Sam Raskin
@samraskinz
Senior vice president for communications at Slingshot Strategies [email protected] @samraskinz.bsky.social
Texas just started a special session that should be focused on preventing deadly flooding and keeping Texans safe. Instead, Abbott let Trump set the agenda: mid-decade redistricting to protect the GOP majority. We need to be looking at flood plains, not election maps.
"Texas deserves leaders who will step up and work to prevent crises before they occur — not excuse failure once it’s too late," @LukeWarfordTX writes. statesman.com/story/opinion/…
"Democrats must treat Texas as a Senate pickup opportunity in 2026" (@TheHillOpinion) trib.al/6JUz28x
Tesla Is the Least Trusted EV in the U.S., Survey Finds gizmodo.com/tesla-is-the-l…
Survey data shared exclusively with WIRED suggests that Tesla’s newest autonomous driving technology has freaked out some consumers. wired.com/story/tesla-ro…
According to a Electric Vehicle Intelligence Report survey, 50% of consumers were less interested in a robotaxi ride after reading an excerpt of WSJ coverage of the Tesla launch. Over 30% said they strongly believed self-driving taxis should be illegal. wired.com/story/tesla-ro…
“Cuomo is adjusting in certain ways but I have yet to see an overall vision and an overall idea of what exactly Andrew Cuomo is going to do for New Yorkers and what exactly he is going to deliver,” @samraskinz said — of the ~new cuomo~ nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Rep. Pat Ryan of the Hudson Valley had a different take. "Andrew Cuomo should go away and be nowhere near a position of any public trust ever again," he said.
In Kingston, Gov. Hochul was asked about former Gov. Cuomo reentering the NYC mayor's race. "I will not wade into that. Everybody has the right to run any race they choose to, and we'll just see how it all plays out." Will she be endorsing in the race? "I'll think about it."