State Senator Creigh Deeds declared, 'I believe that people should choose their representatives. Representatives shouldn't choose their people.' This statement underscores the traditional argument against gerrymandering, yet it serves as a prelude to the Democrats' call for aggressive redistricting.
The biggest gain for Democrats was a race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Liberal Judge Chris Taylor won the race and Enten noted it marked a 21-point gain for Democrats compared to 2024.
Iran is the cradle of one of the greatest civilizations this planet has ever seen. While our ancestors in Europe were still figuring out how to build a hut, the Persians had already written the world's first declaration of human rights, built a multicultural empire that treated conquered peoples with dignity, and were doing math and medicine that we wouldn't catch up to for a thousand years.
Democrats are ahead, but they're only ahead by five with a president whose net approval rating is bordering on -20 to -30. You'd make the argument Democrats should be way ahead. And they're just only sort of, slightly ahead.
It's an intense work road trip. I had a journalist ask me what I was going to do on my break. And this is the break. It's the worst break I've ever had, because we have been working around the clock here, talking to media and talking to our constituents about what's happening in Texas, shining a national spotlight on this redistricting power grab.
"Call your representative. Demand they release the Epstein files," says the ad, while hitting House Republicans for going on August recess without having cast a floor vote to release more Epstein details.
The Democrats' estrangement from the working class was decades in the making due to their embrace of trade and globalization, which led to factory closures and job losses.