Democratic (Party) Direction

...and a good reminder that Charles Pierce is a c***.

No. Read the comments. The Purity Police are in full howl.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 26, 2018

mccain was a warmonger, but if you're waiting for the day that politicians will cackle with glee over the death of one of their colleagues or former colleagues, you're gonna have to wait until trump kicks it.

"No comment" or "I grieve for all families who lose loved ones" or something like that would have been fine.

Easy for me to imagine her seeing this as a misfire of stretching her my-esteemed-colleague muscles, but let's not forget she could have said nothing at all.

god who cares

not you, thanks for the heads up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwVJ7SieUVE

I gather Gillum's gubernatorial primary win in Florida is kind of a big deal.

Gillum, the brash 39-year-old mayor of Tallahassee, staked his claim to the state’s most powerful office on the party’s progressive wing as he struggled early on against a field of much better-funded opponents.

Gillum frequently said he was the only “non-millionaire” in the race and cast himself as the champion of lower and middle-class Floridians.

His progressive agenda includes support for Medicare for all, a $15-an-hour minimum wage and staunch opposition to the Stand Your Ground self-defense law. That law gained new notoriety last month in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, Markeis McGlockton, in a dispute over a parking space in Clearwater.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article217456845.html

Yep. What's stunning about Gillum is he grabbed votes everywheree: Miami-Dade, Broward, and PBC, sure, but also rural Panhandle counties and Jacksonville. Turnout was stunning. He excited people. A much better chance of beating DeSantis than with Graham, who looked like another Alex Sink.

Gillum's on "Morning Joe" and he's impressive.

Line up that DNC 2020 keynote

It's very, very satisfying to see that in some places a model a little gang imagined a couple of years ago--run progressives who are committed to rejecting big money and expand the electorate to drive turnout of inspired new voters--is working the fuck out.

Big scoop from @jcassano & @davidsirota: As NY Gov. Cuomo suspended his probe into Harvey Weinstein sexual assault case, he took in a big donation from Weinstein's attorney's firm. @readsludge @capitalandmain https://t.co/7pK01iUgtB

— Alex Kotch 🔥🚲 (@alexkotch) August 29, 2018

shocked to find that gambling is going on in here

just realized the debate is tonight lol

h e l l y e a

the bar should be raucous

If boies is giving cuoms $25k every year for 10 years to buy influence it def deserves attention and shld cost votes, but it does seem slightly less of a WHOA WTF quid pro quo than implied in the article? Compared to theranos-level boies BS, it’s not so shocking.

trump is apparently working

Did anyone watch the debate?

yep

he came off as a total ass, i thought. "Are you a corporation?"

Ayanna Pressley wins Massachusetts House primary.

Ayanna Pressley upended the Massachusetts political order on Tuesday, scoring a stunning upset of 10-term Representative Michael Capuano, who conceded to her in a Democratic primary that few said she could win.

Ms. Pressley, 44, is now poised to become the first African-American in the state to be elected to the House of Representatives. There is no Republican on the November ballot in this storied Boston-based district, which was once represented by John F. Kennedy and is one of the most left leaning in the country.

so Ayanna Presssley!

🎉

Each race is different and has its own dynamics, but if an incumbent with a voting record as progressive as Capuano can lose, Tom Carper can’t be sleeping too soundly these days.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 5, 2018

medicare / social security for all, birth to the earth

Can we say “contest” instead of “race” so I don’t read sentences like the one in that tweet and briefly think wow that’s a pretty fucked up thing to say

yeah i had the same exact reaction

lol

In the end, Pressley will win #MA07 by 18 points.

No poll showed her beating Capuano.

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 5, 2018

Yo

Alex Goldstein
‏ @alexjgoldstein
3h3 hours ago

Memo to potential candidates considering a run someday across America: our only paid television ads for the ENTIRE @ayannapressley campaign were on Telemundo and Univision. Besides that, our message was spread entirely on the doors, phones, and via social and earned media.

field field field baby

hope Cynthia Nixon has the same

Knock doors, knock heads

Is it my understanding that Capuano was far from awful? I mention it only because this race doesn't fit the cable news binaries of establishment vs progressive. Now the district has a legislator who looks like most of its constituents.

His concession was in good taste.

This take on Pressley/Capuano makes sense to me:

Michael Capuano is a completely acceptable progressive legislator who votes the right way on most issues. But that’s not a lifetime ticket to reelection, nor should it be. Ayanna Pressley ate his lunch last night because of the people of that blue Massachusetts district wanted a lefty fighter, someone who would represent their anger and fury at what has happened to the nation. Capuano also embraced some blue lives matter ridiculousness toward the end and tried to make it an issue in the campaign, demonstrating that he was increasingly out of touch with his district. But the broader point is this–moving districts to the left, even those already on the left, is a good thing. Electing fighters is a good thing. Electing more women is a good thing. Electing people of color is a good thing. Democracy is a good thing. I don’t care if someone is an acceptable legislator. If people want a new voice, then that’s a good thing. In other Massachusetts districts, voters chose the incumbent over progressive challengers who are also women of color. That’s fine too if that’s what the voters want, although I would have voted differently. But this is a good day for democracy and Pressley’s win should be celebrated by those who want an active fight for a better tomorrow.

as a resident of the district i completely agree with that sentiment

That's from LGM, right? Yes, I read it this morning and agree.

i don't know how much to worry about my state

good day for the shifting Overton window - O offers an endorsement of M4A, and

Zephyr Teachout, who's increasingly seen as the frontrunner in #NYAG: "We need to abolish ICE. You have an already broken system being abused by a bigot."

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 7, 2018

rad

jim carrey / kamala harris 2020. attorney general michael avenatti. eisenhower income tax rates. libertarianism is stupid and anti-american

sorry qualms jim's a canuck

foiled again

he has dual citizenship, maybe he can be Vice President?

all the Canadians I know who have moved to the US have gone super #resistance

VP has to be eligible for the Presidency, you'd have to make Carrey a Cabinet Secretary of some kind.

shucks

i thought this photo was pretty cool:

https://i.imgur.com/5I1suZA.png

Governor Cuomo is mad that @CynthiaNixon has called him out for never attending a mosque in 8 years in office.

Now the official NY Democratic Party is paying for his mailers that are trying to divide and conquer New Yorkers. Shameful.

[Also, Cynthia is raising her kids Jewish.] pic.twitter.com/Ouu2uTWQLF

— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) September 8, 2018