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ryanwakc ➐ retweeted
Ok about time for an update on this, with subjective categories:
All but certain:
🔵 Andy Beshear
🔵 Cory Booker
🔵 Pete Buttigieg
🔵 Rahm Emanuel
🔵 Ro Khanna
🔵 Gavin Newsom
🔵 JB Pritzker
🔵 Josh Shapiro
Seems pretty likely:
🔵 Mark Kelly
🔵 Wes Moore
Clearly considering:
🔵 Ruben Gallego
🔵 Kamala Harris
🔵 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
🔵 Elissa Slotkin
🔵 Chris Van Hollen
🔵 Raphael Warnock
Says they’re not considering running but no one really believes them:
🔵 Jon Ossoff
Wouldn’t be surprised, and get well soon:
🔵 Chris Murphy
Haven’t closed the door, but unlikely:
🔵 Gretchen Whitmer
People will speculate that they will run but it’s very difficult to imagine they will turn around and run a national campaign after being Senator or Governor for only like 3-6 months, everyone settle down:
🔵 Abdul El-Sayed
🔵 Rob Sand
🔵 James Talarico
Potential lefty choice if AOC doesn’t run:
🔵 Shawn Fain
🔵 Sara Nelson
🔵 Jimmy Williams
Potential celebrity vanity run:
🔵 Don Lemon
🔵 Jasmine Crockett
Resist Lib fantasy:
🔵 Jon Stewart
ryanwakc ➐ retweeted
COLLINS: What do you say to the 11 Democrats who didn't show up to vote tonight?
EL-SAYED: You should show up and do your job
ryanwakc ➐ retweeted
Can’t wait for him to not play this weekend because he “doesn’t know the playbook” man just tell him what route to run in the huddle.
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Split screen at Capitol Hill today:
Hakeem Jeffries is arguing that he should be the leader of the Democrats — and then, as the current leader, he couldn’t get enough Democrats to show up to impeach Pete Hegseth
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BREAKING: The #Chiefs are trading with the Indianapolis Colts for WR Josh Downs, per @TomPelissero
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California Gov.-Elect Xavier Becerra recently told reporters:
"Guys, don't play this game asking me to commit. I didn't get elected doing that. A lot of other folks made wild promises and they're not Governor-Elect."
Katie Porter & Steve Hilton, who ran in the race for Governor, both react.
@katieporterca: "as a Californian, I have questions? As a Californian, I need a commitment that my kids are going to be able to live here."
@SteveHiltonx : "you can be mean in a way I can't because I just lost to him!"
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BREAKING: Senator Chris Van Hollen is now considering a run against Chuck Schumer for the Senate’s next Majority Leader.
This is amazing. Voters want generational change. Let’s give it to them.
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Zohran becoming shadow leader of the Democratic Party because he can’t be president is very ok with me
Axios: Mamdani's bid for 2028 kingmaker
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can't be president, so he's trying to be the next best thing: a progressive kingmaker for 2028.
Mamdani has been meeting privately with union leaders, urgently talking up the need for a labor-aligned or leftist candidate to run for the White House, four people familiar with the talks told Axios.
axios.com/2026/11/08/scoop-m…
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Close the door? After this election? Kick it open. Voters gave Democrats power because they want this mess fixed. Let’s have a Senate leader who’s willing to fight like it.
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I think the Democrats may have found their national platform 👇🏼
I’m a progressive, but I think different subsections of the Democratic Party do different things very well, and the best version of the party moving forward takes a little bit from each of them.
This will vary by state, district, etc. but this is my ideal blueprint for the national party heading into 2028:
— “Name the enemy” progressive economic populism around billionaires, mega corporations, affordability/cost of living, etc. (à la Mamdani/Bernie/AOC)
— “Root out corruption root and stem” and litigating the case about how Citizens United is poisoning our country (à la Ossoff)
— “Love thy neighbor” empathy and tolerance on trans issues (à la Talarico/Hamilton/Warnock/Beshear)
— “America First, but not in a racist/assholic way” around things like tariffs, foreign wars, and spending our tax dollars at home instead (à la El-Sayed)
— “Reclaim patriotism and the American flag” (à la Ryan/Deluzio)
— “Get shit done” (à la Pritzker/Shapiro)
— “Humanely but effectively secure the border, treat immigrants with dignity & dismantle ICE” (à la Pulido/Gallego)
— “Protect our kids from preyed on by Big Tech” (à la McMorrow)
— “These data centers better pay the fuck up” populism (à la Hinojosa/Hong/Lawrence)
— “Let’s regulate the fuck out of these AI companies so we don’t all die” (à la Bores)
ryanwakc ➐ retweeted
I’m a progressive, but I think different subsections of the Democratic Party do different things very well, and the best version of the party moving forward takes a little bit from each of them.
This will vary by state, district, etc. but this is my ideal blueprint for the national party heading into 2028:
— “Name the enemy” progressive economic populism around billionaires, mega corporations, affordability/cost of living, etc. (à la Mamdani/Bernie/AOC)
— “Root out corruption root and stem” and litigating the case about how Citizens United is poisoning our country (à la Ossoff)
— “Love thy neighbor” empathy and tolerance on trans issues (à la Talarico/Hamilton/Warnock/Beshear)
— “America First, but not in a racist/assholic way” around things like tariffs, foreign wars, and spending our tax dollars at home instead (à la El-Sayed)
— “Reclaim patriotism and the American flag” (à la Ryan/Deluzio)
— “Get shit done” (à la Pritzker/Shapiro)
— “Humanely but effectively secure the border, treat immigrants with dignity & dismantle ICE” (à la Pulido/Gallego)
— “Protect our kids from preyed on by Big Tech” (à la McMorrow)
— “These data centers better pay the fuck up” populism (à la Hinojosa/Hong/Lawrence)
— “Let’s regulate the fuck out of these AI companies so we don’t all die” (à la Bores)
What makes Walker so hard to shake is because he’s just as comfortable moving backward than forward
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