Not a fan of super early flights but we out here to re-elect @ReverendWarnock!!!! See you soon, Georgia. 🤠 pic.twitter.com/AiAhrfleDU

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) December 5, 2022

Americans can't have free healthcare or college loan relief because the govt has spent it on a bomber designed to nuke China. pic.twitter.com/KvLR7MvWFq

— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) December 4, 2022

TODAY: The New Jersey Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee approved a bill to give state-level protections to banks and insurers that work with marijuana businesses.https://t.co/Z33ouHPLAB pic.twitter.com/aEm55yacfo

— Tom Angell 🌳📰ⓥ (@tomangell) December 5, 2022

Justice Alito literally just compared a white kid in a KKK outfit taking a picture with a black Santa (being offensive) to a gay couple wanting a website designed for them by a religious bigot.
These people are not wise.
Not above us.
They deserve no respect or restraint.

— 𝚂𝙾𝚄𝚃𝙷𝙿𝙰𝚆 𝙻𝙴𝙵𝚃𝙸𝚂𝚃 (@SouthpawLeftist) December 5, 2022

Orl, updated the post to extend into today. I’ll post another thread later for special election.

Two years of a Democratic House, Senate & President—what happened to the Public Option for healthcare?

— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 5, 2022

Tale of two Houses: of the 173 districts drawn by Republicans, just *two* (1.2%) were decided by <5% either way in November – less than a tenth of the competitiveness rate of the other 262 districts. https://t.co/pxoDrmanii pic.twitter.com/YlHpA2611M

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 5, 2022

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/12/05/about-that-faiz-op-ed-00072334

Sen. BERNIE SANDERS’ 2020 campaign manager and current adviser FAIZ SHAKIR sparked both outrage and glee Monday morning by publicly slamming President JOE BIDEN’s recent proposal for Democrats in South Carolina to lead off the 2024 presidential primary.

In a New York Times op-ed, Shakir called Biden’s proposal “comical, if it weren’t tragic.” In an interview a few hours after the piece was published, he added that putting South Carolina first was a “fatal flaw” in Biden’s plan and an “obvious slap in the face to our good sense.”

South Carolina was the state that propelled Biden to victory in the 2020 primary. And the president’s allies in the party were unamused by Shakir’s piece.

“Zero tolerance — ZERO for any disrespect or dismissal of Black voters,” Democratic National Committee Chairman JAIME HARRISON wrote on Twitter while retweeting a similar critique. PATRICK DILLON, a Democratic strategist whose wife, JEN O’MALLEY DILLON, is Biden’s deputy chief of staff, tweeted Shakir’s piece with this comment: “Had to read this twice just to confirm that it does not mention Black voters even once.”

Shakir, in our interview, was unmoved by his critics. “It’s a very insulting approach to suggest that somehow we don’t care about Black voters because we think South Carolina shouldn’t go first. Come on. Get real.” He added that he’d support Georgia going first, pointing out that it is more diverse and has a higher percentage of Black voters than South Carolina. He said he would rather see Nevada at the head of the pack but would prefer any of the other first five in Biden’s plan — which also includes New Hampshire, Michigan, and Georgia — to go first over South Carolina.

While Shakir insisted his pushback against South Carolina was not “for a strategic intent of Bernie or anyone else,” he is not exactly a disinterested party. South Carolina turned the tide against Sanders in 2020 and Shakir in April penned a memo stating that Sanders had not ruled out another presidential run if Biden bows out. A South Carolina-first primary would not be ideal for a Sanders 2024 candidacy.

Shakir said that he still believes Biden will run, but that Sanders’ position hadn’t changed. “If [Biden] were not to run, then all options are on the table,” he said. He said that he gave Sanders a heads up about the op-ed beforehand. “I think he had concerns about the calendar as well,” Shakir said, but added he didn’t want to speak for the senator.

Sanders’ office declined to comment on the op-ed.

Biden’s political brain trust believes they have the moral and political high ground when it comes to the calendar and don’t care to pick a fight over it with Bernie world. “We can all agree that an early primary calendar that looks like America and reflects the values of our party serves the process well,” said one Biden adviser, who asked to remain anonymous. “And making sure that the Democratic party’s most loyal voters — Black voters — are at the front of the line and not at the back of the bus feels like something no one should be arguing about.”

Regardless of intention, Biden’s proposal has prompted the first political fight of the 2024 primary. Many Democrats, including progressives like Rep. RO KHANNA (D-Calif.), have already come out in favor of the proposal, which the full DNC will vote on in Philadelphia in early February.

But Shakir is among a number of Democrats who are beginning to push back before the official vote. Democrats from New Hampshire, which would see its treasured first-in-the-nation status disappear, have been especially critical. Sen. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-N.H.) even snubbed the president’s invitation to the White House Congressional Ball Monday night, as Punchbowl reported.

The president’s team has tried to quell potential objections by saying the plan only applies to 2024 and can be revisited again before 2028. And on Friday, the DNC panel charged with reordering the presidential calendar codified a process to review the early states ahead of 2028.

“This calendar is good for a president who won’t be challenged, but it might not make sense when there’s an open primary again,” said one Rules and Bylaws Committee member. “This is a calendar for 2024, but not necessarily for 2028. I don’t think the calendar question is over.”

Other operatives, including self-identified moderates, also fumed at the proposal but notably declined to go on the record blasting it. “The process to get here was messy and not well thought out,” said one moderate Democratic operative working in an early state. “This was about the president and his team shutting down even the possibility of a 2024 primary challenge, looking out for his own personal politics, and using his control of the DNC to reward the state that delivered him the nomination last time.”

Shouldn't the unfair laws that led to an unfair guilty verdict for the Trump Organization be terminated along with the unfair Constitution?

— Meteor_Blades (@Meteor_Blades) December 6, 2022

The Communications Workers of America union alleged that Apple Cumberland Mall conducted the mandatory meetings with employees after workers filed for a unionization election. https://t.co/yxW8W6Q8sa

— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) December 7, 2022

If the idea is to move SC first just for Biden’s coronation primary…why? Are you desperate to spend money on paid for a state that you’ll forget that exists in the general?

— tyson brody (@tysonbrody) December 6, 2022

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's crown prince after the Biden administration recommended he be granted immunity in the case brought against him by the fiancée of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://t.co/DaG4mp0f9K

— Alexandra Halaby (@iskandrah) December 7, 2022