This Week In The Big Picture
Last night, James Talarico won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Texas, and many Democrats are feeling optimistic that this could be the year a Texas Senate seat flips blue.
Not only did Democratic turnout in the primary strongly outpace Republican turnout yesterday, but Talarico won with strong support from Latino voters with a message that appeared to resonate statewide. And with Talarico having won an outright majority, Democrats are united behind their candidate through November, while Republicans will remain divided between “establishment” Senator John Cornyn and MAGA extremist Ken Paxton in what is likely to be a bruising May run-off election.
In tomorrow’s piece, Jay Kuo digs into the results and explores what Talarico’s success could even mean for Democrats nationwide heading into November.
And in case you missed it yesterday, Todd Beeton dug into the GOP’s increasingly overt and unmasked white supremacy. From Donald Trump’s rhetoric and his administration’s messaging and policies to Elon Musk’s Twitter feed, white supremacist ideology has grown dangerously normalized on the right.
We will hear from Ms. Crockett again.
The head of America's Gestapo is getting another grilling today in the House. Mike Johnson, the loyal lapdog, is going to get fired as Speaker after the House changes hands, or sooner.
Really sorry Jasmine Crockett will not continue in this position. She has served SO WELL! I really hope she will find a new path to speak so passionately, brilliantly and frankly to the insane power of the current administration