The Progressive Wing

Lol, thats some pretty extreme naivety

If you had told me when I was a teenager, full of rage towards the Republican party for what they were doing to Iraq and Afghanistan, that it would be the Democrats who started most of the wars in my lifetime, I would have laughed in your face. https://t.co/FJJRLCqZeH
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) May 16, 2022

Benny

So Biden can’t help Americans but he can throw bombs for our allies.

Yeah, and boatloads of money towards what? A bunch of crap in an area that has been full of FRightwingers for probably centuries! We can’t help our own people, but the MICC sure as hells bells gets every cent they want!! Fuck them!! T and R, LD!! 🙂

This is end result of craprate monopoly and lobbyist deregulation. Infants had to get sick before the Govt shut them down due to lack of proper maintenance. Only 3 companies make formula.

The Buffalo shooter isn’t a “lone wolf.” He’s a mainstream Republican. https://t.co/1ZdMSWG7Gp
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 15, 2022

Correct as he embraced the racist ‘Replacement’ conspiracy pushed by Tucker Carlson

As far as the Milwaukee shootings go as the Mayor called for tougher gun laws just maybe Wi should get rid of the stupid catch and release program where these asshats can have multiple open cases and still get released.

Paul ADK

We’re well past the point in this country where if someone tells you they’re a Republican, you can bet that anything and everything that follows is treason.

You heard them. 👇
Make a plan to vote tomorrow if you haven't already.
Find your polling place here: https://t.co/YWi1KKMfxj pic.twitter.com/HEbtrNDIUd
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) May 16, 2022

Sure wish he was campaigning down here. The choice we’ve got for governor (closed primary) is sickening as usual. At least the Senate race won’t make you barf.

On top of it, they are STUPID with greed!!

https://www.salon.com/2022/05/16/governor-warns-sovereign-native-american-tribes-to-not-make-abortion-accessible-on-their-land_partner/

GOP governor warns sovereign Native American tribes to not make abortion accessible on their land

Native American tribes are allowed to govern themselves on their own land. Their sovereignty is the reason that they can have things like casinos in states where it is banned. Once known as Indian Territory, the state has more than 40 tribes in its borders.

It was just last month that Oklahoma politicians faced off against tribes in an ongoing refusal to cooperate with the Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma.

“In the McGirt ruling, the Supreme Court held that much of eastern Oklahoma is Indian country under the terms of an 1833 treaty between the U.S. government and the Muscogee Creek Nation,” explained Professor Kirsten Matoy Carlson of Wayne State University. “Based on that treaty and an 1885 federal law, the ruling effectively means that the state of Oklahoma cannot prosecute crimes committed by or against American Indians there. Federal and tribal officials are the only ones who can pursue these cases.”

Oklahoma’s state government has asked the Supreme Court to rehear the case over 40 times. Under the existing Supreme Court rulings, about 43% of Oklahoma is ruled by tribal lands. It ultimately means that the GOP governor doesn’t have control over the whole state when it comes to his laws.

There has been a conversation among activists searching for loopholes in anticipation of the unmaking of Roe v.Wade that putting clinics under tribal lands could be possible. Such a decision would require involvement by tribal councils, however. Sources involved in the tribal government of one Oklahoma tribe told Raw Story that many are unlikely to rock the boat.

If Stitt and others in the Oklahoma legislature attempt to restrict the tribes under the guise that they are trying to stop abortions, they could end up in a considerable legal battle over the right for Native tribes to govern themselves.

leftover from the weekend

Sean Patrick Maloney is an ahole

New: Rep Mondaire Jones (D) to me on SPM’s decision to run in #NY17
“Sean Patrick Maloney did not even give me a heads up before he went on Twitter to make that announcement. And I think that tells you everything you need know about Sean Patrick Maloney” https://t.co/fTA7YfCt1H
— Ally Mutnick (@allymutnick) May 16, 2022

This is a key point. Democratic leaders pretend that there is a theoretical way you can be progressive and not get the party knives out for you, but Mondaire Jones has been a team player and still, at the first chance, they go https://t.co/hN74sd3R0o pic.twitter.com/ea3RVYPktZ
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) May 17, 2022

The leaders of the Democratic Party talk a lot about Republican “dark money.” I’m not hearing much, however, about the dark money from billionaires trying to crush the candidacies of three progressive women of color. We must BAN all super PAC money in Democratic primaries.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 16, 2022

The DCCC chair choosing to primary a progressive freshman rather than run for re-election in a marginally more purple district that the party needs to keep is shameful and is a reflection of everything wrong with the party.
— Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn (@JonathanCohn) May 17, 2022

If you recall, @spmaloney ran for NY AG specifically to block @ZephyrTeachout from winning, now he's apparently planning to run against progressive @MondaireJones while running House Dems' campaign apparatus into the ground.
Dude really is a wrecking ball for the donor class.
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) May 17, 2022

I hope Jones kicks his butt. Which states have primaries today?

Aint Supposed to Die A Natural Death

And I hope another progressive runs in the district he’s abandoning. I used to contribute to this creep when he first came to congress running as openly gay person. Used to put pictures of his family that he sent me up on my home office bulletin board. He disappointed me several years ago and I’ve backed away but still getting the desperate emails from him.

PA is the big one. Fetterman and Lee

https://www.wtae.com/article/john-fetterman-vote-pennsylvania-primary-emergency-absentee-ballot/40024916#

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is set to undergo a procedure to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator, his campaign said.
“It should be a short procedure that will help protect his heart and address the underlying cause of his stroke, atrial fibrillation (A-fib), by regulating his heart rate and rhythm,” his campaign said.
The procedure comes days after Fetterman announced he was recovering from a stroke he suffered late last week. The 52-year-old said he went to the hospital on Friday after not feeling well and would remain a while for observation.
Earlier on Tuesday, Fetterman cast an emergency absentee ballot in Pennsylvania’s primary, his campaign said.
“Of course, he wants to go home and be with the kids and be out back on the road,” Second Lady Gisele Fetterman said outside a Braddock polling place where she voted on Tuesday morning. “But, you know, doctor’s orders and my orders. I am not letting that happen.”

Just cast my Primary Election Vote from Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital using an emergency absentee ballot. ✅ pic.twitter.com/HftIKtZG2V
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) May 17, 2022

Watch out John, the R’s will claim you committed voter fraud weather its legal or not to vote this way

Nida Allam’s primary is today too

We desperately need strong, young, progressive voices in the Congress, and that's exactly what @NidaAllam will be.
Polls are open RIGHT NOW until 7:30 PM. North Carolina: get out there and VOTE! pic.twitter.com/19c5L2sEwn
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 17, 2022

We need bold leaders in Congress who are prepared to stand up for the needs of working families against the billionaire class, against the powerful special interests, against enormous corporate greed. That's exactly what @SummerForPA is all about.
PENNSYLVANIA: VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! pic.twitter.com/MOf56xH76B
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 17, 2022