A #Democrat just became the mayor of #Omaha, unseating the country's longest serving #GOP governor.
The times they are a changin' 
https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-mayor-election-results-john-ewing-jean-stothert-2025/64746103
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MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: In a defeat that has left #MAGA STUNNED, #Democrat John Ewing Jr. has just won the mayoral race in deep red Omaha, Nebraska, defeating twelve-year #GOP incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert.
This makes him the first Black mayor in the history of the city.
More:
Omaha was the sixth-largest Republican-led city in the nation.
Notice I said was.
This spells disaster for #Republicans in the midterms.
#Democrat #JohnEwing wins election in #Omaha:
"In an election both history-making and stunning, John Ewing knocked off three-term incumbent Jean Stothert on Tuesday to become Omaha’s first elected Black mayor."
Who will replace #CarlaHayden as Librarian of Congress?
Donald #Trump just nominated #ToddBlanche.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-library-congress-todd-blanche-carla-hayden-cc2154fa8644a5c29d196e505e4faa51
Blanche is a lawyer, not a librarian, and defended Trump against charges of falsifying business records. That's the trial in which Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies.
Blanche has also defended Rudolph Giuliani and Paul Manafort.
In 2023 Blanche was a registered #Democrat in New York, and in 2024 became a registered #Republican in Florida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche
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#Baraka, 55, is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NewJersey. Kabir Moss, a spox for Baraka's campaign, confirmed the #arrest at the facility #DelaneyHall.
At least 3 #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center, acc/to a post from Rep #BonnieWatsonColeman.
…The mayor's admin filed a lawsuit in late March to block the opening of the #Newark #immigrant #detention facility, arguing its operators failed to obtain the proper permits & violated city code.
WTAF?????
#Newark Mayor #RasBaraka #arrested for alleged trespass at #NewJersey #ICE detention facility
Mayor #Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a US #Immigration & Customs Enforcement #detention center in his city.
"He has been taken into custody," #AlinaHabba, a fmr defense attorney for #Trump.
Baraka is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NJ.
At least 3 US #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center.
#law #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/newark-mayor-arrested-baraka-ice.html
CNBCNewark mayor arrested for alleged trespass at New Jersey ICE detention facilityNewark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in his city.
I read a post stating an action of trump's drew a "furious response from Democrats."
One wonders if the "furious response" was to consider writing a nasty letter or maybe whispering in a fellow Democrat's ear that it was a 'dang shame.'
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She was fired in a two-sentence email from Trent Morse, the deputy director of White House personnel, acc/to a screenshot released by Senator Martin Heinrich of NM, the top #Democrat on the #Appropriations Subcommittee on the #Legislative Branch.
“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately,”the email said, without citing a cause. “Thank you for your service.”
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She accuses #Harvard of admitting students who are contemptuous of America, chastises it for hiring fmr blue-city mayors #BilldeBlasio & #LoriLightfoot to teach leadership(“like hiring the captain of the Titanic to teach navigation”),questions the necessity of its remedial-math pgrm (“Why is it, we ask, that Harvard has to teach simple & basic mathematics?”), & accuses its board chair, Penny #Pritzker (“a #Democrat operative”), of driving the #university to financial ruin, among many complaints.
A hard (very hard) pill to swallow for the Democratic Party is:
1) Hillary Clinton should never have been the nominee.
2) Joe Biden should never have been the President.
The 1st political violence was not the storming of the capitol. It was during the Nevada Caucuses, when a room full of people picked Bernie Sanders, and the words "in the opinion of the chair, Hillary Clinton is the nominee" rang out over a very surprised, outraged majority, who watched as their voice and vote, was tossed aside.
This repeated throughout the election process, across the nation, and partly leadership would then argue in court, that as a private party, the primary election was just a formality and that they were free to pick whomever they wished.
Joe Biden, was in last place, before any vote had been cast. His campaign was not funded, and even I, found their office empty (though there were many YouTube videos, nationwide showing this fact). The mass media, themselves, were asking when Joe Biden would drop out, and was America truly ready for a democratic socialist (Bernie Sanders). 12 Candidates came forward, to split and divide the vote, only for them to all drop out, and endorse, last place.
The Democratic Party, made Donald John Trump, possible. You empowered that man by ignoring the will of the people. You disenfranchised millions of voters who frankly decided they had enough of, you. Then you told them to once more, once again, to pick YOUR choice, not theirs, as the lessor evil.
You are the problem that enabled Donald John Trump. Your actions encouraged people to either vote for him out of spite or just stay home, because it did not matter.
You were and are complicit in Donald Trump raise to power. And you continue to be complicit with every moment of silence and inaction to stop, Donald John Trump. And the excuse that you do not have control over Congress (The House and Senate) is just that, an excuse, to take no action. You need to try, even if you may fail, because anything less is being complicit.
Lastly, assuming there are elections, you need to step aside your ego for the will of the people, if you claim to love this country, because otherwise, you killed, the United States of America, well, before Donald Trump and his people had the authority to do so - Authority you bestowed upon him, with your shenanigans.
#Democrat #Democrats #DNC #DCCC #WashingtonDC #Congress #Senate #WhiteHouse #WeThePeople #UnitedStates #America #USA #UsPol #UsPolitics #Politics
#Republican Challenger in Long-Contested #NC #SupremeCourt Race FINALLY Concedes Defeat
Three counts had showed that the incumbent, a #Democrat, won the election last fall. But for months, Judge Jefferson Griffin tried to reverse his loss through the courts.
#law #ElectionLaw #GOP #SoreLoser #ElectionDenial
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/north-carolina-supreme-court-gop-concession.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=0369A0D2-8C06-4B6E-9CEF-20D9D901F97E
The New York Times · Jefferson Griffin Concedes Defeat in N.C. Supreme Court Race
#Michigan AG Drops Charges Against Pro-Palestinian Campus Protesters
"Our First Amendment rights should never be criminalized. Speaking up against genocide should be lifted up, not slammed with felony charges. #Palestinians deserve safety and dignity," said Rep. #RashidaTlaib.
from #CommonDreams
Jessica Corbett
May 05, 2025
Jessica Corbett
May 05, 2025
"Advocates for student protesters and other critics of the U.S.-backed #Israeli assault on the #Gaza Strip celebrated on Monday after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped all charges against seven people arrested last year at the #UniversityOfMichigan amid allegations of bias that the #Democrat rejected. "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/university-of-michigan-gaza
#DefendAcademicFreedom
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#repression
#ReleaseRümeysaÖztürk
#StopTheDeportations
#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics #Trump
#news #press @palestine
Common Dreams · Michigan AG Drops Charges Against Pro-Palestinian Campus Protesters | Common DreamsThe Michigan AG dropped charges against protesters at the University of
Michigan who spoke out against the U.S.-backed Israeli assault of the
Gaza Strip.
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Another South #Florida #Democrat, Rep #FredericaWilson, said in a tweet that she was "heartbroken & furious" to learn of Blaise's death. She called on members of #Congress to visit #ICE facilities for themselves to increase oversight of the #Trump admin's #immigration policies.
"How many more stories do we have to hear of immigrants being mistreated at these black hole detention centers?" she wrote. "When are we going to get answers?"
Mike Johnson: "Do not believe the lies the #Democrat Party has said. We had their ads taken down. They were running ads around the country in swing districts trying to convince people that #Republicans are going to 'gut Medicaid.' It's just simply not true and that's why their ads and billboards had to come down."
“Michigan #Democrat files articles of #impeachment against #Trump” https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5271810-michigan-democrat-trump-impeachment/
The Democratic Leadership is in on it.
Congress, not the President, passes laws. Executive orders are not edicts.
But Democratic Leadership will do nothing to stop Donald Trump, because they are complicit.
They will give you every excuse on why trying does not matter. It is a lie. Trying, even if you may fail, is still not being complicit.
#FCC #Democrat slams chairman for aiding Trump’s “campaign of #censorship ”
#Trump
Ars Technica · FCC Democrat slams chairman for aiding Trump’s “campaign of censorship”
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#Durbin …has also forged close relationships w/some #Republicans, including Sen #ChuckGrassley of Iowa, who has been chairman of the #Judiciary Cmte in periods when Durbin was the top #Democrat.
The two pushed a #criminal #justice overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into #law by #Trump during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.
#Illinois #Democrat Senator #DickDurbin, No.2 #Senate Dem & a leading #liberal voice, to retire after 44 years in #Congress
#Durbin retiring will fundamentally reshape how #immigration is debated in the Senate. For decades, he's played a leading role in shaping immigration policy (he was behind the first push for the Dream Act over 20 years ago).
#law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick-durbin-retires-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6F0C39E6-2591-4197-B6F2-1F78E333F509
The New York Times · Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress
HR2973
To amend the Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 to apply to members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, and for other purposes.
Introduced in House
