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FIRST ENTRY AUG 16
SEP 03 · Day 19

2028 Democratic hopeful's ally exposed for CCP ties

Yin's LinkedIn profile still includes the senior advisor title with Khanna's office.

Rep. Ro Khanna has been floated as a potential 2028 Democratic contender for president.

Yin called himself an Official Commerce Rep in the US for the Province of Fujian, China on his LinkedIn profile.

AUG 29 · Day 14

James Carville predicts 2028 Democratic reckoning

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez renewed her DSA membership after a seven-year lapse.

The DSA confirmed that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoined the organization in August 2026.

James Carville said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has more talent than most of the people on the left put together.

“Let me assure you that Democratic voters are not going to nominate the DSA or anybody close to the DSA. The Democrats have never nominated the most liberal candidate, and they're not [going to] do it in 2028,”
JAMES CARVILLE verbatim
AUG 26 · Day 11

Iowa Democrat says Kamala Harris should not run for president again

Rob Sand was a registered independent.

Kamala Harris sent a fundraising email on Mary Peltola's behalf that appeared to be unsolicited by the candidate.

Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump.

“I don’t tend to like the party politics stuff. I think that we have a fundamentally broken two-choice political system. I don’t think that either the Democratic or the Republican parties are solving enough problems or deserve special legal privileges in order to force us to pick between the lesser of two evils. My inclination is that I want it to be shaken up.”
ROB SAND verbatim
AUG 25 · Day 10

Poll: Most Democrats in early 2028 primary states oppose aid to Israel

Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Party's nomination for a US Senate seat in Michigan.

Hamid Bendaas is a spokesperson for the IMEU Policy Project.

Respondents across all six states showed support for imposing sanctions on Israel and enforcing the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Unfortunately, the current leadership as it stands in the Democratic Party has been people who have a very status quo view about the US-Israel relationship. And so, what ultimately needs to happen is the party just needs a new leader who actually reflects its voters.”
HAMID BENDAAS verbatim
AUG 25 · Day 10

Newsom ally taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit

South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain declared that "the South is not the past, it is the future."

Aida Ross is a representative of Pete Buttigieg.

Matt Whitlock is a Republican strategist who wrote on X about Newsom and Buttigieg staffers jostling to catch up to AOC in the 2028 Dem primaries.

AUG 23 · Day 8

Pete Buttigieg visits South Carolina amid White House run consideration

Buttigieg spoke at a policy conference on Saturday morning before traveling to Claflin University in Orangeburg.

Buttigieg said he is focused on 2026.

Jaime Harrison is a former Democratic National Committee chair and former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman.

AUG 20 · Day 5

Democratic National Committee Narrows 2028 Convention Shortlist to Three Cities

“inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee.”
KEN MARTIN verbatim
AUG 16 · Day 1

South Carolina to hold first 2028 Democratic primary

The South Carolina Democratic primary is scheduled for Jan. 22, 2028.

More than 60% of South Carolina's Democratic primary electorate is African American.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at a South Carolina Democratic Party event earlier in 2026.

“The candidate that wants to help South Carolina Democrats break the Republican supermajority of the State House. The candidate that wants to help Dr. Anna Andrews become the next junior senator from South Carolina. The candidate that wants to help elect the next Democratic governor in South Carolina,”
CHRISTALE SPAIN verbatim
AUG 09 · Day -6

AOC says she has not ruled out 2028 run for president or Senate

Ocasio-Cortez posted videos on Instagram administering the first injections in the egg-freezing process on Saturday.

Ocasio-Cortez said she is humbled by the tremendous amount of support out there.

Ocasio-Cortez said she decided to publicly share her egg-freezing decision to normalize the process for working women across the country.

JUL 24 · Day -22

DNC committee sets South Carolina to vote first in 2028 Democratic primaries

The DNC rules committee voted to keep South Carolina as the first Democratic presidential nominating contest in 2028.

The rules committee's recommendation is set to be presented to the full DNC at its summer meeting next month.

Then-President Joe Biden pushed the DNC to reshuffle the primary calendar for his re-election year, moving South Carolina to the front of the line after it provided the key result for his 2020 primary campaign.

MAR 02 · Day -166

DNC announces frontrunner cities and date for 2028 convention

JAN 31 · Day -196

Twelve states seek early spots on Democrats' 2028 primary calendar

APR 28 · Day -474

JB Pritzker speech in New Hampshire generates presidential campaign buzz

DEC 07 · Day -616

Democratic governors prepare for Trump presidency and eye 2028

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