#Rep. Sharice Davids

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Trudy Ring at The Advocate:

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is observing Pride Month by reintroducing a bill aimed at improving mental health care for LGBTQ+ and intersex youth. Her Pride in Mental Health Act, introduced Thursday, would update care standards, develop training for caregivers, identify school bullying prevention guidelines. It would call for a report on the mental health and mental health care of LGBTQ+ and intersex youth in foster care and other federal social services programs and direct the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to review and update resources listed on its website that pertain to LGBTQ+ communities. Davids, a Kansas Democrat who is gay and Native American, introduced similar bills in 2023 and 2024, and a Senate version was introduced in 2024, but no version has passed. In a press release announcing the bill, Davids pointed to the challenges faced by young LGBTQ+ people. They report worse mental health than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, and surveys have indicated nearly 40 percent have considered suicide.

“Children here in Kansas and across the country continue to struggle with mental health challenges, but we are failing many of our most vulnerable children on this issue,” Davids said in the release. “My Pride in Mental Health Act takes a comprehensive and data-driven approach to tackling the mental health crisis among LGBTQI+ youth. By increasing access to mental health support for our children and teens, we can save lives.” The act has been endorsed by the Congressional Equality Caucus, Human Rights Campaign, GLSEN, National Education Association, Advocates for Trans Equality, PFLAG National, American Psychological Association, Institute for Health Research and Policy at Whitman-Walker, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Trevor Project, Seattle Indian Health Board, and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) introduces Pride in Mental Health Act, a bill designed to improve mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth.

[demani-dusk]

This is a post a friend made on a different platform, asking people to copy+paste. I'm keeping the censored words censored, frankly because I'm lazy, even though I know tumblr works differently. Anyway, I think it's important:

Hi friends (in the USA)! Please call your representatives, especially the ones listed in this post, and ask them to vote NO on HR 9495. As you know, I usually shy away from legislative and electoral politics. This one is really important, though, and has a huge impact on ALL kinds of organizing.

Q: What is HR 9495?

A: HR 9495 would grant the executive branch of the United States the power to universally revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations (such as nonprofits, universities, and news outlets) by designating them as supporting t-rrorists. For many tax-exempt organizations, this would lead to shutdown. It would also give the Executive Branch more leverage over universities.

Q: But isn't t-rrorism bad?

A: The bill allows the revoking of tax-exempt status without due process. In other words, any organization that the executive branch decides it doesn't like could be designated as t-rrorist.

Q: Why does my Democratic representative support this?

A: Many Democrats support this because they've been on the receiving end of protest campaigns around their position on Palestine, or because they are sympathetic to the suppression of pro-Palestine protesters. If passed, this bill would give more leverage to suppress student speech at universities. For example, a university that has an official student group calling for ceasefire could be threatened with having its tax-exempt status revoked unless it shuts the student group down.

Q: I'm an anarchist/communist/socialist. Why should I call my representative? Isn't this some Eduard Bernstein shit? What's next, are you gonna tell me to join the DSA?

A: State repression sucks, and this bill is aimed specifically at reducing the ability to organize outside of electoral politics. In Atlanta, we've seen targeted attacks on nonprofits that support protesters, including the state of Georgia passing legislation banning bail funds! In other words, nonprofits can no longer bail out protesters whose bond is set at $650,000 in retaliation for protesting! This stuff is really bad and sometimes "by any means necessary" includes *shudder* calling your congressional representative.

Democrat Reps who voted ‘Yes’ on HR 9495 during 2/3 vote and who need to be urged to vote NO:

Colin Allred (D-TX), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Valerie Foushee Davis (D-NC), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Mike Levin (D-CA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Pat Ryan (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Schneider (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Tom Suozzi (D-NY), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Norma Torres (D-CA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

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U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, joined the state's three other members of the U.S. House in supporting legislation that would require detention of undocumented immigrants charged with lower-level crimes such as burglary and shoplifting. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

TOPEKA — The four U.S. House members from Kansas voted to approve legislation to compel federal law enforcement to detain for possible deportation undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent property crimes.

Legislation sent to the U.S. Senate would expand the list of charges requiring a person in the United States without authorization to be held by federal authorities to include shoplifting, larceny, burglary and theft. The measure would provide state attorneys general standing to sue federal immigration officials who declined to follow immigration law.

The bill was named in honor of Laken Riley, an Augusta University nursing student killed in 2024 by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant who had a prior arrest record for shoplifting.

U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt, the Republican serving the 2nd District in eastern Kansas, said the Riley Act was “a strong first step to begin fixing” border security issues. Schmidt was the Kansas attorney general prior to election to Congress in November.

“As attorney general, I saw far too many cases of illegal immigrants with prior, lesser offenses committing violent crimes. It’s unacceptable and must stop,” said Schmidt, who was a cosponsor of the bill. “I’m confident it’s the first of many actions we take this year to secure our borders and improve community safety.”

Republican U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann of the 1st District and Ron Estes of the 4th District voted for the bill along with Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of the 3rd District in the Kansas City area. Davids was among 48 House Democrats to vote with the Republican majority.

Estes, serving a district that covers Wichita, said it was significant the first legislative vote of the new Congress was on the Riley Act. It represented a “common sense” step to better secure the nation, he said.

On Tuesday, the House vote was 264-159. The legislation would require bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate to advance. At least seven Democrats would need to join the 53 Republicans in the Senate to move the bill to the White House.

President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office Jan. 20, and congressional Republicans have called for a border crackdown. Their agenda has included holding asylum applicants outside the United States and withdrawal of federal funding to cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement officers.

Under existing federal law, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests detainers on undocumented immigrants convicted of burglary, robbery, kidnapping, homicide, sexual assault, drug trafficking, human trafficking and weapons offenses. Noncitizens convicted of at least two petty offenses are subject to potential deportation under federal statute.

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[dhaaruni]

What are the chances Doug Jones could pull a Claude Pepper in Alabama (go from elected US Senator to elected US House member)? At least Steve Cohen now has some good company in the “White Southern Democrats representing Black-majority House seats” caucus.

I don't think Doug Jones will run for the House but I'd support any Democrat with majority Black support winning those seats!

Shri Thanedar, who's Indian-American, represents a majority Black district in Detroit and afaik he's super popular because he does a lot of constituent services and really connects with his community. Just look at the comments on the article I linked like clearly, the readers of the NYT do NOT agree with the idea that districts with a large percentage of a particular can only have reps of that race. I mean, that would mean Sharice Davids or Andy Kim were "bad fits" for their districts since they’re majority white, which is just ludicrous.

[imperiumwifestrikesagain]

Ending Birthright Citizenship

Ending birthright citizenship?

Okay, let’s do it right.

There are currently ~342 million people in the US. There are 9,666,058 people that declared themselves American Indian or Alaskan on the 2020 census. There are 640,442 people that declared themselves Native Hawaiian. A study from Georgia Tech estimates that “Americans of early African heritage have about 1.0% and of Western European heritage about 0.1%” of native DNA.

So let’s just- for math’s sake- say generously that 1% of people have native ancestry.

Subtracting the people that already declare themselves to be native, ~340.5 million people are not “native” but about 3.4 million people have native ancestry.

So about 5 million people have a native ancestor.

That leaves ~337 million people that are illegal immigrants and are not legal citizens.

Congrats to President Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the longest serving native incumbent in the house, would be the next in line for the presidency- because house speaker is first in line behind the VP, and no one in the current succession likely qualifies. And VP Sharice Davids. Rep Josh Brecheen and Sen Markwayne Mullin will be the only two remaining members of congress.

Gotta wonder which country would like 337 million refugees.

Sources:

Native American Ancestors Found in the Genes of Many in the U.S. | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA List of Native Americans in the United States Congress - Wikipedia Population Clock Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia What happens if the entire named chain of Presidential succession is exhausted? : r/legaladviceofftopic

[nerdykeith]

I wish Sharice Davids well with this wonderful bill that would be immensely positive for trans youth. This is how you actually protect children. Not what conservatives are doing, which just weaponises kids though bigotry

[footballworldcuptickets]

Boston Transit Ready for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Crowd

FIFA World Cup 2026: As Gillette Stadium prepares to host seven FIFA World Cup matches next year, U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch, co-chair of the Congressional World Cup Caucus, expressed confidence in the MBTA’s ability to manage the anticipated surge in passengers but emphasized that substantial federal funding is essential.

An estimated 450,000 fans are expected to descend on Foxborough, with many projected to travel via Commuter Rail. Ensuring dependable and well-organized train provision is paramount, said MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng. This is essential to our success, Eng told the MBTA Board of Directors, stressing that the agency is joining other host cities in requesting $400 million in federal assistance.

We cannot divert regular operational funds to cover the additional staffing, extended train service, and expanded scheduling required during the tournament. Among the key improvements needed is an overhaul of Foxboro Station, including the construction of a new concrete platform and the installation of a temporary second platform to accommodate increased traffic.

FIFA 2026 Spurs U.S. Transit Upgrade Push

Rep. Lynch, D-Mass, reiterated his support, noting the importance of bipartisan cooperation in securing the necessary resources. This is essential, he stated. I believe there is cross-party consensus on this. The administration also wants to ensure everything runs seamlessly. Earlier this year, the U.S. Travel Association, a nonpartisan advocacy organization.

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With the tournament roughly a year away, transportation officials are aiming to prevent any logistical disruptions. “This is about moving people efficiently, with a transit-first mindset, so they can fully experience what Boston and the country have to offer,” Eng emphasized. Rep. Sharice Davids’ office confirmed that the formal funding request was submitted to Congress on May 23, marking the first step toward securing the necessary support for infrastructure enhancements.

Football World Cup 2026 Sparks MBTA Readiness Debate

As Boston prepares to take center stage during the FIFA World Cup 2026, a wave of excitement and concern is rippling through Massachusetts. The return of the world’s biggest football tournament to American soil and Boston being selected as one of the host cities has brought a unique mix of pride and pressure. But beneath the celebrations lies a critical question that many locals are beginning to ask: Is the MBTA truly ready?

For years, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has symbolized both convenience and chaos, a transit system that’s central to daily life yet plagued by delays, derailments, and budget constraints. With global eyes set to turn toward the region, the time for excuses is over. Boston, a city rich in history, now has to prove it can move people as efficiently as it can inspire them.

In response to mounting concerns, city and transit officials have begun outlining emergency action plans and long-term infrastructure upgrades aimed at easing the expected strain during the Football World Cup 2026. Investments in safety systems, increased train frequency, and improved accessibility are already being discussed, but time is ticking.

MBTA Prepares for FIFA 2026 A Critical Infrastructure Test

Hosting matches at Gillette Stadium in nearby Foxborough means tens of thousands of fans will need smooth, reliable transport in and out of the city. But for anyone familiar with the MBTA’s recent track record of frequent shutdowns, safety incidents, and systemic maintenance issues, the road ahead seems daunting.

This isn’t just about game-day logistics; it’s about proving that Massachusetts can meet international expectations. Much like how Jesse Marsch has reinvigorated Canada’s national soccer team with accountability and structure, Massachusetts needs a strategic overhaul. The MBTA, often described as a system stuck in the past, must adopt a future-focused mindset.

while the agency has begun ambitious efforts to modernize, like track upgrades and new train fleets, progress has been slow, and trust from commuters remains fragile. With millions of fans expected to descend upon Boston, the MBTA’s performance will not just impact local commuters, it will shape the city’s global reputation.

Can MBTA Gain Public Confidence Before the Football World Cup

MBTA officials insist that they are preparing for the World Cup. Expanded commuter rail service, improved station accessibility, and increased shuttle coordination are all on the table. However, these promises echo familiar rhetoric that hasn’t always been backed by results. Fans from around the world won’t wait patiently for broken escalators or stalled Red Line trains; they expect world-class service in a world-class city.

Just as Canada’s national team under Jesse Marsch views the 2026 tournament as a turning point, Boston stands on the edge of transformation. The Football World Cup 2026 isn’t just an opportunity to showcase sport it’s a test of the city’s readiness, resilience, and reputation. A well-executed transit experience could position Boston as a global model for urban mobility.

What the World Cup Means for Boston’s Future

Just as Canada’s national team under Marsch sees the 2026 World Cup as a defining opportunity, so too does Massachusetts stand at a crossroads. Success could cement Boston’s global reputation as a forward-thinking, functional city. Failure could reinforce old stereotypes and disappoint a new generation of fans and residents alike.

The next 12 months are crucial. Investments must accelerate. Communication must improve. And above all, the MBTA must learn to think like a team under pressure, one that thrives when the world is watching. The World Cup is not just a tournament, it’s a test. And Massachusetts must be ready to pass it.

Much like Canada’s national team under Jesse Marsch, which views the FIFA World Cup 2026 as a pivotal moment, Massachusetts finds itself at a critical juncture. Success could elevate Boston’s global image as an innovative, efficient metropolis. But failure could revive long-standing criticisms and alienate a new generation of fans and residents.

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[juanabaloo]

The Laken Riley Law erodes the rights of undocumented immigrants. Mandatory detention for an accusation of a crime (not a conviction, just suspicion counts) is an erosion of rights.

And we have now seen the same erosion of rights extended to non citizens with documents and even US citizens. While this extension is illegal, let's remember that it started with a lot of politicians supporting the erosion of rights for undocumented immigrants. AND let's remember that a bunch of Dems voted for the Laken Riley Act, names and details are below.

in case you haven't heard of it, the Laken Riley Law is anti-immigrant and makes everybody less safe. it deprives people of basic rights. The Laken Riley Act was signed by Trump on January 29 2025, as his first piece of legislation. So it is now a Law.

(The Republicans didn't need the Dem votes to pass it, so the Dems who voted for this really wanted to. It's not like they bargained and got something for their vote.)

I couldn't find a list that included both the Dem Senators (12) and the Dem House (46) reps, so I wrote it out below. Senators rep the whole state and each House member reps a Congressional District (CD).

Again, this list is only the Dems because that is who I think might have some sliver of guilt about what is going on right now. And might be persuaded to do better. As opposed to the Republicans who are happy about the destruction of our country.

(look up your CD / House member here with your zipcode)

LIST OF 58 DEMOCRATIC LAKEN RILEY ACT SUPPORTERS (ordered by state):

--- ALABAMA ---

Shomari Figures - House - CD 2 - AL

Terri Sewell - House - CD 7 - AL

--- ARIZONA ----

Mark Kelly - Senate - AZ

Ruben Gallego (co sponsor) - Senate - AZ

Greg Stanton - House - CD 4 - AZ

--- CALIFORNIA ---

Josh Harder - House - CD 9 - CA

Adam Gray - House - CD 13 - CA

Jim Costa - House - CD 21 - CA

Derek Tran - House - CD 45 - CA

Dave Min - House - CD 47 - CA

Mike Levin - House - CD 49 - CA

--- CONNECTICUT ---

Joe Courtney - House - CD 2 - CT

Jahana Hayes - House - CD 5 - CT

--- FLORIDA ---

Jared Moskowitz - House - CD 23 - FL

--- GEORGIA ---

Jon Ossoff - Senate - GA

Raphael Warnock - Senate - GA

Sanford Bishop Jr. - House - CD 2 - GA

Lucy McBath - House - CD 6 - GA

--- ILLINOIS ---

Nikki Budzinski - House - CD 13 - IL

Eric Sorensen - House - CD 17 - IL

--- KANSAS ---

Sharice Davids - House - CD 3 - KS

--- MASSACHUSETTS ---

Stephen Lynch - House - CD 8 - MA

--- MAINE ---

Jared Golden - House - CD 2 - ME

--- MARYLAND ---

April McClain Delaney - House - CD 6 - MD

--- MICHIGAN ---

Gary Peters - Senate - MI

Elissa Slotkin - Senate - MI

Hillary Scholten - House - CD 3 - MI

Kristen McDonald Rivet - House - CD 8 - MI

--- MINNESOTA ---

Angie Craig - House - CD 2 - MN

--- NORTH CAROLINA ---

Don Davis - House - CD 1 - NC

--- NEW HAMPSHIRE ---

Maggie Hassan - Senate - NH

Jeanne Shaheen - Senate - NH

Chris Pappas - House - CD 1 - NH

Maggie Goodlander - House - CD 2 - NH

--- NEW JERSEY ---

Josh Gottheimer - House - CD 5 - NJ

--- NEW YORK ---

Thomas Suozzi - House - CD 3 - NY

Laura Gillen - House - CD 4 - NY

Ritchie Torres - House - CD 15 - NY

John Mannion - House - CD 22 - NY

Joseph Morelle - House - CD 25 - NY

--- NEVADA ---

Catherine Cortez Masto - Senate - NV

Jacky Rosen - Senate - NV

Dina Titus - House - CD 1 - NV

Susie Lee - House - CD 3 - NV

Steven Horsford - House - CD 4 - NV

--- OHIO ---

Greg Landsman - House - CD 1 - OH

Marcy Kaptur - House - CD 9 - OH

Emilia Strong Sykes - House - CD 13 - OH

--- OREGON ---

Janelle Bynum - House - CD 5 - OR

--- PENNSYLVANIA ---

John Fetterman (co sponsor) - Senate - PA

Brendan Boyle - House - CD 2 - PA

--- TEXAS ---

Henry Cuellar - House - CD 28 - TX

Vicente Gonzalez - House - CD 34 - TX

--- VIRGINIA ---

Mark Warner - Senate - VA

Eugene Vindman - House - CD 7 - VA

Suhas Subramanyam - House - CD 10 - VA

--- WASHINGTON ---

Marie Gluensenkamp Perez - House - CD 3 - WA

Kim Schrier - House - CD 8 - WA

A few highlights of the issues with the Laken Riley Law: "[it] require the mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants who have been charged with theft in the United States - even without a conviction." (x) It also has impacts on legal immigration, meaning some "with a valid visa could be removed without a chance to defend themselves." (x)

It was opposed by many groups, including the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

A better Democratic party would have immediately stripped the above Dems of funding and power, and basically kicked them out of the party. This should have been a hard line that no Dem crossed.

sources for votes: Senate and House

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Two Rupert Murdoch-owned establishment media outlets with contentious relationships with President Donald Trump hosted staff members for prominent House Democrats in February to offer strategic communications advice.

The leftwing Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) sponsored and financed an all-expenses-paid trip for a Democrat-heavy group of congressional staffers to New York City February 27-28 to meet with representatives of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, Sludge first reported.

PPI, founded in 1989 by the Democratic Leadership Council “as the intellectual home of the New Democrats,” is an arm of the self-described “center-left” Third Way.

Among the attendees of the bipartisan trip were staff for the leader of the House Democrats’ campaign arm and the House Democrats’ chief deputy whip.

The publications briefed staffers on how to better collaborate to spread their bosses’ messages, according to government documents.

The purpose of the junket, which included meals at swanky Manhattan steakhouses, was “[m]eetings with media organizations and reporters to better our understanding of their goals and how we can get our message out through their channels,” according to a post-travel disclosure form on the House Ethics Committee’s website from one of the attendees, Nicholas Martin, the top communications staffer for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA).

According to House Ethics Committee documents, also attending were staff for Democrat Reps. Julie Johnson (TX), Greg Stanton (AZ), George Whitesides (CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Brad Schneider (IL), and Sharice Davids (KA) – the chief deputy whip. Staff for Republicans Andy Barr (KY), Julia Letlow (LA), and William Timmons (SC) attended the PPI-organized event as well

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Fox News, Wall Street Journal Advised House Democrat Staffers on a Junket

Two Rupert Murdoch-owned establishment media outlets with contentious relationships with President Donald Trump hosted staff members for prominent House Democrats in February to offer strategic communications advice.

The leftwing Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) sponsored and financed an all-expenses-paid trip for a Democrat-heavy group of congressional staffers to New York City February 27-28 to meet with representatives of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, Sludge first reported.

PPI, founded in 1989 by the Democratic Leadership Council “as the intellectual home of the New Democrats,” is an arm of the self-described “center-left” Third Way. Among the attendees of the bipartisan trip were staff for the leader of the House Democrats’ campaign arm and the House Democrats’ chief deputy whip.

The publications briefed staffers on how to better collaborate to spread their bosses’ messages, according to government documents. The purpose of the junket, which included meals at swanky Manhattan steakhouses, was “[m]eetings with media organizations and reporters to better our understanding of their goals and how we can get our message out through their channels,” according to a post-travel disclosure form on the House Ethics Committee’s website from one of the attendees, Nicholas Martin, the top communications staffer for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA). According to House Ethics Committee documents, also attending were staff for Democrat Reps. Julie Johnson (TX), Greg Stanton (AZ), George Whitesides (CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Brad Schneider (IL), and Sharice Davids (KA) – the chief deputy whip. Staff for Republicans Andy Barr (KY), Julia Letlow (LA), and William Timmons (SC) attended the PPI-organized event as well.

Staff for additional offices possibly attended the event as well, although no other filed post-travel disclosure forms were found by Breitbart News.

The House Ethics Committee-approved itinerary for the group of (at least) seven Democrat and three Republican staffers including a private dinner with PPI staff at a Manhattan steakhouse as well meetings with Fox News and Wall Street Journal staff, among others.

The group met at Fox News studios for a rare “tour, networking and discussion with Fox producers and bookers.”

The itinerary also included a coveted Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Discussion, characterized in ethics forms as a “[c]onversation with Paul Gigot, editor of the WSJ editorial page, and columnists about how the editorial page approaches covering Congress and publishing viewpoints from individual members.”

The two Murdoch-owned publications were traditionally considered Republican-friendly before President Donald Trump rose to political power in 2015 and 2016, but have often criticized and traded barbs with Trump.

Heinrich protested in February after the White House announced it would open up access to the press pool covering President Donald Trump and his administration, part of a series of decisions designed to increase White House transparency.

Prior to that decision, the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), a cabal run by Washington establishment journalists, possessed a stranglehold over valuable access to presidents and their administrations. Establishment media outlets empowered by the WHCA have long been presidential gatekeepers until the Trump White House opened access to additional publications.

The WHCA, whose nine-member board consists of establishment media representatives, is currently led by its president, Eugene Daniels, a former White House reporter for leftwing Politico who joined MSNBC in February.

Wondering if the Murdock boys are at it again?

[mongowheelie]

'We made a horrible mistake': Fired federal employees from Kansas share stories

Source: The Topeka Capital-Journal

'We made a horrible mistake': Fired federal employees from Kansas share stories

Source: The Topeka Capital-Journal

[harriswalz4usabybr]

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - Kamala Harris

Today, Vice President Harris met up with US Representative Jim Clyburn and Governor Roy Cooper in Moncks Corner, South Carolina to kick-off a busy day of events across the state.

Moncks Corner, SC Event Location: Swig & Swine Event Type: First Responders' Brunch Event Time: 10:00 - 13:00 ET *The campaign decided to host a brunch to meet with First Responders from across the states of South and North Carolina. We viewed this as something important for us to do in the wake of the recent natural disasters. We used this as an opportunity to hear about current policy shortcomings and drawbacks so that we can implement their stories into crafting our future policies.

Charleston, SC Event Location: College of Charleston Event Type: Get Out the Vote Campaign Event Time: 14:00 - 16:00 ET *The campaign kicked-off a Get Out the Vote campaign on the campus of the College of Charleston. US Rep Clyburn met with faculty members, Governor Roy Cooper met with some student groups, while Vice President Harris went door knocking in the downtown Charleston area to meet first hand with voters.

Hilton Head, SC Event Location: The Westin Hilton Head Island Event Type: Campaign Fundraiser Event Time: 19:00 - 21:00 ET *The campaign hosted a fundraising event for campaign donors and volunteers this evening. The local congressional democrat, Michael B. Moore, on the ballot made a speech during dinner. The campaign was not just asking for donations to our campaign, but to many down ballot races, which include the following:

Alaska-At-Large : Mary Peltola

Arizona-1 : Amish Shah

Arizona-6 : Kirsten Engel

Colorado-3 : Adam Frisch

Colorado-8 : Yadira Caraveo

Florida-7 : Jennifer Adams

Florida-13 : Whitney Fox

Florida-15 : Pat Kemp

Illinois-17 : Eric Sorensen

Indiana-1 : Frank Mrvan

Indiana Gubernatorial Race : Jennifer McCormick

Iowa-1 : Christina Bohannan

Iowa-2 : Sarah Corkery

Iowa-3 : Lanon Baccam

Kansas-3 : Sharice Davids

Kansas-4 : Esau Freeman

Maine-2 : Jared Golden

Michigan-3 : Hillary Scholten

Michigan-7 : Curtis Hertel

Michigan-8 : Kristen McDonald Rivet

Michigan-10 : Carl Marlinga

Michigan Senate Race : Elissa Slotkin

Missouri-2 : Ray Hartmann

Montana-1 : Monica Tranel

Montana Senate Race : Jon Tester

Nebraska-1 : Carol Blood

Nebraska-2 : Tony Vargas

Nebraska Senate Races : Dan Osborn and Preston Love Jr.

New Hampshire Gubernatorial Race : Joyce Craig

New York-1 : John Avlon

New York-2 : Rob Lubin

New York-3 : Tom Suozzi

New York-4 : Laura Gillen

New York-11 : Andrea Morse

New York-17 : Mondaire Jones

New York-19 : Josh Riley

New York-24 : David Wagenhauser

Ohio-13 : Emilia Sykes

Ohio-15 : Adam Miller

Oklahoma-1 : Dennis Baker

Oklahoma-5 : Madison Horn

Oregon-5 : Janelle Bynum

Pennsylvania-1 : Ashley Ehasz

Pennsylvania-7 : Susan Wild

Pennsylvania-10 : Janelle Stelson

South Carolina-1 : Michael B. Moore

Tennessee-5 : Maryam Abolfazli

Texas-15 : Michelle Vallejo

Texas-34 : Vincente Gonzalez Jr.

Texas Senate Race : Colin Allred

Virginia-2 : Missy Cotter Smasal

Virginia-7 : Eugene Vidman

Wisconsin-3 : Rebecca Cooke

Wisconsin Senate Race : Tammy Baldwin

While not all of these candidates have endorsed the Harris-Walz ticket, we believe they are deserving of votes and we believe that with additional resources their campaigns can make it happen. If you've maxed out your contributions to our race and your local race, we recommend looking into these down ballot options.

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At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly) - Notice Today Internet https://www.merchant-business.com/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/?feed_id=159918&_unique_id=66b5f3376ae74 #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BLOGGER Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — but not to the campaign committees and their outside supporters.The NRSC’s independent expenditure arm launched its first ad of the cycle targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin just hours after she won the nomination to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and as our friend Bridget Bowman reports for NBC News, it’s part of a $10 million campaign. On top of that, OneNation, which is the policy affiliate of the Senate GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, launched the first salvo in a $9.4 million campaign also targeting Slotkin.The Democrats, likewise, were quick to unveil ads in Michigan and other states this week. The DSCC’s independent expenditure arm has a new ad as part of a previously announced buy going after the GOP nominee, former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, for his post-congressional career.Slotkin and Rogers were declared winners of their primaries early on Tuesday night, but don’t expect that to happen when they face each other in a November race rated Tilt Democratic, or when Harris and Walz go up against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance in a state rated Toss-up.The heavily Democratic 13th District based around Detroit provides a reminder of why. At midnight, The Associated Press estimated that only about 2 percent of ballots had been counted, and the call that incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar won renomination didn’t come until 2:12 a.m. on Wednesday. He ultimately prevailed in the primary by about 20 points.Google News Starting gateBad news for Good: A recount of the June 18 Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th District confirmed Rep. Bob Good, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, lost to state Sen. John McGuire.And for Bush: Missouri Rep. Cori Bush became the fourth House incumbent, and second progressive Democrat, to lose a primary this year after pro-Israel groups and others supporting Tuesday’s winner, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, spent more than $12 million. Groups backing Bush or opposing Bell spent $3.3 million. Other Missouri primaries picked nominees for the deep-red 3rd District and a Democratic challenger for Sen. Josh Hawley.Is Newhouse next? Washington state’s all-party primaries send the top two vote-getters to the November ballot, so the 25 percent that GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse got Tuesday means he’s not toast yet. But another Republican finished with 31 percent and a third got 19 percent. If that sentiment holds in November, Newhouse starts out with 50 percent of Republicans against him. Washington’s primaries also set a rematch for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez against Republican Joe Kent and picked nominees for open seats in the 5th and 6th districts, where the races are rated Solid Republican and Solid Democratic, respectively.But wait, there’s more: Nominees were picked Tuesday for huge battles ahead for Senate and the open 7th District, among other seats, in Michigan. Voters in Kansas picked a challenger for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and tapped a former House member to run for an open seat.And we’re still not done: Tennessee held its primaries on Thursday, and Rep. Andy Ogles held off a challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, winning with 57 percent of the vote. But his troubles didn’t end with the victory. Ogles this week confirmed that the FBI seized his cellphone and said it was

his understanding that the probe was “investigating the same well-known facts” surrounding mistakes his campaign made on financial reports. RIP: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was eulogized by Harris in Houston last week. The vice president remembered the Texas Democrat as “unrelenting,” Justin Papp reports.Google News ICYMITim who?: He’s not Republican Rep. Michael Waltz or singer Tom Waits, but most people had little idea who Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz actually is despite his career in Congress and election to two terms as Minnesota governor. So like a lot of people in the profession, our newsroom has been trying to fill the gaps since he was chosen on Tuesday, starting with how people and groups reacting to the choice described him, how the Harris campaign introduced him and how the Trump campaign responded, and what members of the House elected in the same year as he was said. We also had detailed looks at his role on agriculture and health care, and how the pick affects potential contributors on Wall Street.Gambling on elections: A group of House and Senate Democrats wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to move forward with a ban on political betting markets backed by Wall Street. “Election gambling fundamentally cheapens the sanctity of our democratic process. Political bets change the motivations behind each vote, replacing political convictions with financial calculations,” the lawmakers wrote in a Monday letter to CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate signatory, previously expressed his concerns in an MSNBC opinion piece.Shah faces Schweikert: Amish Shah, a medical doctor and former state legislator, won the July 30 Democratic primary to face incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in the 1st District. The race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections, and there was a crowded primary to get the chance to challenge the incumbent on November’s ballot. Another Arizona Democratic primary, for the open 3rd District seat, is heading for a recount with 42 votes separating Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán.Ad watch: House Majority Forward released ads in several House races this week, including a television ad supporting Maine Rep. Jared Golden, a radio ad supporting North Carolina Rep. Don Davis and a digital ad targeting California Rep. Mike Garcia. Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a statewide ad buy focusing on Harris. And the DSCC released its first ad against Tim Sheehy in Montana, accusing the Republican of advocating to privatize public lands.Security funding: The top senators on the panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security questioned whether the Secret Service needs more money after the attempted assassination of Trump, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Johnson reports. That appears to have led to a delay of the department’s fiscal 2025 funding bill. Picking a successor: Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor, to succeed her in the House. Turner is among several Democrats who have been in touch with the county party officials who will pick a new candidate to be on the November ballot on the same day that there’s a special election to serve the rest of Jackson Lee’s current term. Another candidate vying for the seat is Amanda Edwards, a former intern for Jackson Lee who lost the Democratic primary to her in March.From Congress to the forest? Former House member Jaime Herrera Beutler is leading the field of contenders in the primary for Washington state lands commissioner. Herrera Beutler, a Republican who lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress two years ago, got about 23 percent of the vote on Tuesday in a seven-candidate field, according to the Washington State Standard.Google News What we’re reading Lame duck alert: Not to look past Election Day, but the folks at the Congressional Research Service are already getting ready for the lame-duck

session, updating their handy chart and report on what actually gets done during the post-election sessions with plenty of references to our CQ Vote Studies. Minnesota markets: While he’s not from a true swing state himself, Walz may be more familiar to voters in parts of Wisconsin that share media markets with Minnesota, Torey Van Oot writes for Axios in the Twin Cities.Wellstone’s imprint: After Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, the family of the liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota established a training program for up-and-coming progressives. One of the first attendees, according to The Nation? A high school teacher named Tim Walz. Meddling: A group tied to House Democratic leaders is spending nearly $1 million on ads that boost an underfunded perennial candidate for the state’s at-large congressional district in an effort to help Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. “The group appears to be attempting to game Alaska’s complicated electoral system to ensure Peltola has the best odds of prevailing in November,” Politico reports.Otherwise occupied: Punchbowl News reached out to vulnerable Democrats in Congress and found that many of them are skipping the convention in Chicago later this month. That’s not unlike some swing-district Republicans, who were similarly busy the week their party gathered in Milwaukee.Google News The count: 193That’s the number of times, out of 1,327 chances, that the embattled Newhouse, whom Trump branded a “weak and pathetic RINO” on Saturday, voted against a majority of House Republicans since January 2021, according to a CQ Vote Studies analysis by our colleague Ryan Kelly. The analysis includes votes for which majorities of the two parties were on opposite sides, and it assigns a “party unity” score based on how often a lawmaker votes with or without his side. The data shows 13 House Republicans who were in Congress at the same time had lower party unity scores than Newhouse’s, but he is the only one who committed the mortal sin of voting in 2021 to impeach Trump after his supporters rioted at the Capitol. The 13 include many members whom the GOP will be spending millions of dollars this fall to keep from losing their seats, including Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick (552 votes against his majority), Nebraska’s Don Bacon (268 votes), California’s Young Kim (257 votes), New York’s Andrew Garbarino (251 votes) and California’s Ken Calvert (195 votes). Garbarino, for example, has Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.”Google News Nathan’s notesAs a high school teacher taking on a Republican in a rural Minnesota district nearly 19 years ago, Democrat Tim Walz didn’t exactly strike political handicappers as a guy who was going places, but Nathan writes that he had good timing.Google News Key race: #IA01Candidates: Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an ophthalmologist, a former state senator and a veteran who is seeking her third term in the House. She faces Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative who teaches constitutional law at the University of Iowa. It’s a rematch of their 2022 contest, which Miller-Meeks won by almost 7 percentage points.Why it matters: The 1st District is one of two competitive seats in Iowa that could determine which party controls the House, and it’s on the DCCC’s list of districts that Democrats are seeking to flip this year. The race is rated Lean Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Cash dash: Miller-Meeks raised $3.5 million since the 2022 election, while Bohannan, who entered the race in August 2023, has raised $3.4 million. Bohannan had $2.4 million on hand as of June 30 to Miller-Meeks’ $2.3 million.Backers: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird are supporting Miller-Meeks, as are House GOP leaders. Bohannan was endorsed by EMILY’s List and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC. She is also part of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides Democratic challengers in competitive, Republican-held districts with organizational and fundraising support.

What they’re saying: Democrats have centered the campaign on abortion access. A new state law that took effect in July bans abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Bohannan’s first ad, released this week, accuses Miller-Meeks of helping to pass that measure, even though she was not in the state legislature at the time. Miller-Meeks received an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and was a co-sponsor of the bill during the last Congress that would have prohibited all abortions nationwide without exception; however, she didn’t sign on as a co-sponsor of the measure during the current Congress. Miller-Meeks accused Democrats of embracing an “extreme” position on abortion and focusing on it as a way to avoid discussing economic issues and border security.Terrain: The district is in the southeastern portion of the state, reaching from the Illinois border to the Missouri border and to the fringes of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Davenport and Burlington as well as Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Along with the 3rd District, it is the least Republican of the state’s congressional districts: Biden lost the 1st by less than 2.4 percentage points, according to Inside Elections.Wild card: In 2020, Miller-Meeks won the seat by a scant six-vote margin. In June, she beat an underfunded and largely unknown right-wing GOP primary foe by 12 percentage points, a race that some observers deemed surprisingly close.Google News Coming upThe primaries just keep coming. Up next week are Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.Google News Photo finishAfter being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fires up a crowd at his debut rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday as presidential nominee Harris applauds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Subscribe now using this link so you don’t miss out on the best news and analysis from our team.“Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe…”Source Link: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/08/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gae2f533467bbea064cd597666c3ea8cb1d0a4324b5809bc426da36e4854a613d7041fae51c5478de86fb95801add1a9e_64.png Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic … Read More

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At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly) - Notice Today Internet - #GLOBAL https://www.merchant-business.com/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/?feed_id=159917&_unique_id=66b5f3367b4ee Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — but not to the campaign committees and their outside supporters.The NRSC’s independent expenditure arm launched its first ad of the cycle targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin just hours after she won the nomination to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and as our friend Bridget Bowman reports for NBC News, it’s part of a $10 million campaign. On top of that, OneNation, which is the policy affiliate of the Senate GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, launched the first salvo in a $9.4 million campaign also targeting Slotkin.The Democrats, likewise, were quick to unveil ads in Michigan and other states this week. The DSCC’s independent expenditure arm has a new ad as part of a previously announced buy going after the GOP nominee, former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, for his post-congressional career.Slotkin and Rogers were declared winners of their primaries early on Tuesday night, but don’t expect that to happen when they face each other in a November race rated Tilt Democratic, or when Harris and Walz go up against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance in a state rated Toss-up.The heavily Democratic 13th District based around Detroit provides a reminder of why. At midnight, The Associated Press estimated that only about 2 percent of ballots had been counted, and the call that incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar won renomination didn’t come until 2:12 a.m. on Wednesday. He ultimately prevailed in the primary by about 20 points.Google News Starting gateBad news for Good: A recount of the June 18 Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th District confirmed Rep. Bob Good, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, lost to state Sen. John McGuire.And for Bush: Missouri Rep. Cori Bush became the fourth House incumbent, and second progressive Democrat, to lose a primary this year after pro-Israel groups and others supporting Tuesday’s winner, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, spent more than $12 million. Groups backing Bush or opposing Bell spent $3.3 million. Other Missouri primaries picked nominees for the deep-red 3rd District and a Democratic challenger for Sen. Josh Hawley.Is Newhouse next? Washington state’s all-party primaries send the top two vote-getters to the November ballot, so the 25 percent that GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse got Tuesday means he’s not toast yet. But another Republican finished with 31 percent and a third got 19 percent. If that sentiment holds in November, Newhouse starts out with 50 percent of Republicans against him. Washington’s primaries also set a rematch for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez against Republican Joe Kent and picked nominees for open seats in the 5th and 6th districts, where the races are rated Solid Republican and Solid Democratic, respectively.But wait, there’s more: Nominees were picked Tuesday for huge battles ahead for Senate and the open 7th District, among other seats, in Michigan. Voters in Kansas picked a challenger for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and tapped a former House member to run for an open seat.And we’re still not done: Tennessee held its primaries on Thursday, and Rep. Andy Ogles held off a challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, winning with 57 percent of the vote. But his troubles didn’t end with the victory. Ogles this week confirmed that the FBI seized his cellphone and said it was his understanding

that the probe was “investigating the same well-known facts” surrounding mistakes his campaign made on financial reports. RIP: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was eulogized by Harris in Houston last week. The vice president remembered the Texas Democrat as “unrelenting,” Justin Papp reports.Google News ICYMITim who?: He’s not Republican Rep. Michael Waltz or singer Tom Waits, but most people had little idea who Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz actually is despite his career in Congress and election to two terms as Minnesota governor. So like a lot of people in the profession, our newsroom has been trying to fill the gaps since he was chosen on Tuesday, starting with how people and groups reacting to the choice described him, how the Harris campaign introduced him and how the Trump campaign responded, and what members of the House elected in the same year as he was said. We also had detailed looks at his role on agriculture and health care, and how the pick affects potential contributors on Wall Street.Gambling on elections: A group of House and Senate Democrats wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to move forward with a ban on political betting markets backed by Wall Street. “Election gambling fundamentally cheapens the sanctity of our democratic process. Political bets change the motivations behind each vote, replacing political convictions with financial calculations,” the lawmakers wrote in a Monday letter to CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate signatory, previously expressed his concerns in an MSNBC opinion piece.Shah faces Schweikert: Amish Shah, a medical doctor and former state legislator, won the July 30 Democratic primary to face incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in the 1st District. The race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections, and there was a crowded primary to get the chance to challenge the incumbent on November’s ballot. Another Arizona Democratic primary, for the open 3rd District seat, is heading for a recount with 42 votes separating Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán.Ad watch: House Majority Forward released ads in several House races this week, including a television ad supporting Maine Rep. Jared Golden, a radio ad supporting North Carolina Rep. Don Davis and a digital ad targeting California Rep. Mike Garcia. Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a statewide ad buy focusing on Harris. And the DSCC released its first ad against Tim Sheehy in Montana, accusing the Republican of advocating to privatize public lands.Security funding: The top senators on the panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security questioned whether the Secret Service needs more money after the attempted assassination of Trump, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Johnson reports. That appears to have led to a delay of the department’s fiscal 2025 funding bill. Picking a successor: Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor, to succeed her in the House. Turner is among several Democrats who have been in touch with the county party officials who will pick a new candidate to be on the November ballot on the same day that there’s a special election to serve the rest of Jackson Lee’s current term. Another candidate vying for the seat is Amanda Edwards, a former intern for Jackson Lee who lost the Democratic primary to her in March.From Congress to the forest? Former House member Jaime Herrera Beutler is leading the field of contenders in the primary for Washington state lands commissioner. Herrera Beutler, a Republican who lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress two years ago, got about 23 percent of the vote on Tuesday in a seven-candidate field, according to the Washington State Standard.Google News What we’re reading Lame duck alert: Not to look past Election Day, but the folks at the Congressional Research Service are already getting ready for the lame-duck session, updating

their handy chart and report on what actually gets done during the post-election sessions with plenty of references to our CQ Vote Studies. Minnesota markets: While he’s not from a true swing state himself, Walz may be more familiar to voters in parts of Wisconsin that share media markets with Minnesota, Torey Van Oot writes for Axios in the Twin Cities.Wellstone’s imprint: After Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, the family of the liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota established a training program for up-and-coming progressives. One of the first attendees, according to The Nation? A high school teacher named Tim Walz. Meddling: A group tied to House Democratic leaders is spending nearly $1 million on ads that boost an underfunded perennial candidate for the state’s at-large congressional district in an effort to help Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. “The group appears to be attempting to game Alaska’s complicated electoral system to ensure Peltola has the best odds of prevailing in November,” Politico reports.Otherwise occupied: Punchbowl News reached out to vulnerable Democrats in Congress and found that many of them are skipping the convention in Chicago later this month. That’s not unlike some swing-district Republicans, who were similarly busy the week their party gathered in Milwaukee.Google News The count: 193That’s the number of times, out of 1,327 chances, that the embattled Newhouse, whom Trump branded a “weak and pathetic RINO” on Saturday, voted against a majority of House Republicans since January 2021, according to a CQ Vote Studies analysis by our colleague Ryan Kelly. The analysis includes votes for which majorities of the two parties were on opposite sides, and it assigns a “party unity” score based on how often a lawmaker votes with or without his side. The data shows 13 House Republicans who were in Congress at the same time had lower party unity scores than Newhouse’s, but he is the only one who committed the mortal sin of voting in 2021 to impeach Trump after his supporters rioted at the Capitol. The 13 include many members whom the GOP will be spending millions of dollars this fall to keep from losing their seats, including Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick (552 votes against his majority), Nebraska’s Don Bacon (268 votes), California’s Young Kim (257 votes), New York’s Andrew Garbarino (251 votes) and California’s Ken Calvert (195 votes). Garbarino, for example, has Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.”Google News Nathan’s notesAs a high school teacher taking on a Republican in a rural Minnesota district nearly 19 years ago, Democrat Tim Walz didn’t exactly strike political handicappers as a guy who was going places, but Nathan writes that he had good timing.Google News Key race: #IA01Candidates: Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an ophthalmologist, a former state senator and a veteran who is seeking her third term in the House. She faces Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative who teaches constitutional law at the University of Iowa. It’s a rematch of their 2022 contest, which Miller-Meeks won by almost 7 percentage points.Why it matters: The 1st District is one of two competitive seats in Iowa that could determine which party controls the House, and it’s on the DCCC’s list of districts that Democrats are seeking to flip this year. The race is rated Lean Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Cash dash: Miller-Meeks raised $3.5 million since the 2022 election, while Bohannan, who entered the race in August 2023, has raised $3.4 million. Bohannan had $2.4 million on hand as of June 30 to Miller-Meeks’ $2.3 million.Backers: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird are supporting Miller-Meeks, as are House GOP leaders. Bohannan was endorsed by EMILY’s List and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC. She is also part of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides Democratic challengers in competitive, Republican-held districts with organizational and fundraising support.

What they’re saying: Democrats have centered the campaign on abortion access. A new state law that took effect in July bans abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Bohannan’s first ad, released this week, accuses Miller-Meeks of helping to pass that measure, even though she was not in the state legislature at the time. Miller-Meeks received an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and was a co-sponsor of the bill during the last Congress that would have prohibited all abortions nationwide without exception; however, she didn’t sign on as a co-sponsor of the measure during the current Congress. Miller-Meeks accused Democrats of embracing an “extreme” position on abortion and focusing on it as a way to avoid discussing economic issues and border security.Terrain: The district is in the southeastern portion of the state, reaching from the Illinois border to the Missouri border and to the fringes of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Davenport and Burlington as well as Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Along with the 3rd District, it is the least Republican of the state’s congressional districts: Biden lost the 1st by less than 2.4 percentage points, according to Inside Elections.Wild card: In 2020, Miller-Meeks won the seat by a scant six-vote margin. In June, she beat an underfunded and largely unknown right-wing GOP primary foe by 12 percentage points, a race that some observers deemed surprisingly close.Google News Coming upThe primaries just keep coming. Up next week are Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.Google News Photo finishAfter being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fires up a crowd at his debut rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday as presidential nominee Harris applauds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Subscribe now using this link so you don’t miss out on the best news and analysis from our team.“Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe…”Source Link: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/08/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gae2f533467bbea064cd597666c3ea8cb1d0a4324b5809bc426da36e4854a613d7041fae51c5478de86fb95801add1a9e_64.png BLOGGER - #GLOBAL