EPTOn March 25 2026 10:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Democrats just flipped Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida district, which he had won by 11 points during the last presidential election:
"Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election Tuesday for the Florida state House district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, flipping the seat from Republican control, The Associated Press projects. Gregory beat Republican Jon Maples, whom Trump endorsed ...
Gregory had 51% of the vote to 49% for Maples with all precincts reporting. Democrats have performed well in special elections during Trump’s second term, with the party pointing to those results as a sign of strength ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Florida’s 87th District is the 10th GOP-held state legislative seat Democrats have flipped around the country since Trump took office again last year. Republicans have not flipped any Democratic state legislative seats during that time. Trump carried this Florida legislative district by about 11 percentage points in 2024"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrat-flips-republican-florida-house-seat-includes-trump-mar-lago-rcna264660
Democrats just flipped Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida district, which he had won by 11 points during the last presidential election:
"Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election Tuesday for the Florida state House district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, flipping the seat from Republican control, The Associated Press projects. Gregory beat Republican Jon Maples, whom Trump endorsed ...
Gregory had 51% of the vote to 49% for Maples with all precincts reporting. Democrats have performed well in special elections during Trump’s second term, with the party pointing to those results as a sign of strength ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Florida’s 87th District is the 10th GOP-held state legislative seat Democrats have flipped around the country since Trump took office again last year. Republicans have not flipped any Democratic state legislative seats during that time. Trump carried this Florida legislative district by about 11 percentage points in 2024"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrat-flips-republican-florida-house-seat-includes-trump-mar-lago-rcna264660
On March 27 2026 00:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
Interesting divide among Democrats about how to handle the rapid expansion of environmentally spurious AI data centers.
www.axios.com
Interesting divide among Democrats about how to handle the rapid expansion of environmentally spurious AI data centers.
www.axios.com
On March 27 2026 01:10 LightSpectra wrote:
So here's a controversial topic, Democratic primary in Maine for the U.S. Senate, the winner will run against Collins in November.
The two leading candidates are current governor Janet Mills, moderate endorsed by Chuck Schumer, 79 years old, and Graham Platner, left-wing endorsed by Bernie Sanders, 42 years old.
In normal circumstances I would say Platner is the obvious choice, BUT, he also had a Totenkopf tattoo (he claims he didn't know what it meant when he got it and said he would laser it off in October of last year). He's also an ex-mercenary for private military company Blackwater, even after their role in the Nisour Square massacre was made public knowledge. So there's a real worry that he's simply faking being left-wing and will go full John Fetterman/Kyrsten Sinema after he's elected.
I don't live in Maine so this isn't my problem, but it's an interesting dilemma for progressives there.
So here's a controversial topic, Democratic primary in Maine for the U.S. Senate, the winner will run against Collins in November.
The two leading candidates are current governor Janet Mills, moderate endorsed by Chuck Schumer, 79 years old, and Graham Platner, left-wing endorsed by Bernie Sanders, 42 years old.
In normal circumstances I would say Platner is the obvious choice, BUT, he also had a Totenkopf tattoo (he claims he didn't know what it meant when he got it and said he would laser it off in October of last year). He's also an ex-mercenary for private military company Blackwater, even after their role in the Nisour Square massacre was made public knowledge. So there's a real worry that he's simply faking being left-wing and will go full John Fetterman/Kyrsten Sinema after he's elected.
I don't live in Maine so this isn't my problem, but it's an interesting dilemma for progressives there.
This isn't specifically a complaint, rather it is documenting my observation that the libs/Dems/ilk in the thread are demonstrably chronically incapable of maintaining a US politics discussion among themselves that isn't in the mock and gawk vein
Just look at those 10 pages. Even when they clearly disagree with each other, they still seemingly can't actually discuss it with each other. As opposed to how they can consistently have these very long incessant and perpetual shit flinging contests with people the libs/Dems/ilk themselves say they should ignore.
As one example, Some think voting Platner in the primary is the better choice, others voting for Mills, none of them actually discussed it with each other. As another, some people think the progressive AI proposal is sensible, others agree with the centrists and think it is stupid. No one was interested in discussing DPB's post about the Democrat that won in Trump's Mar-a-Lago district. Like how they won, or how that might be or not be used to beat Trump elsewhere as some examples.
Honestly, any of you that think you might fall in the "libs/Dems/ilk" grouping, I welcome you to show me the last time any of you have had a comparably lengthy exchange about a political disagreement within the libs/Dems/ilk "in-group" and show me how wrong I am.
