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Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin on Thursday rebuked DNC Vice Chair David Hogg’s plan to fund primary challenges against some incumbents within his own party.

Hogg, a 25-year-old survivor of the Parkland High School shooting and one of the best-known DNC officials, and Leaders We Deserve, a progressive political organization founded by Hogg and others in 2023, announced the intention to primary Democrats on their website on April 15.

After Hogg came out as a leading proponent of the push, Martin was critical, saying that the DNC needed to be a “referee” with its officials remaining neutral on primary contests.

“Let me be unequivocal: No DNC officer should ever attempt to influence the outcome of a primary election, whether on behalf of an incumbent or a challenger,” Martin said during an appearance on Fox News.

“If you want to challenge incumbents, you’re more than free to do that, but just not as an officer of the DNC, because our job is to be neutral arbiters. We can’t be both the referee and also the player at the same time.”

Hogg took the opposite stance in an X thread on Thursday defending the push, saying that he could remain affiliated with the DNC in his official capacity while also working against Democratic incumbents that progressives perceive as weak.

“This moment requires us to have the strongest opposition party possible to stop [President Donald] Trump  ... and to provide a real alternative to the Republican Party for voters that we simply do not have right now,” Hogg said.

“As we’re seeing law firms, tech companies, and so many others bowing to Trump, we all must use whatever position of power we have to fight back. And that’s exactly what I’m doing.”

Hogg also said he isn’t breaking any rules by targeting certain Democratic incumbents for replacement.

“The role of the DNC is to set the Presidential primary calendar, set the Presidential debate schedule, to help strengthen our state parties, play a key role in building our data infrastructure for the party, and to be the campaign in waiting for whoever the next Democratic nominee is,” Hogg wrote. “Nothing I’m doing is at odds with any of that.”

Leaders We Deserve announced the push earlier this month, indicating that they were seeking a change in the status quo.

“Too many elected leaders in the Democratic Party are either unwilling or unable to meet the moment and are asleep at the wheel while Trump is demolishing the economy, challenging the foundations of our democracy, and creating new existential crises for our country by the day,” a page dedicated to the topic reads.

The group said Washington has an incumbent-favoring culture.

“Today’s party politics has an unwritten rule: if you win a seat, it’s yours for life. No one serious in your party will challenge you. That is a culture that we have to break.”

The organization is seeking to replace long-serving incumbents with new, younger Democrats—and have committed $20 million to that end.

“Younger leaders simply bring a different level of urgency that we just aren’t seeing in our politics right now,” the statement said, referencing young Democrats’ perception of urgency on issues like climate or gun control.

“Our politicians have failed to make [democracy] work for the people, and instead made it work for the special interests destroying our future.”
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dnc-chair-rebukes-vice-chair-david-hoggs-push-to-unseat-incumbent-democrats-5847199?utm_source=ref_share&utm_campaign=copy

Poor babies.  LOL  Once MAGA succeeds there will no use for them.

More American jobs and farmers screwed over by the big orange boob



China has not placed an order for US corn and soybeans since Jan. 16, four days before the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, Nikkei Asia reported, citing data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Trump, who during his first term as president sparked a trade war with China in 2018, has made good on his campaign promise to increase tariffs during his second term not only on Chinese imports but on products from many other countries as well. Trump has imposed tariffs of up to 145% on imports from China, which has responded with a 125% tariff on products from the United States and vowed to “fight to the end.”

The trade wars have cost the United States its position as China’s No. 1 soybean supplier. Brazil has taken that spot, and Nikkei reported that Chinese negotiators traveled to Brazil last week to hold bilateral discussions to further expand imports of Brazilian soybeans.

Although no longer China’s biggest soybean supplier, the United States still sends about half of its soybean exports to the world’s second most populous country. In 2024, China imported more than 27 million tonnes of soybeans from the United States, worth $12.8 billion, according to the USDA.



https://www.world-grain.com/articles/21302-report-china-halts-us-corn-soybean-orders

You'd think MAGAs would be completely going apeshit over this effort by trump to defund the police.   But I guess this is ok now. 

[privately discussing trade tariff deals with Wall Street executives]

Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino reported on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration is privately discussing trade tariff deals with Wall Street executives, sharing insights on their current status, which is information not being made public otherwise.

Citing “senior Wall Street execs with ties to the White House,” Gasparino wrote on X that people within Trump’s administration have held private discussions with business leaders about an “agreement in principle with India.” He further reported that the deal could be used as a template for other trade deals the administration is working on with Japan and other countries. Markets have taken sharp hits amid uncertainty surrounding Trump’s tariffs and trade deals.



https://www.mediaite.com/news/fox-reporter-says-the-trump-white-house-is-giving-wall-street-executives-inside-info-on-tariff-negotiations/

what's to appriciate chuck?

There goes some more American jobs and farmers.   How much winning can the MAGAs stand?




China canceled 12,000 metric tons of United States pork shipments amid a high-stakes trade standoff between the superpowers, according to data released Thursday.

China, one of the biggest U.S. trading partners, axed 12,000 metric tons of U.S. pork orders, the data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows.

The move represents the biggest cancellation of pork orders since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains and stalled economies around the world, Bloomberg News reported.

China, behind Mexico and Japan, was the U.S.’s third-biggest market for pork in 2024, importing some 475,000 metric tons valued at more than $1.1 billion.

After the tariff hikes, China inked two agricultural trade agreements with Spain, for pork and cherries, as Beijing looks to strengthen relations with European countries, Reuters reported.

U.S. pork imports are now facing a 172 percent tariff, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said, according to Bloomberg News.


https://thehill.com/policy/international/5266321-china-cancels-us-pork-ships/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6D7e3roqKRIakomSeuVRIKrgk7JBxMDTLzVxVKCPvSdLpUzYf3mPo-DZ8B7g_aem_EwPj3iVLLWLTmRMyIaecTQ

Somehow I knew you wouldn't appreciate it.  Hahahahahaha!  Just a guess.

that is the subject goofy.   

Destroying our oceans is a dream of the MAGAs for some reason. 

In southern Illinois, Democrat Sean Casten looks to win over rural voters...