Old enough to get it. Young enough to get it done. These opinions are my own, but are also sometimes shamelessly stolen from those I respect.
Austin, TX
Joined March 2009
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.@jonstewart weighs in on Trump's surreal "I Had It Cleaned" speech at The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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Stay safe folks. Friendly reminder.
I fought to stop DeSantis from using emergency disaster relief funds for political stunts like Alligator Alcatraz. Ashley Moody allowed it.
I raised the alarm and organized around the 50% cuts to FEMA. Ashley Moody was silent.
We purchased beds, donated money, supplies and food to hurricane survivors. Moody, while Attorney General turned the other way when insurance companies, her donors, denied claims to rebuild homes.
Vote accordingly.
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I couldn’t have asked for a better partner on this journey than our next governor, @GinaHinojosaTX
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In the final days of this election, they’re coming at us with everything they’ve got.
We have to leave it all on the field.
Because as every Texan knows: Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.
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I know @HaleyforMI way better than most people on X. She and I came into Congress together in 2018. She was co-Prez of our freshman class. She was incredibly kind to me when my late partner died; she organized a big group of our class to come to the House floor to support me when I spoke about his suicide. We were roommates in 2023, after my wonderful first roomie lost her election; both my adult kids know Haley well and are on a texting basis with her. We’ve socialized and we have good friends in common. While she and I differ on one impt issue, specifically Israel and AIPAC support, I’ve never publicly challenged her on those things, because I felt that her good points outweighed the issues I disagreed with her on. Today, that changes. 👇
Haley’s endorsement of Rogers in the MI senate race is appalling. Not because he’s a Republican, but because what he stands for is what she, and I, and our caucus has fought so hard against. Rogers is a 100% anti-choice politician. He is a Trump loyalist. He’s shown his Islamophobia in his many remarks against @AbdulElSayed, and with this endorsement, Haley has shown that she agrees with his positions. I’m shocked by Haley’s endorsement. I’m terribly sad and disappointed. I’m furious and will be more so if we lose the MI senate race. So many people in the Democratic Party have shown so much support to Haley over the years, and she has betrayed them all. If this is because of her new relationship (about which many of us were so happy for her after she lost the primary), all I can say is that any woman who abandons her friends when a new guy comes along is no friend at all. The fallout for Haley won’t just be in Dem politics; she will be a pariah among her friends in the Democratic caucus in Congress. Only she will be able to decide whether it was worth it.
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I spoke with Haley Stevens yesterday.
Feeling a bit absurd in pointing out the obvious and being far kinder than I should have been, I reminded her that the outcome of this senate race will be viewed in the light of a future Supreme Court vacancy, and I expressed a hope that all of us understand the stakes.
She assured me she's supporting Dr. El-Sayed, sent me a video of a recent speech she gave blasting Mike Rogers and said this: "Still stands. I promise."
She also said she's been sending this video to other folks to make it clear where she stands on this race.
Again: that was yesterday.
I have known Haley Stevens for years. I have counted her as a friend and an ally. We've had many thoughtful conversations about this country, and she has never failed to remind me that her mother is a fan of my writing.
Whatever other political differences we have, she has always made it clear to me she would stand with LGBTQ people. It was a red line she refused to cross.
Instead, she has made the inexplicable decision to endorse a man who views LGBTQ Americans as second-class citizens unworthy of full equality.
I can't help but wonder what her mother must be thinking right now.
I have no idea what has happened to the person I thought I knew, but clearly, she has completely taken leave of her senses in endorsing a Republican who is little more than a Trump sycophant -- less than 24 hours after promising me that she has not wavered from the bigger picture.
I am disgusted with her cynicism and cowardice in this moment. God forgive me for trusting her.
If you're a Michigan voter and as disgusted as I am, get to your polling place and vote for Dr. El-Sayed.
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On Wednesday morning, Hakeem Jeffries should announce that Haley Stevens will no longer be receiving committee assignments from Democrats for the rest of this Congress and that she should either sit as an independent or Republican.
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If you told me 6 months ago that Haley Stevens would have a slimy right-wing boyfriend who goes on TMZ right before Election Day to try and help Republicans win the Senate seat in Michigan, I would've believed you right away
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A visitor to Berlin, Germany shared with us this photo from a major German newspaper with the headline, “He’s barely known, but Trump fears him” along with a two page write up.
@jamestalarico
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Obviously Haley Stevens has decided not to seek higher office again, which is probably best for everyone.
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Retired Republican County Judge Glen Whitley endorses James Talarico for US Senate:
“I’m ashamed that Ken Paxton is even on the ballot. He’s the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, James Talarico just unveiled a last minute endorsement from a Republican who served with Ken Paxton in the State House. Every Texan needs to see this.
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Shame on Alaska Democrats for recruiting candidates who will draw support from people who’d otherwise vote Republican.
by Jill Stein and Cornell West
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Talarico: "We are literally going up against the richest man in the world. This election is a battle between the powers that be and the powers that ought to be. The powers that be have chosen their candidate. They have bought and paid for Ken Paxton. But we are standing with the powers that ought to be -- the teachers and nurses, the farmers and ranchers, the grandmother who is facing eviction, the little boy waking up from the lights of the data center ... I want to be a senator for every Texan who can't afford one"
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What’s a polite way to tell someone, “I’m not discussing this with you because your entire understanding of the subject is built on so many interconnected misconceptions that correcting them would require uninstalling your current worldview and starting the tutorial from birth”?