YAS SHOOT 'EM ELIZABETH

Sen. Warren to Dr. Carson: "You can't assure us that HUD money ... will not end up in the President-elect's pockets" https://t.co/254Sw602Hf

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 12, 2017

let a professional explain to you how a conflict of interest could really manifest.

YAS ASK THAT RACIST LOTS OF QUESTIONS

bae.

Democrats Senate #filibuster - @ChrisMurphyCT "I'm prepared to stand on this floor...for frankly as long as I can." https://t.co/RjUlVcw10D

— Mohamed Hemish (@MohamedHemish) June 15, 2016

I am proud to announce that after 14+ hours on the floor, we will have a vote on closing the terror gap & universal background checks

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 16, 2016

read all about it.

different in a good way.

The Senate is normally a divisive place, full of shouting matches, endless filibusters, and the occasional violent caning. But yesterday, in the aftermath of the D.C. blizzard, everyone who showed up in the chamber had at least one thing in common—they were all women.

Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, pointed this out in her closing statement. "As we convene this morning," she said, "you look around the chamber, and the presiding officer [Senator Susan Collins, R-ME] is female. All of our parliamentarians are female. Our floor managers are female. All of our pages are female."

"This was not orchestrated in any way shape or form," she added. "We came in this morning and looked around and thought 'something is different this morning'—different in a good way, I might add." (via)

ashley judd for president!

or at least senator of kentucky:

The Hollywood movie star and eighth-generation Kentuckian is seriously exploring a 2014 run for the Senate to take on the powerful Republican leader, four people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO. In recent weeks, Judd has spoken with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) about the possibility of a run, has discussed a potential bid with a Democratic pollster and has begun to conduct opposition research on herself to see where she’s most vulnerable in the Bluegrass State, sources say. (via)

did you see?

last night ted kennedy dragged his corpse out of the grave to deliver a mitt romney smackdown.

seems kind of dangerous

OUT RUN - David Kuria character sketch Feb 2012 from Leo Chiang on Vimeo.

via

hank for senate!

hank for senate

read this.

if you're in the 99%, you should be following massachusetts senatorial candidate, elizabeth warren. you might know her from this quote that went viral all over the internet a couple months back. she's a fascinating and brilliant lady, and the more you know about her, the better. nymag profiles her in their latest issue:

“Our job is to let Elizabeth be Elizabeth,” says Doug Rubin, “and to build a campaign around her.” A former top adviser to Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, Rubin is now Warren’s chief political strategist. When I met him recently at his Boston office, copies of The Tipping Point, Moneyball, and The Art of War were stacked on his desk, while Scott Brown’s memoir Against All Odds sat on the bookshelf. Rubin has worked in state politics for two decades, but the first time he ever spoke to Warren was this past summer, when she called him on a Sunday afternoon to pick his brain about a potential Senate race. “Normally when I talk to people who are thinking about running for office, it’s all logistics: How much money am I going to have to raise? How much time will I have to be out on the trail?” he says. “But she spent the first half-hour talking about why she wanted to do it, the issues she cared about. I was very impressed by that.” (via)

bonus links:
her simple breakdown of the 2008 economic collapse on the daily show
an hour-long lecture on the 30-year erosion of the middle class from earlier this year

turns out everyone thinks kirsten gillibrand is hot

its not just me.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid already called her the "hottest member" of the Senate, and today Mayor Bloomberg gave his two cents on the leggy blond. He gushed to the Wall Street Journal, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to talk about people’s looks or dress, but Sen. Gillibrand at a black-tie event last night looked stunning, I think you could say...She’s a pleasure to sit next to and she certainly looked good." Easy there, Mike, your 12-year-old schoolgirl is showing. via

did you know that i applied for a job to be her receptionist in new york city? wouldnt that have been fun.

whoa. senator kirsten gillibrand is hot.

from vogue. via. i wish she was my hot gay loving senator. the article is a pretty interesting read too, so check it out.

harold ford junior

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this is essentially a memphis- new york blog, and harold ford jr is essentially a memphis- new york guy. i voted for him in 2006 when he lost to bob corker to represent tennessee in the senate, a race he would have won if the republicans hadn't run that racist campaign ad.

now he wants to be in the senate again, this time in new york. stephen colbert, ms. gillibrand , and barack obama are doing their best to make sure that doesn't happen.

it doesn't really bother me that he flip flopped his position on gay marriage, etc... it seems to me that an elected official should be voting according to the beliefs of his district anyway. i think he would be a fine senator, and am a little confused about the "carpetbagger" discomfort considering they are basically replacing another former southern transplant in Hillary Clinton. what do you think?

Rachel Maddow Quote

"It's time for Democrats to choose a path forward: either quit, and let the party with 41 votes control the agenda. Or fight, with 59 votes, and give people a reason to vote for you again."

glenn beck's low opinion of scott brown

"I want a chastity belt on this man. I want his every move watched in Washington. I don't trust this guy. This one could end with a dead intern. I'm just saying. It could end with a dead intern."

apparently glenn didnt like senator brown's comment about his beautiful daughters being "available"

i wish that hadn't have happened.

massachusetts blew it big time yesterday, giving the democrats' 60th senate seat to white male pickup-truck-driving republican instead of a nice freedom-loving lady democrat. son of a.

it's official!

after a 7-month-long battle for a minnesota senate seat, the state supreme court has unamiously ruled al franken as the big winner.