"If you’re mad about what Mr. Musk’s initiative is doing to the institution of government, it’s time to go on the offense to reform it." Jennifer Pahlka is in New York Times Opinion with a roadmap for Dems who want to reform government.

Proud to be a Blue Dog today and everyday, delivering results for rural places, the trades, working people, and all of Southwest Washington

We’re very lucky to have had Marie Gluesenkamp Perez join to discuss Political Agency with James Pogue on the latest DO episode! open.spotify.com/episode/315t8u…

Bipartisan vote last night against the GOP budget — but we’ll need more Republicans to join us in the months ahead if we’re going to stop their plan to gut health care and explode the deficit to fund tax cuts for the rich. It’s a bad budget for Southwest Washington and America.

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“Gluesenkamp Pérez spoke to the assembled crowd about housing and the fishing economy. If not for her title, the then-freshman congresswoman could have been mistaken for an attendee, blending in with her tan work jacket and cowboy boots.” 🐶📖⤵️ rollcall.com/2025/04/22/mar…

At last night's town hall I heard deep concerns about the quality of work Secretary Hegseth is doing at the Pentagon. You can learn a lot about a man by how he treats his horse, and after 3 months on the job, it's clear he's not up for it. Our warfighters deserve a better leader.

"The voices of the Democratic cultural and economic elite often drowned out these real concerns of working people. We need leaders with a clear economic agenda—leaders who are comfortable in a union hall, on a construction site, or a Little League game."thenation.com/article/politi…

"We’ve replaced the idea of freedom as the freedom to consume. And I would argue that we’re not just consumers, we’re stewards, we are producers. So it’s not just what you can buy, but it’s what you can make and how you can make things last. And your values. Your inner values

"But talking to people about the things they care about and fighting for the agenda and priorities of my community — that is the job of a representative." A must read (or listen to) interview with Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Wow. nytimes.com/2025/05/06/opi…

I can't think of a stupider thing for Dems to be doing if they want to take back the House & check Trump's untrammeled power than to effectively surrender seats to Rs by waging war on their own winning candidates.The GOP would heartily applaud! apnews.com/article/gluese…

this week every Blue Dog voted against an unbalanced, reckless budget bill Republicans wrote without any bipartisan input their single-party bill would gut health care and explode the deficit to fund tax cuts for the rich elect more Blue Dogs to Congress to stop bills like this

"Ever since Gluesenkamp Perez’s 2022 upset, national outlets have leaned on familiar labels to characterize her—moderate, centrist—as if her win in a Trump district could only be explained by ideological triangulation" Read Evelyn Quartz's piece in COMPACT compactmag.com/article/marie-…

Summer is officially here! My son and I kicked off the season by building a tree fort together, and we think it turned out pretty great. There's no better time to get outside and dig into a new project with your kids!

A Democrat's fight to create mental acuity standards for lawmakers Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/3s7zzss5

Most Democrats would rather talk about anything other than Biden’s decline and aging politicians. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez isn’t like most Democrats. thefp.com/p/the-democrat…

he got that dog in him 🐶