{"id":2551,"date":"2026-08-14T11:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:39:57","slug":"democrats-figuring-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Figuring It Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>Today\u2019s notice:<\/i><\/b><i> What\u2019s happening in Texas. Big Defense expects a grilling if the Democrats take Congress. The people who warn AI is getting dangerous. Violating campaign rules in Nevada and norms in Wisconsin. And: What happened to Rubio\u2019s corporate transparency law? <\/i><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2547\">On the Record<\/a><\/p><h2><b>THE LATEST<\/b><\/h2><p><b>On doing the right thing in Austin:<\/b> The electoral wind is at Democrats\u2019 back as the DNC meets for its summer gathering this week. But the party machine is still stuck in some awkward conversations. For example, about coffee.<\/p>\n<p>DNC Chair <b>Ken Martin<\/b> urged members of the national committee to avoid the Starbucks next door to the hotel.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ned's Club\" class=\"wp-image-2500\" height=\"5300\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a01c4829503defeef4bbf3e9ed38f6df.jpg\" width=\"7950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a01c4829503defeef4bbf3e9ed38f6df.jpg 7950w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a01c4829503defeef4bbf3e9ed38f6df-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 7950px) 100vw, 7950px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Ned\u2019s Club Is Buzzy, Exclusive \u2014 And a Work in Progress\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trump Kennedy Center\" class=\"wp-image-2506\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3e3a928f8a54df64abe0be37241331fb-768x519.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3e3a928f8a54df64abe0be37241331fb-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3e3a928f8a54df64abe0be37241331fb-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3e3a928f8a54df64abe0be37241331fb.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Kennedy Center Board Votes to Carve Trump\u2019s Name Into the Building\u2019s Marble Facade\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VA Clinic Florida\" class=\"wp-image-2463\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/98bc0e1746ff5c14274843e9dfd23fe8-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/98bc0e1746ff5c14274843e9dfd23fe8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/98bc0e1746ff5c14274843e9dfd23fe8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/98bc0e1746ff5c14274843e9dfd23fe8.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The VA\u2019s Race to Shrink Its Backlog Is Leading to \u2018Egregious\u2019 Mistakes\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Altman\" class=\"wp-image-2550\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c4a4b993d2abbbba817e468022555bd1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rogue AI Agents Are Alarming Researchers More Than Ever\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cJust downstairs is a Starbucks, and I see some of these Democrats walking around with their cup of coffee and forgetting the fight that Workers United is engaged in right now, forgetting that this is one of the largest companies in the world that continues the union-busting tactics,\u201d Martin told delegates, NOTUS\u2019 Alex Roarty reports from Austin. \u201cNone of us while we\u2019re at this conference over the next few days should be frequenting Starbucks.\u201d<\/p><p><b>Also awkward:<\/b> figuring out what\u2019s \u201c<span><u>Woke 1<\/u><\/span>\u201d or not. At a Resolutions Committee meeting yesterday, members picked up a debate from earlier in the cycle: should Democrats call on Congress to \u201cabolish\u201d ICE or use another term? First, the committee members voted on a resolution from Martin that \u201ccondemned\u201d immigration enforcement actions in Trump 2.0.<\/p><p>Later, they picked up a second resolution that said it. One member tried to amend it to \u201ccompletely restructure\u201d ICE but she was called out by abolish-ers who said that phrase was the same as \u201creform,\u201d a term they found unacceptable. Around and around they went.<\/p><p>\u201cI hate to be kind of the wet blanket here, but we\u2019re doing what Democrats often tend to do, which is engage in an internal semantic argument when the fight is external,\u201d said committee member <b>Yvonne Reeves-Chong<\/b> of Missouri.<\/p><p>Eventually, the Resolutions Committee voted 26-12 to send the abolish ICE language to the full DNC for a vote.<\/p>\n<p><b>The primaries left Democrats with many prominent abolish-ers.<\/b> Senate nominees <b>Troy Jackson <\/b>(Maine) and <b>Abdul El-Sayed <\/b>(Michigan) say it. <b>Peggy Flanagan <\/b>(Minnesota) said \u201crip ICE apart.\u201d Polling throughout the summer has found Americans <span><u>do not like ICE<\/u><\/span> and do not trust it. When one supporter of the abolish language spoke up at the Resolutions Committee meeting and said \u201cvoters have moved left\u201d on ICE, she was not wrong.<\/p><p>But was she doing the right thing?<\/p><p><b>Open tabs:<\/b> <span><u>Trump Orders Navy to Restore Older Tech on Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions<\/u><\/span> (WSJ); <span><u>White House says more than 40 nations help China dodge tariffs<\/u><\/span> (WaPo); <span><u>Trump encourages U.S. companies to retaliate against cybercriminals<\/u><\/span> (NYT); <span><u>The U.S. Surveilled Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown<\/u><\/span> (NOTUS)<\/p><h2><b>From a potential future<\/b><\/h2><p><b>The defense industry prepares for a potential Democratic majority: <\/b>\u201cMy advice to companies right now is, if you don\u2019t understand what it\u2019s like to testify before Congress, you better learn pretty quick,\u201d a former aide to the House Armed Services Committee <span><u>told NOTUS\u2019 Joe Gould<\/u><\/span>. <b>Donald Trump<\/b>\u2019s Pentagon is expected to shut out congressional requests in a potential future Congress where Democrats control the committees that oversee the department\u2019s budget, and so Joe reports that many in the defense world expect scrutiny to fall on industry leaders to provide answers to investigators\u2019 questions.<\/p><p>The industry is paying attention. Last month, the K Street firm Invariant hired <b>David Weinberg<\/b>, the former Democratic staff director of the Senate\u2019s homeland security committee, in part to help clients prepare for heightened scrutiny. His take? \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be shocked to see some of the first oversight letters going in the first week of the new Congress,\u201d Weinberg said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2543\">David Flippo May Soon Join Congress. He Appears to Have Already Violated a Financial Law.<\/a><\/p><h2><b>From Silicon Valley<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Officially time to be really afraid of AI? <\/b>\u201cWe\u2019ve had people way back to Alan Turing in 1951 warning about the loss of control, that artificial intelligence will start breaking out and lying and deceiving,\u201d <b>Max Tegmark<\/b>, an AI expert at MIT, <span><u>told NOTUS\u2019 Jeff Stein<\/u><\/span>. \u201cWhat\u2019s really new is this is now actually starting to happen. This is one of those moments where a lot of people need to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeff takes a deep dive into recent instances of high-profile \u201crogue agents\u201d hacking and causing security incidents outside of their human operators\u2019 control. At this stage of their development, researchers say there is no reason to believe AI agents could coordinate a hack that humans would not be able to eventually regain control over, Jeff writes. But the last few weeks have dramatically raised the level of concern.<\/p><h2><b>From the campaign trail<\/b><\/h2><p><b>Meet the next Rep. from Nevada\u2019s 2nd? <\/b>Retired Air Force Lt. Col. <b>David Flippo <\/b>is the Republican nominee in the district, which Trump won <span><u>by 14 points<\/u><\/span> in 2024, so the odds are well in his favor in November. <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Jenna Monnin took a look<\/u><\/span> at his financials and found the self-funder appears to already be violating a federal transparency law, having never filed required personal financial disclosures.<\/p><p>\u201cMr. Flippo is in the process of closing one of his businesses to focus on serving the people of Northern Nevada, while he moves his other businesses, investments and landholdings into a blind trust,\u201d <b>Thomas Datwyler<\/b>, Flippo\u2019s campaign treasurer, told NOTUS. \u201cThat is a complicated process, and his financial disclosure will be filed once that is complete.\u201d If you think you\u2019ve heard that name before, it\u2019s because Datwyler was widely believed to be former Rep. <b>George Santos<\/b>\u2019shadow treasurer, though Datwyler denied it.<\/p><p><b>Francesca Hong should have bought TV ads: <\/b>That\u2019s the general consensus from the postmortem of her gubernatorial run in Wisconsin. \u201cIt\u2019s a mistake to not communicate with a part of the electorate,\u201d Democratic strategist <b>Jared Leopold <\/b><span><u>told Jenna<\/u><\/span>. \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of people, particularly older people, who watch a lot of TV.\u201d<\/p><h2><b>NOTUS METRO<\/b><\/h2><p><span><b><u>Sign up<\/u><\/b><\/span><b> for our local newsletter,<\/b> written by Martin Austermuhle and Zara Norman.<\/p><p><b>Local news:<\/b> <span><u>In Northern Virginia, a Confrontation With ICE Sparks Questions About Cameras and Transparency<\/u><\/span>, by Martin and Zara<\/p><h2><b>NEW ON NOTUS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Change in focus: <\/b>Then-Sen. <b>Marco Rubio<\/b> once <span><u>dubbed<\/u><\/span> a corporate transparency act he sponsored \u201cthe most significant anti-corruption &amp; money laundering law in decades.\u201d It passed Congress in 2021 with overwhelming bipartisan support. Now, <span><u>NOTUS\u2019 Anna Kramer and Natalie Alms report<\/u><\/span>, the Trump administration has axed the main tool of that law requiring businesses to report who their owners are \u2014 especially with regard to shell companies often used in illicit finance schemes \u2014 and plans to delete the data the government has collected. Cue the lawsuits.<\/p><p>\u201cThis is an abject failure of the executive branch to fulfill the will of Congress,\u201d said <b>Erica Hanichak<\/b>, co-director of The FACT Coalition, a group that advocates for corporate transparency reforms. \u201cSo there are certainly grounds for a legal challenge.\u201d<\/p><h2><b>NOT US<\/b><\/h2><ul><li><span><u>Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing<\/u><\/span>, by Jesse Coburn for ProPublica<\/li><li><span><u>Wes Moore\u2019s Media War<\/u><\/span>, by Paul Farhi for New York magazine<\/li><li><span><u>Boats, picket lines, \u2018Jersey Pride\u2019: Trump tax breaks inspire wave of copycats<\/u><\/span>, by Brian Faler for Politico<\/li><\/ul><h2><b>BE SOCIAL<\/b><\/h2><p>Spring chicken.<\/p><div>\n<div><div>\n<blockquote><p>In Rayburn House Office Building, talking about a Congressman:<br\/><br\/>\u201cHe\u2019s not even that old\u2014he\u2019s like 74!\u201d<\/p>\u2014 Overheard District (@OverheardWDC) August 13, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p><b>Thank you for reading!<\/b> If you liked this edition of the NOTUS Newsletter, please forward it to a friend. 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