2020 Elections

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Republican Military Veterans Turn On Trump In New Attack Ad Airing On Fox News (during the Republican National Convention)


NEW AD: Republican Vets Against Trump



Republican Voters Against Trump Ad Uses Reagan’s Words | NowThis (plus a separate Lincoln Project ad)

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MSNBC electoral vote projection, may change later:

Biden 334, including NC
PINO 125
Tossup 79

[Whack9]

Daaannnggg

Quinnipiac poll has Harrison and Lyndsey Graham tied!

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/po ... -carolina/

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Daaannnggg

Quinnipiac poll has Harrison and Lyndsey Graham tied!

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/po ... -carolina/

... Get on it, Whack9, we're counting on you.

[O Really]

Hard to imagine Harrison actually winning, but his just being in contention is a very good thing for all.

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Hard to imagine Harrison actually winning, but his just being in contention is a very good thing for all.

It's a great sign that Lindsey and the Repugs are having to play defense in SC!

Someone has a very dark sense of humor.

Creepy AF.

If he is gonna play a McCartney song, it should be ‘Back in the USSR’.

More tweets at:
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/donald-t ... 32319.html

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Kansas GOP picks Rep. Marshall for Senate seat over Kobach

Oh well, no one was counting on KS, and Bollier (D) still has an outside chance to win.

Will bigot Kobach be back to lose yet a third race?

They eat their own:

Tennessee Republicans, Once Moderate and Genteel, Turn Toxic in the Trump Era

Having fun, neoplacebo?

Yeah, Hagerty is one of the more rabid trump Nazis in this race to the bottom....

Hagerty 52-38. Your new Senator, probably.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/0 ... ary-392468

... the Democratic primary featured a massive upset. Marquita Bradshaw, an environmentalist and activist from Memphis, defeated James Mackler, an Army veteran endorsed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Democrats do not expect to seriously contest Tennessee in the fall, and the DSCC was not actively involved in the primary after endorsing him in January.

Mackler's defeat represents the first primary defeat for a DSCC-backed candidate in a decade. He raised $2.1 million for his bid through mid-July and spent $1.5 million. Bradshaw does not appear to have filed an FEC report since April, when she reported that she had raised $13,000 for the election to that point, and had spent $8,900....

Cool, even if there was no hope for either in Nov.

Donald Trump's latest tweets!:

Big wins in Tennessee and Kansas! Congratulations to @BillHagertyTN and @RogerMarshallMD. They love our Country and they love their Great States. Strong on Crime, Military, our Vets and the Second Amendment. They have my Complete and Total Endorsement

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This could be delicious irony.

There are signs that Arpaio, a former kingmaker in Republican circles, may not even survive the primary. Nearly 80% of Arizonans cast their ballots early by mail

I hope he barely wins the primary. It would pretty much assure a Dem win in Nov.

Joe Arpaio loses sheriff’s race in 2nd failed comeback bid

... Arpaio (narrowly) lost the Republican primary for Maricopa County sheriff to his former top aide, Jerry Sheridan. In the Nov. 3 general election, Sheridan will face Democrat Paul Penzone, who unseated Arpaio four years ago.

The loss marked Arpaio’s second failed attempt to return to politics. He ran an unsuccessful primary campaign for U.S. Senate in 2018, not long after President Donald Trump had pardoned his 2017 criminal contempt of court conviction for disobeying a judge’s order in a racial profiling case....

While his defiant streak played well with voters for many years, Arpaio faced heavy criticism for taking on policies that he knew were controversial and racking up $147 million in taxpayer-funded legal bills. His agency also botched the investigations of more than 400 sex-crimes complaints made to his office.

His political fortunes started to decline significantly in 2013 when his officers were found by a federal judge to have racially profiled Latinos in Arpaio’s traffic patrols that targeted immigrants....

His platform consisted of his unwavering support for Trump and bringing back practices that the courts have either deemed illegal or his successor has ended, such as immigration crackdowns.

He also was facing a far more moderate electorate than in earlier campaigns.

In the profiling case, both Arpaio and Sheridan were found in civil contempt of court for disobeying a 2011 court order to stop the sheriff’s immigration patrols, leading to Arpaio’s criminal contempt conviction in 2017. Sheridan wasn’t charged with criminal contempt.

Arpaio and Sheridan vigorously dispute the contempt findings. Sheridan, a 38-year veteran of the sheriff’s office who retired after Arpaio was defeated in 2016, said he was unaware of the highly publicized court order and didn’t run the unit that carried out the immigration patrols....

Seriously?! Both top Repug candidates are convicts. Idk anything about polling there, but I'd bet on Democrat Paul Penzone.

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Democrats Hold Edge as Battle for Senate Majority Becomes 'Knife Fight'

... With the general election field essentially set and the heart of the campaign season beginning, Democrats, riding public dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic, now find themselves with a solid chance to take control of the Senate next year.

... Although Democrats did not get the Republican opponent they wanted in Kansas, polls show Democratic contenders are ahead or running even with incumbents in at least seven states, with the potential to bring even more into play. They need a net gain of only three seats to take the majority should former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee, win the White House — four if he does not.

... The nonpartisan Cook Political Report recently rated Democrats with a slight advantage in the fight for the Senate majority, and they are on defense only in Alabama, where Democratic incumbent Doug Jones is facing long odds in a deeply conservative state. Michigan, where Republicans also hoped to pick off an incumbent, no longer appears to be in play.

... Still, McConnell and other Republicans recognize they have their hands full in their effort to preserve the majority. They are already planning to spend millions of dollars to bolster Marshall after his tough primary, even in traditionally Republican Kansas.

... At the top of their (D) target list are three senators — Tillis in North Carolina, Martha McSally in Arizona and Cory Gardner in Colorado — who have been consistently losing to their Democratic challengers in polls. Those seats are the most likely to fall into Democratic hands.

Democratic candidates are also running neck and neck with Republican incumbents in Georgia, Iowa, Maine and Montana. A group aligned with McConnell announced that it would spend $21 million this month in Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Montana and North Carolina, moving up a planned advertising blitz to try to stem Democratic momentum. And the battleground could expand.

New polls show veteran Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in a tight race in conservative South Carolina against Jaime Harrison, a Democrat. In Kentucky, McConnell remains ahead, but Republicans have reserved significant airtime there if his race with Amy McGrath, a former Marine pilot, tightens.

Democrats sense opportunity in Texas, where the party has just announced a “seven-figure” investment against Sen. John Cornyn in the hope of making him vulnerable to the Democratic pick, MJ Hegar, who received substantial financial aid from the party’s campaign committee and other advocacy groups ...

Kansas, Texas???!!!

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Nice!

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Nice!

Not my top pick, I worry about her being too con and too pro-LEO.

However:
She is super qualified;
I'm thrilled to see a nonwhite VP pick;
Most importantly, if this is who Joe thinks will best help him beat PINO, I'm all for her!

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Pence

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Pence

Debate preview . . . unless PINO dumps him:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwS8hqlIGa0

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Somebody picked Kamala Harris back on April 10. That would be me.
And then 3 months of hoopla, "short lists" speculation, jockeying, wild goose chasing, red herring tossing, all to get back to the obvious best choice.

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BLM organizer knocks off veteran Democrat in House primary

"The district is considered safely Democratic, meaning Bush will almost certainly become the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress."


"The Squad":

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Wins Democratic Primary Challenge In Michigan

She will return to DC.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her primary. She will return to DC.
Ayanna Pressley has no primary opposition. She will return to DC.


Ilhan Omar faces four opponents in the August 11 Democratic primary. I would bet on her returning to DC.

4 of a kind is a good hand, right?

Omar easily wins primary challenge as 'the Squad' continues unbeaten streak

... Omar easily overcame a challenge from Black lawyer Antone Melton-Meaux, winning by nearly 20 points in the Minneapolis-area Fifth District. Melton-Meaux who had received heavy donations from the pro-Israel lobby that allowed him to dominate local television advertising and was endorsed by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Omar was targeted for comments she had made about Israel and criticisms that she was putting a national profile over the needs of her Minneapolis district....

On the eve of the election, the New York Times described Tlaib as “fighting for her political life, locked in a close primary race that could be decided by a few hundred mail-in ballots.” In the end, she defeated Jones by a margin of two to one, winning by roughly 35 thousand votes.

“We have a resounding mandate to put people before profits,” Tlaib said in her victory statement. “Let it be known that in the 13th District, just like in communities across our country, we are done with establishment politics that put corporations first. If I was considered the most vulnerable member of the Squad, I think it’s safe to say the Squad is here to stay, and it’s only getting bigger.”

The four congresswomen were endorsed during their initial 2018 runs by Justice Democrats, a progressive group that sprung from Sanders’s 2016 campaign. Despite Sanders falling short in the presidential primary, Justice Democrats have added three more upsets of incumbents in the 2020 cycle: Marie Newman defeating anti-abortion Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski in Chicago, Jamaal Bowman defeating House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel in New York and Cori Bush defeating long-time incumbent Rep. Lacy Clay in St. Louis.

One more Justice Democrat is on the ballot in Massachusetts next month, as Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse runs against Rep. Richard Neal, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.

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Donald Trump's latest tweets!

Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia against a very tough and smart opponent. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up - a real WINNER!

QAnon backer wins congressional primary in Georgia

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter who has made racist remarks is the past, has won the Republican primary for Georgia's 14th congressional district. The northwest Georgia district is a Republican-stronghold, meaning she will be the likely winner in November....

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Instead of being the Congressional Q-caucus, they will be known as the Congressional Qaukcus.

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... She (Harris) is super qualified;
I'm thrilled to see a nonwhite VP pick;
Most importantly, if this is who Joe thinks will best help him beat PINO, I'm all for her!

Also, REPRESENT:

Oakland - birthplace, still lives in the East Bay;
DC - Howard University, 2021 - ?;
San Francisco - UC Hastings College of the Law, DA.

All places that I've lived in.

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A glimmer of sanity?

New polling shows Mark Meadows' former congressional seat is in play for Democrats after a controversial 25-year-old conservative upset Trump's pick