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Pittsburgher | Politics Enjoyer (and Hater) | a Secret Third Thing

Pittsburgh, PA
Joined December 2022
*Whispers* Mississippi’s election laws seem completely reasonable, voters are just dumb
CNN's @AnnieGrayerCNN takes Inside Politics inside the room where election officials are counting votes in the razor-thin Mississippi Senate race.
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If you haven’t participated in the past two presidential elections, you become inactive. Totally fair. That’s how it works in many states. You have to go to YOUR voting precinct. If you try to vote somewhere else, they won’t have record of you and the ballot won’t apply to you.
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Maybe this gets the ball rolling?
NBC News: Delaware residents file lawsuit seeking a second House seat for the First State They want a federal court to overturn the House’s 435-seat cap and create a second congressional district for Delaware. nbcnews.com/politics/congres…
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Sara Jacobs is great but I do hope Lauren Underwood gets it
Next Wednesday, House Democrats will hold their internal leadership votes. Here’s who is running for the top positions:
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Just learned a credible Dem filed paperwork to run for Allegheny County DA next year. The knives are out for Zappala.
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New contender for Dumbest Member of Congress
Newly elected Rep. Anthony Constantino tells me Diddy was a “job creator” who helped make New York exciting “We gotta look at making New York exciting again. We can’t just keep losing our excitement.”
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Who better to cover up the Epstein files than Jim Jordan- the man who covered up his colleague’s sexual assault when he was a wrestling coach
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This is already exhausting. Let’s nominate Madeleine Dean and call it a day.
🚨 NEW | John Fetterman faces his first primary challenge. Palestinian, Gaza-born from Philadelphia Ahmed Moor is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania in 2028.
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Replying to @DrewSav
@DrewSav with Dem House in NC, a 1 seat GOP majority in the Senate, and the gerrymander broken, is there any chance NC redraws the congressional map ahead of ‘28? Is the GOP more inclined to accept a 7-7 split?
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I can’t decide if Jim Jordan being House Minority Leader is a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, I hate Jim Jordan with every fiber of my being. On the other hand, within a month on the job, every American will hate him and do everything possible to keep him out of power.
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Seth Bodnar really should have run as a Democrat
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My new Congress wishlist: - Eliminate the SS tax cap - Public healthcare option - Cap student loan interest rate at 5% - Carbon tax - Ban PBMs - 21st Century Glass-Steagall - Expand the House
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You want a non-Democrat to lead the Democratic Caucus?
Why wouldn’t Bernie Sanders be the Senate Majority Leader??? He deserves it. He would fight for us.
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Has he reached the point where he just doesn’t care?
Trump endorses an amnesty deal with Democrats, saying immigration maximalists are on the “pretty far right” and suggesting that illegals who have been in the US for 10-15 years should have an opportunity to stay. Follow: @AFpost
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Saying “I hope Dems don’t retaliate” tells me you think Republicans did something that would warrant retaliation.
C-SPAN: Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Democrats winning the Senate "I do hope that the Democrats don't view this as a mandate to retaliate... I hope that the Democrats look at this and say, this is opportunity to lead to find solutions. And if we're going to find solutions, they have to be for the country. They can't just be for our party."
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Kid’s on retirement watch
Sen. Joe Picozzi didn't think we would get a trifecta....We've got 4 words for you: We did it, Joe
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Let’s check in on the redistricting wars! The Ohio GOP ignored voter-approved fair map Constitutional mandates and gerrymandered as many seats as possible hoping for a 12🔴-3🔵 delegation. That gerrymander broke. Ohio voters are sending a 8🔵-7🔴 delegation to DC.
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The NC GOP threw out a 7🔴-7🔵 map, drew the ugliest 10🔴-4🔵 gerrymander in the country, and then gleefully REDREW to squeeze out yet one more seat. That blew up in the GOP’s face. NC voters are sending a 10🔵-4🔴 delegation to DC.
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Lisa Boscola is gonna piss me off everyday for the next two years, huh?
From the cutting room floor yesterday. Lehigh Valley Democratic Sen. Lisa Boscola told me that she liked Shapiro' planned 100 day agenda, but "for me, it’s going to be mostly thinking beyond the next 100 days and the majority can change. We need to enact lasting reforms."
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Not even sworn in yet and she’s scoring wins for her constituents
Governor-elect Gina Hinajosa has addressed reports that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was set to sell Boca Chica State Park to @elonmusk's @SpaceX #txlege
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