Donald Trump is a nervous, seething wreck. According to The New York Times, Trump “has become increasingly unnerved by the prospect of a Senate trial, even one in which his Republican allies are widely expected to acquit him. And by the few times the president did anything in public on Thursday, it was clear he was looking…
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The ‘blossoming’ of damning evidence is no accident—Pelosi’s strategy worked
As reporters grilled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week about whether she felt pressured to send over the articles of impeachment to the Senate, she laughed it off. “Absolutely total cooperation,” Pelosi offered, after 24 hours in which several Senate Democrats reversed themselves on challenging her strategy. “We have 1,000 flowers blossoming beautifully in our…
Morning Digest: Liz Cheney says no to another Wyoming Senate run
4Q Fundraising ● KY-Sen: Mitch McConnell (R-inc): $4.6 million raised, $11.5 million cash-on-hand ● NH-Sen: Jeanne Shaheen (D-inc): $2 million raised, $5.7 million cash-on-hand ● NC-06: Rhonda Foxx (D): $75,000 raised (in two weeks) ● NJ-07: Tom Malinowski (D-inc): $615,000 raised, $2 million cash-on-hand ● TX-02: Sima Ladjevardian (D): $407,000 raised (in three weeks) Senate…
House to vote to ‘terminate the use’ of U.S. military in Iran without congressional approval
Rep. Elissa Slotkin The House will vote Thursday on limiting Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran without congressional approval (something he shouldn’t do anyway). The resolution requires Trump to “terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran” unless “Congress has declared war or enacted specific statutory…
Republicans split into word-warring camps over the ‘worst briefing ever’ on Iran
This war pits bootlicker against bootlicker, Rand Paul against Lindsey Graham On Wednesday, senators and representatives finally got that briefing they should have received before Donald Trump decided to launch airstrikes on Iraqi bases, murder an Iranian general, and take the world to the brink of war while getting U.S. forces in Iraq officially labeled…
Morning Digest: Check out our demographics guide for every general election candidate for Congress
4Q Fundraising ● IA-01: Ashley Hinson (R): $430,000 raised, $734,000 cash-on-hand ● IA-03: Cindy Axne (D-inc): $620,000 raised, $1.6 million cash-on-hand ● NC-02: Deborah Ross (D): $300,000 raised (in one month), $263,000 cash-on-hand ● NJ-04: Stephanie Schmid (D): $101,000 raised ● NY-24: Dana Balter (D): $205,000 raised ● TX-13: Josh Winegarner (R): $346,000 raised, $283,000…
Key special election in Texas heats up, with scathing attacks and a Biden endorsement
Texas Democrat Eliz Markowitz with supporters The Jan. 28 special election is heating up for Texas’ 28th State House District, where Democrats are hoping to score a pickup that could better position them to flip the entire chamber in the fall. Politico reports that the progressive group Forward Majority is spending $100,000 on TV, digital,…
After night in which Iran fired missiles at bases in Iraq, the war may be over, or just beginning
On Tuesday evening, Iraq directed a series of missiles at two bases in Iraq that play host to U.S. forces. But while at least 10 missiles hit in or near the Ain al-Asad and Erbil air bases, neither U.S. nor Iraqi commanders on the ground have reported any casualties from the attack. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian…
Morning Digest: Democrats go big on key special election that could help them win Texas’ state House
Gates’ team responded to the ad by saying, “This basic attack has been refuted by the people who did the investigation … The people that researched this closely think Gates has done a tremendous job as a parent.” The candidate also released his own TV ad a few weeks before Forward Majority’s spot went up…
Trump admin to finally open secretive immigration ‘tent courts’ at border to the public
After months of criticism from immigrant rights advocates and lawmakers, the Trump administration will open up the so-called immigration tent courts along the southern U.S. border to public observers, The Wall Street Journal reports. Democratic lawmakers had previously criticized these facilities, where asylum-seekers subject to the Remain in Mexico policy have their cases heard, as “shrouded in secrecy since their…