DL Open Thread Monday April 25 2022
Offering NOTHING of value to voters and therefor bracing for big loses in the midterms, the corporate Dems are on the run. This is the upside of Sober Centrist Moderate Dems Shitting Midterm Bed:
The Squad is poised for big gains in November despite the Democrats’ likely loss of the House.
Why it matters: The progressive politics that mainstream Democrats blame for their decline stand to take center stage if both trendlines hold. And the Squad-Plus would be positioned to push the diluted ranks of its rivals into backing some of its agenda — impacting the 2024 presidential race.
State of play: As many as six staunchly progressive candidates have viable chances to win House seats this cycle.
The most notable is Greg Casar, the Democratic nominee in a solid-blue seat rooted in Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
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Another Texan, progressive Jessica Cisneros, forced moderate Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) into a primary runoff set for May 24.
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In Pennsylvania, state Rep. Summer Lee, a self-identified Democratic Socialist, is leading her nearest opponent for a Pittsburgh-based U.S. House seat by 25 points, according to a poll from Emily’s List which is backing her candidacy.
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Erica Smith in North Carolina, Becca Balint in Vermont and Amy Vilela in Nevada are three other progressives with shots at winning, multiple progressive strategists tell Axios.
The fascist lost in France. That’s good. The Center Right corporate fonctionnaire won, so the left is still out in the wilderness. That’s not so good.
Praying Washington state football coach asking U.S. Supreme Court for his job back
The most dangerous railroad crossing in the country is in Phoenix. It lies just a few miles northwest of downtown. From 2006 to 2015, the crossing had the highest number of reported incidents with 24, resulting in two injuries and no deaths.
I couldn’t find any more recent data, but the level crossing near the Deer Park seems to be in the news at least once a year.
NEWARK, Delaware (WPVI) — Two people were injured when a CSX freight train collided with a car.
The crash happened at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday in Newark, Delaware where the tracks intersect with Main Street.
“bracing for big loses in the midterms, the corporate Dems are on the run.”
On the run? Hardly. Smug and satisfied is more like it. Corporate Dems are happiest when Republicans are in power.
Judge Finds Trump In Contempt Over Withholding Of Documents. Imposes $10K fine for each day he doesn’t release them:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/nyregion/trump-investigation-letitia-james-contempt.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20220425&instance_id=59414&nl=updates-from-the-newsroom®i_id=51267621&segment_id=90208&te=1&user_id=aba1bf21e2daa04706f752b2f578916b
Anybody care about Twitter? No? Thank goodness.
Lazy journalists rely on Twitter. Twitter has revolutionized the press by allowing journos to do their jobs from their armchairs. Remember when every newscast was about “stupid stuff Trump twitted today?” And every Sunday presser show was the reaction to Trump twitters? It’s all coming back now.
And I was just thinking the other day – you know what Twitter needs? MORE hate speech, propaganda, and conspiracy theories!