#Senate
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An Early Look at the Race for the Senate
Congress is the weakest branch of government right now, and the Senate is a major reason why. The Senate needs 60 votes on most things these days and that is virtually unobtainable so the body will be paralyzed by inaction until cloture rules are eliminated. However, it only takes 51 votes (52 accounting for Fetterman)…
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IRAN WAR WEEK 18, Ceasefire day #9: Strait of Hormuz was open on 27 February, now it’s a “state fair”
Epic Fury should have been branded as the Great American State Fair because the US would do anything for deep-fried food and protecting festivals with the National Guard. OTOH the Strait of Hormuz is being choked, but not on cholesterol. US bombed Iran, June 26, 2026, in retaliation for Iranian drone attack on a commercial…
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Weaponizing the Housing Bill Goes Both Ways
In a rare example of bipartisanship, the Senate (85 to 5!) and the House (396 to 13!!!) voted on a bill to help make housing more affordable for the US population. The felon was even eager to sign it, planning a signing ceremony – which he then cancelled at the last minute. Natalie Allison, Mariana…
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Trump holds housing hostage to ram through anti-voter bill
Trump canceled a bill signing ceremony for a housing bill because Congress has yet to pass his voter suppression bill.
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Congress voted to end Trump’s war. But does it even matter?
Congratulations to Donald Trump, the first and only president to have Congress pass a War Powers Resolution against him.
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Everybody hates Todd Blanche
More than 100 judges filed a bar complaint against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
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The Rats are Reaching for the Life Preservers
The rats have not quite deserted the sinking ship that is is the SS trump, but they are putting on the life jackets and heading toward the decks. Start with a king rat – Senator John Cornyn. From today’s Houston Chronicle: Cornyn breaks ranks, questions Trump’s ‘chaos’ leadership style The outgoing Texas Republican isn’t exactly…
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Trump will do anything to rig elections—even kneecap his own nominees
Poor Jay Clayton. Wednesday was supposed to be his big day: a Senate confirmation hearing where he would transition from being the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York to the director of National Intelligence. But then President Donald Trump stepped in and whisked it all away, delaying Clayton’s hearing so that he…
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TACO, Pulte stays in place
It could be the 2020 election Shibboleth or acknowledging his difficulties in installing so many unqualified stooges. But there seem to be many moving parts to Trump’s surrender to Iran, as Trump posts from the G7. Because maybe it’s about the SDNY and tying FISA to voter suppression elsewhere. It’s not too early to wonder…
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I’m thinking of donating to the Platner campaign
Graham Platner would raise the moral level of the Senate like Senator Markwayne Mullin raised the value of letterspacing enough to head the Department of Heimat Security. In his public statements, the latter makes Trump’s cognition tests look like the LSATs. Markwayne’s just that stupid, likely from too many MMA hits upside the head, which…
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Democrats’ Senate odds just got even brighter
New polling shows that Democrats’ odds of taking control of the Senate are getting even better.
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Hang Kavanaugh Around Collins’s Neck
I see several diaries up this morning about the Maine Senate race, mostly focused on whether or not Maine Democrats did the right thing in choosing a candidate who is, let us admit, less than perfect. Angela Marx has it right: The Maine primary is over; how about we end the fighting here? I want…
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Inflation, Iran war, Nancy Mace, and other Republican fails
Here’s your Daily Kos Recap for June 10.
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Republicans can’t get on the same page with Talarico attacks
Republican operatives are growing increasingly desperate in the Senate race in Texas, where they’re pushing false, offensive, and contradictory attacks against James Talarico—who they fear could become the first Texas Democrat to win a Senate race in more than 30 years. The latest comes from a Trump-aligned super PAC, which is running a gross and…
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Why Trump keeps appointing temporary flunkies
Trump’s second term has been marked by the installation of acting officials to avoid Senate confirmation hearings.
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Tired of the Platner Mess? Let’s Talk About These Senate Candidates Instead!
Other than the title, I will not mention the drama unfolding in the Maine Senate race. Plenty of other places to do that and my feelings on the topic should be clear by now. Instead, let us look at the candidates that are being deprived of oxygen right now that should get our unequivocal support.…
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The Houston Chronicle heartily endorses James Talarico for Senate
The Houston Chronicle, the largest daily newspaper in Houston and the “newspaper of record” of the Houston area endorsed James Talarico for Senate over republican Ken Paxton, on Thursday, with the title – “Texans deserve better than Ken Paxton’s moral rot. The choice is obvious. Both Republicans and Democrats should prefer a servant leader over…
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Ken Paxton’s deal with pedophile looms over Texas Senate race
Ken Paxton has only been a GOP Senate nominee for a few days, and he’s already in hot water.
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The best opposition research on Ken Paxton was written by Republicans.
“Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography” – Oscar Wilde MAGA’s man There was a day when a man accused of financial fraud, political misdemeanors, employee abuse, and adultery, all while being sued for divorce, would have bowed out of a race for political office. But…
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John Cornyn desperately tries to save his job after Trump snub
Texans head to the polls for a number of primary runoffs, including the Senate race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton.
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Republicans secretly seethe over Trump’s midterms meddling
President Donald Trump is riding high after his efforts to oust GOP lawmakers he deemed insufficiently loyal successfully felled Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
