>primaries a sitting Congresswoman and scares her into retirement
>never shows up to Congress because he wants to fly planes
>runs for Governor instead and gets destroyed
>refuses to elaborate
>leaves
This is a hate account for:
-the people of Maine
-Bill Nelson and his strategists
-Cal Cunningham's horniness
-Jill Stein voters
-RBG's refusal to retire
-Katie McGinty
Plus you have tons of celebrities highlighting it! Bad Bunny seemed like he was gonna stay out of the presidential race and just focus on the governor's/local races but this seems to have galvanized him and other Puerto Rican celebs
I don’t like to do anecdote type stuff but I’m seeing people I know who have literally never posted about this election or politics in general posting about this. Probably helps that celebrities with massive platforms are posting about it — it’s on fire on IG right now
A Harris consultant I spoke to was very excited about a focus group they saw where undecided Latino voters — who were not Puerto Rican mind you — changed to support Harris because of the “wild” MSG rally comments
Canceled my DSA membership yesterday. Maybe when I have more time to be involved and steer it in the right direction I'll join again but right now all I was doing was implicitly supporting the ridiculous positions of national leadership/DSA IC by inflating the membership numbers.
THREAD: Polls have just opened in Puerto Rico. Let's talk about what to expect down there.
As y'all will hopefully know from following me, Puerto Rican politics doesn't break along Democrat vs Republican lines, instead, parties are traditionally aligned on PR's political status.
.@BillKristol is one of the most thoughtful voices in defending liberalism and democratic institutions in our country. Learned a lot in our conversation about shaping also an inclusive narrative around American patriotism.
If I were Joe Kennedy's campaign manager I would simply not complain about cartoon dinosaurs saying mean things and people throwing away mailers they received
Bill Nelson,fmr FL Democratic Senator & NASA Administrator nominee,at his Senate confirmation hearing:"There's a catch in my throat when I think abt the wonderful times I have had w/you all & the friendships that have been bred over the 18yrs that I was privileged to serve here."
The Blue Dog is alive and well in Puerto Rico.
$15 minimum wage: 90% support, 2% oppose
Green New Deal: 79% support, 3% oppose
Medicare For All: 77% support, 5% oppose
Legal weed: 44% support, 39% oppose
Legal abortion: 30% support, 48% oppose
It is 2053. Florida is now underwater. Jeff Bezos is a quadrillionaire. George RR Martin has just published A Dream of Spring.
The Senate is still negotiating the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.