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Because Miami

A white woman with the nickname “La Gringa” beat a Latino Republican in Miami

Republicans are literally saying they baited her.

The best chance for a Democrat to win is for them to be a no-name rando, not someone who is always on MSNBC. That or a moderate Latino from the Valley.

An ‘AstroTurf Recruitment Process’: National Republicans Propped Up Jasmine Crockett to Push Her Into a Senate Run The NRSC started including Crockett’s name in polling and conducted “a sustained effort” to get Crockett, the party’s preferred candidate to run against, into the race.

For those who remember, this is a classic trick: You get involved in your opponent's primary to force an unelectable candidate to win. Then you beat that candidate. What does it say about Jasmine Crockett for a Republican trap?
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I meaaaan Trump won, didn't he?

An ‘AstroTurf Recruitment Process’: National Republicans Propped Up Jasmine Crockett to Push Her Into a Senate Run The NRSC started including Crockett’s name in polling and conducted “a sustained effort” to get Crockett, the party’s preferred candidate to run against, into the race.

Republicans baited Jasmine Crockett to run for Senate. In June, Beto O'Rourke, James Talarico, Joaquin Casto and Colin Allred all met to discuss 2026. Republican operatives noticed Crockett wasn't there. So they promoted polls to bait her into running.
www.notus.org/senate/jasmi...

An ‘AstroTurf Recruitment Process’: National Republicans Propped Up Jasmine Crockett to Push Her Into a Senate Run The NRSC started including Crockett’s name in polling and conducted “a sustained effort” to get Crockett, the party’s preferred candidate to run against, into the race.

The oldest trick in the book: Republicans actively put out polls with Jasmine Crockett's name in polls to bait her into running. "When we saw the results, we were like, ‘OK, we got to disseminate this far and wide," one Republican said.
www.notus.org/senate/jasmi...

Something to take into account: almost a third of the Cassidy-Crapo bill focuses on surgery for transgender people. It’s barely even trying to conceal how much this bill is about trans people than it is about expanding health care.

Again, Biden’s major mistake was saying inflation would be temporary and doing cockamamie things like bragging about “Bidenomics” and talking about “shrinkflation.” Trump isn’t even admitting costs are going up.

Why would Democrats vote for an appropriations bill if Trump is just going to do a rescissions package? President Ossoff is going to do so many rescissions packages on January 21, 2029

Another downside to today’s Congress? The folks who usually solve a crisis (Blunt, Romney, Portman, Sinema, Tester, Manchin) are no longer in the Senate. And three other “adult” Republicans either retiring or could lose their races. (Tillis, Cornyn and Collins)

This is why Brian Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Van Drew and others have their own discharge bill they negotiated with Democrats to extend the credits.

Typically the way this works is the majority dispatches a group of negotiators (likely someone like Cassidy, Tillis, Collins, Murkowski) and the Minority does the same (Murphy, Kaine, Warner, King, CCM) and they come up with an agreement. This isn’t happening.

You can tell Republicans are not serious about this bill because they aren’t even TRYING to negotiate with Democrats

I mean either they change their sex or they take Tylenol and their kid becomes autistic

Tough to say. It would still be a lift and an act of God

Also, per @zacharydonnini.bsky.social, this was a gerrymandered district that Kemp and the Republicans thought they put out of reach for Democrats. Georgia is starting to look like ground zero for a blue wave.

That sound you hear is Jon Ossoff pouring himself a glass of scotch. #GASen

Let’s also not forget that Latinos are a largely working-class demographic, so they get hit by tariffs the most as consumers AND as small business owners.

love to get lectured on the virtues of spartanism from the guy with the gold toilets

Lot of variables. Real question is how bloody the primary is between Donalds and Fishback. Also, who wins that primary between Demings and Jolly

These are Cubans and Venezuelans too. The real question is how badly are they doing with Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Salvadorans.

Vaughn Hillyard @VaughnHillyard X.com Judge Emil Bove is at President Trump's Pennsylvania event tonight—an unusual move for a federal judge. When asked by MS NOW off camera why he is here, he responded: "Just here as a citizen coming to watch the president speak."

Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.

I rebuke this in the name of Jesus!

¡Dios Mio!

Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!

If I hear any of you saying “Florida is in play for Democrats" after this Miami mayoral election, I will turn this car around.

Thank you!

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