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The House Alway Wins, 3-31-2024, Updates On The 2024 House Races

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In the most recent retirement from the House of Representatives, Anne McLane-Kuster (D-NH) announced that she was retiring this past week in a surprise announcement opening a mildly competitive seat in Western New Hampshire that the GOP could theoretically contest this year. While the seat went to McLane-Kuster by about 11% in the 2022 elections, the seat remains marginally within the specter of Republican viability depending on if they can get a capable candidate to run for the seat and fend off any DCCC-backed dark money backed challengers. The question becomes if they can manage to make the seat competitive … Continue reading The House Alway Wins, 3-31-2024, Updates On The 2024 House Races

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2024 Senate Election Predictions, 3-31-2024, Tammy Murphy (D-NJ) Drops Senate Bid, Andy Kim (D-NJ) Becomes Frontrunner In Senate Race

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There have been two major stories happening in the Senate this week on the Democratic side of the aisle worth discussing this week. The Democratic primary in New Jersey appears to be settling around one particular candidate after weeks of turmoil surrounded the establishment heir in one of the most surprising victories for the average working-class voter in the party in a while. Meanwhile, the Democratic primary in Maryland appears to be de-stabilizing as Congressman David Trone’s racial gaffe appears to have deterred several lawmakers from his campaign into the hands of another lawmaker who may be considered the weaker … Continue reading 2024 Senate Election Predictions, 3-31-2024, Tammy Murphy (D-NJ) Drops Senate Bid, Andy Kim (D-NJ) Becomes Frontrunner In Senate Race

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Republican Banter #356, The Alabama 10th State House District Special Election (My Take and Greater Discussion On The 2024 Political Landscape)

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The major question following the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision to declare that there were no protections for in-vitro fertilization before the state legislature stepped in to codify such protections was how that would affect the GOP at the ballot box. Obviously, abortion was a major dud for the GOP in 2022 with the party suffering losses with candidates that couldn’t navigate a safe territory that respected women while also maintaining a viable pro-life position, but the in-vitro fertilization situation was novel in that it dealt with the subject of embryos and if they could be used. Because the abortion issue … Continue reading Republican Banter #356, The Alabama 10th State House District Special Election (My Take and Greater Discussion On The 2024 Political Landscape)

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State Legislative Politics, 3-24-2024, The Lawsuit That Could End New Jersey’s County Line System

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The union line in New Jersey is unique compared to the rest of the United States in the fact that preferential party opinion grants preferential ballot placement when candidates are listed. Contrasted to the randomized ordering that is usually commonplace in most other states, the parties of New Jersey delights in what would be considered as an open admission of making ballots biased towards preferred candidates and discouraging other choices by having parties get to have a say in ordering. This has been especially true this election cycle in New Jersey where the Democratic primary to potentially succeed Bob Menendez, … Continue reading State Legislative Politics, 3-24-2024, The Lawsuit That Could End New Jersey’s County Line System

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Republican Banter #353, Two Legislative Victories For Republicans (Glenn Youngkin Codifies Same-Sex Marriage Into Virginia Law, Texas Passes Age Verification Law Joining Several Other States) (Difficult Material Mentioned)

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I’ve been sprinkling negative commentary on all of the major parties for the better part of the past few months with no end in sight, so I figured that I would offer one bright spot in coverage for the Republican Party which I have covered more critically post-Trump dinner with Nick Fuentes. Various Republican states have been pushing a series of laws that have actually been net positives and received negative attention or negative coverage despite being positive developments. I’ll offer two specific examples coming from Virginia and the other coming from many Republican states generally: codifying same-sex marriage and … Continue reading Republican Banter #353, Two Legislative Victories For Republicans (Glenn Youngkin Codifies Same-Sex Marriage Into Virginia Law, Texas Passes Age Verification Law Joining Several Other States) (Difficult Material Mentioned)

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State Legislative Politics, 3-10-2024, Karen Berg (D-KY) Proposes Sex Dolls for Potential Sex Offenders (Difficult Material Mentioned)

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Remember how I’ve been commenting on a large number of politicians on the GOP side going off the rails in Oklahoma over the past few weeks? Here’s some coverage from the other side. Kentucky state senator Karen Berg (D-KY) suggested that sex dolls modeled after minors should be widely available to “MAPs”, an acronym that has been used to lessen the severity of the more commonly and contextually appropriate term pedophile. To be clear, there is no excuse for such relations between adults and children and those convicted of such crimes should face justice, but it’s especially concerning whenever a … Continue reading State Legislative Politics, 3-10-2024, Karen Berg (D-KY) Proposes Sex Dolls for Potential Sex Offenders (Difficult Material Mentioned)

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State Legislative Politics, 3-3-2024, Updates From Michigan, Oklahoma, and Virginia

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Several stories were coming from the state legislative chambers that caught my attention over the past few weeks that are worth mentioning. In Michigan, the state is pushing hard for citizens to voluntarily house migrants on a state website, something that is raising concerns over if the state will eventually begin a violation of the 3rd Amendment regarding quartering people against the will of the landowners or renters. There is also potential overdramatization on the Republican side regarding transgender issues because of the death of a recent “non-binary” student in which an Oklahoma state lawmaker had less-than-flattering words and where … Continue reading State Legislative Politics, 3-3-2024, Updates From Michigan, Oklahoma, and Virginia

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Hypothetical Maps, 3-3-2024, Technically It’s The Rich Men Around Richmond Now (Projected Virginia Demographic Changes In 2023-2024)

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When looking at population estimates in Virginia that came out of the Weldon Cooper Center, the results may have a 2023 country song lambasted by music critics for its overtures against welfare recipients being considered redundant. Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” was a political shot at Washington, D.C. that has aged poorly overtime after I initially defended it from Anthony Fantano from The Needle Drop, largely because Fantano immediately tried to link it to the Confederacy when maybe there could be some redeeming quality to the song. The purpose for that context may seem redundant to population shifts, … Continue reading Hypothetical Maps, 3-3-2024, Technically It’s The Rich Men Around Richmond Now (Projected Virginia Demographic Changes In 2023-2024)

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State Legislative Politics, 2-25-2024, State Representative Kevin West (R-OK) Proposes Creating A Government List Of Women Who Have Received An Abortion And Documenting How Many They’ve Received

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The issue of abortion is already a ghoulish dichotomy in the United States where states like New Mexico have liberalized abortion access to the point of allying with the Satanic Temple and the bordering state of Texas is being sued for denying emergency abortion rights for women whose lives are in danger from their situation. While I am adamantly pro-life, I am also not so much of a stalwart on the issue that I would deny emergency operations for women that are physically suffering and are going to lose their children anyway. Those operations should be few and far between, … Continue reading State Legislative Politics, 2-25-2024, State Representative Kevin West (R-OK) Proposes Creating A Government List Of Women Who Have Received An Abortion And Documenting How Many They’ve Received

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Religious Banter #73, State Representative Josh Schriver (R-MI) Attempts To Use Religious Fervor To Distract From Racist Comments, Losing Staff, And Committee Assignments

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Having been ousted as the next Michael Cassidy wannabe from the far end of the Christian nationalist wing of the Republican Party (in other words, someone who would be wise to spend less time on Twitter and learning about personal boundaries), state representative Josh Schriver (R-MI) has had a bad week so far. He’s lost his staff and committee assignments after making racist remarks about minorities and now, realizing his political career hinges upon appealing to a select few zealots, has decided that some religious groups deserve tax-exempt status more than others. I’m sure the racist outbursts and being made … Continue reading Religious Banter #73, State Representative Josh Schriver (R-MI) Attempts To Use Religious Fervor To Distract From Racist Comments, Losing Staff, And Committee Assignments