My bottom line on the Maine senate primary is that I think it is very helpful to have a serious contested primary with each candidate staying in the race pulling no punches on everything that Republicans would use in a general, and let MAINE
Dems decide their candidate next year.
ICE surround car of Illinois legislator—hold him and staff at gunpoint.
"Agents sandwiched our car in," said State Rep. Hoan Huynh.
"Then they went to the passenger side and pulled a gun to my face—and to my colleague's face."
"They threatened us to bash in the windows. In 2025, if they can do this to an elected official—they would do that to everyone and all of us."
A spokesperson for ICE stated that Hoan Huynh was stopped for attempting to interfere with federal operations.
"That is an absolute lie," he responded. "If they were being truthful, they should release the body cameras."
The incident occurred in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. #DemsUnited
Still no.
In fact, the same Dems who argue to keep the filibuster “for when we need it” do not, in fact, use it when we need it.
It’s only used to block Dem policies. Never to block harmful GOP ones.
Could have proved us wrong. Instead they proved the point.
A 1.5% popular vote win--or as it'd be called anywhere else, a win--will put his margin at #50 among all 55 presidential elections in which the popular vote winner became president.
And his electoral college margin is #43 among all 60 presidential elections.
Not a landslide.
Democrats after losing by 2 points: Our brand is in ashes. We need a complete overhaul.
Republicans after losing by 4.5 points: Let's run the same guy again.
In last week’s column, I wrote that Kamala Harris had run a “nearly flawless campaign.” This week’s column is about her many mistakes and how I knew it all along.