Post AxmRCL1mbgSzbCJK7s by JamesK@sfba.social
(DIR) More posts by JamesK@sfba.social
(DIR) Post #AxmJ3c62yd7mIUdMiO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-01T23:56:20Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
#JerryNadler, Pillar of #Democratic Party, Will Retire Next YearRepresentative Jerrold Nadler, the ex-#House #Judiciary chairman who helped lead #Trump’s #impeachments, will not seek re-election in #NY.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/nyregion/jerrold-nadler-congress-retires.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AxmJFMiVz2Sa4cEMkK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-01T23:58:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
Representative #JerryNadler, a #NewYork #Democrat who has been one of #Congress’s leading #liberal voices for 3 decades, will not seek re-election next year, heeding a call for generational change roiling his party.The decision will mark the close of a 34-year congressional career that put Nadler at the center of major #CivilRights battles & 3 presidential #impeachments. It will also almost certainly touch off a crowded primary fight over a rare open Democratic seat in the heart of #Manhattan.
(DIR) Post #AxmJM6TOmAjjimNCDY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-01T23:59:43Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
In a recent interview in his downtown Manhattan office, #JerryNadler, 78, said he hesitated to step aside when he believes that #Trump is threatening the foundations of #democracy. But he said he had been persuaded it was time for a changing of the guard.“Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, & I think I want to respect that,” Nadler said, adding that a younger successor “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.”
(DIR) Post #AxmJXyyMUMp3vwWJf6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T00:01:52Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
#JerryNadler, who is both the longest-serving New Yorker & #Jewish member of the #House, had already been swept up in an intraparty reckoning over aging leaders. He was forced to give up his #House #Judiciary Cmte leadership at the beginning of the term when it became clear a younger, more energetic colleague would beat him. Back home, he was facing a 26-year-old primary challenger.
(DIR) Post #AxmJaC1Gx3YOydw4ie by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-09-02T00:02:15Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
#JerryNadler shared his plans with NYT last week on the condition that they not be publicized until Monday. He spoke for an hour about triumphs, fears & his shifting views on the war in #Gaza, all while surrounded by talismans of a half-century in public life: old maps of #Manhattan, placards from 16 years in the State Assembly, a photo with Bella Abzug, a former congresswoman & a political mentor.
(DIR) Post #AxmKnxRE3sBnlJCcmO by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-09-02T00:15:56Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Nonilex Hope Jerry Nadler's wise decision not to seek re-election in 2026 - he's already 78 - will become a strong trend.
(DIR) Post #AxmLNhOLCQaeQ4tbwO by lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social
2025-09-02T00:22:23Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Nonilex Nadler was ineffectual at best. The hearings he chaired were a joke and a letdown.
(DIR) Post #AxmRCL1mbgSzbCJK7s by JamesK@sfba.social
2025-09-02T01:27:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Nonilex @blogdiva Excellent. And I say that as a person that is hurtling towards becoming an old.
(DIR) Post #AxmS31HIlZTph6gpkW by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-09-02T01:36:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@Nonilex At least he knows younger ,more energetic activists are needed in the Democraric Party.,unlike some senior members.