jacobfhsmith

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Political Scientist who studies Congress and Elections. he/him
Haven't posted here for awhile, but since I announced it on the other site, excited to announce I will be starting as an assistant professor in Political Science at Fordham in the Fall!
Toronto - Mayoral byelection set for June 26
Rebranding rift guts Blue Dog Dem ranks

Nearly half the members of the influential centrist coalition are letting themselves out after a failed push for a name change designed for a new era.

POLITICO

I am sure there are others

For example, if I had to guess (based on pure speculation), decent chance there are (or at least were) classified documents at Gore's simply because of how rushed that transition was.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1617931977515991052?fbclid=IwAR19ucpcJj1Q-OGNJwW2zAAsgTjanHW8y4xurVJejhTYODRiaAQT5wK7CQM

BNO News Live on Twitter

“Classified documents found at Mike Pence's Indiana home, turned over to the FBI - CNN”

Twitter
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia to seek reelection

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine , the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee and a fixture in Virginia politics for decades, said Friday that he would seek reelection next year, easing his party’s worries about holding on to a seat in a state now led by a Republican governor.

Associated Press
Senator Fetterman!
So you're saying a McCarthy Speakership would be a shall we say "coalition of chaos." https://mobile.twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1609607071988588549
This Week on Twitter

“If House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy does not secure the votes needed to be speaker, it will lead to “chaos,” @rickklein tells @jonkarl. “There's no amount of precedent for this. It’s been a century since we’ve seen more than one ballot.” https://t.co/KInxWHwCkT”

Twitter
Perhaps he and Bolsanaro can be extradited at the same time. https://mobile.twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1610053034343555077
Sahil Kapur on Twitter

““Brazilian law enforcement authorities intend to revive fraud charges against Mr. [George] Santos, and will seek his formal response, prosecutors told The New York Times on Monday.” https://t.co/ZgBaoc8cS0”

Twitter

Southwest Airlines has learned its lesson.

By Susan Collins

https://mastodon.world/@bbcworld@botsin.space/109598245470695080

BBC News (World) (@[email protected])

Southwest Airlines says sorry again as flight chaos continues https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64113242

botsin.space
The Christianity Party is at it again.
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RT @NoahGrayCNN
Just in on this Christmas Eve- Two busloads of migrants (approximately 50 people) were dropped off in front of @vp residence in 18° weather around 8p two sources tell me. 50 more migrants expected later tonight. Unclear at this time where they came from or who sent the group
https://twitter.com/NoahGrayCNN/status/1606833110519275523
Noah Gray on Twitter

“Just in on this Christmas Eve- Two busloads of migrants (approximately 50 people) were dropped off in front of @VP residence in 18° weather around 8p two sources tell me. 50 more migrants expected later tonight. Unclear at this time where they came from or who sent the group”

Twitter