‘What the hell is going on?’: Democratic leaders clash over congressional endorsement
By Maya C. Miller, CalMatters
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For a Democratic Party convention with the theme, “Together, we win,” there was a lot of infighting, culminating in a Sunday morning shouting match between two Democratic heavyweights.
State party Chair Rusty Hicks and Sen. Mike McGuire, the former Senate president, got in a heated exchange that some onlookers described as unnecessarily petty, intensely personal and highly unprofessional.
Delegates from the region voted Saturday by a 74% margin to endorse McGuire in his bid for the 1st Congressional District over Democratic primary opponent Audrey Denney, sending that decision to the convention floor for a pro forma Sunday approval.
But at 8 a.m., Hicks made an eleventh-hour move to block McGuire’s endorsement by approving a review sought by Denney.
“What the hell is going on here?” demanded McGuire, the favorite to win the heavily redrawn district after voters adopted maps favoring Democrats by passing Proposition 50 last November.
While Denney’s move was legal under the party’s bylaws, the challenge irked McGuire and his campaign, who saw it as an unnecessary holdup given the widespread support he’d already received the night before.
What sent them over the edge Sunday was that Hicks essentially put his thumb on the scale to guarantee the review committee considered Denney’s challenge, regardless of whether her team had submitted the necessary signed petitions. Denney’s campaign manager said the campaign submitted the required 20 signatures on Saturday evening, received notice that night that it was approved and did not know Hicks would also get involved.
“This hearing is an embarrassment. We’re supposed to be Democrats — people who believe in the sanctity of elections, voter integrity, and that every vote counts,” McGuire declared during a five-minute speech. “Instead, this morning, because of two people trying to put their finger on the scale, the headline coming out of this hearing is all about party bosses trying to overturn votes behind closed doors in the dead of night.”
McGuire’s supporters contend that Hicks has a personal vendetta against their candidate dating to 2023, when Hicks launched a surprise bid for a vacant Assembly seat. Hicks, who refused to give up his position as state party chair to seek office, was heavily criticized for attempting to brute force his way into the state Legislature.
Instead of endorsing Hicks, McGuire as the Senate leader backed his opponent, Chris Rogers, a decision McGuire’s supporters say has made him a target for retribution from leadership.
Chris Snyder, a delegate and executive board member of the Sonoma County Democrats who supports McGuire, said “there’s some animosity toward him over that race,” though he acknowledged he couldn’t prove personal politics motivated Hicks to guarantee Denney a review.
Even a delegate who had consistently supported Denney throughout the process declared that she couldn’t bring herself to support removing McGuire from the consent calendar after 74% of the delegates supported him.
“That vote changed it for me,” said Janet Jonte, chair of the Glenn County Democrats. “There’s a cost also to continuing to run maybe a bitter campaign the next few months.”
Ultimately, Hicks voted along with everyone else to deny the challenge, paving the way for McGuire’s endorsement.
Hicks would not say why he took steps to guarantee Denney’s challenge would be heard.
“The committee was convened to consider the issues that were brought forward and ultimately decided to leave the senator on the consent calendar,” Hicks told CalMatters.
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widespread support? F you Mike.
Well he got 74%. From his own party! I guess that mean 26% of his own party didn’t want him LOL!
No, just from a “leadership clique”.
And we must consider that it isn’t that they didn’t want him, the 26% just wanted the other person more.
Wide spread support? Who’s?
McGuire is part of the problem. He backed every tax increase the state concocted upon Californians.
True. Mike McGuire was the one who brought forth legislation in 2017, that was passed and signed into law in 2018, that increased the limit on sales tax in California. Then cities and counties, here and across California, brought forth their increases in sales tax.
That is why these Patriots ☝️☝️☝️☝️ fervently support Maverick RHOYD for 1st. District Governor!!!! Whole Milk in the Hot Tub Baby!!
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Doesn’t matter, they’re all chuckleheads.
Cannot trust the politicians
The Democratic Party needs to just get it over with and collapse already so they can actually ‘build back better.’ Republicans have a head start but are so incompetent that the Dems will catch up quickly.
Must have been a “its ok to use the F word now” memo sent to the dems recently because they’re all suddenly using it.
Fuuuck, you found us out.
For heaven’s sake, Fuck is just a word.
Moral outrage is better served as a pointer to actions like shooting a man on his hands and knees, for grabbing women by the pussy, for having sex with children.
There you go! Say those Epstein files have sure boomeranged! That BBC film the tricked for the Jan 6th routine is now part of the record. How about those Open Borders. Any moral outrage?
If any Democrat fucked children, they should go to jail. Full stop. Trial, Conviction, jail. No excuses.
And if any Republican did the same? Same answer. Jail.
This isn’t a team sport for me. Child abuse isn’t red or blue.
You want to “boomerang” Epstein files? Fine. Release everything. Prosecute whoever committed crimes — Democrat, Republican, billionaire, activist, donor, politician, I don’t care.
But don’t pretend outrage is credible if it only points one direction.
As a gesture of goodwill, I’m perfectly happy to start with Democrats — if you’re willing to go after Republicans just as fast and just as hard.
Otherwise, it’s not about justice. It’s about scoring points.
Sorry to say Kym, your “pulling points” for moral outrage seems more like a “in your face” comment section reply. You might be the last person to be talking about “moral outrage”! Speak for yourself! As far as Republicans are concerned – there are plenty of Bums that are morally bankrupt! Fortunately, most of the “RINOS” have taken a hike!
Also: I’m not pretending about anything!
“Pulling points” for moral outrage?
What does that even mean?
I said prosecute Democrats who commit crimes. I said prosecute Republicans who commit crimes. That’s not “in your face.” That’s having standards that don’t rely whether someone is on the same side as me politically. I’m not on the side of anyone who fucks kids.
You’re the one who brought up Epstein as a political boomerang. I responded by saying release everything and jail whoever’s guilty — regardless of party. If that sounds like point-scoring to you, maybe that says more about how you view this than how I do.
Moral outrage isn’t a scarce resource I’m “pulling points” with. It’s pretty simple–child abuse is evil. Abuse of power is wrong. Deadly force deserves scrutiny. Those positions don’t flip based on party registration.
And yes — I speak for myself. That’s literally what I’m doing.
And, in this case Kym, for a whole lot of other “fucking” people… Solidarity on “it’s just a word”!
it is literally, a configuration of letters. No more, no less.
I think all the files are out now. With very little redaction on the last batch.
As of February 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) claims it has released all records required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law in November 2025. However, this claim is heavily disputed by lawmakers and legal experts who argue that millions of pages and critical investigative documents remain withheld.
Could it be: this claim is heavily disputed by lawmakers and legal experts who argue that millions of pages and critical documents remain withheld – until they get the “correct”result they desire?
Just like climate change data. Its not who you know, its who you hire.
No. You’re wrong. It’s not about getting the result they desire. I agree with Kym and I think you’re trying to politicize something that for once doesn’t need to be politicized because not tolerating child abuse is not a liberal or conservative value. It’s a humanitarian value that we should all share.
For the record, I’m a conservative myself, registered independent that voted for Trump because I felt he was the lesser of two evils but I will put that aside for a moment because what political party you identify with or who you voted for doesn’t really matter in the case of the Epstein files.
It’s a fact that the files released are inadequate because:
1) who knows if they really released “all the files” The government is going: “Yeah trust me bro this is everything” and that’s not acceptable regardless of which party is running the government.
2) The files are heavily redacted so there is no transparency there.
3) It’s a fact that there are guilty parties on both sides in the files. Both democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives are guilty.
4) Anyone in the files found guilty should be held accountable.
Then why did you only start talking abt it when Trump was implicated?
Remember for years all the “RWNJs” pushing the Bill Clinton / Bill Gates Epstein conspiracy theory? Those people were shouted down, AngieC was banning anyone who brought it up, now its all she talks abt.
The silence from the MAGAs after Trump is implicated is just as bad as the silence from the entire democratic party up until Trump was named.
Yes, obviously anyone criminally involved should be punished regardless of party, but its difficult to take people seriously who only cared about it once it was politically convenient.
Hope this doesn’t offend you Kym, remember, it’s just words for fucks sake.
Ironically, my first comment mentioning Epstein was to tell a liberal commenter that the photo he posted with Trump and Epstein in it, was a fake. I’m interested in truth. Not in convicting Trump.
Some of us do not have a platform to go after anyone. Some of us do. “To those given much, much is expected.” There is nothing wrong with expecting that and lots wrong with deflecting it onto those without power. Is that scoring points too?
Before this ends up in the place it always does, all my comment was is that party affiliation or for that matter profession does not own behavior worth moral outrage. Yet that seems to be the go to play for outrage.
And then it devolves into people taking it personally. .
Yeah…the Epstein file. Lots on here would cry all day about Trump holding them back. LOL and I knew what the files would tell. Because Trump played these people all that time. Holding the files. And boom, here they are and its just a big pile of shit on the door mat of the DNC. LOL
well… Mr. Clark – these people are on board with shutting down the Govt. because of ICE. Only the Democrats didn’t do that cause they couldn’t. They did shut put the screws to FEMA and … a giant winter storm smashes their stronghold. Zoltar of NY hires people to man snow shovels and required two forms of ID – but voter ID is outrageous. Let me know if you can figure it out!
I did figure it out. Right out of the NAZI playbook. In 1933 Hitler hired thousand of young unemployed men, with shovels to build the autobahn. See the similarities? Socialism works, i mean you work for socialize.
Incredibly disingenuous considering we exist in an environment where misgendering someone is “hate speech”
You know very well there are dozens of words you would ban people over so dont give me that “it’s just a word, crap”
Believe it or not some parents are still raising their children to not use swear words
I guess being offended by words only matters if you’re in the right group.
You’re right about one thing. Many parents don’t allow their kids to use swear words. I didn’t allow mine to say “fuck,” either. That’s normal parenting.
But there’s a difference between swearing and using a slur aimed at a group of people.
A swear word is usually about emphasis or emotion. A slur is meant to demean someone for who they are. Those two things aren’t remotely the same.
And no, I don’t ban “dozens of words.” I moderate behavior. There’s a difference between someone expressing an opinion and someone targeting another person or group with language meant to degrade them.
Being offended isn’t the standard. (or else a lot of commenters who offend me daily would be long gone.) Harm is the standard.
Pretending that every word carries the same weight ignores context, intent, and impact. I don’t think this is about who gets to be offended. You can be offended when I use the word “fuck.” But my speech is not an attack on you. But if I call someone a “fag,” then I’m attacking them–saying that who they are, is bad.
It’s about the difference between expressing yourself and attacking others.
“Spare me your fake fucking outrage, Sean” isn’t an attack?
What about Katie Porter, doesn’t get more of a direct attack than this. If a republican candidate held up a “Fuck Kamala” sign and got the crowd to start chanting it, democrats would be outraged at the hate. But somehow here its just self expression.
MAGA is terrible for the country, they’re chaos, but the double standards the democrats refuse to acknowledge only hurts their own cause.
Just in case anyone needed a link. She did in fact hold up that whiteboard. To me she seems she can get as unhinged as Trump. Just what we need; more bloviating.
I was looking at Yee but I have the opposite problem with her. She keeps herself so undemonstrative I don’t have a clue as to what she would do with political power. She basically checks none of the steretypical boxes.
Sure, I think the Katie Porter sign was an attack. I think the Spare me your fake fucking outrage was a mild attack/ a point to hypocrisy. BUt you are being disingenuous if you are ignoring Trump and MAGA attacking Democrats. “Lock her up” ring a bell? But more importantly Trump and the whole MAGA movement is attacking Democracy. Jan 6 was a violent mob attempting to as they put it “stop the steal” or as I and most sane folks would say an attempt to steal the election violently.
We should all be better and I include myself in that. I get hot under the collar and say provoking things. BUT we should be clear that “Fuck Trump” is not “Stop the Steal” while screaming for Mike Pence to be hanged and beating cops trying to protect law makers and democracy so violently they have to go to the hospital.
Let’s not forget the “let’s go Brandon” thing. The MAGA crowd had a field day with that.
Guess it’s OK if a euphemism is used.
Lots of that disingenuousness going on. And I think you are wrong. Porter’s sign is as bad as stop the steal sign. It is meant to be as more incentive than objection. Such personalization for the purpose of politics leads to violence. It leads the, hum, unphilosophical to start thinking violence can fix immorality and societysanctions it.. The now hackneyed “no peace without justice ” bottom line where justice become equivalent with vengeance. It is not required by a commenter to balance out their comment by listing all the people who do the same things. It could be required of a professional writer.
I agree with Cedar that deliberately trotting out what society considers bad language is just another step downward in sanctioning anti-social actions that can no longer be kept in check by, yes, prudish objections. This commenter did not deserve belittling or lectures. Especially over such a modest objection.
And yes too that sometimes a swear word is meant to be a slur. If it is directed at a person. Which at least Newsom’s was not. Porter’s was. I think you would likely take it so if addressed to you personally. I on the other hand have developed a thicker skin from attacks on this site yet not having any real power to do anything about it. It’s been an education.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/trump/2026/02/23/austin-martin-killed-president-trump-mar-a-lago-shooting-florida/88820565007/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-says-agent-injured-sent-132010638.html
Please. Getting worked up over someone using the word fuck is faux outrage and hypocritical. I see all the time on here where people use back door insults and try and disguise their insults within a plethory of words.
I would rather be told fuck you than have someone try some hidden insult. At least they would be honest about it.
As far as your injured ICE agent goes the idiot stood in front of the car against all common sense and department policy. Also, you can take anything they say with a grain of salt as has been proven time after time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases
Correction on the injured ICE agent, it was a supposedly car ramming but I still have doubts about the claim
Renee Good = Ashli Babbit
A “mild attack” is ok then?
I don’t think any cops got severely injured. Ashlee Babbit though, she did.
Are you fucking kidding me? More than 140 police officers were injured during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, facing severe violence including brutal beatings, chemical exposure, and crush injuries. Injuries ranged from concussions, broken ribs, and spinal disc damage to chemical burns and, the loss of an eye. Four officers later committed suicide that families believe were related to PTSD. One officer had a stroke and died the next day. https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ32/PLAW-117publ32.htm
“…as I and most sane folks would say…”
-Kym Kemp-
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Why would ONLY “most sane folks” say what you would say…???
Why not THE REST OF THE “sane folks”…???
Katie Porter is absolutely an egotistical nutcase. We’re in big trouble if this person is the next Newsome. Anyone liberal or conservative should never vote for this person after witnessing the leaked video of her shouting at her staff. She’s like the Ellen Degeneris of politicians. For anyone with short memories: she has a history of leaked videos showing her yelling and berating her staff.
My mother-in-law always referred to female dogs as bitches. She later confessed that she really just liked to cuss and say words like bitch! Like people that just have to use words like F**k in comment sections, they too are role models.
I’m not offended so much as I just have a hard time conversing with people that use such language. I know it’s judgmental, but I see it as a lack of linguistic intelligence. IMHO
“We found a consistent positive relationship between profanity and honesty; profanity was associated with less lying and deception at the individual level and with higher integrity at the society level.” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5686790/
Fuck yeah!
And someone paid actual money for that nonsense. Of course people who care so little about offending their listeners as to pepper them with swear words would be likely to lie less or be interested in deception. But assuming that’s a good thing would be like assuming the honest expressions of a irritated two year old leads to good social interaction. It leads to throwing things. No one needs to have an over abundance of honesty in social interactions. Maybe financial ones but then would a person so self centered as to swear constantly be likely to reliably honor an agreement?
Maybe not mental intelligence, but emotional intelligence for sure.
When someone can’t articulate an argument without profanity, it usually reveals emotional impulse over thoughtful reasoning.
I see that a lot here.
I could insult you a hundred different ways without using what is considered a swear word.
Even what is considered polite language can be weaponized.
Give me a good old honest “fuck you” anyday.
Or if all else fails there is always the middle finger salute, no words needed.
You’re right about the ability of polite language to convey impolite meaning.
Whenever I see the words Customer Service, I think of it in the agricultural sense of the word.
Oh, IDK. There’s plenty of outrage left over to be trotted for lots of things- Kirk’s public assassination, migrant children trafficked across borders by drug cartels, the murderers from gang wars involving illegal pot farms. But do they figure so largely in comments?
https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/mendocino-county-illegal-cannabis-grow-homicides-20332824.php oh, wait on this one. There’s a question about whose pussies were grabbed by this school teacher/reporter.
But there’s lots more to consider-
https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/mendocino-county-illegal-cannabis-grow-homicides-20332824.php
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/united-states/thousands-of-kids-vanished-during-joe-bidens-border-chaos-condemned-to-conveyer-belt-of-rape-and-abuse/news-story/9b4a55ebed31a4e8215fb7b0df05e167
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-30/massacre-adds-to-grim-toll-of-illegal-pot-violence-in-the-desert
You got Km triggered enough she’s raging like one of those nut cases on The View. She doesn’t like people pointing out how disingenuous her liberals are. Good job.
No, she’s not raging like those View nuts. I disagree with Kym on several issues, including this one, but her replies are more civil than most, and I actually think she does a relatively good job of atleast attempting to maintain non biased journalistic integrity while still expressing her own opinions.
Which is probably more difficult these days than ever
Cedar, I appreciate that. It takes some courage to disagree with someone and still give them credit. I respect that. I’m always up for a strong discussion. It’s when we can disagree without turning each other into caricatures that real conversation actually happens.
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https://kymkemp.com/2026/02/23/what-the-hell-is-going-on-democratic-leaders-clash-over-congressional-endorsement/#comment-1906985
“…as I and most sane folks would say…”
-Kym Kemp-
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Really…???
A few moments later…
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https://kymkemp.com/2026/02/23/what-the-hell-is-going-on-democratic-leaders-clash-over-congressional-endorsement/#comment-1907053
“It takes some courage to disagree with someone and still give them credit.”
-Kym Kemp-
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What does it take to disagree with someone without judging anyone’s and/or one’s own relative supposed sanity against anyone else’s relative supposed sanity…???
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“It’s when we can disagree without turning each other into caricatures that real conversation actually happens.”
-Kym Kemp-
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JS,
That’s a classic false equivalence and, frankly, bullshit.
Reminds me of the Harris primary.
Exactly…!!!
Me, too…
IMHO:
>”State party Chair Rusty Hicks…”
But wait… isn’t he busy teaching convicts at Pelican Bay Prison ???
I’m so confused… so confused…
Yes, teaching criminals to be progressive criminals. Fill out all those ballots! We’ll take care of the rest!
“Tohgether,” “THEY LOST…!!!”
Leave it to the Democrat Liberals to actually think that losing means that they have got their shit “together”…
McGuire just got annointed/appointed by his Political Party’s delegates as a “candidate” for a shamefully Gerrymandered District to become a slam dunk for the Dems…
“Real Democratic of them”…
That’s not Democracy, that’s nothing but a dispicable political hierarchy…
That’s not an election, that’s an elitist wannabe selection, very reminiscent of their undemocratically selected 2024 presidential candidate appointment, Kamala Harris…
The last thing she conceitedly said, (after blowing $1.5 billon, before she lost), was…
“WE WILL WIN..!!!”
Ya right…!!!
After that, Kamala Harris, basically just, hid her frowning face, and disappeared…
So much for the Democrats all sticking “together”…
They are at each other’s throats, now that fame and fortune is on the line…
That’s what happens when the whole Democrat Liberal Campaign Hate Strategy has become nothing more than just constantly attacking their political opponents…
Bring on the red wave…
It’s funny, The Democrats introduced Automatic Voter Registration back in 2016, by the likes of none other than Dick Durbin, right after Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump, as a way to regain power…
Just to prove how deceptive, disengeuous and manipulative that effort was, it was presented as a way to…
…wait for it…
…”PREVENT GERRYMANDERING”…!!!
Democrat introduced unsolicited obligatory Automatic Voter Registration is nothing more than Liberal Democrat Election interference, because it is not standardized in/across all states, creating a politically orchestrated Democrat voter registration majority and undemocratic registered voter imbalance across our Nation…
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE NO ROOM WHATSOEVER TO TALK ABOUT BEING UNDEMOCRATIC…
FIRST THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKE CARE OF REGISTERING VOTERS TO VOTE, “FOR THEM”…
And as the Liberal Democrats clearly showed in 2024, the next thing the Democrat Leadership is going to do is, actually vote for all of the Democrats, too…
Because, I guess, the Liberal Democrat leadership figures, if they are going to go to the trouble to take care of registering to vote for all of their constituency, for them, then they just might as well start just also casting all of their constituency’s votes for themselves as well…
Wake up Democrats, before it’s too damn late, because you’re all getting taken for a fucking ride…
Are you all going to go willingly, or are any of you going to finally put your foot down…???
McGuire is a loser..
A very poor choice…
The Democrats look like amateurs, and California is pretty well sold up to the Billionaires whims…
Dirty Pool, I think they call this…
Choice ? What choice? McGuire has all the experience to become entrenched, and that’s about it. Trust me, he doesn’t want congressional term limits.
They are fighting over the Federal $$$ that are now greatly diminished. The redistricting/Open Borders/Sanctuary Cities routine has it’s predictable downside- so they fight.
If you don’t understand what I’m talking about… redistricting in California like elsewhere is tied to the census. Now they added gerrymandering on steroids. With the census, everyone including non-citizens living there are counted. This allows redistricting based on population and means more seats in the House of Representatives, but also the States governing body. Federal $$ in the form of grants etc.etc.are given out on this population basis. The Fed $$$ have now been greatly reduced (think train to nowhere) because of fraud and disappeared $$$. California now has a massive budget deficit. When you add in massive population numbers via open borders like “the model” California – redistricting has limitations like actually reducing the number of voters within districts. Politicians like the Democrats loved that angle . No it isn’t illegals voting, it’s redistricting on the basis of Census Population numbers that includes non-citizens living there. Been saying this for years! But don’t believe me. Someone one actually wrote a recent bestseller that explains it very clearly. It’s about the money as always.
CA keeps doubling down on failed policies and destroying the state for years. Things get worse and worse. Insted of admitting things are not working they say think how much worse it would be if we did not do this. The politicians, epically the Democratic very keep gas lighting the population to get more and more power while destroying a once great state. What happen to the old hippies from the 60s and 70s that said dont trust the govenment? They now support what is fast becoming a police state where all but a fe elites are driving into poverty and forced to rely on the govenment. Soon most of the population with become a defacto slave just like the surface in times past.
Showing their
nasty underbellytrue colors.The midterms are bearing down and the dimwitted Democrats are burning their party down.
Right on brand because they love to ignore the will of the people, waste $$$ and cheat.
Proposition 11 (2008) – Voters approved creating the Citizens Redistricting Commission for state legislative districts.
Proposition 20 (2010) – Expanded the CRC’s powers to include congressional districts.
We spent over $30 million between campaign cash and state costs building a ‘nonpartisan’ commission — and the same liberals who sold us that line ?? decided cheating was the only way to secure seats….
Fuckem all.
America is Pepsi
You can have Pepsi – Republicans
or
You can have Diet Pepsi – Democrats
Or you can Coke or Diet Coke……. (Freedom)
CA Dems and Greasy Gavin love corporate America, wall street and big banks
as much as anyone else. at least Republicans are honest about who they are and
In a perverse way, theres more integrity there than saying you are for working America while sponsored by Citi Bank & Chevron
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/congressional-democrats-introduce-transformative-automatic-voter
‘Congressional Democrats Introduce Transformative Automatic Voter Registration Bill’
“Today, Congress introduced the Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2016, a transformative bill that would add up to 50 million new voters by automatically registering every eligible citizens to vote across the nation.”
“The bill is a part of the House Democrats’ ➡️“By the People Package,”⬅️ rolled out today, which strives to fix America’s broken democracy by improving voting access, reforming campaign finance laws, and ➡️ fighting redistricting abuses ⬅️ .”
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…➡️”By the People Package”⬅️…???…
WTF…???
I don’t think so…
That’s an obvious lie…
More like, “By the Liberal Democrats Package.”…
…➡️”Fighting redistricting abuses.”⬅️…???…
FFS…!!!
Yeah, as clearly evidenced by prop 50, that was obviously a lie, too…
McGuire is a treasonous, cowardly, anti-American POS so any other snake in the pro-Invasion Party would do. Scumbag
The Machine Democrats are going to lose cred by pushing this insider rather than Audrey Denny.
The UK is showing courage by prosecuting the peedos like Andrew. Too bad the US justice system is so corrupt that Epstein’s pals in the US can just skate.
Hello? Epstein and Maxwell themselves were convicted in the US. Despite doing a lot of their business in the UK. “Jeffrey Epstein led two different lives – sex offender and celebrity networker – and he did that in the UK as well as the US.”
The wheels of justice in the US are burdened with a huge number of lawyers, burdensome legal precedents, many jurisdictions, and a Bill of Rights that most of Eurooe doesn’t have. It will be slower. And it is unlikely that a State legislature will step into extend the statute of limitations as they did to make a windows to get Trump in a civil case.
But frankly any woman who complains to police on a straight out attack by stangers is only of interest to police if they can use her as a tool to get someone they are already interested in. Otherwise it becomes a “he said, she said” where there are no winners.
https://news.sky.com/story/the-links-between-jeffrey-epstein-and-the-uk-revealed-in-new-files-13485977
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/03/epstein-files-police-failures
” We’re supposed to be Democrats — people who believe in the sanctity of elections, voter integrity, and that every vote counts,” McGuire declared”
This may be the most self-serving piece of fiction ever utter by a candidate seeking to win the new gerrymandered Prop 50 designed district deliberately created to insure every opposing party candidate had no possibility of winning.
Also they’re the Party of Mayor Richard Daily of Chicago who was notorious for his constituency of the the deceased who voted early and often.
As a political party, the Democrats kinda suck. They give far too much weight to seniority, petty grudges, and the status quo. In fact the only worse political party at the moment is the Republicans who have turned whole-hog into a sycophantic cult of Trump worship and have given up on all pretenses of the rule of law and following the Constitution.
I wonder if New Zealand is accepting political refugees from the US?
I don’t think so. They barely tolerate Australians.
Wow- that is so backwards and primitive for them to acknowledge international borders…Bunch of assholes and fascists!!
New Zealand will only accept you if you have a lot of $$$$ to bring with you.
You can just go on a visa and then never leave. Call yourself an immigrant! Never say “illegal immigrant”- YOU are an immigrant!! Work hard, hide out, be a good non-citizen and if they find you and start to deport you back here throw a big fit and maybe get some locals to attack the cops. Everybody knows that’s totally a cool and honorable way to be now!! Say it loud “Nobody is illegal on stolen land!!!” The original tribes will thank you…
Another anointing. This is just like the Dems picking Harris instead of having a primary. They don’t seem to care all that much what choice the legal voters would make. Instead they want to pick the candidate and rig the election again.
Let em fight. McGuire doesn’t care about anything but Sonoma and Marin.His big ego is on full display.Vote red and get rid of him
Ha Ha! The What Me Worry? kid is confused and doesn’t understand what is going on…Hey- just yell out some vile hatred about the evil fascist the country elected as President…That always wins a round of applause LOL
The myth of bipartisan government is finally publicly dissolving. About 46 of the 50 states can be classified as favoring one party or another. A bipartisan struggle in only four or so states is a farce. It’s not a national contest; it’s a freak show.
Put them in a boxing ring and give them some gloves