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Gee, ya think? 🙄😡

Town halls not going well for Dems either.

“…the meeting centered…on how Democrats…plan to push back against [trump’s] policies.

[#Bennet] did not provide detailed plans on how Democrats intend to counter [trump’s] policies...

#9NEWS followed up with Bennet after the town hall to ask whether Democrats have a plan to push back on the Trump administration's actions.

👉 [Bennet] said it's clear they need to develop a better one.”👈

9news.com/article/news/local/l

The New York Times Opinion section is negotiating the exit of columnist #Pamela #Paul, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Her impending departure is one of a series of job cuts being made at the section.

Last month, #Paul #Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who had been a part of Opinion since 2000, announced to much fanfare that he was leaving.

The Opinion section has been the site of the paper’s fiercest culture war battles in recent years,
most famously leading to the firing of editor #James #Bennet in 2020 over an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton calling for the deployment of troops during the George Floyd protests.

Since then, under Opinion editor #Kathleen #Kingsbury, management at the Times has labored mightily to show that it is open to a "diversity of thought",
-- an effort that appeared to be spearheaded by Paul, who has taken conservative stances on contentious topics such as gender-affirming youth care.

Paul is notable for her willingness to buck liberal-left conventional wisdom:
She has written a defense of J.K. Rowling and scrutinized the MeToo movement for overreach,
while a recent column criticized the American Historical Society’s vote to condemn the ongoing “scholasticide” in Gaza.

Some colleagues have said she does little more than produce rage bait,
with what one Times staffer referred to as “intellectually lazy” positions.

“It is a rarity inside the Times for someone to manage to make enemies on every desk they touch;
-- Pamela is indeed a rarity,” one newsroom employee said.

“She should have spent time making allies if she was going to be as divisive a figure as she was internally.
But she didn’t put the time in there, or at least did not have the interest.”

nymag.com/intelligencer/articl

Intelligencer · Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion SectionBy Charlotte Klein
Continued thread

#Senate consideration of the #stopgap bill that was passed by the #House is being #delayed by Senator Michael #Bennet, #Democrat of Colorado, his colleagues say. Bennet reportedly wants a promise of quick consideration of #aid to #Ukraine.

The Senate version of the #CR included
> $6 billion in Ukraine aid.

Senators say the leadership is working on a written commitment. But a long delay could trigger a #shutdown if the Senate doesn’t act by midnight.