Kevin Robillard

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Helped Launch Progressive Movement, Dead At 84 Jackson's presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 played a significant role in shaping the modern Democratic Party.

Jesse Jackson's campaigns for president in 1984 and 1988 helped create the image of what the modern Democratic Party seeks to be but rarely seems to achieve: a multiracial coalition of voters dedicated to economic fairness.

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Biss campaign is out with an internal poll showing him with a substantial lead over Fine and Abughazaleh, 31% to 18% to 18%

Justice Democrats Endorse Kat Abughazaleh In Illinois Race

Justice Dems are backing Kat Abughazaleh in the Illinois' 9th primary -- there are growing worries among sone on the left that Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and Abughazaleh could split the progressive vote here and allow AIPAC-backed Laura Fine to triumph.

www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

The issue can be a tad obscure -- corporate PACs make up a really small % of donations -- but it's clear there's voter interest: The first question at UAW forum for MI Senate candidates on Wednesday was about corporate PAC money.

Those who turn down the money (often but not always progressives) argue you can't stand up to Trumpian corruption while taking cash from those who enable it.

Those who take it say the other side rarely has totally clean hands.

See this exchange between Craig and Flanagan:

The Issue Driving More Democratic Party Fights Than Any Other Disputes over corporate PAC cash are at the center of a host of crucial primary fights.

New: Corporate PAC $$$ is emerging as a major dividing line in Democratic primary battles, causing nasty fights in the Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan Senate races.

www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...

The first two Democrats a new AI super PAC are backing are...

1. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who did 30 months in prison in a corruption scandal.

2. Melissa Bean, who was considered among Wall Street's favorite Democrats during an earlier stint in Congress.

Trump Pardoned Him But Couldn’t Say Why. Turns Out His Company Holds $4.7 Billion In Trump Crypto. Trump Pardoned Him But Couldn’t Say Why. Turns Out His Company Holds $4.7 Billion In Trump Crypto.

“I don’t know who he is," Trump claimed four months ago.

Incredible.

Meija, who is expected to join the squad, is really breaking into new territory for the left with this win. Compare her district's PVI to AOC's, etc.

NJ-11: D+5
NY-14, AOC: D+19
MN-5:, Omar D+32
MI-12, Tlaib: D+21
MA-7, Pressley: D+34

Bernie Sanders-Backed Progressive Triumphs In New Jersey Primary Analilia Mejia benefited from her steadfast opposition to ICE to win a district previously held by a moderate.

Analilia Mejia's win in NJ-11 is now official after Tom Malinowski conceded this morning, cementing a big win for the left and an embarrassing own goal for pro-Israel groups.

www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie...

GRIFFIN: “.. This administration has definitely made mis-steps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration.”

@financialtimes.com
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Trump Administration Was Warned About Minnesota Fraud 6 Years Ago — And Did Nothing A former USDA official tells HuffPost that his superiors ignored the case that would inspire today’s deadly immigration crackdown.

New: Trump admin was warned about possible Feeding Out Future fraud in 2020 -- and did nothing www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.

Link here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Most interesting part in the new Pew poll on Trump is the decline in GOP confidence, which is really starting to mirror Dems losing confidence in Biden.

Just 2/3 of GOP-leaning voters think he has the mental capacity to do the job and only 42% thinks he acts ethically.

From Nate Cohn's latest newsletter, this is why it's a lot more useful to think about "affordability" in terms of the cost of living rather than strictly about inflation: Voters are concerned about the cost of a middle-class life more than about the cost of things they buy daily -->

Such doubt was consistently echoed by senior officials in Biden admin deliberations, thru the end of their tenure — driving top officials to doubt humanitarian + intelligence experts unlike elsewhere & making it hard to justify shifts in US policy that could have saved lives.

More soon in my book.

The headline difference between this and the Detroit News poll earlier this month is McMorrow leading Stevens in the primary, but the commonality is showing El-Sayed doing worse against Rogers in the general than the other two.

Michigan 2026 Poll: Crowded Democratic Senate Primary Remains Wide Open - Emerson Polling Top Democratic Candidates Competitive Against GOP’s Rogers A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of…Full Release & Results

New Emerson poll of Michigan has McMorrow 22%, Stevens 17%, El-Sayed 16% in the Democratic Senate primary. Here's the general election head-to-heads:

McMorrow 46%
Rogers 43%

Stevens 47%
Rogers 42%

El-Sayed 43%
Rogers 43%

emersoncollegepolling.com/michigan-202...

Trump's Agents Brutally Arrested Him On Video. Now He's Speaking Out. Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano's violent arrest went viral and he wants the world to know what happened.

New: Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano was scared to go into work on Jan. 11. He went anyway, stopping for gas along the way. Millions of people saw what happened next: Immigration agents surrounded his car and brutally arrested him.

He told me what happened next:

www.huffpost.com/entry/orbin-...

Talarico already has a super PAC -- a sign of how operatives expect most major Democratic senate campaigns to have big money outside backing.

Big driver of this: Fear of AIPAC and crypto money.
www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmin...

A Democratic Megadonor Is Poised To Boost Jasmine Crockett Crockett is among a host of Democrats who could rely on super PACs to get them through tough primaries.

New: There are advanced discussions about a super PAC backing Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for Texas Senate, with potential backing from megadonor Karla Jurvetson.

www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmin...

There are a lot of parallels between this precise moment and the summer of 2020, but this is a key one:

Because of COVID then and a winter storm now, a huge portion of the country is trapped inside with nothing to do but scroll social media and consume/share information.

Trump Admin Issues Concerning New Training Requirements In Internal DHS Memo As anti-ICE protests erupt, the new requirement shows how rapidly the mission is changing at an agency traditionally focused on terrorism, drug smuggling and border security.

Scoop: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requiring officers to undergo more crowd-control training to square off with demonstrators in cities like Minneapolis.

This will likely result in more officers certified to shoot pepper balls and tear gas canisters.

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Two notes here:

1. We're headed for the nastiest Democratic primary season we've seen in Trump era.

2. Neither candidate is supporting Abolish ICE.

Democrat Calls Her Opponent 'Disgusting' As Senate Race Takes A Bitter Turn The Democratic Senate primary between Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig has become a slugfest amid Trump's immigration crackdown.

Read @igorbobic.bsky.social on the growing ideological divide in the Minnesota Senate primary in the wake of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, including a very harsh back and forth between Craig and Flanagan.

www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...

Democratic Leaders See A Path To A Senate Majority, And An Answer to Their Critics Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are confident they’ve recruited top-flight candidates in enough states to flip the Senate in 2026.

New: Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and the DSCC have faced an unprecedented amount of intra-party criticism this cycle. With Peltola entering the Alaska Senate race, they think they have the answer to shut their critics up: Winning back the Senate.

www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents

This is an outrage. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Read @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's work:

* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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