From your lips to God's ear, Lucian. It's time (past time) for a change. I've got little to no faith in the current Democratic leadership, but I have faith in my fellow Democrats. Mamdani's win is a huge step forward. We can do this.
Fuck all that the first thing they better do isn impeach Trump and at least 3!supremes! Fuck bi partisan anything, then arrest all the Heritage group and declare all domestic right wing militias terrorists! Then put a 90% tax on billionaires and end fox news ! And that’s the first week!
I can kinda hear a little joy in your writing, Lucian. Am I right? Just listening to Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC. He said that perhaps there are 5 Repubs who may vote against the bill. Gawwwd…please make it so! So frigging tired of their damn carrots always being dangled in front of our faces. Onward!
And we’ve got young David Hogg pulling out (ousted?) from the DNC on a mission to primary complacent sitting Democrats with young active changemakers - yes!
The DNC et al. are corporate-donation junkies. In NYC, Zohran Mamdani, 33, ran a thrilling campaign that won the primary with 43% of the vote over ex-Governor Andrew money-bags Cuomo, 67, (36%) and others last week. The ranked-choice setup means it won't be over officially for a few more days, but it's over.
Did Dem pols and party leaders fall all over each other to congratulate Mamdani? Congressman Jerry Nadler endorsed him promptly. Everyone else was a weasel or worse. Hakeem Jeffries and Dan Goldman were as bad as Governor Kathy Hochul, but the worst was Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, allowed by WNYC to spew Islamophobic lies about Mamdani on public airwaves. Jewish NYC is mostly fine with the Muslim Mamdani, AIPAC is not. Maybe KG is looking to add another scalp on her belt to Al Franken's? NY and the US need AOC in that seat.
NYC Dems finally have a second exciting candidate, and that terrifies party officials, local and fed, and their bankers. Not even that primary convinced them of the allure of authenticity.
Not enough pundits have noted that Brad Lander, the 3rd-place finisher in the primary, cross-endorsed Mamdani. Lander is Jewish. AIPAC is definitely a big problem. P.S. Do you really think AOC has the chops to be a senator at this point? Like her mentor, Sanders, she's great at oratory and self-promotion and she clearly inspires people, but her effectiveness as a legislator is an open question.
With everything else going on, nyc Comptroller Brad Lander (actually, my #1) is now a footnote EXCEPT in terms of ranked choice voting. Eric Adams is mayor arguably because no liberal candidates partnered in that primary as Lander and Mamdani did this time. I'm confident Brad will be high in a Mamdani hierarchy. … None of us will still be alive when everyone agrees AOC is ready for the Senate. Name a better qualified New Yorker? She has more record than most freshmen Senators and is a *very* quick study. What worries me is the people I see online trying to elevate her prematurely to a presidential run.
I still haven't figured out whether it was "pulled out" or "ousted." My guess is that he realized working from within the DNC was a waste of time and we don't have time to waste.
Assuming the subject is David Hogg, would you consider 'both?' Bad fit. His talent for stinging the establishment doesn't mean he functions in it effectively.
Talk about “political winds…”. Yesterday Musk says he’ll super-primary anybody who votes for the BBadB, and this morning, Trump suggested DOGE look for Musk business subsidies to help lower his companies’ costs.
Not to worry, I definitely know that. Perhaps he *will* support Republican primary challengers, but I don't believe he has the background to do this effectively. If he does no more than undermine Trump's and/or the GOP's favorites, he'll have done Democrats a favor.
The GQP/MAGAT cult gutless eunuchs give Donnie Demento the finger?? Are you kidding? They haven't stood up to him once in 10 years. Why would anyone ever believe they will do so now?
And how about hearing after hearing after hearing grilling Hegseth, Patel, Bongino, Bondi, and the awful awful ICE Barbie on all of the felonies they’ve been committing and human rights abuses for which they arguably deserve to be hauled before the International Criminal Court
Gather the evidence so that when a serious Democratic president and an Attorney General who actually means business hold office, they can all be prosecuted, Nuremberg-trials style, and sent to prison for the long sentences they so richly deserve.
Stay safe! Btw, I had to bee line it into my basement 3 times in the past couple of months because of tornado warnings. My wife and I live in the upper midwest region. I’m praying and hoping the democrats can win big in next years midterms election. Also, the 🍊clown posted couple of days ago on his crappy app regarding about Senator Tillis not running for re-election. Yeah, he ended the post saying: Thank you for your attention to this matter! Omg, what a jerk!
You absolutely, positively hit the nail on the head with your last paragraph. The key, of course, is whether the Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, et al., (and, we hope, the president two years after that) have the courage to be relentless and merciless. The Donkey Party has been lacking in that regard over the past over the past 50 years.
I got to the desert in 1950. First house no cooling. Slept in ert sheets on army cots outside.
Mom prayed for a breeze.
Second house a Swamp Cooler. Have worked fields con Braceros y Mojados. Slept on dirt floors. Swamp in irrigation ditched and canals. First girlfriend at 14, last name, Moreno. At 85 current 90 year old girlfriend last name, Blanco.
I intend to die in the great Sonoran Desert what's left of it.
I personally want to see Dem candidates run on a promise to hold as many hearings as necessary to obtain a full and complete accounting of spending by DHS, ICE, DOGE and Justice Department over the preceding years.
Elon Musk should take a ride on one of his Starship prototypes and suffer an "unscheduled rapid disassembly." Ashes strewn over the Gulf would be a fitting end, don't you think?
From your lips to God's ear, Lucian. It's time (past time) for a change. I've got little to no faith in the current Democratic leadership, but I have faith in my fellow Democrats. Mamdani's win is a huge step forward. We can do this.
Amen and Amen!!!
Agreed!
Fuck all that the first thing they better do isn impeach Trump and at least 3!supremes! Fuck bi partisan anything, then arrest all the Heritage group and declare all domestic right wing militias terrorists! Then put a 90% tax on billionaires and end fox news ! And that’s the first week!
if only
Just do it! The Constitution doesn’t make it illegal !
Apparently nothing is illegal!
I would agree, but say first day action.
I guess "rule of law" doesn't mean anything to you? You sound like Steve Bannon's alter ego.
The rule of law disappeared with Reagan’s Irangate treason investigation, ended by the notorious Bill Barr Susanna…it’s been in free fall since!!
Well where is the rule of law when the Republicans are running things???
I can kinda hear a little joy in your writing, Lucian. Am I right? Just listening to Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC. He said that perhaps there are 5 Repubs who may vote against the bill. Gawwwd…please make it so! So frigging tired of their damn carrots always being dangled in front of our faces. Onward!
When I hear Susan Collins say she is "concerned", I know that her concern ends with her being concerned.
Sad, but true. The theatrical expression of her "concern" was getting old years ago.
Collins is a snake. We’re surprised every time we git bit.
Collins is only concerned with keeping her big donors and getting reelected. Collins should retire.
LOVE LAWRENCE!!! And you, too, Lucian! Thanks for Hope!
I’m listening too to Lawrence!
He really is outstanding!! Clear and directly to the point.
Lawrence's birthday is the same day as mine! I've met him in person and he was very nice!
I’m sensing similar things Marlene, we’re intelligent beings in need of hope!!
And we’ve got young David Hogg pulling out (ousted?) from the DNC on a mission to primary complacent sitting Democrats with young active changemakers - yes!
I’ve always been impressed with David Hogg.
I wait to vote for him or Maxwell.
Why doesn't the DNC support him and other young leaders. The time has come for a younger generation to step up. We should support them/.
The DNC et al. are corporate-donation junkies. In NYC, Zohran Mamdani, 33, ran a thrilling campaign that won the primary with 43% of the vote over ex-Governor Andrew money-bags Cuomo, 67, (36%) and others last week. The ranked-choice setup means it won't be over officially for a few more days, but it's over.
Did Dem pols and party leaders fall all over each other to congratulate Mamdani? Congressman Jerry Nadler endorsed him promptly. Everyone else was a weasel or worse. Hakeem Jeffries and Dan Goldman were as bad as Governor Kathy Hochul, but the worst was Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, allowed by WNYC to spew Islamophobic lies about Mamdani on public airwaves. Jewish NYC is mostly fine with the Muslim Mamdani, AIPAC is not. Maybe KG is looking to add another scalp on her belt to Al Franken's? NY and the US need AOC in that seat.
NYC Dems finally have a second exciting candidate, and that terrifies party officials, local and fed, and their bankers. Not even that primary convinced them of the allure of authenticity.
UPDATE/Tuesday from Bolts editor Taniel @taniel.bsky.social·
————FINAL RESULT of the New York City election:
Mamdani: 56.0%. 545,334 votes (+99,069 over first-round).
Cuomo: 44.0%, 428,530 votes (+53,493 over first-round).
Mamdani wins by 12 percentage points.
Gillibrand is a weasel. After what she did to Al Franken, I've been waiting for her to get what she deserves.
The WNYC episode hasn't helped Gillibrand's prospects. Rolling Stone and Truthout covered it, Truthout in painful detail. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/kirsten-gillibrand-zohran-mamdani-global-jihad-1235373902/
https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-senator-gillibrand-goes-on-islamophobic-rant-against-mamdani/
WNYC's Brian Lehrer should have turned off her mic in seconds but, having phoned it in for years, didn't even know that.
Good for Nadler. Had not heard that.
[disclaimer re: not following closely, everybody having baggage…] Over the years Gerald has taken some heroic stands. Good for him!
Not enough pundits have noted that Brad Lander, the 3rd-place finisher in the primary, cross-endorsed Mamdani. Lander is Jewish. AIPAC is definitely a big problem. P.S. Do you really think AOC has the chops to be a senator at this point? Like her mentor, Sanders, she's great at oratory and self-promotion and she clearly inspires people, but her effectiveness as a legislator is an open question.
With everything else going on, nyc Comptroller Brad Lander (actually, my #1) is now a footnote EXCEPT in terms of ranked choice voting. Eric Adams is mayor arguably because no liberal candidates partnered in that primary as Lander and Mamdani did this time. I'm confident Brad will be high in a Mamdani hierarchy. … None of us will still be alive when everyone agrees AOC is ready for the Senate. Name a better qualified New Yorker? She has more record than most freshmen Senators and is a *very* quick study. What worries me is the people I see online trying to elevate her prematurely to a presidential run.
They want to stick with same old strategy. As we witness daily, it’s not working
The message to the Dem establishment must be, "Lead, or follow, or get out of the way!"
100% in agreement Arne!!
I still haven't figured out whether it was "pulled out" or "ousted." My guess is that he realized working from within the DNC was a waste of time and we don't have time to waste.
Assuming the subject is David Hogg, would you consider 'both?' Bad fit. His talent for stinging the establishment doesn't mean he functions in it effectively.
Good luck with the weather, and may all your predictions come true!!
I'll use the Obama slogan: Hope.
Will 5 republicans find the sanity to give Donnie's big ugly wants the finger?
Then watch a crybaby throw a big fake tantrum.
No, Cal, I'm pretty sure it will be a real tantrum...
Your right. A real psychopath tantrum
Talk about “political winds…”. Yesterday Musk says he’ll super-primary anybody who votes for the BBadB, and this morning, Trump suggested DOGE look for Musk business subsidies to help lower his companies’ costs.
If Musk successfully knocks a few GOP incumbents off their perches, the country will finally have a reason to thank him.
He would only support worse than already exists. Musk is not this country's friend.
Not to worry, I definitely know that. Perhaps he *will* support Republican primary challengers, but I don't believe he has the background to do this effectively. If he does no more than undermine Trump's and/or the GOP's favorites, he'll have done Democrats a favor.
The psychopath's version of slap-and-tickle.
The GQP/MAGAT cult gutless eunuchs give Donnie Demento the finger?? Are you kidding? They haven't stood up to him once in 10 years. Why would anyone ever believe they will do so now?
Ur right. Only 2 did.
And how about hearing after hearing after hearing grilling Hegseth, Patel, Bongino, Bondi, and the awful awful ICE Barbie on all of the felonies they’ve been committing and human rights abuses for which they arguably deserve to be hauled before the International Criminal Court
Gather the evidence so that when a serious Democratic president and an Attorney General who actually means business hold office, they can all be prosecuted, Nuremberg-trials style, and sent to prison for the long sentences they so richly deserve.
Straight to The Hague with all of them!!!!!
Love “Ice Barbie”. Perfect.
Yes, to all that. Recruit working class men.
Stay safe! Btw, I had to bee line it into my basement 3 times in the past couple of months because of tornado warnings. My wife and I live in the upper midwest region. I’m praying and hoping the democrats can win big in next years midterms election. Also, the 🍊clown posted couple of days ago on his crappy app regarding about Senator Tillis not running for re-election. Yeah, he ended the post saying: Thank you for your attention to this matter! Omg, what a jerk!
Btw, the democrats need new and young candidates.
Oh dear god, please. You have been my (slight) Beacon of Hope 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You absolutely, positively hit the nail on the head with your last paragraph. The key, of course, is whether the Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, et al., (and, we hope, the president two years after that) have the courage to be relentless and merciless. The Donkey Party has been lacking in that regard over the past over the past 50 years.
It's sad but true. We need fighters, not comity weenies.
Runfastandwin. Today i Saw another Roadrunner darting across the Great Sonoran Desert. That's 2 in two days.
They are everywhere where I live. They have the strangest call when they are looking for a mate. It's a kind of weird rattle.
Runfastandwin.
Is your roadrunner statue in the Great Sonoran Desert. What's left of it?
I haven't seen one in a couple weeks, of course, as hot as it is I don't go out much...
The desert gets peaceful in the summer. No Canadians, less snowbirds.
Result more wild denizens abound. The Quail just passed threw catching my evening meal for then. Finches still on the feed sock till dark.
Enjoyed 2 summers in Tucson! The third I was pregnant with only a swamp cooler for relief.
I got to the desert in 1950. First house no cooling. Slept in ert sheets on army cots outside.
Mom prayed for a breeze.
Second house a Swamp Cooler. Have worked fields con Braceros y Mojados. Slept on dirt floors. Swamp in irrigation ditched and canals. First girlfriend at 14, last name, Moreno. At 85 current 90 year old girlfriend last name, Blanco.
I intend to die in the great Sonoran Desert what's left of it.
Fuck Donald Trump and his gold.
I love our Canadian friends, but traffic is nil when all the snowbirds are away.
Hot as Hell here. Literally.
Good luck with the storms. Great news about prospects. Time for those changes.......
I personally want to see Dem candidates run on a promise to hold as many hearings as necessary to obtain a full and complete accounting of spending by DHS, ICE, DOGE and Justice Department over the preceding years.
And deport Elon to Mars.
Elon Musk should take a ride on one of his Starship prototypes and suffer an "unscheduled rapid disassembly." Ashes strewn over the Gulf would be a fitting end, don't you think?
DELICIOUS 😋
Stay safe, my friend. I continue to hear good comments about the column that lead with Tony.
Stay safe Lucian, Tracy & all your fur-babies.