@adamjohnsonCHI I guess this era of “never apologize, never evolve, never regret” is marginally better than the previous era of “just say sorry & 3 Hail Mary’s and all wrongs are absolved”
@mattmfm@admcrlsn@MajorityDems Easiest winning message you can find. If politicians were remotely interested in serving their constituents, they would find many such examples to add to their platform!
@admcrlsn Agree with a lot of what you said, he’s also the least popular democratic politician who, coincidentally, doesn’t support the most popular democratic politician (Mamdani). These things should be disqualifying. It would be a strategic blunder to spit in the face of the base.
New deets: Rear Adm. Brian Monahan, the attending physician for Congress, has resigned amid a Pentagon inspector-general investigation into allegations of misconduct, according to U.S. officials.
The allegations primarily focus on a toxic work environment, as well as dispensing medications to lawmakers and their staff without prescriptions and a lack of oversight of controlled substances, they said.
https://t.co/P5j6X91xvJ
@thedaishow@Chytilova1@ryangrim You joke but not far off. Popularity confers power and leverage. Yes this a battle for speaker n all the mechanical advantages therein, but it’s also a battle of tone and narrative setting, in both 2027 and 2028. If Jeffries wants to fight it out on those terms, we win either way
@bayleafsmaple@ryangrim Would have preferred they make their voices heard earlier. The left’s job is to be proactive, not reactive. We set the tone and the agenda. It’s on everyone else to hop on board or get out the way.
@Chytilova1@ryangrim Good will towards what end? She played the game n service to being committee chair two years back and got nothing for it. She demurred on many issues and got nothing for it. She’s more popular than all these reps. The only strategy she needs is to realize and leverage her power