”
Somewhere, a finger curls on a monkey’s paw.
The missing sections seem to have been restored. Good work everyone, you saved democracy.
Once that happens, it’s kind of the beginning of the end of the Union.
Eh, not really. States could all choose to give 100% of their representatives to their majority party. That’s basically how the Electoral College works, and while it’s not optimal it also isn’t the end of the Union.
The leaked internal memo that nobody has seen?
That story doesn’t make sense. If socialism is the reason his account went down then why is it back up? Did Mamdani renounce socialism today?
Reminder to all that despite its name the FEC does not control elections. Elections are controlled by the states.
The FEC enforces campaign spending laws, but as we’ve all seen even lawbreakers can be elected president.
Everyone agrees IGs can be removed after 30 days notice.
The legal question is whether in some cases they can be removed without 30 days notice. Team Trump argues they can, the IGs argue the only way they can be removed is with 30 days notice.
The judge has to decide who’s right. Probably the IGs, but at this point it’s too late to reinstate them. So instead the IGs will have to argue for money damages.
She was being dismissive because they were extremely unprofessional. That doesn’t mean they will lose in the end. But they failed to show that this is an emergency.
When you ask for a TRO, you are asking for temporary measures due to an emergency. They aren’t your last word, you are expected to follow up later with your full argument.
This is equivalent to asking your teacher for an extension three weeks after the assignment was due. A complete fail.
The judge hasn’t yet decided whether the actions are illegal. If they are, then they will ultimately be put to a stop.
But for now, the question at hand is whether there is an emergency. That is a completely separate from whether the actions are illegal.
And if you wait three weeks to declare an emergency, then it’s not an emergency.
Inaccurate title.
Neither the headline nor the article say Schumer is avoiding a fight.
Nobody can see the future, not even you.
But the way things are going, I would bet that Democrats win the House and/or Senate in 2026 and have an excellent shot at the presidency in 2028.
In fact, last week a Democrat flipped a Trump +21 district in an Iowa special election. And that Democrat was a centrist.
The electorate wanted the change that Trump promised, and that’s what we’re getting.
In 2028, the electorate will probably reconsider.
I don’t think requiring evidence is an “excuse”. And so far there is little evidence that leftists can win statewide elections, which is a prerequisite for winning the presidency.
Conversely, if leftists start consistently winning elections then there is little that the party can do to stop them. That’s basically how MAGA took over the GOP.
They should only change if a different approach were proven to work better.
Practically speaking, that means leftists need to consistently win gubernatorial elections before a leftist can become a presidential nominee.
Not this time. But Obama and Clinton successfully ran as a centrists, and I expect Democrats will try again in the future.
Harris lost in 2024 because Latino and Gen Z males who voted for Biden in 2020 swung to Trump in 2024.
Those voters are centrist/independents, and identify as neither Democrat nor Republican. They voted Democrat in 2020 and Democrats need to win them back in 2028.
Ok, “leader of Our Revolution”. If Democrats are a failure then form your own party and show Democrats how it’s done.
Dismissed by whom?