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Scoop: Dems' foreign policy group prepping for '28 - 5/03
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/03/democrats-foreign-policy-2028
Comment: "Senior Democrats are rebooting an influential foreign policy group to help potential 2028 presidential candidates and bring together national security specialists who could staff the next Democratic administration, Axios has learned."
Biden backs Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor in his first endorsement since leaving office - 5/01
Comment: "Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, served as a senior adviser in the Biden administration."
Video: Potential 2028 Democratic candidates barnstorm states ahead of midterms - April 20, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QSFzVgRLvU
Andy Beshear makes waves in Democratic circles as Southern moderate - 4/16
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5833100-andy-beshear-democratic-appeal/
WATCH IN FULL: WTVY co-hosts congressional candidate forum for Alabama’s District 1
https://www.wtvy.com/2026/04/11/andalusia-showdown-could-determine-next-congressman/
Comment: One of these 7 GOP Congressional candidates will be running against Clyde Jones. After May 19th primary, suggest that Democrats review statements from GOP primary winner and look for any missteps or errors.
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters - 4/09
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-backs-bill-exempt-ai-firms-model-harm-lawsuits/
DNC avoids taking a stance on Israel, AIPAC
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/09/democrats-punt-israel-aipac-resolutions-00865426
Comment: "The members’ latest vote reflects a party establishment still grappling with how to respond to an increasingly thorny political issue."
The DNC is meeting — and Israel is at the forefront once again
Democrats announce first slate of state legislative targets ahead of November - 4/06
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5817709-dlcc-targets-gop-state-legislature-seats/
A new CNN poll reveals how people mad at both parties see the midterms
Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Should Start Talking Like People
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/29/andy-beshear-interview-2028-jd-vance-00849225
The "Squad" left suffers complete wipeout in Illinois
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/18/the-squad-left-suffers-complete-wipeout-in-illinois
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Democrats launch aggressive campaign to win back infrequent voters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/democrats-local-listeners-initiative-elections
Democrats want to find out why their voters stayed home in 2024 — and how to get them to show up this year
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/democrats-2026-listening-program-00763666
Comment: "The DNC is launching an outreach campaign to win over voters who skipped the 2024 election with a new 'listening first approach'."
Axelrod warns Democrats against campaigning on abolishing ICE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5715690-axelrod-warns-democrats-ice/
Comment: " 'I don’t think most people who said it believed that there should be no policing function in cities, but the implication was that there could be,' Axelrod continued. 'So I don’t think Democrats want to get into that.' "
"He said what Democrats want is 'fundamental root-branch reform'.”
" 'And if it means getting rid of the name ICE, which has became a very bad brand, that’s one thing,' the strategist said. 'If it means that we’re just going to abandon immigration enforcement, I don’t think Democrats and Republicans would support that in large numbers.' "
Here’s Andy Beshear’s Case for President
Democrats will spend millions to shift voter registration strategy ahead of the midterm elections
Comment: " The Democratic National Committee will spend millions of dollars to cement control of voter registration efforts that have traditionally been entrusted to nonprofit advocacy groups and individual political campaigns, a shift that party leaders hope will increase their chances in this year’s midterm elections."
"The initiative, being announced on Tuesday, will begin in Arizona and Nevada with at least $2 million for training organizers. It’s the first step in what could become the DNC’s largest-ever push to sign up new voters, with a particular focus on young people, voters of color and people without college educations. All of those demographics drifted away from Democrats in the last presidential race, which returned Republican Donald Trump to the White House."
" 'It’s a crisis. And for our party to actually win elections, we have to actually create more Democrats,' DNC Chair Ken Martin said in an interview with The Associated Press."
The fight for young men intensifies ahead of the 2026 midterm elections
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/fight-young-men-2026-midterm-elections-rcna249513
Where are the Democratic and Republican parties going next? Watch these primaries to find out
Democrats spy rare opening in rural America
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/27/democrats-rural-voters-economy-trump-midterms-00700822
Democrats divided over how to retake House, Senate majorities
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5661739-democrats-debate-2024-election-lessons/
Andy Beshear builds buzz among Democrats for possible White House run
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5655174-beshear-moderate-democrat-presidential-race/
Democrats won’t release 2024 election loss ‘autopsy’, DNC chair says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/democrats-2024-election-autopsy?CMP=share_btn_url
U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin Endorses Jared Hudson for U.S. Senate
https://alpolitics.com/u-s-senator-markwayne-mullin-endorses-jared-hudson-for-u-s-senate/
Harris stepping toward another White House run
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/14/kamala-harris-president-2028
Democratic governors say the party’s midterm strategy must focus on voters’ pocketbook concerns
Video: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Democrats need to "reignite that American Dream" - November 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7awpjkXAo
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj38m11218xo
Comment: This new feature illustrates foreign influence in social media content concerning politics.
Democrats dip into the 'manosphere' in search of the key to the young male vote
NBC News: Michelle Obama says the U.S. is 'not ready' for a woman president
The 2025 Elections and Future of the Democratic Party: Why Spanberger and Sherrill Provide a More Plausible Model for Success than Mamdani
Republicans try to turn national Democratic candidates into Mamdani copycats
Comment: "Republicans got their midterms bogeyman in Zohran Mamdani. Now comes the challenge: making the incoming New York City mayor’s brand of democratic socialism sink candidates outside his liberal bubble."
"They’re getting right to it."
"Republicans’ House campaign arm launched digital ads Wednesday morning across 49 battleground districts tying Democrats to the 'socialist mayor' who 'built his movement on defunding the police and abolishing ICE.' "
" 'This is the future House Democrats want,' a male narrator intones over images of Mamdani and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who issued a late-stage endorsement of the mayor-elect. 'And your city could be next.' "
Comment: Lies, fear-mongering, and gerrymandering. It's all the GOP has.
Comment: "Some national Democrats are sounding alarms about the coming GOP onslaught. The centrist think tank Third Way on Wednesday issued a memo, shared first with POLITICO, urging Democratic candidates across the country to run from Mamdani and his 'politically toxic' policies, which they warn 'are deeply unpopular in the red and purple places Democrats must win to retake Congress and the White House.' They cited his past calls to defund police — a position from which he distanced himself this year — as well as his affiliation with the Democratic Socialists of America."
Comment: Mamdani may be the answer in New York City, but his policies probably won't work in other areas of the country, especially in rural and suburban areas. Republicans will try to scare citizens in non-urban areas by claiming that Democratic candidates are Mamdani copycats. Democrats won't run Mamdani type candidates in suburban and rural areas. Democrats need to monitor Mamdani's performance in NYC, and if it is good, moderates need to explain that Mamdani's socialistic approach is necessary in NYC, but may not be appropriate in many rural and suburban locales. If Mamdani's performance is not working in NYC, Democrats should distance themselves from his policies completely.
NPR: NYC's next mayor is a democratic socialist. What does that mean?
Working-class voters think Dems are 'woke' and 'weak,' new research finds - POLITICO
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