Video: Colbert’s Comedy Tribute to Rex a Go Go
Our best jokes about outgoing Secretary of State and “Proud Eyebrow American” Rex Tillerson.
Our best jokes about outgoing Secretary of State and “Proud Eyebrow American” Rex Tillerson.
Christianist terrorists:
3 arrested on gun charges suspected in Minnesota mosque bombing
The suspects were identified as 47-year-old Michael B. Hari, 22-year-old Joe Morris and 29-year-old Michael McWhorter. All are from Clarence, Illinois, a rural community 35 miles north of Champaign-Urbana. A fourth man also faces the gun charge, but he was not identified as a suspect in the bombing or attempted bombing.
I suspect that the Michael B. Hari in that article is the same one who writes (from the reviews, not very good) books about central Illinois and…. yes, Christianity:
One Faith: Defending the Faith in the 21st Century
Does God exist? How do we know the Bible is true? How do we know that our beliefs are true, and others are false? These and other important questions are answered in a fun and easy to read format that will challenge and interest you! This volume of apologetic essays from an Old Order Anabaptist perspective was written at Rancho Tres Hermanos, in the desert of Northern Mexico, near Zaragoza, Coahuila in 2014-2015. It includes proofs for God, the nature of creation, the Scriptures, and heresiology including a lengthy section on Islam.
Rex was a horrid SoS and actively tried to ruin the State Department that was entrusted to him and he was one of the best cabinet members Trump had.
We are soooo screwed.
re: #1 freetoken
Fuck ‘em with a rusty spork. I remember that bombing and how pissed off it made me. I actually kind of expected some kind of right-wing Christian nutjob. The fact that they CAME HERE, FROM ILLINOIS, to try to kill Muslims spins me to a level of pissed off that I rarely achieve.
re: #1 freetoken
They’re the right wing domestic terrorists that Trump doesn’t want people paying attention to.
These are the jack booted thugs of the Christian taliban who want to impose their religious ideologies on everyone else by force and coercion.
This appears to be one of the four guys charged by the FBI in connection with last year’s Minnesota mosque bombing. A former sheriff’s deputy with a whole lot of priors. And, shock, history of DV. https://t.co/8Y0KlrQSVi https://t.co/UhXHy0aDj1 pic.twitter.com/52GT0eoB5F
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) March 13, 2018
I’d also bet that the male part of this duo is the one arrested:
Her First Self Defense Gun: A Handbook For First Time Female Gun Buyers
Gun-fetishist Christianists - these are American terrorists.
re: #4 lawhawk
And no so-called liberal Christian church will call them out, even though they can. They will not. No church will take a stand against any other church.
Paul Manafort faces 305 years in prison https://t.co/yjyxMaWzT0 pic.twitter.com/jsyisoaPk8
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 13, 2018
Is that a lot? https://t.co/Rr4vbTWAGo
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) March 13, 2018
It’s baaAAAaaaAAaack. #PA18 pic.twitter.com/EBRk6trUaM
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) March 13, 2018
Dude has history, assuming this is him.
From 12 years ago:
Jury finds former sheriff’s deputy guilty of abduction
Following 90 minutes of deliberation, a jury of eight men and four women on Friday found a former Ford County sheriff’s deputy and sheriff candidate guilty of child abduction.
Michael Hari, 35, dressed in black and sporting a full beard, stared straight ahead at the jury as his verdict was read.
Hari had taken his two daughters, Mollie Hari, 15, and Allene Hari, 13, to a Mennonite colony in Central America when he feared he would lose custody of the girls to his ex-wife, Michele Frakes of Peoria.
Derp:
I wonder how many people the Democratic Party bused in today from across the country to #PA18 to illegally vote for Lamb. 🤔
— Jack Murphy (@RealJack) March 13, 2018
re: #6 Anymouse 🌹
And no so-called liberal Christian church will call them out, even though they can. They will not. No church will take a stand against any other church.
Please. Some of us do. Daily. But hey, we don’t have a multi-million dollar propaganda budget so sorry our efforts to live what we claim to believe doesn’t live up to the perfection you demand.
re: #1 freetoken
Christianist terrorists:
3 arrested on gun charges suspected in Minnesota mosque bombing
I suspect that the Michael B. Hari in that article is the same one who writes (from the reviews, not very good) books about central Illinois and…. yes, Christianity:
Interesting. I grew up about 35 miles south of there and have never heard of Clarence. I know of Paxton nearby. I don’t think there’s a lot of difference between Illinois and Indiana in their past as mostly “sundown” areas (non-whites better not stick around past sundown). The Peoria area gave us Matthew Hale, a religio-white supremacist who inspired another young racist from the Chicago/Wisconsin area to go on a shooting spree ranging from suburban Chicago to Bloomington, IN and back to Illinois, killing Ricky Birdsong (Northwestern U basketball coach, a Korean grad student, a black minister and injuring others). I guess I’m saying I am not surprised.
Human Rights Campaign and other equal-rights groups are aghast at the selection of Mike Pompeo for Sec’y of State.
LGBT rights groups were not thrilled with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson—but they are aghast at the news that President Trump has replaced the former Exxon CEO with CIA Director and former Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo.
Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said in a Tuesday press statement that Pompeo was “a reckless choice to lead our nation’s diplomatic efforts” due to his “longstanding opposition to LGBTQ equality.”
“The decision to nominate anti-LGBTQ Mike Pompeo could have serious consequences for the United States and LGBTQ people around the globe,” Griffin said, adding that Pompeo could only contribute to the already “rapidly declining” role of the State Department in “advancing human rights” on the international stage.
The LGBT media advocacy group GLAAD also blasted Trump’s decision on Twitter, highlighting the fact that Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBT organization Family Research Council, is celebrating the sudden shift in power at the State Department.
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re: #11 William Lewis
Please. Some of us do. Daily. But hey, we don’t have a multi-million dollar propaganda budget so sorry our efforts to live what we claim to believe doesn’t live up to the perfection you demand.
You know I’m right there with you. Just sucks that the squeaky wheels, in our case, are the dumbshits who are making us look bad.
re: #11 William Lewis
Please. Some of us do. Daily. But hey, we don’t have a multi-million dollar propaganda budget so sorry our efforts to live what we claim to believe doesn’t live up to the perfection you demand.
I’m not referring to individual Christians, many of whom do exactly this, call out bigotry and violence.
I’m referring to church organisations. When was the last time a nationwide church organisation called this out? Church organisation X calls out church group Y for hate and violence? I do not ever remember such a thing.
The polls are now closed in Penna. Now we wait… .
“the Committee has learned… candidate Trump’s private business was actively negotiating a business deal in Moscow with a sanctioned Russian bank during the election period”https://t.co/NT9p2PI4ZW
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 13, 2018
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹
Derp:
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Never to early to whine about losing and how it wasn’t your fault.
‘Member when these things were endangered? Yeah, I ‘member!
ᶜᵃᶰ ᶦ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵘʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰ ᶫᵃʳᵍᵉ ʳᵃᵇᵇᶦᵗ pic.twitter.com/MFNqFa0dah
— Sam Nunberg: please DM me (@Chinchillazllla) March 12, 2018
Oh, goody. Call Mueller, please.
Trump’s longtime personal aide #JohnMcEntee was fired and escorted without his coat or belongings.
As he left, he put #JaredKushner on blast: pic.twitter.com/NcPIeExd8r— ZiggyDaddy™ (@Ziggy_Daddy) March 14, 2018
re: #21 MsJ
That there’s funny, I don’t care who y’are.
lol dork pic.twitter.com/ReXY0KvPeR
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 14, 2018
ICYMI: Here’s what I’d estimate Conor Lamb (D) needs in each #PA18 county to win tonight:
Allegheny: 58%
Greene: 41%
Washington: 47%
Westmoreland: 43%— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
re: #21 MsJ
Oh, goody. Call Mueller, please.
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And he went straight from the White House to Trump’s re-election campaign.
I really don’t understand why these people are so slavishly, stupidly loyal to a guy who goes out of his way to humiliate them all the time.
re: #24 Stanley Sea
Oy Vey. He can’t anything right.
re: #24 Stanley Sea
LOL
It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Core Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military, straight from the heart of the American People: We support you, we thank you, we love you - and we will always have your back! pic.twitter.com/NEGCR6rM7Y
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
How many licks does it take to get to the Marine Core? https://t.co/S01IMInqs5
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) March 14, 2018
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹
Derp:
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Zero. Take losing like a man, dude.
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 14, 2018
The New York Times has resurrected their “meter” showing who is ahead in the vote count, assuming at the start it was even between the Dems and GOP, with 1% going to the Libertarian candidate.
re: #25 MsJ
Counties of my ancestors (well, a few of them), who settled the area before the US Constitution and shortly thereafter. No doubt I have plenty of 6th-7th cousins still there.
re: #24 Stanley Sea
The “e” is seven letters to the left of “p” on a keyboard.
re: #26 scottslemmons
And he went straight from the White House to Trump’s re-election campaign.
I really don’t understand why these people are so slavishly, stupidly loyal to a guy who goes out of his way to humiliate them all the time.
In the campaign, Trump can get him to sign an NDA.
re: #33 Anymouse 🌹
In the campaign, Trump can get him to sign an NDA.
Which, if they think about it, will not hold up if they’re called to testify against him.
re: #32 Ace Rothstein
The “e” is seven letters to the left of “p” on a keyboard.
Additionally, there should be an “s” after “core.” LOL
re: #28 JordanRules
Look, his followers can’t spell either, so it’s not like they will be especially sensitive to this.
I remain opposed to the death penalty, but I would really like to see capital federal espionage charges used to scare the ever-loving shit out of Trump and the worst of his cronies.
For any Marines here, are there any statements about earning or not earning your “e”?
It was my great honor to deliver a message at the Marine Core Air Station Miramar to our GREAT U.S. Military, straight from the heart of the American People: We support you, we thank you, we love you - and we will always have your back! pic.twitter.com/NEGCR6rM7Y
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
Marine “Core” lol. Mixed with blatant pandering jingoism. Classic Trump. https://t.co/3fFJbriQN2 pic.twitter.com/GPr5yvffEZ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 14, 2018
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹
:)
They paid for me, my 3 kids and our dog to fly in via hot air balloon from NE Philadelphia. It was awesome
— Boom Boom Cannon (@cannonballs23) March 13, 2018
re: #36 freetoken
Look, his followers can’t spell either, so it’s not like they will be especially sensitive to this.
Doesn’t stop me from laughing at them. And doesn’t stop them from saying, what about 57 states?!?!
And I really don’t believe spelling is an indicator of intelligence. But these folks just said Maxine Waters has a low IQ so they can all eat a buffet of shit.
BREAKING: Democrats on the House Intel Committee have just released a detailed report of dozens of key witnesses that Republicans refused to allow the committee to interview.
Document shows a clear violation of their duty to America. See below:https://t.co/lKZC0Z3V6A— Brian Krassenstein🐬 (@krassenstein) March 14, 2018
re: #15 Anymouse 🌹
I’m not referring to individual Christians, many of whom do exactly this, call out bigotry and violence.
I’m referring to church organisations. When was the last time a nationwide church organisation called this out? Church organisation X calls out church group Y for hate and violence? I do not ever remember such a thing.
Maybe not national enough for you, but it took all of two minutes to find.
Former Perriello aide @brennanmgilmore, who captured video of Charlottesvillle car attack, wants to take Alex Jones and other conspiracy theorists to trial for claiming he was a CIA agent who helped stage the attack https://t.co/yw6C5Xzn6p
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) March 14, 2018
United breaks guitars, drags screaming passengers down the aisle, and murders dogs.
Family’s French bulldog puppy dies after United flight attendant forced them to put the bag holding the dog in an overhead bin https://t.co/7TxIAODvlT pic.twitter.com/g7LCrtDMZ2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 14, 2018
re: #16 Ace Rothstein
Zero.
If y’all want a war between the Episcopalians and the Southern Baptists, won’t happen. They address issues, not each other. For instance, Episcopalians made same sex marriage a sacrament, Southern Baptists issued a statement against it. Episcopal Church issued a statement of full support for gun control efforts, Southern Baptists are saying nothing. The two are polar opposites but you won’t see the Episcopal Church call out another denomination, just like you won’t see Southern Baptists denounce us. Everything is around specific issues.
There’s a reason for that. We don’t lump all people together under a label. There are conservative Episcopalians and liberal Baptists.
Just like there are liberal and conservative Atheists. Shall I assume the label “atheist” means all of you hold the same positions?
re: #6 Anymouse 🌹
And no so-called liberal Christian church will call them out, even though they can. They will not. No church will take a stand against any other church.
Reverend Barber has, often and loudly.
re: #4 lawhawk
They’re the right wing domestic terrorists that Trump doesn’t want people paying attention to.
These are the jack booted thugs of the Christian taliban who want to impose their religious ideologies on everyone else by force and coercion.
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That black and white image of the guy looks like it could be from the civil war, say a Confederate soldier.
re: #26 scottslemmons
And he went straight from the White House to Trump’s re-election campaign.
I really don’t understand why these people are so slavishly, stupidly loyal to a guy who goes out of his way to humiliate them all the time.
They can’t get jobs anywhere else?
re: #46 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Maybe not national enough for you, but it took all of two minutes to find.
Not a group, but this black pastor did some denouncing right in Pence’s face.
splinternews.com
re: #15 Anymouse 🌹
I’m not referring to individual Christians, many of whom do exactly this, call out bigotry and violence.
I’m referring to church organisations. When was the last time a nationwide church organisation called this out? Church organisation X calls out church group Y for hate and violence? I do not ever remember such a thing.
I’ve asked that question to several high ranking national church leaders. The response was that they have, in fact, done so. However, the media doesn’t consider it “news worthy” and so don’t report it.
re: #54 A Cranky One
I’ve asked that question to several high ranking national church leaders. The response was that they have, in fact, done so. However, the media doesn’t consider it “news worthy” and so don’t report it.
Pretty much on the same level as Democrats trying to get heard.
CNN employing Jason Miller is an embarrassment.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 14, 2018
What’s your point, Cyrus? Wait, I’ll ask Siri. Siri, what’s Cyrus’s point?
— Jan Carr a.k.a. Old High Yeller (@carriesjan) March 13, 2018
… aaaaand Fuckface Von Clownstick has deleted his “Marine Core” tweet, in violation of the Presidential Records Act. It was up for a half hour.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) March 14, 2018
DO NOT watch every freaking return/prediction
Watching every freaking return/prediction
Breaking: first precinct IN! Pleasant Hills (Allegheny Co.) district 6.
2016: Trump (R) +14.9%
2018: Lamb (D) +5.5%— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
re: #59 Stanley Sea
20 point swing from Trump to Lamb.
That’s not encouraging for the GOP. That’s very encouraging for Lamb and Democrats.
re: #59 Stanley Sea
DO NOT watch every freaking return/prediction
Watching every freaking return/prediction
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re: #59 Stanley Sea
Just remember any election is not over until ALL of the votes are counted.
re: #46 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Maybe not national enough for you, but it took all of two minutes to find.
It condemns the bombing, not the conservative churches that preach violence. It was the second half of that sentence I referred to: No church will ever condemn another church.
And as a branch of the United Methodist Church, that statement would not have been released unless UMC bishops allowed it.
Good on them for condemning a mosque bombing, no points for failure to condemn churches that preach hate.
No church has even condemned the Christian Identity overt Nazi racist churches.
When the UMC condemns the Southern Baptist Convention I’ll reconsider my position.
Take a bow, @NYPost pic.twitter.com/dthl70r1Sc
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 13, 2018
Can’t help it.
It will be my demise.
First 2 precincts in Greene Co. give Lamb (D) a 212-196 lead. Clinton (D) didn’t come close to winning a single precinct there in 2016. Good news for Lamb. #PA18
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
And the winner of the “its not my job” award goes to….. pic.twitter.com/tNSrajDdjz
— You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) March 11, 2018
Trump doesn’t type. He uses speech to text. That’s where “Core” came from.
Bet he CAN’T type.
re: #67 ipsos
Trump doesn’t type. He uses speech to text. That’s where “Core” came from.
Bet he CAN’T type.
That might very well explain his myriad of typos. Not small thumbs, but speech-to-text.
Finally some results trickling in.
Lamb just won a precinct in Bridgeville 2 to 1. Not a good sign for Saccone. This is the type of Allegheny community he should be competitive in. #pa18
— Mark Davin Harris (@markdharris) March 14, 2018
#unhackthevote
Here we go. Conor Lamb won a precinct 2 to 1in Bridgeville that was expected to be much closer. https://t.co/4tWVGmnrJZ— MikeFarb (@mikefarb1) March 14, 2018
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District
Conor Lamb leads by 18 percentage points over Rick Saccone with 2 percent of precincts fully reporting.
re: #36 freetoken
Look, his followers can’t spell either, so it’s not like they will be especially sensitive to this.
They will mock anyone that points out the spelling error as Obama elitists. All that college crap that ruined this country…don’t need no damn degree in spellin’ to work in the coal mines or the steel factory.
re: #69 MsJ
Finally some results trickling in.
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SACCONE WOULD HAVE WON BUT ALL OF THE REAL AMERICANS WERE TOO BUSY WORKING DOUBLE SHIFTS AT ONE OF THE MANY NEW STEEL MILLS
“My new national strategy for space recognizes that space is a war fighting domain just like the land, air and sea,” Trump said. He also entertains the idea of adding a new military branch, calling it the “Space Force.” https://t.co/IECzRamgz4 pic.twitter.com/bUlC1zaOFS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 13, 2018
We’re getting a Death Star. Calling it now. https://t.co/RVswrg4IJk
— Rogue NASA (@RogueNASA) March 13, 2018
re: #70 gocart mozart
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District
Conor Lamb leads by 18 percentage points over Rick Saccone with 2 percent of precincts fully reporting.
Moreover, rural areas with few voters tend to complete their counts first, while cities tend to report late. If Mr. Saccone is running behind in the rural areas, he is in real trouble.
Moreover, the GOP spent a ton of money on this special election. I imagine if the vote totals don’t turn around quickly, there are going to be piles of Republicans sweating out the election in November.
A district this red going for a Democrat, right after the Alabama senate election, means nearly every GOP House district is competitive.
re: #70 gocart mozart
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District
Conor Lamb leads by 18 percentage points over Rick Saccone with 2 percent of precincts fully reporting.
Those millions of dollars the GOP poured into this district is beginning to look like money not well spent. Thank you to Murphy’s mistress!
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District https://t.co/qFqcRYJLKL
— Ed Mix & the Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) March 14, 2018
Just in…Scott Township 2-2 (Allegheny Co.):
2016: Clinton (D) +9.2%
2018: Lamb (D) +30.2%
Lamb is exceeding what he needs in Allegheny. Need to see more of #PA18…— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
re: #59 Stanley Sea
DO NOT watch every freaking return/prediction
Watching every freaking return/prediction
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I’m horrible. My husband is worse. He’s watching every precinct come on and saying, “Hillary won this one by .5%, Lamb is up 15%!”
Of course, he also just said, “Someone should have written the headline, ‘Tyrant Sore At Rex!”
Say it out loud.
We’re not speaking.
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District
Conor Lamb leads by 21 percentage points over Rick Saccone with 5 percent of precincts fully reporting. Jump to estimate of final result ↓
Rex Tillerson is the only Secretary of State in history who has been fired by the President of Russia.
— Steve Bannon (@PRESlDENTBANNON) March 13, 2018
This is pretty cool:
ICON has developed a method for printing a single-story 650-square-foot house out of cement in only 12 to 24 hours, a fraction of the time it takes for new construction. If all goes according to plan, a community made up of about 100 homes will be constructed for residents in El Salvador next year. The company has partnered with New Story, a nonprofit that is vested in international housing solutions. “We have been building homes for communities in Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia,” Alexandria Lafci, co-founder of New Story, tells The Verge.
….
Using the Vulcan printer, ICON can print an entire home for $10,000 and plans to bring costs down to $4,000 per house. “It’s much cheaper than the typical American home,” Ballard says. It’s capable of printing a home that’s 800 square feet, a significantly bigger structure than properties pushed by the tiny home movement, which top out at about 400 square feet. In contrast, the average New York apartment is about 866 square feet.
re: #78 BlueGrl21
The NY Daily News or Post would pay for that kind of headline (probably not what you wanted to hear, but did).
Took racist grandpa 30 minutes to fix this one. pic.twitter.com/CatJqaJn6z
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 14, 2018
I know it won’t hold, but if Lamb won by double digits tonight, the screams for the exits would drown out a jet engine at full throttle.
re: #84 Targetpractice
We can dream, can’t we?
First results are in. WAY too early, but interestingly, there is actually a speck of blue in Greene County. Greene County was not expected to feature much if any blue at all. pic.twitter.com/nSXZrpd4TZ
— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) March 14, 2018
*puts on Miles Davis* https://t.co/tVW0A938RS
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 14, 2018
Frothy Mix spinning furiously on CNN, LOL.
Hey, I wonder how ol’ Tuck Face is covering election night…
Tucker Carlson guest KT Hopkins: White Christians are on the endangered species list like black rhinos, but “the black rhino has got an advantage because he’s black” pic.twitter.com/G6HbrJehfV
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 14, 2018
re: #89 Big Beautiful Door
Frothy Mix spinning furiously on CNN, LOL.
People at Lamb Central now booing the appearance of hometown boy Rick Santorum on CNN. It’s just like old times here.
— Chris Potter (@CPotterPgh) March 14, 2018
Real time results of the #PA18 special election. https://t.co/KKckd1w5FI
— Maggie Jordan: (@MaggieJordanACN) March 14, 2018
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
While you’re waiting for the next tirade from someone who insists your mislabeling of some sub-component of the AR-15 rifle reflects your ignorance of and contempt for military culture, please enjoy this touching Presidential endorsement of the Marine Core. pic.twitter.com/WZwq4IZrFW
— Kieran Healy (@kjhealy) March 14, 2018
re: #73 JordanRules
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Those who see space as a fucking war asset suck.
They are the sci-fi destroyers.
I wonder what NYT is seeing? Saccone keeps getting stronger according to them.
re: #96 Big Beautiful Door
I wonder what NYT is seeing? Saccone keeps getting stronger according to them.
Allegedly they see the votes as soon as they are posted by the state Secretary of State.
NYT thinks the vote that is still out will come in strongly for Saccone.
Seaside High teacher accidentally fires gun in class https://t.co/pH2DVkd5vE pic.twitter.com/hG9jO0JRyL
— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) March 13, 2018
What we know:
** 1 student taken to hospital after bullet fragments ricocheted off the ceiling & lodged into his neck. He is expected to be OK.
** The teacher, also a reserve police officer, has been placed on administrative leave while investigation continues https://t.co/nVr0vXD8WK— Sierra Starks (@KSBWSierra) March 14, 2018
re: #96 Big Beautiful Door
I wonder what NYT is seeing? Saccone keeps getting stronger according to them.
Maybe they are seeing it is too early to give solid results. They are waiting for Trump to nod off for the night watching Fox. They don’t want to hear the howls.
Ski school director is doing the March Madness bracket thingy and I stupidly opted in, $10. I’m just randomly picking fuckin’ teams ‘cause I know fuck all about college basketball. I have the south and west done which pits Kentucky vs. North Carolina in the final four. Still working on the east and midwest to determine the other two teams of the final four.
re: #96 Big Beautiful Door
I wonder what NYT is seeing? Saccone keeps getting stronger according to them.
From their page:
Our tally of votes comes from results reported by county election officials. It may differ from the totals at the top of the page, which were assembled by The Associated Press. (Right now, our counts are about even.) Below, our best guess for how many votes each candidate will end up with when all votes are counted…
re: #96 Big Beautiful Door
Someone from Trump’s office called them and told them they have to push Saccone or they will not get press credentials for the next WH briefing.
re: #102 teleskiguy
Ski school director is doing the March Madness bracket thingy and I stupidly opted in, $10. I’m just randomly picking fuckin’ teams ‘cause I know fuck all about college basketball. I have the south and west done which pits Kentucky vs. North Carolina in the final four. Still working on the east and midwest to determine the other two teams of the final four.
I watch some college ball. You have as good a chance as anyone because this year there is no dominant team. It is as open a field as ever. Good luck!
re: #102 teleskiguy
Ski school director is doing the March Madness bracket thingy and I stupidly opted in, $10. I’m just randomly picking fuckin’ teams ‘cause I know fuck all about college basketball. I have the south and west done which pits Kentucky vs. North Carolina in the final four. Still working on the east and midwest to determine the other two teams of the final four.
FLORIDA
Wheeeee #PA18 pic.twitter.com/bomf6vK4Vz
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) March 14, 2018
re: #105 ObserverArt
I watch some college ball. You have as good a chance as anyone because this year there is no dominant team. It is as open a field as ever. Good luck!
I printed my bracket.
Tomorrow is the day.
re: #73 JordanRules
The Death Star worked, so…no.
re: #102 teleskiguy
I also know nothing and ended up in a pool. I found this fivethirtyeight analysis to be very helpful in shaping my picks with the rough odds for each team of moving on for each round!
A little something for the guitarist lizards:
There you have it. #Maddows Departure Board is now 3 Columns!
Also, besides the 3 we knew of earlier today, 2 more tonight added. Acting Admin. Of NASA and a guy from the Forestry Dept. #JohnMcEntee #RexTillerson #TrumpBodyMan #DepartureBoard pic.twitter.com/kqGaQQHAgm— Sara Resists (@sarajtravels) March 14, 2018
re: #108 Stanley Sea
I printed my bracket.
Tomorrow is the day.
Of course I am an Ohio State/B1G Ten Conference fan. Sad thing is the Buckeyes have Gonzaga as second game should they both win in the first round. But they beat us early on and the team was just learning the new head coach…so you never know.
NYT thing is back to Lamb with 51% chance of winning.
re: #102 teleskiguy
OK, my final four is Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Kansas. Kentucky vs. Kansas for the final, Kentucky wins.
I’ll find out on 2 April if I win money.
With 26 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Conor Lamb is pulling ahead.
So far, Lamb has received 53 percent of the vote, to Republican Rick Saccone’s 45 percent. Latest results: https://t.co/EqdpkVG4Ji pic.twitter.com/E5prFcFBz7— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 14, 2018
And now the Needle Of Fate is back in the blue, barely. I watched it swing 2 whole points in a second.
re: #114 Schweppes7
NYT thing is back to Lamb with 51% chance of winning.
CHANCE OF WINNING
52%Lamb
That is a freakin heart attack needle.
I hate it!
According to Daily Kos, Westmoreland County says it likely won’t have any results until 9:30 pm. It’s one of the redder areas.
re: #114 Schweppes7
NYT thing is back to Lamb with 51% chance of winning.
Their estimate of the votes to come changed radically. Lamb must be doing better in red precincts than they had expected.
re: #115 teleskiguy
OK, my final four is Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Kansas. Kentucky vs. Kansas for the final, Kentucky wins.
I’ll find out on 2 April if I win money.
You’ll know if there are black clouds from burning couches over Lexington, KY.
MSNBC is showing Lamb at 54% - 36,835 to 46% -31,167 Saccone. 31% in.
re: #119 Belafon
According to Daily Kos, Westmoreland County says it likely won’t have any results until 9:30 pm. It’s one of the redder areas.
What is it they always say when the big cities report and the results swing Democratic? “They had to wait till everyone else reported so they knew how many votes to add.”
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re: #123 Stanley Sea
Could lose to Auburn in the Sweet 16 if it comes to that.
NYT now has Lamb at 52% chance of winning with a 9 point lead
re: #121 Barefoot Grin
You’ll know if there are black clouds from burning couches over Lexington, KY.
If the smoke is white, however, then there’s no new pope.
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Tillerson leaving has completed fucked up my brackets.
I have to plan an hour at least tomorrow to sign onto the bracket challenges, hopefully they remember my password. Find the Gator groups & then do the bracket.
Stress.
I know it is a long shot but if either Villanova or Penn (University of Pennsylvania) I will be happy.
re: #109 The Ghost of a Flea
The Death Star worked, so…no.
We’re going to get like 50% of a sphere and an especially strong microwave.
re: #130 PhillyPretzel
Villanova is not a long shot as a #1 seed. By the way, Penn is only a 12-point dog to Kansas.
I’ve seen the NYT needle
and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every political junkie’s
like a settin’ sun.— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) March 14, 2018
re: #130 PhillyPretzel
I know it is a long shot but if either Villanova or Penn (University of Pennsylvania) I will be happy.
Nova isn’t a long shot. 538 says that Penn has a relatively good shot at being the first #16 seed to ever beat a #1 seed.
re: #131 The Ghost of a Flea
We’re going to get like 50% of a sphere and an especially strong microwave.
No, it will be two separate half spheres floating alongside one another like a pair of breasts…
Kansas and especially Xavier are weak #1 seeds.
Updates from DK land:
Well, looks like Westmoreland has started coming in a bit early. We just got a huge dump of votes, taking us to 36% reporting and considerably narrowing the margin, to 54-46 Lamb.
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Vote-counting has suddenly picked up steam. We’re at 45% reporting now, and Lamb is still at 54-46.
re: #132 Ace Rothstein
It is okay. As I said if either one makes it that would be good.
hopehopehopehope
Biggest precinct swing I’ve seen so far is in a precinct where turnout has really fallen: in small Springhill, turnout is only 35% of 2016 level (lower than elsewhere), & it’s gone from +36% Trump to +2% Lamb.
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 14, 2018
re: #131 The Ghost of a Flea
We’re going to get like 50% of a sphere and an especially strong microwave.
“Now witness the firepower of this fully operational burrito nuker…”
Sorry, I had to leave and raise the flags in the village to full-staff.
Did we win the election yet?
re: #135 jamesfirecat
No, it will be two separate half spheres floating alongside one another like a pair of breasts…
Will they come with a vacuum?
re: #141 Targetpractice
“fully operational”
re: #136 Ace Rothstein
Kansas and especially Xavier are weak #1 seeds.
It is fun seeing Xavier as a #1 though. For a little Cincinnati Catholic college they crank out big results in basketball. Lot of good coaches started there too. Usually they are a surprise team, this year they get the target.
re: #142 Anymouse 🌹
Sorry, I had to leave and raise the flags in the village to full-staff.
Did we win the election yet?
It’s WAY close. I keep refreshing my browser and holding my breath.
re: #145 MsJ
NYT is now 51% Lamb win.
But Nate Cohn is reporting that Westmoreland won’t report precinct by precinct results till tomorrow (totals tonight?), and the Needle Of Fate needs precinct level data, so their models can’t model.
In spite of my bad pun I want Lamb to win Baaaaa (big).
I wonder how many people the Democratic Party bused in today from across the country to #PA18 to illegally vote for Lamb. 🤔
— Jack Murphy (@RealJack) March 13, 2018
You would think a hard hitting Conservative reported like James Okeefe or Chuck Johnson would be able to use their mad journalism skills and bust this whole “bus in voters” scheme wide open, right?
Weird, huh? https://t.co/Jz1UR0vF6r— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 14, 2018
Posted?
👋 Thanks for the shout-out, @realDonaldTrump. But bridges are still better than walls. And California remains the 6th largest economy in the world and the most prosperous state in America. #Facts
— Jerry Brown (@JerryBrownGov) March 13, 2018
The fickle needle of fate has moved to 54% Lamb.
re: #21 MsJ
Oh, goody. Call Mueller, please.
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It’s amazing that McEntee has landed already and will be working for Trump’s re-election campaign. #notnormal.
NYT has Lamb at 54% chance with 62% reporting
re: #145 MsJ
NYT is now 51% Lamb win.
Until the vote is all in — or outside the margin of possibility — e.g. 97% in and Lamb is ahead by 5%, we cannot assume anything. This is a very red district. The fact that many red precincts voted for Lamb doesn’t mean all will switch .
re: #154 Patricia Kayden
It’s amazing that McEntee has landed already and will be working for Trump’s re-election campaign. #notnormal.
He fucking held the hairspray & comb for the yam.
indispensable hire
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
It’s bacon. It’s to keep those dirty Muslims from climbing the wall.
re: #160 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
It’s bacon. It’s to keep those dirty Muslims from climbing the wall.
Vaseline
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
The part of the wall Mexico paid for.
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
Probably nothing: I think those cylinders are meant to revolve so as to be harder to grab and scale (?)
Though I’m sure there’s some simple means (a la Vicente Fox’s ladder) to defeat that measure as well…
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
The cylinder is to make it harder to throw something over like a grappling hook and have it be able to get a grip (physical security hat from the Navy is around here somewhere)… .
It won’t stop a ladder though.
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
This looks like something at Home(land) Depot. “Excuse me, I’m looking for border walls.”
“Aisle 5, I think.”
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
Gwyneth Paltrow.
It’s actually a pretty cunning way to deter people.
OOOPPPSS:
Live Estimates of the Final Vote
Reliable precinct data is not currently available. Our forecast is not trustworthy right now.
— Seth Masket (@smotus) March 14, 2018
NYT has taken down the needle, says the data isn’t available.
re: #148 BlueGrl21
It’s WAY close. I keep refreshing my browser and holding my breath.
My wife got tired of live political updates from me and put “Scandal” on Hulu.
re: #170 Big Beautiful Door
They just got another call from Trump and Company.
We’re still arguing over what to do about this, but it is a distinct possibility that we will turn it off. We can’t responsibly model the result without data from the most GOP 1/3 of the district. And, well, we did make sure to write this in advance, in case we had to pic.twitter.com/bpZmMVqbUR
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 14, 2018
If Westmoreland finishes its count, and the race is still uncalled, we’ll try and turn it back on.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 14, 2018
re: #156 Charles Johnson
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I really like the one with a scary cylinder on top. WHAT’S IN THAT CYLINDER?!
The one with the cylinder on top is the one that looks most like the Berlin Wall.
re: #156 Charles Johnson
So, for a few million dollars, we’ve got a couple of paddle ball courts.
Yippee. I can now play under the sun….
And all of them can be circumvented with ladders and/or ropes.
So, we’ll just go with counts. Another DK update:
With a big dump of votes from Westmoreland County taking us to 71% reporting, Lamb’s lead narrows to 51.5 to 48.
Has anyone checked the needle for signs of polonium or nerve agents?#Needlegate
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 14, 2018
re: #160 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Crisco - it’s what Philly uses to keep idiots from climbing light poles.
re: #178 lawhawk
Crisco - it’s what Philly uses to keep idiots from climbing light poles.
Which didn’t work.
re: #173 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Of course. The GOP always fucks up the progress of modernization.
re: #151 Kragar
I brought my corgi who is an illegal alien from England. He cast 12 votes for Lamb. Take THAT.
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) March 14, 2018
What does this mean/
Live Estimates of the Final Vote
Reliable precinct data is not currently available. Our forecast is not trustworthy right now.
Absentee ballots in Allegheny County, close to 4k, will be counted and reported by about midnight.
People need to understand uncertainty.
The final polling average had Lamb +2.5. Margin of error on special election polling averages is +/- 10 points. So this will fall within that…
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 14, 2018
From the previous thread:
re: #319 weave
If you really want a 50 state strategy or to win in red areas, you have to knock off the purity tests and accept that in these areas, representatives should represent the voters in their district.
Believe it or not, there are a lot of liberals who also love their guns and cherish their right to own them. Many of them will vote on that one issue because that’s a big deal for them. But other than the guns, they care about and support all other Democratic positions.
Be in this to win.
Yup. I’m a gun owner. I do care about that, but that is not my sole motivation, and I care about legislation that makes gun owners freakin’ responsible for owning the things. They aren’t paperweights. I’m all for Jim Wright’s suggestion of legislating the NRA’s own safety rules as law.
I care about other issues that the Democratic Party stands for and the Republican Party stands against. I am not a one-issue voter so I won’t vote solely on a position of guns. That said, others might.
re: #174 Alephnaught
The one with the cylinder on top is the one that looks most like the Berlin Wall.
And none of those walls are transparent. I thought that was a requirement.
re: #174 Alephnaught
The one with the cylinder on top is the one that looks most like the Berlin Wall.
You mean the “Anti-fascist Rampart.”
The wall meant to keep people in, not out.
The election is tightening up. Looks to be 52% to 48% with 75% reporting according to MSNBC.
From the same DK Link:
This is a good time for a reminder that, once again, this district never should have been competitive to begin with. Donald Trump carried it by a giant 58-39 margin in 2016, and Democrats weren’t even able to field a candidate here either that year or in 2014. Yet Republicans have had to spend over $10 million to try to defend this seat. They simply can’t do that for seats this red in November—and there are a ton of seats that are bluer.
The point to focus on is not the whether-we-win-or-lose, but imagine the GOP having to spend $10M on every district with less than a +20 margin this fall.
I made a twitter thread explaining today.
Here’s the fuck what happened:
Rex Tillerson said some shit to Trump like pic.twitter.com/QelTsg1QaB— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 14, 2018
re: #159 Stanley Sea
He fucking held the hairspray & comb for the yam.
indispensable hire
He was the one who would stand in the mirror frame and mimic Cheeto’s movements so that Cheeto would think he was a hot guy. We already know Cheeto is nearsighted and too vain to wear glasses.
Activists placed 7,000 pairs of shoes in front of the US Capitol building on Tuesday, to remember children killed by gun violence since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre pic.twitter.com/YlrVGsxEDJ
— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2018
How many times can I cry in one day- answer? No Limit Apparently !! https://t.co/jgYfo08zOB
— Emma González (@Emma4Change) March 14, 2018
Lamb (D) lead down to 2,493 votes (1.4%) w/ 87% of precincts reporting. The remaining precincts lean *slightly* Saccone. This might be a good time to look up PA’s recount provisions. #PA18
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
We may not yet know who will win #PA18, but in a +20% Trump district there’s no question which party should feel great about today’s results. https://t.co/YjRXNohC1s pic.twitter.com/ujF13RbMIS
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 14, 2018
Well folks, we have some bad news. Westmoreland County has told us that they aren’t going to report results by precinct tonight (though they had previously told us they would). The model runs on precinct results so, this is a problem.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 14, 2018
What’s the deal on Westmoreland County, Penna. not reporting?
re: #187 BlueGrl21
And none of those walls are transparent. I thought that was a requirement.
Same as the administration itself right? Swamp the drain
re: #197 gocart mozart
Data is data. Hold the diss of the NYT
re: #197 gocart mozart
Did you go look at comment #173?
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹
I have no idea. They are probably wait until all of the other votes are counted.
re: #201 GlutenFreeJesus
I agree to a point. But dammit. We NEED wins. Every one we can get.
I know. I was trying to bring in the additional idea of watching Republicans having to spend that much additional money just to protect seats.
re: #201 GlutenFreeJesus
I agree to a point. But dammit. We NEED wins. Every one we can get.
It will be a shame if Lamb doesn’t win. But if every +20 Trump district is a toss-up like this, the Democrats are going to win control of the House easily in November.
re: #201 GlutenFreeJesus
I agree to a point. But dammit. We NEED wins. Every one we can get.
Agreed, winning this tonight would be worth millions of dollars to the Dems.
re: #204 PhillyPretzel
I have no idea. They are probably wait until all of the other votes are counted.
They’re reporting county-level numbers, and they’re reporting number of precincts reporting, but they’re not reporting precinct-level numbers.
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹
What’s the deal on Westmoreland County, Penna. not reporting?
What was the outcome of the resolution your board was supposed to be considering, btw? I may have missed it in today’s firehose of insane news.
The comments are mostly good. And then you get down there and fucking Paul Nehland (sp?) shows up as the racist douche he is.
Neo-Nazis let a journalist in their group — here’s what he saw pic.twitter.com/hCcMm9Qw8L
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) March 13, 2018
Shit. It’s just now sinkin’ in that, based on the rate of firings, I’ll eventually have to serve in the Trump Administration.
— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) March 14, 2018
A see-through wall that can’t be climbed, eh? Sounds like an imaginary wall would do the trick!
A border wall that has “see through capability.”
ICYMI: President Trump described his list of requirements, including a wall that can’t be climbed. Watch @chrislhayes explain: https://t.co/de0qt7k5GH— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 14, 2018
re: #201 GlutenFreeJesus
I agree to a point. But dammit. We NEED wins. Every one we can get.
That and it’s tough to tell voters in other states, “Well, we came close” when it’s time for them to vote.
To a lot of people who are not politicians or politics junkies, a loss of fifty votes is no different than a loss of ten thousand votes. All they see is a loss.
The victories by Danica Roem in Virginia and Doug Jones in Alabama are the kinds of things that energise voters. While John Ossoff did surprisingly well in Georgia, he still lost, and that’s all that’s remembered about that election.
Complete non sequitur to conversation:
Watching a crime show where they are once again taking the word of a psychopath about what motivated the psychopath.
Utter horseshit. Utter fucking horseshit.
I entirely forgot that the reason we have a special election in the first place is because an ostensibly “pro-life” Republican congressman had to resign after pressuring his mistress to have an abortion. What a delight 2017-2018 politics has been.
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) March 14, 2018
Lamb by 0.4% with 94% of precincts reporting
Just think, GOP, if Saccone wins, it will be because of Trump, because Trump will say it’s because of Trump (and he’ll probably talk in third person).
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) March 14, 2018
I will say this about the wall: one thing to watch is who gets the contracts for every part of this. Including what the plan is for security/manning the wall.
re: #206 Big Beautiful Door
It will be a shame if Lamb doesn’t win. But if every +20 Trump district is a toss-up like this, the Democrats are going to win control of the House easily in November.
My Republican county prosecutor (who is also our village attorney) was talking favourably about Dave Domina at the village board meeting last night. Domina is the man who ran against Ben Sasse. He also represented Bold Nebraska in its fights against the Keystone XL Pipeline.
He had nothing but good to say about Mr. Domina (we were discussing him in context of a crapfest of issues that have come out between two state organisations). Our attorney said he would support Mr. Domina if he ran again for an office. (Mr. Domina is a Democrat.)
*IF* if if the NYT #s are at least accurate as to the total percentage of vote that’s in from each county….
….and *IF* if if the last 12% of Westmoreland and last 7% of Allegheny generally follow the vote that’s already in, it looks pretty good for Lamb.
IF
Pennsylvania recount provisions:
Under state law, the state’s top elections official must order counties to recount when one candidate wins by less than a half of a percentage point.— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) March 14, 2018
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹
What’s the deal on Westmoreland County, Penna. not reporting?
Waiting to see how far behind they are in Allegheny so they know how many votes to fake?
It’s not like it could have anything to do with flamethrowers, right?
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Elon Musk hires former editors, writers from The Onion for secret project https://t.co/mqnuGdvQXU pic.twitter.com/k4Z034Cnb7
— The Hill (@thehill) March 14, 2018
Oh yay great. Getting rid of Tillerson removes another hurdle for getting Bolton in.////////
More changes expected include a McMaster departure soon, as NBC recently reported. Among replacements, Tillerson had expressed concerns about working with Bolton.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 13, 2018
re: #222 William Lewis
Waiting to see how far behind they are in Allegheny so they know how many votes to fake?
See my comment….
Refresh
Refresh
Take Drink
Refresh#PA18— Luisa Haynes (@wokeluisa) March 14, 2018
The family of DNC staffer Seth Rich has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, an investigative reporter and one of the network’s contributors, ABC News reports. https://t.co/63ClSy9pA1
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 14, 2018
re: #228 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Good. The conspiraliars should pay for slandering people.
As I understand, Alex Jones is under a lawsuit now as well.
re: #217 Belafon
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re: #230 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And if Saccone loses, it will not be because of Trump, no matter what. Because wharrgarbl.
He was 20 points worth of weak candidate.
More from DK:
Hoo boy it’s tight: 95% reporting and Lamb is ahead 49.9 to 49.5.
…
In terms of raw votes, it’s Lamb 101,907, Saccone 100,979. The small bit of good news for Lamb is that his raw vote lead actually grew slightly with the last update.
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Remaining precincts: 12 in Allegheny, 5 in Westmoreland, 13 in Washington.
another reminder: this district is so Republican, Dems didn’t even bother putting up a House candidate in last two cycles.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 14, 2018
re: #231 Blind Frog Belly White
He was 20 points worth of weak candidate.
Congratulations, you’ve just coined tomorrow morning’s Fox and Friends headliner.
re: #212 Blind Frog Belly White
A see-through wall that can’t be climbed, eh? Sounds like an imaginary wall would do the trick!
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I work in the tech industry. This is what happens when the CEO wants to provide the system requirements.
A little context about the #PA18 race.
Tonight’s results are a message regardless of the outcome.
Come November, the entire state of PA is getting redistricted and bye-bye goes the gerrymander that tilted Republican.
The 20-point swing is a huge sign no matter what.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 14, 2018
re: #222 William Lewis
Waiting to see how far behind they are in Allegheny so they know how many votes to fake?
Are they willing to just up and fake an election result? While there’s been a lot of talk about uprisings, that might very well lead to violence.
re: #201 GlutenFreeJesus
I agree to a point. But dammit. We NEED wins. Every one we can get.
Ab-so-freakin’-lutely. It doesn’t matter if the Republican Party has had to spend $50 million in an R+99 district to elect Buster the Crash Test Dummy by 87 votes. The bottom line is that Buster (R) goes to Congress or whatever and the (D) in the race - no matter how brilliant or qualified or excellent a campaigner- goes to the Loser bin. Which is how the media is going to report it: the GOP spin is the default narrative, and only a Dem victory - narrow or landslide - is going to erase that disadvantage. THEY could give a crap about “close” or “shifts” - results are all that matters. And I think it’s about time the Democrats start thinking that way, too.
re: #235 BlueGrl21
I work in the tech industry. This is what happens when the CEO wants to provide the system requirements.
And the launch date, amirite?
re: #238 Anymouse 🌹
Are they willing to just up and fake an election result? While there’s been a lot of talk about uprisings, that might very well lead to violence.
Of course they are. Of the few voter fraud incidents that have occurred in the last few years, I don’t know if any of them have been perpetrated by Democrats. The Republicans are absolutely not above literally throwing an election if they think they can get away with it.
re: #238 Anymouse 🌹
Are they willing to just up and fake an election result? While there’s been a lot of talk about uprisings, that might very well lead to violence.
You know that’s what the Right says every election when the urban precincts dump results late.
re: #238 Anymouse 🌹
Are they willing to just up and fake an election result? While there’s been a lot of talk about uprisings, that might very well lead to violence.
Wasn’t that a reference to the eternal conservative meme that cities come in last because they need to know how many fraudulent Dem votes to come up with?
re: #241 Blind Frog Belly White
And the launch date, amirite?
Launch date, scope, and budget. Triple constraints. Provided by a completely out of touch and crack-smoking executive.
This has been my nightmare scenario my entire career.
re: #238 Anymouse 🌹
Are they willing to just up and fake an election result? While there’s been a lot of talk about uprisings, that might very well lead to violence.
Didn’t stop them in Waukesha county when Walker was losing and they suddenly “found” a box of ballots in the back of one of their cars.
re: #233 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Which is why we should run a candidate in every race. You can’t win if you don’t have a ticket.
If I can get freakin’ elected and reëlected in this place, there doesn’t seem to be a reason we can’t be competitive (or at least try).
When my wife and I first came to town with an “I heart Obamacare” sticker on our car, a whole lot of people were surprised here there were liberals who’d served in the military. They’d never seen one. Then they elected me. Twice.
re: #247 BlueGrl21
Launch date, scope, and budget. Triple constraints. Provided by a completely out of scope and crack-smoking executive.
This has been my nightmare scenario my entire career.
Can’t you just write up some code, or something?
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Lamb just gained another 100 in the margin. With the precincts remaining going down, he’s moving in the right direction. pic.twitter.com/wKDyCy91Oo
— Benchmark Politics (@benchmarkpol) March 14, 2018
re: #249 Big Beautiful Door
Lamb’s lead up to 1,238
Every…fucking…vote…COUNTS! Days like these are why I hate the “I don’t see a point to voting” crowd with a fiery passion that burns hotter than than a thousand suns.
Another few Allegheny precincts just came in and went 929-823 for Lamb (D) (98% reporting there). A few Bethel Park precincts left that should break even, and one in Elizabeth that should be pro-Saccone.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
re: #247 BlueGrl21
Launch date, scope, and budget. Triple constraints. Provided by a completely out of scope and crack-smoking executive.
This has been my nightmare scenario my entire career.
This is becoming more relevant to me as I’m in the process of moving back into the traditional IT organizational role. I only hope I can get into a position with enough seniority that I can safely tell the executive, “Go fuck yourself,” and not immediately get tossed on my ass.
re: #240 Jay C
The GOP literally has an infinite amount of money to spend with Russians and billionaires giving them a blank check, so $50 million is nothing to spend to turn us into a one party kleptocracy.
re: #251 Anymouse 🌹
Which is why we should run a candidate in every race. You can’t win if you don’t have a ticket.
If I can get freakin’ elected and reëlected in this place, there doesn’t seem to be a reason we can’t be competitive (or at least try).
When my wife and I first came to town with an “I heart Obamacare” sticker on our car, a whole lot of people were surprised here there were liberals who’d served in the military. They’d never seen one. Then they elected me. Twice.
Good candidates can win
More on recount rules
Pennsylvania Sec. of State spokesperson Wanda Murren tells CNN that b/c this is a district race & not statewide, there is no mandatory recount here. Petitions are allowed, which require 3 voters in each precinct; have 5 days to file after the county completes its computation.
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) March 14, 2018
It is important to remember tonight that PA 18 in its current form will not exist next fall.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 14, 2018
re: #254 Targetpractice
Every…fucking…vote…COUNTS! Days like these are why I hate the “I don’t see a point to voting” crowd with a fiery passion that burns hotter than than a thousand suns.
My own state tends to run 80% or so turnout (the benefit of mail ballots).
It chaps my butt a lot more about people who think “it doesn’t matter, government doesn’t affect me” or “both candidates are the same” or “I’m not going to choose between the lesser of two evils.” Those are all memes conservatives have spent generations trying to pound into voters’ heads.
re: #251 Anymouse 🌹
Prior years they weren’t going to be competitive.
Like you, I live in a very red district here in Texas. Democrats didn’t run anyone in the prior two elections against Ratcliffe. This year, because of Trump, we actually had a Democratic primary. I really don’t expect the Dem to win, because our district is like R+36 or some ridiculous number. What I do think is that having Democrats everywhere here in Texas improves our chances for statewide offices.
re: #254 Targetpractice
Every…fucking…vote…COUNTS! Days like these are why I hate the “I don’t see a point to voting” crowd with a fiery passion that burns hotter than than a thousand suns.
eh, if voting changed anything they’d make it illegal …
(must I? well, just in case, /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////)
re: #257 Skip Intro
The GOP literally has an infinite amount of money to spend with Russians and billionaires giving them a blank check, so $50 million is nothing to spend to turn us into a one party kleptocracy.
Keep accepting them, GOP, just make sure Meuller sees the addresses.
Trump’s base will see a Saccone win as proof of Trump’s great leadership.
GOP politicians see what should have been a +20 point race become a nailbiter.#PA18— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 14, 2018
re: #258 dangerman
Good candidates can win
I don’t know if I qualify as a “good” candidate. I did go and see every person in town at their homes when I ran for office. (Local issues are not the same as national or statewide issues though.)
Even a poor candidate on the ballot has a chance though. No candidate on the ballot means people like me turn in ballots with only the offices of President and Vice-President voted for, and the rest blank.
re: #264 William Lewis
eh, if voting changed anything they’d make it illegal …
(must I? well, just in case, /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////)
Like they are trying to do?
re: #258 dangerman
Good candidates can win
They can win, but let’s not kid ourselves. Cruz didn’t win because he was the better candidate. Neither did Perry or Abbott.
99% of Westmoreland is now in, and Lamb still has a lead of 918
re: #262 dangerman
And by good I mean Jones, lamb, anymouse
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The guy who edits erotic Romance novels and has a private sex blog.
There is a difference with me though: Everyone in town knows that, because I don’t hide those.
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Republicans at the White House are pleased tonight with the narrow margin of PA-18. “This isn’t a blowout — for now, we’ll happily take it,” GOP official says.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) March 14, 2018
What sort of ridiculousness is this? Trump won the district by 20 points. https://t.co/qJVaK5gnNh
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 14, 2018
re: #269 Belafon
They can win, but let’s not kid ourselves. Cruz didn’t win because he was the better candidate. Neither did Perry or Abbott.
Of course
I’m just saying a good dem candidate can sometimes beat a bad or mediocre rep if the dem actually runs
re: #272 Kragar
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“At the White House” being the key words. You can be sure Republicans not at the White House are presently freaking the fuck out that they may lose this race by a handful of votes in a district where they should have been able to run a pet rock and expect to coast to victory.
Republicans at the White House are pleased tonight with the narrow margin of PA-18. “This isn’t a blowout — for now, we’ll happily take it,” GOP official says.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) March 14, 2018
“A win is a win.” - King Pyrrhus of Epirus after the Battle of Heraclea https://t.co/l1tE9Wlvyt
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 14, 2018
re: #270 Big Beautiful Door
99% of Westmoreland is now in, and Lamb still has a lead of 918
And the difference appears to be smaller than what the Libertarian candidate Drew Miller has gotten.
For those wondering, there is no automatic recount in PA on the congressional district level
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 14, 2018
re: #272 Kragar
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That comment the other day where Republicans said this was a Dem district, that was for Trump.
re: #278 jaunte
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In other words, if the PA GOP truly want to dispute this, then it’s at their cost and will likely burn up resources they don’t have on a district that won’t be there next year.
Ok, thread time.
1. Almost all the voting in these counties is done on touchscreen machines. Westmoreland County has a mix of touchscreen and optical scan. So a recount won’t change things much — only the Westmoreland paper ballots & absentees/provisionals could.— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 14, 2018
3. Firiday is when the real fun starts all over the place, but again the only issues of interpretation are with the paper ballots, which is a small portion of the total. And the UOCAVA votes (overseas & military) can break both ways.
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 14, 2018
5. And then, yes, all the machines can be judicially recanvassed/recounted upon petiitions duly filed. But most of this is just arithmetic, not staring at hanging chads.
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 14, 2018
7. While this is a single-race ballot, ballots contained “straight ticket” and candidate options. Here’s Allegheny’s. If a voter enters conflicting info on a paper ballot (machines won’t allow it), the candidate selection governs. pic.twitter.com/4QmjXtye7Z
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 14, 2018
8. Want to get super-nerdy on how paper ballots are read? PA’s rules are here. https://t.co/hQbBbGU9hc All sorts of examples. pic.twitter.com/toVZyLIPOB
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 14, 2018
re: #256 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
This is becoming more relevant to me as I’m in the process of moving back into the traditional IT organizational role. I only hope I can get into a position with enough seniority that I can safely tell the executive, “Go fuck yourself,” and not immediately get tossed on my ass.
I’m in the “go fuck yourself” position, but I have to say it nicely. So, it becomes, “If you want that it’s X amount of sprints (I’m an agile coach). If you want Y we can do it in X sprints. No, we cannot change the laws of physics and have 5 developers build that in 2 months. Feel free to fire us all.”
Just had a very cool experience.
I went to The Electric Fetus, one of the best LP/CD and gift stores in the Twin Cities this evening to pick up the new James Hunter CD. I walked through the door into the store and man something sure sounded familiar…
They were playing the EP by the band I was in in the late 70’s-early 80’s. They had a used copy and someone decided they wanted to hear what it sounded like. The whole record is only about 18 minutes long so it was pretty amazing that I walked in just as they started playing it. I gave the clerks the history of the record and then tried to remember what I’d come to the store for in the first place.
They followed up our EP with a rap record with the word “fuck” featured heavily in the lyrics. They may have been trying to purge the “new wave” vibes from the store. It was a cool moment anyway. I remembered James Hunter and came home with the new CD. It’s playing now and it’s also very cool.
re: #272 Kragar
Because of the mighty effort by our Lord and Saviour Donald Trump we
1) Won the race even though the candidate was terrible
2) Nearly won a race that should have been a blowout for the Democrat with all the voter fraud they committed.
Trump can and will never lose with these people.
In five-billion years, as the Sun begins to die, its outer layers of glowing plasma will expand stupendously, engulfing the orbits of Mercury, then Venus, as the charred ember that was once the oasis of life called Earth vaporizes into the vacuum of space.
Have a nice day!— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 12, 2018
At that point people may still be on Twitter analyzing precinct results in SW PA https://t.co/cqYri0nDtd
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 14, 2018
re: #281 Belafon
Maybe if the top election official has to order the recount it isn’t considered ‘automatic.’
After this night, Republicans should be all for impeaching and removing Trump. He’s clearly going to destroy their party. Obviously the tax cut trick isn’t even helping, and they had to have been banking on that.
With nearly 7,000 absentee ballots to count, it’s hard to see how this will be over tonight
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) March 14, 2018
LIVE NOW: Tune in to @MSNBC for live coverage of the #PA18 special election results pic.twitter.com/JfHb6BoPW5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 14, 2018
re: #283 BlueGrl21
I’m in the “go fuck yourself” position, but I have to say it nicely. So, it becomes, “If you want that it’s X amount of sprints (I’m an agile coach). If you want Y we can do it in X sprints. No, we cannot change the laws of physics and have 5 developers build that in 2 months. Feel free to fire us all.”
I used to say please tell me which laws of space and time to break to get this done on your schedule?
Ok I hate those “so and so is cheating on his wife” stories because adults, consent, etc. but racist shit Sheriff Clarke is involved with a Muslim woman who does “sensitivity training”?! Are you fucking kidding me?! And the right wing racist shits are losing their minds?! Haha!
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) March 13, 2018
How do you go from being an Islamophobic shit who wants to patrol Muslim neighbourhoods to having an affair with a Muslim woman giving you “sensitivity training.” (There are so many unfortunate jokes that are being created right now…)
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) March 13, 2018
Me watching the #PA18 results. #NailBiter #TooCloseToCall #ConnorLamb #BlueWave2018 #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/Fbxs0D6e66
— Hadley Sheley (@HadleySheley) March 14, 2018
re: #289 weave
I believe the Repubicans (see what I did there?) are on the record as saying there will be no major legislation this year, and that they are going to “let the tax cuts speak for themselves.”
Good luck with that, dickheads.
There are 110 House districts more competitive than #PA18.
Dems need to flip about 20 seats to regain control of the House.
Blue Wave coming.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 14, 2018
re: #297 Ace Rothstein
I believe the Repubicans are on the record as saying there will be no major legislation this year, and that they are going to “let the tax cuts speak for themselves.”
Good luck with that, dickheads.
Oh dear. The 2018 mid-terms are going to be a very, very painful lesson.
re: #289 weave
After this night, Republicans should be all for impeaching and removing Trump. He’s clearly going to destroy their party. Obviously the tax cut trick isn’t even helping, and they had to have been banking on that.
I wouldn’t bank on that.
Remember, the GOP was hacked as well as the DNC. The GOP information has not been released.
re: #299 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Oh dear. The 2018 mid-terms are going to be a very, very painful lesson.
So we hope.
While we’re waiting for #Westmoreland County to find their votes, let’s take a moment to remember #PA18 is on the map because anti-abortion Rep. Murphy pressured his mistress to have an abortion and had to resign when she told everyone.#MeToo https://t.co/0wkYPcQPdo
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) March 14, 2018
re: #283 BlueGrl21
I’m in the “go fuck yourself” position, but I have to say it nicely. So, it becomes, “If you want that it’s X amount of sprints (I’m an agile coach). If you want Y we can do it in X sprints. No, we cannot change the laws of physics and have 5 developers build that in 2 months. Feel free to fire us all.”
We had to have those conversations with our clients, but when it got to the, “We cannot change the laws of physics” part of the conversation, we were able to punt to the executives upstairs to beat some sense into them. Now that I’m finding a new job, though, I’m likely to be the guy to have to have that conversation directly, which scares the bejeezus out of me.
I’ve been glued to the TV hoping against hope that Conor wins.
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re: #299 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Nothing is too painful for them, in my view.
re: #297 Ace Rothstein
I believe the Repubicans are on the record as saying there will be no major legislation this year, and that they are going to “let the tax cuts speak for themselves.”
Good luck with that, dickheads.
Oh well take the paychecks
We’re just not gonna do any work
LOL.
Lolz RT @Diane_7A: The president & first lady eagerly await the the results of #PA18. pic.twitter.com/UfVydh594L
— Terry D (@Surgeonofdemise) March 14, 2018
re: #300 Anymouse 🌹
I wouldn’t bank on that.
Remember, the GOP was hacked as well as the DNC. The GOP information has not been released.
And Putin is using that to blackmail Republicans!
Bad news: Greene and Washington counties will not be reporting their absentee votes tonight. Votes will be counted and posted tomorrow, per @katiegp.
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) March 14, 2018
This is the most grandpa thing imaginable. “I’ve been goin to bed at the crack of 9:30 since 1983 and I’m darn sure not changing tonight for some ‘special’ election.” https://t.co/EmIZ4KpXP0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 14, 2018
Is it safe to say that Stormy Daniels has eclipsed Lisa Ann in popularity among political circles?
Confirmed: 1,195 absentee ballots in Washington County won’t be counted until tomorrow morning. #PA18
— Elena Schneider (@ec_schneider) March 14, 2018
(Curb Your Enthusiasm credits music)https://t.co/lRCjQE9gCI
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) March 14, 2018
Apologies cause I just got here and not staying long
Trump is considering firing VA secretary and putting Perry there?
re: #304 Joe Bacon 🌹
I’ve been glued to the TV hoping against hope that Conor wins.
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re: #314 Ace Rothstein
Unfortunately, yes.
I’m surprised
I’m not surprised
Should I be surprised?
Maybe I’ll just go to bed. It’s safer there
re: #310 electrotek
Is it safe to say that Stormy Daniels has eclipsed Lisa Ann in popularity among political circles?
Who is Lisa Ann?
Apparently Westmoreland County needs to find a box of ballots in a closet like they did in Wisconsin… .
re: #317 Anymouse 🌹
She did the “Nailin’ Paylin”…. movie. So I’ve heard.
Give it up, Alex - everybody that has a scintilla of intelligence knows you are nothing more than a modern day P.T. Barnum. BTW -seen your kids lately?
— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) March 14, 2018
re: #318 GlutenFreeJesus
She did the “Nailin’ Paylin”…. movie. So I’ve heard.
She’s been retired for a while now.
Don’t ask me how I know all this.
re: #314 Ace Rothstein
Unfortunately, yes.
So who would replace Perry in his current job? Or will we just end up with 3 or 4 people doing all the jobs by themselves?
So - Trump fired Tillerson for not eating salad?
msn.com
Kind of sad that Lamb is neck and neck with a creep like Saccone. Oh well.
Why do far-right douchebags have a fetish for women from the Orient?
re: #325 electrotek
Why do far-right douchebags have a fetish for women from the Orient?
They think they’ll be subservient to them.
re: #326 calochortus
They think they’ll be subservient to them.
And yet they have the same exact mindset as many conservative Muslim men from experience.
re: #325 electrotek
Why do far-right douchebags have a fetish for women from the Orient?
Let’s see who this list contains….
Phil Gramm
Mitch McConnell
Chuck C. “The Rage Furby” Johnson
John Derbyshire
I’m sure there’s others….
Allegheny County says they are now counting all of their absentee ballots for release tonight. That could do it.
re: #330 The Major
Let’s see who this list contains….
Phil Gramm
Mitch McConnell
Chuck C. “The Rage Furby” Johnson
John DerbyshireI’m sure there’s others….
Remember that Kurdish bro I called out a couple of months ago?
re: #329 electrotek
And yet they have the same exact mindset as many conservative Muslim men from experience.
And yet - Iran has their “temporary marriage” thing….go figure.
re: #332 electrotek
Remember that Kurdish bro I called out a couple of months ago?
Sadly, I forgot - what this on Twitter?
re: #331 austin_blue
Allegheny County says they are now counting all of their absentee ballots for release tonight. That could do it.
CNN reporting that Lamb’s lead in the live vote down to 95!
re: #333 The Major
And yet - Iran has their “temporary marriage” thing….go figure.
Not just Iran, it’s common with a lot of Shi’a communities. Mutah as it’s called (or sigeh) in Iran.
re: #294 electrotek
This is my favorite part of that Clarke article:
Known for his outspoken views in defence of police, Clarke became the Make America Great Again movement’s tactical response to Black Lives Matter. He called Black Lives Matter a ‘terror organization’ in his memoir and predicted they would join forces with Isis. In late 2016, he was, according to the Daily Beast, part of a delegation sent by the National Rifle Association to Russia that met Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia on Defense and Space Industry. In January it was reported that the FBI was investigating the trip.
re: #337 austin_blue
99% of the vote in. Lamb up by 95 votes.
It is all GOTV. Drive em, bus em, grab them outta their houses & get them to vote.
UPDATE: Lamb (D) lead down to 95 votes (0.04%), with two Westmoreland Co. precincts outstanding. Still, assuming no tabulation errors, absentees should be enough to keep Lamb ahead by at least a few hundred. #PA18
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
Your 1st Mistake Was Robbing a Casino on the Strip in Blackface
https://t.co/bXnWJdzF95 pic.twitter.com/Ok06oWCBQR— The Root (@TheRoot) March 14, 2018
TFW you want to do crimes in blackface but your only reference point is Shock G’s look from the Humpty Dance https://t.co/GCS1L5ImTk
— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 14, 2018
#PA18 is a R+11 district
By contrast…
Paul Ryan: R+4
Pete Sessions: R+5
Devin Nunes: R+8
Steve King: R+11
Mark Meadows: R+14— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 14, 2018
Lamb increased his margin by 752 votes with Allegheny County absentee ballots —
Absentees in other counties outstanding— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 14, 2018
Lamb increases his lead by 752 votes from Allegheny absentee ballots. He’s up by 847 votes — may change with final precincts coming in from Westmoreland County. And absentee ballots tomorrow AM in Washington County. Unlikely to know result tonight
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 14, 2018
I just ran an Excel model of all 2016 Congressional races and if all of them shifted by the same margin as PA-18 did tonight the Democrats would gain 81 seats in November…
3206 absentee ballots remain to be counted with Lamb up 847!
Lamb up by only 95 votes with 99% of #PA18 in — pic.twitter.com/t5I0oZfLyw
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 14, 2018
If these two men were any closer Mike Pence would have a panic attack https://t.co/v0tTdcMvwt
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 14, 2018
re: #348 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Right now, Mikey is squeezing Mommy tighter than Mr. Whipple squeezes a pack of Charmin!
If you’re a GOP Congressman right now you’re thinking a lot about how Republicans tend to do much better in special elections than in generals.
— MC 555 nanometer Jesus (@goddamnedfrank) March 14, 2018
Lamb leads by 847 votes after Allegheny absentees. That leaves 3,201 absentees left to count. Saccone would need to win 61% or so to close the gap. Just more than his 57%, 57% and 53% in those counties already reported.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 14, 2018
re: #320 electrotek
She’s been retired for a while now.
Don’t ask me how I know all this.
How do you know all this? (It had to be asked with a straight line like that.)
CNN reporting that Republicans say there will be a recount either way.
re: #346 Joe Bacon 🌹
I just ran an Excel sheet of all 2016 Congressional races and if all of them shifted by the same margin as PA-18 did tonight the Democrats would gain 81 seats in November…
You might do better to look at the aggregate of all of the special elections since the 2016 generals. While PA-18 looks like it’s going to come down to the wire, which amounts to a more or less +20 Democrat shift, I think the overall trend is a bit shy of that.
Frothy insights
Wow @RickSantorum just came close to saying Conor Lamb has it. Saccone needs 63% of absentee ballots in GOP counties, he’s won by less tonight. Interesting.
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) March 14, 2018
As to a recount I know here in Philadelphia County if the amount of votes that separate the winner from the loser is less than ten thousand it is an automatic recount. The rest of the state might have slightly different rules but with a race as close as this one expect to see a recount.
re: #350 goddamnedfrank
If you’re a GOP Congressman right now you’re thinking a lot about how Republicans tend to do much better in special elections than in generals.
The GOP has every reason to be exceedingly nervous, even if Lamb loses; if a +20 GOP district can be decided by less than 1%, then none of their “safe” districts are as safe as they may have believed.
re: #355 goddamnedfrank
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re: #357 Dr Lizardo
The GOP has every reason to be exceedingly nervous, even if Lamb loses; if a +20 GOP district can be decided by less than 1%, then none of their “safe” districts are as safe as they may have believed.
Definitely gives me hope about my district. We went for HRC. But Comstock likes to play independent and the WaPo falls for it.
re: #360 Decatur Deb
Didn’t he used to be a politician?
He was always an asshole. I still have treasured memories of Pitt back in 1977 when Prick was at a house party trying to pick up girls and two girls found him so repulsive they slapped his face!
re: #359 Joe Bacon 🌹
Somebody sharing their love for ol’ Prick Santorum!
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And I still remember when Prick made the fatal mistake of knocking on Mom’s door when he was running for Senator and Mom called him an asshole and slammed the door in his face!
Reminds me of my grandfather telling off Ollie North at a festival. All Grandpa told him was Robb’s gotcha.
re: #356 PhillyPretzel
As to a recount I know here in Philadelphia County if the amount of votes that separate the winner from the loser is less than ten thousand it is an automatic recount. The rest of the state might have slightly different rules but with a race as close as this one expect to see a recount.
Someone quoted a Jake Tapper tweet earlier that said there are no automatic recounts in district elections.
re: #358 HappyWarrior
I think part of this district used to be his.
All of it used to be (he was a Senator).
I’m off to bed, to dream of a Democratic victory; I have to take a water sample to Scottsbluff tomorrow. G’night y’all.
Regardless of who ultimately wins, this is not a good result for the GOP. Look for more retirements to come.
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) March 14, 2018
Former RNC comm dir: https://t.co/gVpvEo8rFi
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) March 14, 2018
re: #366 MsJ
All the sane sounding ones are always “former” something. I wonder why that is?
I see that some people are still turning in absentee ballots. #PA18 pic.twitter.com/IUHN5XhPsZ
— Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) March 14, 2018
Projection: Barring a major tabulation error, Conor Lamb (D) has defeated Rick Saccone (R) in #PA18.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018
re: #368 Skip Intro
All the sane sounding ones are always “former” something. I wonder why that is?
No fear to face the lunatic GOP base?
re: #364 makeitstop
This is so far a very close race. And while most counties have been counted keep in mind that the absentee ballots have yet to be counted and the election officials must validate it.
re: #370 goddamnedfrank
I mean, really, why should we bother with those dumbass working-class voters?
re: #371 HappyWarrior
Something like that, I guess.
re: #374 Skip Intro
Something like that, I guess.
It’s definitely why I think former R office holders feel comfortable criticizing the party in the age of Trump.
PSA.
Caller claims to kidnap your child in new scam https://t.co/SIMgL4saC3 pic.twitter.com/5qtOX6pLY2
— KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) March 14, 2018
How did the vote split in the Moscow district go?
Local Moron Now Claims Mexico Border Wall Will “Pay for Itself”
Quoting a line from a story tweeted by Fox News, Trump wrote on Twitter that, “According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs, and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole …” For those who are unaware, the Center for Immigration Studies is a group that “favors far lower immigration numbers and produces research to further those views.” Some of its greatest hits include a thoroughly panned claim that “immigrant households receive 41 percent more federal welfare than households headed by native-born citizens,” and another that immigrants are to blame for global warming. Unsurprisingly, it is a favorite source for members of the Trump administration, particularly senior adviser Stephen “White males should be a protected class” Miller and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was accused on Tuesday by an outgoing ICE official of making “false” and “misleading” statements about immigration, or what he presumably calls “that scourge on society.”
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re: #373 Decatur Deb
I mean, really, why should we bother with those dumbass working-class voters?
I mean, really, why do we keep meaning ‘white males’ when we say ‘working class voters’? Maybe if we fixed that, we would realize we never stopped ‘bothering’ with them.
re: #377 Unshaken Defiance
How did the vote split in the Moscow district go?
98% party, 2% nerve gas.
re: #379 Bass Reeves
I mean, really, why do we keep meaning ‘white males’ when we say ‘working class voters’? Maybe if we fixed that, we would realize we never stopped ‘bothering’ with them.
Word!!!!
And yes, the pie is big enough.
Shout out to the Lily Leadbetter Act.
re: #379 Bass Reeves
I mean, really, why do we keep meaning ‘white males’ when we say ‘working class voters’? Maybe if we fixed that, we would realize we never stopped ‘bothering’ with them.
I’m fine with trying to reach them. I’m not fine with throwing key members of our coalition under the bus to do so.
Trump Interior Secretary: Too many people are entering national parks for free https://t.co/jnPbxg3tU9 pic.twitter.com/dhe0KOiAlk
— The Hill (@thehill) March 14, 2018
Senior GOP aide: “This should be a wake up call for all GOP candidates. Any district that touches the suburbs, regardless of Trump victory margins, are in play.” #PA18
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) March 14, 2018
re: #378 Skip Intro
Local Moron Now Claims Mexico Border Wall Will “Pay for Itself”
Vanity Fair
The Iraq war redux.
Come see me bout a Doctor’s Note. #DocsforGunSafety
National School Walkout on March 14th 🧡 @Drsforamerica pic.twitter.com/FRdHJg8x3e— Melissa V See MD MPA (@DrMelissaSee) March 13, 2018
If Lamb can pull this off in a Trump +20 district, JFC, think of all the pissed off women in suburban districts in November.
re: #388 Bass Reeves
I…am…TRULY sorry that you may not find yourself represented enough in society?
Union shop steward? Yeah, there aren’t enough of us.
re: #391 Decatur Deb
Union shop steward? Yeah, there aren’t enough of us.
Heh. My dad was a shop steward. BC&T Local 37 in Southern California. BC&T is now BCTGM; that union is still around.
re: #325 electrotek
Why do far-right douchebags have a fetish for women from the Orient?
Racists have Orientalist fetishes.
But I repeat myself.
re: #392 Dr Lizardo
Heh. My dad was a shop steward. BC&T Local 37 in Southern California. BC&T is now BCTGM; that union is still around.
Second shift, Line 1, IUE 761—biggest local east of the Mississippi.
re: #396 HappyWarrior
Yeah. They don’t have the best learning curve.
Damn
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re: #325 electrotek
Why do far-right douchebags have a fetish for women from the Orient?
A commonly-given reason is that “Western women” aren’t any good because they’ve become all non-compliant because of nasssttyy feminism. Where as “Oriental” women still “respect” men*.
* read: these dudes like to pick up desperate women in developing countries who will put up with their shit.
re: #400 The Ghost of a Flea
* read: these dudes like to pick up desperate women in developing countries who will put up with their shit.
At least until they get the marriage done. In a lot of countries, it’s the women who control the pocketbook and run the household….
re: #399 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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I can’t be too sad. That’s one hell of a run for someone expected to be dead decades ago. Thank you for everything, sir.
re: #399 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Fuck me. This small part of the Universe has lost a very special human.
re: #401 gwangung
I didn’t say anything about marriage. I said “pick up.”
When they do find someone to marry it’s generally about mutual usage, because he’s a man-baby that can’t actually stand mutuality and living with someone cracks open the idea of an inherent dominance for men, but also can’t stand to be alone; and because she’s just resolved that this is the solution to several problems.