Democrats are rushing to put abortion measures on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada, and Florida in a strategy dubbed by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff “Dobbs and Democracy.”
The Democrats plan to have a war room ready to respond to any abuse of oversight, and it is both a good idea and necessary.
All of the polling that showed Republicans gaining over the last few weeks appears to have missed a late Democratic midterm surge.
The final NBC News Poll before the 2022 midterms shows that Democrats have caught up to Republicans in voter enthusiasm and are favored slightly by voters to control Congress.
The CBS battleground tracker model reveals that if Democratic voters turnout at 2018 levels, they could keep the House.
Democrats and pro-democracy groups need to run ads based on these closing arguments and they need to start it now.
Voter interest is surging two weeks before the midterm as Democrats have taken back the lead on the generic congressional ballot.
Analysis shows that early voting turnout is higher than an average midterm and is on pace for 2018 levels.
Democrats have delivered as for the first time in history Social Security checks will increase and Medicare premiums will decrease.
Reps. Ro Khanna and Jamie Raskin say that Democrats must stand up for democracy and take back patriotism from Republicans.
Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned from his post. The popular governor was partially taken down by his own party. Democratic Attorney General Letitia James led a probe that found Cuomo has sexually harassed people within his employ. It was impossible for Democrats to look at this situation and not think of Donald Trump….
The rules of cable news have been very clearly drawn. It is very rare to see a Conservative lawmaker appear on MSNBC. In turn, it is very rare to see a Democratic lawmaker who is willing to appear on Fox News. CNN will sometimes have a Republican appear on air. Those lawmakers, though, are very…
Democratic elections expert David Shor has a stark warning: if Democrats think they’re sitting pretty, they’re deluding themselves.
The Delta variant of COVID-19 is currently ravaging a number of red voting communities. Many right-leaning Republicans have been hesitant to get vaccinated. Fox News, however, is not about to blame their own viewers for allowing the variant to spread. Instead, the personalities of the network have decided to scapegoat immigrants. In fact, Ben Domenech…
Democrats celebrated in early January when Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were elected to the US Senate. Those elections gave Liberals a majority in the house and senate to go along with the White House. Unfortunately, two Democratic senators have refused to play ball. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin has consistently prevented Joe Biden from…
While CNN and MSNBC make attempts at having GOP lawmakers on as guests, it is a different story at Fox News. Fox News is a channel that focuses on entertainment rather than any real kind of political debate. Why have a guest on that challenges you, when you can just plow forward with the right-wing…
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives. They hold a narrow majority in the Senate. They have the White House. And up until last week, they actually believed they could make common cause with republicans for the good of the republic. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch “The Grim Reaper†McConnell said the quiet part…
Karlyn Bowman – an expert on tracking and analyzing American public opinion at the American Enterprise Institute – says there’s reason to look on the bright side.
When he first took office, Joe Biden promised to make a good faith effort to work with Republicans. And that effort has been made on numerous occasions over Biden’s first few months in office. Mitch McConnell, though, has often urged his senators against working with the president or supporting his legislation. This is the same…
Joe Biden has spent the vast majority of his adult life in the United States senate. He was first elected to office in 1973 when he was just 31 years old. And the only years since then that he didn’t spend working with other senators were the 4 years Donald Trump was president. And during…
In the 6 years he was the senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell wielded his power with an iron fist. He laughed at the idea of bipartisanship. He placed radical right-wing judges in lifetime appointments. The Kentucky senator even blocked the senate from even having a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. McConnell…
Joe Biden made some big promises prior to taking office this January. He already accomplished his first goal of passing a major COVID relief bill. The new president has now moved on to passing a major infrastructure bill. Biden would very much like for the bill to pass with votes from both Democrats and Republicans….
Democrats rejoiced in January when wins by Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their races giving the party control of the senate. And that advantage allowed them to push through a major COVID relief bill that aided millions of Americans. But the party has a much bigger agenda they would like to accomplish. Unfortunately, Democrats…
When Donald Trump ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, all of his opponents knew there was something wrong with him. Marco Rubio and Chris Christie got into fierce exchanges with him. Ted Cruz refused to support him at the RNC. Lindsey Graham said that he would destroy the party. Still, once Trump won the…
Today began a battle between Republicans and Democrats over the impeachment of Donald Trump. The impeachment managers on the left started the proceedings with a powerful video and an emotional speech from Jamie Raskin. The Republican response was such a disaster that it reportedly left Donald Trump fuming in Florida. During her afternoon show, Nicolle…
For the last 4 years, Republicans had control of the Senate and the White House. They ruthlessly used that power pushing though a big tax cut and 3 Supreme Court justices. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, though, Republicans are pleading for unity. Joe Biden‘s first major goal is pushing through a…
There were many Democrats in the House of Representatives that helped propel Joe Biden to victory. And it is tradition for some of these congresspeople to be rewarded with prominent cabinet seats. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) was important surrogate and adviser for the Biden campaign. The president-elect has now tapped him to be the director of…
Amy Coney Barrett is now a sitting member of the United States Supreme Court. Her journey there was quite disgraceful. Despite numerous United States senators promising that they wouldn’t vote on a justice during an election year, they somehow managed to confirm her in mere weeks. And as they commonly do, Republicans have been quick…
At one point, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was flush with cash and ready to relentlessly attack Joe Biden. But by the time the GOP really needed the money, it was pretty much gone. Joe Biden massively outraised Trump during the party’s respective conventions. In addition, Democratic senate candidates have been setting records raising money against…
Mitch McConnell is pulling incumbent Republican Senators off of the campaign trail so that they can confirm Trump’s SCOTUS nominee.
Joe Biden knows a little something about being in the United States senate. He began his career there at the young age of 31 and stayed there for the next 36 years. The only thing that got him out of the body was being elected to the Vice Presidency. The Democratic challenger will be speaking…
Barack Obama has said there’s little difference between Bernie Sanders’ and Joe Biden’s political goals. The former President pointed to their approach to healthcare among other issues. Obama spoke to the New Yorker about his former Vice President and the Vermont Senator, drawing a positive contrast between them. “If you look at Joe Biden’s goals and Bernie…
Joe Biden is not ruling serving two terms as president if he’s elected this November. There has been some speculation that he’ll refuse the chance to run again. The former Vice President spoke to ABC’s David Muir about his fitness to serve and whether he’d step down after a single term in the White House….
Conventions are meant to do many things for a party. They showcase the up and coming political talent. They attempt to sway voters who are undecided. They allow the party to pitch a unified message. But most importantly, conventions raise money. And these funds are used to boost candidates up and down the ticket. So…
Wall Street donors are giving more money to Democrats than Republicans for the first time in a decade. The news will be a significant cause of concern for the GOP and the President. Major Wall Street banks, real estate firms, securities firms and employees have donated more money to Democratic candidates in this election cycle…
Donald Trump has only been a Republican for a few short years. Prior to that, the current President was a major donor to Democratic candidates and causes. This was also true of his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner. The pair hosted a number of fundraisers aimed at raising money for Liberal candidates.So it comes…
Donald Trump won the 2016 election by the thinnest of margins. The places that put him over the top, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida were closely contested states where his campaign spent an awful lot of money to put himself over the top. Ad money will again be important during the 2020 election. And how the…
Barack Obama has endorsed a huge number of candidates in upcoming elections across the country. The former president publicly backed 118 people in what’s been described as “the first wave of endorsements.” Obama backed candidates in 17 states running for federal, statewide and state legislative office, including some familiar faces and Democrats seeking to unseat…
Two major congressional committees have called on the Department of Defense Inspector General to investigate political retaliation against impeachment witness Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman. The House Oversight and Reform and Intelligence Committees, along with the Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, wrote a letter to the DOD Inspector General calling for an inquiry,…
Donald Trump claimed on Thursday that Covid-19 testing is benefiting his political opponents. The President has repeatedly made false claims about testing. Trump spoke to Fox News’ Sean Hannity in a wide ranging phone interview where he once again seemed to complain about testing and finding Coronavirus cases. He told Hannity that testing for the…
Kevin McCarthy wants to withhold federal funds from any state that does not protect statues from protesters. The Republican will offer a bill to give legal effect to his idea. The House Minority Leader is reacting to recent protests following the death of George Floyd. Demonstrators have targeted several statues, particularly those depicting slaveholders and…
John Bolton has blamed Democrats for botching the impeachment process despite his own refusal to testify. The former National Security Advisor branded the inquiry “partisan.” Bolton spoke to PBS about his new book, The Room Where It Happened. He responded to Democrats saying his testimony would have been vital. “I think they know that the impeachment effort…
Democrats have shown a united front in their response to Donald Trump’s tweet about shooting protesters in Minneapolis. The President appeared to double down on Friday morning. “The National Guard has arrived on the scene,” Trump tweeted. “They are in Minneapolis and fully prepared. George Floyd will not have died in vain. Respect his memory!!!”…
President Donald Trump can’t seem to please the media no matter how good a job he does, at least according to his own assessment. He made the remarks while trying to celebrate nurses. Trump answered reporters’ questions on Wednesday at an event honoring National Nurses Day. Unsurprisingly, the focus soon shifted to his own handling…
Senator Kamala Harris’ new video has led to speculation she’s auditioning for vice president. Joe Biden has said he will choose a woman as his running mate. The California senator released the video on Twitter on Friday. This is usually a slow news day and perhaps an opportunity for Harris to garner attention she wouldn’t…
Democrats have united to condemn the President’s ban on immigration. Donald Trump announced an apparent halt to all immigration into the U.S. on Twitter. Trump said he would sign an executive order ending immigration due to Coronavirus. There is no indication when this order might come into effect, but Congressional Democrats were quick to condemn…
Citing words from an influential businessman, Trump suggested on Sunday afternoon that the poor response to coronavirus in the United States wasn’t his administration’s fault, but that of Congress’. “Great businessman & philanthropist Bernie Marcus, Co-Founder of Home Depot, said that Congress was too distracted by the (phony) Impeachment Witch Hunt when they should have…
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said the nation’s response to the Coronavirus must be led by science. The California Democrat spoke to reporters on Thursday about the Covid-19 global pandemic and the $2.2 trillion economic rescue package. The Senate approved the package on Wednesday. “Markets are not gonna succeed unless we take care…
Trump exploded and complained during a campaign meeting that Democrats are going to kill him on healthcare in the 2020 election.
Trump sent out a whiny impeachment eve tweet complaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is holding House Democrats together to vote for impeachment.
Donald Trump has constructed a fantasy that he has united America and that impeachment has turned the country against Democrats.
Rep. Eric Swalwell said that Democrats aren’t screwing around with Donald Trump and his bogus executive privilege claims on impeachment.
Recently Republican Congressman Sean Duffy from Wisconsin, in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, framed the looming prospect of Donald Trump’s impeachment as ridiculous. His reason? The economy is supposedly booming. He told Hayes, “They have higher wages, lower unemployment. We’re killing it in Wisconsin. You want to impeach that guy?†Hayes, of course, challenged…
A battle is brewing between Democrats in Congress and Attorney General William Barr over access to grand jury testimony, which is some of the most sensitive evidence obtained in special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation. Barr said he is still reviewing Mueller‘s entire final report, although he issued a summary of the report’s final conclusions. He…
Things are getting nasty in Washington, DC. After special counsel Robert Mueller gave his final report to Attorney General William Barr, members of Congress from both parties immediately entered into a war of words. The fights going on now are not legal, but political. Through the “spinning†of the facts and through a major PR…
Democrats are sick of watching Mitch McConnell stack the federal judiciary — including the Supreme Court — with right-wing judges. So now many of them want to retaliate, and they are starting to talk about a radical response that would allow a future Democratic president and Senate to add two new liberal justices to the…
Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said he thinks special counsel Robert Mueller is “ready to indict some folks.†Figliuzzi, who worked with Mueller at the FBI, said he believes Mueller is soon going to make public more of his findings from the investigation into Russian interference…
Democratic candidates for the U.S. Congress are closing out the campaign season with an ominous warning: telling voters millions of Americans could lose their health insurance or be forced to pay significantly more if Republicans win.
With growing support from women, Democrats are poised for major gains in midterm, new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows. Democrats are poised to make huge gains this midterm, and it’s thanks to three groups of women voters who have been important for Republicans: suburban residents, married white women and white women without college degrees….
The Democratic Party’s dreams are coming true, as they are going to get to run against a crime wave of Trump and Republican corruption.
Trump has made immigration and trade the two centerpiece issues of his midterm election strategy, but a new poll shows that he is losing on both as Democrats have surged to a double-digit lead on enthusiasm.
Chris Matthews went off and told Democrats that they have to fight Trump’s Supreme Court nominee or Democratic voters, who are sick of this crap, will overthrow them.
As Democratic resistance grows, Donald Trump is getting desperate and demanding that Democrats stop resisting him and support his policies.
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) have introduced a resolution that would direct the Attorney General to turn over information and documents related to Trump’s use of pardons. According to a statement from Rep. Lieu’s office, “The Lieu/Pascrell Resolution of Inquiry would ask the White House and direct the Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
Negotiating with Trump is a waste of time. Not only does he lack a firm grasp of the issues, but he often just agrees with the last person he spoke to.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) defended Democrats from Trump’s claim that Democrats are not acting in good faith on DACA and the Dreamers.
For decades, Republicans called themselves the party of family values, but a new poll reveals that it is now the Democratic Party that is taking a more moral position on issues like sexual harassment.
Democrats are getting set to unleash a series of ads that will make Republicans pay a heavy price for supporting the tax cuts for the rich scam.
Speaking as a folksy physician running for Virginia governor, Democrat Ralph Northam vowed in a recent campaign ad to fight Donald Trump on cuts to education funding, environmental protections and health care access.
Those closest to Trump don’t believe he grasps what serious trouble he would be in if Democrats win enough seats to take over the House in 2018.
“This silence has become unintentional endorsement. It’s become a kind of sick complicity.”
It’s hard to gauge the outcome of midterm elections more than a year before they’re held, but Donald Trump’s presidency has motivated progressive and moderate voters in a way they haven’t been in a long time.
Donald Trump spent the entire campaign playing the tough guy card, but after six months in the White House, there is not a soul on the planet who takes him seriously.
“In one week, Donald Trump got rebuked by the boy scouts, by the Pentagon, by the International Association of Police Chiefs.”
Outside of the White House and the halls of Congress, it’s clear that people of all political persuasions recognize how devastating this repeal plan would be to millions of Americans.
A handful of Democratic Senators were fuming on Thursday as Donald Trump and the White House strongly consider giving back two compounds to Russia that were shut down by the Obama administration.
“The longer that it’s out there the more it’s going to stink. People are going to figure out what they’re trying to do to the country.”
Democrats have one big, glaring downfall when it comes to the war against Republican obstruction and denial of the democratic process. It’s something that each one of you have control over
“We have not had one hearing, not one open discussion. And I should think that every Republican should be embarrassed by this, and I know that many of them are embarrassed by it.”
Murphy didn’t explicitly call for the impeachment of the president, but his comments suggest that Democrats are becoming more comfortable heading down that road.
Democrats are getting ready to wage a legal battle against Donald Trump on the basis that his business entanglements have put him in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
“This isn’t about what Donald Trump says. This is about what Donald Trump does. And he’s delivering one hit after another on working families.”
These numbers aren’t just exactly what the Democrats were hoping for going into Tuesday’s special election – they’re even better.
Democrats will win elections when they go to all parts of the country and explain that their policies are better for average Americans.
With members of Congress like Maxine Waters calling them out, Trump and the White House will not get away with lying about or diverting attention from their clear ties to Russia.
With even the most extreme conservatives opposing this plan, Republicans are miles away from repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Trump and his followers may not like it, but the Democrats who stayed seated on Tuesday night were representing the majority of Americans.
The Democrats will use their first rebuttal speech to go hard after the unpopular president.
“President Trump may be willing to ignore the Consitution and the laws of the United States of America … but the American people are not.”
Despite Trump’s promise to make huge investments in infrastructure, Republicans and the president are already pledging to oppose the Democratic plan.
Republicans blocked amendments that would protect the “most popular and effective provisions†of the ACA, including some with no fiscal impact.
Democrats are wasting air time playing Nice Guys and praising Sen Jeff Sessions, which is typical Senate behavior and typical of Democrats, for whom reaching across the aisle is a value.
But those times are gone, and they are dealing with a dangerous racist who has been nominated to be the Attorney General.
At a time when Democrats needed hope most, President Obama delivered the perfect words to soothe the hurting Democratic soul.
“It very well could be the Hispanic vote that saves Hillary Clinton in Florida.”
Trump thinks the right of the people to be secure and free of “unreasonable searches” shall not be violated unless they are people of color.
Nate Silver’s newly launched forecast gives Democrats the edge.
Democrats are going on offense in three red states, while Hillary Clinton is raising huge sums of money for Democratic Party organizations.
Democrats have to tie every national, state, and local Republican candidate to Donald Trump’s seeming extremism as typically Republican.
If the slaughter of 20 school children didn’t sway Republicans to support sane gun safety laws, why would a protest by House Democrats?
“Flat-out ‘not thinking about’ whether his efforts to hurt Clinton could aid Trump is an absurd and outrageous win-at-all-costs strategy.”
