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Shah was the eventual second place in the governor primary last month, Maine uses ranked choice voting in primaries. This group of Platner replacement hopefuls looks like a repeat of the governor primary race, minus the winner and Angus King's son. This tweet is a little sus, where was her concern back this spring when Shah was in a very close primary battle? Could this be the national party trying to influence the results, and if so for who?

It isn't so much her campaign is taking money, but AIPAC associated PACS running anti- EL-Sayed ads. The key is the minuscule text at the bottom of the ads that says "Not affiliated with any candidate."

That is the potential danger of closed loop water cooling systems, they could become bateria incubators.

When the district was created after the last census, it was intended to be a Detroit district. The last two elections had multiple Detroit based candidates, allowing Thanedar to get slim victories. This time he isn't so lucky.

Well, there is the current association with the leading Communist nation, China, who happens to be considered the number one threat to the US by a substantial number of Americans. I'll also add that over 50 voters are half of the registered voters and may be upto 60% of those who actually vote. This actually a better buzzword than DEI or Woke, as it is readily understood by the people who are most likely to actually vote.

Actually Chinese investors are buying land in the US. In some states it's an issue.

The national party has given up on the race. They don't want to expend additional resources on it. If they had a person with a chance to possibly win, they'd have to dump resources they feel are better used elsewhere. State party is just following orders from the national party.

It is particularly concerning for the Democratic party as they have long had the major cities under their control, and the DSA has proven highly effective in districts that are made up mostly of parts of major cities.

Listen to the song. Got a Coldplay 2000's vibe, but that quickly faded into something to sickly sweet for my tastes. Had to put on a J-Metal playlist to get that out of my head.

Even with the recent wins, DSA supported House members will barely be ten percent of the Progressive Caucus, let alone a significant force within the Democratic House membership. Back when the tea party Republicans were able force their agenda, they were well over half the Republican membership of the House. The Progressive caucus will be around half the Democratic House membership, but I seriously doubt even half the caucus membership will support ousting Jefferies.

Illinois is different. As I have explained after the Illinois primary, the state party has been very aware of progressives and took care it years ago through redistricting. They drew districts so that it is very hard for Chicago progressives to win without having worked their way in through connections with the regular party. Half the candidates in the primary Kat was in would probably have joined the Progressive Caucus when elected and many of them have been party regulars for decades. Also, Illinois isn't the place you walk into an try and get elected, Obama was in Chicago ten years before he ran in his first election.

More like most Democrats don't see Lebanon as a threat to US interests in the region, unlike Iran which many believe is THE threat to US interests in the region. There is also a long standing resentment by older Democrats towards Iran for the hostage situation back in 1979-81. So, you will find older Democrats supporting war powers against Iran, but not Lebanon.

Thanedar pretty much bought his House seat in 2022 by outspending everyone in a very crowded open primary, he won with barely 28% of the vote. Then slipped through when two black candidates split the voted in 2024. District may be the most blue in Michigan, most of it being in Detroit, so the primary winner gets the seat. The guy seems more of a con man than a politician, sort of a smarter version of George Santos. Not going to be hard to oust him.

This is probably the one big obstacle to progressives being able to go statewide, let alone national. The concerns of city dwellers are just not the same as those who live outside of a city.

Only 20% of the US population lives in the top 100 cities. The progressive movement is currently urban based. There is a long way to go before progressives advance beyond the barely tolerated relationship they have with the Democratic party. NYC isn't America, not even close.