Opinion | James Carville: I Was Wrong About the 2024 Election. Here’s Why. Perception is everything in politics, and a lot of Americans perceive Democrats as not feeling their pain or caring too much about other things.

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Not Jewish, but kids are with their in laws on Xmas eve. Chinese food (dine in!) has been our tradition for years.

Good one.

Revealed: the tech bosses who poured $394.1m into US election - and how they compared to Elon Musk FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government

Oligarchy.
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If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.

William Hogarth watercolor painting depicts a fat man in a fancy suit eating money by the forkful, shoveling it into his huge mouth. The caption reads: "Poverty Exists, not because we can't feed the poor, but because we can't satisfy the rich."

This classic watercolor

Doggos welcome too? Meet Finn. 💙

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Headline reading Trump Judge Blocks Overtime Pay For 4 Million Workers The overtime rule is one of the most far-reaching economic reforms that President Joe Biden has fought for.

President Biden tried to raise the overtime threshold, which is the point where salaried workers are entitled to earn overtime pay. It would have helped millions. A Trump appointed judge in Texas just blocked it.

Please tell me you see which party is actually fighting for the average worker.

Wow, it does!

Waiting patiently. Sorta.

Trump moves to burn down the rule of law His cabinet nominations are obscene and augur dark days to come.

"If Gaetz becomes AG, he will take control of a department that recently was investigating whether to bring criminal charges against him for sex trafficking. It’s distressingly similar to Trump being able to take charge of a govt he sought to destroy."

Democratic Governors Form Coalition to Safeguard Democracy Ahead of Trump Term Read more here.

NEW: Governors JB Pritzker (D) of Illinois and Jared Polis (D) of Colorado form a nonpartisan coalition of governors to protect and strengthen state-level democratic institutions ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.