Retirements among Senate Democrats are paving the way for younger and fresher successors who are more vocal about abolishing the filibuster. Efforts to create policy carveouts for the 60-vote threshold under Democratic majorities fell short thanks to centrist holdouts. But Senate hopefuls in several states have a stronger desire to repeal the filibuster in its […]
There’s virtually nothing a left-wing candidate could say or do that would elicit condemnation from Democrats if doing so threatened their power.
James Talarico got the opponent he – and the Democratic party – wanted, but flipping Texas blue means winning blue-collar voters, not blue-blooded donorsTexas could become the hottest battleground state in the country, if the results of both Republican and Democratic primaries are anything to go by.Democrat James Talarico, a progressive Presbyterian seminarian, will face off against Trump’s favored candidate, the scandal-plagued attorney general, Ken Paxton. The matchup has liberals salivating. Paxton, dogged by corruption charges, impeachment hearings and an affair that left his marriage in tatters, is considered by some in his own party as “the worst possible top-of-the-ticket” candidate. Meanwhile, Talarico, a fresh-faced, clean-cut millennial, who quotes scripture to justify his progressive beliefs, seems like the perfect foil, at least according to Democratic party leaders. Continue reading...
Senate Democrats are launching a coordinated effort to kill the Trump administration's $1.7+ billion "anti-weaponization fund."
The Senate minority leader said Democrats would use Senate procedure to try to kill President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, forcing Republicans to vote to preserve the compensation money.
California voters can register to vote as “No Party Preference.” But in the 2026 race for governor, Democrats seem to have registered as “No Candidate Preference.” Outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom did not cultivate a successor. And for months, there was no favorite among the many Democrats vying to replace him. Even now, it’s not clear...
Marxist influencer Hasan Piker defended the Singham-funded activist network at a New Jersey ICE protest and dismissed federal scrutiny of his Cuba travel.
Senate Democrats are mounting a coordinated campaign to eliminate a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund created by the Justice Department, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowing to use every procedural tool available to force the issue to a vote.In a letter to Democratic colleagues Monday, Schumer announced that Senate Democrats would pursue multiple legislative avenues to shut down the fund, which critics have labeled a taxpayer-funded slush fund benefiting President Donald Trump and his allies, including former January 6 defendants, reported NBC News."This week, Senate Democrats will launch a coordinated effort to kill the slush fund before one cent goes out the door," Schumer wrote.Three Democratic senators — Adam Schiff of California, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan — separately introduced legislation Monday they called the "Drain the Slush Fund Act," which would ban payments stemming from lawsuits brought by the president or vice president, retroactive to Jan. 20, 2025.Democrats are unlikely to have the votes to kill the fund outright, but the campaign is widely seen as a political maneuver designed to put Republicans on the record ahead of the 2026 midterms, when control of both chambers could hinge on a small number of competitive seats.“If Republicans return to reconciliation, we will be ready with amendments to shut the fund down,” Schumer wrote. “If they try to bury the issue, we will force them to the Senate floor. If they try to sneak behind appropriations, we will fight them there too.”The fund has already run into significant turbulence. A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked it last week following a lawsuit by a former Jan. 6 prosecutor, while a Miami judge reopened a related case after 35 judges filed a brief calling it a fraud on the court.The controversy has also created headaches within Republican ranks, stalling a separate bill to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection after a tense closed-door briefing between acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Senate Republicans.Schumer made clear that no modifications to the fund would satisfy Democrats. "There will be no escape hatch," he wrote. “No fake guardrails or backroom promises to hide behind. No Justice Department announcement that makes this corruption acceptable.”“No matter what Republicans do, we will force them to vote,” the minority leader added.
