Democrats have too many candidates who want to be president, and not enough who want to take back the Senate. Let’s be clear: the presidency is nothing without taking back the Senate (and holding the House of Representatives). Without the Senate a Democratic president’s agenda would be subjected to the GOP’s “total obstruction” warfare and … Read more
Update to Take Michael Cohen’s chilling warning seriously: Michael Cohen knows the darkness in the soul of Donald Trump, and in the closing statement of his testimony on Wednesday he had a chilling warning for Americans. Michael Cohen’s parting shot: I fear what happens if Trump loses in 2020: Michael Cohen closed his remarkable testimony … Read more
By Michael Bryan Senator Martha McSally cast the defining vote of her short tenure in the Senate yesterday when she voted against the Senate resolution terminating Trump’s fallacious emergency on the southern border under the 1976 National Emergencies Act. McSally’s vote was surely intended to protect her right flank as she faces another election for … Read more
Hey media villagers committed to your “Dems in Disarray”™ meme — where is your “White House in Disarray” or “Republicans in Disarray” meme now when it actually applies? Vice President Mike Pence, who is decidedly not “an honorable person,” tried to pressure Republican senators to not vote in favor of the resolution rejecting Donald Trump’s emergency declaration … Read more
House Democrats have teed up the next major piece of legislation: an immigration bill that would allow as many as 2.5 million people to apply for legal status and put them on a path that could ultimately lead to US citizenship. Dara Lind reports at Vox, House Democrats introduce bill to offer 2.5 million immigrants … Read more