I guess cornering the market in Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice futures will be yet another anachronism, like taping a show or dialing a phone

Doubtful. Cuomo couldn’t even win in his hometown. He’s toast.

He might decide to run, though, and live off campaign funds for a year or two, then decide he is “throwing his support” to Newsom right before Super Tuesday, just to make a Newsom nomination inevitable.

That’s the way these Democratic “primaries” work: start out with several earablishmeny candidates to prevent any one alternative candidate from breaking out. But all of those establishment candidates secretly back the Next One Up, and gradually concede during the first few weeks of the primary so that the establishment candidate gets all the backing.

The only time Democrats didn’t do it this way was 2008, when Obama beat out Clinton. Democrats want to ensure a more qualified and charismatic candidate never beats out the establishment choice again!

Keep an eye on that Mayor in Minneapolis. People are getting to know him nationally, and he seems to have the right tone when dealing with fascists. And Minnesota DFL Democrats seem to be less corporate than the rest of them.

He’s still young, though, and with the Governor there not running again Frey might decide to run for that seat first.

He also looks the part, which never hurts. And he has the main quality that candidates like Harris lack: a penis.

Oh yes, he will. But he’s the Next One Up!

Someone needs to give an inspiring concession speech after Gavin clinches the nomination…

Maybe I’m oversimplifying it, but “Money is Speech” is less of a problem than “Corporations are People” from Citizens United. Because the latter takes rights that this country historically reserves for humans and gives them to organizations (that are themselves composed of humans).

Simply reverse that, and you can restore limits on these organizations. Billionaires can still spend money how they are fit, but unless the billionaire does it all himself, at some point he will need an organization to do it, and that organization can have constraints.

Crikey

In most states, if a Senator leaves office for any reason, the state’s governor would be empowered to appoint a replacement until a special election can be held. Kentucky, however, has two powerful Republican Senators, and a Democratic Governor. So after some back and forth, the legislature passed a bill (over the Governor’s veto) that said the Governor could not appoint anyone, but could only schedule the special election, letting the seat remain vacant.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/05/how-are-us-senate-vacancies-filled-in-kentucky/78253161007/

However, it is possible the governor might ignore the law and appoint someone anyway, and let the Senate deal with accepting the appointment.

Lol, no. I’m just old enough to realize why the “tear it all down” approach can only ever work for the side that wants to abandon Democracy, no matter who uses it.

Democracy dies in broad daylight

“Fascists want to destroy the country. Quick, let’s do it first! That’ll show 'em!”

No, it’s that Republicans don’t give a shit about the Federal Government and want to drown it in the bathtub. So a shutdown actually plays into their long term plan.

On the other hand, Democrats find value in the Federal Government, and are acutely aware of how damaging a shutdown in, both due to the temporary interruption in services and the damage to morale of Federal workers. All stuff Republicans don’t care about either. They view Federal workers as the enemy. They want them to all quit, and probably wish much less charitable things on them in private.

This is a perfect example of how petty people hide behind rules.

What’s the context here? Are these the Democrats who voted for the funding package? If so your premise is wrong. They voted to extend DHS funding at current levels until the end of next week. That is hardly “no restrictions”.

ICE already has its money, so voting “no” on this would not have affected its operations at all.

Stand down, Comrade, and read her bio. Yes, she’s a lawyer, but she has spent her whole law career as a public defender and local politician, eventually becoming the NYC Public Advocate, which is a weird position that amounts to a Deputy Mayor who is a permanent government ombudsman/watchdog.

She is literally the last person you should be accusing of class warfare. Sometimes, a politician is just a politician, and not part of a capitalist plot…

I think this is a great idea, but can use one little change: they should all have body cams streaming ICE behavior publicly in real-time.

I think it will change things greatly if ICE knows they are all being watched, all the time.

Um Ackshually, gerrymandering has nothing to do with this one. As a Senator, he represents his entire state, and the borders of his “district” don’t change.

However, “ignorant populace” may be spot on.

Leticia James has no reason to be complicit with Donald Trump’s fascism.

Say what you will about how slow justice was during the Trump Interregnum, but James’ office was the only one that managed to push charges that stuck, and that led to conviction. Trump escaped punishment by getting elected President again, then used the power of his office to go after James personally.

If there is a single person in authority here with a score to settle with Donald Trump, it’s her.

Don’t be so sure the votes aren’t there in Congress. Mike Johnson just went on the record saying “I know that it’s fraudulent every time a Democrat wins, although I can’t prove it”. I bet Republicans pass something batshit crazy before the midterms.

But then it gets to the Senate, and Democrats can fillibuster, right? Well, the fillibuster is just a rule, which the majority keeps around because it knows it will be in the minority someday. But what if Republicans ditch it to guarantee a permanent majority? They absolutely would ditch it, if they thought it would make a difference in the election, and cement Republicans control of Congress.

He looks (and acts) like a grown up Caillou