Gabe Ortiz at Daily Kos posts, ‘Adiós Sinema’: Voto Latino announces campaign to replace Arizona senator: Voto Latino announced Monday evening that its launching a six-figure campaign to unseat and replace Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema. The advocacy group says on the Adiós Sinema website that in siding with the Jim Crow filibuster over critical voting reforms, “Sinema’s actions directly undermine … Read more
Politico reports, Manchin: Primary me if you want, I won’t go ‘nuclear’ (for any filibuster reform): Joe Manchin made clear that his party’s push to isolate him and fellow centrist Kyrsten Sinema won’t force his hand on rules changes, once again rejecting Democrats’ proposed reforms to the Senate’s filibuster rules. The West Virginia Democrat actually … Read more
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, who worked as a Senate staffer for years and has an abiding love for the institution of the Senate, didn’t hold anything back in tearing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema a new one for her performance politics speech defending the Senate filibuster rule. Rush transcript (excerpt): “I have never, never, heard a more contemptuous … Read more
The Hill reports, House passes voting rights package, setting up Senate filibuster showdown: The House passed voting rights legislation on Thursday in a way that is intended to set up a battle in the Senate over that issue as well as the filibuster. The measure passed in a 220-203 party-line vote. Senate Majority Leader Charles … Read more
I will reiterate what I have said many times before. The Party of Trump is a criminal enterprise led by a third-rate mafia “Don” Trump. They are all accomplices, co-conspirators and accessories who aid and abet his criminality and corruption. There is not a patriot among them. They put fealty to their “Dear Leader” above … Read more