Jen Schmerling

Liz Lemon acolyte, radical centrist, and crotchety contrarian. Tweets are my own! Retweets are my dog's.

[Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata]

A bit late to this, but it's a great read from @GeneHealy @reason

https://t.co/BNChovxKbn

[LVL @misslindsayv]

Happy pride, babes

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israel orders unprecedented seizure of religious site from Palestinian Authority https://t.co/5WZhaQlVC5

[Jessica Taylor @JessicaTaylor]

BREAKING at @CookPolitical: with Paxton's win in the primary runoff, #TXSen moves from Likely Republican to Lean Republican: https://t.co/sgRC9NE2it

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

Hahahahahahaa oh my god we're really doing this let's gooooooo

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

Breaking: Ken Paxton wins the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Texas, ousting longtime incumbent John Cornyn.

He will face Democratic nominee James Talarico in November.
https://t.co/hkvMe0elIX

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

Translation: "oh shit oh shit oh shit"

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

The NRSC is out with a statement on the Texas Senate race that doesn’t mention Paxton or Cornyn — and is attributed to a spokesperson, not NRSC Chair Tim Scott or Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

Just waiting for someone to call it for Paxton because

[Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ]

Decision Desk HQ projects Christian Menefee wins the TX US House 18 Democratic Runoff

#DecisionMade: 8:22 PM EDT

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

UM WOW

[Evan @evan7257]

If that’s Harris County then it’s game over

[Neena Satija @neenareports]

NEW: @KenPaxtonTX is under fire for a misdemeanor plea deal his prosecutors struck with an alleged child sex offender in Waco – putting @TxAG under the microscope for an accusation he and other Republicans have made toward local D.A.s.
We took a deep dive. (1/3)

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

Bro, what?! Vote for @Jon_RosenthalTX instead of this soggy racist hamburger bun.

[Bo French @bofrench]

You should not vote for anyone who doesn’t agree.

[gwen howerton @kissphoria]

one of the most well-deserved pulitzers probably in its history. if you haven't read aaron's haunting, moving account by now then you need to right now.

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

Let's do this:

[deston @Frostloss]

@ettingermentum President/Vice President

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

To be fair, Joe Biden inherited an economy ravaged by Covid which Donald Trump wildly mismanaged. The country was recovering well (relative to other countries) when Trump took over and made a series of bad decisions that are destroying the economy we had just rebuilt.

[Houston Air Watch 🚁🛰️ @houstonairw]

NASA5 headed to #Houston with Artemis crew abroad 🇺🇸

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

I’ll refer you to the Selma protests, and George Wallace, also known as Bloody Sunday. The world saw nonviolent protestors violently attacked on a bridge by their own government for wanting to vote. It was so horrific that a few days later Lyndon B Johnson presented the Voting Rights Act to Congress.

Obviously, these protestors shouldn’t lose their lives, but it isn’t futile to attack Trump and Vance. Trump is reactionary and easily embarrassed. He would absolutely hate it if protestors showed up at his rallies and disrupted them in the same fashion they did Kamala Harris on her book tour. That would generate a lot of media coverage and create the disruption they’re looking for.

But many of them won’t do it because it was more important to make the Democrats pay than to actually hold power accountable consistently.

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

@ThinkingMunk @ContraPoints Populists gonna be populists!

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

@MisterBoner69 @stretch14tw @krystalball @hasanthehun I'm super excited to vote for James Talarico, and it's pretty weird that you're pulling something from the public record to try and sound threatening! Hope you have a great weekend 👋

[Jen Schmerling @schmerco]

@tishkabibble @VeraGavrilovna @krystalball @hasanthehun You said you're not talking about donors, then you went into the money issue. Slotkin did put herself on the record on this issue, for what it's worth. Not great that she couldn't make the vote, but it doesn't matter much because Thune runs the Senate: https://t.co/oz876IRz28