These last two months I really have felt I’m living in a very bad dream. Unfortunately, pinching my arm doesn’t help. But regardless of who occupied the Oval Office I never thought I would see this:
. Trump administration ends "segregated facilities" ban in federal contracts
I’m sure Schumer and Jeffries will have a joint press conference condemning this. Assuming they’re not too busy plugging their books.
Anyway, this is merely symbolic since the Civil Rights Act bans segregated facilities. That they got rid of the provision says what they would do with the Act if they could.
I saw Schumer on the CBS morning show yesterday and it was so cringe. The hosts kind of wanted to fight with him and he fought back and went over time and had to be cut-off.
But then, his book is about antisemitism. ??? Good for him for talking about a topic that’s important but how tone deaf. He’s the leader of Senate Democrats and he picks a topic that’s leading us to lose young voters and gains no other voters. If he’s going to be a leader of this party, every second of his life should be about building up Democrats. Not writing a book that he says is aimed at the left (fuck you) and then doing a book tour about it. He should be focused on winning.
I was going to forgive him on the budget bill bc that was a no win situation. But, writing a book on a topic that he wants to use as a means to educate his own party? Save that job for someone else. Or, how about for crying out loud we let college students be college students. They’ll eventually learn how tiresome the Middle East is with age.
The balance in the Minnesota state senate is almost as delicate as it is in the state house. The senate has 34 Democrats (Democratic-Farm-Labor) and 33 Republicans. However, the mathematics are in flux, on account of the fact that one state senator, Republican Justin Eichorn, was jailed yesterday for allegedly soliciting sex with a minor. Republicans have called on him to resign. Eichorn was also behind a state senate bill to declare "Trump Derangement Syndrome" an official malady, but he seems to be suffering from worse afflictions.
I started seeing it used a decent amount during his first admin. It's become even more popular recently in general discourse, at least from my observation.
You made me curious and I tried to see if I could find a specific person that initially propagated it during these times, but I failed to find anything. Google trends doesn't have much data on the phrase; I had to shift it to Worldwide instead of US only to get it to spit out any data. There's no interest for it before 2021, after which there is the occasional brief spike.
Great link, Marty! The early voting has started! Toby of MG Data is keeping tabs of the actual votes, with lots of interesting info. For those who wish to avoid Musk’s Xitter:
I haven’t seen that much coverage of this race either compared to 2023. I think one reason for that is that, in 2023, we were facing the prospect of flipping control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, whereas this year, it’s about holding on to our majority.
This year, we’re coming off a Presidential election where a lot of people experienced political burnout. In 2023, we had just come off the midterm elections, which people don’t follow as much.
I'd love to see NH move their primary earlier. August doesn't seem like much of an upgrade to me. If they're uncomfortable with June and the legislature session ending in June, they could do July instead. Odd that this isn't seriously considered; especially since politics loves compromise between two offerings.
Also of note is that besides VT and RI, MA is right in the same ballpark for their primaries. Usually 1-2 weeks before NH. I wonder why it's nearly all of New England. Connecticut being the exception as is often the case. It's usually either them or NH that ends up breaking a pattern out here.
What were the results of the Georgia elections last night? Was it mainly referendums or it was also offices folks were running for? Any upsets or surprises?
I was thinking about all the tariffs going in, making everything more expensive. It occurred to me that we're neglecting a powerful line of attack against them: they're a de facto sales tax. Americans hate taxes, and especially hate new taxes.
Looks to me like a simple and effective line of attack to use: call it the Trump Sales Tax and attack republicans everywhere for enabling it. This would have to have some electoral potency if it was a message we stuck to.
Might be a good idea, but since the tariff is only on certain foreign products, it’s a more difficult case to make than a general sales tax. Also, there’s support for a more limited tariff regime within the Democratic Party. Particularly in the “rust belt.”
That's an issue if we go into nuance. Granted, democrats cannot help ourselves on doing exactly that. We do not need to though. Republicans twist and turn everything to fit whatever narrative they want, and this one isn't inaccurate.
For rust belt areas we might need to make a secondary argument, about the tariff sales tax applying to the input materials they need to keep their manufacturing jobs going. That unfortunately does go into nuance, but that can be a town hall or debate kind of answer, while keeping the talking point and TV sound bite the same "Trump Sales Tax" simple.
This was every other ad in Georgia before the election. Don’t know if it made a difference then when the tarriffs were hypothetical, but maybe now that they’re real.
Was just looking at 2024 turnout numbers here in Missouri. Turnout in the two biggest cities, Kansas City and St. Louis, was 54% and 53% respectively. Compare that to the state average of 67%. Some rural counties got well above 70%. Obviously Dems need to do better in the suburbs/exurbs (counties like Clay, Platte, and St. Charles) if they want to win but they'll struggle to even crack 40%-41% of the vote with turnout like that in the cities.
Lucas Kunce got nearly 42% of the votes in his Senate race against Josh Hawley last year but that may have been the highest ceiling of what he was able to accomplish.
Sounds like a reasonable area of improvement for Democrats. Not saying doing so will assure them of winning elections but compared to say WV, there’s plenty more blue in MO.
"...though the memo's cut-off graphics make it impossible to tell their exact shares."
Lol at the editorial critique you slid in there.
What, me throw shade at a massive polling and consulting firm for not being arsed to produce legible bar charts for its paying clients? I would never!
These last two months I really have felt I’m living in a very bad dream. Unfortunately, pinching my arm doesn’t help. But regardless of who occupied the Oval Office I never thought I would see this:
. Trump administration ends "segregated facilities" ban in federal contracts
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/18/trump-end-segregated-facilities-ban-contracts
I’m sure Schumer and Jeffries will have a joint press conference condemning this. Assuming they’re not too busy plugging their books.
Anyway, this is merely symbolic since the Civil Rights Act bans segregated facilities. That they got rid of the provision says what they would do with the Act if they could.
But what if Pam Bondi is too busy organizing mass deportations and investigating Jack Smith to enforce the Civil Rights Act?
There is generally a private right of action.
I saw Schumer on the CBS morning show yesterday and it was so cringe. The hosts kind of wanted to fight with him and he fought back and went over time and had to be cut-off.
But then, his book is about antisemitism. ??? Good for him for talking about a topic that’s important but how tone deaf. He’s the leader of Senate Democrats and he picks a topic that’s leading us to lose young voters and gains no other voters. If he’s going to be a leader of this party, every second of his life should be about building up Democrats. Not writing a book that he says is aimed at the left (fuck you) and then doing a book tour about it. He should be focused on winning.
I was going to forgive him on the budget bill bc that was a no win situation. But, writing a book on a topic that he wants to use as a means to educate his own party? Save that job for someone else. Or, how about for crying out loud we let college students be college students. They’ll eventually learn how tiresome the Middle East is with age.
The balance in the Minnesota state senate is almost as delicate as it is in the state house. The senate has 34 Democrats (Democratic-Farm-Labor) and 33 Republicans. However, the mathematics are in flux, on account of the fact that one state senator, Republican Justin Eichorn, was jailed yesterday for allegedly soliciting sex with a minor. Republicans have called on him to resign. Eichorn was also behind a state senate bill to declare "Trump Derangement Syndrome" an official malady, but he seems to be suffering from worse afflictions.
The new golden rule of politics: “projection, projection, projection.”
I'm not sure who first popularized this, but "Every accusation is a confession."
I started seeing it used a decent amount during his first admin. It's become even more popular recently in general discourse, at least from my observation.
You made me curious and I tried to see if I could find a specific person that initially propagated it during these times, but I failed to find anything. Google trends doesn't have much data on the phrase; I had to shift it to Worldwide instead of US only to get it to spit out any data. There's no interest for it before 2021, after which there is the occasional brief spike.
Might remain a mystery.
it is always about the hypocrisy with this gang
You mean rule of Republican politics.
Has there been polling of the WI SC race? I don't feel the energy that was present leading up to the Protasiewicz race.
Last two polls I saw had Crawford up 4 and a tie. And the tie was a poll commissioned by the chamber of commerce.
WI EV data. https://x.com/TobyMGData/status/1902198153366917569
Great link, Marty! The early voting has started! Toby of MG Data is keeping tabs of the actual votes, with lots of interesting info. For those who wish to avoid Musk’s Xitter:
https://nitter.poast.org/TobyMGData
The pace of voting is ahead of the April 4th 2023 election, when Janet Protasiewicz won, flipping Wisconsin’s top court to progressive control.
https://nitter.poast.org/pic/orig/media%2FGmW1Mz3a8AAFCxu.png
'Run it up Herman; leave no doubt'
Let's hope this paper has some influence to help people reject interference in the election: https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/editorials/2025/03/19/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-election-musk-crawford-ads/81790692007/
I haven’t seen that much coverage of this race either compared to 2023. I think one reason for that is that, in 2023, we were facing the prospect of flipping control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, whereas this year, it’s about holding on to our majority.
This year, we’re coming off a Presidential election where a lot of people experienced political burnout. In 2023, we had just come off the midterm elections, which people don’t follow as much.
I'd love to see NH move their primary earlier. August doesn't seem like much of an upgrade to me. If they're uncomfortable with June and the legislature session ending in June, they could do July instead. Odd that this isn't seriously considered; especially since politics loves compromise between two offerings.
Also of note is that besides VT and RI, MA is right in the same ballpark for their primaries. Usually 1-2 weeks before NH. I wonder why it's nearly all of New England. Connecticut being the exception as is often the case. It's usually either them or NH that ends up breaking a pattern out here.
Same thing with Massachusetts, they moved it up a week or two, but now it often lands the Tuesday after Labor Day, which isn't great.
What were the results of the Georgia elections last night? Was it mainly referendums or it was also offices folks were running for? Any upsets or surprises?
Jackie Robinson’s Military Service Removed from Pentagon Website in DEI Crackdown
https://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/jackie-robinsons-military-service-removed-from-pentagon-website/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
He was a Republican Delegate at the 1964 RNC for Rockefeller too.
Been restored: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44316899/defense-department-removes-story-robinson-military-service...I called my friends at DOD and told them to get their sh*t together! lol
I was about to say, Trump and Co have gone too far with their anti-DEI agenda!
I was thinking about all the tariffs going in, making everything more expensive. It occurred to me that we're neglecting a powerful line of attack against them: they're a de facto sales tax. Americans hate taxes, and especially hate new taxes.
Looks to me like a simple and effective line of attack to use: call it the Trump Sales Tax and attack republicans everywhere for enabling it. This would have to have some electoral potency if it was a message we stuck to.
Might be a good idea, but since the tariff is only on certain foreign products, it’s a more difficult case to make than a general sales tax. Also, there’s support for a more limited tariff regime within the Democratic Party. Particularly in the “rust belt.”
https://x.com/RepDeluzio/status/1902441811706077227
That's an issue if we go into nuance. Granted, democrats cannot help ourselves on doing exactly that. We do not need to though. Republicans twist and turn everything to fit whatever narrative they want, and this one isn't inaccurate.
For rust belt areas we might need to make a secondary argument, about the tariff sales tax applying to the input materials they need to keep their manufacturing jobs going. That unfortunately does go into nuance, but that can be a town hall or debate kind of answer, while keeping the talking point and TV sound bite the same "Trump Sales Tax" simple.
This was every other ad in Georgia before the election. Don’t know if it made a difference then when the tarriffs were hypothetical, but maybe now that they’re real.
to our NC State crew; Will Wade is your new head BB coach
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I'll teach you to be happy. I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Was just looking at 2024 turnout numbers here in Missouri. Turnout in the two biggest cities, Kansas City and St. Louis, was 54% and 53% respectively. Compare that to the state average of 67%. Some rural counties got well above 70%. Obviously Dems need to do better in the suburbs/exurbs (counties like Clay, Platte, and St. Charles) if they want to win but they'll struggle to even crack 40%-41% of the vote with turnout like that in the cities.
Lucas Kunce got nearly 42% of the votes in his Senate race against Josh Hawley last year but that may have been the highest ceiling of what he was able to accomplish.
Sounds like a reasonable area of improvement for Democrats. Not saying doing so will assure them of winning elections but compared to say WV, there’s plenty more blue in MO.
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2024
Minnesota State Sen. Erin Maye Quade (DFL-Apple Valley) issued this statement in response to the Justin Eichorn scandal (multi-part Instagram post): https://www.instagram.com/p/DHZg7EXMbpp/?img_index=1&igsh=MXE5bWkwbWFhNHE4cQ==
Eichorn should be prosecuted to the fullest and fairest extent.
Forget "fairest extent". If we don't go the "rigged Stalin-Era Show Trial" route against Republicans, they'll never be convicted. Trump proved that.
Quade is likely to run for congress if Craig runs statewide.
Absentees for Madison WI numbers look hopeful https://x.com/tobymgdata/status/1902543373925314830?s=61&t=5copDbz1aPl7ASsRCUclLg