Jakob Terp-Hansen

Redaktør, Skriver om amerikansk politik. Tidligere freelancer, Altinget. RT ikke = enighed. Egne holdninger.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

@ChristianBigum @jyllandsposten Tillykke! Godt gået!

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

New — Thomas Massie tells me he won’t vote for Mike Johnson on Jan. 3.

There are Rs who are non-committal on Johnson, but Massie appears to the first who publicly says he won’t vote for him.

“He doesn’t have my vote,” Massie says of Johnson, who has little margin for error to win the speaker’s race

Says it would take a “Christmas miracle” to vote for him.

Massie, who backed MTG’s past failed effort to oust Johnson, cites the speaker’s handling of the spending bill. MTG has indicated she will support Johnson on Jan. 3.

[Cady Stanton @cady_stanton]

NEW from @doug_sword: House Budget Chair and W&M member Jodey Arrington says “momentum” exists among House Republicans to launch 2025 with a skinny budget reconciliation bill on border security that is fully paid for followed by a sweeping tax bill: https://t.co/jXer85k68f

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

@dalgaard_mads Apple:
https://t.co/34yfBmVsDq

Spotify:
https://t.co/ZGqIyfzJhi

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Har i årets sidste podcast fra USAPol fornøjelsen af @dalgaard_mads, der udlægger, hvad man skal holde øje med i 2025 i amerikansk politik, heriblandt:
- Implementeringen af Trumps agenda
- Ministernomineringer og dekreter
- Lokalvalg i New Jersey og Virginia
Link ⬇️

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

“Overall, the correlation between each county's margin in 2020 compared with 2024 was .995 on a scale of -1 to 1 — a near-perfect positive association (...).”
Mere evidens for såkaldt “calcification” af politik i USA (opfundet af @vavreck, @johnmsides og @CTausanovitch)

[FiveThirtyEight @FiveThirtyEight]

Trump gained ground in every state and most counties compared to 2020. https://t.co/y7DTGLUSyd

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Lidt et fortolkningsspørgsmål, hvor markant denne udtalelse er, men i hvert fald ikke ligefrem en utvetydig tillidserklæring til Hegseth. Det giver så også mening, idet Iowa-senator Joni Ernst selv angiveligt er et emne til forsvarsministerposten.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Joni Ernst on Fox News indicates she's not yet prepared to support Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense

[Nathan Gonzales @nathanlgonzales]

I'm not saying Hegseth drops out but, once again, this is what someone usually says right before they drop out.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

DeSantis angiveligt i spil som ny forsvarsminister, hvis Hegseth skal erstattes.

[WSJ Politics @WSJPolitics]

President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a possible replacement for Pete Hegseth, his pick to run the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the discussions https://t.co/Ws30WKj57L

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

AP giver CA-13 til Adam Gray (D), det sidste udestående valg. Dermed er der bundet en sløjfe på Repræsentanternes Hus i denne omgang: Republikanerne vandt 220 sæder, Demokraterne 215 - marginal fremgang for sidstnævnte ift. 2022.

[AP Race Calls @AP_RaceCalls]

BREAKING: Democrat Adam Gray wins election to U.S. House in California's 13th Congressional District, beating incumbent John Duarte. #APRaceCall at 12:51 a.m. EST. https://t.co/FjgpZFcJ4E

[John Duchneskie @jduchneskie]

In the Philly suburbs, the key battleground in the biggest swing state, 201 of 238 towns shifted more Republican from 2020 to 2024. Only 32 became more Democratic. Story and charts with @JuliaTerruso and @KatieJ_Bernard https://t.co/wYDmee0ZP5

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Status på det sidste udestående valg til Huset, CA-13: Ser rigtig godt ud for Adam Gray (D), der fører med over 200 stemmer. I så fald vil Demokraterne have vundet 215 sæder - marginal fremgang ift. 2022, men et skuffende resultat for dem, givet flertallet var meget realistisk.

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

San Joaquin County just reported all its remaining unprocessed ballots, and Adam Gray (D) extended his lead over Rep. John Duarte (R) to 231 votes. I estimate only ~100 ballots in #CA13 are still unprocessed, so if Duarte is gonna win, he'll have to do it via cures or a recount.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Interessant nok. Rost af mange demokrater for sit arbejde i Wisconsin.

[POLITICO @politico]

Wisconsin's Wikler joins race for DNC chair https://t.co/X1r4mOkCDb

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

Merced & Stanislaus counties reported almost all their remaining votes today, and Adam Gray (D) now leads Rep. John Duarte (R) by 182 votes in #CA13.

I estimate there are about 800 unprocessed ballots left, mostly in Fresno & San Joaquin, which report tomorrow.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Efter Gaetz peger Trump nu på tidligere attorney general i Florida Pam Bondi som justitsminister.

[Olivia Beavers @Olivia_Beavers]

Trump announces Pam Bondi as his new AG pick

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Nå, men vi kan da lige se, hvad den anden platform også kan. Vil forsøge at poste lidt takes derinde også.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Perspektivet fremover:
https://t.co/qDA8pt5cWs

[Taniel @Taniel]

Rep. Steel led by 58 votes as of last night.

GOP is sure to have the House majority; question is final margin. As of now, they've won or lead in 221 districts.

I'd estimate roughly 11K left in OC, & plus a much smaller batch of ballots in blue Los Angeles. More Monday.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Status på kongresvalg i Californien: En god nyhed for Demokraterne i det 45. distrikt, idet Tran nu fører under 40 stemmer ifølge NYT. Jævnfør AP er det et af de endnu udestående valg, men det kommer selvfølgelig ikke til at ændre på, at Republikanerne holder Huset efter i år.

[Brian Rosenwald @brianros1]

Derek Tran finally goes ahead of Michelle Steel.

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Status på PA’s senatsvalg: AP har fx udråbt David McCormick (R) som vinder, men som stemmerne tælles, er det blev tættere og tættere. Bob Casey (D) kommer ikke til at vinde, men han er mindre end 18.000 stemmer bagud - en stor skuffelse for Demokraterne.
https://t.co/8fi03SOUQY

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

https://t.co/i83JE7qDl9

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

🚨 🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM @PunchbowlNews :

Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe.

The committee planned to vote Friday on releasing the report. Ethics loses its jurisdiction over Gaetz when he leaves Congress.

The secretive panel has been investigating Gaetz on and off since 2021.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Gaetz to be attorney general Wednesday.

@MZanona @bresreports

[Jakob Terp-Hansen @TerpJakob]

Matt Gaetz forlader nu Repræsentanternes Hus, efter at Trump har peget på ham som ny justitsminister.

[Reese Gorman @reesejgorman]

News: Matt Gaetz is resigning effective immediately Speaker Mike Johnson tells reporters.