#Liberal #unions ramp up campaigning for #KamalaHarris after #Teamsters #defection.
Some #Democrats fear #fissures in the #labormovement could #damage the #vicepresident’s #candidacy, but the #progressive #fervor is strong.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/31/kamala-harris-campaign-union-volunteers-00186286
‘The #Hits Keep Coming’: #MarkRobinson’s #Path in #NorthCarolina Is Looking Even #Shakier, #Republicans Say.
Several #veterans of #GOP #politics in the state are speaking their #concerns about Robinson’s #candidacy for #governor coming to #fruition.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NorthCarolina #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.notus.org/north-carolina/mark-robinson-north-carolina-shakier-republicans
Williams irked #Republicans for using #stateparty #resources to #promote his #losing #congressional #candidacy in the #5thCongressionalDistrict.
It also released #antiLGBTQ #messages during his tenure, including one claiming that “#godless #groomers in our #society want to attack what is #decent, #holy, and #righteous” during the month of #June, also known as #PrideMonth. The #state #GOP also posted on #X “Burn all the #prideflags this June.”
#LGBTQ #Dems celebrate likely #election of first #openly #transgender #person to #Congress #Delaware #StateSenator #SarahMcBride.
She told #LGBTQ #delegates to the #DNC on Wednesday that her #candidacy marked a #milestone for #trans #representation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Delaware #DemocraticParty #Allies #Representation #Culture
#Favorable #views of #VicePresident #KamalaHarris have risen this #summer heading into the #DNC, #AP-#NORC #poll shows
The rise in #favorability for Harris comes as more #Americans overall have formed an #opinion about her while the Harris and Trump campaigns rush to define her nascent #candidacy.
https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-favorability-ap-poll-b2a725729afe91851d89644fd97eb6e2
#Transgender #Americans more ‘#hopeful’ about #presidential #election with #VicePresident #KamalaHarris in #race.
32% of the more than 1,200 #trans #adults #surveyed by the group in mid-July said #President #JoeBiden’s #announcement that he was dropping out of the race, made them more #enthusiastic about November’s #election, compared with just 8% who said they felt enthusiastic during his #candidacy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4818803-biden-dropout-transgender-enthusiasm/
[Video] ‘Obvious, raw #fear’: #DonaldTrump is ‘#spiraling’ as support for #KamalaHarris #rises in the #Polls despite his #attacks
#Trump is struggling to respond to #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ #candidacy, #canceling the #scheduled #ABC #debate, as her #campaign continues to gain #momentum.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/harris-slams-trump-for-ditching-debate-216505413667
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ #candidacy is #shifting the #electoral #map.
#Harris, a #multiracial #woman creates excitement among #young, #Black, and #Hispanic #voters, recent #polling shows.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0731/kamala-harris-blue-wall-electoral-map
#PeteButtigieg blasts #JDVance’s #VP #candidacy in one #brutal #joke.
Buttigieg pointed out that Vance was vehemently #opposed to #Trump just a few years ago.
“These are very #rich #men who have decided to back the #RepublicanParty that tends to do good things for very rich men.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/pete-buttigieg-blasts-jd-vances-vp-candidacy-in-one-brutal-joke/
"Who should now be the Democrat's candidate for the presidency?"
"I know! Should now be the Democrat's candidate for the presidency, the one who can tell me what the color of a tortoise hair's is."
The #Corrupt #SupremeCourt wants to #crown #DonaldTrump but has accidentally made Biden a #king, however fragile he has become'
The move to grant a sitting #president #immunity from #criminalprosecution, which could protect #Trump if he were elected. In response, #JoeBiden should not #withdraw his #candidacy, but #resign once in #office
#SarahMcBride is poised to be the first #transgender member of #Congress.
Here's how she feels about it. She discussed her #historic #candidacy with #TheAdvocate and her #promise to #advocate for her #constituents.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Delaware #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Representation #Culture
https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-may-make-history
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Let’s Check in on the Chaotic Republican Speaker Race… https://jezebel.com/let-s-check-in-on-the-chaotic-republican-speaker-race-1850925619 #Jezebel #speakeroftheunitedstateshouseofrepresentativeselection #rightwingpopulismintheunitedstates #marjorietaylorgreene #mitchmcconnell #kevinmccarthy #hisdavidduke #stevescalise #austinscott #jaketapper #mattgaetz #davidduke #jimjordan #nancymace #candidacy #troynehls #politics #gaetz #biden #brian
The European Union is open to Georgia becoming a member, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday, but warned Tbilisi needed to implement sweeping reforms to get candidate status.
The EU recognised Georgia's "European perspective" last year but deferred its membership application, while granting candidacy to Ukraine and Moldova, arguing Tbilisi needed to make changes first.
#SuzyEddieIzzard announces #bid to become #Labour #MP for #Brighton #Pavilion.
Announcing her #candidacy on #socialmedia on Friday (4 August), the #comedian, #actor and #activist said she was running in the #constituency because it is a “#city at the forefront of #change” and wants to “help it to continue to make that change”.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Politics #Labour
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/04/suzy-eddie-izzard-labour-mp-brighton-pavilion/
Don’t fall for any "No Labels" baloney. It’s the last thing we need in 2024
A #third-#party #candidacy is a shiny object, a bright bauble that is superficially appealing. But it’s actually the last thing we need.
And by “we” I mean the sensible, still sane portion of the electorate (Democrats and Republicans alike) that wants to ensure above all that Donald Trump or some other truly extremist anti-democracy candidate doesn’t become president again.
Cele|bitchy | Meatball Ron #DeSantis announced his #candidacy on #Twitter, it was a #DeSaster https://www.celebitchy.com/819048/meatball_ron_desantis_announced_his_candidacy_on_twitter_it_was_a_desaster/
The #NorthCarolina #governor’s race will be fought over #abortion and #LGBTQ+ #rights.
Lt. Gov. #MarkRobinson, who said recently that he believes #God “formed” him to #fight against #LGBTQ+ #acceptance, is expected to announce his #candidacy Saturday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Politics #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
https://19thnews.org/2023/04/north-carolina-governors-race-2024-abortion-lgbtq-rights/