Just One Victory

MusicDecember 2017 • Views: 41,188

It just seems appropriate somehow that Todd Rundgren play the theme song for this evening.

We’ve been waiting so long,
We’ve been waiting for the sun to rise and shine
Shining still to give us the will
Can you hear me, the sound of my voice?
I am here to tell you I have made my choice
I’ve been listening to what’s been going down
There’s just too much talk and gossip going ‘round
You may think that I’m a fool, but I know the answer
Words become a tool, anyone can use them
Take the golden rule, as the best example
Eyes that have seen will know what I mean
The time has come to take the bull by the horns
We’ve been so downhearted, we’ve been so forlorn
We get weak and we want to give in
But we still need each other if we want to win
Hold that line, baby hold that line
Get up boys and hit ‘em one more time
We may be losing now but we can’t stop trying
So hold that line, baby hold that line
If you don’t know what to do about a world of trouble
You can pull it through if you need to and if
You believe it’s true, it will surely happen
Shining still, to give us the will
Bright as the day, to show us the way
Somehow, someday
We need just one victory and we’re on our way
Prayin’ for it all day and fightin’ for it all night
Give us just one victory, it will be all right
We may feel about to fall but we go down fighting
You will hear the call if you only listen
Underneath it all we are here together shining still

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819 comments

Scout Dec 12, 2017 • 8:50:13pm

Thank you to everyone who helped make this victory possible. (I’m going to pat myself on the back a little bit because I contributed thousands of yen [a few hundred U.S. dollars] to the Doug Jones campaign.)

It’s a bright beautiful afternoon here in Tokyo, and I’ve got a skip in my step that hasn’t been there since early November 2016.

Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 8:50:32pm

JUST IN: Moore refuses to concede Alabama Senate race https://t.co/ne74Qql4DX pic.twitter.com/2Rsx8s4TKm

— The Hill (@thehill) December 13, 2017

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VegasGolfer Dec 12, 2017 • 8:51:03pm

re: #2 Dr. Matt

WWJD

Ace Rothstein Dec 12, 2017 • 8:51:27pm

re: #3 VegasGolfer

WWJD

Nothing.

freetoken Dec 12, 2017 • 8:51:39pm

re: #3 VegasGolfer

WWJD

Ride a white horse?

Unshaken Defiance Dec 12, 2017 • 8:51:44pm

re: #1 Scout

…I’ve got a skip in my step that hasn’t been there since early November 2016.

Thanks for putting your money where it matters. And yeah, feels like a corner turned.

Ace Rothstein Dec 12, 2017 • 8:52:09pm

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 8:53:34pm

Santorum desperately trying to say this isn’t a Scott Brown moment. LOL can’t wait to see you next fall Frothy.

Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 8:54:11pm

Remember when Hillary’s campaign floated the idea of a recount?

No? You don’t remember? You don’t remember because it didn’t happen.

Failed false equivalency, you vile parasite.

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) December 13, 2017

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Charles Johnson Dec 12, 2017 • 8:55:54pm

Roy Moore not conceding reminds me of something I’ve noticed: a certain kind of white man, having grown used to creating realities to his liking, when confronted with a reality not to his liking tantrums like a goddamned baby

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 8:56:30pm

You know who won for Jones? BLACK WOMEN. You know who are not represented on these shitty cable recaps? BLACK WOMEN.

— Thers (@Thers) December 13, 2017

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jaunte Dec 12, 2017 • 8:56:33pm

Message tonight to every GOP member in congress:

If you think the President’s hold on your base will save you, think again.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 8:56:48pm

re: #9 Dr. Matt

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Hillary, Hillary. God you’re pathetic.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 8:57:04pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

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You said it, Andy!

ipsos Dec 12, 2017 • 8:57:12pm

re: #11 goddamnedfrank

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I’ve seen a fair amount of Joy Reid tonight on MSNBC (and am most glad of it!)

ObserverArt Dec 12, 2017 • 8:57:38pm

Heh, Kornacki just said all the absentee ballots have already been counted. So, the Secretary of State was just rattling the cage. All that is out after tonight is some military vote. I’m kinda thinking that won’t sway anything.

Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 8:57:43pm

Roy Moore is refusing to concede, which means he at least vaguely understands the concept of consent.

— Brooke Rogers 🌻 (@bkerogers) December 13, 2017

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TedStriker Dec 12, 2017 • 8:57:48pm

To those Alabamians that went all-in for Jones:

Curtis Mayfield Were A Winner

teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 8:58:23pm

WaPo’s final numbers:

Jones 670,561, 49.9%
Kid fucker 649,240, 48.4%
Write-in 22,777, 1.7%

Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 8:58:27pm

re: #11 goddamnedfrank

@Thers
You know who won for Jones? BLACK WOMEN. You know who are not represented on these shitty cable recaps? BLACK WOMEN.
10:52 PM - Dec 12, 2017

Wasn’t Joy Reid on MSNBC?

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 8:58:33pm

re: #11 goddamnedfrank

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Indeed. And this is a huge FU to the Bros who want to dismiss the importance of us addressing minority communities. I greatly appreciate that Jones showed not only respect to those communities but treated them as equals and allies in his coalition. It’s refreshing to see that from a White Southern Democrat.

goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 8:59:26pm

Guys, Joy Reid is great but she’s also a single data point.

C’mon.

ObserverArt Dec 12, 2017 • 8:59:31pm

re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter

Wasn’t Joy Reid on MSNBC?

Yes she is/was.

austin_blue Dec 12, 2017 • 8:59:44pm

re: #2 Dr. Matt

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makeitstop Dec 12, 2017 • 8:59:51pm

re: #2 Dr. Matt

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 8:59:55pm

This tweet has a “Translate from French” option on my timeline and I think that fits beautifully

— Benzie Johnson (@imbenzj) December 13, 2017

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:00:30pm

re: #5 freetoken

Ride a white horse?

Pale.

Along with the other three Horsemen.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:00:55pm

Bakari isn’t a woman but he’s great. BD, he needs to leave CNN and be among the recruited. Though I think your hunch is right that he’ll go for Clyburn’s seat when he retires but I really think he’s potentially more than just a Rep, he could be a Senator too. He’s smart as hell and keenly aware of how we need to win going forward.

TedStriker Dec 12, 2017 • 9:01:11pm

re: #21 HappyWarrior

Indeed. And this is a huge FU to the Bros who want to dismiss the importance of us addressing minority communities. I greatly appreciate that Jones showed not only respect to those communities but treated them as equals and allies in his coalition. It’s refreshing to see that from a White Southern Democrat.

Fuck yeah, it is…and it had to be, otherwise Moore, with all that came out, would have still cruised to the Senate in a cakewalk.

Myron Falwell Dec 12, 2017 • 9:01:30pm

re: #19 teleskiguy

WaPo’s final numbers:

Jones 670,561, 49.9%
Kid fucker 649,240, 48.4%
Write-in 22,777, 1.7%

“Math is hard.” — Roy Moore

Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 9:01:38pm

re: #22 goddamnedfrank

Guys, Joy Reid is great but she’s also a single data point.

C’mon.

You are right — there need to be more black women. MSNBC should bring back Melissa Harris-Perry.

teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:02:18pm

12 counties that voted for Fuckface Von Clownstick last year voted for Doug Jones tonight. Madison, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Talladega, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Conecuh, Butler, Barbour, Lee, and Chambers.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:02:23pm

re: #29 TedStriker

Fuck yeah, it is…and it had to be, otherwise Moore, with all that came out, would have still cruised to the Senate in a cakewalk.

Minority voters are why this country hasn’t gone to shit politically. I’ll gladly say that here. And I’ll add that I hate the way my demo votes.

Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 9:02:48pm

Fox News is attacking Bob Mueller right now. so, all’s well in the Freak Zone

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 13, 2017

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:03:02pm

re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter

Wasn’t Joy Reid on MSNBC?

Yes. Along with a rash of dudes. Mostly white (Hi Eugene Robinson!)

Charles Johnson Dec 12, 2017 • 9:03:46pm

Welp, this tweet certainly aged fast, and not well.

Dems need to consider running Pro-Life candidates in some of these states or they’ll never have a chance.

— PJ Doland (@pjdoland) December 13, 2017

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austin_blue Dec 12, 2017 • 9:05:05pm

Don’t forget Latino and Asian voters in Alabama. They make up a relatively small community, but they kicked Moore’s ass. America used to be a melting pot of white people. Now it’s a melting pot of humanity.

It’s a damn good thing.

Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:05:25pm

@JoyAnnReid is GLOWING. pic.twitter.com/TrPfV6BUMA

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:07:11pm

Doug’s campaign reminded me of even though he lost of Tom Perriello here in Va. It was a very positive campaign and about bringing Alabamans or in Tom’s case Virginians of all backgrounds together. That’s something that Governor elect Northam followed and that’s why Northam and both Jones won.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:07:26pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

Welp, this tweet certainly aged fast, and not well.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:07:54pm

re: #38 Dr. Matt

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Steele looks pretty happy too. He’s a Republican but he’s not a monster.

Targetpractice Dec 12, 2017 • 9:08:46pm

Like I said a month ago, drink to the foam, folks. Savor this moment tonight. Because tomorrow, the march to November and taking back Congress begins anew. The greatest mistake we could make would be to take victories like tonight for granted.

Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:08:46pm

re: #41 HappyWarrior

Steele looks pretty happy too. He’s a Republican but he’s not a monster.

I was wondering what his smile was for.

austin_blue Dec 12, 2017 • 9:09:10pm

re: #41 HappyWarrior

Steele looks pretty happy too. He’s a Republican but he’s not a monster.

Useful idiot.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:09:29pm

re: #37 austin_blue

Don’t forget Latino and Asian voters in Alabama. They make up a relatively small community, but they kicked Moore’s ass. America used to be a melting pot of white people. Now it’s a melting pot of humanity.

It’s a damn good thing.

Yep and Doug brought them up too. That BTW has been what’s turned Virginia’s tide. It’s not merely NoVa being liberal. It’s that Va isn’t the state I was born into 30 years ago. It’s a diverse place. Wingnuts love to accuse liberals of living in bubbles but that as usual is projection.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:09:43pm

re: #44 austin_blue

Useful idiot.

True.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:03pm

re: #43 Belafon

I was wondering what his smile was for.

Well I imagine he took pretty big issue with Moore’s idiotic comments about slavery.

Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:15pm

re: #42 Targetpractice

Like I said a month ago, drink to the foam, folks. Savor this moment tonight. Because tomorrow, the march to November and taking back Congress begins anew. The greatest mistake we could make would be to take victories like tonight for granted.

I think we’re out of that mode for a while. VA didn’t hurt today. I think it helped.

But, can we end the “OMG the world is ending.” We have a fight on our hands, but we’re still able to fight.

Ace Rothstein Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:16pm

Are the Dems still a (under)dog to flip the Senate next year?

thecommodore Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:28pm

“Bias? What bias?” pic.twitter.com/9VVomv5Nkp

— Larry Elder (@larryelder) December 12, 2017

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Myron Falwell Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:48pm

Well then. Lol.

Live look at Senate GOP reaction to Roy Moore promising a recount: pic.twitter.com/FUrMCtsydf

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) December 13, 2017

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Targetpractice Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:54pm

re: #41 HappyWarrior

Steele looks pretty happy too. He’s a Republican but he’s not a monster.

Steele oversaw the wave elections of 2010 & 2014, for which the party rewarded him by running him out of the chairmanship to grant it to a pasty white guy (Hi Rinsed!). So he has every reason to be thrilled tonight, because it is the very narrow-minded viewpoints that he preached against that just cost the GOP this seat.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:10:59pm

re: #49 Ace Rothstein

Are the Dems still a (under)dog to flip the Senate next year?

I think so because we have a lot of seats to defend but the path to it definitely got easier after tonight.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:11:16pm

re: #52 Targetpractice

Steele oversaw the wave elections of 2010 & 2014, for which the party rewarded him by running him out of the chairmanship to grant it to a pasty white guy (Hi Rinsed!). So he has every reason to be thrilled tonight, because it is the very narrow-minded viewpoints that he preached against that just cost the GOP this seat.

Yep.

Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:11:23pm

From the Alabama Secretary of State:

Doug Jones (DEM)
49.92%
671,151

Roy S. Moore (REP)
48.38%
650,436

Write-In
1.69%
22,780

Total 1,344,367
www2.alabamavotes.gov

Charles Johnson Dec 12, 2017 • 9:12:45pm

According to Alabama state law, Roy Moore now has to eat his horse. https://t.co/8LVvznMR5y

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:12:46pm

re: #50 thecommodore

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Ace Rothstein Dec 12, 2017 • 9:13:07pm

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:13:10pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 9:13:34pm

LOLOLOLOL!

Things got pretty dark at Roy Moore’s election night headquarters after people realized they endorsed a child molester and lost. pic.twitter.com/T0wE35pULi

— Victor Bergermeister Meisterberger IV (@VicBergerIV) December 13, 2017

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Did Christopher Guest direct this? https://t.co/rsQwDruCR9

— cK. (@cmkinmia) December 13, 2017

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Insanity Dec 12, 2017 • 9:13:36pm

re: #16 ObserverArt

All that is out after tonight is some military vote. I’m kinda thinking that won’t sway anything.

Someone on television estimated the remaining uncounted votes to be around 1k votes, maybe 1.5k. Not enough to sway the ~21K vote difference.

austin_blue Dec 12, 2017 • 9:14:34pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Poor Sassy. Can’t he just chew off his own balls?

Film at eleven! Emmy time!

Interesting Times Dec 12, 2017 • 9:14:43pm

re: #47 HappyWarrior

Well I imagine he took pretty big issue with Moore’s idiotic comments about slavery.

Roy Moore hasn’t accepted the outcome of the civil war, what made anyone think that he’d accept losing to Doug Jones. #ALSenate

— Mason Steinberg (@AlUCanEatShrimp) December 13, 2017

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:14:50pm

Ugh. Tweety just reminded me why I don’t watch MSNBC any longer. Click.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:14:59pm

re: #60 goddamnedfrank

LOLOLOLOL!

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Fun fact, Roy Moore is actually Sasha Baron Cohen.

Charles Johnson Dec 12, 2017 • 9:15:28pm

I was very pessimistic this morning, but I’ve never been happier to be completely mistaken.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:15:51pm

re: #64 MsJ

Ugh. Tweety just reminded me why I don’t watch MSNBC any longer. Click.

What did i thankfully miss?

plansbandc Dec 12, 2017 • 9:16:05pm

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:16:28pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

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I hear ya. I was wrong by 6%. I’ve been way off. Though I had Northam winning ehre in Va last month, I didn’t think it would be like that. Just as I didn’t think ti would be like this in Alabama.

Myron Falwell Dec 12, 2017 • 9:16:40pm

re: #53 HappyWarrior

I think so because we have a lot of seats to defend but the path to it definitely got easier after tonight.

After tonight, the Democrats need to hold all their seats up for reelection, plus flip two others just to regain control of the chamber.

Arizona will be replacing both of their senators next year, which will not be insignificant.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:16:50pm

re: #68 plansbandc

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Roy’s little gun won’t be going off ever again.

Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:17:22pm

State propaganda Fox “news” is replaying an interview with the Alabama Secretary of State discussing a potential recount. pic.twitter.com/LI6l7cALe4

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:17:57pm

re: #70 Myron Falwell

After tonight, the Democrats need to hold all their seats up for reelection, plus flip two others just to regain control of the chamber.

Arizona will be replacing both of their senators next year, which will not be insignificant.

Candidate recruitment will be key. We picked a winner here with Doug. I’m liking the DNC under Tom Perez. More smart and savvy than DWS’s DNC and not ignoring the big picture.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:18:31pm

re: #72 Dr. Matt

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FNC: May 1945. The Fuhrer really isn’t dead. It’s just liberal propaganda.

goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 9:18:55pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

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This is why I don’t make predictions anymore, nothing makes sense and life is just a bunch of random shit that happens.

Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:19:44pm

re: #56 Charles Johnson

Hey, what did the horse do?

I’d rather Roy Moore eat his hat.

Or perhaps one of my wife’s crow recipes:
gunafood.com

thecommodore Dec 12, 2017 • 9:19:52pm

re: #53 HappyWarrior

I think so because we have a lot of seats to defend but the path to it definitely got easier after tonight.

538 says that possibility is definitely in play. It will be hard, even in the midst of a huge anti-Trump wave because the Dems have to hold 23 seats (I think) just to stay at (now) 49 votes, and some of the key races are in states that Trump won (Ohio and Missouri), but he just got a whole lot more toxic than he was (if that’s possible). Not one, but TWO of his picks lost (Strange, and Moore).

thecommodore Dec 12, 2017 • 9:20:43pm

re: #72 Dr. Matt

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Maybe their Jewish friend the lawyer will help out.

BlueSpotinAL Dec 12, 2017 • 9:21:33pm

re: #69 HappyWarrior

I hear ya. I was wrong by 6%. I’ve been way off. Though I had Northam winning ehre in Va last month, I didn’t think it would be like that. Just as I didn’t think ti would be like this in Alabama.

My former student who was on Elizabeth Warren’s staff and campaigned here, said the Democratic Party organization was much better in Virginia. Which means that the Jones campaign had to build a lot of that. Hopefully we can build on that here, and the national Democratic Party can note what was successful here and in Virginia.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:22:09pm

re: #77 thecommodore

538 says that possibility is definitely in play. It will be hard, even in the midst of a huge anti-Trump wave because the Dems have to hold 23 seats (I think) just to stay at (now) 49 votes, and some of the key races are in states that Trump won (Ohio and Missouri), but he just got a whole lot more toxic than he was (if that’s possible). Not one, but TWO of his picks lost (Strange, and Moore).

I think Trump should be dreading 2020. He got lucky to run against Clinton, a candidate both his base hated and his Russian handlers did. Don’t get me wrong- HRC was the right choice and she would be a great president but he did luck into that. If he’s running against oh I dunno someone like Duckworth who is a legit hero, it could get really ugly for him and we could be looking at a big 2020 win with the potential to control the state houses for a good decade and the 20’s will be roaring.

teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:22:09pm

YOU GUYS HOLY SHIT ALABAMA ELECTED A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TO THE SENATE!

jaunte Dec 12, 2017 • 9:22:40pm

re: #77 thecommodore

“…he just got a whole lot more toxic than he was (if that’s possible).”

Just wait for tomorrow morning.

ObserverArt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:22:42pm

re: #49 Ace Rothstein

Are the Dems still a (under)dog to flip the Senate next year?

Just gained a seat. Now 49-51.

The Major Dec 12, 2017 • 9:22:46pm

I bet you and Bannon are probably doing rancid Jello shots seeing who can get plowed the quickest over “The EBIL DemoCrats!” Well, guess what, Ms. Way Past-Her-Sell-By-Date? The Tide Is Turning…. https://t.co/z1usQRrMg1

— TheMajor (@TheMajorsViews) December 13, 2017

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:22:58pm

Alabama exits: overall results… pic.twitter.com/qf0J5OKHin

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 9:23:00pm

re: #78 thecommodore

Maybe their Jewish friend the lawyer will help out.

Whoa now! They didn’t go so far as to call him a friend, he’s still going to burn in Hell for eternity!//

Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:23:26pm

Whoops

Thith wath very prethient: pic.twitter.com/jPITzDs2r6

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:23:31pm

re: #79 BlueSpotinAL

My former student who was on Elizabeth Warren’s staff and campaigned here, said the Democratic Party organization was much better in Virginia. Which means that the Jones campaign had to build a lot of that. Hopefully we can build on that here, and the national Democratic Party can note what was successful here and in Virginia.

I did some work for the party here in Va. We have a lot of experience here in tight races. The Jones campaign did a hell of a job. I hope there’s some poaching for other campaigns because those are some smart people but the candidate himself was great, I mean it, Doug Jones is why I got into the legal field. Not him by name but what people like him do.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:23:34pm

Oh, you naughty little Eva Braun Wannabee! You’re lying again!

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 13, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 12, 2017 • 9:23:46pm

re: #81 teleskiguy

YOU GUYS HOLY SHIT ALABAMA ELECTED A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT TO THE SENATE!

Listen!!!!!!! Holy shit! This happened!

Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Dec 12, 2017 • 9:23:59pm

re: #2 Dr. Matt

JUST IN: Moore refuses to concede Alabama Senate race https://t.co/ne74Qql4DX pic.twitter.com/2Rsx8s4TKm

— The Hill (@thehill) December 13, 2017

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Roy thinks it’s cheating when blacks get a whole vote rather than 3/5.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:24:58pm

re: #91 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Roy thinks it’s cheating when blacks get a whole vote rather than 3/5.

And when women especially black women vote. Sorry Roy, you lost. We’ll chip in to send you back to the Bible days though and tell them about your love of your girls. I’m sure that’ll go over graet.

Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 9:25:24pm

re: #73 HappyWarrior

Candidate recruitment will be key. We picked a winner here with Doug. I’m liking the DNC under Tom Perez. More smart and savvy than DWS’s DNC and not ignoring the big picture.

We picked a winner — but the big advantage was that the GOP selected a loser, a man who was totally unqualified based on his views of issues. And even with such a monster as an opponent, Doug defeated him by less than 2%. Strange would likely have won easily. We are not always going to luck out with GOP candidates that are so manifestly unfit for office.

HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:25:25pm

re: #90 JordanRules

Listen!!!!!!! Holy shit! This happened!

Yeah Jones isn’t a blue dog. He’s actually pretty damn liberal.

Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:25:40pm

re: #91 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Roy thinks it’s cheating when blacks get a whole vote rather than 3/5.

He thinks their voting at all is cheating. It’s one of the amendments he wants removed.

Myron Falwell Dec 12, 2017 • 9:25:44pm

re: #89 Joe Bacon 🌹

Laura Ingraham wants to be another Eva Braun, but she’s only an Eva Blah-n.

makeitstop Dec 12, 2017 • 9:25:53pm

Heh.

Thith wath very prethient: pic.twitter.com/jPITzDs2r6

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:25:58pm

re: #93 Hecuba’s daughter

We picked a winner — but the big advantage was that the GOP selected a loser, a man who was totally unqualified based on his views of issues. And even with such a monster as an opponent, Doug defeated him by less than 2%. Strange would likely have won easily. We are not always going to luck out with GOP candidates that are so manifestly unfit for office.

I’m not naive but let me have some joy tonight. This is a very nice win and it’s a harbinger.

teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:26:04pm

I will eat one of my knit caps now.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:26:34pm

re: #96 Myron Falwell

Laura Ingraham wants to be another Eva Braun, but she’s only an Eva Blah-n.

Eva in the sense she wants to fuck Trump but Leni in the sense she wants to be the first lady of the movement.

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:26:34pm

re: #93 Hecuba’s daughter

We picked a winner — but the big advantage was that the GOP selected a loser, a man who was totally unqualified based on his views of issues. And even with such a monster as an opponent, Doug defeated him by less than 2%. Strange would likely have won easily. We are not always going to luck out with GOP candidates that are so manifestly unfit for office.

We also won’t be running in every place where we have to swing 48 points over the previous election.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 9:27:18pm

re: #96 Myron Falwell

Laura Ingraham wants to be another Eva Braun, but she’s only an Eva Blah-n.

Laura Ingraham Nazi Salute at RNC Speech

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:27:48pm

re: #101 Belafon

We also won’t be running in every place where we have to swing 48 points over the previous election.

Yep. I mean Cory Gardner isn’t a perv like Moore is but he’ll be running in quickly becoming blue Colorado. The Republicans nominated to replace McCain and Flake will have to face a different electorate too. Let’s enjoy this one. One step closer to 51 and 218 begins tonight!

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Dec 12, 2017 • 9:28:15pm

The Daily News went there:

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:28:23pm

re: #77 thecommodore

538 says that possibility is definitely in play. It will be hard, even in the midst of a huge anti-Trump wave because the Dems have to hold 23 seats (I think) just to stay at (now) 49 votes, and some of the key races are in states that Trump won (Ohio and Missouri), but he just got a whole lot more toxic than he was (if that’s possible). Not one, but TWO of his picks lost (Strange, and Moore).

The Democrats have to hold 23 seats with both independents (Angus King and Bernie Sanders), the Republicans have to hold 8, plus two seats opening (Jeff Flake and Bob Corker).

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 9:29:58pm

re: #105 Anymouse 🌹

The Democrats have to hold 23 seats with both independents (Angus King and Bernie Sanders), the Republicans have to hold 8, plus two seats opening (Jeff Flake and Bob Corker).

Its doable, especially if the Bannon alt-rightists get some more awful GOP candidates like Moore nominated.

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:30:25pm

re: #105 Anymouse 🌹

The Democrats have to hold 23 seats with both independents (Angus King and Bernie Sanders), the Republicans have to hold 8, plus two seats opening (Jeff Flake and Bob Corker).

Let’s say Democrats manage to hold the same count. I think that still scares Republicans because they will be the ones having to defend a majority of the senate races in 2020, a presidential election year.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:30:29pm

Well we thought we might lose the Senate in 2010. It’s not going to be easy but don’t underestimate two things) A) People are pissed at Trump and the GOP, B) Candidate recruitment. Look at our successes in the past month, all three our candidates for Senate and Governor have ran good campaigns. I choose to be glass half full tonight. We won guys, in Alabama, in an off year, special election!

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:31:21pm

re: #106 Big Beautiful Door

Its doable, especially if the Bannon alt-rightists get some more awful GOP candidates like Moore nominated.

It certainly is. Bannon promised primary candidates against everyone not named Cruz. That’s going to create some possibilities as will possibly kneecapping establishment favorites running against Democrats.

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Decatur Deb Dec 12, 2017 • 9:31:36pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

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Keep up the comments, Lizards. It’s near midnight in Free Alabama, and the neighbors are starting to worry about the drunken cackling from Festung Deb.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:31:53pm

re: #107 Belafon

Let’s say Democrats manage to hold the same count. I think that still scares Republicans because they will be the ones having to defend a majority of the senate races in 2020, a presidential election year.

Right even if we don’t win in 2018, I think we’ll be creating momentum for 2020.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:32:05pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I think Trump should be dreading 2020. He got lucky to run against Clinton, a candidate both his base hated and his Russian handlers did. Don’t get me wrong- HRC was the right choice and she would be a great president but he did luck into that. If he’s running against oh I dunno someone like Duckworth who is a legit hero, it could get really ugly for him and we could be looking at a big 2020 win with the potential to control the state houses for a good decade and the 20’s will be roaring.

Oh, man, Tammy Duckworth: Minority woman, disabled decorated combat veteran. Trump would go ballistic.

Hey National Dems: Paying attention?

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 9:32:17pm

re: #98 HappyWarrior

I’m not naive but let me have some joy tonight. This is a very nice win and it’s a harbinger.

You are right; I tend to be too pessimistic, a glass half-empty type of gal. It is a great win, especially following the Virginia success. It can be a true harbinger if the Democrats really work at getting African Americans and other people of color registered and out to vote.

Look — Tweety has another woman of color — Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn. org

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JordanRules Dec 12, 2017 • 9:32:18pm

Dear Fake Ass “Progressives”,

Don’t you dare think about hijacking Doug Jones’ win for your fake revolution.

We have the receipts.

Respectfully,

Black Women

— Amene (@Ange_Amene) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:32:31pm

Enjoying a Guinness in a Guinness glass adn listening to Celtic music to savor this fine night.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:32:43pm

I’ve gotten really good at typing ‘Fuckface Von Clownstick’ as that’s the only way I refer to Orange Foolius on the internets.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:32:50pm

re: #112 Anymouse 🌹

Oh, man, Tammy Duckworth: Minority woman, disabled decorated combat veteran. Trump would go ballistic.

Hey National Dems: Paying attention?

She does have to make her case but she’s fucking awesome.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:33:26pm

re: #114 JordanRules

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Dear Black Women:

You rule,
A white guy who wishes his demographic had but a fraction of your wisdom.

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:33:31pm

re: #67 HappyWarrior

What did i thankfully miss?

Paraphrasing: Well maybe Dena shouldn’t go crazy about this abortion thing and get more people like Doug Jones.

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makeitstop Dec 12, 2017 • 9:33:51pm

re: #110 Decatur Deb

Keep up the comments, Lizards. It’s near midnight in Free Alabama, and the neighbors are starting to worry about the drunken cackling from Festung Deb.

You earned it tonight, bro. Cackle to your heart’s content.

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austin_blue Dec 12, 2017 • 9:34:20pm

re: #112 Anymouse 🌹

Oh, man, Tammy Duckworth: Minority woman, disabled decorated combat veteran. Trump would go ballistic.

Hey National Dems: Paying attention?

Many of us have paid attention to Tammy for a while. She has some rough edges and some holes in policy positions, but she has promise. So do several other Dems. There’s this mayor in LA…

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:34:37pm

re: #119 MsJ

Paraphrasing: Well maybe Dena shouldn’t go crazy about this abortion thing and get more people like Doug Jones.

Jones is pro-choice. Honestly as I argued earlier, I think it’s more important that Dems be pro-choice in Red areas because those are the areas that get hurt most when abortion rights are threatened. I mean Kaine’s personal beliefs are one thing but actively voting to limit choice is another.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:34:53pm

re: #110 Decatur Deb

Keep up the comments, Lizards. It’s near midnight in Free Alabama, and the neighbors are starting to worry about the drunken cackling from Festung Deb.

PARTY!

Giphy

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:35:00pm

re: #120 makeitstop

You earned it tonight, bro. Cackle to your heart’s content.

Yep, cheers to DD.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:35:21pm

re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter

You are right; I tend to be too pessimistic, a glass half-empty type of gal. It is a great win, especially following the Virginia success. It can be a true harbinger if the Democrats really work at getting African Americans and other people of color registered and out to vote.

Look — Tweety has another woman of color — Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn. org

Between the elections there were all the Oklahoma statehouse elections that flipped from R to D. Local elections that did the same across the country.

More is going on here than VA and AL.

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ObserverArt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:35:37pm

re: #97 makeitstop

Heh.

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thecommodore Dec 12, 2017 • 9:35:48pm

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I think Trump should be dreading 2020.

He should be dreading the next six months.

This defeat could really start an unraveling. Trump just can’t help himself.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:36:03pm

re: #121 austin_blue

Many of us have paid attention to Tammy for a while. She has some rough edges and some holes in policy positions, but she has promise. So do several other Dems. There’s this mayor in LA…

We have a lot of good choices in 2020 who I think really reflect both our party and nation very well. RWC has told me good things about LA’s Mayor. Probably not presidential material yet but easily could be VP or a key cabinet post.

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 9:36:59pm

Good grief did Ana Navarro go off on this dude pic.twitter.com/wwq5tbGmLC

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 13, 2017

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BigPapa Dec 12, 2017 • 9:37:02pm

re: #110 Decatur Deb

Keep up the comments, Lizards. It’s near midnight in Free Alabama, and the neighbors are starting to worry about the drunken cackling from Festung Deb.

I will GoFundMe bail money quicker than a filly can gallup to a voting precinct.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:37:19pm

re: #116 teleskiguy

I’ve gotten really good at typing ‘Fuckface Von Clownstick’ as that’s the only way I refer to Orange Foolius on the internets.

I generally refer to Mr. Trump as Pumpkin Pinochet, but whatever works for you.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 9:37:58pm

Lots of interesting stuff in the 538 election night blog. The energy was really on the Democratic side, as blue Bama counties had much better turnout compared to last year than Red counties did.

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austin_blue Dec 12, 2017 • 9:37:58pm

re: #115 HappyWarrior

Enjoying a Guinness in a Guinness glass adn listening to Celtic music to savor this fine night.

Here’s my brother-in-laws band from back in the 70’s:

Silly Wizard: The Queen of Argyll

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thecommodore Dec 12, 2017 • 9:38:06pm

I’m curious what the overall turnout was tonight. Alabama has a voter ID law, which of course is designed to depress turnout, but from what I’ve heard, the African American vote was higher than expected, as well as other groups voter ID laws end up targeting.

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Myron Falwell Dec 12, 2017 • 9:38:09pm

Holy shit. These maps.

The Presidential Results in Alabama next to tonight’s #ALSen Results. Jones won several Trump counties and improved margins. #AlabamaSenateElection #AlabamaSenate #AlabamaSenateRace pic.twitter.com/bFvsR9JEox

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makeitstop Dec 12, 2017 • 9:38:32pm

re: #126 ObserverArt

Damn…outright mocking Cernovich…going so low as to pick at his speech patterns.

Wilson is absolutely merciless toward Cernovich. It’s one of the reasons I’ve started reading his Twitter feed every damn day.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:39:31pm

re: #129 Kragar

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Dec 12, 2017 • 9:39:44pm

Gohmert! is yet another outspoken Moore supporter ready to be paraded out of town on the donkey of shame.

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ObserverArt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:39:47pm

re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter

You are right; I tend to be too pessimistic, a glass half-empty type of gal. It is a great win, especially following the Virginia success. It can be a true harbinger if the Democrats really work at getting African Americans and other people of color registered and out to vote.

Look — Tweety has another woman of color — Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn. org

And he was being his typical old fart ass to her.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 12, 2017 • 9:41:36pm

Very happy to wake up here in Europe and see that Jones won the Alabama Senate special election. And I’m happy to see I was wrong; I figured that Moore would win.

Realistically, this should’ve been a 20 point win for any normal GOP candidate - even being an accused pedophile doesn’t account for the sheer magnitude of Democratic voter turnout and the shift in votes we saw tonight. All this, for an off-year special election.

I’m starting to get a good feeling about 2018.

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JordanRules Dec 12, 2017 • 9:42:34pm

re: #135 Myron Falwell

Ayyyyyyeeeeee!!!!!!

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Dr Lizardo Dec 12, 2017 • 9:42:48pm

re: #131 Anymouse 🌹

I generally refer to Mr. Trump as Pumpkin Pinochet, but whatever works for you.

Cheeto Mussolini.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 9:43:05pm

re: #140 Dr Lizardo

Very happy to wake up here in Europe and see that Jones won the Alabama Senate special election. And I’m happy to see I was wrong; I figured that Moore would win.

Realistically, this should’ve been a 20 point win for any normal GOP candidate - even being an accused pedophile doesn’t account for the sheer magnitude of Democratic voter turnout and the shift in votes we saw tonight. All this, for an off-year special election.

I’m starting to get a good feeling about 2018.

Betting markets have given the Democrats a 48% chance of winning the Senate next year!

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 9:43:28pm

Janet Porter: When Roy Moore wins tomorrow, it will prove to the whole world “that our God is bigger than the billionaires, our God is more powerful than the politicians, and our God is more mighty than the media” pic.twitter.com/ILc4DqgUJF

— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) December 12, 2017

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“Puny god.” https://t.co/QqaJY4m9PD

— DrewMcWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) December 13, 2017

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BeachDem Dec 12, 2017 • 9:43:42pm

re: #21 HappyWarrior

Indeed. And this is a huge FU to the Bros who want to dismiss the importance of us addressing minority communities. I greatly appreciate that Jones showed not only respect to those communities but treated them as equals and allies in his coalition. It’s refreshing to see that from a White Southern Democrat.

And I’ll repeat what I posted at the end of the dead thread

Worth noting that most African-American women, who gave Doug Jones a huge boost, are churchgoers. They’re “values voters,” every bit as much as evangelicals and other faith groups. pic.twitter.com/pXgGjuV0Qh

— Daniel Burke (@BurkeCNN) December 13, 2017

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 9:44:23pm

re: #142 Dr Lizardo

Cheeto Mussolini.

Cheeto Benito for me.

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:44:29pm

re: #140 Dr Lizardo

We’ve got a lot of Democrats running here in Texas next year, more than have run since the state flipped Red. That’s going to require Republicans to spend money that they won’t really have. They definitely don’t have the small donor setup that Democrats do. I’m not sure Yahoo mail will be able to handle all the donation emails I will get, but Democrats seem to be doing the right thing on getting people to vote, so I’ll give where I can.

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:44:35pm

re: #83 ObserverArt

Just gained a seat. Now 49-51.

Arizona and Nevada… We’re coming for you!

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:45:18pm

re: #145 BeachDem

The values of African-American women versus Evangelical white men seems to be “don’t support the paedophile.”

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:45:58pm

re: #144 Kragar

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Dr. Matt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:46:13pm

Just poured a glass of Alabama whiskey. Cheers. pic.twitter.com/yL2WCafe9y

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 9:47:36pm

You misspelled “credibly accused child molester.”

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:47:53pm

re: #109 HappyWarrior

It certainly is. Bannon promised primary candidates against everyone not named Cruz. That’s going to create some possibilities as will possibly kneecapping establishment favorites running against Democrats.

I was just reading that Teddy Cruz isn’t doing too well these days. His numbers sucketh.

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stpaulbear Dec 12, 2017 • 9:47:58pm

I’m hoping that when I check my email tomorrow morning there will be 437 messages thanking me for the donation.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 9:48:23pm

re: #145 BeachDem

It is distressing that 63% of white women supported Moore — a man so totally unfit. What is wrong with these people? Anti-choice single issue voter?

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:49:03pm

.@MooreSenate Are you going to concede? What does your Jew say?

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:50:04pm

BTW another hearty fuck you to the literature professor in Vermont who is a former Bernie adviser who said the Obama coalition is dead and was a one time thing. When we get that band together, we win, it happened in Joisey, it happened in Virginia, and it happened in Alabama tonight.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:50:07pm

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

It is distressing that 63% of white women supported Moore — a man so totally unfit. What is wrong with these people? Anti-choice single issue voter?

Or anti-gay. Or both (dual issue voters).

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:50:12pm

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

It is distressing that 63% of white women supported Moore — a man so totally unfit. What is wrong with these people? Anti-choice single issue voter?

Pretty much. Where I live, it’s about the only thing Republican women say. They have enough money, they personally don’t have to worry about anything. If their daughters get pregnant, they’d just fly them to Japan anyway.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:50:54pm

re: #144 Kragar

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People like this deserve to have their children be gay and be happy without them in their lives.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 12, 2017 • 9:51:15pm

re: #143 Big Beautiful Door

Betting markets have given the Democrats a 48% chance of winning the Senate next year!

Almost even odds. I’ll take that.

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ObserverArt Dec 12, 2017 • 9:51:21pm

Later folks. More good nights to come.

And I for one hope Trump is a mess tomorrow and makes more fool of himself. And I hope Steve Bannon is even more and oaf and he and McConnell book a fight at a small ring in DC.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:52:10pm

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

It is distressing that 63% of white women supported Moore — a man so totally unfit. What is wrong with these people? Anti-choice single issue voter?

After Trump, I’m not surprised. How do you think guys like my Dad feel? My Dad’s demo group is probably the most Moore friendly there is- over 65, male, white, and without a college degree. Dad isn’t religious though. And he’s also isn’t an insensitive prick.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 9:52:23pm

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

It is distressing that 63% of white women supported Moore — a man so totally unfit. What is wrong with these people? Anti-choice single issue voter?

I guess they figure that if Moore will block an abortion so that a baby gets born, its not so bad if he diddles it.

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Alyosha Dec 12, 2017 • 9:52:24pm

Dear Alabama,
It’s good to laugh again. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/o2VGsyBiLt

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I had to recess from LGF to continue working after lunch just as polls were closing. People say that I follow American politics too earnestly; but I truly believe that because America has for so long been the leader of the free world, it is also true that should she dip into authoritarianism, so goes my own corner of the world.

It therefore brings me much joy to say that I feel like my shattered world seems to repair itself with victories like this.
I’m so happy for all of the Alabama Lizards who could only dream of a day like this.
Your perseverance has helped usher in the incredible. I know the activists like DD will only say this is but a rung higher than yesterday and a mile is yet to be climbed. But hope and example is the sunshine of your endeavours. The warmness I feel, so far away tonight, is because of you.

Thank you.

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 9:52:46pm

re: #158 Anymouse 🌹

Or anti-gay. Or both (dual issue voters).

When the mayor here in Rockwall tried to get a bathroom ordinance passed, citizens were all up in arms. One woman got up and told the mayor she’d never vote for him again, especially since she had a trans-child. Most around here don’t seem to have anything against gays. I know the big church has gay members.

Abortion really is the dividing line for them.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 9:52:54pm

re: #154 stpaulbear

I’m hoping that when I check my email tomorrow morning there will be 437 messages thanking me for the donation.

Hah — I’ve already gotten messages tonight begging money for other campaigns. And a 9:30 PM request from Doug Jones for more money.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 9:53:13pm

.@BorowitzReport: Devastated Roy Moore Consoles Himself by Heading to Mall. https://t.co/sPjh7ouhlj pic.twitter.com/qXdtUkoFNL

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:53:29pm

God bless America! pic.twitter.com/OIZTK3VVDc

— difference maker (@meearf) December 13, 2017

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Dr Lizardo Dec 12, 2017 • 9:54:01pm

re: #147 Belafon

We’ve got a lot of Democrats running here in Texas next year, more than have run since the state flipped Red. That’s going to require Republicans to spend money that they won’t really have. They definitely don’t have the small donor setup that Democrats do. I’m not sure Yahoo mail will be able to handle all the donation emails I will get, but Democrats seem to be doing the right thing on getting people to vote, so I’ll give where I can.

I was reading that last night.

That’s how you win. You run people for office. You may not win them all…..but you will win some. And that’s how you turn things around.

Texas will ultimately go blue - maybe not for another 10 years or so, but it will. And when it does, the GOP’s grip on national politics will start to become increasingly tenuous.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:54:22pm

re: #168 Anymouse 🌹

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:55:38pm

re: #170 Dr Lizardo

I was reading that last night.

That’s how you win. You run people for office. You may not win them all…..but you will some. And that’s you turn things around.

Texas will ultimately go blue - maybe not for another 10 years or so, but it will. And when it does, the GOP’s grip on national politics will start to become increasingly tenuous.

Texas, I see going Virginia’s route and if it does, the GOP is going to be in a real rough spot. There may be some former reliable Democratic states that become swing states in the coming years but there may be some formerly reliable Republican ones like Texas that could be purple and as much as I have a sentimental touch for my family’s ancestral home state of Pa, Texas being competitive is much more important in the long run than PA.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 9:55:51pm

You know what they say about roulette, right?

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— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 13, 2017

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Decatur Deb Dec 12, 2017 • 9:56:27pm

re: #154 stpaulbear

I’m hoping that when I check my email tomorrow morning there will be 437 messages thanking me for the donation.

When the hangover abates, and the thread is fresh, I’ll thank all the lizards who donated. If the postage isn’t horrendous, I’ll have a shitload of slightly used Doug Jones signs and colorful handouts.

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JordanRules Dec 12, 2017 • 9:56:50pm

Doug Jones should ride Sassy into the Senate

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 9:57:09pm

You know how I know the Obama coalition is for real? I live it every day.

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MsJ Dec 12, 2017 • 9:58:22pm

Six months ago, I asked the smartest Dem Senate strategist where the three seats to win the majority back were: “Nevada, Arizona, and an act of God.” Got the hardest one first.

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 13, 2017

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 10:00:13pm

Looking forward to hearing how losing Alabama is just Moron Don playing a round of 36th Dimensional Chess. pic.twitter.com/XuT8ei4srD

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 10:00:52pm

re: #177 MsJ

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GOP tolerance of sexual predators caused them to lose one of the safest seats in the nation. There might be a lesson there.

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Belafon Dec 12, 2017 • 10:01:09pm

re: #177 MsJ

To continue the talk about Texas:

Trump only won TX by 9. He won AL by 28. See it yet? Largest millennial population in the US is in TX. We can DO THIS. @BetoORourke

— Katy Patriot ✌️🇺🇸 (@Katy_Patriot) December 13, 2017

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electrotek Dec 12, 2017 • 10:01:12pm

Ex-Muslim: Time to End the Silence on Muslim Rape Gangs https://t.co/xR3YfgMQ08 pic.twitter.com/uHNkFTUC5x

— Robert Spencer (@jihadwatchRS) December 10, 2017

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This article explains the grooming gang problem perfectly because it was written by a British Pakistani Ex Muslim https://t.co/82EWse3LzJ

— Naz Khan (@NazKhanuk) December 12, 2017

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When you link to a man who inspired a Norwegian anti-Muslim fascist to slaughter children at a youth camp and denies the Bosnian Genocide, your credibility sinks even further. Just because you’re an ex-Muslim doesn’t mean you can prop up hateful cretins like Spencer and Geller https://t.co/g4xGsaYReW

— دانیال (@danja84) December 13, 2017

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 10:02:25pm

re: #172 HappyWarrior

Texas, I see going Virginia’s route and if it does, the GOP is going to be in a real rough spot. There may be some former reliable Democratic states that become swing states in the coming years but there may be some formerly reliable Republican ones like Texas that could be purple and as much as I have a sentimental touch for my family’s ancestral home state of Pa, Texas being competitive is much more important in the long run than PA.

Wasn’t PA also affected by voter suppression in 2016? The Supreme Court will not be of any assistance in fighting this pernicious policy. We need to fight this in order to win.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 10:02:30pm

re: #180 Belafon

To continue the talk about Texas:

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The Ghost of a Flea Dec 12, 2017 • 10:03:59pm

Roy Moore is the spirit animal of the current GOP.

He’s all of their bullshit semantic emptiness: using familiar symbols and tropes as shallow invocations, ignoring the important details—like the content of the books, or the gun is a tool not a part of your masculinity cosplay set—because there is no depth to him, just a trompe l’oeil . He can lie and be creepy and run a PAC with all the integrity of a patent medicine wagon and think himself virtuous, because goodness is about ritualized displays.

It’s this weird blend of narcissism—all ideas bend to suit the need of the self—and aestheticism—such that seeming is being.

All the big concepts—God, chastity, capitalism—don’t really mean anything. It’s bullshitting as a worldview.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 12, 2017 • 10:04:40pm

re: #183 Big Beautiful Door

Just have to get Hispanics to the polls. Bama voters just showed that voter suppression tactics can be defeated!

Oh yeah; you get Hispanic voters to the polls next November and Texas would all but turn blue overnight. Much to the horror of the GOP, I might add.

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allegro Dec 12, 2017 • 10:05:35pm

re: #145 BeachDem

Worth noting that most African-American women, who gave Doug Jones a huge boost, are churchgoers. They’re “values voters,” every bit as much as evangelicals and other faith groups.

With way better values.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:05:58pm

Comment over at Wonkette on their live blog of the election tonight.

Juan de Fuca • 5 minutes ago

Just read that some guy named Courtland Sykes, a RWNJ and former Navy SEAL hoping to challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill next year recently told Gateway Pundit that Roy Moore has a “cavalry coming” to help out in Alabama.

Courtland, from one vet to another - you’re cavalry failed bigger than George Pickett’s.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:06:03pm

Praying for Roy Moore.

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) December 12, 2017

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You’ve been doing that for the last month. If there’s a God, he isn’t listening to your racist ass. https://t.co/V7HbRPlt8P

— Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 10:07:47pm

re: #188 teleskiguy

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I hope he is praying that Moore repent his heinous sins.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:09:50pm

re: #182 Hecuba’s daughter

Wasn’t PA also affected by voter suppression in 2016? The Supreme Court will not be of any assistance in fighting this pernicious policy. We need to fight this in order to win.

I think so. I’m not saying don’t fight it but our future is in the Sun Belt not the Rust Belt.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:10:09pm

re: #183 Big Beautiful Door

Just have to get Hispanics to the polls. Bama voters just showed that voter suppression tactics can be defeated!

I think O’Rourke will be a great candidate.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:10:12pm

God spoke in Alabama and he said that you’re full of sssshhhhhhaaaaavvvvviiiiiinnnnnnggggg cream you sleazy Ayn Rand worshipping Pulpit Pimp!

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:10:30pm

Roy Moore Retires From Politics To Spend More Quality Time With Someone’s Kid https://t.co/YbWHsIMk7S pic.twitter.com/fnqAoswBXm

— Onion Politics (@OnionPolitics) December 13, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:10:33pm

So, Roy Moore was covfefe’d

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:12:16pm

re: #192 Joe Bacon 🌹

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I’m praying you move to Siberia, Frankie.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:12:35pm

re: #193 teleskiguy

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Hey Roy!

You keep on knocking but the mall won’t let you in
You keep on knocking but the mall won’t let you in
You keep on knocking but the mall won’t let you in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again!

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:14:03pm

I AM OVERJOYED TO BE SO SUDDENLY IRRELEVANT

— Roy Moore’s Horse (@RoyMooresHorse) December 13, 2017

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 10:14:14pm

A Latina now on Laurence O’Donnell —Maria Theresa Kumar. So MSNBC is actually having additional women of color on their network

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:14:30pm

I’m stoned.

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 10:15:18pm

re: #199 teleskiguy

Drunk and Crazy by Bobby Bare

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:15:23pm

re: #199 teleskiguy

I’m stoned.

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And not how Roy Moore would be if he were caught doing what he did in the Bible days.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:16:20pm

Alabama Secretary of State after Moore refuses to concede: “The people of Alabama have spoken” https://t.co/bfjaIOLgbp pic.twitter.com/PV4m13L6RY

— The Hill (@thehill) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:17:32pm

re: #202 Anymouse 🌹

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Moore’s not going to like that. My impression is the GOP establishment even in Alabama was tired of Moore. I mean they’re cowrads and they would have been oozing if he had won but I imagine he’s not the kind of guy that attends their cocktail parties.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:17:35pm

Yes, Doug Jones won in Alabama, but don’t get cocky, Democrats. It won’t always be like this- only about 84% of Republicans running in 2018 are nutjobs who say horrible things about women, minorities and gays.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 10:18:13pm

pic.twitter.com/uQWJpr1jfj

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:18:14pm

Jeff Sessions has given us Robert Mueller and Doug Jones.

Thanks, Jeff Sessions!

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) December 13, 2017

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 12, 2017 • 10:19:06pm

re: #202 Anymouse 🌹

View image on Twitter

The Hill
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@thehill
Alabama Secretary of State after Moore refuses to concede: “The people of Alabama have spoken” hill.cm
11:09 PM - Dec 12, 2017

I am relieved to hear that the Putin-loving voter-suppressing Alabama secy of state has thrown in the towel and isn’t planning on discovering 30,000 missing Moore votes.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 12, 2017 • 10:19:20pm

re: #202 Anymouse 🌹

Moore is demanding a recount and it’s not even within the margin for a recount.

He’s a big-time sore loser. Well, fuck him. Normally, the saying goes “Fuck you and the horse you rode in on” but I’m gonna give Sassy a pass.

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whitebeach Dec 12, 2017 • 10:19:34pm

I’m not normally a vicious guy, but as I head off to bed tonight I’m hoping Moore goes into the barn to slap his horse on the ass (probably not the first, or worst, in that category) after tearing her mouth with the bit trying to be a cowboy this morning. I can just picture Sassy thinking, “Come on, sucker. Just one little step closer. Just one.”

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:19:44pm

re: #193 teleskiguy

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Roy can console himself with this!

MP3 Audio

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:20:26pm

Even foreign airports watching Alabama’s election (I know it’s a parody account but still):

Watching the Alabama Senate Election, it’s neck and neck. Doug Jones, the Civil Rights attorney? Or Roy Moore, the paedophile and sexual predator? I mean, just how do you separate them? #AmericaGoToYourRoom

— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 10:20:41pm

re: #199 teleskiguy

I’m stoned.

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Woohoo only three more weeks until legal retail weed in California.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Dec 12, 2017 • 10:21:37pm

I didn’t watch the returns as they came in — I haven’t been able do that since about 2000 — so after I got home from GOTV, I went out to dinner, had a nice beer and watched comedies on DVD for a couple of hours. Then I started going through the endless thread that preceded this one, and had just gotten to the “but I still think Moore is going to win” section when an email with the subject “We Just Got One Vote Closer!” arrived.

This was my third out-of-state congressional seat — contributing, phone banking, hoping — and FINALLY one of them came through.

I feel great tonight….

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 10:21:47pm

White Evangelicals are not the future of America. They’re a dead weight dragging this country down. pic.twitter.com/VO8z5VVE12

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 13, 2017

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 10:22:17pm

re: #212 goddamnedfrank

Federal contractor, so still can’t partake.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:22:27pm

re: #212 goddamnedfrank

Woohoo only three more weeks until legal retail weed in California.

Well, think of us in poor benighted states when you go shopping.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Dec 12, 2017 • 10:22:48pm

re: #208 Dr Lizardo

Moore is demanding a recount and it’s not even within the margin for a recount.

He’s a big-time sore loser. Well, fuck him. Normally, the saying goes “Fuck you and the horse you rode in on” but I’m gonna give Sassy a pass.

Sassy has obviously suffered enough.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 10:23:58pm

The Busters are mad.

And I’m sure he’ll get along famously with Manchin and the other Dems that helped kill single payer.

— Keith Childers 🌹 (@keithchilders) December 13, 2017

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We could have had actual functioning democracy if partisans didn’t insist on forcing a binary choice on everyone else.

— Keith Childers 🌹 (@keithchilders) December 13, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Dec 12, 2017 • 10:24:38pm

OK, several hours ago I walked away from my computer and the internet.
I really had no wish to relive November 8th again.
But, eventually I needed to turn the damn thing off, and this is the very first thing I see…

What to know about Doug Jones, Alabama’s next U.S senator https://t.co/VPlCQVNSkB pic.twitter.com/ps43dxUql6

— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 13, 2017

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HOLY FUCKING CRAP!!!

Someone tell me. Am I dreaming?
And, if not, has Dotard been rage-tweeting yet?

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VegasGolfer Dec 12, 2017 • 10:25:17pm

re: #215 Kragar

Federal contractor, so still can’t partake.

I was an air traffic controller for 26 years, had to take many many many many drug tests. Now that henderson, nv. has recreational marijuana, i have started to partake. BRB…

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:25:55pm

now they’re literally snickering at LOOSER Steve Bannon.

— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:26:59pm

re: #218 goddamnedfrank

@keithchilders Was looking through your feed. pic.twitter.com/zEMoDLzau9

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 13, 2017

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TedStriker Dec 12, 2017 • 10:27:05pm

re: #219 FormerDirtDart

OK, several hours ago I walked away from my computer and the internet.
I really had no wish to relive November 8th again.
But, eventually I needed to turn the damn thing off, and this is the very first thing I see…

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HOLY FUCKING CRAP!!!

Someone tell me. Am I dreaming?
And, if not, has Dotard been rage-tweeting yet?

Trump tweeted congratulations to Jones, but the consensus here is that, due to it being in actual fucking English, a WH staffer sent it for him; he was probably already in the bed.

It’s guaranteed that, once Trump actually gets up at dark-o’-thirty to start his day with a dump and a tweet, he’ll absolutely contradict tonight’s tweet.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:27:13pm

re: #218 goddamnedfrank

The Busters are mad.

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Oh fuck them. And if they listened to him, he called for the passage of CHIPS but he’s not pure enough. Go start your own damn party and you’ll see why you fail.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:29:36pm

re: #224 HappyWarrior

Oh fuck them. And if they listened to him, he called for the passage of CHIPS but he’s not pure enough. Go start your own damn party and you’ll see why you fail.

I’m all for a more left-leaning Democratic Party. I am also pragmatic: You don’t get there by demanding the whole ball of wax at once.

Moreover, the goal isn’t just a more left-leaning party. The bigger goal is to move the Overton Window to the left as well, moving the GOP left.

That can’t be done with a strategy of “pass everything I want or I’ll take my marbles and go home.”

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Decatur Deb Dec 12, 2017 • 10:29:41pm

Y’all might have noticed more than my average (wildly excessive) updings tonight. Well, it’s not random. There are Upding Rules, and one of them is that every comment that makes me laugh or even chuckle gets a ding. Been laughing a lot tonight.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:30:04pm

re: #218 goddamnedfrank

The Busters are mad.

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F the Berniebots and Jill Shills!

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:30:24pm

The other pathetic thing is Cory Gardner thinks he can get Jones to switch parties. Stupid pathetic hack should be worried about getting an unemployment slip in 2020. I’m sure the Colorado D’s will find someone good.

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 10:30:48pm

re: #220 VegasGolfer

In theory, we can be tested any time they chose to test us. In practice, last time I got screened was probably over a decade ago. I’m expecting a round coming up soon though since the legalization is taking effect, plus we’re coming up on a contract renegotiation.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:31:11pm

re: #226 Decatur Deb

Y’all might have noticed more than my average (wildly excessive) updings tonight. Well, it’s not random. There are Upding Rules, and one of them is that every comment that makes me laugh or even chuckle gets a ding. Been laughing a lot tonight.

I’m glad you had the opportunity to laugh tonight. You deserve it after your hard work in Alabama.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:34:33pm

re: #225 Anymouse 🌹

I’m all for a more left-leaning Democratic Party. I am also pragmatic: You don’t get there by demanding the whole ball of wax at once.

Moreover, the goal isn’t just a more left-leaning party. The bigger goal is to move the Overton Window to the left as well, moving the GOP left.

That can’t be done with a strategy of “pass everything I want or I’ll take my marbles and go home.”

I am too. I’m just sick of them bitching and their bigoted bs to key elements of our base that win us elections like tonight. It wasn’t their precious WWC that they romanticize but PoC notably women. I just don’t want to hear it from people who don’t know the first thing about building a party and as much as Manchin can legit po me, he’s better then any GOPer WV would send.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 10:34:40pm

How many diet cokes did Trump consume while he gulped and waited for the defeat of his pedophile candidate?? #swishswish

— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) December 13, 2017

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This is the most savage thing I’ve seen since Mrs Waters crafted Michael Tracey’s dried up skeleton into a wind chime. https://t.co/NgdEryVGIp

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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ericblair Dec 12, 2017 • 10:35:01pm

re: #207 Hecuba’s daughter

I am relieved to hear that the Putin-loving voter-suppressing Alabama secy of state has thrown in the towel and isn’t planning on discovering 30,000 missing Moore votes.

I’m guessing the asshole secretary of state doesn’t want anybody looking at what they did to the votes too closely. If Moore drags this out with a recount, he may do us a favor.

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cat-tikvah Dec 12, 2017 • 10:36:28pm

Well what d’ya know?
The snow that fell earlier this week in Alabama WAS Hell freezing over!
Well done ‘Bama!

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BeachDem Dec 12, 2017 • 10:36:35pm

re: #226 Decatur Deb

Y’all might have noticed more than my average (wildly excessive) updings tonight. Well, it’s not random. There are Upding Rules, and one of them is that every comment that makes me laugh or even chuckle gets a ding. Been laughing a lot tonight.

I can’t forget the glamour, your eyes held a tender light
And stars fell on alabama last night

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FormerDirtDart Dec 12, 2017 • 10:38:05pm

Number of votes that Jones won by in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama:
20,715

Number of write-in votes:
22,819https://t.co/qraz4fBneP

— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) December 13, 2017

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 10:38:07pm

NRSC Chairman Cory Gardner: “Tonight’s results are clear – the people of Alabama deemed Roy Moore unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate. I hope Senator-elect Doug Jones will do the right thing and truly represent Alabama by choosing to vote with the Senate Republican Majority.”

— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) December 13, 2017

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Dear @SenCoryGardner : Go fuck yourself. Your majority is down to 1. Expect us next year. https://t.co/e2z1nFU6Mz

— Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:38:37pm

re: #235 BeachDem

I can’t forget the glamour, your eyes held a tender light
And stars fell on alabama last night

Dunno if you saw but tonight was my first in depth viewing of your pal Bakari Sellers. Let me just say, he made another fan tonight. He’s smart, down to earth, clever, and I think could do great things for not just your state but our country.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:38:38pm

I kind of wish I was in Denver right now to see Lady Gaga.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:39:43pm

re: #237 Kragar

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He was elected as a Democrat with no help from the RSCC. Piss off Cory. You would be embracing Moore tonight had he won.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:40:09pm

re: #231 HappyWarrior

I am too. I’m just sick of them bitching and their bigoted bs to key elements of our base that win us elections like tonight. It wasn’t their precious WWC that they romanticize but PoC notably women. I just don’t want to hear it from people who don’t know the first thing about building a party and as much as Manchin can legit po me, he’s better then any GOPer WV would send.

As for the white working class (of which I am a member), all good on us voting for decent candidates for office.

The focus should not be on us, it should be on everyone.

I see we have entered the “just restate all my strong Bayesian priors and call it analysis” phase of the night. Anyway I look forward to all the #hottakes ignoring all sorts of important thing and doing this tomorrow.

— john anderson (@huzzahmpls) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 10:41:03pm

re: #237 Kragar

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Here is something to savor, revenge for Merrick Garland. The GOP has set the precedent; if the Democrats win control of the US Senate next year, and a SCOTUS seat becomes vacant; they should refuse to even consider any Trump nominee until after the 2020 presidential election.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:41:45pm

#Graphic showing how different demographic groups voted in Alabama Senate election pic.twitter.com/WfowpwrInF

— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 13, 2017

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Non-white people. Young people. That’s the kicker for tonight’s election.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:42:46pm

re: #241 Anymouse 🌹

As for the white working class (of which I am a member), all good on us voting for decent candidates for office.

The focus should not be on us, it should be on everyone.

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That’s my point and yeah I’m a descendant of the WWC. I’m happy to be in coalition with people of all walks of life. Jones got that and so did Obama. The Bros don’t.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:45:03pm

re: #244 HappyWarrior

That’s my point and yeah I’m a descendant of the WWC. I’m happy to be in coalition with people of all walks of life. Jones got that and so did Obama. The Bros don’t.

I’d rather be a coalition of a rainbow (paraphrasing Jesse Jackson) than a coalition of white.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 12, 2017 • 10:46:22pm

According to Alabama state law, Roy Moore now has to eat his horse. https://t.co/8LVvznMR5y

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) December 13, 2017

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HOLY SHIT SOMEBODY HIDE ME https://t.co/4TXHQRfh1u

— Roy Moore’s Horse (@RoyMooresHorse) December 13, 2017

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Dec 12, 2017 • 10:46:34pm

Time for me to go to bed… but before I sign off…

I am also glad to thank African-American women for Doug Jones’ win, but 93% of African-American voted for him too.

So I’d like to thank them as well.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 12, 2017 • 10:46:46pm

re: #237 Kragar

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I absolutely think Jones should get behind the agenda Trump ran on of infrastructure spending, no cuts to social security, medicare or medicaid, and healthcare reform that covers everyone.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:46:59pm

One of the most important things #DougJones did is stand FIRMLY for women’s reproductive rights. He affirmed that core Democratic principle and didn’t pander. That’s how to win elections.#AlabamaSenateElection

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:47:55pm

re: #245 Anymouse 🌹

I’d rather be a coalition of a rainbow (paraphrasing Jesse Jackson) than a coalition of white.

Yeah Jackson for all his flaws did see that was the Dems future. If WWC want to join us, fine but we’re never going to abandon our brothers and sisters just to appease them and that means being proudly too-choice, listening people regardless of race or national origin, etc.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:49:39pm

re: #250 HappyWarrior

Yeah Jackson for all his flaws did see that was the Dems future. If WWC want to join us, fine but we’re never going to abandon our brothers and sisters just to appease them and that means being proudly too-choice, listening people regardless of race or national origin, etc.

Wingnuts will often claim that there should be no “hyphenated Americans” (African-Americans, Iranian-Americans, Polish-Americans, &c).

Right now, it’s the Democratic Party that offers the wingnut vision of just “Americans.”

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:49:56pm

re: #247 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Time for me to go to bed… but before I sign off…

I am also glad to thank African-American women for Doug Jones’ win, but 93% of African-American voted for him too.

So I’d like to thank them as well.

I hate that Black people vote so smart and our demo so stupid. Just found out that one of my good friends brother was a Moore guy. Agh. His brother is already getting too wingnutty. It’s sad but I’ll enjoy tonight still.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 12, 2017 • 10:50:16pm

Jones finishes at 93.5% of Hillary Clinton’s raw vote total.
Moore at 49.8% of Trump’s.

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 10:50:48pm

re: #251 Anymouse 🌹

Wingnuts will often claim that there should be no “hyphenated Americans” (African-Americans, Iranian-Americans, Polish-Americans, &c).

Right now, it’s the Democratic Party that offers the wingnut vision of just “Americans.”

Wingnuts are the biggest players of identity politics out there.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 10:53:31pm

re: #239 teleskiguy

Of course I see a gal I knew from college on Facebook having a ball at the Lady Gaga concert. This gal is a super hippy chick that rides dirt bikes, mind you, and she dolled herself up like nobody’s business, makeup galore, gaudy eyeliner, sequins!

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Single-handed sailor Dec 12, 2017 • 10:56:18pm

This calls for some celebratory music.

The Rainy Daze - “That Acapulco Gold”

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 10:57:19pm

Yes America, Voter ID Is a Poll Tax to Cheat at Elections (goes to Crooks and Liars)

Meet Marvin.

Marvin is a wonderful, sweet gentleman who lives in a tiny boarding house in Atlanta. We met him this summer and we started working to get him an ID. But Marvin was born in a Jim Crow town that didn’t give birth certificates to black babies. It’s tough enough to get a birth certificate REPLACED, but when you never had one in the first place… that’s a challenge.

So, we had to FOIA the Social Security Administration for something called a Numident Record.
It costs $27.

….It’s basically a history of your Social Security life and in some states, for some forms of ID, if you are a certain age you can use it in place of a birth certificate.

As you can imagine, the SSA is not the fastest agency in the world. It took almost four months to get Marvin’s ID. Our amazing volunteer Karen was on the phone with them every week trying to find out when they would mail the record. And Marvin was calling me every week because this ID means everything to him.

You see, Marvin is trapped in his home because in order to take wheelchair-accessible public transportation you need an ID to sign up. Seriously.

Not only that, but he is spending most of his income on rent for his very small room in the boarding house. He has an opportunity for better, less expensive housing but, you guessed it, he needs ID.

So Marvin called every week for three months and every week we had to say “We’re so sorry Marvin, we’re doing everything we can, we just have to keep waiting”. It was terrible.

But then the SSA finally mailed the form. It was thrilling. Of course, then we had the problem of transportation. Like I said, he can’t take public transportation. So we had to hire a private company to pick him up, wait while they were at the DMV, and take him home.
It cost $130.

There is no way Marvin would have been able to afford that on his own.

(more)

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BeachDem Dec 12, 2017 • 11:01:07pm

re: #238 HappyWarrior

Dunno if you saw but tonight was my first in depth viewing of your pal Bakari Sellers. Let me just say, he made another fan tonight. He’s smart, down to earth, clever, and I think could do great things for not just your state but our country.

I did see it and commented on it. Bakari is all that and a bag of chips! As I’ve mentioned before, the first time I met him, about 6 or 7 years ago, I felt like people must have felt when they first met a young Obama. He’s the real deal.

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 11:02:43pm

Tonight was fun and all, but I really wish I was at a Lady Gaga concert instead. I’ve got a soft spot for her, fight me.

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retired cynic Dec 12, 2017 • 11:04:16pm

re: #259 teleskiguy

Tonight was fun and all, but I really wish I was at a Lady Gaga concert instead. I’ve got a soft spot for her, fight me.

She’s a real talent!

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teleskiguy Dec 12, 2017 • 11:06:38pm

re: #260 retired cynic

She’s a real talent!

Lady Gaga - You’ve got a friend(Carole King Tribute) -HQ

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:07:37pm

re: #258 BeachDem

I did see it and commented on it. Bakari is all that and a bag of chips! As I’ve mentioned before, the first time I met him, about 6 or 7 years ago, I felt like people must have felt when they first met a young Obama. He’s the real deal.

I can’t believe the distance between him and I age wise is around that of me and my brother. He is wise byond his years.

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prairiefire Dec 12, 2017 • 11:09:31pm

re: #213 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

Thank you!

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Kragar Dec 12, 2017 • 11:10:55pm

THE MEDIA NEEDS TO PLAY THIS WHEN DONALD TRUMP GETS IMPEACHED pic.twitter.com/CgNTKVdh6c

— DeMarko Gage :) (@DeMarko_Gage) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 12, 2017 • 11:11:07pm

you trying to tweet through it… pic.twitter.com/Px6AN54xdD

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:12:09pm

re: #265 goddamnedfrank

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Gonna be a strange Christmas at the Romney household. Ronna must be so proud of herself. I mean fuck Mitt too but even a scum like him had some decency to distance himself from this shitshow.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 11:13:18pm

re: #266 HappyWarrior

Gonna be a strange Christmas at the Romney household. Renna must be so proud of herself. I mean fuck Mitt too but even a scum like him had some decency to distance himself from this shitshow.

Until he went crawling to Trump Tower for a job after Trump was elected.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:14:29pm

Am I a coward? I can’t bring myself to defriend let alone go off on people whose political views are not only are the anti-thesis of what I believe politically but have many beliefs that go against what I believe defines my humanity. I’m starting to feel a little how those people who lost loved ones over things like the Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, Nazism, and other things. It thankfully won’t ever get to the point of violence but it does cause me great internal sorrow.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:15:05pm

re: #267 Anymouse 🌹

Until he went crawling to Trump Tower for a job after Trump was elected.

I was talking about Moore. You ain’t wrong about that though.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 11:15:10pm

re: #267 Anymouse 🌹

Until he went crawling to Trump Tower for a job after Trump was elected.

On top of that, Renna got a job (as RNC chair) but was forced to drop the Romney name.

Trump rubs Mitt Romney’s nose in it every chance he can get. Moreover, Renna shows conservatism to it’s core: Sorry Mitt, I got mine, screw the family.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 11:21:08pm

re: #268 HappyWarrior

Am I a coward? I can’t bring myself to defriend let alone go off on people whose political views are not only are the anti-thesis of what I believe politically but have many beliefs that go against what I believe defines my humanity. I’m starting to feel a little how those people who lost loved ones over things like the Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, Nazism, and other things. It thankfully won’t ever get to the point of violence but it does cause me great internal sorrow.

I suppose that concerns how much you actually depend on them. A friend or family member who holds political positions opposite yours are not necessarily bad (re: my wife and me), but when they are actively working against you, that’s another story.

I’ve never disowned a family member. All my cousins disowned me (four for being an atheist, one for voting for Hillary Clinton instead of Jill Stein).

There is no need to continually hold out to family or friends who are actively undermining you. It is hard to take, but might do you good to block them. You are under no obligation to tell them why, and you certainly aren’t under any obligation to constantly bend to their wishes when they are unwilling to bend to yours.

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BeachDem Dec 12, 2017 • 11:25:19pm

re: #262 HappyWarrior

I can’t believe the distance between him and I age wise is around that of me and my brother. He is wise byond his years.

He’s only 33, so he has YEARS ahead of him, and he was only 22 when he was first elected.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 11:26:45pm

re: #272 BeachDem

He’s only 33, so he has YEARS ahead of him, and he was only 22 when he was first elected.

Baraki 2044 for President?

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:27:24pm

re: #271 Anymouse 🌹

I suppose that concerns how much you actually depend on them. A friend or family member who holds political positions opposite yours are not necessarily bad (re: my wife and me), but when they are actively working against you, that’s another story.

I’ve never disowned a family member. All my cousins disowned me (four for being an atheist, one for voting for Hillary Clinton instead of Jill Stein).

There is no need to continually hold out to family or friends who are actively undermining you. It is hard to take, but might do you good to block them. You are under no obligation to tell them why, and you certainly aren’t under any obligation to constantly bend to their wishes when they are unwilling to bend to yours.

It’s tough. I’m going to sleep on it. I’m more broken hearted about it than anything. I’ve never disowned a friend over politics because I want to be bigger than that but I feel tested moer than ever these days when a lot of political views held by wingnuts are a direct attack on my family. I dunno. I need to sleep. Just feel sick to my stomach thinking about this.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:28:05pm

re: #273 Anymouse 🌹

Baraki 2044 for President?

Well let’s get him other places first but this guy is legit.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:29:38pm

re: #272 BeachDem

He’s only 33, so he has YEARS ahead of him, and he was only 22 when he was first elected.

Yeah I don’t know why but I thought he was in his mid to late 30’s. We would have been in high school at the same time. I just love his intelligence, insight, and warmth. Another guy I really like is Coates, he’s more of a pundit than someone who wants to run for office but I love Coates’ essays about history and its implications for us here in 2017.

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BeachDem Dec 12, 2017 • 11:29:58pm

re: #273 Anymouse 🌹

Baraki 2044 for President?

Why wait till he’s 60? (And it’s Bakari—remember that name!)

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:30:57pm

Before I go to bed, I did catch the Chaplin speech with the Inception music. Awesome. Just awesome and this was done 77 years ago when we honestly weren’t as open midned as we are now but Charlie’s message still holds true 77 years later more than ever.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 11:31:35pm

Minor good news on the local water front.

After our water tower project in June, we’ve been struggling to get our coliform tests back under the legal limit (failure means chlorinating the water). We just got back our third straight clean test in a row … the request went into the state a couple days ago to end chlorination of our water.

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HappyWarrior Dec 12, 2017 • 11:32:12pm

re: #277 BeachDem

Why wait till he’s 60? (And it’s Bakari—remember that name!)

We have a good young stable of candidates. Your home state of Massachusetts has some good ones too. I like Seth Moulton and Joe Kennedy III too. There are a lot of awesome, thoughtful young Democrats out there who come from different walks of life but in their own way make me proud to be an American liberal.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 12, 2017 • 11:33:39pm

re: #274 HappyWarrior

It’s tough. I’m going to sleep on it. I’m more broken hearted about it than anything. I’ve never disowned a friend over politics because I want to be bigger than that but I feel tested moer than ever these days when a lot of political views held by wingnuts are a direct attack on my family. I dunno. I need to sleep. Just feel sick to my stomach thinking about this.

I’m sorry you have to deal with it.

Each person’s situation is different, though I can say I am better off without my cousins constantly harping on me now. I have different family now (LGF, my neighbours, an occasional laugh at Wonkette, &c).

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Kragar Dec 13, 2017 • 12:00:22am

Anybody know why the Bernie Sanders revolution is so mad that Doug Jones won?
This is problematic as hell.

— Bravenak Wonderbitch Can’t Find Mr. Dane. (@bravenak) December 13, 2017

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Varek Raith Dec 13, 2017 • 12:09:56am

*Ojou sama laugh*

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:12:15am

re: #19 teleskiguy

WaPo’s final numbers:

Jones 670,561, 49.9%
Kid fucker 649,240, 48.4%
Write-in 22,777, 1.7%

I assume that most of the write-ins were staunch GOP loyalists who could never vote for a Democrat but just could not bring themselves to vote for a toy pistol-toting, pony-riding child molester. They really helped tip the scales.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 12:14:28am

re: #284 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yep, those write-in votes for whomever (R) dragged off just enough from Moore. Good. Also, high minority turnout helped Jones a lot.

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Scout Dec 13, 2017 • 12:17:54am

re: #213 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

I didn’t watch the returns as they came in — I haven’t been able do that since about 2000 — so after I got home from GOTV, I went out to dinner, had a nice beer and watched comedies on DVD for a couple of hours. Then I started going through the endless thread that preceded this one, and had just gotten to the “but I still think Moore is going to win” section when an email with the subject “We Just Got One Vote Closer!” arrived.

This was my third out-of-state congressional seat — contributing, phone banking, hoping — and FINALLY one of them came through.

I feel great tonight….

Thank you so very much for your hard work!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:18:13am

re: #91 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

Roy thinks it’s cheating when blacks get ~~a whole vote rather than 3/5~~ to vote at all.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:19:07am

re: #93 Hecuba’s daughter

We are not always going to luck out with GOP candidates that are so manifestly unfit for office.

Fortunately, we have GOP primary voters to help us in that respect.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:20:50am

re: #133 austin_blue

Here’s my brother-in-laws band from back in the 70’s:

been a big fan of Silly Wizard for a very long time, one of the best

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 12:23:31am

I’m going to hit the rack. Wow, what a night.

Congradulamashuns, LGF Alabamans. Senator-elect Jones is a person to be proud of to represent you in the Senate.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:27:51am

re: #214 Kragar

White Evangelicals are not the future of America. They’re a dead weight dragging this country down.

and they are not a monolith: as mentioned earlier, they are pretty unanimous on rejecting abortion, but opinions vary on gay marriage and how to deal with the poor. not all are in favor of letting them starve. And Alabama shows that many of them have some sense of decency

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Bass Reeves Dec 13, 2017 • 12:29:46am

re: #274 HappyWarrior

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Bass Reeves Dec 13, 2017 • 12:31:29am

re: #291 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and they are not a monolith: as mentioned earlier, they are pretty unanimous on rejecting abortion, but opinions vary on gay marriage and how to deal with the poor. not all are in favor of letting them starve. And Alabama shows that many of them have some sense of decency

I would say that *many* is a vast overstatement based on teleskiguy’s 243.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 12:34:02am

re: #291 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and they are not a monolith: as mentioned earlier, they are pretty unanimous on rejecting abortion, but opinions vary on gay marriage and how to deal with the poor. not all are in favor of letting them starve. And Alabama shows that many of them have some sense of decency

Less than 1 in 5.

81% of white evangelicals who voted in Alabama cast a vote for Roy Moore. This time, they made up 44% of voters compared with 47% in 2012 and 2008 presidential elections.https://t.co/Dw2iBriG7S pic.twitter.com/OsnqTZGQyU

— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 13, 2017 • 12:37:49am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:40:01am

re: #294 goddamnedfrank

Less than 1 in 5.

well, at least some of them have a sense of decency

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 12:52:06am

starherald.com

Imagine growing tropical trees in western Nebraska — harvesting lemons and oranges, maybe even bananas.

It’s been done already. The North Platte Natural Resources District is planning to do it in the future.

The NRD is raising funds for a solar-powered, geothermal-heated greenhouse, sunk 4 feet into the ground over a network of ducts circulating 54-degree air warmed by the earth. The greenhouse would measure 126 by 17 feet and stand 14 feet high, said NRD Assistant Manager Barb Cross, who is overseeing the project.

(more)

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Scout Dec 13, 2017 • 12:59:05am

Deleted.

Can’t figure out how to embed a video.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 1:04:54am

re: #298 Scout

Deleted.

Can’t figure out how to embed a video.

From YouTube, simply copy the URL. Paste it into your LGF Comment.
From Twitter, click on the little symbol at the top right of the tweet, which will drop down a menu. Click on “Embed Tweet” which puts up a box “Embed Tweet” with the info in it. Copy that, paste it into your LGF comment.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 1:06:01am

I read it. You said you weren’t taking part in the election and now you’re play acting at being relieved that black voters saved everyone (but most importantly themselves) from having to live with the effects of your idealistic purity tantrum, false equivalence & white-privilege.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 1:14:00am

You don’t get to gamble with people’s health, safety & basic legal equality by passively refusing to do the one, really goddamned easy thing that could avert catastrophe and then act relieved when they save themselves without your help.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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Kragar Dec 13, 2017 • 1:21:19am

Coyboy Roy wants a recount? Hard to do when he has trouble counting to numbers above the teens.

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 13, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 1:25:36am

re: #300 goddamnedfrank

You’re guy still has this tweet pinned to the top of his page (the fellow “relieved” that others came and saved the election for Jones tonight):

A critique of Doug Jones from the lefthttps://t.co/STqpTzqsCd

— Alex 🌽🍞🌹🏴 (@LeftistScumbag) December 9, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 1:28:34am

some quick photos of right when they called it pic.twitter.com/dNOi9D8q7k

— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) December 13, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 1:34:18am

If Doug Jones wins on Tuesday, I’ll be mentioning these moments. While admittedly odd to see a throng of folk waiting for selfies & autographs with an Alabama Democrat, he stayed til the last handshake last night in Birmingham & the third photo is of him in Montgomery yesterday. pic.twitter.com/XRyMYY43SW

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) December 10, 2017

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I take you back to this. While Roy Moore was out of town, Doug Jones was in Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham and Huntsville and back. This was a campaign. https://t.co/uZ2qVO30oz

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) December 13, 2017

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Scout Dec 13, 2017 • 1:38:07am

re: #299 Anymouse 🌹

Thanks very much, but I tried that and it’s just not working for me. I’ll try again some other time.

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fern01 Dec 13, 2017 • 1:38:40am

re: #80 HappyWarrior

I think Trump should be dreading 2020. He got lucky to run against Clinton, a candidate both his base hated and his Russian handlers did. Don’t get me wrong- HRC was the right choice and she would be a great president but he did luck into that. If he’s running against oh I dunno someone like Duckworth who is a legit hero, it could get really ugly for him and we could be looking at a big 2020 win with the potential to control the state houses for a good decade and the 20’s will be roaring.

Most likely trump won’t run in 2020. He’ll take the money from his re-election campaigh - and go home.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 1:41:10am

re: #303 Anymouse 🌹

guy

Woman. “she/they” in bio, other tweets in her mentions saying she’s trans. Only mentioning this to keep anybody else from accidentally misgendering her.

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fern01 Dec 13, 2017 • 1:43:34am

re: #113 Hecuba’s daughter

You are right; I tend to be too pessimistic, a glass half-empty type of gal. It is a great win, especially following the Virginia success. It can be a true harbinger if the Democrats really work at getting African Americans and other people of color registered and out to vote.

Look — Tweety has another woman of color — Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn. org

And he attacked her mercilessly, interrupted, disagreed, demanded she “answer the question” - shame he doesn’t hit on GOP commentators in the same fashion

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 1:44:52am

re: #308 goddamnedfrank

My mistake. Thank you for the correction. It was not intentional.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 1:48:56am

USA Today Editorial Board: “A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush.” https://t.co/Bh0s9BrU0J

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 13, 2017

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“The nation doesn’t seek nor expect perfect presidents… But a president who shows such disrespect for the truth, for ethics, for the basic duties of the job and for decency toward others fails at the very essence of what has always made America great.” https://t.co/t9EUJ0TPpO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 1:49:05am

re: #310 Anymouse 🌹

My mistake. Thank you for the correction. It was not intentional.

It is not our fault that our language does not have a pronoun to accommodate people like that

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teleskiguy Dec 13, 2017 • 1:57:16am

#NowPlaying Modest Mouse > Good News For People Who Love Bad News > The Good Times Are Killing Me https://t.co/IJdiY3mQAH

— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) August 1, 2017

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fern01 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:02:53am

re: #155 Hecuba’s daughter

It is distressing that 63% of white women supported Moore — a man so totally unfit. What is wrong with these people? Anti-choice single issue voter?

They vote for the R (might mean republican, might mean racism). Anti choice had little to do with this election.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 2:09:16am

Black turnout today in Alabama was larger than it was 4 Obama’s election. Stunning. Tonight’s lesson: Everybody must vote! And when they have a great candidate they will show up. We must run real heroes who will win, not party-approved hacks. We’re the majority. Here comes 2018!

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 13, 2017

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You need to STFU - you dismissed us black folks in search of the WWC - you trashed Hillary who black folks voted for. WTF is “party-approved hacks?” https://t.co/uTD9WKcvFm

— Denise Oliver-Velez (@Deoliver47) December 13, 2017

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Varek Raith Dec 13, 2017 • 2:16:45am

re: #315 goddamnedfrank

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BOOM!

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:19:11am

re: #316 Varek Raith

BOOM!

Republicans aren’t the only ones who engage in revisionist history about what they said in the past.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:19:50am

re: #312 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is not our fault that our language does not have a pronoun to accommodate people like that

It was my fault to not look at the poster’s bio or other information prior to my comment however.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 2:20:23am

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— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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Lupin Dec 13, 2017 • 2:21:18am

Congratulations, Alabama! America! You’ve regained a slice of your soul tonight!

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:24:39am

Mike @Cernovich gets caught with a smoking gun in enormous Chuck Schumer sexual harassment hoax pic.twitter.com/egmxotxEJh

— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) December 13, 2017

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wheat-dogg Dec 13, 2017 • 2:24:47am

re: #311 JordanRules

A noteworthy editorial, given that USA Today is owned by the conservative Gannett group.

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wheat-dogg Dec 13, 2017 • 2:29:21am

So, my day started off right, with morning classes going very well. Then, just before lunch, I checked the BBC for news of the world, and what should be the lead story? Democrat Doug Jones wins Alabama! I was amazed and elated at the same time. What a tremendous FU to Trump and the GOP.

Whether the GOP leadership will take Moore’s loss as indication to cut ties with Trump is doubtful, though. They have blinker-vision, eyes only on their goals of recreating feudalism in the USA and pandering to their white demographic. They will take the GOP right off the cliff.

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Varek Raith Dec 13, 2017 • 2:29:38am

I figured the ‘white male progressive dudebros’ would try and take credit for the Jones win.

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:30:41am

re: #324 Varek Raith

I figured the ‘white male progressive dudebros’ would try and take credit for the Jones win.

Give them some time …

We don’t need a left-wing version of the Tea Party.

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 2:33:27am

Morning! I went to bed early and woke to this great surprise. I also see Senate Leadership is blaming it all on Bannon…… This should be good.

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meteor Dec 13, 2017 • 2:43:27am

Praise the Lord - Sergei Rachmaninov

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:44:10am

Some numbers from BlackPAC, which also mobilized voters in Virginia: over 250,000 doors knocked in the last 5 days of the election pic.twitter.com/0h7IGyNQHp

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 13, 2017 • 2:48:45am

re: #313 teleskiguy

MP3 Audio

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:51:31am

LOL, the Lincoln (NE) DSA dragging on Bernie Sanders.

Fixed it for you ❤️💕💞 pic.twitter.com/H2Tbaifofn

— DSA Lincoln 🌹🌽 (@DSALincolnNE) August 7, 2017

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Anymouse 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 2:54:11am

Special thanks to the genius strategist who did so much to make this happen: Steve Bannon.

— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 3:27:33am

re: #331 Anymouse 🌹

pecial thanks to the genius strategist who did so much to make this happen: Steve Bannon.

Bannon the Destroyer will turn this back on the GOP establishment for not doing enough to support Moore and costing them a Senate seat.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 3:32:07am

You are three for three. You endorsed Gillespie and then Gillespie lost. You endorsed Strange and Strange lost. Then you endorsed Moore and Moore lost. Face it, your endorsement is the kiss of death.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 3:33:54am

LOLWUT?

I love liberalism and feminism. Conservatives like you and ISIS are scum.

P.S. I love gay sex. Triggered yet, conservaturd?

— Liberal Arab (@LiberalismRules) December 13, 2017

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 3:45:56am

Will this finally bring down Rage Furby?

Right-wing trolls Mike Cernovich & Chuck Johnson promoted a forged document that accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of sexually harassing a former staffer, then walked back their claims when the document was reported to police as a forgery. https://t.co/o2Xt5Wp6zl

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) December 13, 2017

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teleskiguy Dec 13, 2017 • 3:50:20am

re: #334 goddamnedfrank

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— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 13, 2017

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 3:58:51am

Didn’t know that wanting better than a formless corporate blob to vote for was a privileged purity tantrum. It’s almost like people want the Democrats to offer them something other than “we’re not them!”

— President of Antifa (2nd term) (@The_DirtyCommie) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 4:12:32am

Democrats must make it clear that we cannot take the gains we have made in personal freedoms, women’s, minority or LGBT rights for granted. Nor can we take any reforms in labor law, environmental, consumer protections or public health for granted.

They are all under attack by a party and an administration that wants to roll back or ignore everything that has been done in recent decades to implement them.

That needs to be part of the core message. There are enough examples happening right under our noses if we do not let ourselves be distracted by DT’s inane tweets.

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 4:12:33am

I swear the first thing I did when I got up this am is make sure nothing changed overnight.

Now Im gonna have a peaceful run.

More to come..

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 4:20:13am

Wanting better is no excuse for tacitly condoning abject evil. If you want better then work for it, organize, take some modicum of responsibility instead of offering weak excuses and blaming others for your own pathetic inaction.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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BigPapa Dec 13, 2017 • 4:30:47am

06. Optimistic - Video (Radiohead - Kid A)

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meteor Dec 13, 2017 • 4:31:21am

coo coo coo coo coooo

— Korben the Budgie (@korbenisabird) December 13, 2017

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 13, 2017 • 4:42:03am

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Black turnout today in Alabama was larger than it was 4 Obama’s election. Stunning. Tonight’s lesson: Everybody must vote! And when they have a great candidate they will show up. We must run real heroes who will win, not party-approved hacks. We’re the majority. Here comes 2018!
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You need to STFU - you dismissed us black folks in search of the WWC - you trashed Hillary who black folks voted for. WTF is “party-approved hacks?”

Black turnout today in Alabama was larger than it was 4 Obama’s election. Stunning. Tonight’s lesson: Everybody must vote! And when they have a great candidate they will show up. We must run real heroes who will win, not party-approved hacks. We’re the majority. Here comes 2018!

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Michael Moore has many sins but at least when Hillary won the nomination, he supported her without reservation. He thought she would lose but he didn’t act as though she and Trump were equivalent.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 4:42:33am

re: #337 goddamnedfrank

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Except that’s what happened. Democrats ARE offering themselves as viable alternatives and I don’t want lectures from someone with a sickle and hammer avatar.

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Ace-o-aces Dec 13, 2017 • 4:45:13am

The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017

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If Doug Jones does beat Roy Moore, I predict Trump’s first response will be to remind everyone he supported Luther Strange in the primaries.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 11, 2017

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CALLED IT!https://t.co/MZkfPKUIua

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 13, 2017

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Call me Nostradamus!

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 4:45:24am

Here’s the thing, Jones is a product of that WWC they love to fetishize. His father was a steelworker but Jones defined himself as someone concerned with all Americans regardless of race or class when he prosecuted Cherry/Blanton and led the task force on Rudolph.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 4:46:47am

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Call me Nostradamus!

That was my prediction too. The deck stacked against him though? Yeah that’s what we call the truth coming out.

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Decatur Deb Dec 13, 2017 • 4:51:33am

‘Morning, all.

Had a weird freakn’ dream last night, that Alabama had a Democrat in the Senate. Gotta watch those meds.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 4:52:05am

It says a lot about the Bros when a few of my libertarian leaning friends are more happy than they are about the election results.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 13, 2017 • 4:52:35am

re: #344 HappyWarrior

Except that’s what happened. Democrats ARE offering themselves as viable alternatives and I don’t want lectures from someone with a sickle and hammer avatar.

The BernieBros demonize anyone who doesn’t share ALL their views; they still act as though there was no real difference between Hillary and Trump and their non-support cost Hillary the presidency (welll - that and Comey).

Maybe this alternative reality will turn out to be better in the long run: Hillary would have been persecuted her entire administration with false charges and the GOP would have kept their base energized. Instead it is the Dems who have the energy. I know the damage that Trump is inflicting on the judiciary for decades to come, but let’s see how this plays out in the long run. We may survive this yet.

After the victory last night, my sister texted me: Maybe there is hope for this country after all…

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 4:53:18am

re: #348 Decatur Deb

‘Morning, all.

Had a weird freakn’ dream last night, that Alabama had a Democrat in the Senate. Gotta watch those meds.

Haha. Seriously though DD, awesome work this fall and winter. You’re a fine ambassador for any good cause.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 4:55:28am

re: #350 Hecuba’s daughter

The BernieBros demonize anyone who doesn’t share ALL their views; they still act as though there was no real difference between Hillary and Trump and their non-support cost Hillary the presidency (welll - that and Comey).

Maybe this alternative reality will turn out to be better in the long run: Hillary would have been persecuted her entire administration with false charges and the GOP would have kept their base energized. Instead it is the Dems who have the energy. I know the damage that Trump is inflicting on the judiciary for decades to come, but let’s see how this plays out in the long run. We may survive this yet.

After the victory last night, my sister texted me: Maybe there is hope for this country after all…

Honestly my worry was HRC being handicapped by 2020 and a generic GOPer beating her and 2020 being a huge GOP win. For now, I just believe we have to make do with what we have.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 5:00:53am

Because an avowed socialist would’ve definitely won in Alabama, right? Love this Pollyanna approach to politics where other people do all the heavy lifting while you arrogantly whine from the sidelines.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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wheat-dogg Dec 13, 2017 • 5:05:09am

I’m a Princeton grad, but this video made my day. Kid’s from Louisiana, and got admitted under Harvard’s Early Action program, which means he’s hot shit.

And he’s 16.

All the hard work was worth it. I got accepted to Harvard at 16!! 😭😭😭 #Harvard #Harvard2022 pic.twitter.com/KjW3pAF0VG

— Tha Little Man (@AyrtonLittle) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:05:57am

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These people are the worst and they’re who Sanders brought in. I’ll take those black students at the HBCUs or their parents and grandparents. They are not only more reliable at the polls but they are an intelligent bunch.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 5:07:14am

re: #349 HappyWarrior

It says a lot about the Bros when a few of my libertarian leaning friends are more happy than they are about the election results.

Libertarians didn’t have their talking point about hapless pragmatic Democrats needing to step aside and hand over the reigns so Our Revolution can court the white working class with a singular focus on economic socialism totally torn to shreds.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:10:10am

re: #357 goddamnedfrank

Libertarians didn’t have their talking point about hapless pragmatic Democrats needing to step aside and hand over the reigns so Our Revolution can court the white working class with a singular focus on economic socialism totally torn to shreds.

True. But yeah this is a big repudiating of our OR.

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bill d. (b.d.) Dec 13, 2017 • 5:10:11am

hahahahahahahahaha…..deep breath…..hahahahahahahahahaha

Roy Moore won’t concede; says will wait on God to speak. God wasn’t registered to vote in AL but the ppl who voted did speak and it wasn’t close enough for recount. In elections everyone does NOT get a trophy. I know first hand but it’s best to exit with class.

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:11:34am

re: #354 wheat-dogg

I’m a Princeton grad, but this video made my day. Kid’s from Louisiana, and got admitted under Harvard’s Early Action program, which means he’s hot shit.

And he’s 16.

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Beautiful moment. Can’t wait to see what he does in the world.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:12:36am

re: #359 bill d. (b.d.)

hahahahahahahahaha…..deep breath…..hahahahahahahahahaha

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Hahaha.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 5:14:31am

re: #350 Hecuba’s daughter

The BernieBros demonize anyone who doesn’t share ALL their views; they still act as though there was no real difference between Hillary and Trump and their non-support cost Hillary the presidency (welll - that and Comey).

And that plays right into the hands of the ratfuckers who want to keep the Democrats hobbled by infighting and unable to field successful candidates.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:15:55am

The other thing is the Perez era at the DNC is off to a nice start. Perez was another guy the Bros hated.

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BlueSpotinAL Dec 13, 2017 • 5:16:39am

re: #332 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Bannon the Destroyer will turn this back on the GOP establishment for not doing enough to support Moore and costing them a Senate seat.

The number of ad buys went up significantly after the GOP announced that they were going to spend money in the Alabama Senate race.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:18:06am

re: #364 BlueSpotinAL

The number of ad buys went up significantly after the GOP announced that they were going to spend money in the Alabama Senate race.

Yeah but when has Bannon ever cared about facts? But yeah the narrative I’m seeing is McConnell is why Moore lost.

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 5:19:12am

re: #207 Hecuba’s daughter

I am relieved to hear that the Putin-loving voter-suppressing Alabama secy of state has thrown in the towel and isn’t planning on discovering 30,000 missing Moore votes.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:20:44am

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SteelPH Dec 13, 2017 • 5:24:07am

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 5:26:58am

This takes some of the joy out of last night’s victory. Pat DiNizio of Smithereens has passed away at the way-too-young age of 62. One of the most cerebral and funny rock stars I ever had the pleasure to meet, and a hell of a songwriter.

Gonna break out the Smithereens and crank it today. RIP, Pat.

The Smithereens - A Girl Like You

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Mike Lamb Dec 13, 2017 • 5:29:02am

Trump: Don’t blame me, I supported a different loser!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 5:29:55am

re: #365 HappyWarrior

Yeah but when has Bannon ever cared about facts? But yeah the narrative I’m seeing is McConnell is why Moore lost.

Moore’s own behavior does not seem to be of interest in this argument…

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 5:32:03am

re: #373 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Moore’s own behavior does not seem to be of interest in this argument…

Because conservatives never fail, they can only be failed.

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jeffreyw Dec 13, 2017 • 5:33:41am

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 5:33:57am

Berners are mad today that black people keep voting and thereby fucking up the genius plan to reshape the Democratic party by not voting.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 5:35:05am

???
When do #Republicans start rejecting @realDonaldTrump’s endorsement going forward? Clearly this is proving not to be a winning strategy. #MorningJoe @maddow
???

— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 13, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 13, 2017 • 5:36:09am

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 5:37:51am

I’m hearing lots of Dems talking about lessons to learn from #Alabama. Here’s one from me: when we run against a white supremacist, Islamophobe, w/ a record of abusing women - we ought be be able to win. Why then did we lose PA, WI, MI etc in 2016? Soul searching, please.

— James J. Zogby (@jjz1600) December 13, 2017

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why are there so many Berners trying to pour cold water on this victory. Let people enjoy it for a minute before you go back to Bernie v. Hillary. Christ. https://t.co/LxVbyji5GW

— Imani Gandy Canes (@AngryBlackLady) December 13, 2017

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Winning last night really fucked up their “we need to court the white working class with a singular focus on economic populism” talking point.

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 5:41:10am

As I said last night, the theory that GOP tolerance of sexual predators is going to give them a decisive advantage over the Democrats was laid to rest. It just cost them a seat that literally any other Alabama Republican would’ve won. There is now a realistic chance that the Democrats win control of the Senate in the midterms, possibly along with the House.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 5:44:24am

re: #379 goddamnedfrank

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What last night showed was that when African-Americans turn out to vote, Democrats win. Democrats need to offer both economic and social justice.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 5:44:24am

Let’s never forget that the Republican Party went all in in supporting a pedophile who wants to jail gay people and bring slavery back. Let’s never forget that 68% of white people voted for this person. Let’s never ever forget and kick them all out. #ThankYouAlabama

— BWD 🤢 You People Replaced Obama With This (@IrisRimon) December 13, 2017

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 5:46:46am

re: #380 Big Beautiful Door

As I said last night, the theory that GOP tolerance of sexual predators is going to give them a decisive advantage over the Democrats was laid to rest. It just cost them a seat that literally any other Alabama Republican would’ve won. There is now a realistic chance that the Democrats win control of the Senate in the midterms, possibly along with the House.

Except no. A LOT of republican voters and politicians did tolerate a pedophile and Predator.

650,000 people voted for Roy Moore.

He damn near won.

He said slavery was the last time America was great.

He said Muslims shouldn’t be allowed to serve in Congress.

He said homosexuality should be a crime.

He’s accused of being a child molester.

2017.

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 5:48:55am

re: #379 goddamnedfrank

why are there so many Berners trying to pour cold water on this victory. Let people enjoy it for a minute before you go back to Bernie v. Hillary. Christ.

this reinforces my theory that a lot of “Berners” are just ratfuckers and foreign-paid trolls out to do damage to the Democrats any way they can

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 5:50:11am

re: #383 Dr. Matt

Except no. A LOT of republican voters and politicians did tolerate a pedophile and Predator.

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wheat-dogg Dec 13, 2017 • 5:50:18am

To all y’all complaining about how cold it is:

Temperature drops to -46.6°C in northernmost Inner Mongolia https://t.co/jHafH0s7TT pic.twitter.com/DYB4uZJtyp

— shanghaiist.com (@shanghaiist) December 13, 2017

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-46.6°C = -51.9°F

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 5:52:09am

re: #382 Dr. Matt

Not just Republicans, but their subset of “evangelical Christians”.

These supposed Christians support a pussy grabbing sexual predator as someone who God sent to them and a child sexual abuser.

American Christianity is irredeemably broken.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 13, 2017

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nowherenorth2 Dec 13, 2017 • 5:53:04am

Faith No More - A Small Victory (Official Music Video)

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 5:54:35am

re: #383 Dr. Matt

Except no. A LOT of republican voters and politicians did tolerate a pedophile and Predator.

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They did. But enough didn’t that he lost a seat that Republicans should not be able to lose. I don’t see, after last night, how anyone can claim that the GOP’s embrace of candidates like Roy Moore will give them a big advantage over Democrats. Here is a stat I heard last night: Jones got over 93% of Clinton’s November 2016 Alabama vote in a special election in December less than two weeks from Christmas, while Roy Moore got less than half of Donald Trump’s vote.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Dec 13, 2017 • 5:55:06am

re: #142 Dr Lizardo

Cheeto Mussolini.

I use many of those and orange shit-goblin, too.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 5:57:30am

re: #385 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yes, it is a great thing that Jones won, but the fact that it was still so close (and ultimately decided by GOP supporters who cast write-in votes) tells us a lot about American in 2017

It tells us a lot about Alabama anyway. Here’s the thing; Roy Moore vastly underperformed what a Republican ought to be able to do in Alabama. Now imagine Republicans underperforming like that in much less red states. Its got me thinking that we are looking at a potential Democratic Tsunami next November.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 5:59:18am

re: #387 MsJ

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White evangelical Christianity is broken. Those African-American women who almost unanimously voted against Roy Moore are Christians too. Real Christians.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 6:00:03am

The Big G spoke last night and he said Putin Puppets like you and Moore are full of shhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaavvvvvvvviiiiiiiiinnnnnnggggg cream!

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 13, 2017

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 6:02:54am

It’s on Deray vs Pirro!

McKesson says Pirro was on “FOX & Friends” on September 28, discussing a lawsuit filed by the cop against BLM. According to the suit, Pirro made a series of outrageous and false statements about him.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, DeRay says Pirro blamed him for directing the violence, and added, “You’ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay McKesson.”

DeRay believes Pirro made her statements knowing they were false — and it’s damaged his rep and endangered him as a civil rights activist. As we reported, a federal judge ruled McKesson was expressing his right to free speech at the demonstration, and it wasn’t his fault the officer got hurt.

DeRay’s suing both Pirro and FOX News for defamation.

tmz.com

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 6:05:18am

The subtitle on the USA today’s editorial board article about Trump: “A president who’d all but call a senator a whore is unfit to clean the toilets in Obama’s presidential library or to shine George W. Bush’s shoes”

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 6:05:58am

re: #394 Joe Bacon 🌹

It’s on Deray vs Pirro!

McKesson says Pirro was on “FOX & Friends” on September 28, discussing a lawsuit filed by the cop against BLM. According to the suit, Pirro made a series of outrageous and false statements about him.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, DeRay says Pirro blamed him for directing the violence, and added, “You’ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay McKesson.”

DeRay believes Pirro made her statements knowing they were false — and it’s damaged his rep and endangered him as a civil rights activist. As we reported, a federal judge ruled McKesson was expressing his right to free speech at the demonstration, and it wasn’t his fault the officer got hurt.

DeRay’s suing both Pirro and FOX News for defamation.

tmz.com

He should win that one pretty easily. Just roll the tape.

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William Lewis Dec 13, 2017 • 6:06:38am

re: #394 Joe Bacon 🌹

I’mma gonna bet that Faux settles as fast as they can because they really really really don’t want this to get to discovery.

Pirro? Depends on what caliber of lawyer is hired… ;)

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 6:06:44am

re: #394 Joe Bacon 🌹

It’s on Deray vs Pirro!

McKesson says Pirro was on “FOX & Friends” on September 28, discussing a lawsuit filed by the cop against BLM. According to the suit, Pirro made a series of outrageous and false statements about him.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, DeRay says Pirro blamed him for directing the violence, and added, “You’ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay McKesson.”

DeRay believes Pirro made her statements knowing they were false — and it’s damaged his rep and endangered him as a civil rights activist. As we reported, a federal judge ruled McKesson was expressing his right to free speech at the demonstration, and it wasn’t his fault the officer got hurt.

DeRay’s suing both Pirro and FOX News for defamation.

tmz.com

That warns my heart. Kick ass, Deray. Kick. Ass.

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William Lewis Dec 13, 2017 • 6:08:02am

re: #395 Belafon

The subtitle on the USA today’s editorial board article about Trump: “A president who’d all but call a senator a whore is unfit to clean the toilets in Obama’s presidential library or to shine George W. Bush’s shoes”

Even the Useless News Today slamming Pumpkin Pinochet? Cute!

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 6:09:21am

OT: Mark Mothersbaugh finds unreleased tracks featuring Bowie and Eno as Devo jammed for first album….

Earlier this month, Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh participated in a “Song Stories” event at the Sonos Store in New York City which paid tribute to David Bowie nearly two years after his passing from cancer. During Mothersbaugh’s segment, he revealed the existence of an unreleased recording containing a jam session featuring members of Devo, Brian Eno, and the Thin White Duke.

According to Bedford + Bowery, the story came up when Mothersbaugh shared that he’s unearthed several tapes from the recording sessions for Devo’s debut album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, which was produced by Eno with assistance from Bowie. Apparently, Devo’s bassist had missed a flight “because he was fighting with his girlfriend on an airport pay phone,” so everyone else at Conny Plank’s studio in Cologne, Germany made the best of it. “Devo jammed with David Bowie, Brian Eno, Holger Czukay [of Can], and a couple other odd Germans that were electronic musicians that happened to be hanging out there,” Mothersbaugh shared….

consequenceofsound.net

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 6:16:17am

re: #397 William Lewis

I’mma gonna bet that Faux settles as fast as they can because they really really really don’t want this to get to discovery.

Pirro? Depends on what caliber of lawyer is hired… ;)

and which religion he belongs to…

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 6:19:46am

re: #348 Decatur Deb

‘Morning, all.

Had a weird freakn’ dream last night, that Alabama had a Democrat in the Senate. Gotta watch those meds.

you did yeoman’s work on this.

cudos

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 6:20:26am

Nikki Haley amirite?

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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GlutenFreeJesus Dec 13, 2017 • 6:20:38am

re: #397 William Lewis

I’mma gonna bet that Faux settles as fast as they can because they really really really don’t want this to get to discovery.

Pirro? Depends on what caliber of lawyer is hired… ;)

And if they are Jewish.

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Shropshire Slasher Dec 13, 2017 • 6:21:42am

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday ordered that Dennis Hastert never be left alone with anyone under 18 unless another adult is present who is aware of the former US House speaker’s conviction in a hush-money case that revealed he had sexually abused several high school students.

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Sucks to get old.

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bill d. (b.d.) Dec 13, 2017 • 6:22:38am

re: #403 goddamnedfrank

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$2 says it’s Nikky Haley

I so miss No Drama Obama…..

This constant drama by Hair Furor has grown wearisome…..typically when you fire someone don’t you replace them?

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 6:24:01am

re: #337 goddamnedfrank

Didn’t know that wanting better than a formless corporate blob to vote for was a privileged purity tantrum. It’s almost like people want the Democrats to offer them something other than “we’re not them!”

so where was your “better candidate”? why wasnt he/she running?
coulda won the whole thing easily, right?

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 6:26:18am

re: #376 goddamnedfrank

Berners are mad today that black people keep voting and thereby fucking up the genius plan to reshape the Democratic party by not voting.

…and not running their ideal candidate who would easily win it all

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 6:26:26am

re: #407 dangerman

so where was your “better candidate”? why wasnt he/she running?
coulda won the whole thing easily, right?

That is a pretty offensive comment about a man who jailed KKK terrorists who murdered 4 little girls and got away with it for decades.

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Sir John Barron Dec 13, 2017 • 6:26:43am

re: #55 Anymouse 🌹

From the Alabama Secretary of State:

Doug Jones (DEM)
49.92%
671,151

Roy S. Moore (REP)
48.38%
650,436

Write-In
1.69%
22,780

Total 1,344,367
www2.alabamavotes.gov

Seems like a lotta write-ins. Nick Saban might need his own category.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 6:27:47am

It’s a bit problematic to frame AL election results as Black people “saving AL” when they were actually protecting themselves by pushing back against systemic racism within their state

— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 6:31:12am

re: #411 goddamnedfrank

It’s a bit problematic to frame AL election results as Black people “saving AL” when they were actually protecting themselves by pushing back against systemic racism within their state

It’s about citizens recognizing and voting in their own best interests.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 6:33:21am

re: #354 wheat-dogg

I’m a Princeton grad, but this video made my day. Kid’s from Louisiana, and got admitted under Harvard’s Early Action program, which means he’s hot shit.

And he’s 16.

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Damn that was nice. Good looking group of youth there. I got chills during their celebration. That is a community.

Hopefully they will save this country for White folk!

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 6:33:39am

re: #405 Shropshire Slasher

nypost.com

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Sucks to ~~get old~~ be a perv.

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 6:34:16am

re: #406 bill d. (b.d.)

I so miss No Drama Obama…..

This constant drama by Hair Furor has grown wearisome…..typically when you fire someone don’t you replace them?

cant if no one wants to work for you

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 6:34:21am

Crazy idea: maybe major news organizations should now do as deep an investigation into what African-American voters are thinking as they’ve been doing about white working class voters.

— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) December 13, 2017

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 6:36:42am

re: #368 SteelPH

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 6:36:44am

Hump Day?

An off-duty Bronx NYPD traffic enforcement agent has been arrested on terror-related charges after threatening to “shoot the police department” https://t.co/e4xAgxTyn5

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 13, 2017

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 6:37:21am

re: #409 Big Beautiful Door

That is a pretty offensive comment about a man who jailed KKK terrorists who murdered 4 little girls and got away with it for decades.

the president of antifa’s comment or mine?

im merely pointing out if antifa had a better candidate than jones, who i have no problem with and was 100% for, why didnt they just run that person instead of complaining or sitting it out

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 6:37:46am

re: #371 makeitstop

This takes some of the joy out of last night’s victory. Pat DiNizio of Smithereens has passed away at the way-too-young age of 62. One of the most cerebral and funny rock stars I ever had the pleasure to meet, and a hell of a songwriter.

Gonna break out the Smithereens and crank it today. RIP, Pat.

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Noooooooo!!!

That is sad. I really liked those guys.

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Shropshire Slasher Dec 13, 2017 • 6:39:45am

re: #371 makeitstop

re: #420 ObserverArt

Dammit. He was too damn young.

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 6:41:41am

re: #353 goddamnedfrank

I just wonder how many of these are bots.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 6:42:47am

They cheated soros interfered

— Hollow Souls (@hollowsouls2) December 13, 2017

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WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING TO A HORSE https://t.co/KIogBoWAwi

— Roy Moore’s Horse (@RoyMooresHorse) December 13, 2017

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 6:45:29am

re: #394 Joe Bacon 🌹

It’s on Deray vs Pirro!

McKesson says Pirro was on “FOX & Friends” on September 28, discussing a lawsuit filed by the cop against BLM. According to the suit, Pirro made a series of outrageous and false statements about him.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, DeRay says Pirro blamed him for directing the violence, and added, “You’ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay McKesson.”

DeRay believes Pirro made her statements knowing they were false — and it’s damaged his rep and endangered him as a civil rights activist. As we reported, a federal judge ruled McKesson was expressing his right to free speech at the demonstration, and it wasn’t his fault the officer got hurt.

DeRay’s suing both Pirro and FOX News for defamation.

tmz.com

Great. I hope some crack lawyers that want to see Fox suffer take on the case just for the type of case it is and what it could mean.

Go DeRay Go. Puffy tube vests rule.

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 6:45:39am

re: #379 goddamnedfrank

We lost in 2016 because too many people thought they could let someone else do the voting. That didn’t happen in Virginia, nor did it happen last night.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 6:48:28am

re: #419 dangerman

the president of antifa’s comment or mine?

im merely pointing out if antifa had a better candidate than jones, who i have no problem with and was 100% for, why didnt they just run that person instead of complaining or sitting it out

Whining and bitching is easier than actually GOTV.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 6:49:14am

JUST IN: Omarosa Manigault Newman, one of President Trump’s most prominent African-American supporters, plans to leave the administration next month “to pursue other opportunities,” White House announces pic.twitter.com/p4wqjyGb8T

— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 13, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 6:49:29am

Omarosa Manigualt Newman resigned the White House yesterday, effective January 20, @presssec says. “We wish her the best in future endeavors and are grateful for her service.”

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) December 13, 2017

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 6:49:31am

re: #411 goddamnedfrank

Why?

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 6:50:44am

A statement by the President: pic.twitter.com/LYNrosx7Rf

— Real Press Sec. (@RealPressSecBot) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 6:52:27am

re: #426 The Vicious Babushka

Whining and bitching is easier than actually GOTV.

apathy is the most effective form of voter suppression

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 6:52:32am

re: #419 dangerman

the president of antifa’s comment or mine?

im merely pointing out if antifa had a better candidate than jones, who i have no problem with and was 100% for, why didnt they just run that person instead of complaining or sitting it out

The other guy calling Jones a corporate blob; your comment was spot on. A socialist would’ve lost this race.

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bill d. (b.d.) Dec 13, 2017 • 6:52:35am

re: #430 FormerDirtDart

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LOL. Alabama GOP picked Moore, that is obviously who they thought was the best.

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Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch Dec 13, 2017 • 6:53:39am

re: #345 Ace-o-aces

LOL! I came here specifically to figure out who was the first to call it. You win! Bwahahaha!!!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 6:53:56am

re: #433 bill d. (b.d.)

LOL. Alabama GOP picked Moore, that is obviously who they thought was the best.

The man who best embodied their concept of the ideal candidate: homophobic, theocratic, patriarchal and pedophile.

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 6:57:41am

re: #429 Belafon

Why?

Read Bree’s thread, it’s all there.

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 6:58:55am

Diamondback Water Snake (Non-Venomous)

H/T Jonathan Ellard

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 6:59:21am

I think I get Bannon’s diabolical scheme now. It was more important to him that Strange lost than Moore won. Sure, he would’ve liked Moore to win, but I think what he really wants (and he has said so) is to destroy the GOP Establishment, even if that means Democrats regaining power in Washington, so that a radical right party rises from the ashes and will be poised to seize power in the next economic downturn. I’m sure he sees the rise of the Nazis in the midst of the Great Depression as his model.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 7:00:41am

pic.twitter.com/AjvzNkcj0v

— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) December 13, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 7:01:47am

this is an important aspect of the results last night: https://t.co/Hp6LR61G7R pic.twitter.com/LRDOsW0h2o

— Seth D. Michaels 🌲 (@sethdmichaels) December 13, 2017

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Those numbers appear to say the Gen X carried the day.

— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) December 13, 2017

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 7:04:31am

re: #427 The Vicious Babushka

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Did Putin offer her more money?

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:08:21am

Roy Moore still won’t concede. Who does he think he is? Bernie Sanders?

— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) December 13, 2017

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Ha, ha!

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 7:11:08am

re: #436 goddamnedfrank

Read Bree’s thread, it’s all there.

Thanks. I will when I get home. Can’t twitter at work.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:11:09am

re: #438 Big Beautiful Door

I think I get Bannon’s diabolical scheme now. It was more important to him that Strange lost than Moore won. Sure, he would’ve liked Moore to win, but I think what he really wants (and he has said so) is to destroy the GOP Establishment, even if that means Democrats regaining power in Washington, so that a radical right party rises from the ashes and will be poised to seize power in the next economic downturn. I’m sure he sees the rise of the Nazis in the midst of the Great Depression as his model.

I agree. He also sees the October Revolution in 1917 Russia as a model. The man does openly admire Lenin and Lenin’s tactics after all.

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ipsos Dec 13, 2017 • 7:11:29am

Let us now pause and reflect on all of Omarosa’s many notable accomplishments during her year in the White House:

OK. Back to work.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 7:12:22am

re: #445 ipsos

Let us now pause and reflect on all of Omarosa’s many notable accomplishments during her year in the White House:

OK. Back to work.

I wonder why she’s leaving. Rats fleeing the sinking ship?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 7:13:19am

re: #438 Big Beautiful Door

I think I get Bannon’s diabolical scheme now. It was more important to him that Strange lost than Moore won. Sure, he would’ve liked Moore to win, but I think what he really wants (and he has said so) is to destroy the GOP Establishment, even if that means Democrats regaining power in Washington, so that a radical right party rises from the ashes and will be poised to seize power in the next economic downturn. I’m sure he sees the rise of the Nazis in the midst of the Great Depression as his model.

He is a diabolical genius for guaranteeing a win-win situation for himself, regardless of any outcome. And yes, he will turn this Moore loss back on the GOP establishment by claiming that the RNC failed to do enough to support him.

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Jay C Dec 13, 2017 • 7:15:06am

re: #430 FormerDirtDart

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Although he’s right about the Senate, I wonder if President Moron is aware that the Republicans have a 40+ seat majority in the House?
I mean, the House GOP can rarely get its act together, so maybe it just seems like a “razor-thin” margin - but SRSLY?

And does he really think the WH can memory-hole Trump’s support (robocalls and all) for Roy Moore? (Or Roy Who?, as he’ll probably be known henceforward….)

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:15:22am

Omarosa was the Milton of the White House. No one even knew she was still working there. pic.twitter.com/eMwBdUdnnN

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) December 13, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 7:16:14am

And the horse’s ass he rode in on

Opinion | Moore and his horse Sleezy head out of town https://t.co/a9tq2bhLKX pic.twitter.com/JhF6VVWl7o

— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) December 13, 2017

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 7:17:16am

re: #426 The Vicious Babushka

Whining and bitching is easier than actually GOTV.

xacto

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 7:18:28am

re: #432 Big Beautiful Door

The other guy calling Jones a corporate blob; your comment was spot on. A socialist would’ve lost this race.

gotcha

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BlueGrl21 Dec 13, 2017 • 7:20:22am

Husband and I watched the results come in with our 12 year old and 15 year old last night. The closer the race, the more my husband was dancing like a fool. When the urban areas were the only ones outstanding, he proclaimed, “We got it. Jones won. It’s over.” Selma was the kicker.

I tried to explain to the boys why their mother was tearing up. Then the chants of “USA” started and I lost it.

Because Selma.
Because Doug Jones.
Because Trump.
Because African American voters did it. They raised their voices with a fist.
Because it’s Alabama.
Because it’s the South.
Because it’s hope.

And then I told them though sobs, “Because they believed the women. They believed us. And it turned an election.”

You’re next, Donald. Senators Duckworth and Warren and Gillibrand are done with you. You are in their sights.

Bring it, asshole.

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 7:23:41am

re: #445 ipsos

Let us now pause and reflect on all of Omarosa’s many notable accomplishments during her year in the White House:

OK. Back to work.

I’m still wondering what the hell she was hired to do. Trump’s official Minority Ass-Kisser?

They tried pushing her as a ‘minority outreach’ person, but it seemed like black people didn’t like her all that much.

Omarosa Manigault Causes Uproar At National Black Journalists Conference(VIDEO)!

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 7:23:48am

As anticipated…

The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017

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plansbandc Dec 13, 2017 • 7:24:47am

Just want to thank everyone for pointing out twitter trolls on the right AND left. Blocking them makes my twitter experience a little better every day.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 7:25:19am

Omarosa was a clear as day token black person. Guaranteed Trump brought her in to try and claim he actually ISN’T a racist asshole.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 7:26:37am

re: #456 plansbandc

Just want to thank everyone for pointing out twitter trolls on the right AND left. Blocking them makes my twitter experience a little better every day.

Clowns to the left of you,
Jokers to the right,
But here you are
stuck in the middle with us…

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 7:26:46am

pic.twitter.com/w0LHzykQVI

— Frankincensed (@goddamnedfrank) December 13, 2017

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 7:27:04am

re: #446 Dr Lizardo

I wonder why she’s leaving. Rats fleeing the sinking ship?

She sucked enough taxpayer money and is ready to go get some other money on her ongoing celebrity fame.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 7:28:15am

Cernovich/Rage Furby’s criminal stunt is making national news.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 7:28:22am

This is the big drama: trying to fuck the Mueller investigation—

Just confirmed that the Justice Department invited reporters over to DOJ last night to look at the Strzok/Page texts — and report them out — in case they did not leak in time for Rosenstein’s hearing today. Story TK.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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They are going to claim that the private texts of these guys saying things like “Trump is a loathsome human being” show bias and the investigation must be shut down. Transparently corrupt.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:28:59am

re: #459 goddamnedfrank

I was surprised there was no drama when I first heard.

Lo and behold…

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 7:29:24am

re: #455 Eclectic Cyborg

As anticipated…

The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!

so many ways to tear this apart — i’ll just go with this

“Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!” = more people voted for jones

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 7:31:20am

re: #457 Eclectic Cyborg

Omarosa was a clear as day token black person. Guaranteed Trump brought her in to try and claim he actually ISN’T a racist asshole.

she to trump is roy moore’s “jewish lawyer”

i wont do this any more - right now it’s still timely

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 7:31:56am

re: #461 Dr. Matt

Cernovich/Rage Furby’s criminal stunt is making national news.

May they both go to prison for a long time. Assholes.

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Amory Blaine Dec 13, 2017 • 7:33:21am

As a WWC moron, I can see the change happening before my eyes. There are Bernie bros to the left of me and wingnuts to the right. The small sliver of white votes that will flip to dems is too small to care about. POC is the only way forward. The wwc voter is dead weight.

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garzooma Dec 13, 2017 • 7:33:32am

re: #462 Barefoot Grin

This is the big drama: trying to fuck the Mueller investigation—

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 13, 2017 • 7:33:50am

The White House departure of Apprentice alum Omarosa could be an opportunity for Gary Busey or Dennis Rodman. But keep your eyes on Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 13, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:33:52am

My brother just sent me this from a bar in Alabama. @MSNBC @CNN @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/M8VBi5M3Z6

— Deezy Tarantino (@DeezyDiego) December 13, 2017

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I do love a good bar scene!

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goddamnedfrank Dec 13, 2017 • 7:35:07am

Sources say General Kelly did the firing and Omarosa is alleged to have acted very vulgar and cursed a lot and said she helped elect President Trump. The word is a General Kelly had it and got rid of her.

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:35:16am

re: #467 Amory Blaine

As a WWC moron, I can see the change happening before my eyes. There are Bernie bros to the left of me and wingnuts to the right. The small sliver of white votes that will flip to dems is too small to care about. POC is the only way forward. The wwc voter is dead weight.

I mean, I’m fine if WWC want to vote for us but those voters need to realize we’re not going to sacrifice key issues to people who are reliable members of our coalition.

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Bubblehead II Dec 13, 2017 • 7:35:21am

LIVE NOW: Watch us test our @NASA_Orion spacecraft’s parachutes in the skies above the Arizona desert in preparation for future human deep-space missions: https://t.co/QlXr2DKMLE pic.twitter.com/siy8CCNNN9

— NASA (@NASA) December 13, 2017

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 7:35:24am

Just confirmed that the Justice Department invited reporters over to DOJ last night to look at the Strzok/Page texts — and report them out — in case they did not leak in time for Rosenstein’s hearing today. Story TK.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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This is the Justice Department conspiring with the White House to actively undermine an investigation into the President of the United States. https://t.co/xwWr375Pa4

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 13, 2017

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It is also odd to me that reporters just ran with it, and agreed to report on the texts without disclosing the highly unusual way in which they obtained them. https://t.co/NGvj2k24Yi

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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electrotek Dec 13, 2017 • 7:37:00am

Never forget #NanjingMassacre

RIP to the victims of one of the worst crimes against humanity of the 20th century

I hope Japan will come to terms with their wartime past and make proper amends. pic.twitter.com/09wO7RV2I2

— دانیال (@danja84) December 13, 2017

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Dec 13, 2017 • 7:37:17am

re: #397 William Lewis

I’mma gonna bet that Faux settles as fast as they can because they really really really don’t want this to get to discovery.

Pirro? Depends on what caliber of lawyer is hired… ;)

She’s a lawyer? I know you don’t need to be one to be a judge, but most are. Maybe she’ll represent herself.*
*-a lawyer who represents herself has a fool for a client and all that. And, she is a fool defining the tail-end of the fool curve.

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 7:38:13am

re: #474 makeitstop

Which reporters have released the tweets?

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 7:38:39am

re: #470 JordanRules

I do love a good bar scene!

What’s in the picture?

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 7:38:41am

re: #468 garzooma

Having another prosecutor in the Senate is going to make the traitors’ job that much harder.

Hope so. The House committee is a lost cause, it sounds like.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 7:39:26am

re: #478 Belafon

What’s in the picture?

Short video of people celebrating in a bar after election is called for Jones.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 7:40:07am

Heh:

The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017

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Dear @realDonaldTrump: I would be super honored if you endorse my congressional opponent. https://t.co/PpM5f1hLF4

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 13, 2017

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 7:40:26am

“Roy Moore had the deck stacked against him” is a pretty obvious callout to all his conspiracy theory buddies.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:40:36am

re: #478 Belafon

It’s a quick video from a bar in AL watching the tele right as they announced last night and the place goes nuts. Beautiful mixed crowd of joyous revelers!

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 7:41:07am

re: #477 Belafon

Which reporters have released the tweets?

Fox News, of course.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:42:05am

I wouldn’t say I’m WWC in the slightest but my mom certainly grew up that way. She was the first in college. Dad while not from a working class family did go bankrupt at one point and was a waiter for much of my childhood. My parents met waiting tables. I’m honestly tired of Bros thinking only they understand people like this. The thing about my ties to the WWC is it doesn’t define me. It’s a part of who I am but I’m also someone who works with immigrants, racial minorities, etc and has counted them as friends and family. That to me is more important than that my mom’s dad was a bricklayer. I mean the values he taught my mom are important obviously but Dad’s Dad was just as white collar and taught good lessons too.

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Belafon Dec 13, 2017 • 7:43:04am

re: #484 makeitstop

Fox News, of course.

If that’s the case, then I’m not surprised at all that they didn’t disclose how they got them.

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 7:43:27am

re: #477 Belafon

Which reporters have released the tweets?

Our @FoxNews producer @JakeBGibson has obtained 10K texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) December 13, 2017

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I’d assumed this was a Hill leak. But this suggests Fox got the texts directly from someone at DOJ, which only handed over about 375 texts to Congress, per Politico. https://t.co/c0f5UwMdZP https://t.co/rbHcEPJMY5

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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From the tweet:

Our @FoxNews producer @JakeBGibson has obtained 10K texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page

The obstruction of justice case just got a whole lot stronger.

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SteelPH Dec 13, 2017 • 7:43:48am

re: #482 Eclectic Cyborg

“Roy Moore had the deck stacked against him” is a pretty obvious callout to all his conspiracy theory buddies.

Of course the deck was stacked against him! Black people were allowed to vote!

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:44:51am

re: #488 SteelPH

Of course the deck was stacked against him! Black people were allowed to vote!

Not just black people SH but black women!

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:45:24am

Discovered footage of Omarosa leaving the White House: pic.twitter.com/85Bc3Qau5v

— Khal Draghoe (@brownandbella) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:49:55am

That Omarosa was a key insider in this WH said a lot.

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Renaissance_Man Dec 13, 2017 • 7:50:16am

I admit to being pleasantly surprised by last night’s result. I didn’t think enough black voters would turn up or be allowed to vote to swing it. Congrats to all those here and everywhere who worked so hard for it to happen. I hope it starts a sea change, a change in the course of history.

Out of interest, has Chris Cilizza written about how bad this is for Democrats yet?

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Jay C Dec 13, 2017 • 7:52:14am

re: #466 makeitstop

May they both go to prison for a long time. Assholes.

Don’t we wish…..

Though I wouldn’t expect pix of these assclowns in orange overalls to be showing up too soon: Chuckles, especially, seems to have some sort of knack for avoiding legal jeopardy for his BS - whatever happened in those cases he was supposed to be in hot water over last year?

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 7:53:22am

Call the coroner!

This is not the first firing for Omarosa from Trump!

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:53:26am

re: #492 Renaissance_Man

I admit to being pleasantly surprised by last night’s result. I didn’t think enough black voters would turn up or be allowed to vote to swing it. Congrats to all those here and everywhere who worked so hard for it to happen. I hope it starts a sea change, a change in the course of history.

Out of interest, has Chris Cilizza written about how bad this is for Democrats yet?

What really impressed me is how the Jones campaign really reached out to those minority voters. He WAS proud of his work accomplishing justice for the four little girls and in eventually prosecuting Eric Rudolph. Let this be a lesson to white Democrats, PoC are key parts of our base, if we’re going to be nominated to represent them or govern them, let’s work with those communities to get out the vote. Special props to the NAACP, HBCUs, and many great African-American legislators such as Congressman Lewis and Alabama’s own Sewell too.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 7:55:56am

WATCH: Deputy AG Rosenstein says in congressional testimony that he has seen no good cause that would lead him to fire Special Counsel Mueller - @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/41VVHiX4sk

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) December 13, 2017

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Eventual Carrion Dec 13, 2017 • 7:57:11am

re: #423 FormerDirtDart

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Yes, US citizen influence on elections = bad, Russia influence in elections = good. WTF?

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 7:58:03am

re: #496 FormerDirtDart

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FNC is going to turn their hounds on Rosenstein for this.

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garzooma Dec 13, 2017 • 8:02:40am

re: #479 Barefoot Grin

Hope so. The House committee is a lost cause, it sounds like.

I’m hopeful that last night will convince MoC trying to hinder Mueller that denial of reality can only go so far in a general election.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 8:04:07am

re: #498 HappyWarrior

FNC is going to turn their hounds on (((Rosenstein))) for this.

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Bubblehead II Dec 13, 2017 • 8:04:56am

Damn. They aborted the drop test. Cargo door of the C-17 refused to open.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:06:19am

Will Omarosa continue to improperly refer to herself ‘the Honorable Omarosa Manigault’?

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 13, 2017 • 8:06:38am

re: #393 Joe Bacon 🌹

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Huckabee was saying the right thing here: not to contest and exit with class. Once in a while —but not too often — he actually does that.

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Eventual Carrion Dec 13, 2017 • 8:06:39am

re: #462 Barefoot Grin

This is the big drama: trying to fuck the Mueller investigation—

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They are going to claim that the private texts of these guys saying things like “Trump is a loathsome human being” show bias and the investigation must be shut down. Transparently corrupt.

All they were doing was discussing the facts in the case. And yes it is a fact that “Trump is a loathsome human being”.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:06:58am

re: #500 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That’s more Breitbart’s style. FNC only does that to people of color.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 13, 2017 • 8:08:49am

re: #464 dangerman

so many ways to tear this apart — i’ll just go with this

“Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!” = more people voted for jones

What is really appalling is how he still actually supports Moore; Moore is a racist misogynist, exactly like Trump.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:10:22am

re: #446 Dr Lizardo

I wonder why she’s leaving. Rats fleeing the sinking ship?

Trump is bad for her reputation.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 8:10:55am

Hello Senator Tina Smith!

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piratedan Dec 13, 2017 • 8:11:57am

re: #486 Belafon

not a surprise, pilfered private messages are suddenly made available to cast doubt and prove nothing whatsoever but somehow, these guys calling Trump a moron are somehow an indication of bias, yet Rex Tillerson still has a job after saying essentially the same thing.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:12:36am

re: #508 Joe Bacon 🌹

Hello Senator Tina Smith!

Good luck to her.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 8:12:44am

re: #509 piratedan

not a surprise, pilfered private messages are suddenly made available to cast doubt and prove nothing whatsoever but somehow, these guys calling Trump a moron are somehow an indication of bias, yet Rex Tillerson still has a job after saying essentially the same thing.

they are really out to initiate an investigation into mueller

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Floral Giraffe Dec 13, 2017 • 8:12:54am

re: #110 Decatur Deb

Keep up the comments, Lizards. It’s near midnight in Free Alabama, and the neighbors are starting to worry about the drunken cackling from Festung Deb.

Awesome! Keep cackling!!!!

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:13:54am

re: #455 Eclectic Cyborg

As anticipated…

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Trump has never, ever done one wrong thing. He has only been done wrong.

Just ask him and his twit family.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 8:15:29am

re: #513 ObserverArt

~~Trump~~ Conservatism has never, ever done one wrong thing. It has only been done wrong.

Just ask Fox News.

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bill d. (b.d.) Dec 13, 2017 • 8:16:07am

re: #508 Joe Bacon 🌹

Hello Senator Tina Smith!

So in the course of 12 hours we get a Senator Smith & Jones?

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CongoJack Dec 13, 2017 • 8:18:00am

re: #515 bill d. (b.d.)

Well… if Mr. Turtle allows them to be sworn in in due time. That piece of shit has hurt American democracy more than any other person in modern history (see: Supreme Court Nominees).

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:18:08am

Biden is on the View talking about Jones.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:19:02am

Bottom line: Rod Rosenstein today is resending a clear signal that if Trump decides to fire Mueller based on anything that has happened so far, Trump would have to 1st fire Rosenstein & go hunting down the DOJ hierarchy for someone willing to do it, Saturday Night Massacre style.

— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) December 13, 2017

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This thread from @charlie_savage is worth reading. Rosenstein is not willing to unlawfully remove Mueller. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen, but it makes it harder for Trump because he’d have to fire Rosenstein first or replace Sessions. https://t.co/NTsd5Gqe6u

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 13, 2017

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William Lewis Dec 13, 2017 • 8:19:42am

Hmm. Just heard on the radio via NPR that the governor of MN is going to announce the Lt. Gov as Franken’s replacement. The news to this is that she is going to run for the office in November. That would correct one of my bigger complaints about her in that position though I still worry about his health & lack of a Democratic Lt Governor; if something happens to him and MN somehow ends up with a GOF governor to go along with their GOF controlled legislature, they’d be as fucked as Wisconsin.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Dec 13, 2017 • 8:19:43am

This is horrible, I know, but it made me laugh out loud.

Facebook Video

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:19:57am

re: #461 Dr. Matt

Cernovich/Rage Furby’s criminal stunt is making national news.

Those two idiots may have just gotten themselves in too deep this time. I hope this fries them both to the point they have no cred with the other idiots like them.

Toxic. I want to see them toxic to the Alt-right, White Nationalist, Men’s Right bowel movements and whatever else they attempt to con people over.

Both working at WalMart for the rest of their lives as the only jobs they can get would be a good thing.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:20:02am

re: #518 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Who is SG?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:21:52am

From texts it’s obvious that FBI’s Peter Strzok & Lisa Page expressed widespread feelings about Trump, Sanders and Clinton & gave ZERO indication that they were using legal process for partisan ends. This isn’t a scandal. It’s a distraction from real scandal: Kremlingate.

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) December 13, 2017

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I agree with @MaxBoot too often these days. https://t.co/jPBG4xZsVj

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 13, 2017

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Skip Intro Dec 13, 2017 • 8:22:51am

re: #519 William Lewis

That still makes no sense to me. Why risk giving the GOP a free shot at the governorship? Are there no other Democrats available?

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 8:23:02am

re: #520 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

This is horrible, I know, but it made me laugh out loud.

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I hadn’t watched her in the original clip but good lord, her face. She is so proud of herself when she said that.

I am speechless.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 8:24:04am

re: #523 Backwoods_Sleuth

You mean employees talk shit about other employees and managers behind their backs?

I am so shocked.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:25:15am

re: #467 Amory Blaine

As a WWC moron, I can see the change happening before my eyes. There are Bernie bros to the left of me and wingnuts to the right. The small sliver of white votes that will flip to dems is too small to care about. POC is the only way forward. The wwc voter is dead weight.

We should not forget the WWC people, like many here, who are all in on social issues along with working class issues. A good society is good for ALL workers, families, etc.

I just have never understood why Bernie can’t see that.

Unless…

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Skip Intro Dec 13, 2017 • 8:25:27am

USA Today Calls Trump Unfit To Clean Obama’s Toilets In Scathing Editorial

The board added that Trump is a “uniquely awful” person with “sickening behavior.” His tweet was a new low for a president redefining rock bottom, they wrote.

All right then! Let it rip!

usatoday.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:26:03am

Spokesman for Alabama Secretary of State says this morning that expected date of certification for Doug Jones’ victory is Dec. 28. Unless Congress is in session because we’ve shut down gov’t, he won’t be seated til Jan 3.

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:26:28am

re: #527 ObserverArt

We should not forget the WWC people, like many here, who are all in on social issues along with working class issues. A good society is good for ALL workers, families, etc.

I just have never understood why Bernie can’t see that.

Unless…

We shouldn’t forget them. What Bernie gets wrong is we should not ignore other people’s issues to get the WWC.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:27:06am

Omarosa warned us. Trump only likes people of color who “bow down” to him. pic.twitter.com/OmdoSbbaPw

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) September 30, 2017

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This never gets old. https://t.co/Y9oUnmCpzh

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:27:26am

re: #528 Skip Intro

USA Today Calls Trump Unfit To Clean Obama’s Toilets In Scathing Editorial

All right then! Let it rip!

usatoday.com

Wow USA Today is one of the most apolitical papers out there.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:27:42am

Sen. Schumer calls for delay in tax vote until Doug Jones is sworn in: “It would be wrong for Senate Republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly-elected senator from Alabama the opportunity to cast his vote.” https://t.co/QeyhXhcpAo pic.twitter.com/xJ8oVr85fN

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 13, 2017

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:27:45am

Has anyone seen Rage Furby’s fake document? None of the websites reporting about it have a copy on their websites.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 8:31:04am

re: #532 HappyWarrior

Wow USA Today is one of the most apolitical papers out there.

Yeah…..USA Today is what some old folks read when they’re tucking into their McGriddle breakfast at McD’s.

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 8:31:19am

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:32:20am

re: #535 Dr Lizardo

Yeah…..USA Today is what some old folks read when they’re tucking into their McGriddle breakfast at McD’s.

Or when my Kindle’s out of batteries in my hotel room.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:32:47am

re: #470 JordanRules

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I do love a good bar scene!

Damn, that video, as well as some others I’ve seen are giving me chills.

Or, it could be the temps here in Columbus.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:33:09am

Wow. The Staten Island DA, who failed to indict in Eric Garner, accused of conspiring with his wife, a judge, to get cases before sympathetic juries. Including the Ramsey Orta case. https://t.co/3GpkU9zmPg pic.twitter.com/lhuztS79V6

— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) December 13, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:34:10am

Let me be clear: We won in Alabama and Virginia because #BlackWomen led us to victory. Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party, and we can’t take that for granted. Period.

— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:34:25am

I think what Sanders has gotten very wrong is we have NOT forgotten or ignored the WWC. Lots of the WWC though don’t want anything to do with our party and ideology because of their own prejudices. I’m proud to be a miner’s great grand kid but I’d much rather have a thoughtful small business owner than a bigoted miner part of my party’s coalition. Now if there are miners that welcome LGBT people, PoC, immigrants, etc, sure by all means but what Bernie gets wrong is that we shouldn’t be going after their votes ismply because they’re WWC.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:34:44am

re: #539 Backwoods_Sleuth

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:36:53am

re: #540 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I remember when the GOP was thumping its chest about Mia Love and I just remember laughing because the Dems elected black women to Congress long before Mia was even born. Perez is absolutely right. This is a demographic that has stuck with the party in good times and bad. DAmn right, we should be listening to them and damn we shouldn’t just dismiss their concerns as “distractions” as a certain Senator from Vermont would like ot.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 8:38:41am

Here they talked of revolution,
Here it was they lit the flame,
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came. pic.twitter.com/ohB4bVNAAS

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 13, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 8:40:39am

re: #544 FormerDirtDart

Oh that’s delicious.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:43:03am

Across 🇺🇸, Republicans are trying to deny blacks the right to vote. #ALSen result shows why

Restore #VotingRights. Fight #VoterSuppression pic.twitter.com/4VplwBzbaZ

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 13, 2017

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meteor Dec 13, 2017 • 8:43:03am

re: #466 makeitstop

Amin

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electrotek Dec 13, 2017 • 8:43:39am

Who are the 8% of blacks who would be so self-loathing to vote for Moore?

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:43:48am

re: #546 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yep.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 8:44:16am

re: #548 electrotek

Not worth our attention.

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Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch Dec 13, 2017 • 8:44:19am

re: #541 HappyWarrior

Here’s a stupid question. What’s WWC?

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 8:44:46am

Just confirmed that the Justice Department invited reporters over to DOJ last night to look at the Strzok/Page texts — and report them out — in case they did not leak in time for Rosenstein’s hearing today. Story TK.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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Just in, statement from DOJ official: “We often provide information [to reporters] that we give to Congressional committees to avoid any confusion.”
Me: Even amid an ongoing OIG investigation?
Official: Statement stands.https://t.co/v5pSPZduHP

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:44:53am

re: #551 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch

Here’s a stupid question. What’s WWC?

White Working Class

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:45:49am

re: #548 electrotek

Who are the 8% of blacks who would be so self-loathing to vote for Moore?

It’s less than that. But if i had to guess single issue voters.

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Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch Dec 13, 2017 • 8:46:19am

re: #553 HappyWarrior

White Working Class

Thanks! I’ve been wondering about it through many threads yesterday and today. LOL.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:46:57am

re: #553 HappyWarrior

White Working Class

Or Wine, waffles, and cupcakes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:47:34am

BREAKING: The Republican Party of Alabama has conceded to @GDouglasJones and declared the Senate race over, withdrawing support for Roy Moore’s effort to request a recount. https://t.co/4JdOA8E4cZ #ALsen

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:47:57am

re: #556 Dr. Matt

Or Wine, waffles, and cupcakes.

Or why identity politics is okay if youre white.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:49:03am

re: #557 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: The Republican Party of Alabama has conceded to @GDouglasJones and declared the Senate race over, withdrawing support for Roy Moore’s effort to request a recount. thehill.com #ALsen
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) December 13, 2017

Has Pedo Moore conceded yet?

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Renaissance_Man Dec 13, 2017 • 8:49:09am

re: #540 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:49:11am

JUST IN: GOP lawmaker reveals he has prostate cancer https://t.co/c9f1x7fld9 pic.twitter.com/5qLNNMTix0

— The Hill (@thehill) December 13, 2017

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In May, this exact same GOP lawmaker said that “people who lead good lives” don’t have pre-existing conditions. https://t.co/cVZ9XvXEaw https://t.co/XFt44bNaZp

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:49:57am

re: #561 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I hope I’m not a bad person saying this but I don’t really feel too bad knowing he said that. I don’t want him to suffer but there’s some karma here, Mo.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 8:50:37am

re: #561 Backwoods_Sleuth

Oh shit. Wow.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:51:02am

re: #555 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch

Thanks! I’ve been wondering about it through many threads yesterday and today. LOL.

All good. So it’s clear I’m not ohstile to the working class, I’m hostile to the idea that we need to tell loyal Democratic voters that their concerns should be secondary to a group that abandoned our party and dieology first for Nixon, then Reagan, and now Trump.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 8:51:29am

Prostate cancer is relatively treatable. Good luck Mo.

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 8:51:33am

re: #529 Backwoods_Sleuth

Mitch McConnell has already said he is keeping congress in session and they won’t confirm the AL winner until next year.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 8:51:43am

So it’s clear, I have a pre-existing condition myself, I have a heart conditoin that my genetics causd.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 8:53:25am

re: #566 MsJ

Mitch McConnell has already said he is keeping congress in session and they won’t confirm the AL winner until next year.

And yet if Moore had won he’d be on a fucking ~~horse~~ plane to DC right now.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 8:53:34am

They’re rushin’ it toward the finish line now
(yeah, I went there on purpose)

BREAKING: AP sources: House, Senate leaders reach agreement in principle on sweeping tax package.

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 13, 2017

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Amory Blaine Dec 13, 2017 • 8:54:49am

Well, I guess I am a bad person. I hope he suffers.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 8:54:56am

re: #567 HappyWarrior

So it’s clear, I have a pre-existing condition myself, I have a heart conditoin that my genetics causd.

Same. Heart murmur. I also have ADD and mild asthma. I haven’t been to an ER for myself in almost 10 years and see doctors maybe three times a year but I am still damaged goods as far as the GOP is concerned.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:55:28am

re: #552 FormerDirtDart

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries now asking who authorized the DOJ to invite reporters to come view private texts between 2 DOJ employees who were subject of pending investigation. Also asked how it’s possible that Fox News has 10k Strzok-Page texts when DOJ only gave Congress 375 texts.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 13, 2017

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:56:20am

re: #540 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Message to Bernie. Good.

I said last night I hoped Perez took these results and slapped Bernie upside the head with them. I think he just did.

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 8:56:30am

re: #552 FormerDirtDart

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I’m wondering if showing those texts to Fox would implicate them in any obstruction charges…

One could hope.

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 8:57:07am

re: #562 HappyWarrior

I hope I’m not a bad person saying this but I don’t really feel too bad knowing he said that. I don’t want him to suffer but there’s some karma here, Mo.

Why shouldn’t he suffer? He wants to inflict suffering on literally millions of Americans, including children.

((spit))

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CongoJack Dec 13, 2017 • 8:57:27am

re: #572 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Lock them up! Lock them up!

If this was a “liberal” outlet the GOP would be passing a law to shutter the news channel.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 8:57:48am

re: #572 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is Hakeem Jeffries reading @NatashaBertrand’s story in this hearing rn?

— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) December 13, 2017

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I think he is! LOL

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 8:58:07am

Rep Jim Jordan appears to be delivering a soliloquy on text messages, very rehearsed. Using the term fake news and now talking to himself..asks questions and answers them himself.

— Nada Bakos (@nadabakos) December 13, 2017

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Rep. Jim Jordan goes crazy on Rod Rosenstein, calling on him to disband Mueller’s investigation & appoint 2nd special counsel to investigate Mueller’s probe.

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 13, 2017

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 8:58:18am

re: #570 Amory Blaine

Well, I guess I am a bad person. I hope he suffers.

I have to say that I agree. At this point, I have zero sympathy or empathy for republicans. These are not good people.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 8:59:26am

re: #559 Dr. Matt

Has Pedo Moore conceded yet?

Sounds to me like the Alabama GOP is conceding for him - because he’s too damn stubborn to do it himself.

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 9:00:03am

re: #578 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rep. Jim Jordan goes crazy on Rod Rosenstein, calling on him to disband Mueller’s investigation & appoint 2nd special counsel to investigate Mueller’s probe.

These people are insane.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:00:10am

re: #544 FormerDirtDart

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Nice photo of “The Hasbeens” that are shuffled out from public view in public view only to be in the background at arms length ready to serve at a moment’s notice.

Gone but never forgotten.

Donny never forgets his friends. He just never pays them.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 9:03:44am

I hope Mueller has more indictments coming in the new year.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:03:47am

re: #561 Backwoods_Sleuth

In May, this exact same GOP lawmaker said that “people who lead good lives” don’t have pre-existing conditions.

and “legitimate rape” does not result in conception

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 9:04:34am

Easily one of the SciFi greats…

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:05:05am

re: #575 MsJ

Why shouldn’t he suffer? He wants to inflict suffering on literally millions of Americans, including children.

((spit))

I just don’t think that way personally.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:05:31am

re: #578 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I can see why Boehner hates that guy.

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 9:06:21am

re: #586 HappyWarrior

I just don’t think that way personally.

Which is why I have repeatedly said you are a finer person than I.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:06:52am

re: #585 FormerDirtDart

Easily one of the SciFi greats…

my kids really liked it.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:07:27am

It is getting harder for me to reconcile good person and Republican. Maybe I’m a wimp or maybe I just didn’t want to go off on an old friend but my wingnut friend adn his brother’s wingnut bullshit is really getting to me. It’s tough when you’ve known someone so long. I’ve always told myself I’d never stop being a friend over politics but that’s ahrd these days and I’v definitely lost respect for people.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 9:08:10am

Rep. Gutierrez is going there, asking Rod Rosenstein if there are grounds for a criminal investigation of Donald Trump for sexual assault.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:08:36am

re: #588 MsJ

Which is why I have repeatedly said you are a finer person than I.

I guess I have a little bit of the Catholic in me still. I still hope that people can redeem themselves. MAybe that’s a little naive but it’s how I approach thing and nah I ain’t any better than you.

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Mike Lamb Dec 13, 2017 • 9:09:13am

So, questions for Jim Jordan and others…what was biased or partisan about Flynn’s and Papadapolous’ plea agreements? What was biased or partisan about teh grand juries that indicted Manafort and Gates? Can he point to any portion of this investigation that was actually tainted by bias or partisanship?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:09:48am

re: #590 HappyWarrior

It is getting harder for me to reconcile good person and Republican. Maybe I’m a wimp or maybe I just didn’t want to go off on an old friend but my wingnut friend adn his brother’s wingnut bullshit is really getting to me. It’s tough when you’ve known someone so long. I’ve always told myself I’d never stop being a friend over politics but that’s ahrd these days and I’v definitely lost respect for people.

a lot of people are contrarian by nature, something that is manipulated by the likes of Fox to convince them that “Liberal media” says such-and-such, so that these people feel compelled to embrace the opposite (Fox) opinion out of sheer cussedness.

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Amory Blaine Dec 13, 2017 • 9:11:31am

I look at it this way, when the chips are down, or I’m in real need of a friend, do I want some whackjob conservative there? No. No I don’t. Your results may vary.

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makeitstop Dec 13, 2017 • 9:11:54am

re: #593 Mike Lamb

So, questions for Jim Jordan and others…what was biased or partisan about Flynn’s and Papadapolous’ plea agreements? What was biased or partisan about teh grand juries that indicted Manafort and Gates? Can he point to any portion of this investigation that was actually tainted by bias or partisanship?

They’re going by their feelings.

A rich irony, considering we’re the ones who are always accused of letting our emotions guide our politics.

(Oh, and fuck Jim Jordan’s feelings.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:13:24am

re: #596 makeitstop

They’re going by their feelings.

A rich irony, considering we’re the ones who are always accused of letting our emotions guide our politics.

(Oh, and fuck Jim Jordan’s feelings.)

They have to make Mueller look like he is leading a partisan witch hunt instead of an investigation into criminal wrongdoing. Anything to support that narrative will be pushed.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:14:20am

re: #594 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

a lot of people are contrarian by nature, something that is manipulated by the likes of Fox to convince them that “Liberal media” says such-and-such, so that these people feel compelled to embrace the opposite (Fox) opinion out of sheer cussedness.

I know contrarians. This isn’t being contrarian. This is simply being an asshole.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 9:15:04am

From coast to coast. 🌊

The people are fighting back. ✊

Against the @GOP tax scam. 💰

Find an event near you: https://t.co/zKFRhD0req pic.twitter.com/OX3wLUaIKc

— Tax March (@taxmarch) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:15:14am

re: #596 makeitstop

They’re going by their feelings.

A rich irony, considering we’re the ones who are always accused of letting our emotions guide our politics.

(Oh, and fuck Jim Jordan’s feelings.)

We’re also constantly accused of pushing identity politics by people who embrace people like Roy Moore who pertty much ran as Charles Barkley said last night on “I hate abortion, gays, and I’m a Christian damn it.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:16:48am

re: #598 HappyWarrior

I know contrarians. This isn’t being contrarian. This is simply being an asshole.

there are people like that, too. some of them are actually fairly intelligent, but they are also people who want to win arguments more than resolve an issue, people who want to have the last word even if that last word is a shouted “F*** you!”

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 9:17:11am

Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation has so far yielded two guilty pleas—-one from Trump’s former National Security advisor (!!!)—-and two indictments of high-ranking Trump-campaign officials.@HouseGOP Judiciary Committee members: “But Hillary…”

Fucking shameful.

— Jon Zal (@OfficialJonZal) December 13, 2017

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weave Dec 13, 2017 • 9:17:24am

So true. I’m certainly shitting. Shitting my pants from laughing so hard at this tweet.

— Weave (@diaper) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:19:45am

re: #601 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

there are people like that, too. some of them are actually fairly intelligent, but they are also people who want to win arguments more than resolve an issue, people who want to have the last word even if that last word is a shouted “F*** you!”

I think some people sadly even friends can be just bigoted. It’s making me sick.

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Mike Lamb Dec 13, 2017 • 9:19:57am

re: #603 weave

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Which says WAY more about Alabama than it does the Democrats, Republicans, or the media. (And Bannon too).

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:19:59am

re: #603 weave

Don’t believe the fake celebration going on by the TheDemocrats at gop and entire media, over Roy Moore. They are sh%tting. Steve Bannon just ran an accused pedophile against all of them and lost by less than a point.

he does have a bit of a point there, but he overlooks the point that a DEMOCRAT just won a Senate election in ALABAMA

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Dec 13, 2017 • 9:20:22am

Morning Lizardim.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:20:22am

re: #578 Backwoods_Sleuth

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As an Ohioan…I hate Jim Jordan. That regressive blockhead needs to shut the hell up. He represents Ohio farm country though, west of Columbus/Central Ohio, so his seat is probably pretty safe with the Ohio Pick Up Truck crowd in his area.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:20:43am

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That’s some nice spin. I forget how did Bannon’s tactics work in Virginia? But keep on acting like this is actually a Republican victory.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:20:53am

re: #605 Mike Lamb

Which says WAY more about Alabama than it does the Democrats, Republicans, or the media. (And Bannon too).

correct.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:21:49am

re: #604 HappyWarrior

I think some people sadly even friends can be just bigoted. It’s making me sick.

I gave up trying to communicate with an old gay Republican college buddy (he was straight when I knew him, only came out years after graduating) because he had really turned so toxic with his Breitbart/Bannonism that there was no discussing anything with him.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:21:51am

re: #608 ObserverArt

As an Ohioan…I hate Jim Jordan. That regressive blockhead needs to shut the hell up. He represents Ohio farm country though, west of Columbus/Central Ohio, so his seat is probably pretty safe with the Ohio Pick Up Truck crowd in his area.

What have past representatives from that area been like?

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:22:35am

re: #611 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I gave up trying to communicate with an old gay Republican college buddy (he was straight when I knew him, only came out years after graduating) because he had really turned so toxic with his Breitbart/Bannonism that there was no discussing anything with him.

Well when you’ve known someone since childhood, it’s much harder to do that. It just gnaws. Someone I met in college, it would be easier.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Dec 13, 2017 • 9:23:37am

re: #609 HappyWarrior

That’s some nice spin. I forget how did Bannon’s tactics work in Virginia? But keep on acting like this is actually a Republican victory.

They don’t know how else to act. Trump doesn’t back losers, remember?

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Ace-o-aces Dec 13, 2017 • 9:24:43am

Yeah, Bannon’s such a master strategist he lost a Senate seat from Alabama, a state so red you could get a frying pan elected if it had an (R) next to it! pic.twitter.com/gEsIHJ2RAv

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:24:51am

re: #613 HappyWarrior

Well when you’ve known someone since childhood, it’s much harder to do that. It just gnaws. Someone I met in college, it would be easier.

My brother is like that now, he was always conservative and anti-Clinton, but now he is total toxic Trump.

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 9:25:15am

You know this answer can be used over and over for any situation. Period.

— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) December 13, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 9:26:11am

re: #608 ObserverArt

As an Ohioan…I hate Jim Jordan. That regressive blockhead needs to shut the hell up. He represents Ohio farm country though, west of Columbus/Central Ohio, so his seat is probably pretty safe with the Ohio Pick Up Truck crowd in his area.

He helped found the Freedom Caucus and served as its first chairman.
Just a bunch of lunatic Libertarians pretending to be Republicans.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:27:07am

re: #616 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My brother is like that now, he was always conservative and anti-Clinton, but now he is total toxic Trump.

I’m lucky my two brothers are sane well somwehat politically. At least I kow they have hearts.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:28:14am

re: #618 Backwoods_Sleuth

He helped found the Freedom Caucus and served as its first chairman.
Just a bunch of lunatic Libertarians pretending to be Republicans.

They combine the worst the GOP and LP have to offer and we get a toxic soup of assholes who are incapable and unwilling to govern. I’d love to see Jordan sweat next fall and maybe heaven forbid lose but as Art gets at, that’s probably a very safe district.

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Amory Blaine Dec 13, 2017 • 9:28:34am

Jesus Christ, you buy or look at shit online and the ads just keep following you around and around.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 9:28:58am

re: #616 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My wife is similar. Didn’t like Obama but can’t stand Trump either.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:30:17am

re: #604 HappyWarrior

I think some people sadly even friends can be just bigoted. It’s making me sick.

You are getting older Happy. What you are seeing is people you thought were cool separating from you due to the thinking they pick up and grow into. There will be more of it and it is why you end up with a few good deep friends as you age and a lot of memories of people you met but would not like to associate with further.

And it happens in families too. You hear all kinds of stories here about that.

I remember a guy I met in college that was a wild man, hippie-type that was popular with everyone because he was the party clown ready to thrown down a good time with everyone no matter who or what they were.

Now, not a single person that I still see from that time goes anywhere near him. He is such a hardass conservative he is unbearable to be around. He turned out to be a complete whack job. he went from all fun to no fun at all because he can’t help but put down people for their own thoughts.

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 9:31:02am

re: #606 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

he does have a bit of a point there, but he overlooks the point that a DEMOCRAT just won a Senate election in ALABAMA

My thought exactly. We came within a couple of points of Senator Sexual Kiddie Diddler.

That said, we did it…unless… littlegreenfootballs.com

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:31:50am

re: #623 ObserverArt

You are getting older Happy. What you are seeing is people you thought were cool separating from you due to the thinking they pick up and grow into. There will be more of it and it is why you end up with a few good deep friends as you age and a lot of memories of people you met but would not like to associate with further.

And it happens in families too. You hear all kinds of stories here about that.

I remember a guy I met in college that was a wild man, hippie-type that was popular with everyone because he was the party clown ready to thrown down a good time with everyone no matter who or what they were.

Now, not a single person that I still see from that time goes anywhere near him. He is such a hardass conservative he is unbearable to be around. He turned out to be a complete whack job. he went from all fun to no fun at all because he can’t help but put down people for their own thoughts.

Yeah I hear ya. It’s just tough for me since this is a very good friend. I take solace that I can talk current events with my brothers. My youngest one is a bit contrarian but he just likes to tweek. Middle brother and I speak the same language.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:31:52am

re: #622 Eclectic Cyborg

My wife is similar. Didn’t like Obama but can’t stand Trump either.

brother is toxic in his support for Trump

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:32:49am

Tehy ought call them Pedo Bear Republicans meaning they’d vote for a Republican even if he were dresesd like pedo bear and molesting their kids.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:34:31am

re: #624 MsJ

My thought exactly. We came within a couple of points of Senator Sexual Kiddie Diddler.

That said, we did it…unless… littlegreenfootballs.com

and the GOP even had a backup plan, namely to have Alabama change its laws to allow the governor to appoint a replacement for two years rather have another special election . Then they could’ve held hearings on Moore soon after he was seated and run him out, thereby generating the image of propriety - and then have him replaced by a more sane GOP candidate who would be easily reelected in 2020

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:34:45am

re: #612 HappyWarrior

What have past representatives from that area been like?

Very Republican, but overall moderate. Jordan came out of the Tea Party crowd and bought-into the popular rise of it. Now he is considered one of the champions of the Freedom Caucus and loves the attention it has gotten him. He is eating this stuff up.

I think he is an ex-high school and college wrestling champion. So, he has that hardass jock thing going on too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 9:34:48am

re: #591 JordanRules

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Wow @RepGutierrez lays out Trump’s record of sexual assault/allegations and Trump’s own admissions, asks Rod Rosenstein if there are grounds for a criminal investigation of the President by the DoJ pic.twitter.com/hGcZIAEsvP

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Ace-o-aces Dec 13, 2017 • 9:35:28am

So, hey, just catching up on the Chuck Schumer sexual harassment hoax. What’s the current odd of the Rage Furby getting pinched for forgery?

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:36:11am

The right wanted to have it both ways with this. THE MOORE ALLEGATIONS ARE LIES! Moore loses. OKAY WELL Y’ALL STILL BARELY BEAT A PEDO SO YOU STILL SUCK. In a just world, Moore performs like Alan Keyes did when Keyes ran against Obam.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 9:36:57am

re: #630 Backwoods_Sleuth

Yes. More of this!

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:37:21am

re: #629 ObserverArt

Very Republican, but overall moderate. Jordan came out of the Tea Party crowd and bought-into the popular rise of it. Now he is considered one of the champions of the Freedom Caucus and loves the attention it has gotten him. He is eating this stuff up.

I think he is an ex-high school and college wrestling champion. So, he has that hardass jock thing going on too.

You’re right about the wrestling champion part. I read that in a profile on him and I agree he’s a publicity junkie. Makes sense. I didn’t think that area would have ever been Democratic in orientation but I was curious about the past Republicans. It geos to show you how the party has radicalized.

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Amory Blaine Dec 13, 2017 • 9:37:58am

The Grand Ole Mascot of the Republican party

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Dec 13, 2017 • 9:38:26am

re: #635 Amory Blaine

The Grand Ole Mascot of the Republican party

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Only doing a Nazi salute.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:39:18am

re: #636 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Only doing a Nazi salute.

Replace the Satna hat with a MAGA hat too.

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Ace-o-aces Dec 13, 2017 • 9:39:23am

InfoWars: FIRE MUELLER FOR CREATING THE CHEMTRAILS THAT ARE MAKING THE FROGS GAY!!!!! Now, buy this bottle of vitamins for $100.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 13, 2017

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John Carter Dec 13, 2017 • 9:39:43am

re: #616 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My brother is like that now, he was always conservative and anti-Clinton, but now he is total toxic Trump.

I know at least one person like that. Hated the Clintons and Obama, but now really hates Trump.

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Amory Blaine Dec 13, 2017 • 9:40:55am

My brother put 30k worth of sex toys in my amazon cart and let’s just say my ads are a wee tad embarrassing.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 9:41:28am

re: #626 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

brother is toxic in his support for Trump

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:41:59am

re: #631 Ace-o-aces

So, hey, just catching up on the Chuck Schumer sexual harassment hoax. What’s the current odd of the Rage Furby getting pinched for forgery?

I wonder if some liberal creative arty types got together and put it together and then sent it to Chucky knowing he would bite hard and spread it around.

I have been called on to create ‘fake’ docs as a joke. My graphics background in illustration, printing, publishing, photography and advertising makes me an ideal candidate to pull that kind of thing off.

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nines09 Dec 13, 2017 • 9:42:30am

Did anyone check on Sassy today?

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Dec 13, 2017 • 9:43:05am

re: #643 nines09

Did anyone check on Sassy today?

I asked last night (this morning my time) if the Twitter account had tweeted anything immediately following Moore’s defeat… Did that ever happen?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 9:43:34am

re: #644 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I asked last night (this morning my time) if the Twitter account had tweeted anything immediately following Moore’s defeat… Did that ever happen?

yes

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:44:10am

Sassy resigned to spend less time with Moore.

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stpaulbear Dec 13, 2017 • 9:44:18am

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:44:27am

re: #631 Ace-o-aces

So, hey, just catching up on the Chuck Schumer sexual harassment hoax. What’s the current odd of the Rage Furby getting pinched for forgery?

This is going to be fun…..

Rage Furby is in panic mode. pic.twitter.com/ApuNPA7JpT

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) December 13, 2017

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nines09 Dec 13, 2017 • 9:44:32am

re: #644 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

The real Sassy. I’m being acidly sarcastic.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 9:45:24am

re: #644 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I asked last night (this morning my time) if the Twitter account had tweeted anything immediately following Moore’s defeat… Did that ever happen?

littlegreenfootballs.com

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Lidane Dec 13, 2017 • 9:45:27am

Sad news in the music world:

Pat DiNizio, frontman of The Smithereens, died Tuesday at age 62. More on his life & legacy: https://t.co/CKWrhUTtVn pic.twitter.com/PRthGiqAhc

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 13, 2017

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I loved these guys. One of the few bands in the 80s that was all about the music and none of the bullshit that came with it.

The Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 9:46:32am

re: #642 ObserverArt

I wonder if some liberal creative arty types got together and put it together and then sent it to Chucky knowing he would bite hard and spread it around.

I have been called on to create ‘fake’ docs as a joke. My graphics background in illustration, printing, publishing, photography and advertising makes me an ideal candidate to pull that kind of thing off.

Are you admitting to your utter brilliance?

Good on you!!! :-)

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:46:50am

re: #648 Dr. Matt

This is going to be fun…..

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I think he finally may get what he deserves, a long trip in jali.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 9:48:00am

re: #651 Lidane

This was the first Smithereens I ever heard and still my favorite

The Smithereens - Only A Memory

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:48:13am

re: #653 HappyWarrior

I think he finally may get what he deserves, a long trip in jali.

Yup. Now he’s acting like a 12 year old blaming the dog for eating his science project.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Dec 13, 2017 • 9:48:54am

re: #649 nines09

The real Sassy. I’m being acidly sarcastic.

No, I know. I was just using that to follow up on my earlier comment.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 9:49:02am

*spit*

Yesterday. pic.twitter.com/mfVymTW0hg

— Gus Antidisestablishmentarianism™ (@Gus_802) December 13, 2017

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Today. pic.twitter.com/LIrPCHqKsg

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piratedan Dec 13, 2017 • 9:49:54am

re: #654 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

was always partial to this one:

The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 9:52:21am

Just clipped

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:52:24am

re: #657 Backwoods_Sleuth

*spit*

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Nina is such a hack. By the way, Nina, didn’t see you campaigning for Doug in Alabama, I did see a lot of those establishment types you hate though. Maybe they’re better people and leaders than you are.

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Jay C Dec 13, 2017 • 9:53:07am

re: #631 Ace-o-aces

So, hey, just catching up on the Chuck Schumer sexual harassment hoax. What’s the current odd of the Rage Furby getting pinched for forgery?

re: #648 Dr. Matt

Just guessing, but given the way Charles The Lesser is backpedaling, I’d give the odds as zip - unless he was stupid enough to leave his grubby fingerprints on the forged “complaint” (always a possibility with these idiots) - he can always hide behind his supposed “journalist” status and simply claimed he was fooled - although I don’t imagine he’s in much danger of having to fork over that 10 large “reward”…..

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:53:59am

re: #661 Jay C

Just guessing, but given the way Charles The Lesser is backpedaling, I’d give the odds as zip - unless he was stupid enough to leave his grubby fingerprints on the forged “complaint” (always a possibility with these idiots) - he can always hide behind his supposed “journalist” status and simply claimed he was fooled - although I don’t imagine he’s in much danger of having to fork over that 10 large “reward”…..

I wonder if a judge or prosecutor would look at the stunt he pulled on Mrs. Cochran.

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 9:54:02am

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe. Dec 13, 2017 • 9:55:04am

re: #663 Dave In Austin

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Yeah, that post aged real well.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:55:10am

re: #663 Dave In Austin

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Was he too drunk and stupid to realize Moore is Alabama? Stupid carpetbagging idiot.

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nines09 Dec 13, 2017 • 9:55:16am

Don’t cry for Roy. Second place gets you statues in the South.

— B. Finch, Esq (@Buttockus) December 13, 2017

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 9:55:42am

re: #613 HappyWarrior

Well when you’ve known someone since childhood, it’s much harder to do that. It just gnaws. Someone I met in college, it would be easier.

I have a friend since I was ten. That was in 19xx. Long ago I had to distance myself so our relationship could continue. Not political. Just personalities.

Few relationships endure. They come and go ebb and flow.

Years invested isnt always enough to hold it together
I always ask are they an anchor or a sail in your life? Then it’s kinda easy.

These many years later I meet all you folks
Life is rosy

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 9:56:10am

But wait, there’s Moar!!

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 9:56:20am

re: #659 Dave In Austin

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And thus I feel vindicated in stating that the precedent set last week is going to lead to more rodent copulation. Chucky’s only mistake here was to name a “victim” that is still on Schumer’s staff, rather than finding some bitter ex-employee willing to make false allegations for the right price.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:57:07am

re: #667 dangerman

I have a friend since I was ten. That was in 19xx. Long ago I had to distance myself so our relationship could continue. Not political. Just personalities.

Few relationships endure. They come and go ebb and flow.

Years invested isnt always enough to hold it together
I always ask are they an anchor or a sail in your life? Then it’s kinda easy.

These many years later I meet all you folks
Life is rosey

You’re right. They’re not in my daily life but I do value old friendships. The thing is he wasn’t a jerk about the way he said it but it was really some of the most pathetic wingnut propaganda I’ve ever seen. I’m more sad than angry about it.

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Dave In Austin Dec 13, 2017 • 9:57:14am

And then………

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 9:57:42am

re: #666 nines09

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You’re right, we need a statue of Roy Moore so we don’t forget his loss.

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Lidane Dec 13, 2017 • 9:57:48am

It’s GOHMERT! y’all:

Congressman Says ‘Everyone Respects’ Mueller at FBI Hearing, Louie Gohmert Interrupts: ‘I Don’t’ https://t.co/CppaBky1Vp pic.twitter.com/mqMQBYWmH8

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:58:00am

re: #668 Dave In Austin

But wait, there’s Moar!!

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It’s no wonder why Stone laughs at him. He’s an idiot.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:58:15am

re: #672 Targetpractice

You’re right, we need a statue of Roy Moore so we don’t forget his loss.

Our heritage!

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Interesting Times Dec 13, 2017 • 9:58:31am

This this this:

Alabama proves that appealing to Trump voters is a lost cause. The power is elsewhere https://t.co/Lc0DPy8vgQ <— my latest for @globeandmail

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 13, 2017

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nines09 Dec 13, 2017 • 9:58:48am

re: #672 Targetpractice

With a 14 year old girl on his lap, and his hand on her thigh. Smiling.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 9:58:59am

re: #661 Jay C

Just guessing, but given the way Charles The Lesser is backpedaling, I’d give the odds as zip - unless he was stupid enough to leave his grubby fingerprints on the forged “complaint” (always a possibility with these idiots) - he can always hide behind his supposed “journalist” status and simply claimed he was fooled - although I don’t imagine he’s in much danger of having to fork over that 10 large “reward”…..

Issue him a subpoena and confiscate his phones, phone records, computers, etc.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:59:06am

re: #673 Lidane

It’s GOHMERT! y’all:

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It’s sad that the only thing that could get Gohmert out of office is probably him EMBRACING Mueller and then Bannon would primary his stupid ass.

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piratedan Dec 13, 2017 • 9:59:50am

re: #673 Lidane

its perfectly alright, I’m sure that Gohmert’s feelings are reciprocated by many of us here towards Gohmert himself.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 9:59:56am

re: #676 Interesting Times

This this this:

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Bakari Sellers made the same argument last night. I agree with Sarah and Bakari and you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:00:02am

“Moore ran on the politics of subjugation, and those who voted for him could do so only because they knew they would not be among the subjugated.” https://t.co/k5JnMIyDtD pic.twitter.com/fY0wSvldIw

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:03:20am

re: #682 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I believe in baseball, we would say she hit a home run.

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Dec 13, 2017 • 10:04:34am

re: #648 Dr. Matt

This is going to be fun…..

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O Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster please make Ginger Snapped and Pizza Putz perpwalk.
In the name of Holy Romano Cheese, please!!!!!!!!!!

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:04:39am

White males haven’t voted for a Democratic candidate for President since LBJ. I’m a white guy. I ain’t ashamed necessarily of being one but at the same time, I know and I’m perfectly fine with that our coalition wins when people of all backgrounds vote for us.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:04:45am

heh

“Mr. Rosenstein, my…uh….constituents, yeah my constituents are worried about this wave of sexual harassment settlements. They…uh…don’t think we should waste time investigating such…uh…frivolous matters.” pic.twitter.com/871UCPwkzT

— jordan yule log ⛄️ (@JordanUhl) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:04:48am

re: #466 makeitstop

May they both go to prison for a long time. Assholes.

Do we know it was them? I hope so!

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 10:05:18am

Women with children under 18 at home backed Doug Jones by 66-32%, per exit poll results. https://t.co/PBT8ug7ddb #ALSen pic.twitter.com/3cHzbuJbV8

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 13, 2017

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:05:34am

Now Chuck Johnson is claiming that he too was duped by the forged Schumer harassment complaint, and offers a $10K bounty for identity of the person behind it. pic.twitter.com/gSmDwOBfPf

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 13, 2017

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:05:43am

re: #652 MsJ

Are you admitting to your utter brilliance?

Good on you!!! :-)

I would not say brilliant. Just a decent career loving what I do.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 10:06:07am

re: #673 Lidane

It’s GOHMERT! y’all:

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Like a fart in an elevator.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:06:22am

This is Patricia Gaines, whose father, a liberal minister, was driven out of Selma in 1961 by Klansmen on horseback. She went back to Selma for the first time today to drive black voters to the polls. pic.twitter.com/A6q8JDtDg9

— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) December 13, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:08:10am

lol

People that use Drumpf are silly. How old are you dude?

— Will Houston (@WillHouston11) December 13, 2017

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You tweeted: “The Republicans aren’t trying to take healthcare from anyone” to your 2 followers, one of whom is “Chair of Trump Students.” How old are you dude? #Toodles https://t.co/J8zbTbu8lq

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) December 13, 2017

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 10:08:11am

re: #689 Dr. Matt

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Name any of the journalists lawyers and members of Congress who all agreed without anyone asking who the source was

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Lidane Dec 13, 2017 • 10:09:02am

No comment:

Alabama evangelical explains why Moore won’t concede: He can’t believe ‘God would will a Democrat to win’ https://t.co/139vB8g15L

— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:10:00am

re: #489 HappyWarrior

Not just black people SH but black women!

If only Roy Moore had his wish that there had been no Amendments after the Bill of Rights, then even if those women weren’t slaves, they wouldn’t have had the right to vote anyway!/

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:10:16am

Abbas: Trump’s Jerusalem move disqualifies US as a peace broker. Abbas had been upbeat about Trump earlier this year, saying he could bring new ideas. Erdogan now also says US can’t make peace. https://t.co/uXHkBZtzBJ

— Anne Rumsey Gearan (@agearan) December 13, 2017

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Dec 13, 2017 • 10:10:27am

The Trump base:

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Stanley Sea Dec 13, 2017 • 10:10:51am

New Monmouth poll has Trump job approval rating at 32%, lowest since taking office.

— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) December 13, 2017

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stpaulbear Dec 13, 2017 • 10:11:02am

re: #651 Lidane

Sad news in the music world:

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I loved these guys. One of the few bands in the 80s that was all about the music and none of the bullshit that came with it.

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I always loved how this song managed to sound like both The Beatles and Mott The Hoople before the drums even came in. Green Thoughts was such a great album. So sad about Pat.

Only A Memory

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 10:11:16am

re: #686 Backwoods_Sleuth

heh

“Mr. Rosenstein, my…uh….constituents, yeah my constituents are worried about this wave of sexual harassment settlements. They…uh…don’t think we should waste time investigating such…uh…frivolous matters.” pic.twitter.com/871UCPwkzT

— jordan yule log ⛄️ (@JordanUhl) December 13, 2017

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Oh, look. Pajama boy and Russian stooge has words he attempts to bumble through. https://t.co/94AelLGP75

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 10:11:20am

re: #655 Dr. Matt

Yup. Now he’s acting like a 12 year old blaming the dog for eating his science project.

$10,000 reward for relevant information…

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 10:11:24am

re: #676 Interesting Times

This this this:

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I think that’s what has the Bros in the biggest tizzy right now, that their 11th hour “break” from Jones due to his not promoting $15/hr min wage and universal health care did not lead to his defeat. Their entire belief system rests upon the idea that the key to winning elections is appealing to that “economic anxiety” among the “working class” (i.e. poor white guys). So to have a Dem win without appealing to the WWC completely blows apart their belief that such is impossible.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 10:12:52am

re: #672 Targetpractice

You’re right, we need a statue of Roy Moore so we don’t forget his loss.

He is a big part of their proud political heritage

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:12:54am

LOL you honestly don’t think that’s what happened here? In a race against a PEDOPHILE?

— julia 🌹 (@bigkittenqueen) December 13, 2017

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Sweetheart, if people were voting to save themselves from a pedophile, white folks would have went for Doug Jones.
Black people were voting to protect OURSELVES from Roy Moore, not voting to save everybody.
Start saving yourselves from now on. There are more of you. https://t.co/QQOorj5jiw

— Bravenak Wonderbitch Can’t Find Mr. Dane. (@bravenak) December 13, 2017

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BOOM

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:13:06am

re: #692 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Her father would be proud.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:13:20am

re: #651 Lidane

Sad news in the music world:

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I loved these guys. One of the few bands in the 80s that was all about the music and none of the bullshit that came with it.

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I haz a big sad over this. One of the great bands of all time and like you said they did it for the tunes. And they were a band…a band of friends that worked together to bring us happy jangling guitar songs.

Here is my contribution to Pat’s memory. One of my all-time Beatles songs performed by the band in a radio studio. R.I.P. rocker.

The Smithereens - You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (Breakfast With The Beatles, August 4th, 2013)

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:13:31am

re: #508 Joe Bacon 🌹

Hello Senator Tina Smith!

I have heard, contrary to prior reports, that she does intend to run for the office in the special election.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:13:39am

re: #705 Backwoods_Sleuth

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BOOM

She is correct. Sigh.

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 10:14:22am

re: #697 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That’s because Trump’s evangelical base don’t want peace. They want to promote as much death and suffering as possible because they think that will get us closer to the big reward in the sky promised in their Big Book of Fairy Tales.

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 10:14:44am

re: #703 Targetpractice

I think that’s what has the Bros in the biggest tizzy right now, that their 11th hour “break” from Jones due to his not promoting $15/hr min wage and universal health care did not lead to his defeat. Their entire belief system rests upon the idea that the key to winning elections is appealing to that “economic anxiety” among the “working class” (i.e. poor white guys). So to have a Dem win without appealing to the WWC completely blows apart their belief that such is impossible.

See #695 re: Roy Moore’s disbelief

Reality doesn’t care what you wanted

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ipsos Dec 13, 2017 • 10:16:42am

Time to go after the new tax deal. God only knows what kind of garbage they’ve stuffed in there in search of a speedy vote. It’s going to need all the sunlight we can shine on it.

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:17:16am

re: #520 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

This is horrible, I know, but it made me laugh out loud.

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The way she says Jew, as though she ought to be congratulated for being so open-minded when she’s actually demonstrating what a bigot she is, was really bizarre, like something out of the fifties.

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Kragar Dec 13, 2017 • 10:17:40am

If yesterday’s Alabama Senate race had been a House election, the Republicans, who got *fewer* votes, would have won 6 out of 7 seats, and the Democrats, who *won* the vote statewide, only 1 out of 7. That’s how gerrymandered Alabama is. pic.twitter.com/asGex1KAIC

— Leonardo Carella (@leonardocarella) December 13, 2017

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 13, 2017 • 10:17:52am

re: #672 Targetpractice

You’re right, we need a statue of Roy Moore so we don’t forget his loss.

May I propose a giant horses ass?

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines Dec 13, 2017 • 10:18:47am

re: #695 Lidane

No comment:

Alabama evangelical explains why Moore won’t concede: He can’t believe ‘God would will a Democrat to win’ https://t.co/139vB8g15L

— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 13, 2017

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These people really are atavistic savages, living in a world of arcane magic presided over by shamans and witch doctors they refer to as pastors and preachers. Instead of shaking feathers and rattling gourds, they thump their Bibles and wave rifles. Some of their recent rhetoric, Moore preferring young girls for their “purity,” isn’t too far from calling for virgin sacrifice.

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 10:18:48am

Pres. Trump on Roy Moore’s loss: “A lot of Republicans feel differently, they’re very happy with the way it turned out—but as the leader of the party, I would have liked to have had the seat.” https://t.co/iFaCR86emh pic.twitter.com/ULxirHBEfH

— ABC News (@ABC) December 13, 2017

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 10:19:15am

Bannon and Bannonites will learn nothing, will double down.

Source close to Bannon re: #AlSen: “This doesn’t stop Steve’s war against the establishment, all it does is pour gasoline on top of it.”

— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) December 13, 2017

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Bannon’s is a non-falsifiable theory. If he wins, he’s right. If he loses, he’s right. If his guy prevails, his finger was on the pulse; if his guy goes down, he was sabotaged. In a few months he’ll be wandering around a park muttering about the Kulaks. https://t.co/AvsWoPURSr

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) December 13, 2017

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 10:19:15am

re: #695 Lidane

No comment:

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It’s amazing how this “God” guy keeps saying shit that crazy men want so badly to hear.

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 10:21:26am

re: #717 FormerDirtDart

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Reading between the lines: “The GOP was wrong for not joining in me in supporting the child molester! See what we lost!”

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:22:00am

re: #548 electrotek

Who are the 8% of blacks who would be so self-loathing to vote for Moore?

I would guess extreme pro-lifers who are single issue voters.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 13, 2017 • 10:23:17am

Feeling much more encouraged than I was this morning about Rod:

AG Rosenstein now aggressively dismissing GOP case to undermine Mueller: “Based upon his reputation, his service, his patriotism…I believe he was an ideal choice for this task”

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 13, 2017

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Good for Rod. Critically important that the DOJ rank and file and the country at large hear this from him, especially since the attorney general won’t say it. https://t.co/JlwLGuhOF8

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:23:32am

re: #716 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

These people really are atavistic savages, living in a world of arcane magic presided over by shamans and witch doctors they refer to as pastors and preachers. Instead of shaking feathers and rattling gourds, they thump their Bibles and wave rifles. Some of their recent rhetoric, Moore preferring young girls for their “purity,” isn’t too far from calling for virgin sacrifice.

Believe it. Stop hiding behind God.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:23:55am

re: #692 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Good on her. I bet she feels great today.

And proof for those that like to slag the boomers over their politics some of us olds still remember the 60s and 70s and what we stood for then, we still stand for today.

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Sir John Barron Dec 13, 2017 • 10:24:57am

re: #703 Targetpractice

I think that’s what has the Bros in the biggest tizzy right now, that their 11th hour “break” from Jones due to his not promoting $15/hr min wage and universal health care did not lead to his defeat. Their entire belief system rests upon the idea that the key to winning elections is appealing to that “economic anxiety” among the “working class” (i.e. poor white guys). So to have a Dem win without appealing to the WWC completely blows apart their belief that such is impossible.

$15/hr or Fight!

SINGLEPAYER OR…UH…

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MsJ Dec 13, 2017 • 10:25:00am

re: #722 Barefoot Grin

Not only will the AG not say it, he (and his cronies) are actively working against this. Sessions is as compromised as Trump.

— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:25:10am

re: #568 Eclectic Cyborg

And yet if Moore had won he’d be on a fucking ~~horse~~ plane to DC right now.

Nah, I bet Yertle would want Luther Strange to stay in for the rest of the year. He knows Luther will vote exactly the way Yertle tells him to, and that Moore is a wild card.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 10:27:42am

re: #718 Barefoot Grin

Bannon and Bannonites will learn nothing, will double down.

Bannon’s is a non-falsifiable theory. If he wins, he’s right. If he loses, he’s right. If his guy prevails, his finger was on the pulse; if his guy goes down, he was sabotaged. In a few months he’ll be wandering around a park muttering about the Kulaks.

He can blame the RNC for not throwing enough support to Moore in his hour of need.

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BeachDem Dec 13, 2017 • 10:28:33am

re: #598 HappyWarrior

I know contrarians. This isn’t being contrarian. This is simply being an asshole.

My stance is that I barely have enough time for the people I like and respect, so I won’t waste any of it on assholes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:28:49am

You can cook three hours for your family and still won’t see so much joy… #Dogs, you just have to love them! pic.twitter.com/YAittVbSlj

— Ernie and Berti (@Berti_and_Ernie) December 13, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:29:26am

Trump appeared to ask the videographer in the White House carrying a boom mic about his 401-k in the middle of his public appearance.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 13, 2017

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And acted as if whatever response he got from him was some sort of endorsement of the GOP tax plan. https://t.co/xtBN4RwfOs

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:31:00am

re: #619 HappyWarrior

I’m lucky my two brothers are sane well somwehat politically. At least I kow they have hearts.

My brother is a wingnut, but at least he doesn’t like Trump. He and his wife voted for Gary Johnson.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:31:28am

Roy Moore refuses to concede, says “we also know that God is in control” https://t.co/1sJSZehJKH https://t.co/IXqp0xvnhB

— CNN (@CNN) December 13, 2017

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Moore: Send us a sign, Oh Lord!

God: Seriously?

M: A sign, that’s all we ask

G: It’s on the front page of every paper in the country, dipshit

M: Just one sign

G: Fuck you

M: We beseech you

G: and the horse you barely rode in on https://t.co/YTDxjTYOQy

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 13, 2017

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FormerDirtDart Dec 13, 2017 • 10:33:07am

You’re gonna wanna knock back a shot or two after reading this

From @Kenwardjr @wvgazettemail Convicted coal exec Don Blankenship cites news stories while claiming news media conspired not to report the news stories they reported:https://t.co/OGgUvSUNYq

— Howard Berkes (@hberkes) December 13, 2017

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 13, 2017 • 10:34:23am

Without a system to nominate fit characters who reasonably reflect the views of constituents, voters cannot have their views represented in government.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) December 13, 2017

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It’s odd that this concern never popped up when Scott Brown won in Massachusetts https://t.co/LJaWyU3I3Q

— lil kneeass (@jesseltaylor) December 13, 2017

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 10:34:57am

re: #721 Big Beautiful Door

I would guess extreme pro-lifers who are single issue voters.

Either that or some Uncle Ruckus types.

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Stanley Sea Dec 13, 2017 • 10:35:28am

April Ryan said that Omarosa was escorted out of the WH last night by secret service after she tried to get into the residence to talk to the yam.

After Kelly had told her she’s out.

LOL

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:35:32am

re: #632 HappyWarrior

The right wanted to have it both ways with this. THE MOORE ALLEGATIONS ARE LIES! Moore loses. OKAY WELL Y’ALL STILL BARELY BEAT A PEDO SO YOU STILL SUCK. In a just world, Moore performs like Alan Keyes did when Keyes ran against Obam.

Its all relative based on the redness of the state. Moore ran 28 points behind Trump’s margin of victory just last year, which is a massive collapse compared to where a GOP candidate should’ve finished in Alabama.

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whitebeach Dec 13, 2017 • 10:35:36am

re: #642 ObserverArt

I wonder if some liberal creative arty types got together and put it together and then sent it to Chucky knowing he would bite hard and spread it around.

I have been called on to create ‘fake’ docs as a joke. My graphics background in illustration, printing, publishing, photography and advertising makes me an ideal candidate to pull that kind of thing off.

How fast can you get me an Irish passport?

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:37:11am

re: #640 Amory Blaine

My brother put 30k worth of sex toys in my amazon cart and let’s just say my ads are a wee tad embarrassing.

I like your brother’s sense of humor!

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William Lewis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:37:36am

re: #716 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

These people really are atavistic savages, living in a world of arcane magic presided over by shamans and witch doctors they refer to as pastors and preachers. Instead of shaking feathers and rattling gourds, they thump their Bibles and wave rifles. Some of their recent rhetoric, Moore preferring young girls for their “purity,” isn’t too far from calling for virgin sacrifice.

The one who’s teachings I follow would not be recognized by them. I remember the first time I read “The Grand Inquisitor” from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov and thinking that it wasn’t possible that people could be that willfully blind and evil.

Fast forward a few years & too much experience later and I still SMH at them but simply try to clean up the mess they, in that evil, left behind them.

Help the poor. Feed the hungry. Care for the sick. Visit those imprisoned. Do onto others as you’d have them do onto you. Love mercy. Do justly. Walk humbly alongside God.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:37:48am

Interesting Quora writeup on Mad Mike Hughes and his rocket.
quora.com

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 10:38:28am

re: #735 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Brown wins: “The voters have spoken!”

Jones wins: “We shouldn’t read anything into this besides the voters not wanting a pedophile to represent them.”

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:38:38am

This is what a Roy Moore’s America would look like:

Egyptian Singer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison Over Music Video in Which She Suggestively Eats Fruit

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:39:39am

re: #738 Big Beautiful Door

Its all relative based on the redness of the state. Moore ran 28 points behind Trump’s margin of victory just last year, which is a massive collapse compared to where a GOP candidate should’ve finished in Alabama.

Yep anc I meant Jones heh. But yep.

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Shropshire Slasher Dec 13, 2017 • 10:41:13am

Comedian Artie Lange, who rose to fame on “The Howard Stern Show,” was arrested at his New Jersey home for skipping a court date in connection with a drug case.

pagesix.com

Sucks to get old.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 10:42:51am

Yesterday, 18 people signed up to @runforsomething. Today, it’s not even 8am ET and 40 people have signed up to run. Wins help candidate recruitment which helps create more wins. ✨

— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) December 13, 2017

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:42:58am

re: #742 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Interesting Quora writeup on Mad Mike Hughes and his rocket.
quora.com

Hey thanks for posting that. I wondered what he was up to since his ‘launch’ didn’t come off. I saved a link to his YouTube page and nothing was ever posted I don’t think.

My old model rocket days got me interested in his escapades. I actually met some of the guys that worked on Evil’s attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon back in those old national rocket contests.

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Shropshire Slasher Dec 13, 2017 • 10:43:10am

re: #746 Shropshire Slasher

As seen in the movie Elf

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:43:13am

re: #733 Backwoods_Sleuth

If that’s his belief, he has to accept that his god does not approve of child-molesters.

— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 13, 2017

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Dec 13, 2017 • 10:43:35am

re: #668 Dave In Austin

Whut?

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 10:44:05am

re: #642 ObserverArt

I wonder if some liberal creative arty types got together and put it together and then sent it to Chucky knowing he would bite hard and spread it around.

I have been called on to create ‘fake’ docs as a joke. My graphics background in illustration, printing, publishing, photography and advertising makes me an ideal candidate to pull that kind of thing off.

One German passport, please.

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electrotek Dec 13, 2017 • 10:44:25am

The Smithereens - Blood And Roses

My favorite from them :(

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:46:32am

re: #722 Barefoot Grin

Feeling much more encouraged than I was this morning about Rod:

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The victims of hate-radio and Fox News will probably never hear about it. Even people I thought were sane Conservatives, rather than Foxpublicans, now claim that the investigation is compromised and must be shut down. The right has lost their minds.

— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 13, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:47:54am

re: #717 FormerDirtDart

Not every Republicans is Ok with child-molestation like this wicked alt-president is.

— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 13, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 10:48:19am

The wind industry warns that the House version of #GOPTaxScam could slash over 1/2 of new wind farms planned in the US. Disastrous idea. We should be moving forward, not back, in the fight to advance our clean, #RenewableEnergy economy. #TodaysClimateFact https://t.co/UiJ4WLMrxH

— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) December 13, 2017

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 10:49:01am

Yikes!

If yesterday’s Alabama Senate race had been a House election, the Republicans, who got *fewer* votes, would have won 6 out of 7 seats, and the Democrats, who *won* the vote statewide, only 1 out of 7. That’s how gerrymandered Alabama is. pic.twitter.com/asGex1KAIC

— Leonardo Carella (@leonardocarella) December 13, 2017

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:49:17am

re: #716 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

These alt-Christians actually believe that there’s a bigoted god that wants bigots to win elections. It looks like insanity to me.

— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 13, 2017

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Targetpractice Dec 13, 2017 • 10:50:02am

re: #756 JordanRules

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“But it will create so many coal jobs!!!”

*whisperwhisper*

“It will actually kill coal jobs? Well, so what, you lefties want coal gone anyway!”

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:50:10am

re: #755 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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Gotta use Trump calling himself the leader of the GOP against Republicans who run away from him or claim he’s not a true GOPer.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:50:11am

re: #713 Big Beautiful Door

The way she says Jew, as though she ought to be congratulated for being so open-minded when she’s actually demonstrating what a bigot she is, was really bizarre, like something out of the fifties.

Alabama is part of the land that time forgot.

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 10:51:37am

re: #737 Stanley Sea

April Ryan said that Omarosa was escorted out of the WH last night by secret service after she tried to get into the residence to talk to the yam.

After Kelly had told her she’s out.

LOL

I quit the minute after they fired me

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:52:10am

re: #718 Barefoot Grin

Bannon and Bannonites will learn nothing, will double down.

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Supports my theory that Bannon primarily wants to destroy the GOP establishment, even if it results in the Democrats returning to power, so that it can be replaced by a radical white nationalist party.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 10:52:32am

re: #758 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Moore probably really does believe that he’s chosen man or something and this is such a deeply-rooted part of his individual identity that for him, it’s literally impossible that he could lose.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:52:45am

re: #737 Stanley Sea

April Ryan said that Omarosa was escorted out of the WH last night by secret service after she tried to get into the residence to talk to the yam.

After Kelly had told her she’s out.

LOL

Trump only hires the best.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 10:53:49am

re: #763 Big Beautiful Door

Supports my theory that Bannon primarily wants to destroy the GOP establishment, even if it results in the Democrats returning to power, so that it can be replaced by a radical white nationalist party.

And what’s Bannon’s Plan B if his “radical white nationalist party” fizzles out? Then what?

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:54:09am

re: #689 Dr. Matt

Who’s giving this mentally-challenged hobo tens of thousands of dollars?

— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 13, 2017

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 10:54:15am

re: #764 Dr Lizardo

Moore probably really does believe that he’s chosen man or something and this is such a deeply-rooted part of his individual identity that for him, it’s literally impossible that he could lose.

we will soon be hearing about irregularities and illegal voters, etc…

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Kragar Dec 13, 2017 • 10:54:56am

Its not often that I’ll give Mike Huckabee credit for saying the right thing

Roy Moore won’t concede; says will wait on God to speak. God wasn’t registered to vote in AL but the ppl who voted did speak and it wasn’t close enough for recount. In elections everyone does NOT get a trophy. I know first hand but it’s best to exit with class.

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:56:18am

GOP primaries are only going to get worse. Bannon doesn’t care about the GOP. He cares about establishing a racist state.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 10:56:27am

re: #768 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

we will soon be hearing about irregularities and illegal voters, etc…

I’ve seen that already on Free Republic. Of course, that should come as no surprise; for the Freepers, it’s impossible that a wingnut could lose - such a loss can only be attributable to voter fraud, shenanigans, etc.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 10:56:52am

re: #769 Kragar

Its not often that I’ll give Mike Huckabee credit for saying the right thing

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It’s sad when Huckabee is the adult.

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William Lewis Dec 13, 2017 • 10:57:09am

re: #753 electrotek

Oh, yes, mine as well. Thank you for posting this…

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 10:57:22am

re: #769 Kragar

Its not often that I’ll give Mike Huckabee credit for saying the right thing

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Credit where credit is due. On this one singular thing, I agree with Huckabee.

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Dr. Matt Dec 13, 2017 • 10:57:32am

re: #767 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Who’s giving this mentally-challenged hobo tens of thousands of dollars?
— Jeff Furlington rejects fascism (@FurlingtonJeff) December 13, 2017

According to Andrew Auernheimer, an investor gave them a million dollars to get a stake in GotNews but Rage Furby screwed weev out of the money.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 10:57:52am

Fox is already throwing Bannon under the bus.

.@KatiePavlich: “I don’t think Steve Bannon wants to be in the Republican Party. He’s made it very clear that his goal is to burn the Republican Party down.” #OutnumberedOT pic.twitter.com/k6Qz5GZtQe

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 13, 2017

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Big Beautiful Door Dec 13, 2017 • 10:58:14am

re: #766 Dr Lizardo

And what’s Bannon’s Plan B if his “radical white nationalist party” fizzles out? Then what?

Then obviously, the Jihad will win and we will all be living under the tyranny of sharia law.//

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 10:58:32am

Hundreds out in the cold protesting the GOP tax scam. https://t.co/Sj6HvxQqTP

— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) December 13, 2017

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 10:58:43am

My exclusive report on the exit of @Omarosa #Omarosa from the #WhiteHouse https://t.co/XoUtvtqjom

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) December 13, 2017

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Oh man. @AprilDRyan says Omarosa tried to get into the residence to take up her firing with the president over John Kelly’s objection, and had to be stopped by Secret Service and escorted from the grounds. https://t.co/iZxk18R4JD

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 13, 2017

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 11:00:16am

re: #776 The Vicious Babushka

Fox is already throwing Bannon under the bus.

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Well, now’s Steve’s big chance to start Breitbart TV.

I know there’s OANN, One America News Network, which is even more wingnutty than FNC. Just speaking objectively, there’s an opportunity for Bannon to become a media mogul. The question is, does he have the money and the mojo to pull it off?

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:00:45am

re: #776 The Vicious Babushka

Fox is already throwing Bannon under the bus.

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The Bannon-FNC Civil War will be funny.

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 11:01:57am

re: #780 Dr Lizardo

Well, now’s Steve’s big chance to start Breitbart TV.

I know there’s OANN, One America News Network, which is even more wingnutty than FNC. Just speaking objectively, there’s an opportunity for Bannon to become a media mogul. The question is, does he have the money and the mojo to pull it off?

Well, he has the dashing good looks.

Steve Bannon = political genius pic.twitter.com/DAwYD9jZna

— HockeyBob (@Bob_Salwasser) December 13, 2017

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Jay C Dec 13, 2017 • 11:02:33am

re: #766 Dr Lizardo

And what’s Bannon’s Plan B if his “radical white nationalist party” fizzles out? Then what?

Wingnut welfare?
And Bannon may look like someone who lives in a shopping cart, but I’m sure he’s got enough socked away from his grifting to make his “retirement” reasonably comfortable….

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The Vicious Babushka Dec 13, 2017 • 11:02:38am

re: #782 The Vicious Babushka

Well, he has the dashing good looks.

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Herpes chic

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 11:02:45am

re: #770 HappyWarrior

GOP primaries are only going to get worse. Bannon doesn’t care about the GOP. He cares about establishing a racist state.

with him as a ruler or gray eminence

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 11:03:01am

re: #777 Big Beautiful Door

Then obviously, the Jihad will win and we will all be living under the tyranny of sharia law.//

To hell with sharia law, I’m holding out for Shakira law.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 11:03:29am

re: #776 The Vicious Babushka

I often wonder how tenuous the Murdoch-Mercer alliance is.
They didn’t start with the same horses but they obviously came together in service to some of their shared interests. I’m not sure how durable the partnership is though. Not expecting a full break but strategic internal battles could prove interesting. Lots of powerful egos in play.

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Flying Squirrel Girl Dec 13, 2017 • 11:04:44am

As a constant lurker/somewhat shy poster, it is wonderful to see these long comment threads full of optimism and hope instead of the despair that has plagued us since last November. Today I am happier than I have been in a long time.

I saw earlier in a Twitter comment that AL went to Trump +28 last year while Texas was only +9. After last night I am feeling very hopeful for the Lone Star state!

I’d like to thank Charles for providing an oasis here, and fellow lizards for the sharpest commentary on the webs. You guys keep me very well informed!

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 11:05:06am

re: #783 Jay C

Dude is pretty damn rich. He’ll be fine unless he gets swept up in criminal charges related to the regime.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 11:06:36am

re: #789 JordanRules

Dude is pretty damn rich. He’ll be fine unless he gets swept up in criminal charges related to the regime.

Yeah, Bannon’s got a lot of $$$ from Seinfeld. He’s not some billionaire, mind you, but he’s certainly not living off Top Ramen or anything.

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 11:06:37am

re: #788 Flying Squirrel Girl

YouTube

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:06:54am

The funny thing is Bannon is a former Goldman Sachs banker who has worked in Hollywood but Moore’s braindead fans don’t know that. Bannon is another fake populist asshole who uses racial setnemtn to get his way.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:07:31am

re: #790 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, Bannon’s got a lot of $$$ from Seinfeld. He’s not some billionaire, mind you, but he’s certainly not living off Top Ramen or anything.

Seinfeld? Agh. Loved that show. Makes me sick that Bannon was involved. He produced the Titus Andronicus film I saw.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Dec 13, 2017 • 11:07:39am

re: #780 Dr Lizardo

Well, now’s Steve’s big chance to start Breitbart TV.

I know there’s OANN, One America News Network, which is even more wingnutty than FNC. Just speaking objectively, there’s an opportunity for Bannon to become a media mogul. The question is, does he have the money and the mojo to pull it off?

As a Seinfeld investor, he probably has the money.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:08:08am

re: #788 Flying Squirrel Girl

As a constant lurker/somewhat shy poster, it is wonderful to see these long comment threads full of optimism and hope instead of the despair that has plagued us since last November. Today I am happier than I have been in a long time.

I saw earlier in a Twitter comment that AL went to Trump +28 last year while Texas was only +9. After last night I am feeling very hopeful for the Lone Star state!

I’d like to thank Charles for providing an oasis here, and fellow lizards for the sharpest commentary on the webs. You guys keep me very well informed!

I think O’Rourke’s going to give Cruz the run for his life.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 11:08:41am

re: #788 Flying Squirrel Girl

Yayyyy!!!! Great to see your comment!

Be afraid, @tedcruz . Be very afraid.

— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) December 13, 2017

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Dems feeling spicy!

I’m still pretty juiced from last night!

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:10:41am

re: #796 JordanRules

Yayyyy!!!! Great to see your comment!

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Dems feeling spicy!

I’m still pretty juiced from last night!

Are Julian or his brother thinking about running against Abbott?

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bill d. (b.d.) Dec 13, 2017 • 11:11:10am

re: #796 JordanRules

Yayyyy!!!! Great to see your comment!

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Dems feeling spicy!

I’m still pretty juiced from last night!

If a Dem can beat a Wingnut child molester in Alabama then surely a Dem can beat The Zodiac Killer in Texas.

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ObserverArt Dec 13, 2017 • 11:11:12am

re: #788 Flying Squirrel Girl

As a constant lurker/somewhat shy poster, it is wonderful to see these long comment threads full of optimism and hope instead of the despair that has plagued us since last November. Today I am happier than I have been in a long time.

I saw earlier in a Twitter comment that AL went to Trump +28 last year while Texas was only +9. After last night I am feeling very hopeful for the Lone Star state!

I’d like to thank Charles for providing an oasis here, and fellow lizards for the sharpest commentary on the webs. You guys keep me very well informed!

I agree.

A Big Thank You to Charles F. Johnson…The Real Deal

For creating and maintaining the best political blog/forum on the internet.

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 11:11:34am

re: #797 HappyWarrior

I think one of them is really looking at POTUS.

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Flying Squirrel Girl Dec 13, 2017 • 11:12:44am

re: #795 HappyWarrior

I agree. We may be too gerrymandered to win the house races right now, but last night gives me great hope that O’Rourke can beat Cruz by a much wider margin than AL. Eventually demographics will overtake the gerrymandering though.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:12:47am

re: #800 JordanRules

I think one of them is really looking at POTUS.

I love my Senator Kaine but in hindsight maybe it would have been better to make one of them the running mate. I’d welcome either to run for POTUS though.

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whitebeach Dec 13, 2017 • 11:13:07am

re: #799 ObserverArt

A Big Thank You to Charles F. Johnson…The Real Deal

For creating and maintaining the best political blog/forum on the internet.

The music ain’t bad either.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 11:13:16am

re: #793 HappyWarrior

Seinfeld? Agh. Loved that show. Makes me sick that Bannon was involved. He produced the Titus Andronicus film I saw.

I’ll be damned. I had no idea he was a Co-executive Producer of Titus.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:13:48am

re: #801 Flying Squirrel Girl

I agree. We may be too gerrymandered to win the house races right now, but last night gives me great hope that O’Rourke can beat Cruz by a much wider margin than AL. Eventually demographics will overtake the gerrymandering though.

I really hope so. Cruz is just so miserable and O’Rourke just as good as Cruz is bad.

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:14:46am

re: #804 Dr Lizardo

I’ll be damned. I had no idea he was a Co-executive Producer of Titus.

Yep, I found that out later. I read the play in college and it was the only production I could find and we like Sir Anthony Hopkins in our family so it sounded like a good bet but it was very surreal. My brother and I liked the latest MacBeth much more.

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Stanley Sea Dec 13, 2017 • 11:18:15am

Chucky made it to the NYT

nytimes.com

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 13, 2017 • 11:18:57am

re: #493 Jay C

re: #492 Renaissance_Man

I admit to being pleasantly surprised by last night’s result. I didn’t think enough black voters would turn up or be allowed to vote to swing it. Congrats to all those here and everywhere who worked so hard for it to happen. I hope it starts a sea change, a change in the course of history.

Out of interest, has Chris Cilizza written about how bad this is for Democrats yet?

He did and amazingly did not say it was terrible for Democrats, but bad for Republicans! cnn.com

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 11:19:39am

re: #803 whitebeach

The music ain’t bad either.

come for the politics, stay for the music

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JordanRules Dec 13, 2017 • 11:22:13am

While Republicans are inside making final changes to their tax bill to benefit the rich EVEN MORE, we’re outside the Capitol FIGHTING BACK for the American people.

WATCH LIVE 📺: https://t.co/zrjo9B6YzQ pic.twitter.com/xUnIir4fcS

— Tax March (@taxmarch) December 13, 2017

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HappyWarrior Dec 13, 2017 • 11:22:54am

The most pathetic thing for me was seeing Cory Gardner say Jones should switch parties to “represent his state.” First off, he was elected with the support of Dems and Indies. Secondly, you represent a state that went for Obama and Clinton, why don’t you respect your state’s wishes. /// Thirdly, you must be petrified of losing your own seat in 2020.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 13, 2017 • 11:25:57am

re: #811 HappyWarrior

Thirdly, you must be petrified of losing your own seat in 2020.

I’d imagine that right about now, there’s a lot of soiled Fruit of the Looms among the GOP. They’ll put on a good public face, of course, but behind the scenes, they’ve gotta be shitting bricks.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 13, 2017 • 11:26:22am

re: #801 Flying Squirrel Girl

I agree. We may be too gerrymandered to win the house races right now, but last night gives me great hope that O’Rourke can beat Cruz by a much wider margin than AL. Eventually demographics will overtake the gerrymandering though.

Overtaking gerrymandering can be really difficult and sometimes it reflects the actual distribution of population and not a deliberate gerrymander. Minorities cluster in cities. Look at comment 757 above for the problem.

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dangerman Dec 13, 2017 • 11:27:36am

re: #811 HappyWarrior

The most pathetic thing for me was seeing Cory Gardner say Jones should switch parties to “represent his state.” First off, he was elected with the support of Dems and Indies. Secondly, you represent a state that went for Obama and Clinton, why don’t you respect your state’s wishes. /// Thirdly, you must be petrified of losing your own seat in 2020.

i heard this too
havent done an analysis if this were done senate and house nationwide
what would the makeup be
you know - an r wins in a blue state and so should vote with the dems…

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John Carter Dec 13, 2017 • 11:30:08am

re: #780 Dr Lizardo

Well, now’s Steve’s big chance to start Breitbart TV.

I know there’s OANN, One America News Network, which is even more wingnutty than FNC. Just speaking objectively, there’s an opportunity for Bannon to become a media mogul. The question is, does he have the money and the mojo to pull it off?

He might but does he have the time. The guy looks like one of the first double tap in the next zombie apocalypse.

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retired cynic Dec 13, 2017 • 11:33:10am

re: #770 HappyWarrior

GOP primaries are only going to get worse. Bannon doesn’t care about the GOP. He cares about establishing a racist state.

I’m not sure he’s even seriously racist. I think he’s an anarchist. Pick up power and money in the chaos.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 11:57:49am

re: #788 Flying Squirrel Girl

As a constant lurker/somewhat shy poster, it is wonderful to see these long comment threads full of optimism and hope instead of the despair that has plagued us since last November. Today I am happier than I have been in a long time.

I still fear that things still have to get worse before they get better, but this is a sign that things will start getting better some day.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 11:59:00am

re: #790 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, Bannon’s got a lot of $$$ from Seinfeld. He’s not some billionaire, mind you, but he’s certainly not living off Top Ramen or anything.

yes, I read about that, he made something like $50 million off it and decided to use it to start making a career in political journalism.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 13, 2017 • 12:02:18pm

re: #793 HappyWarrior

Seinfeld? Agh. Loved that show. Makes me sick that Bannon was involved. He produced the Titus Andronicus film I saw.

My buddy used to be in charge of entertainment at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in the 80’s. They hosted a then relatively unknown comic, Jerry Seinfeld.

After the show, he asked if Jerry would like to go out and see the town, to which he responded that he had to go work on the pilot for a sitcom he was working on

Buddy says he remembered thinking “Another sitcom, just what the world needs…”

Whatever else you can say about Bannon, he had enough sense to take a percentage rather than a payment over his role in financing the show.

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