Democrats

Gothamist reports: More than two dozen New York City councilmembers in a letter on Wednesday called on the state Board of Elections to withhold Donald J. Trump’s name from the state’s 2024 presidential primary and general election ballots. The letter, signed by 29 council members, all Democrats, represents a majority of the 51-member Council, and follows a similar effort initiated …

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary War to mark the third anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and visiting the South Carolina church where a white gunman massacred Black parishioners — seeking to present in the starkest possible terms an election he argues could determine the fate …

Bloomberg News reports: US Senator Bob Menendez took bribes to help Qatar and a New Jersey developer seeking millions of dollars from a Qatari investment fund, prosecutors said in a revised indictment of the New Jersey Democrat. The indictment Tuesday alleges Menendez accepted bribes of cash and gold bars from developer Fred Daibes, who was seeking the Qatari fund investment. …

CNN reports: More Americans with diabetes will get a break on their insulin costs in 2024. Sanofi is joining the nation’s two other major insulin manufacturers in offering either price caps or savings programs that lower the cost of the drugs to $35 for many patients. The three drugmakers are also drastically lowering the list prices for their products. The …

The Washington Post reports: You won’t hear President Biden talking about it much, but a key record has been broken during his watch: The United States is producing more oil than any country ever has. The flow of huge amounts of crude from American producers is playing a big role in keeping prices down at the pump, diminishing the geopolitical …

“Is it undemocratic that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm can’t run for president because they weren’t born in the country? If you think about it, of all of the forms of disqualification that we have, the one that disqualifies people for engaging in insurrection is the most democratic because it’s the one where people choose themselves to be disqualified. “Donald …

The New York Daily News reports: New York City will only allow buses of asylum seekers to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays going forward, Mayor Adams said Wednesday, instituting the restrictions in concert with Denver and Chicago, which created broader windows for bus arrivals. Adams said New York City’s policy, implemented through executive order, is intended to …

The Washington Post reports: Now, as mass shootings have become more frequent in the decade since Sandy Hook, four current senators and three former senators have taken the remarkable step of recanting some or all of their 2013 positions. In emotional interviews with The Washington Post in recent weeks, some expressed deep regret for not pushing at the time for …

“There’s a whole lifetime in politics between now and next November.  I’m not worried about that. And I’m very vocal about this, too, while there are Democrats that are being very critical about the president. “I’ll use this [as] another opportunity to tell James Carville to shut the fuck up. Like I said, my man hasn’t been relevant since grunge …

Boston’s NPR affiliate reports: The Boston Police Department has confirmed that the Roslindale home of Mayor Michelle Wu was the target of a swatting incident. The fake emergency call came in to the city’s 311 system around 5:30 p.m. Monday evening. It was ultimately routed to 911 dispatchers. A man told officials that he shot his wife at an address …

The Associated Press reports: Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged a judge to reject U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s request to delay his bribery trial scheduled for next spring by two months, until July. Prosecutors argued against the postponement a week after defense lawyers offered multiple reasons why they say a trial of the Democrat and codefendants, including his wife, should be …

The Insider reports: Lauren Boebert is facing a brutal and very expensive reelection fight in 2024. The lightning-rod Republican congresswoman from Colorado’s 3rd district’s main Democratic challenger, Adam Frisch, has been raking in jaw-dropping amounts of campaign cash. According to FEC data, Frisch’s campaign has raised over $7.7 million so far, making him one of the top fundraisers in the …

“I’m going to tell you that I think it was one of the most pathetic Christmas greetings I’ve heard when a former president of the United States who wants to return tells people on Christmas Day that they can rot in hell.  “After he went after me, quite frankly, there were men outside of my house with assault weapons and …

The New York Post reports: Mayor Adams padded the city payroll with 293 “special assistants” during his first full fiscal year in office — a more than 20% increase over his predecessor Bill de Blasio, The Post has learned. The bloated band of vaguely titled aides, accountable only to Adams, comprised roughly one-third of the Mayor’s Office staff during the …

The Washington Examiner reports: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) informed his fellow Californians that he would have no part in attempts to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot. “There is no doubt that Donald Trump is a threat to our liberties and even to our democracy,” Newsom said in a statement Friday afternoon, “but in California, we …

Milwaukee’s CBS affiliate reports: The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities. The ruling comes less than a year before the 2024 election in a battleground state where four of the six past presidential …

The New York Times reports: More than 15 million people have signed up for health insurance plans offered on the Affordable Care Act’s federal marketplace, a 33 percent increase compared to the same time last year, according to preliminary data released by the Biden administration on Wednesday. Federal health officials project that more than 19 million people will enroll in …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation to pardon certain marijuana offenses Friday, building on broader action he took last year for thousands of people convicted of possession under federal law, the White House said. The new pardons target “additional offenses of simple possession and use of marijuana under federal and D.C. law,” Biden said in a …

Politico reports: Rep. Adam Schiff holds a clear lead in the race to represent California in the U.S. Senate, according to a new POLITICO | Morning Consult poll, leaving him well-positioned to advance after the upcoming March primary. The fiercer fight is for the number two spot in the general election, with Republican Steve Garvey and Democratic Reps. Katie Porter …

The Huffington Post reports: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said Wednesday she is “extremely concerned” about fanatical supporters of Donald Trump becoming violent in response to the state Supreme Court ruling that Trump is ineligible to appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. “I’ve been concerned about violence and threats of violence since Donald Trump incited the insurrection,” Griswold, …