Wow - Sen. Tim Kaine has long covid.
“I tell people it feels like all my nerves have had like five cups of coffee." It's a “24/7” tingling sensation, he says.
Introduces legislation to study it:
The leading cause of death among children is guns.
For over 60 years, it was car accidents. As of 2020, it's guns.
Again: The leading cause of death among children is guns.
The Capitol building is under lockdown, evacuations underway, guns drawn in the House chamber.
Sen. Ted Cruz just sent a fundraising email/text.
“I’m leading the fight to reject electors from key states...” it reads, in part.
Wow - Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples.
"Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family," Francis in a doc that premiered today in Italy.
Twitter, meet Charlie. Born March 25, named for his Opa & his great-grandfather.
@EliStokols
& I still can’t believe he’s ours.
I’ll be on maternity leave for a few months — a generous policy at
@politico
that all working moms should have access to. See you on the other side.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announces on
@MSNBC
that the city of New York City is ending all contracts with the Trump Organization, citing "criminal activity."
Adds that Trump Org profits $17M a year at 4 sites in the city.
Scoop - Biden campaign raised more than $12M yesterday, timed with Kamala Harris' VP debate & marking another watershed cash day.
The fly helped, too. Campaign sold out of its fly swatters already, 35K at $10 a pop.
Add Walt Disney to the list of companies that won't donate campaign $$ in 2021 to GOP lawmakers who voted to reject EC certification, per spokesman.
Full stmt:
RBG on picking a partner, words I always carried with me:
“I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me."
KLOBUCHAR to WISCONSIN and IOWA next weekend.
“We’re starting in Wisconsin because, as you remember, there wasn’t a lot of campaigning in Wisconsin in 2016. With me, that changes.”
On those technical difficulties...
"We are on paper in many cases," not the app, as was planned, said one Iowa Democrat. "The whole system largely broke."
Scoop - Pete Buttigieg helped Joe Biden raise $1M for the VP's first grassroots fundraiser during the pandemic.
The event - drawing 35K participants - is happening now.
Biden now on CNN, after a MSNBC hit in the noon hour.
"Have you ever heard this president say one negative thing about white supremacists?" Biden says of Trump.
NEW - Biden campaign cranks into general election action post-SOTU.
- Six-week $30M TV/digital ad buy starts tomorrow (earlier than ever before)
- Hiring 350 new staffers, opening 100 offices
- Biden travel to NH, WI and MI next week
“It would’ve been nice to be like the other boys and girls and have a hit, you know, but it’s more honest to have your music passed down through families and friends and loved ones. I’m proud of it.”
Scoop - Biden campaign raised nearly $10M during Tuesday night's debate.
Broke their own 1-hour record, bringing in $3.8M during 10pm hour. The totals come from 215K donors, including 60K new donors.
NEW - Biden expands TV ad $$ into Texas & Ohio.
Trump? Completely dark in Iowa, Texas, Ohio & NH, last 2 weeks.
TV spending is a clear reflection of who has cash and who doesn’t in presidential race.
@PoliticoScott
& I dive into it:
MORE: Polk County precinct chairs are being advised to take pictures of the results and text them over to the Polk County executive director, who is driving them to the HQ, according to a Democratic operative familiar with the situation
Question from audience: "What do I say to my friends who don't think America is ready for a gay president?"
"Tell your friends I said 'hi.'"
@PeteButtigieg
says.
ActBlue's ticker (which tracks in real time its donations) is jumping by about $1.5 million every 15 minutes or so.
Since news broke about RBG, ActBlue has brought in $16M.
We can expect that number to, uh, go up a lot more.
h/t
@PoliticoScott
Pete Buttigieg goes a step further re: Biden ad.
"There are so many communities, rural areas, small towns, industrial cities & pockets of big cities" who feel "left behind by Washington."
"We're tired of being reduced to a punchline by Washington politicians," he said.
NEW - Joe Biden raised $7 million more than President Trump in May.
Biden/DNC - $80.8M
Trump/RNC - $74M
(In April, Trump justttt edged out Biden.)
& now we patiently wait for them to actually file it all w/ the FEC. More w/
@ZachMontellaro
tonight:
MORE: Iowa Democrats are literally knocking on the doors of the precinct chairs who hadn't yet called in their results, according to one Iowa Democrat.
They are going door-knocking. At midnight. After the caucuses are over.
"I slid behind a row of chairs and looked up as a female representative started to pray. Another member was talking loudly into his cellphone, providing a play-by-play. Several lawmakers were crying."
Read
@sarahdwire
:
Less than 24 hours after RBG's death, and ActBlue is still seeing insane numbers.
We're running at $1 million every 15 minutes.
More than $85,000 every minute.
But for those of us who watched the Gilmore Girls episode about her 15 years ago, you’d know she was also a badass who wouldn’t quit advocating for herself. And an early anti-war protester.
NEWS - RBC/DNC members being told in private dinner tonight that WH is pushing for the following:
SC on 2/5
NH/NV on 2/12
GA on 2/19
MI on 2/26
Per source in room. Confirming
@michaelscherer
@tylerpager
Terri Russell, 57, has bronchitis and asthma. She requested an absentee ballot, never came. When interviewed, she’d been waiting 3 hours.
“I refuse not to be heard and so I am standing in line,” she said, wearing a mask.
Voting in GA in a pandemic.
Joe Biden's answers on Hunter Biden? "Anger and denial."
"But so far, Biden doesn’t have a clear and cogent message — and Iowa voters are starting to take notice."
Via
@MarcACaputo
in Iowa:
Look at
#NC13
, an open seat, stretches south of Raleigh into suburbs/ex-urbs.
Wiley Nickel (D): 51.3%
Bo Hines (R): 48.7%
99% in and what's left is (I believe) Wake County, which leans Dem.
These are the kinds of districts Dems won in 18, but looked MUCH harder in 22.
Our success has been driven by our grassroots supporters. $203 million came from online donors. We had 1.1 million new donors last month — bringing the total to 5.5 million donors throughout this campaign. And as a result, we have $432 million in the bank. (2/?)
SCOOP - Pete Buttigieg expands to Super Tuesday & beyond w/ digital ads airing in 7 states, targeting Obama-Trump counties & signaling Super Tuesday strategy.
The states: Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin & Virginia.
Buttigieg calls his husband, Chasten, "the first gentleman of the United States," from the stage in Iowa. Chants of "Chasten" break out.
That's a historic moment.
Amazing exchange -- re: "What do you mean, our future is female," Wallace asks.
Gillibrand starts answer w/ bringing in women's voices to the table.
Wallace: "What about men?"
Gillibrand: "They're already there - do you not know?"
Standing-room only at Dean Phillips’ first public event Sunday morning.
@taylorswift13
’s “Anti-Hero” is blasting.
“Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman?”
Overheard: “I love Taylor, but this is an odd song choice.”
Oh, god. More CNN town halls.
Jan 28, 8pm - Bernie Sanders
Jan 28, 9pm - Pete Buttigieg
Jan 28, 10pm - Andrew Yang
Jan 28, 11pm - Tom Steyer
Jan 29, 8pm - Joe Biden
Jan 29, 9pm - Elizabeth Warren
Jan 29, 10pm - Amy Klobuchar
Met Neil & Mark at Des Moines Pride, after
@PeteButtigieg
spoke.
Asked them if they ever thought they’d see a gay presidential candidate in their lifetime.
“No, never,” Mark said, breaking into tears.
“But we never thought we’d get married either.”
Been married 10 years.
NEWS - Iowa surrenders to its fate, submitting plan to become a Super Tuesday state for Dems.
DNC expected to accept Iowa's proposal at meeting this am, per source familiar.
Also expected to discuss NH today, per agenda notes shared w/ me.
Joe Biden: "It's clear that we're winning enough states to win 270 Electoral votes."
"Not here to declare that we won," Biden says. But when all the votes are counted, it'll show they did, he continues.
NEW - DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison is now bringing up the revamped presidential nominating calendar before DNC members.
Old calendar: IA, NH, NV, SC
New calendar: SC, NH/NV, GA, MI
If passed by DNC, it’ll upend decades of political tradition.
SCOOP - Dem groups to pump $10M into TV ads to sell Inflation Reduction Act ahead of midterms.
DNC, BBT out w/ ads too.
Part of Dem push to correct sales failures of ACA, infrastructure.
“We need to aggressively tell this story.”
Delaware County, Ohio, a traditionally red county:
Delaware County in 2016:
Trump - 54.5%
Clinton - 38.7%
Delaware County in 2020 w/ 64% vote in so far:
Biden - 49.5%
Trump - 49.2%
GOP strategist calls Trump fighting to a draw there could be "devastating" for him statewide.
Scoop - Sen. Jon Ossoff isn’t on the ballot until 2026. But he’s dropping six-figures on restarting his organizing machine in Georgia.
Program will run thru potential runoff, as polls show dead heat in Senate.
Advice to students who may want to come out, but haven't: “You’re ready when you’re ready ...& you don’t have to be ashamed about how, when & whether you want to share it with everyone else.”
But “you’ll be amazed at who’s in your corner," Buttigieg said. "I’m in your corner."
To every person who chipped in a few dollars last month — thank you. Because of your support, we raised an astounding $383 million. I'm incredibly humbled.
There's still more work to be done, but I wanted to share the good news with Trimicka, one of our grassroots supporters.
It's official, official.
The DNC is shaking up its presidential nominating calendar ahead of 2024.
They're considering adding up to five states. Everyone, including Iowa and NH, required to apply. Caucuses may not survive.
RBG on being a working mom:
“You can’t have it all at once," but “over my life span, I think I have had it all.”
“I felt each part of my life gave me respite from the other.”
Confirming News Channel Nebraska that NE state Sen. Mike McDonnell is switching parties from Dem to GOP.
But McDonnell confirms in a text message to me: "It does not change my position I am voting against changing the electoral vote structure in the state of Nebraska."
Twitter, meet Ryne Herriot. Born March 10, named in honor of his great-grandmothers.
@EliStokols
and I are so lucky. & Charlie’s a big brother!
I’ll be on maternity leave until Sept — a generous policy
@politico
that all parents should have access to. See you on the other side.
Kamala Harris’ prosecutorial record was a liability during the presidential primary. Now, in the VP hunt, it “provides her with unmatched perspective into how to achieve systemic change.”
@ccadelago
on the evolution:
Scoop - ActBlue raised $1.5 BILLION for Dem candidates, left-leaning groups in Q3.
In ALL of 2018, ActBlue processed nearly $1.6 billion.
In las 3 months in 2020, ActBlue processed $1.5 billion.
Asked
@PeteButtigieg
to respond to
@SenSanders
recent comments alleging that The Washington Post “doesn’t write particularly good articles” about Sanders because it’s owned by Jeff Bezos.
Here’s his answer in full:
.
@PeteButtigieg
in Rochester, N.H., giving a speech on Veteran's Day. He's talking about joining the service himself, where you learn quickly about "bureaucracy." Said he told the Navy he minored in Arabic, but the Navy wrote down that he'd minored in aerobics.
Scoop - Amy Klobuchar's next act starts w/ a new effort to support down ballot Democrats, The Win Big Project.
Endorses slate of 12 House, Senate candidates.
Important early totals out of NC in Wake, Mecklenburg counties, home to Raleigh & Charlotte.
Higher turnout in both, Biden running a couple points ahead of how Clinton performed in 2016.
Again, still waiting on 100K votes or so in both counties, but good signs for Ds there.
NEWS:
@PeteButtigieg
giving foreign policy speech this am — expected to cover Iran nuclear deal, pulling troops out of war, climate change.
Building a foreign policy brain trust w/ 100+ experts advising him on volunteer basis.
Gabriel Sterling, one of Georgia's top election administrators, is at the podium, debunking voter fraud claims from President Trump & others, point by point.
He seems very, very, very tired.
Sheeeeeesh this is tight.
94% reporting in
#VA07
>>
Abigail Spanberger (D): 49.5
Rep. Dave Brat (R): 49.3
Spanberger up by 533 votes.
YOUR VOTE MATTERS A LOT.