Jim Kessler

Pugnacious Centrist, Spoiler of Dogs

[Third Way @ThirdWayTweet]

Bless her heart.

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

Semafor: Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) joins the Blue Dogs

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

I am Mississippi-raised, and tonight, I am overjoyed to congratulate Senator-elect @scott_colom! From the first time we broke bread together in August 2024, I understood his claim on history. He knows that justice and security, that affordability and prosperity are possible for Mississippi. And the people agreed.

This is what happens when the overlooked organize, the discounted turn out, and the silent refuse to be ignored. Now let's get to work.

[Paige Gebhardt Cognetti @PaigeGCognetti]

This election wasn’t a mandate, it was a directive. 

Lower costs. Clean up the corruption. End the war. Stop the tariffs. Reverse the Medicaid cuts. 

That’s what NEPA sent me here to do, and I’m ready to hit the ground running.

[Liam Kerr 🍍 @liamkerr]

Executive who gets it

[Chuck Schumer @chuckschumer]

Blue Mississippi is here. 

Scott Colom is the only person who could’ve gotten this done. I knew it from the moment I met him.

[tré easton @treeaston]

Sen. Scott Colom (D-MS)

[Third Way @ThirdWayTweet]

Kansas. Mississippi. South Carolina.

Is @ThirdWayKessler a prophet?

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

We have a Democrat in a US Senate seat representing the state of Mississippi. God Bless @scott_colom!!!!

[Bill Scher @billscher]

The Hamilton agenda:

End Iran war
Rollback tariffs
Bipartisan health care reform
Unspecified immigration reform
Shore up Social Security trust fund
Reduce national debt

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

Democrats next Congress should mark up the Veronica Escobar and Maria Salazar bipartisan immigration bill and bring it to the House floor. @RepEscobar @RepMariaSalazar

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

Ukraine has launched a huge drone attack on the Russian city of St Petersburg tonight hundreds of drones have been fired with inventive flight paths.

[Rep. Nikki Budzinski @RepNikkiB]

I’m grateful to my colleagues for the trust they’ve placed in me – I’m ready to get to work 🚨

The @NewDemCoalition will prove who we are and what we are about: results over rhetoric and finding practical solutions to deliver for the people we serve.

Working families across the country are being squeezed by the cost of healthcare, utilities, housing, childcare and groceries. It's clear that we must act now to put money back in people’s pockets, grow the middle class, and root out corruption.

As Chair, I look forward to ensuring that the largest ideological caucus in Congress wields its influence to deliver on this mandate.

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

Pete Hegseth lives to lose another war.

[Third Way @ThirdWayTweet]

The @NewDemCoalition shows the dynamism and energy is in the Democratic center. Third Way congratulates incoming Chair @RepNikkiB, who will lead the 142-member powerhouse of pragmatic lawmakers in the 120th Congress.

These majority makers flipped dozens of red seats by promising to fight for lower costs, accountability for taxpayers, and results that working people can feel. Moderates will represent a majority of the Democratic caucus and we look forward to working with them to deliver for the American people.

[John W. McCarthy @JohnWMcCarthy]

The @NewDemCoalition is the heart of the House Democratic majority. They're the majority makers. Couldn't be more excited to see the great @RepNikkiB leading them into the 120th Congress as they work to lower costs and fight corruption.

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

@nut_history Damn.

[New Democrat Coalition (NDC) @NewDemCoalition]

Honored to announce @RepNikkiB as the next chair of the New Democrat Coalition for the 120th Congress!

She will lead the largest class of New Dems in the history of our caucus and bring forward real solutions to lower costs and deliver results for working people.

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

There are 4 others that wouldn't be here without Schumer's smarts, money, and recruitment skills. And the difference is that those 4 took out strongly favored Republicans.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

“We have two newly-elected senators who would not be there if Schumer and the DSCC had their way. Schumer and the DSCC sided with the crypto industry and AIPAC.”

[Jim Kessler @ThirdWayKessler]

Nikki Budzinski was elected Chair of the House New Democrats. She is absolutely fabulous and will be a great leader. And thank you @RepSchneider for a spectacular 2 years at the helm. @RepNikkiB @NewDemCoalition