This NYT essay is interesting yet mind-blowing.

Mr. Ford describes himself as “Kentuckian by birth, Southern by the grace of God, Freemason and Shriner.” He is pro-life, pro-gun, pro-police, pro-wall and anti-tax, and told me “God sent Donald Trump.” And many thought God had. 🤷🏽‍♀️
In this district more than 40% of the people rely on Medicaid and many will lose their benefits with the #BigUglyBill

🚨The Biden ACA subsidies (tax credits) are set to expire at the end of this year. Republicans likely will not extend them which means premiums will spike for 4.2 MILLIONS making coverage unaffordable. This will cause HARM.

Here is how R’s plan to gut the ACA…🧵 When Dems increased the ACA subsidies in 2021 from those 100% to 400% of poverty it allowed millions to join the ACA since coverage was cheaper.

Based on the below from CBO, if subsidies end people may no longer be able to insurance leaving them vulnerable.

Here is what I keep hearing men say without saying it:

They voted for Clinton, Obama and Biden because it gave them representation & they felt seen. Having a woman President and a male VP was not good enough.

I wish they would just be honest with themselves vs making excuses 🧵 Many women sadly think this way too. They can only see a man leading this country not a woman. No policies, outreach, dollars spent can shake that bias.

I think many sat out in 2016 & 2024 because they didn’t want a woman or Trump for pres., so they just didn’t bother to vote.

New AP-NORC Poll:

“Democrats overwhelming still have a favorable opinion of their party, there has been as drop since last September (85% vs 70%).”

Losing + lack of opposition has people feeling negative.

So how do we to get people to feel more positive about the Dem party? 🧵 Here is a few ways:

-win elections like we did in PA, WI, and Omaha last night

-keep doing town halls, meet and greets and show the hell up. Building community is vital.

-take nothing for granted. Show up in blue cities and blue states. The base needs to feel seen & heard too.

Reading this made me so mad. The struggle with the Gen Z vote, especially amongst white and latino men, is that “vibes”, fake machismo, and the liberty to say and do whatever they want will back fire on all of us.

Now that Trump’s approval is tanking where do we go from here🧵 Buyers remorse is real but in elections there are no take backs.

So looks like Leaders We Deserve aka the Hogg PAC is also backing this candidate in the TX18 special election since he received a donation of $3500 per FEC.

There are 5 other Dems running in this race including Isaiah Martin & Amanda Edwards

Here’s why this is concerning 🧵 The DNC Vice Chair should not be donating to a specific candidate via his PAC when there are multiple Dems running. It shows favoritism and while there has been no public endorsement YET when it happens these other 4 candidates will speak up?

It wont be a good look for the DNC.

Crazy that it’s 4 years later and the American people have allowed themselves to become more misinformed and less politically engaged

That 90M people sat at home & 77M voted for a convicted felon is insane

Americans will have to suffer AGAIN for people to get off their asses🧵 I have never put all my faith in Politicians or the Democratic Party to save us. They are just a means to an end for me.

But as I reflect back to 2020, voters showed up for Biden because of COVID, the Death of George Floyd, and they were just sick of Trump.

They had something to vote for and against.

Bill Clinton said this two days before election day in an interview with CNN.

What pisses me off is some Dems (majority white) are now trying to suppress how we speak and how we think to win white working class voters back. That’s BS 🧵

H/T .@magi_jay for sharing this with me What we need to figure out is what do Democrats really stand for. Are you for equality and equity? Do you embrace diversity? Are you okay with standing up for the lgbtq community especially trans and non-binary people? Are you going to protect or abandon marginalized people????

The white-lashing we just took is a painful reality check. The post obama-era has been hell. Biden brought back sanity and calm but American’s love chaos and foolery.

In 2020 the Elders knew only Biden could take Trump out, and they were right 🧵 Biden resisted leaving the race because he felt he could beat Trump. He was “forced” out because of the debate, media frenzy, and his own party wanted a change (not me). He believed in his VP and passed the torch. Joe Biden did what he thought was best for the party. He is a good man.

The discourse is getting crazy, multiple things can true:

1) Biden is a great President!
2) He had a bad debate, Dems panicked
3) The media was ridiculous
4) Drop out brigade began but simmered
5) Pelosi’s Morning Joe answer was a 💣
6) Biden intended to stay in
7) He got COVID 8) While sick, drop out brigade continued, polls tanked
9) Nancy & them thought VP should be challenged if he dropped
10) Biden made the FINAL decision that Saturday, he dropped out Sunday
11) VP and Biden made calls, secured endorsements and the delegates

VP is the nominee!

4 weeks ago there were people who thought Kamala Harris should be challenged if Joe Biden dropped out, including Pelosi and others, and this was well reported..

But you know why this didn’t happen — Joe Biden endorsed Kamala immediately and the Dem party followed his lead

🧵 Joe Biden not only secured his legacy but also showed his loyalty to Kamala Harris, his VP and friend. He knew she was ready.

With the announcement, Kamala made her calls, Joe made calls, endorsement flowed & there was a new sense of excitement in the midst of sadness.

President Joe Biden exited the 2024 election as the nominee with 107 days to go. He immediately endorsed his VP Kamala Harris; she raised $200M and secured enough delegates in 48hrs.

VP Harris pick is likely not to fit the norms of past elections, here is why..🧵 VP Harris will have 3 full weeks vs 3+ months to vet someone.

In the last 40 years Dem VP’s selected have worked in the Senate (Benson 1988, Gore 1992, Lieberman 2000, Edwards 2004, Biden 2008, Kaine 2016, Harris 2020) with one exception Ferraro 1988 who was a congresswoman.

The media focusing on polling a year in advance should have been a sign of things to come. If it wasn’t this debate, it would have been something else. Their goal has always been to sow doubt in voters minds about Biden.

My question is why are certain Dems feeding into this? 🧵 I see a bunch of white Dem men, never trumpers + 2 TX Latino men (Castro and Grijalava) being the weak links helping the media by saying Biden should drop out. You are only helping Trump and really don’t give a damn about us. It’s very opportunistic and shows your weak character.

President Biden has official confirmed 200 lifetime appointed judges 🎉🎉

I have tracked each and every judge confirmed from 2021 to present. This is a major accomplishment that should not be taken for granted. #courtsmatter 🧵

Judges 1 - 50

https://twitter.com/tify330/status/1408174718545432577

Judges 51-100

https://twitter.com/tify330/status/1506811434184986629

Good Morning to everyone but the PG County sellouts.

We see you, you tried it and I said what I said. How you cosign and lie to protect that man is beyond me. Your hateration has twisted your raggedy wigs into knots and made you ugly people inside, it’s so pathetic and sad. 🧵 There’s been nothing worse than seeing PG county elected officials lose their credibility as a result of being bitter, jealous & attention seeking haters in order to spite Angela. Watching Trone use his whiteness + money to convince them they are ‘special’ has been pathetic.

Over the weekend I took an in-depth look at David and June Trone’s donations and found the following: 🧵

1) In July 2012, David Trone’s wife June gave 2 donations to Romney’s presidential campaign against Obama but David gave to neither. Odd to say the least for Democrats.. 2) There was also a $38K donation that June and David Trone made to Greg Abbott in 2014, in addition to the individual donations we already knew about. Why did they give so much money to Greg Abbott? was this a pay to play situation for his Total Wine business in TX? 🤔

Democrats here is a word of advice.

Don’t assume the person you see in commericals or sending you mailers is the best person for the job. Take initiative on your own to learn who is running, do research, go to events, read articles, and follow candidates on social media. 🧵 I have always done my research on candidates but made it a point to get fully involved in Maryland politics in 2022 and go to events. I also take my friend with me too.

Candidates have meet and greets, organizing events and need volunteers. It’s not hard to get involved.

People have no clue what is happening behind the scenes. Biden tolerates Bibi..they have different values. Biden is a pragmatist & Bibi is a narcissistic radical nut.

There is a powerful struggle happening but with the world watching Biden has to be strategic and diplomatic. 🧵 Notice the Arab world has gone pretty quiet. Qatar, Egypt and U.S. are working together. Jordanians and Saudis have calmed down. This means Biden, Blinken and Sullivan are working the phones. Blinken will be back in Israel Thursday. Red lines are handled behind closed doors.

This article has me 🙄 but glad the narrative was countered in the quotes by Black people who do this work.

I am so over these white reporters and their Black voter articles. They seriously need to go focus on white voters. 🧵 The articles premise is based off polls numbers which is hilarious because most national polls do not survey enough Black people. Fox and Quinnipiac did not include the # of Black people they talked to. 100 - 200 Black folks don’t represent the electorate.

Let’s talk about the timing it took to get DOJ officials in place since some of you have bad memories but love to scream about Garland moving slow. 🧵

Senate approves 50-50 power-sharing agreement: 2/3/21

Senate Impeachment Trial: 2/9 - 2/12/21 Trump found not guilty. AG Garland Confirmation: Nominated 1/25/21; Hearing 2/22-23; Confirmed 3/10; Sworn in 3/11.

Do people realize the DOJ was gutted by Sessions, Barr & Trump? If so you should read this article. It was a mess.

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…

I am a realist so let’s talk about what will happen if the U.S. defaults on our debt. This is not to scare people but for awareness and preparation.

McCarthy and R’s will essentially crash our economy by not increasing the debt ceiling. Here’s how 🧵

401 (K) & Social Security Federal Employees pay checks & Medicare/Medicaid