Seth Meyers: A Closer Look at Republicans Cycling Through One Crazy Stunt After Another in the Final Hours Before Election Day
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Stunning. An estimated ONE in THREE black men are barred from voting in Kentucky, the highest rate in the country. Wild guess which veteran Kentucky politician has been a staunch defender of the state’s disenfranchisement law. https://t.co/mTaV45kcax
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 5, 2018
Yeah, that’s why they called it the Voting Privilege Act. https://t.co/Itj9G79HM4
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) November 6, 2018
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Political scientists suggest that McConnell might never have attained the Senate had those with felony records been allowed to vote when he [ran] in 1984. An analysis concluded that his 5,200-vote victory would have been a narrow loss had felons been allowed to cast ballots.”
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 5, 2018
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Way I look at is simple. You’ve done your time. You should be able to vote. It does no good to make ex-cons non-citizens and prohibit their participation in our Republic but McConnell and those like him who support policies don’t care.
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An NBC reporter was mistakenly invited into a secret far-right chat group in which members have apparently been increasingly struggling to deliberately spread misinformation on Twitter. https://t.co/qoHM0Y8cUo
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) November 5, 2018
Holy Mama, Nate Silver has updated the Democratic chances of winning the Senate to one in five.
Just a reminder to go to polls tomorrow and vote. Every vote counts.
Thread about tonight’s Trump-Hannity rally. Will include relevant updates as well as list the companies that have chosen to sponsor this.
Hannity starts off with rolling list of Trump “accomplishments” pic.twitter.com/UxTXSiPupm— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) November 6, 2018
Me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018 pic.twitter.com/v4RU104BZH
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 6, 2018
Instant classic: LEPAGE closes tenure by announcing he’s moving to Fla >>
“I will pay no income tax and the house in Florida’s property taxes are $2,000 less than we were paying in Boothbay. At my age, why wouldn’t you conserve your resources and…”https://t.co/3lbgHSIMKQ— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 5, 2018
re: #5 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Holy Mama, Nate Silver has updated the Democratic chances of winning the Senate to one in five.
He gives my HoR candidate 1:40. We couldn’t get the Alabama GOP to run another child molester.
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Designated North Korea a terrorist state while at the same time praising Kim. Lumpy you’re pathetic.
re: #10 Decatur Deb
He gives my HoR candidate 1:40. We couldn’t get the Alabama GOP to run another child molester.
I’ve missed your wit DD lol.
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I think McConnell’s actions over the past few years show he belongs in that club.
If there weren’t enough reasons to retire Chuck Grassley, here’s another: he’s proudly endorsing a white supremacist. https://t.co/Sppkd5NpT8
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 6, 2018
Hung on the last thread, lonely and forlorn …
re: #482 HappyWarrior
So why the fuck are they going to the border? Oh wait, Trump is an insecure little man child who feels the need to look tough because he’s a chickenshit little coward who has never faced any real danger in his pathetic, little life.
re: #487 Anymouse 🌹
Well, he got his Veterans Day military parade. I’ll bet all the military personnel sitting out in the desert (and all those who had to help prepare for this “mission”) are just thrilled with this.
The Armed Forces are already in trouble with recruiting and retention over Trump. I imagine this will do nothing to help.
It would almost look as if he was assisting a rival state, trying to weaken the US Military.
On this day 146 years ago, Susan B. Anthony cast an illegal presidential vote that led to her arrest. Now, women visit her grave on election days to honor her fight for women’s suffrage pic.twitter.com/55lM22IRh1
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 6, 2018
After three days on the road, Trump will spend Election Day at the White House, where he has a full day of “Executive Time.” pic.twitter.com/2FyTxLUkTn
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 6, 2018
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
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FNC would call her paid by Soros if she were around today.
heh
I was already planning to vote for @RichCordray, but now plan on doing so to find out what kind of Ohio apocalypse he’ll bring. I’m picturing giant fires and plagues of locusts. https://t.co/UjeTnz3X67
— Tracy Moavero (@CrookdRiverWmn) November 5, 2018
Me voting in 2016 vs 2018. I’m in Texas. pic.twitter.com/If7gyLWE5j
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) November 6, 2018
Can’t even get my tweet right.
re: #5 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Holy Mama, Nate Silver has updated the Democratic chances of winning the Senate to one in five.
He still has my House district as the most conservative in the nation (sigh) with a 99+% chance of Adrian Smith (I only represent Republicans) being returned to the House.
re: #5 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Holy Mama, Nate Silver has updated the Democratic chances of winning the Senate to one in five.
I read that wrong and thought you were talking about the House. Nearly fainted.
Inflation hits 6-year high, wiping out wage gains for the average American
Prices rose at their highest clip since 2012 over the past year, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The 2.9 percent inflation for the 12-month period ending in June is a sign of a growing economy, but it’s also a painful development for workers, whose tepid wage gains have failed to keep pace with the rising prices.
The cost of food, shelter and gas have all risen significantly in the past year. Gas skyrocketed more than 24 percent, rent for a primary residence jumped 3.6 percent and meals at restaurants and cafeterias rose 2.8 percent.
Gee, who could have seen this coming? One quibble, I don’t think it is a sign of a growing economy. It is a sign of tax cuts increasing the available supply of money while reducing the incentive to invest in capital projects. It is going to get much worse.
Watching Fox “News” and eating buckets of KFC.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) November 6, 2018
LOL
Panoramic view of @tedcruz turnout at First Baptist Church of Pearland, a half hour from downtown Houston on eve of Election Day. #TXSen pic.twitter.com/VWfdbTut4U
— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) November 5, 2018
re: #23 Belafon
Reload. I messed up. I’m in Texas, all right.
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
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Fake News! Why won’t the camera pan to show the crowd?!
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
On that thread, this guy is being a particularly obtuse tool in the thread. Note “felons can’t vote” laws were put in after Reconstruction (and again after the Civil Rights Act passed) specifically to perpetuate Jim Crow.
If people in Kentucky don’t like the law, vote to change it. It’s that simple, it’s a states issue.
— Brad Barker (@Brad_Barker13) November 5, 2018
re: #31 Belafon
Fake News! Why won’t the camera pan to show the crowd?!
Yeah, Lyin’ Ted can’t get away with what Hair Fuhrer does.
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹
So, the right to vote should be left up to the voters?
re: #9 MsJ
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Instant classic: LEPAGE closes tenure by announcing he’s moving to Fla
We don’t want you
Today I learnt about donkey nannies, which are donkeys that are used to transport newborn lambs from high pastures to the plains when the lambs can’t make that trip themselves.
They’re taken out after the day’s journey for food and nuzzling with their mothers. pic.twitter.com/GwIWxiaQOW— New James+ Ultra (@iyagovos) November 5, 2018
re: #28 MsJ
And tweeting like the crazy man he is, trying to influence the vote. I expect tomorrow will break the record for the most outrageous lies ever told by Trump in a single day.
We’ve seen his tweets before, but who among ever had “agreeing with Axl” as a possibility:
Thread:
As far as I’m concerned anyone can enjoy GNR 4 whatever reason n’ there’s truth 2 the saying “u can’t choose your fans” n’ we’re good w/that.
— Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 4, 2018
“Conservatives love animals, but there is one species they have long wanted to make extinct: the RINO. Not the horned African rhino, mind you, but rather the hoity-toity political RINO — Republicans in Name Only. Movement types have long been enraged by RINOs’ cool attitude toward tax cutting and social conservatism and their willingness to cooperate with, and occasionally vote for, Democrats. Hunting RINO officeholders during primary season has been the Club for Growth’s primary mission for years, and together with activist muscle, the group has successfully pushed the party to the right.
It turns out, however, that poaching RINO legislators is not enough to drive RINOs to extinction. Conservatives have long thought that RINOs’ native environment was the lobby room and the fundraising circuit — that they drew their sustenance from the insiders, not the folks back home. But it turns out that the RINOs were living off the land the whole time, the McMansion-land of upper-income suburbia. Millions of voters there were in fact RINOs too, and picking off their representatives did not do a thing to change their minds about the issues. They like “go slow” Republicanism and do not believe that things in America are bad enough on any level to warrant radical, significant change.
Trump’s message was that America was a sinking ship, one that needed a radical change of course, and fast. Add his volatile and voluble personality to the mix and you can see why RINOs did not want to take a cruise on the SS GOP with Trump as its captain. But Trump won despite their defection.
Tuesday, however, is going to be the RINOs’ revenge. Romney-loving RINOs are coming out of their preserves with fire in their hearts and a gleam in their eyes. They are decked out in hunting gear of their own, and their prey is the Trump-backing, change-seeking GOP. They might not be able to win primaries anymore, but in league with their new friends, the Democrats, they are eager to take down some big game of their own. And they will.
The new Democrat-RINO alliance is going to retake the House, sweep the GOP out of governor’s mansions in most purple states, and end the careers of hundreds of suburban state legislators. In the Senate, it will most likely hold Republicans to a one- or two-seat gain despite an incredibly favorable map — and may even win the Democrats a seat. Come Wednesday, the RINOs will mount their trophies on their walls and resolve to continue the hunt until the big game is caught: the orange-plumed woodpecker from Queens.”
Bosnian Serb leader tells Serbs in US to vote Republican https://t.co/VhmqsSMPyB #USMidterms, #US, #Election, #Bosnia, #Trump
— N1english (@N1info) November 5, 2018
Not surprised the Serbs advocates “ethnic cleansing” of Hispanics from America.
re: #34 Belafon
So, the right to vote should be left up to the voters?
Apparently. Kind of like marriage rights.
Jim Crow laws designed to disenfranchise minority populations, and selective enforcement of criminal laws work against others as well.
It’s worth it to sacrifice a few white votes to disenfranchise a large swath of black votes to such politicians. (Thus, I couldn’t vote from 1996 to 2012 for being homeless, though nowhere in the Constitution does it say you have to have a home.)
When literacy tests were all the rage to register to vote (and selectively applied), states disenfranchised large portions of the minority population. Turns out in most states if you are not on the voting rolls, you can’t serve on a jury either. Aside from strikes by lawyers, ever wonder where all those all-white juries during Jim Crow came from?
After Jim Crow laws were struck down, the disparity remained (people were not registered to vote, and could not serve on juries).
The attitude didn’t exist just in Dixie of course, there were plenty of racists elsewhere. The South made an industry of it however.
Greenwald is a parody of a parody of himself. Literally.
Unless they don’t win, then I was right all along.
— Glem (@GlemGreenwald) November 5, 2018
Note: Glem Tweeted first
I feel like Democrats will win but it will be annoying. Like Democrats will win 234 seats and Nancy Pelosi will start a singing group of Democratic members called ACApella.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) November 5, 2018
Exactly. Democrats will likely win the House, and *should* win the House, given traditional midterm voting patterns. They will then exploit that to proclaim that they’re doing really well, are structurally sound, and no fundamental changes are needed to their collapsing party. https://t.co/SdF8Un6FJx
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 5, 2018
re: #42 gocart mozart
Greenwald is a parody of a parody of himself. Literally.
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He should be worried about the fascist in his own backyard instead of bitching st the Dems.
re: #40 DodgerFan1988
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Not surprised the Serbs advocates “ethnic cleansing” of Hispanics from America.
My grandfather’s best friend is Serbian American. No way is he voting GOP.
re: #43 HappyWarrior
He should be worried about the fascist in his own backyard instead of bitching st the Dems.
He helped elect one here … now he might have to live with one there. The real shame the rest of Brazil doesn’t deserve this.
Interesting…
This may spell trouble for Nazi Louie Gohmert Steve King. https://t.co/0vX2fEG4Ri
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 5, 2018
re: #45 Anymouse 🌹
He helped elect one here … now he might have to live with one there. The real shame the rest of Brazil doesn’t deserve this.
My brother was telling me about him. He’s awful in so many ways.
re: #46 makeitstop
Interesting…
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I hope it works. King, Gohmert, Nunes all deserve permanent retirements from Congress.
Knicks and Bulls heading for second overtime. Two teams probably not going anywhere, but this is a hell of a game.
PROJECTING LIKE AN IMAX IN OUTER SPACE…SPACE…SPACE…
Limbaugh lying: “Hillary Clinton colluded with Russia. Hillary Clinton rigged an election.” There are cheers and Lock Her Up chants.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2018
re: #48 HappyWarrior
I hope it works. King, Gohmert, Nunes all deserve permanent retirements from Congress.
Also Rohrabacher.
re: #50 The Vicious Babushka
PROJECTING LIKE AN IMAX IN OUTER SPACE…SPACE…SPACE…
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Rush is so full of shit.
re: #42 gocart mozart
Greenwald is a parody of a parody of himself. Literally.
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Because a party that achieves a sweeping victory in the House is obviously collapsing./
Here in Fort Wayne with my grandson Tance and we are ready to RALLY with our President @realDonaldTrump! pic.twitter.com/KI50N1WA8l
— Connie Lawson (@VoteConnie) November 5, 2018
Where’s his brother Lanthan? https://t.co/1ZPp7I1JhQ
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 6, 2018
I imagine after the polls close here at 6PM Mythical Standard Time, we will probably find out we still have two Republican representatives (Fortenberry and Smith), and fingers crossed that Don Bacon (NE-2) is sent home and replaced by Kara Eastman (D). Smaller but non-zero chance Sen. Deb Fischer (R) will also be coming home and Jane Raybould (D) will be heading to Washington.
In my much more local races, there is no one running against my state senator. The school board race for the Village of Dalton school board (my school district in Cheyenne County; our town looks like a checkerboard on which house goes to what school) looks exceptionally tight and may flip to the Democratic women running. County commission has no Democrats running.
On the other side of the county, the Bayard School District also has the chance of flipping to Democratic control with women candidates running … that would take away my dubious distinction of being the only elected Democrat in this county.
Then there’s the all-important (to me anyway) village board election here. Does the lone Democrat stay on the board? I’ll be eagerly awaiting the returns from our one precinct.
re: #57 teleskiguy
I know that arena in Fort Wayne really well. (Go Komets!)
They moved the stage WAY to one end and curtained off probably 8000 seats just to make it look full for the Orange Anus.
And the Democrat running an uphill fight for the House seat there? She is AWESOME, my sister-in-law has been working her ass off on the campaign, and if you see tomorrow night that Courtney Tritch has somehow unseated Banks in that district, that will be my second happiest upset of the night. (Beto….)
Me voting in 2016 vs me today. pic.twitter.com/VPbnuGr1bw
— Franksgiving (@goddamnedfrank) November 6, 2018
re: #55 teleskiguy
Last count of ballots returned in Colorado before Election Day:
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That’s about a 50% turnout rate, with one more day of polling.
This sounds very good if the trend in Colorado continues:
How did the unaffiliated vote?
From the spring of this year
Among the unaffiliated who received both major party ballots, 153,095 sent back the Democratic ballot and 93,041 sent back the Republican one.
re: #46 makeitstop
Interesting…
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I’m sure Sheldon Adleson is still on the trump/bibi train.
re: #63 MsJ
I’m sure Sheldon Adleson is still on the trump/bibi train.
Do you want Sheldon in our camp?
I am a nervous wreck tonight.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 6, 2018
In spite of reports, I will be doing a live show from Cape Girardeau and interviewing President Trump before the rally. To be clear, I will not be on stage campaigning with the President. I am covering final rally for my show. Something I have done in every election in the past.
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) November 5, 2018
To be clear, he was on stage, campaigning with the President. https://t.co/zEbI5teIdF
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) November 6, 2018
re: #64 Belafon
Do you want Sheldon in our camp?
Right now I’ll take any help from anywhere.
Would I like him? No. But his billions wouldn’t be wasted.
re: #67 Charles Johnson
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I’m not going to try to reassure you, because I was so disastrously wrong two years ago.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) November 6, 2018
The reviews are in, and the race-baiting ad full of outright lies is a hit with its intended audience! pic.twitter.com/ejN47Ej4nY
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 5, 2018
I am as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
@pinboard for those who don’t know… you have to go through Blue Ball and Intercourse to get to Paradise pic.twitter.com/GVfbPYHxrD
— Ben Klaus (@looserooster) November 5, 2018
I successfully registered two of my friends to vote today: a kid I work with at the ski area who just turned 18 last month, and a friend from primary school days who has never voted before.
Nebraska early/absentee/mail voting data (ours isn’t as kewl looking as Colorado’s sorry, it comes as text):
Early Vote Ballots Returned to date:
Democrats: 49,925
Nonpartisan: 15,624
Republicans: 60,702
Unknown: 563
Total People: 126,814
re: #70 Big Beautiful Door
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I’m not going to try to reassure you, because I was so disastrously wrong two years ago
I think we can stop going back there and beating ourselves up
We weren’t so much wrong
As maybe we weren’t thorough
and took a bit for granted
And won’t ever again
Fact: that arena holds 13000 in its maximum capacity for basketball. 10500 for hockey or concerts.
There is NO way the curtained-off section they showed in that tweet could fit more than maybe 5000.
And yet the Fort Wayne media are reporting crowds of between 17000 and 20000.
But… at least only one TV station in town preempted its network schedule to give Orange Anus free airtime.
This from Charles Pierce was posted on Facebook; it puts Trump’s behavior in historical context compared to recent presidents. pic.twitter.com/3nKQ9CHMhY
— Kay Shan (@KHShan) October 27, 2018
re: #83 gocart mozart
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I think that gets it. Listen Bush shouldn’t be rehabilitated for his failings but Trump is an unique blight on the presidency.
“Conservative males are killing people, so let’s complain about women and minorities.”
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
Louis Farrakhan is a bad person, but he’s not the driving force behind these recent attacks. This is classic “whataboutism”.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
Farrakhan’s not liberal. He has some liberal fans which, frankly, is not something I ever understood. Nevertheless, that type of housecleaning can be taken care of later. Conservatives bring up Farrakhan now as a distraction from Trump and the GOP’s rhetoric.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
One is a pushy liberal from Brooklyn, the other one controls the fucking nuclear codes. I know where I’m concentrating my efforts.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
She didn’t say “Jews” she said “Oppressors”, meaning the Israeli government. Not a sentiment I share, but I’ve seen worse things said about Arabs by some Jews.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
Trump is the threat. Trump has power. Sarsour has no real power, she’s just an angry activist who sometimes speaks without thinking.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
When you play the “both sides” game you’re falling for the right’s trap. They want it to look like both sides are equally at fault when they are far worse.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
I know you just want to show you put principal before party. It’s a noble sentiment. But the right will use that sentiment against you like evil judo.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
Just so you know, I am banging my head on the desk right now while repeatedly saying “this is why we keep loosing, this is why we keep loosing”
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 5, 2018
Gov. Pete Ricketts fired the state’s director of administrative services Thursday for failing to take action against a problem employee.The governor announced the action against Byron Diamond during a press conference call.
He said he terminated Diamond because the director had not dealt with a temporary employee who had been bullying, sexually harassing and discriminating against women in the workplace. The temporary employee also was fired Thursday.
Ricketts said Diamond had tried to resign but he refused to accept the resignation.
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starherald.com (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
re: #85 Ace-o-aces
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Those voices aren’t influencing the left. Trump IS influencing people like Bowers, Savoc, etc.
driving around LA at night taking photos of neon liquor store signs in sketchy neighborhoods is the only thing keeping me sane which, in any other year, might sound like a serial killer confession
📸 https://t.co/I1EFABfGMn pic.twitter.com/XQX00nN1XJ— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) November 6, 2018
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹
That’s a hell of a fucking hill to die on.
re: #76 MsJ
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— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) November 6, 2018
re: #85 Ace-o-aces
Wow, that guy is being intentionally obtuse.
There has been a concerted effort for decades to paint a position opposed to the Israeli government’s position as “antisemitic.” That was seen very clearly in the BDS movement, where conservatives tried to outlaw free speech (advocating for a boycott) as promoted by lobby groups and the Israeli government.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has even painted advocating for a boycott as antisemitic.
Thread about early voting this year:
Some takeaways from early voting: Turnout is up. Not a little, a lot. Younger voters AND older voters. Whites AND non-whites. Dems AND Repubs. (Though groups that favor Dems are up by higher percentages, generally speaking) (1/10)
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 6, 2018
re: #93 Scout
I don’t know what’s special about that being Texas. I read that sign to my wife and she laughed for half a minute. I think the sign is just meant to be funny.
re: #92 Belafon
Folks in the replies are naming this “the Swift effect”:
Tennessee early & absentee vote turnout by group, compared to 2014:
18-29: +663% (!!!)
30-39: +431%
40-49: +337%
50-64: +241%
65+: +244%
Af-Ams: +243%
Caucasian: +333% (!!!)
Unmarried: +340%
Never voted: +930% (!!!)
(no party reg) https://t.co/2EsfJwNCsK (9/10)— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) November 6, 2018
re: #94 Anymouse 🌹
I don’t know what’s special about that being Texas. I read that sign to my wife and she laughed for half a minute. I think the sign is just meant to be funny.
Thanks for the reply. I just don’t get it.
re: #95 Belafon
A highlight of TargetEarly is its early and absentee partisan affiliation reporting. For some states, TargetSmart is able to collect official party registration information for voters. In other cases, state governments do not make this information available. When official party registration information is not available, TargetSmart does the next best thing which is to predict the party affiliation of voters. Like any prediction there may be inaccuracies. We are careful to label our predictions as “Modeled” so you can understand this is a prediction of party affiliation.
Not gonna lie. I’m very stressed.
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) November 5, 2018
I telework tomorrow so I will get up at 430 to hit the gym when it opens at 530, get home and start working at 715. Will work till 345 and then go vote. My Los Angeles ballot says the polling station is 2 blocks away and when I came home from work the side of Normandie that the polling place is under construction and the sidewalk is blocked off…
re: #96 Scout
Thanks for the reply. I just don’t get it.
I don’t think there’s anything particularly Texas about it, but here’s a closer view of the sign:
re: #96 Scout
Thanks for the reply. I just don’t get it.
Well, it certainly is different than the usual political sign. The “I’m an Asshole” immediately gets your attention, followed by the smaller message “I’m not running for anything, I just wanted a sign.”
Remembering 10 Years Since We Baracked The Vote (Wonkette, more at the link):
Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of Barack Obama’s election as the first black US president. Ten years! What an epic night. People were celebrating in the streets like the original ending of Return of the Jedi. Black folks were crying … good tears, not the “does anyone know the nearest stop for the Underground Railroad?” tears from 2016. We had achieved something unprecedented. So many states, including Florida or Georgia, had never even had a black governor (not yet) but the US had a black commander-in-chief. It was a milestone Americans of all races could appreciate, because it meant that racism was officially over. A former coworker had already insisted this happened in 2003 when Halle Berry won an Oscar (so “Spike Lee can just shut up!”) but this was less irrational.
FBI/DOJ/DHS/DNI issue an election-eve joint statement accusing Russia and other foreign actors of seeking to sow discord. https://t.co/IDGiELlR3C pic.twitter.com/Xa5HbeL2hl
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 6, 2018
re: #103 makeitstop
Have they checked the White House?
re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t think there’s anything particularly Texas about it, but here’s a closer view of the sign:
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That’s a guy who’s not voting. I think we can agree, he’s an asshole because he’s not voting.
Ask Stormy Daniels, don’t be surprised at the answer if it’s NSFW:
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re: #105 austin_blue
That’s a guy who’s not voting. I think we can agree, he’s an asshole because he’s not voting.
Well, the sign doesn’t say they aren’t voting, it just says they’re not running…
Need a distraction? Contemplate this: you could fit every planet in the solar system between the Earth and the moon. https://t.co/LuWdCtMfVq pic.twitter.com/IG9pq2H2da
— David Roberts (@drvox) November 6, 2018
It’s either your Republic, your country, or the 1%’s Domain. For them, it already is. That’s where we are. You have to change it. They run the country and they don’t give a fuck about anybody else.
Vote, vote vote, it’s all you’ve got. Do it.
And goodnight all.
re: #95 Belafon
A lot of those people will end up being Republicans. A lot.
re: #110 GlutenFreeJesus
A lot of those people will end up being Republicans. A lot.
That may be the case. It would not seem very likely the overwhelming majority are Democrats.
That said, look at the percentages. While numbers in the 50+ range are also up, those are also the people who will not be voting in too many elections, while the people in the 18-29 bracket will be around for a long time.
We do get a real test of the truism that large turnouts favour Democrats. We’ll see.
I get really fucking tired of hearing people complain about immigrants not speaking english when they don’t even know the difference between your & you’re
— Alt Fed Employee (@Alt_FedEmployee) November 5, 2018
re: #114 Scout
I see no reason why they won’t be just as racist as all the people to come before them.
Sorry, that’s a ham-fisted way of me trying to say racism isn’t going to go away when today’s old fogies (like me) pass off this mortal coil. But it seems like a lot of people assume that’s what will happen.
I hope we’re assuming (hoping?) that the percentage of racists will slowly get smaller.
Wife and I have spent the last few weeks researching and discussing the election tomorrow. Spent the last 4 hours going over our sample ballots, reviewing each candidate and initiative, state and local, in final detail. Voter cards and ID checked.
We’re ready.— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 6, 2018
re: #115 retired cynic
Yeah, I’m hoping that too. I just don’t seen any evidence.
re: #118 Eclectic Cyborg
The Washington Post made the common popular reporting error in charaterising a survey as a study. They are not the same.
That said:
Are college students “snowflakes” — triggered, traumatized and all together too delicate for the real world?
Or are they apathetic — so unconcerned that they can’t be bothered to purchase stamps to send in their absentee ballots?
The two characterizations of young Americans are in conflict, observed Melissa Hagan, an assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University. Her research has led her to believe that neither captures what’s going on in the minds of young people. Their intense reaction to political events runs contrary to the charge of apathy, she said, while the emotional trauma they report should not be dismissed as hypersensitivity.
With a team of researchers, she surveyed 769 introductory psychology students at Arizona State University in January and February 2017, asking about their satisfaction with the 2016 election, whether they were upset about the outcome and whether the results of the race had affected their close relationships.
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Tantrum in Iowa… .
Rep. Steve King Blasts GOP House Fund For Supporting Gay Candidate https://t.co/lPP5rxbJGu
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 6, 2018
re: #118 Eclectic Cyborg
Not just college students. A lot of alumni, too.
Massive water outage that has hit millions in Mexico City for five days is set to continue due to an infrastructure glitchhttps://t.co/PyeFnS2lLY pic.twitter.com/KiE9xPpqza
— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 6, 2018
re: #116 Anymouse 🌹
I love early voting! pic.twitter.com/jM2IUAm4mH
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 6, 2018
re: #121 wheat-dogg
Not just college students. A lot of alumni, too.
A lot of people who never went to college.
re: #123 teleskiguy
We don’t seem to have a way to check if a ballot is received. Tomorrow we have to go to Scottsbluff, so I will stop by the clerk’s office and see if our ballots were received. (If no, we’ll vote right there in the hallway.)
re: #124 Anymouse 🌹
A lot of people who never went to college.
About 51% or more of the country, really.
How @Google — and other data providers — contribute to voter manipulation.
But paying Google, you can get your partisan ballot examples in front of those searching for an official state sample ballot.
So, who’s paying?
Do you know? Google doesn’t have to tell you. pic.twitter.com/VGI8P0fiAA— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 6, 2018
Bin Salman launches Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear plant project https://t.co/THYdIlttRD pic.twitter.com/v5SqQmNka0
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) November 5, 2018
Looking at all the popular vote counts of every president since I was born (Eisenhower), the only presidents who won the election but didn’t win the popular vote were both Republicans (GW Bush’s first election, and Donald Trump).
That’s the structural disadvantage built into the Electoral College (which could be mostly eliminated by expanding the number of seats in the US House, which doesn’t require a constitutional amendment).
When Jerry Brown retires as governor, part of his legacy will be leaving California with a $6.1 billion budget surplus.
Kansas, meanwhile, is trying to dig itself out from the deficits that are a consequence of tax cuts https://t.co/wNyMMb25pM via @bopinion— Bloomberg (@business) November 4, 2018
A tale of two states. https://t.co/ftaJKxJSzE
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 6, 2018
re: #129 Anymouse 🌹
Looking at all the popular vote counts of every president since I was born (Eisenhower), the only presidents who won the election but didn’t win the popular vote were both Republicans (GW Bush’s first election, and Donald Trump).
That’s the structural disadvantage built into the Electoral College (which could be mostly eliminated by expanding the number of seats in the US House, which doesn’t require a constitutional amendment).
If I’m not mistaken, I think it’s just a matter of repealing the 1929 Apportionment Act.
BBL - off to work.
We can hope this is a metaphor for Ted Cruz’s reëlection campaign tomorrow:
Please show this to anyone who plans on voting for Ted Cruz. pic.twitter.com/h4kajVe1qD
— Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) September 2, 2018
re: #129 Anymouse 🌹
or we finally go ahead and recognize Puerto Rico as a state and we could even look at allowing DC Home Rule and the same courtesy extended to the US Virgin Islands and Guam and American Samoa and have them be allocated an actual voting member of Congress….
If the folks in Wyoming can have representation, why not these current dependencies?
If you’re against that, then we also can look at a re-apportionment of seats to allow better representation of our cities, because they are seriously under-represented at present.
Well, here’s a guy who probably ought to get an automatic block from the Twitterati:
Tweets by george_carnealre: #135 Anymouse 🌹
Author FROM QUEER TO CHRIST
I won’t block just yet, that’s looney enough for research purposes.
re: #136 teleskiguy
I won’t block just yet, that’s looney enough for research purposes.
Also, if we win big, you can have enormous fun reminding him of this.
JFK and Nixon and colleagues elected to House in 1946 midterm elections: pic.twitter.com/tp9dmshOrX
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 6, 2018
JFK looks like he’s 16 years old.
I’m off to bed, y’all. 120-mile round trip tomorrow to Scottsbluff, election results to sweat over, possibly packing my bags in the middle of the night. /s
Catch y’all later.
re: #130 teleskiguy
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re: #139 teleskiguy
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JFK looks like he’s 16 years old.
And the guy on the right in front looks like PeeWee Herman.
The risk is not well understood, but some experts say patients should err on the side of caution https://t.co/ljG2Fjkwuk
— CBC News (@CBCNews) November 6, 2018
It’s possible that vomiting caused by long-term cannabis use might lead to dehydration that can increase ketones and lead to ketoacidosis in people with Type 1 diabetes…
What?
WATCH: Trump supporters sing “Amazing Grace” after woman collapses at rally https://t.co/ByH0FB9mdG pic.twitter.com/APbhp2fwOt
— The Hill (@thehill) November 6, 2018
This is what the GOP wants to replace the ACA with. https://t.co/PrCgMHndZd
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 6, 2018
I have the right to express my opinion no matter what my profession. A vote for Democrats is a vote for women’s Healthcare, workplace equality, and for protecting the planet for future generations. It’s taking a stand AGAINST misogyny, xenophobia, racism and homophobia.
— Elvira (@TheRealElvira) November 5, 2018
re: #5 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Holy Mama, Nate Silver has updated the Democratic chances of winning the Senate to one in five.
20% chance - getting close to what gave trump the win (I think it was under 30%)
Go Beto
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
And a seriously crappy lot of accomplishments
Successful trip to Asia - hahahaha - no-one knows what he did.
Me voting in 2016 vs Me voting in 2018 pic.twitter.com/zAWdQsfbSk
— Some More News (@SomeMoreNews) November 6, 2018
re: #149 fern01
And a seriously crappy lot of accomplishments
Successful trip to Asia - hahahaha - no-one knows what he did.
He says it was successful, who ya gonna believe, our honest President or the Lügenpresse?
re: #67 Charles Johnson
Can’t be ANY norms for trump - he breaks them all. Dems are going to have to create legislation to define how a president must/must no behave. Who would have thought the highest position in the land would need such legislation.
re: #152 fern01
Can’t be ANY norms for trump - he breaks them all. Dems are going to have to create legislation to define how a president must/must no behave. Who would have thought the highest position in the land would need such legislation.
Here is the problem with electing, much less nominating, someone with no previous public service. Trump never held public office, so he was never in the position of being responsible to the people who voted for or appointed him. He was and remains ignorant of nearly everything an American politician and public servant knows, or should know. The dumbest congressmen, of which there are many, at least have some glimmer of the responsibilities of their office, if only to keep the folks back home voting for them. Trump does not give a shit about the voters, despite all his bluster and fake promises. In a sane situation, he would have never been nominated, because he was and is woefully unqualified.
So, maybe we need a law setting down some basic job qualifications besides the Constitutional age and birthplace requirements. I doubt it would get much traction in any Congress, though, because the cons would lobby for church membership and anti-abortion beliefs as qualifications.
We need to consider the 3D chewing gum gap with China.
Meet the world’s first 3D printing machine for chewing gums! The machine, which is from Germany-based chemical company Wacker, can personalize the color, shape and flavor of gums so as to meet customers’ diversified demands. (Video: Yang Hui/GT) pic.twitter.com/he4fC2H4J3
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) November 6, 2018
Game mongers and their tactics…
I suppose the “2x” multiplier doubles the original winning, and “3x” triples, “4x” quadruples, and so forth.
Funny how math works.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) November 6, 2018
Iraqi men sail passed massive amounts of dead fish floating on the Euphrates River on November 2. Local fish farmers were stunned after finding thousands of mysteriously dead carp floating in their water farms or washed up on the banks of the Euphrates. pic.twitter.com/rXBHkUNxXV
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) November 5, 2018
Looks like we found where Saddam dumped those chemical weapons.
You’re asserting in this tweet that the balls drawn are not randomly coming up. Sure you want to assert that?
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) November 6, 2018
re: #120 Anymouse 🌹
Tantrum in Iowa… .
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He is doing ANYTHING to get in the news. Has no money & no party support.
Well, as far as the clock is concerned it is Election Day in the United States in all the time zones. That noted, I offer this tweet:
This world needs people like us, people who still get lost in the music, people who whisper poetry in the early morning hours, people who dream even awake, people who believe love will prevail.
— Vlada Mars (@VladaMars) October 25, 2018
It is raining cats and dogs this morning in Michigan. I am hopeful that this year the rain will not be a deterrent to go to the polls to vote as it often seems to be.
At least for Blue Voters.
I was having a small daydream about Beto defeating Cruz. Just wondering what trump will say to Cruz and what the latter may reply. Interesting times.
So hope Beto wins - regardless of who takes the Senate.
re: #165 fern01
I was having a small daydream about Beto defeating Cruz. Just wondering what trump will say to Cruz and what the latter may reply. Interesting times.
So hope Beto wins - regardless of who takes the Senate.
I can ask the Chinese intelligence agency. I’m sure they’ll know.
//
re: #165 fern01
One of the Dem long shots HAS to win (I hope).
I am going to relish every win and every advancement. If the Republic survives the next two years we can work on gaining more ground.
This is the new normal.
re: #143 Single-handed sailor
I wonder when the vomiting from long time chronic use starts? Lessee… it’s been 47 years now.
Any day now… I might as well have a dab while I’m waiting to vomit.
re: #168 Odie Hugh Manatee
I wonder when the vomiting from long time chronic use starts? Lessee… it’s been 47 years now.
Any day now… I might as well have a dab while I’m waiting to vomit.
The connection is unclear, but it is about marijuana so we will publish it as people will read and discuss it in great detail…
re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It would be irresponsible not to speculate! Maybe I need to stick my finger down my throat to start things up? I think the only way weed can hurt you is if you burn yourself with a joint or choke on a piece of candy.
‘Real army’ will defend Europe ‘against China, Russia, US’ – Macronhttps://t.co/Ox8FRcnH4d pic.twitter.com/kku5yjphFK
— RT (@RT_com) November 6, 2018
In my long ballot, that I am reviewing before voting later this morning, Prop 10 is the hard one to decide.
I agree that rents are out of control.
But putting in stiff rent controls does not mean there will be a better situation.
It’s not really difficult - the market is the driving force behind rents. Contrary to the wingnuts (who are looking for any fantasy to downgrade California), people move here and continue to move here to live. That is what puts pressure on real estate, including rents.
While the local Democratic party is pro-10, I suspect that is more a sign of needing to identify with poor people than having a thought through policy.
Instead of rent control, I suggest that a large expansion of rent subsidies is what is needed, with the additional funds coming from increased property taxes.
This is where Prop 13 of old has really screwed us over - it has kept logical policies from being implemented.
re: #172 Single-handed sailor
‘Real army’ will defend Europe ‘against China, Russia, US’ - Macron
On the other hand, Trump was pressing Germany to spend a full 2% of its GDP on military, which would give it the largest military in Europe, even larger than Russia’s…
Another option is a negative income tax.
Currently in California, renters qualify for a “renters credit”, but it is so small as to be insulting.
If the renters credit was tied to income level, and could rise to a substantial amount (say a cap of $5k), then I think that may help.
What we really need is a progressive property tax. I’m surprised this has not been a cause for the state Democratic party.
Such a tax could fund rent subsidies or an enhanced renters credit.
That the old Prop 13 is still a religion here in California betrays how shallow a change that otherwise the collapse of the state Republican party would suggest.
Prop 13 has caused more problems than it solved.
I realize that many retirees were, and still are, keen for Prop 13 limiting property taxes, but in the end Prop 13 is anti-civilization.
A progressive property tax, where if a property is assessed at greater than the median for the state (those below the median can remain at 1%) would progressive pay more property tax, would rightly price the responsibility of keeping up society to those who most benefit from it.
Among the many justices for which I have to make a decision, one of them a local Dem group encourages “No”. The justices is Patricia Benke and since I don’t know the name (who does know the names of all their judges??) I googled her and came across this recent instance of Trumper violence:
Altercation inside KPBS studio leads to restraining order
An employee at KPBS, the San Diego member station for the national Public Broadcasting Service, sought a temporary restraining order against a coworker and his family members — including an appellate court judge — saying he fears for his safety after being attacked at work.
[…]
The request was filed against longtime KPBS studio technician Donald Benke, his adult son, Peter Benke, and his wife, Judge Patricia D. Benke, an associate justice on the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego.
[…]
[…] the incident began on the morning of Sept. 6 during the taping of a private video production inside the studio.
As two hosts and their guest were discussing political developments in Washington D.C., Donald Benke grew angry and confronted the men over their criticism of President Donald Trump, the witnesses said.
The guest, a professor emeritus in the School of Communication at SDSU named Peter Andersen, replied by stating something to the effect of “This is not the Third Reich; you can say what you want,” one witness said.
[…]
About 20 minutes later, Peter Benke, a 35-year-old photographer who lives with his parents, apparently bypassed two security doors and appeared inside the television studio, witnesses said. He slammed a heavy book onto a table and demanded to know who in the studio had called his father a Nazi, they added.
Andersen replied that he had not called anyone a Nazi but again defended his First Amendment rights to free speech, one witness said. At that point, Peter Benke jumped toward the professor and grabbed ahold of his arm, tearing the skin and causing Andersen to bleed, […]
[…]
re: #111 Anymouse 🌹
That may be the case. It would not seem very likely the overwhelming majority are Democrats.
That said, look at the percentages. While numbers in the 50+ range are also up, those are also the people who will not be voting in too many elections, while the people in the 18-29 bracket will be around for a long time.
We do get a real test of the truism that large turnouts favour Democrats. We’ll see.
If the older voters are first time (or long time inactive) voters, they are not likely to not be Fox viewers.
I hope.
re: #161 freetoken
Why I put up with the high cost of property in San Diego:
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Well, we know that’s not true, because you could get the same living in Alabama or Mississippi.
re: #178 MsJ
If the older voters are first time (or long time inactive) voters, they are not likely to not be Fox viewers.
I hope.
The GOP strategy was to build on the 30% or so of rabid Trump supporters who could be counted on to come out and vote. Then they just needed to top that up by enough votes from the remaining electorate to guarantee an electoral victory.
This is why they are doing their damnedest to keep turnout selectively low.
re: #179 Anymouse 🌹
Well, we know that’s not true, because you could get the same living in Alabama or Mississippi.
Nope.
San Diego is not too hot, not humid, not too cold, no mosquitoes, etc.
It’s why so many people move to southern California.
Which of course is why property is so expensive.
Oh, I voted all right. I moved on that ballot like a bitch. I got there, w/ blood coming out of my wherever! I’m auto attracted to polling stations—I just start filling in ovals. It’s like a magnet. And when ur registered, they let u do it. U can do anything.#Grabthembytheballot
— Dee2🌈🌊 (@deedeeflagg) November 1, 2018
It’s 6:30 am in Austin. Foggy, balmy, and still as closed room outside.
Somewhere in America Polls are open.
Kudos for filling two minutes.
I’d like to see @ProfBrianCox condense the history of science into the same duration.— Steven Cats (@StevenCats1) November 6, 2018
No experiment can tell us whether we are moving. The speed of light is a universal constant. Things fall at the same rate under gravity. There are atoms and they emit light of particular colours. The nucleus of an atom sometimes decays into a different element. That’s it really. https://t.co/xWu5Bf1vmu
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) November 6, 2018
re: #181 freetoken
Nope.
San Diego is not too hot, not humid, not too cold, no mosquitoes, etc.
It’s why so many people move to southern California.
Which of course is why property is so expensive.
The humidity by far is one of the biggest downfalls here in the DMV.
Voted in my town, #72. A little late today because I was working till 2 a.m. this morning.
6 p.m. Eastern
Today is the day — this is not a drill. The first polls close at 6 p.m. Eastern tonight, and my colleague Nathaniel Rakich has you covered from there on with this hour-by-hour guide. The 7 p.m. hour brings two of the most interesting governors races; 7:30 p.m. could bring early signs of a “blue tsunami” (or not); 8 p.m. brings dozens of House races including some close ones; in the 9 p.m. hour we could well know who will control the House; and in the 10 p.m. hour, we could well know who will control the Senate. Might I suggest a nap now?
Kate over at McMansion Hell put up a Halloween edition:
50 States of McMansion ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩: King County, Washington
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this is just an abomination, completely eviscerating the millennia-long tradition of architectural detailing in the same way facebook has eviscerated the meaning of the word “truth” for millions of old people addicted to insane right-wing conspiracy pages
Today has been a long time coming. I have too much anxiety. So I’m going skiing. Hopefully at the end of the day things work out the way they should. Catch y’all on the flip side.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) November 6, 2018
I’ll be at Loveland today. Three feet of new snow in three days. Can’t go wrong with that.
At least the Twitter top 5 trends in the US are about voting.
re: #132 Anymouse 🌹
We can hope this is a metaphor for Ted Cruz’s reëlection campaign tomorrow:
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Ted got (no) game!
in Cincinnati:
Line at Northside polling location is beginning to head down Hamilton Avenue. I’ve never seen it like this before here. This is more voters than I saw here in 2016. #electionday @WCPO pic.twitter.com/DwCpcrJvBr
— Nicolaas Guaderrama (@NicGuaderrama) November 6, 2018
Dear friends in the USA, you deserve better. There is only one way to get it: VOTE. #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/dc3QCqN1Jh
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) November 6, 2018
Trump warns in Missouri that “if Democrats gain power on Tuesday, one of their very first projects will be a socialist takeover of health care… The Democrat plan would obliterate Obamacare.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 6, 2018
This is sort of vexing. His argument is keep Democrats out of power in order to protect Obamacare? https://t.co/e7oewu5kNL
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 6, 2018
“vexing” is not the word I would have used
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
“vexing” is not the word I would have used
The “Vote GOP To Save Obamacare” is coming sooner than I expected.
/
It’s on!
I am beginning to understand how Eisenhower and his staff felt on D-Day. Events have been set in motion. Now we wait for the result, knowing that the fate of the world hinges on the outcome.
Woke up go find that my hotel in Houston is….a polling place? Right now the line is ~150 people long, and barely moving, which frankly ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/k6cy2mh3PQ
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) November 6, 2018
Foxers sure doing a lot of absolutely positively no way not endorsements of any kind. https://t.co/2NBxuQmqIH
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 6, 2018
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
Isn’t it common for the first votes of the day to go slowly?
My impression has always been that the poll workers are a bit confused in sorting things out.
I plan on voting in the middle of the afternoon in the hopes of avoiding lines.
Then again, I have to walk almost a mile to the polling place.
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe not open yet? Or the polling volunteers are still getting coffee.
re: #202 freetoken
re: #203 Sir John Barron
or this:
@maddow poll location 196 Miami Gardens, Florida, Afro American community machine not working. 6:30am there! pic.twitter.com/nKdsshXNzd
— We the People (@Hwillis57) November 6, 2018
re: #204 Backwoods_Sleuth
or this:
“I see you are trying to vote while Black. Your polling station has moved. Or you can come back tomorrow.”
If you haven’t already, VOTE!
Say no to Putin and Trump and their bots and trolls,
Say no to Alex Jones and the conspiracy industry,
Say no to Fox News and whorehouse media,
Say no to Nazis and Birchers,
Say no to Confederates and the Klan and all other racists.
Say no to superstition and theocracy,
Say no to snake oil and pseudoscience,
Say not to the inbred yokel gentry and its privilege,
Say no to Mercer and the Kochs,
Say no to the Rand cult and voodoo economics,
Vote as though your life depends on it, because IT DOES.
.
I’ll endure raindrops any day…Vote……#ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/m3sYzeccQz
— Marshall Shepherd (@DrShepherd2013) November 6, 2018
Seems that Florida deplorables are having a particularly energetic turnout on Twitter.
Gillum has really triggered them.
Never give up, never give in, never give out. Keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize. Each and every vote matters. Do your part and vote like you’ve never voted before. Believe in the power of love and together we will build the Beloved Community here in America.
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) November 5, 2018
re: #209 freetoken
Seems that Florida deplorables are having a particularly energetic turnout on Twitter.
Gillum has really triggered them.
Can’t imagine why.
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We cats will never ask for your opinion on the election. (We’re really not very concerned with your opinion on anything else either, but we listen to be nice…)#ElectionDay #MidtermElections2018 pic.twitter.com/tgEY6a9WJe
— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) November 6, 2018
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump warns in Missouri that “if Democrats gain power on Tuesday, one of their very first projects will be a socialist takeover of health care… The Democrat plan would obliterate Obamacare.”
Keep their government hands off your Medicare!
I wonder what this is about.
Tomorrow is going to be a bad day for @GeorgePapa19. And I’m not talking about the midterms.
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) November 6, 2018
The “largest-ever” U.S. sanctions list targeting Iran draws mockery from Iranian officials for including mothballed Boeing 747s, a bank that closed years earlier and a sunken oil tanker. https://t.co/04cIjsAnWq
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 6, 2018
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
AMERICA RESPECTED AGAIN AGAIN
re: #214 makeitstop
I wonder what this is about.
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Looking at Geopap’s twitter timeline, he has tweeted a lot in the last 24 hours about how he was set up by Obama, Australia, and Britain.
In other words: After three days of not doing his job, Trump will spend today not doing his job — and gossiping on the phone. https://t.co/5pyjmGl8WZ
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) November 6, 2018
SMOTI’s at it again:
And of course the deplorables are on it:
Socialist Media Propaganda Doing everything to stop Voters from going to the polls!
Don’t believe their lies! VOTE VOTE VOTE Red!
MSNBC Puts Up Graphic Showing Socialist Crook Andrew Gillum Winning Florida — That Has Not Happened Yet https://t.co/xdH8RJPi6y via @gatewaypundit— 2amreview (@2am_review) November 6, 2018
re: #5 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Holy Mama, Nate Silver has updated the Democratic chances of winning the Senate to one in five.
Beware the late movement in the polls. It doesn’t happen nearly as much as one would think. The odds are that the GOP retains the Senate - mostly because far more Democrats were up in this cycle than GOPers. The odds are that the GOP may actually pick up a seat or two because of the underlying structure of this cycle in the Senate.
The House is a different story and it’s likely to be a huge wave, which is why Trump is trying to deny, deflect, and dig deeper with the lies and racism.
The party in power controlling Congress has what accomplishments to run on? A tax cut that polls poorly even among the GOP base - because the trickle down doesn’t. It’s a massive redistribution of wealth to millionaires and the burdens all go the other way.
The GOP is also trying to lie and bluster by claiming Democrats are going to take away health care - when the Congressional Record - the actual record of action by this GOP has been nonstop attempts to gut health coverage for tens of millions of Americans, and the GOP is on the record as wanting to gut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
They want to roll back the safety net, and are hoping to bamboozle their base into thinking that this is a good thing, mostly because they’re fearmongering that minorities might be using these programs too.
So, that leaves the GOP running on the bigotry and racism plank that Trump made clear was the only thing the GOP base cares about - fear of a few thousand migrants seeking asylum, minorities and immigrants in the US are criminals (when immigrants in particular commit crime at a far lower rate than native born Americans), and then the whole birthright citizenship thing.
re: #220 lawhawk
The Republicans “retain” the Senate is most likely because a 50-50 split ( one of the likely outcomes) still counts as a “retain”.
If that happens, and the Democrats control the House, the House ought to send the Senate a bill every hour of every day, and make Pence sit in the Senate 24/7 till he gives up.
They should set out to repeal the tax reform bill as often as the GOP tried to repeal ACA
re: #221 freetoken
I agree - even if there’s a 51-49 advantage, there’s usually a GOP Senator who isn’t available, and the Democrats could push legislation out to the point of requiring Pence to live in the Senate chamber.
Mother would not approve, or would she?
Doesn’t get much more GOP than this:
By Matt Shuham
November 5, 2018 6:11 pm
An incumbent Republican congressman mocked his Democratic opponent as “manufactured” in a campaign video released Monday. But the video, which shows the congressman acting like he’s canvassing voters in a suburban Minnesota neighborhood, doesn’t appear to have been filmed in the congressman’s actual district.
Instead, Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) apparently filmed it in the suburb he calls home, one district north of the area he represents in Congress.
Lewis’ campaign video, called “A manufactured Craig vs. an honest Lewis,” shows him holding what look to be campaign materials and walking away from the front door of an upscale house, as if he had just spoken to a voter in his district about his re-election campaign. He waves to someone off-camera.
Addressing his online audience, Lewis mocks his Democratic opponent, Angie Craig, for one of her campaign ads. “Anybody can put on a flannel shirt and pretend to be something they’re not,” Lewis says, adding at the end of the video: “While she’s still at the bar, I’ll stay out here being honest with voters.”
But, according to TPM’s analysis following an emailed tip, Lewis couldn’t have been talking to his own voters in the video: Instead, it looks like he was filming in Woodbury, the wealthy St. Paul suburb in which he lives, north of the district he represents in Congress….
When the GOP isn’t busy trying to screw people with pre-existing conditions, they’re fearmongering with racist and bigoted claims about immigrants and minorities.
That’s all while the GOP looks to gut civil and voting rights for minorities.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 6, 2018
re: #108 teleskiguy
With enough room to fit 3 Plutos.
Honestly thinking of having a strict media blackout tonight. The results will be what they will be. Tomorrow is soon enough to know, and there is value in avoiding the stress.
re: #219 freetoken
SMOTI’s at it again:
And of course the deplorables are on it:
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re: #187 I Would Prefer Not To
For me, those times translate to 7 am (first polls close) to around 11 am. I will either be elated or depressed by lunchtime.
Swell.
re: #227 Unshaken Defiance
Honestly thinking of having a strict media blackout tonight. The results will be what they will be. Tomorrow is soon enough to know, and there is value in avoiding the stress.
I always tune in too early. Generally it takes time for enough votes to come in for the outcome to be known, and I suspect that will be especially true tonight.
This is political and dishonest in itself. He can “Barnstorm(trooper)” all he wants. It’s all the more harder when ya hit the side of said barn.
— 🦈Dave’s Now Evil🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) November 6, 2018
Go Beto! Go Democrats! Vote like there’s no tomorrow. Let’s make this Tuesday like the end of every great vampire movie. Pull back the curtains and let the sunshine turn all those bloodsuckers to dust. pic.twitter.com/WWwspze5fU
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) November 5, 2018
Go Beto! Go Democrats! Vote like there’s no tomorrow. Let’s make this Tuesday like the end of every great vampire movie. Pull back the curtains and let the sunshine turn all those bloodsuckers to dust. pic.twitter.com/WWwspze5fU
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) November 5, 2018
Hollywood liberals all in for Beto. But (self-described socialist) Jim Carrey made a mistake here: Vampires are dead, and everyone knows the dead vote Democrat…. https://t.co/pz2g4RYmMp
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 5, 2018
Wow…sorry I rattled your chain, @TedCruz. I thought you would have more important things to do two days before an election — like sucking up to the guy who called your wife ugly and accused your dad of murder. But I get it! It’s hard to say no when Trump grabs ya by the pussy!
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) November 6, 2018
re: #232 Belafon
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re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
For White women’s voting franchise. I believe Black women didn’t get the right to vote until the 1960s.
re: #233 HappyWarrior
Oooh Hollywood liberals. It’s not like they’re people and citizens with voices like you Ted. Oh and btw, you’re supported by Donald Trump, a celebrity himself. Please fuck off and lose day and sulk in knowing oyu’re never going to be President because you’re less likable than horse shit.
One of the memes a former high school classmate put up, and my brother liked, was the one about how Hollywood liking Beto was enough of a reason to vote against him. I responded that Californians also like chocolate, steak, and are deathly afraid of drinking bleach.
Looking at the Florida early voting statistics, based on the primary results being an indicator of the general election results, it seems a lot of Democrats in Florida who get mail ballots never bother to return them:
re: #232 Belafon
I love how vocal some of my favorite celebrities have been about politics. We need their voices.
re: #236 Belafon
One of the memes a former high school classmate put up, and my brother liked, was the one about how Hollywood liking Beto was enough of a reason to vote against him. I responded that Californians also like chocolate, steak, and are deathly afraid of drinking bleach.
I’m glad everyone who votes against someone because they’re supported by a Hollywood liberal skips the movies, Netflix, TV, etc.
re: #225 lawhawk
When the GOP isn’t busy trying to screw people with pre-existing conditions, they’re fearmongering with racist and bigoted claims about immigrants and minorities.
That’s all while the GOP looks to gut civil and voting rights for minorities.
It is all couched in terms of protecting us against terror, gang violence and voter fraud…
re: #236 Belafon
One of the memes a former high school classmate put up, and my brother liked, was the one about how Hollywood liking Beto was enough of a reason to vote against him. I responded that Californians also like chocolate, steak, and are deathly afraid of drinking bleach.
They like burritos too.
re: #234 GlutenFreeJesus
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Well, It’s Dim Jim Hoft, so the idea that something has been “missed” is pretty much a given….
I wonder where Posobiec “found” that graphic: I’m no Photoshop expert, but ISTM that faking something like that would be simple enough that even a RW “pundit” could do it.
re: #239 Sir John Barron
I’m glad everyone who votes against someone because they’re supported by a Hollywood liberal skips the movies, Netflix, TV, etc.
I wish celebrities would shut up about politics say the people who elected the guy who had a reality show.
re: #238 Patricia Kayden
I love how vocal some of my favorite celebrities have been about politics. We need their voices.
I saw that Cher paid for buses to transport Native Americans to their polling places in ND.
re: #234 GlutenFreeJesus
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And those percentages would reflect…early voting perhaps.
re: #243 HappyWarrior
I wish celebrities would shut up about politics say the people who elected the guy who had a reality show.
DJT and his family are real basic down to earth have a beer with Americans who happen to live in a penthouse or gated mansions.
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re: #237 freetoken
Looking at the Florida early voting statistics, based on the primary results being an indicator of the general election results, it seems a lot of Democrats in Florida who get mail ballots never bother to return them:
they likely (hopefully?) end up going to the polls
re: #246 Sir John Barron
DJT and his family are real basic down to earth have a beer with Americans who happen to live in a penthouse or gated mansions.
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I love how Clooney responded to Trump calling him an elitist by pointing out his own background which is much more modest than Mr. My Daddy gave me a Million Dollar loan in the 70’s.
re: #247 dangerman
they likely (hopefully?) end up going to to polls
If one requests a mail ballot, don’t they have to use it, or bring it to the polling place to be invalidated?
At least when I go to the polling place here in California, on the list of registered there is a clear indication that the mail ballot was sent, so one can’t sign in at the polling place.
re: #173 freetoken
In my long ballot, that I am reviewing before voting later this morning, Prop 10 is the hard one to decide.
I agree that rents are out of control.
But putting in stiff rent controls does not mean there will be a better situation.
It’s not really difficult - the market is the driving force behind rents. Contrary to the wingnuts (who are looking for any fantasy to downgrade California), people move here and continue to move here to live. That is what puts pressure on real estate, including rents.
While the local Democratic party is pro-10, I suspect that is more a sign of needing to identify with poor people than having a thought through policy.
Instead of rent control, I suggest that a large expansion of rent subsidies is what is needed, with the additional funds coming from increased property taxes.
This is where Prop 13 of old has really screwed us over - it has kept logical policies from being implemented.
Prop 10 doesn’t impose rent control, it allows localities to impose it. It’s not a solution to CA’s problems… but neither is allowing the kind of rent inflation we’re seeing (e.g. rents have ballooned here with no increase in landlords’ costs, and should evictions in order to raise rents really be okay?).
Perhaps you can tell that I’m for it.)
re: #220 lawhawk
Beware the late movement in the polls. It doesn’t happen nearly as much as one would think. The odds are that the GOP retains the Senate - mostly because far more Democrats were up in this cycle than GOPers. The odds are that the GOP may actually pick up a seat or two because of the underlying structure of this cycle in the Senate
I don’t think control of the Senate is going to change, I’m just surprised and pleased to see that.
Go out and vote today. Bring friends. Be a part of the solution. Democracy is not a spectator sport. #GetToThePolls pic.twitter.com/Tgf3iUVNZN
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) November 6, 2018
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) November 6, 2018
re: #251 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Yes, I realize that Prop 10 is not mandatory rent control but allows local communities to impose such.
Yet it is pretty clear that what will happen in the large cities that this type of rent control will simply mean fewer apartments being built.
The answer I’m proposing is a progressive property tax to fund meaningful (rather than token) renter’s credit on the state tax form.
re: #254 freetoken
Yes, I realize that Prop 10 is not mandatory rent control but allows local communities to impose such.
Yet it is pretty clear that what will happen in the large cities that this type of rent control will simply mean fewer apartments being built.
The answer I’m proposing is a progressive property tax to fund meaningful (rather than token) renter’s credit on the state tax form.
Is it really clear? And what falls under the rubric of “rent control” isn’t just rents, it’s rules on evictions, occupancy and much else. Plus, anything put in place would have to be passed by the voters. I’m simply in favor of removing a blanket prohibition of everything to do with rents and authority over the rules from any jurisdiction smaller than the whole state.
re: #253 Ace-o-aces
You’re clueless.
The US is a democracy because we elect our leaders.
That’s not hard to understand.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) November 6, 2018
re: #250 freetoken
At least when I go to the polling place here in California, on the list of registered there is a clear indication that the mail ballot was sent, so one can’t sign in at the polling place.
I’m going to drop my mother’s ballot (in an envelope, signed by her and attested by me, all legal) at the polling place as soon as I get around. I took the day off from work, but so much for sleeping in as the groundspeople are out with their leafblowers. This is something I miss because I go into the office.
re: #256 freetoken
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Right. Why the hell do people have to be such pedantic dipshits about this? We’re both a democracy and a republic.
re: #255 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
Campaigners in SF are already stated that they are going to push for more significant rent control in SF if Prop 10 passes.
I hear you about the inequalities in our society between those who control large amounts of property and those who depend on renting to exist.
I’d like to believe we could impose more humane ways of dealing with housing without significantly curtailing the building of new apartments.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
Right. Why the hell do people have to be such pedantic dipshits about this? We’re both a democracy and a republic.
If you asked them what the difference is, what do you suppose they’d say?
re: #260 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.
If you asked them what the difference is, what do you suppose they’d say?
I have no idea. The way I look at it is we combine forms of both. We’re a Republic in that we elect our officials but we’re a democracy in that we can and do vote on items too.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
Right. Why the hell do people have to be such pedantic dipshits about this? We’re both a democracy and a republic.
The “We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic” talking point ranks up there with the Affirmative Action Bake Sale in the pantheon of wingnut derp.
re: #256 freetoken
Plus, at the state and local level, we directly vote on measures.
A recurring theme in GOP attack ads this year: Jewish Democratic candidates clutching fistfuls of cash. https://t.co/nTZEAbqhR8 pic.twitter.com/a1qL72uwKN
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) November 6, 2018
re: #259 freetoken
Annex Arizona, and take over Iowa. You can call it Cornifornia.
re: #261 HappyWarrior
I have no idea. The way I look at it is we combine forms of both. We’re a Republic in that we elect our officials but we’re a democracy in that we can and do vote on items too.
There have been plenty of republics (not even getting into “Peoples’ Republics”) that were the last thing but democratic: Venice for example. I think they think a “democracy” is only like Periclean Athens, where public officials are chosen strictly by lot, like that guy wanted to bomb the National Mall in support of.
re: #259 freetoken
Campaigners in SF are already stated that they are going to push for more significant rent control in SF if Prop 10 passes.
I hear you about the inequalities in our society between those who control large amounts of property and those who depend on renting to exist.
I’d like to believe we could impose more humane ways of dealing with housing without significantly curtailing the building of new apartments.
Building new units in our current state does nothing to provide affordable housing to middle- and lower-income renters. That’s why we need some degree of local control over housing — it allows for more humane ways of dealing with housing for that group.
re: #264 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #261 HappyWarrior
I have no idea. The way I look at it is we combine forms of both. We’re a Republic in that we elect our officials but we’re a democracy in that we can and do vote on items too.
I, on the other hand, do have some idea. They would have no clue.
In the end names mean little, it’s what is practiced.
It’s bedtime here for me in the Middle Kingdom. Try to hold the republic, or democracy, … whatever … together until I wake up in another 7-8 hours. Thanks!
re: #258 HappyWarrior
Right. Why the hell do people have to be such pedantic dipshits about this? We’re both a democracy and a republic.
Mostly, the “republic not a democracy” arguments I’ve seen publicized stem almost entirely from the RW: it’s a handy rhetorical crutch for ideologues/extremists/elitists to try to ignore actual popular opinion on things.
re: #272 Jay C
Mostly, the “republic not a democracy” arguments I’ve seen publicized stem almost entirely from the RW: it’s a handy rhetorical crutch for ideologues/extremists/elitists to try to ignore actual popular opinion on things.
Yet they think basic civil rights i.e. marriage rights, who can screw who, etc should be up to the voters.
re: #266 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
There have been plenty of republics (not even getting into “Peoples’ Republics”) that were the last thing but democratic: Venice for example. I think they think a “democracy” is only like Periclean Athens, where public officials are chosen strictly by lot, like that guy wanted to bomb the National Mall in support of.
I suspect the distinction to RWNJ is that ‘democracy’ means universal suffrage, which they hate and would like to roll back. Although they love them some Andrew Jackson whose main contribution to American democracy the American republic is to have helped usher in…popular democracy (through the birth of the party machine and expanded suffrage to low income whites).
re: #272 Jay C
Mostly, the “republic not a democracy” arguments I’ve seen publicized stem almost entirely from the RW: it’s a handy rhetorical crutch for ideologues/extremists/elitists to try to ignore actual popular opinion on things.
Although if popular opinion is on their side (“Everybody hates Obamacare”) then America’s elected leaders are supposed to defer to it.
re: #272 Jay C
It’s because the word “democracy” sounds like “Democratic” and the word “republic” sounds like “Republican”.
Really, that’s it.
Yes, it’s that shallow.
re: #276 freetoken
It’s because the word “democracy” sounds like “Democratic” and the word “republic” sounds like “Republican”.
Really, that’s it.
Yes, it’s that shallow.
Exactly. It makes them feel as if the country is ‘theirs.’
re: #273 HappyWarrior
Yet they think basic civil rights i.e. marriage rights, who can screw who, etc should be up to the voters.
They also make the distinction in defense of the electoral college, now that GOP presidential candidates are routinely losing the popular vote in presidential elections. But the moment a GOP candidate wins the popular vote and loses the EC, let’s see how principled their defense of the EC, and their preference for a republic over a democracy, is.
re: #276 freetoken
It’s because the word “democracy” sounds like “Democratic” and the word “republic” sounds like “Republican”.
Really, that’s it.
Yes, it’s that shallow.
NORTH KOREA CALLS ITSELF DEMOCRATIC SO YOU LIBTARDS IS LIKE NORTH KOREA. // Yeah you’re right. They do argue like that just like they argue that the political parties are static in their 1860’s ideologies.
re: #278 Sir John Barron
They also make the distinction in defense of the electoral college, now that GOP presidential candidates are routinely losing the popular vote in presidential elections. But the moment a GOP candidate wins the popular vote and loses the EC, let’s see how principled their defense of the EC, and their preference for a republic over a democracy, is.
As long as the GOP remains disproportionately represented in the less densely populated areas, they will continue to profess their love for the EC
re: #272 Jay C
Mostly, the “republic not a democracy” arguments I’ve seen publicized stem almost entirely from the RW: it’s a handy rhetorical crutch for ideologues/extremists/elitists to try to ignore actual popular opinion on things.
Look, I think Batman summed up my argument pretty succinctly. That’s all I have to say on the matter.
I just left my beloved @JulieForTX25 sign, that has been in my window for months now, at my nearest polling location. It was like releasing a beautiful bird into a great big sky of Hope & Possibility. pic.twitter.com/cEbPDc1C6l
— Jill Bailey (@JillBailey94) November 6, 2018
Nope…….. You #Failed. But I would have at least respected you is you would have debated @JulieForTX25. But you chose to be one of “Those” candidates. which sez your moral compass is skewed a few degrees.
Don’t ever forget Democrats are 1st and foremost Americans. Work with us— 🦈Dave’s Now Evil🦈 (@DaveoutofAustin) November 6, 2018
re: #278 Sir John Barron
They also make the distinction in defense of the electoral college, now that GOP presidential candidates are routinely losing the popular vote in presidential elections. But the moment a GOP candidate wins the popular vote and loses the EC, let’s see how principled their defense of the EC, and their preference for a republic over a democracy, is.
If it weren’t for Karl Rove’s ratfuckery in Ohio, that would have happened in 2004 and the EC would be gone by now.
I’ve been voting in the same polling place for nearly a decade and never had to wait in a line until today. Unforunately, despite living in a blue city and county, my polling place is majority GOP voters.
re: #234 GlutenFreeJesus
No msnbc did post that, it was a booboo on the board during testing..I heard them talking about it..I was listening while I was cleaning at work
re: #284 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If it weren’t for Karl Rove’s ratfuckery in Ohio, that would have happened in 2004 and the EC would be gone by now.
I will never forgive or respect Rove for the shit he, Mehlman, and the others pulled against Kerry but also using the homophobia and hostility towards LGBT rights to drive out the vote for Bush’s re-election. Elecotrally? It obviously worked but ethically and morally, fuck that shit, it was the modern version of using “Them blah people are moving to your neighborhood.” Of course, I do think the Kerry-Edwards ticket could have been a bit more strong in defense of LGBT rights.
re: #285 Dr. Matt
I’ve been voting in the same polling place for nearly a decade and never had to wait in a line until today. Unforunately, despite living in a blue city and county, my polling place is majority GOP voters.
Light blue county here but red state senate and delegate area as is my precinct. It was kind of funny when I gave out sample ballots one primary. The older guy doing it with me was guessing which ones were going our way and which were going theirs.
Good morning Lizards
Important knowledge for nature enthusiasts. Sourced from https://t.co/PYeCuVzm2s pic.twitter.com/GoUF6McvXA
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) November 6, 2018
re: #172 Single-handed sailor
‘Real army’ will defend Europe ‘against China, Russia, US’ – Macronhttps://t.co/Ox8FRcnH4d pic.twitter.com/kku5yjphFK
— RT (@RT_com) November 6, 2018
Six people have been arrested in France over a suspected plot to attack President Emmanuel Macron https://t.co/hVogwkhF0M pic.twitter.com/Zokte3NS3t
— CNN International (@cnni) November 6, 2018
French interior ministry says this is a far right plot… https://t.co/9JqEp4s9LJ
— Shiraz Maher (@ShirazMaher) November 6, 2018
re: #289 bd(soros funded)
Good morning Lizards
I have been attacked by geese and they are awfully mean
re: #289 bd(soros funded)
Good morning Lizards
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re: #290 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Doesn’t surprise me. Man I hope Macron can survive re-election. France has been flirting with the far right far more than Germany has.
of course, no matter what they’re going to spin it
heck, they’ve written the three or four narratives weeks ago
this is not a bad analysis: washpo
The GOP’s looming spin about the 2018 election is a fallacy
The reason Republicans might gain seats {in the senate] is pretty simple: The map is distorted. Democrats had to defend 10 states that went for Trump, while Republicans had to defend only one that went for Hillary Clinton (Nevada). If Republicans gain seats, it’s almost definitely going to be in territory Trump won by double digits. These are states they should be winning; they just happen to be held by Democrats because 2006 and 2012 — the last time these seats were up — were both good Democratic years.
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The point is that if we had anything amounting to a neutral map, we’d almost definitely be talking about a Senate takeover by Democrats. …defending these red states in a good year for Democrats might be the best thing that could have happened for them, even if they don’t actually gain seats, because they were actually hold-able under these circumstances.
the story isnt how R’s managed to keep the senate and maybe gain a seat. it’s why was it so close in so many races in the first place? the swing in all these districts that trump won +10, +15, +20 to nearly even is…..encouraging
re: #285 Dr. Matt
I wonder if one reason people are reporting long lines is because the number of polling places have been reduced?
Seems to be what has happened around here. Used to be I could walk a couple of blocks to my polling place, now I have to walk a mile.
re: #227 Unshaken Defiance
Honestly thinking of having a strict media blackout tonight. The results will be what they will be. Tomorrow is soon enough to know, and there is value in avoiding the stress.
If it helps, TCM’s double bill tonight is Casablanca and Best Years of Our Lives.
First a movie about fighting fascism when the outcome is still uncertain, then one about the cost realized afterward for those who beat it.
Back from voting. Only one machine, no line. One woman leaving as I walked into the fire station, three voters coming in as I was leaving.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
Right. Why the hell do people have to be such pedantic dipshits about this? We’re both a democracy and a republic.
I always say, “Draw a circle. Label it ‘democracies’. Draw a smaller circle completely within the first circle. Label it ‘republics’. NOW do you understand?”
re: #294 dangerman
of course, no matter what they’re going to spin it
heck, they’ve written the three or four narratives weeks agothis is not a bad analysis: washpo
the story isnt how R’s managed to keep the senate and maybe gain a seat. it’s why was it so close in so many races in the first place? the swing in all these districts that trump won +10, +15, +20 to nearly even is…..encouraging
The Post is correct about this. Hell Donnelly and Heitcamp both were big surprises in 2012 and they benefited from their opponents’ stupidity. McCaskill likewise benefited from Legitimate Rape Akin in 2012. I’d love to retake the Senate but the odds even though this should be a good day on the House side don’t favor it because of exactly those metrics the Post is talking about here.
re: #272 Jay C
Mostly, the “republic not a democracy” arguments I’ve seen publicized stem almost entirely from the RW: it’s a handy rhetorical crutch for ideologues/extremists/elitists to try to ignore actual popular opinion on things.
any quibbling, pedantic or rhetorical argument to make the other side “wrong”
because wrong at this means wrong at everything
and that means open borders and gun registries
and socialism
AZ MIDTERMS- POLLING PLACE FORECLOSED- VO TUE0161- Polls in Maricopa County and Arizona opened at 6am but some Valley locations are already experiencing issues. Three polling places are currently down, incl in the Gila Precinct in Chandler. The building was foreclosed overnight. pic.twitter.com/8LSP5iykVD
— CBS Newspath (@cbsnewspath) November 6, 2018
re: #291 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have been attacked by geese and they are awfully mean
Geese are assholes. Full stop.
2020 is going to be interesting because a lot of Republicans who won big in 2014 will now have a more likely Democratic favored electorate. That’s hust how things go sometimes. Election numbers are a funny thing.
Your man @perrybaconjr just posted a serious note about Trump’s wall… as if that thing was ever going to be a real thing rather than the dog whistle it always was.
Stop treating Trump as anything but the racist buffoon he is.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) November 6, 2018
re: #291 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have been attacked by geese and they are awfully mean
i was goosed once
no. twice
re: #223 lawhawk
I agree - even if there’s a 51-49 advantage, there’s usually a GOP Senator who isn’t available, and the Democrats could push legislation out to the point of requiring Pence to live in the Senate chamber.
Mother would not approve, or would she?
Morning!
Went out and got my flu shot for the season. Usually do not get one as generally I am pretty healthy and can fight it off. But getting too close to 65, so I decided to get a shot this year and probably into the future.
Regarding “Mother” Pence, I’ve seen some articles over the last year that claim “Mother” does not like Trump at all and is often disgusted by some of what Trump does, like immigration mess and some women’s issues.
And this was from Chris Hayes at MSNBC back last December. It goes into Pence’s groveling to get to his glory with gawd.
re: #302 makeitstop
Geese are assholes. Full stop.
They even figured out a way to not taste good, f*ckers.
re: #301 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
AZ MIDTERMS- POLLING PLACE FORECLOSED- VO TUE0161- Polls in Maricopa County and Arizona opened at 6am but some Valley locations are already experiencing issues. Three polling places are currently down, incl in the Gila Precinct in Chandler. The building was foreclosed overnight.
That is a fucking premeditated act if there ever was one
re: #302 makeitstop
Geese are assholes. Full stop.
I used to go to the Kenmore Air Harbor at the north end of Lake Washington, where there are an enormous number of ducks that people like to feed. Actually, about 10% of them are coots. Come to find out, when you call someone an old coot, it’s not a compliment. Who knew?
re: #310 ObserverArt
Morning!
Went out and got my flu shot for the season. Usually do not get one as generally I am pretty healthy and can fight it off. But getting too close to 65, so I decided to get a shot this year and probably into the future.
Regarding “Mother” Pence, I’ve seen some articles over the last year that claim “Mother” does not like Trump at all and is often disgusted by some of what Trump does, like immigration mess and some women’s issues.
And this was from Chris Hayes at MSNBC back last December. It goes into Pence’s groveling to get to his glory with gawd.
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I wouldn’t be surprised by that. I mean I’m sure on most issues she’s totally at odds with what I stand for but she deals with Trump and definitely knows he’s a fraud especially on religion.
My wife and I are going out to vote shortly. Tonight, we’re having a few friends over for dinner and returns.
I told my wife we have to eat early in case the returns make us all lose our appetite. /
But seriously - I’m feeling oddly calm and generally pretty positive for some reason. Barring any egregious fuckery, we’ll probably be able to start fitting Preznit Blabbermouth with a muzzle tomorrow.
re: #304 freetoken
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— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 6, 2018
My wife and I got back from voting and found our 5yo in tears that she didn’t get to come. So I took her to the polling place and gave her a little patriotic talk about America and democracy.
On the way back she told me she thought mom had said we went “boating.”— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) November 6, 2018
re: #301 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
Update
(Source: 3TV/CBS 5)
Fontes says they were having a building access issue at their Gila Precinct in Chandler. The building was foreclosed overnight.
Fontes says the building was up and running at 7 a.m.
re: #173 freetoken
In my long ballot, that I am reviewing before voting later this morning, Prop 10 is the hard one to decide.
I agree that rents are out of control.
But putting in stiff rent controls does not mean there will be a better situation.
It’s not really difficult - the market is the driving force behind rents. Contrary to the wingnuts (who are looking for any fantasy to downgrade California), people move here and continue to move here to live. That is what puts pressure on real estate, including rents.
While the local Democratic party is pro-10, I suspect that is more a sign of needing to identify with poor people than having a thought through policy.
Instead of rent control, I suggest that a large expansion of rent subsidies is what is needed, with the additional funds coming from increased property taxes.
This is where Prop 13 of old has really screwed us over - it has kept logical policies from being implemented.
I voted YES on 10. We got a letter from the management company saying our rents will go down if we vote No on 10.
Jarvis said the same lies when Prop 13 passed.
Rents doubled.
When I moved into my apartment in 1988 my rent was 390. Now it is 1000. Same apartment.
YES on 10!
re: #315 HappyWarrior
I wouldn’t be surprised by that. I mean I’m sure on most issues she’s totally at odds with what I stand for but she deals with Trump and definitely knows he’s a fraud especially on religion.
as long as my husband is VP i dont care
sure, i find his boss odious
but then, VP over any display of actual principles, right?
re: #307 nowherenorth2
Voted today. Straight d ticket.
Wife and I just getting back from polls. All dem votes here. She is going to pick up the boy from college now that his classes are done for the day so he can vote.
re: #316 makeitstop
My wife and I are going out to vote shortly. Tonight, we’re having a few friends over for dinner and returns.
I told my wife we have to eat early in case the returns make us all lose our appetite. /
But seriously - I’m feeling oddly calm and generally pretty positive for some reason. Barring any egregious fuckery, we’ll probably be able to start fitting Preznit Blabbermouth with a muzzle tomorrow.
I’ve tried to be pretty guarded about this, thinking we’re bound to lose a seat or two in the Senate and maybe take the House.
But I have to admit now I’d be pretty disappointed if Dems didn’t win the House now.
Still, even if the worst happens, I will try to stubbornly stick to the long view and not get overwhelmed by periodic setbacks.
re: #317 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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what i said yesterday:
re: #321 dangerman
as long as my husband is VP i dont care
sure, i find his boss odious
but then, VP over any display of actual principles, right?
Oh don’t take what I said as saying I like her or her husband but I don’t disbelieve for a second she finds Trump personally odious as I’m sure Pence himself does. I bet he definitely puked a little inside when Trump said no one has done more ror religion than he has.
re: #258 HappyWarrior
Right. Why the hell do people have to be such pedantic dipshits about this? We’re both a democracy and a republic.
Simpleton thinking: If you are a Republican you are part of a Republic. If you are a Democrat you are part of a Democracy.
And never shall the twain meet!
See how simple this all is.
re: #316 makeitstop
My wife and I are going out to vote shortly. Tonight, we’re having a few friends over for dinner and returns.
I told my wife we have to eat early in case the returns make us all lose our appetite. /
But seriously - I’m feeling oddly calm and generally pretty positive for some reason. Barring any egregious fuckery, we’ll probably be able to start fitting Preznit Blabbermouth with a muzzle tomorrow.
It’s weird…in 2016, I just knew intellectually that tRump couldn’t possibly win, but went into the election with a sick feeling in my stomach. This time, I know intellectually that just about anything can happen, but I’ve got a good feeling about it. So that’s…backwards. Hope I’m right!
re: #264 The Vicious Babushka
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If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck etc. etc. etc…
Not ///.
The Lite version of our model, which is based polls only, is slightly more conservative, giving Dems a 4 in 5 chance. But it also shows an even wider range: D+17 to D+61.
The Classic model gives Democrats a 7 in 8 chance has a range that runs from D+21 to D+59.— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 6, 2018
re: #327 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
It’s weird…in 2016, I just knew intellectually that tRump couldn’t possibly win, but went into the election with a sick feeling in my stomach. This time, I know intellectually that just about anything can happen, but I’ve got a good feeling about it. So that’s…backwards. Hope I’m right!
See I felt optimistic two years ago. This time I’m optimistic but much more cautious about it. I’m still going to the Wexton election party tonight though and maybe some of you all will see me on TV lol since I think CNN will be there. We’re a swing district. Went for Clinton but we have a R Congresswoman who hopefully is going bye bye today. I’ll likely be wearing my Don’t Blame Me, I voted for Kodos shirt. Not sure if I should wear it to the polls though.
re: #276 freetoken
It’s because the word “democracy” sounds like “Democratic” and the word “republic” sounds like “Republican”.
Really, that’s it.
Yes, it’s that shallow.
Dammit! I shoulda knowed someone would go there…you can’t be an hour plus behind in threads and try to get a joke in.
re: #310 ObserverArt
Morning!
Went out and got my flu shot for the season. Usually do not get one as generally I am pretty healthy and can fight it off. But getting too close to 65, so I decided to get a shot this year and probably into the future.
Regarding “Mother” Pence, I’ve seen some articles over the last year that claim “Mother” does not like Trump at all and is often disgusted by some of what Trump does, like immigration mess and some women’s issues.
And this was from Chris Hayes at MSNBC back last December. It goes into Pence’s groveling to get to his glory with gawd.
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The fact that Mrs. Pence doesn’t like Trump is irrelevant. Unless she speaks out against him, who cares? The fact that she finds him vile is meaningless if she remains quiet.
re: #318 makeitstop
My wife and I got back from voting and found our 5yo in tears that she didn’t get to come. So I took her to the polling place and gave her a little patriotic talk about America and democracy.
On the way back she told me she thought mom had said we went “boating.”
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) November 6, 2018
They left the 5 year old home alone?
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re: #294 dangerman
of course, no matter what they’re going to spin it
heck, they’ve written the three or four narratives weeks agothis is not a bad analysis: washpo
the story isnt how R’s managed to keep the senate and maybe gain a seat. it’s why was it so close in so many races in the first place? the swing in all these districts that trump won +10, +15, +20 to nearly even is…..encouraging
I remember 2012…some of the wackos the R’s put up for the Senate that year, Akin, some crazy dude in Indiana, crazy lady not a witch in Delaware (not sure if that was 2012 or another year). They could have had larger majorities sooner. So we’ve been fortunate in a way.
Good morning this Election Day, everyone. Best of luck.
First good news of the day, let’s keep ‘em coming!
GOP’s Darrell Issa concedes his district on Fox News before polls open: ‘We know the results already — there will be a Democrat’ https://t.co/7DYnunJTAS
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 6, 2018
re: #330 HappyWarrior
See I felt optimistic two years ago. This time I’m optimistic but much more cautious about it. I’m still going to the Wexton election party tonight though and maybe some of you all will see me on TV lol since I think CNN will be there. We’re a swing district. Went for Clinton but we have a R Congresswoman who hopefully is going bye bye today. I’ll likely be wearing my Don’t Blame Me, I voted for Kodos shirt. Not sure if I should wear it to the polls though.
Alright now I have to watch all the coverage
re: #334 Sir John Barron
I remember 2012…some of the wackos the R’s put up for the Senate that year, Akin, some crazy dude in Indiana, crazy lady not a witch in Delaware (not sure if that was 2012 or another year). They could have had larger majorities sooner. So we’ve been fortunate in a way.
Christine the non witch was 2010. That one they fucked because they could have nominated Mike Castle, a reasonable moderate Republican and longtime Delaware mainstay. But yeah 2012 had all the stupid crap by candidates like Akin, Mourdock(whom you’re thinking of Indiana who called a pregnancy via rape a blessing), and the guy that Heitcamp beat in ND said some pretty stupid shit too that helped her.
re: #284 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If it weren’t for Karl Rove’s ratfuckery in Ohio, that would have happened in 2004 and the EC would be gone by now.
It wasn’t Karl Rove, it was Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
Rove was just counting on him.
Issa is retiring, his successor is getting the boot, now for Rohrabacher to get lost and this California-born-and-raised Democrat to start celebrating…
re: #330 HappyWarrior
See I felt optimistic two years ago. This time I’m optimistic but much more cautious about it. I’m still going to the Wexton election party tonight though and maybe some of you all will see me on TV lol since I think CNN will be there. We’re a swing district. Went for Clinton but we have a R Congresswoman who hopefully is going bye bye today. I’ll likely be wearing my Don’t Blame Me, I voted for Kodos shirt. Not sure if I should wear it to the polls though.
‘last time’ two things were askew
- one was some of the polling was off - way off
- the other was a lot of people didnt pay enough attention to “a 2% chance doesnt mean zero”
re: #345 Archangelus
Issa is retiring, his successor is getting the boot, now for Rohrabacher to get lost and this California-born-and-raised Democrat to start celebrating…
Nunes going bye bye would be nice too but that one is the least likely of the three.
re: #320 Joe Bacon 🌹
I voted YES on 10. We got a letter from the management company saying our rents will go down if we vote No on 10.
Jarvis said the same lies when Prop 13 passed.
Rents doubled.
When I moved into my apartment in 1988 my rent was 390. Now it is 1000. Same apartment.
YES on 10!
Maybe it’s just me, but that seems like it is more or less keeping up with inflation.
If all you have to do today is chew your nails (I suppose most of you have to work), then go ye and help to get out the vote.
I will be taking the three-hour trip to the central valley to GOTV in district 10. And tomorrow, win, lose or draw, I won’t have to do political work. First time in ages, it feels like.
re: #346 dangerman
‘last time’ two things were askew
- one was some of the polling was off - way off
- the other was a lot of people didnt pay enough attention to “a 2% chance doesnt mean zero”
Yes especially the latter.
re: #325 HappyWarrior
Oh don’t take what I said as saying I like her or her husband but I don’t disbelieve for a second she finds Trump personally odious as I’m sure Pence himself does. I bet he definitely puked a little inside when Trump said no one has done more ror religion than he has.
He sees Trump as a tool in helping him and his like fulfill god’s will on earth
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
Back from voting. Only one machine, no line. One woman leaving as I walked into the fire station, three voters coming in as I was leaving.
Was the weather cooperating? Yesterday you were concerned you might have to float your way there. It looks like the rain passed by last night so hopefully there was no flooding.
re: #347 HappyWarrior
Nunes going bye bye would be nice too but that one is the least likely of the three.
Oh yeah, i’m not even mentally contemplating Nunes getting a well-deserved political blow.
That would be a damn fine cherry on top…
re: #351 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He sees Trump as a tool in helping him and his like fulfill god’s will on earth
I’m aware of that.
re: #346 dangerman
‘last time’ two things were askew
- one was some of the polling was off - way off
- the other was a lot of people didnt pay enough attention to “a 2% chance doesnt mean zero”
Nate Silver caught a lot of shit before the election for being too pessimistic, telling people that 2 out of 3 chance is not a guarantee, because the 1 out of 3 chance happens.
Then he caught shit after the election for having told everyone it was in the bag - which he didn’t.
A prophet is without honor in his own country.
re: #353 Archangelus
Oh yeah, i’m not even mentally contemplating Nunes getting a well-deserved political blow.
That would be a damn fine cherry on top…
I want my own district to flip obviously but the one I really want to flip outside of my district and state is Steve King. Steve King doesn’t belong in an American legislative body. He belongs in the NSDAP circa 1935.
re: #355 Blind Frog Belly White
Nate Silver caught a lot of shit before the election for being too pessimistic, telling people that 2 out of 3 chance is not a guarantee, because the 1 out of 3 chance happens.
Then he caught shit after the election for having told everyone it was in the bag - which he didn’t.
A prophet is without honor in his own country.
Exactly. There was so much ignorance about Nate and his predictions two years ago. He didn’t get it wrong. He was talking about probability. And yeah the odds did favor HRC, that’s why it was a surprise she lost but that was lost on some people who were understandably upset or gleeful about the results.
Steve King and Ted Cruz deserve to rot in Hell and lose bigly. Nothing would make be happier this year than seeing those two assholes go down.
re: #339 HappyWarrior
Christine the non witch was 2010. That one they fucked because they could have nominated Mike Castle, a reasonable moderate Republican and longtime Delaware mainstay. But yeah 2012 had all the stupid crap by candidates like Akin, Mourdock(whom you’re thinking of Indiana who called a pregnancy via rape a blessing), and the guy that Heitcamp beat in ND said some pretty stupid shit too that helped her.
Yeah Mourdock was the one I was forgetting. And Castle in DE would have been a tough out. Popular, had been congressman (DE has or had only one) and Governor.
re: #358 Dr. Matt
Steve King and Ted Cruz deserve to rot in Hell and lose bigly. Nothing would make be happier this year than seeing those two assholes go down.
Yes, Cruz is the one I want to lose most in the Senate. No one else comes close IMO. I would laugh evilly if Romney lost somehow but I think Romney could put Seamus back on the top of the car right now and he would still win. Too bad because Mitt while not as terrible as those two needs to go the fuck away.
re: #302 makeitstop
How to deal with geese that are harassing you to get off their grass, sidewalk, parking lot, yard, patio, or whatever:
If a goose comes toward you—head toward it, arms spread, hissing. You have just told the goose that they are wrong, it is your grass, sidewalk or whatever. The goose will decide that you are the biggest, baddest goddam goose it has ever seen, and will move out of your way.
Caveat: This will not work if the goose is protecting its nest or young. Then you just let it borrow your grass, sidewalk, patio, or whatever. Unless you can borrow a border collie.
re: #355 Blind Frog Belly White
Nate Silver caught a lot of shit before the election for being too pessimistic, telling people that 2 out of 3 chance is not a guarantee, because the 1 out of 3 chance happens.
Then he caught shit after the election for having told everyone it was in the bag - which he didn’t.
A prophet is without honor in his own country.
well math (and statistics) is hard
so people prefer their own boiled down versions
re: #334 Sir John Barron
I remember 2012…some of the wackos the R’s put up for the Senate that year, Akin, some crazy dude in Indiana, crazy lady not a witch in Delaware (not sure if that was 2012 or another year). They could have had larger majorities sooner. So we’ve been fortunate in a way.
And who was the crazy lady in Nevada who blew a shoe-in race?
re: #332 Patricia Kayden
The fact that Mrs. Pence doesn’t like Trump is irrelevant. Unless she speaks out against him, who cares? The fact that she finds him vile is meaningless if she remains quiet.
I didn’t post the video to be relevant. It was posted to answer Lawhawks comment.
Can’t we have a little fun poking at the hypocrisy of it all?
re: #359 Sir John Barron
Yeah Mourdock was the one I was forgetting.
He was the one that primaried Lugar. No way Lugar loses that seat. He’s been pretty quiet in his retirement unlike my former Republican Senator Warner who seems to have endorsed a straight Dem ticket this fall- he supported Gillespie last fall but he’s supporting Kaine and the Dems running for Congress form what I can see. Good on him. He’s always had an independent streak going back to his opposing Bork’s nomination.
re: #363 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And who was the crazy lady in Nevada who blew a shoe-in race?
Angle. That was 2010 as well against Reid.
Sue Lowden, the Republican front-runner to win a Senate seat in Nevada, says chickens make great health insurance.
re: #363 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And who was the crazy lady in Nevada who blew a shoe-in race?
Sharron Angle, the “Pay your doctor in chickens” lady.
re: #364 ObserverArt
I didn’t post the video to be relevant. It was posted to answer Lawhawks comment.
Can’t we have a little fun poking at the hypocrisy of it all?
I think sometimes we’re a bit too literal minded. Says the guy with the condition that causes him and others to be well a bit literal minded :). I’m not surprised she doesn’t like him. And I understand that she’s definitely a hypocrite.
re: #367 Kilroy was here
Sue Lowden, the Republican front-runner to win a Senate seat in Nevada, says chickens make great health insurance.
2ND AMENDMENT SOLUTIONS!
They really bungled it here in by nominating Corey Stewart too. Kaine would be favored either way but I don’t know too many Virginians let alone Virginia Republicans who love Corey Stewart.
re: #361 Done Ben Wrote
How to deal with geese that are harassing you to get off their grass, sidewalk, parking lot, yard, patio, or whatever:
If a goose comes toward you—head toward it, arms spread, hissing. You have just told the goose that they are wrong, it is your grass, sidewalk or whatever. The goose will decide that you are the biggest, baddest goddam goose it has ever seen, and will move out of your way.
Caveat: This will not work if the goose is protecting its nest or young. Then you just let it borrow your grass, sidewalk, patio, or whatever. Unless you can borrow a border collie.
really?
“get off my lawn”?
re: #366 HappyWarrior
Angle. That was 2010 as well against Reid.
Reid was not particularly well liked and could have been easily defeated by any non-crazy person
The VA GOP really has become rudderless since McDonnell was exposed as a crook. Meanwhile the Dem bench here in Va has gotten stronger since both Warner and Kaine “graduated” on to the Senate. Warner will be up in 2020. I have no idea who the VA GOP will run against him. We’ve made it clear that we don’t like Ed Gillespie and we’re about to do the same for Corey Stewart so maybe the guy that the GOP estabishment wanted against Kaine but I dunno.
re: #372 dangerman
Shaking a cane at them might help. I haven’t tried that.
re: #373 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Reid was not particularly well liked and could have been easily defeated by any non-crazy person
Yes but that was the year the GOP was nominating crazies left and right.
re: #330 HappyWarrior
See I felt optimistic two years ago. This time I’m optimistic but much more cautious about it.
In 2016 I felt pretty confident a week or two before; but the bottom dropped out of my stomach when I heard Hillary had cancelled the fireworks show. That was a pretty big clue that her team knew she was in trouble.
re: #377 sagehen
In 2016 I felt pretty confident a week or two before; but the bottom dropped out of my stomach when I heard Hillary had cancelled the fireworks show. That was a pretty big clue that her team knew she was in trouble.
Ahhh I think I missed that. Man that was a horrible evening.
We voted in this town hall building in my very rural district this morning - no wait. Fill in the ovals paper ballot. No straight ticket voting so I had to fill in the oval next to every Democrat. No levies or anything else on the sheet - just people running for office and the judge retention list.
re: #368 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Sharron Angle, the “Pay your doctor in chickens” lady.
Holy crap forgot about her, too. Really dodged a bullet there.
The problem with the Virginia GOP is they don’t have anyone that understands or more importantly WANTS to understand NoVa. And at the risk of sounding like a snob but I’ll say it, this state wouldn’t be nearly as prosperous without the northern and liberal part. The parts of the state where Republicans do the best and have grown strength in recent years are the parts of the state that frankly are not. And they seem to resent us up here because of our liberalism and not being hostile to outsiders. Many of us my own family included are either children of transplants or transplants but then again a lot of the extreme elements of the VA GOP are too. Corey Stewart is from Minnesota.
We’re back from the polling place.
STRAIGHT DEM TICKET, BITCHEZZZZZ! (Did you expect otherwise?)
From the look of it, turnout is extremely heavy so far. When we voted on primary day, we went in the noon hour and we were ballots #7 and 8. This time we went in an hour earlier, and my wife was #195 and I was #196.
There are a lot of Trumpers around here, though. I’m expecting Democrats to do well in the county races and top of the ticket. A nice long shot for us would be if Liuba Shirley took down Pete King (R-IRA), but he’s pretty firmly dug in around these parts so I’m really not expecting him to lose.
Too bad - I’m so tired of seeing his big ugly head on TV all these years.
re: #380 Sir John Barron
Holy crap forgot about her, too. Really dodged a bullet there.
Joe Miller in Alaska. He beat Murkowski but she beat him in the write in. I’m not a fan of hers really but it’s better she’s had that seat the past eight years than Miller.
re: #365 HappyWarrior
He was the one that primaried Lugar. No way Lugar loses that seat. He’s been pretty quiet in his retirement unlike my former Republican Senator Warner who seems to have endorsed a straight Dem ticket this fall- he supported Gillespie last fall but he’s supporting Kaine and the Dems running for Congress form what I can see. Good on him. He’s always had an independent streak going back to his opposing Bork’s nomination.
I coulda swore I heard that Lugar had died recently, but according to Wiki he is still with us.
re: #381 HappyWarrior
The problem with the Virginia GOP is they don’t have anyone that understands or more importantly WANTS to understand NoVa. And at the risk of sounding like a snob but I’ll say it, this state wouldn’t be nearly as prosperous without the northern and liberal part. The parts of the state where Republicans do the best and have grown strength in recent years are the parts of the state that frankly are not. And they seem to resent us up here because of our liberalism and not being hostile to outsiders. Many of us my own family included are either children of transplants or transplants but then again a lot of the extreme elements of the VA GOP are too. Corey Stewart is from Minnesota.
I guess Kaine and Warner are young enough to run for a couple more terms but hopefully by then the VA Dems will have candidates to replace them when they retire.
re: #383 HappyWarrior
Joe Miller in Alaska. He beat Murkowski but she beat him in the write in. I’m not a fan of hers really but it’s better she’s had that seat the past eight years than Miller.
Oh yeah, him, too. Sheesh.
re: #376 HappyWarrior
Yes but that was the year the GOP was nominating crazies left and right.
They still do it, it’s just that they stand out less and less. Roy Moore’s defeat was more an exception than a rule…
El Paso CBP exercise canceled
#VoteWatch:
Border patrol “crowd control” drill in El Paso, Texas, on #ElectionDay; advocates say may intimidate voters.
CBP tells @NBCNews exercise is one of many drills agents run through year; exercise conducted on railroad bridge away from Latino neighborhood. (2)— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 6, 2018
JUST IN: This exercise has been cancelled, and no CBP exercises in this sector today, spokesperson says - @JuliaEAinsley #VoteWatch https://t.co/lwQVegKaiJ
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 6, 2018
re: #384 Sir John Barron
I coulda swore I heard that Lugar had died recently, but according to Wiki he is still with us.
Yeah you don’t hear much at all from him which is honestly surprising. Perhaps he just wants to enjoy retirement. He had a lot of time in public life even before he became Indiana’s Senator. I believe Indianapolis’ mayor in 1968. He seemed like a decent guy to me. More conservative than me personally but a decent guy much like Chuck Hagel was and not surprisingly he was someone that Obama as a Senator worked with on foreign policy issues since Lugar was a FP guy and not a culture warrior.
Oldie but goodie - and a reminder of what’s at stake (holding Trumpworld accountable for their criminality and corruption):
Yeah, Mueller’s out there waiting to drop the mic on Junior, Trump, and everyone else he hasn’t yet indicted but who all know they’re getting cued up by Manafort, Papadopoulos, Gates, and Flynn.
re: #385 Sir John Barron
I guess Kaine and Warner are young enough to run for a couple more terms but hopefully by then the VA Dems will have candidates to replace them when they retire.
Our current Lt Governor is only 38. I wouldn’t be surprised if Justin Fairfax seeks higher office one day.
re: #387 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They still do it, it’s just that they stand out less and less. Roy Moore’s defeat was more an exception than a rule…
Oh I know.
re: #361 Done Ben Wrote
How to deal with geese that are harassing you to get off their grass, sidewalk, parking lot, yard, patio, or whatever:
If a goose comes toward you—head toward it, arms spread, hissing. You have just told the goose that they are wrong, it is your grass, sidewalk or whatever. The goose will decide that you are the biggest, baddest goddam goose it has ever seen, and will move out of your way.
Caveat: This will not work if the goose is protecting its nest or young. Then you just let it borrow your grass, sidewalk, patio, or whatever. Unless you can borrow a border collie.
There was a goose that was terrorizing people walking through a central courtyard where I worked. I was going through when it charged me. I hissed, raised my arms like spreading wings and charged toward the goose. As you note, it backed off quickly. What I didn’t expect was that while the goose continued to harass everybody else, it let me walk through the courtyard without challenge after that.
Happy election day my fellow lizards! May the SMOD shine it’s blessings upon us and incinerate the scourge of the GOP. We shall witness the lamentations of the Turtle and Cheetolini this very night as thousands of MAGAts have their dreams of white supremacy crushed into dust! Excelsior!
Russian bots are desperate.
#BlueWave #TheResistance#HillaryClinton celebrated weapons sales to #SaudiArabia as the Saudis perpetrated #genocide in #Yemenhttps://t.co/KcCSl8l5p1
— towhee (@amborin) November 6, 2018
re: #396 The Vicious Babushka
Russian bots are desperate.
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Glenn and his assholes are so happy to spread misinformation.
re: #396 The Vicious Babushka
Russian bots are desperate.
President Hillary Clinton has been a complete disaster.
re: #398 Sir John Barron
President Hillary Clinton has been a complete disaster.
She should be impeached! // Just ask scholar Jacob Wohl.
re: #389 HappyWarrior
Yeah you don’t hear much at all from him which is honestly surprising. Perhaps he just wants to enjoy retirement. He had a lot of time in public life even before he became Indiana’s Senator. I believe Indianapolis’ mayor in 1968. He seemed like a decent guy to me. More conservative than me personally but a decent guy much like Chuck Hagel was and not surprisingly he was someone that Obama as a Senator worked with on foreign policy issues since Lugar was a FP guy and not a culture warrior.
I was always fond of him. He’s a throwback to the old-style Republicans who cared about the country. I may not have agreed with all his policies but would have been perfectly comfortable with a Republican Senate that consisted of Senators with his ethics and outlook.
re: #348 danarchy
Maybe it’s just me, but that seems like it is more or less keeping up with inflation.
Wish my paycheck went from 577 to 1800..
YES ON 10!
re: #400 Hecuba’s daughter
I was always fond of him. He’s a throwback to the old-style Republicans who cared about the country. I may not have agreed with all his policies but would have been perfectly comfortable with a Republican Senate that consisted of Senators with his ethics and outlook.
Ditto. He seems to be someone who came from the Ford wing of the party. More conservative than the Eisenhower and later Rockefeller wing perhaps but amiable on personal levels and willing to listen to the left without resorting to OMG YOU’RE COMMIES. Gingrich’s take over of the GOP House in the early 90’s was less ideological and more stylistic.
re: #345 Archangelus
Issa is retiring, his successor is getting the boot, now for Rohrabacher to get lost and this California-born-and-raised Democrat to start celebrating…
CA-50 is the odd race here: the (R) incumbent, Duncan Hunter, is under Federal indictment for campaign-finance “irregularities” (basically embezzlement, AFAICT), and yet, is still favored to win.
Even a Republican Asshole Crook deserves his day in court, though: but I wonder what the House will do if Hunter is convicted.
IIRC, the only way to force a vacancy in a House seat is by a 2/3 vote (which presumably would also force a special election): but then again, this is the 2018 Republican Party…..
J-Cob was in another one of those hipster coffee shops this morning:
I was in a Hipster Coffee Shop here in LA this morning. At one end of the place, there was a table with an LGBT couple talking about how they were excited to Vote Red today!
— Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) November 6, 2018
A guy can dream, can’t he? :D
2018: Dems retake the house, maybe the senate.
2020: Dems definitely take the senate, also the presidency.
2021: Dem president appoints Michelle Obama to Supreme Court.
2021 (shortly after): GOP sustains further losses after leaders, supporters’ heads explode.#GoVoteBlue ! 😁— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) November 6, 2018
re: #404 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
J-Cob was in another one of those hipster coffee shops this morning:
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re: #346 dangerman
‘last time’ two things were askew
- one was some of the polling was off - way off
- the other was a lot of people didnt pay enough attention to “a 2% chance doesnt mean zero”
On November 8, Nate Silver gave Trump a 28.6% chance of winning.
re: #382 makeitstop
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From the look of it, turnout is extremely heavy so far. When we voted on primary day, we went in the noon hour and we were ballots #7 and 8. This time we went in an hour earlier, and my wife was #195 and I was #196.
There are a lot of Trumpers around here, though. I’m expecting Democrats to do well in the county races and top of the ticket. A nice long shot for us would be if Liuba Shirley took down Pete King (R-IRA), but he’s pretty firmly dug in around these parts so I’m really not expecting him to lose.
Too bad - I’m so tired of seeing his big ugly head on TV all these years.
I’m sick of Pete King too!
re: #405 Archangelus
2018: Dems retake the house, maybe the senate.
2020: Dems definitely take the senate, also the presidency.
2021: Dem president appoints Michelle Obama to Supreme Court.
2021 (shortly after): GOP sustains further losses after leaders, supporters’ heads explode
success is never linear, but I really want to see people wake up from 2016
re: #405 Archangelus
A guy can dream, can’t he? :D
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To be truthful I kind of feared something like this even if HRC won in 2016. I feared serious Dem in the WH fatigue by 2020. I’m NOT saying it’s a good thing HRC lost and I will never get over my disgust of election night 2016 but I’m hoping that maybe that there will be some silver lining in the end that will make the 20’s a good decade for Democrats and liberals.
re: #405 Archangelus
A guy can dream, can’t he? :D
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When in this timeline does Bibi go to jail?
re: #399 HappyWarrior
She should be impeached! // Just ask scholar Jacob Wohl.
I thought he was impeaching Obama first?
But yeah I see this election as the baseball season where we don’t quite win the pennant and WS but we’re encouraged going into the next election and that’s where we win it all. 2022 might be a bit of a hangover year but we shall cross that bridge when we come to it.
re: #412 ObserverArt
I thought he was impeaching Obama first?
I think that’s after when you can’t impeach Trump because he won according to Jacob’s fellow scholar, Tomi Lahren.
re: #411 The Vicious Babushka
When in this timeline does Bibi go to jail?
Somewhere between 2018 and 2020 of course.
Also, give a man a break, there’s only so much space in a tweet… :D
re: #352 ObserverArt
Was the weather cooperating? Yesterday you were concerned you might have to float your way there. It looks like the rain passed by last night so hopefully there was no flooding.
There was still ponding on some parts of the road but not too bad otherwise. We ended up with 1.38 in the rain gauge. Big thunderstorm and high winds around 1:30-2 a.m. Ground is pretty saturated though and I’ve got water coursing down the driveway and farm lane.
re: #410 HappyWarrior
To be truthful I kind of feared something like this even if HRC won in 2016. I feared serious Dem in the WH fatigue by 2020. I’m NOT saying it’s a good thing HRC lost and I will never get over my disgust of election night 2016 but I’m hoping that maybe that there will be some silver lining in the end that will make the 20’s a good decade for Democrats and liberals.
Not saying it’s worth it, but if 1994 and 2010 are any guide, this would be a red wave election….
I voted. Only for Democrats. There was a poll worker with a huge scowl that was going over the paperwork of every voter and who seemed suspicious of the young black woman who was entering the voter info. Imagine my surprise when I saw his badge with a big R…and the woman entering data had a D on hers. His resting asshole face made his allegiance clear. ;-)
Whoa!!!
Early And/Or Absentee Votes Among 18-29 y/oAs Of Now In Compared To 2014MI 120% △FL 148% △MT 151% △OH 160% △WV 203% △AZ 215% △MN 313% △GA 361% △IN 382% △PA 396% △NV 410% △TX 465% △NJ 502% △TN 663% △WI 808% △ !ND 2496% △ !!https://t.co/ARApapjyjy
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 6, 2018
re: #415 Archangelus
Somewhere between 2018 and 2020 of course.
Also, give a man a break, there’s only so much space in a tweet… :D
I hope in that timeline Bibi gets knelt in the nuts by millions of American Jews disgusted by his favoritism of the far right over the Jewish people :). Seriously, he’s just awful. A crook, a bigot, and an enabler of Trump on the international stage.
re: #412 ObserverArt
I thought he was impeaching Obama first?
Yeah, just as soon as the GOP takes back the House. That boy ain’t right.
Last night, at dinner with friends, one woman confessed that she voted for a Republican for our Attorney General to serve as a check on the Democrats she believes will be occupying all the remaining statewide offices. And then, too late, she discovered the authority vested in the office and realized this was a bad decision. Hopefully, it will be a clean blue sweep in the Illinois state government.
I got in line at 630 this morning 10 people in front of me. Polls opened at 7. By then the line was out the door. By the time I finished voting at 750 the line was halfway down the block.
We had one guy filibustering at the registration desk yelling that he couldn’t get a Republican ballot. The election clerks reminded him this wasn’t a primary election, yet he wouldn’t listen. He then pulled out his phone and said he was calling Trump. Started yelling about everyone has to vote Republican.
Violation of California’s electioneering laws.
He was escorted outside where he kept yelling…
re: #419 Archangelus
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I wonder how much Taylor Swift had to do with Tennessee’s huge increase?
Good to see Wisconsin up that much too. I hope that costs Walker in the governors race.
re: #404 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
I have to admire his ability to stay On-Brand [tm].
Even though he’s a fucking moron.
re: #419 Archangelus
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MI 120% △
In MI you can only get an absentee ballot if:
1. You are 60 or older
2. Have a disability
3. Can prove you will be out of state on Election Day
re: #417 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Not saying it’s worth it, but if 1994 and 2010 are any guide, this would be a red wave election….
Yeah. I mean it wasn’t worth to have what happened happened but I just find myself trying to find a silver lining of the fact that more people are engaged than they were 2 years ago. I myself am more directly involved btw. I hadn’t door knocked for six years prior to 2017. And what’s more, I’m much more comfortable doing than I was as a college student too.
This is the stupidest Russian Troll EVER!
#LGBT #BlueWave #TheResistance
“Clinton, who is currently running for President, wrote in an email to staffers: “Who made the decision that State will not use the terms ‘mother and father’ and instead substitute ‘parent one and two’?”
“https://t.co/CHMREFTbwb— towhee (@amborin) November 6, 2018
Hillary Clinton is not currently running for President or any other office. How stupid are you, Comrade? Don’t they tell you this stuff at the Troll Farm? #VoteBlue #BlueWave #TheResistance #resist https://t.co/gP7lOXM4Hy
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) November 6, 2018
re: #429 HappyWarrior
Donald Trump prevailed because a lot of people were fed up with politics and politicians and thought that it did not make much difference how they voted either way or at all…I think a number of them have seen the light in the meantime.
re: #431 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Donald Trump prevailed because a lot of people were fed up with politics and politicians and thought that it did not make much difference how they voted either way or at all…I think a number of them have seen the light in the meantime.
A lot of people are fucking stupid but I think seeing “Yeah maybe a reality TV show guy was a bad idea” are awokened. I hope to the point where it punishes the GOP electorally for the rest of my days and beyond. The GOP needs to pay for pushing Trump on us.
Seems there have been problems at some Georgia polling places, with machines not working, etc.
Figures.
re: #433 freetoken
Seems there have been problems at some Georgia polling places, with machines not working, etc.
Figures.
The Latest: Long lines and technical problems in Georgiahttps://t.co/LZg1Tbcnak
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 6, 2018
Hey Georgia!
As you wait to vote in needlessly long lines that are due to either dumb incompetence or deliberate suppression, remember that at the *end* of that line, you’ll get to vote against the man responsible for your wait: @BrianKempGA. https://t.co/cU03KvFgzr— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 6, 2018
re: #407 Hecuba’s daughter
On November 8, Nate Silver gave Trump a 28.6% chance of winning.
Things happen more than 1 out of 4 times at 28.6%
//
re: #408 ObserverArt
I’m sick of Pete King too!
Now just imagine living within proximity of that knucklehead.
re: #433 freetoken
Seems there have been problems at some Georgia polling places, with machines not working, etc.
Figures.
Kemp is no doubt pleased. BTW he’s my pick for the gubernatorial candidate I want to see lose the most so my big three outside my district are:
Senate: Cruz
House: King
Governor: Kemp
re: #429 HappyWarrior
Yeah. I mean it wasn’t worth to have what happened happened but I just find myself trying to find a silver lining of the fact that more people are engaged than they were 2 years ago. I myself am more directly involved btw. I hadn’t door knocked for six years prior to 2017. And what’s more, I’m much more comfortable doing than I was as a college student too.
Also, this way there’s a reasonable chance of electing a Democratic President and Congress in a census year. I thought the next chance of that was 2040.
Blocked for excessive dumbassery.
The hell she’s not running #HillaryClinton is sufficiently deranged to try to get her name on the 2020 ballot.
Otherwise, Hillary Clinton and ex CIA Director Brennan started Russia-gate b/c Russia ruined their plan to put jihadis in control of Syria https://t.co/nr7TTTtau7— towhee (@amborin) November 6, 2018
re: #436 makeitstop
Now just imagine living within proximity of that knucklehead.
He embarasses me so much as an American of Irish descent sympathetic to Irish republican ideals. He’s also a fucking hypocrite given the way he treats Muslims as being guilty of terrorism whereas if someone treated Northern Irish Catholics that way, he’d be pissed and you know what, the’d be right but Muslims deserve that same respect.
re: #438 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Also, this way there’s a reasonable chance of electing a Democratic President and Congress in a census year. I thought the next chance of that was 2040.
It’s never happened in my lifetime. Granted I’ve only been a participant in one Preisdential census election year and I was 13 that year.
1900: Republican
1920: Republican
1940: Democrat
1960: Democrat
1980: Republican
2000: Republican*
2020: TBD
re: #435 bd(soros funded)
Things happen more than 1 out of 4 times at 28.6%
//
“A new study out today reveals that over 50% of Americans are in the majority, while less than 50% are in the minority. More on this story as it develops!”
—Kevin Nealon on Weekend Update
me voting in 2016 vs. me voting in 2018 pic.twitter.com/Npz6X43NvG
— 🦃Gobblert in NC🦃 (@freetimeectomy) November 5, 2018
Long lines and machines down at multiple polling places across Houston https://t.co/zOLioiKKPC
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) November 6, 2018
I’m hoping that a big win in 2020 will be a huge castration to the rise of these fascist movements in Europe and around the world too. Merkel is stepping down as head from her party soon and I have no idea who will replace her but that will be a huge election for Germany when the next chancellor election happens. Hopefully the Germans don’t do what we did after Obama and give themselves a Trump style headache or what the Brits did with Brexit. I think they won’t.
re: #428 The Vicious Babushka
MI 120% △
In MI you can only get an absentee ballot if:
1. You are 60 or older
2. Have a disability
3. Can prove you will be out of state on Election Day
Out of state students and military?
I wonder why it is Georgia and Texas that are having so many problems with elections???
Wait, no I don’t.
I hope the good citizens of both states manage to get their votes counted and then remember how this election was handled.
re: #444 The Vicious Babushka
Neglecting election infrastructure is the long term conservative plan.
Trump Hotel
— Emily Guskin (@EmGusk) November 5, 2018
I’m at Annistown Elementary School in Snellville, GA, where hundreds of voters have waited 4.5 hours to vote today because electronic voting machines weren’t working pic.twitter.com/4BJLYVtiEL
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 6, 2018
4.5 hours to vote? This is unconscionable. Brian Kemp should’ve fixed GA’s broken voting system instead of falsely accusing Dems of cyber crimes https://t.co/jTp7OpO1BX
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 6, 2018
re: #434 The Vicious Babushka
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And 40%+ of Georgia voters thinks this knucklehead deserves a promotion.
My (mostly white) precinct had 20 voting machines set up. I see videos from cities where hundreds of people are using 2 or 3 machines.
None of this is a coincidence. It’s a choice some politicians make to prevent people (usually minorities) from voting.— Jordan Ashby (@JM_Ashby) November 6, 2018
Yes trust Obare: #450 jaunte
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If that’s not a reason to vote against Kemp, I don’t know what is but he’s cool with this.
re: #450 jaunte
I was the 7th person in line at Annistown. Yes they were sharing info about provisional ballots but they could not share that those votes would not be counted until November 13th at 2pm.
— YummyCupcakeBand (@yummy_band) November 6, 2018
I have to go and turn in my lease car.
Morning/Afternoon Lizardim from the cloudy, snowy wild north country. Yes, you heard me - there were snowflakes outside my windows in the early morning hours. Despite the adverse weather conditions, though, I proceeded down to my town’s polling place and cast my vote. It was quick and simple - we have a Scantron-style paper ballot and a ballot scanner. Straightforward, not confusing at all, and due to my choice of mid-morning voting time, no line or wait - though I did see constant activity, so it looks like the polls have been busy so far today. I expect far more to show up in the later day after traditional work hours. How go things among the lizardfolk on this cloudy, cold, but inexplicably hopeful Election Day?
re: #452 jaunte
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Just like when they make state id mandatory for voting and close down DMVs in heavily PoC areas.
Got a chance to see the White House commemorative coin from Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki. So far spotted 3 typos in the Russian inscriptions, including in the word “Helsinki.” pic.twitter.com/yhZapuL1sN
— Alina Selyukh (@alinaselyukh) November 5, 2018
re: #458 Skip Intro
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There are people that would pay dearly for the privilege that man got.
re: #459 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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Wait wait it’s not “how stinky”, you lied to me Jared!
re: #273 HappyWarrior
And if they had to admit a democracy was a good thing, then being a democrat would mean something good too. But a republic? Why that’s just dandy, because it’s republican, get it? This boils down to “uggg, democrat bad! Republican goooood,ugggg” for most of the moron brigade.
Am told 3 people trying to vote at the courthouse in Fort Yates on Standing Rock were told no because their ID had an address saying “Avenue” instead of “Street.” @StandingRockST officials issued new IDs. #NDNativeVote Background on tribal efforts here: https://t.co/yuf1bLK78O
— Carrie Levine (@levinecarrie) November 6, 2018
This is insane suppression of Native American voters https://t.co/xMyEat97eN
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 6, 2018
re: #462 HappyWarrior
I bet Mitch didn’t have to wait in any stinking line.
re: #466 Skip Intro
I bet Mitch didn’t have to wait in any stinking line.
I bet you’re right. Nor show an id.
re: #404 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
J-Cob was in another one of those hipster coffee shops this morning:
I was in a Hipster Coffee Shop here in LA this morning. At one end of the place, there was a table with an LGBT couple talking about how they were excited to Vote Red today!
could you tell by looking they were “LGBT”?
were they pda’ing or did you just get a vibe?
re: #464 jaunte
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And I have FB friends already complaining that they didn’t have to show an ID to vote. Shit like this? This is why I’m glad it was as easy for me as: Walk in, give them my name, correct a minor spelling mistake because I spoke too quickly, confirm the address she read back to me, get my ballot receipt to take over to the table for my ballot.
Have fun with this visualization tool of House elections since 1840.
re: #407 Hecuba’s daughter
On November 8, Nate Silver gave Trump a 28.6% chance of winning.
i coudl say i typo’d and dropped the “8”
i was just hyperbolizing
re: #425 Joe Bacon 🌹
I got in line at 630 this morning 10 people in front of me. Polls opened at 7. By then the line was out the door. By the time I finished voting at 750 the line was halfway down the block.
We had one guy filibustering at the registration desk yelling that he couldn’t get a Republican ballot. The election clerks reminded him this wasn’t a primary election, yet he wouldn’t listen. He then pulled out his phone and said he was calling Trump. Started yelling about everyone has to vote Republican.
Violation of California’s electioneering laws.
He was escorted outside where he kept yelling…
an informed electorate…
Ready to wait? Hundreds of voters stand in line for hours this morning at this SW Atlanta polling place. Only three voting machines! What’s going on here? Live report at noon. pic.twitter.com/lewTPUZnf1
— Tom Regan (@tomreganWSB) November 6, 2018
re: #433 freetoken
Seems there have been problems at some Georgia polling places, with machines not working, etc.
Figures.
kemp said there is no need to upgrade these machines
re: #469 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I don’t know why it is so hard for the wingnuts to accept the reality that vote fraud is really low.
Well, I do know, but it is sad to have to believe that such a large portion of America wants to suppress voting.
Here… all I have to do is walk to the poll, give them my name, they look it up in a book, I sign by my name… and that is all that is required for me vote. No ID needed.
re: #442 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“A new study out today reveals that over 50% of Americans are in the majority, while less than 50% are in the minority. More on this story as it develops!”
—Kevin Nealon on Weekend Update
my favorite is “more than half the people are of below average intelligence”
re: #469 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
And I have FB friends already complaining that they didn’t have to show an ID to vote. Shit like this? This is why I’m glad it was as easy for me as: Walk in, give them my name, correct a minor spelling mistake because I spoke too quickly, confirm the address she read back to me, get my ballot receipt to take over to the table for my ballot.
This. This so so so so much.
re: #467 HappyWarrior
I bet you’re right. Nor show an id.
I don’t have to show an ID, just have to say my name.
Helps that most of the poll workers in my precinct know me.
apparently the moron-in-chief is spending his executive time today retweeting all of his rally bragging and endorsements and insulting the Democratic candidates.
re: #475 freetoken
I don’t know why it is so hard for the wingnuts to accept the reality that vote fraud is really low.
Well, I do know, but it is sad to have to believe that such a large portion of America wants to suppress voting.
Here… all I have to do is walk to the poll, give them my name, they look it up in a book, I sign by my name… and that is all that is required for me vote. No ID needed.
they know the truth
for them this is a strategy
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t have to show an ID, just have to say my name.
Helps that most of the poll workers in my precinct know me.
I have to show mine and say my name.
To recap:
Media reports Hannity will be on stage at a Trump Rally
Hannity says its untrue and calls it fake news
Hannity then goes on stage at a Trump rally and calls reporters there fake news
And now Hannity says he was being truthful because he hadn’t planned on going on stage https://t.co/1zaVqy0ML5— David Freedlander (@freedlander) November 6, 2018
hannity is really bad at this lying thing
re: #484 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah whatever Lumpy.
Of tweets relating to particular states and today’s votes, I’m struck about how delusional, especially delusional, are wingnuts in Florida.
That state has really been a magnate for the most maliciously dull.
what’s not to believe???
NEW Fox stmt on Hannity campaigning w Trump: “FOX News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events. We have an extraordinary team of journalists helming our coverage tonight…This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.” https://t.co/XFnToRYc6D
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 6, 2018
Fox statement re: Hannity and Pirro campaigning with Trump last night: “Fox News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events… This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.” The statement also praises Fox’s “extraordinary team of journalists.”
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 6, 2018
It was ‘addressed.’ Uh huh.
re: #479 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t have to show an ID, just have to say my name.
Helps that most of the poll workers in my precinct know me.
I would have been in and out of my polling place in under 5 minutes this morning if i hadn’t run into an old friend from high school and chatted for a while.
No ID shown, no wait in line, and there’s a paper ballot that can be counted later if there’s any question about whether it was scanned correctly.
re: #484 Backwoods_Sleuth
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hannity is really bad at this lying thing
He doesn’t have to be good since the marks want to be duped. They think they are in on the scam.
re: #488 Backwoods_Sleuth
what’s not to believe???
NEW Fox stmt on Hannity campaigning w Trump: “FOX News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events. We have an extraordinary team of journalists helming our coverage tonight…This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.”
wait….. you didnt know this was going to happen?
not much of a news organization are ya?
re: #488 Backwoods_Sleuth
what’s not to believe???
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Lumpy is good. They said talent.
re: #464 jaunte
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Additional update: they are treating paper ID ballots at Fort Yates as regular, not provisional
— Danielle McLean (@DanielleBMcLean) November 6, 2018
re: #488 Backwoods_Sleuth
what’s not to believe???
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We have told Sean that he is not allowed to go onstage at a wingnut rally for one more year.
re: #490 ipsos
I would have been in and out of my polling place in under 5 minutes this morning if i hadn’t run into an old friend from high school and chatted for a while.
No ID shown, no wait in line, and there’s a paper ballot that can be counted later if there’s any question about whether it was scanned correctly.
Since I had a paper ballot, I went ahead and marked the straight Democratic ticket box, but then after I left I thought to myself, “did I mark the right box? I didn’t double check!” Just a moment of paranoia.
re: #484 Backwoods_Sleuth
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hannity is really bad at this lying thing
Just like Sean Insanity lies about not being a slumlord!
re: #489 makeitstop
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It was ‘addressed.’ Uh huh.
“Dear Sean and Jeanine:
Please try not to do this again.
Thanks.
/s/ The Management”
To everyone waiting in line to vote because of a broken scanner or other problems, your voice matters. Please stay in line. And let’s once and for all get true Board of Elections reforms like early voting so this never happens again. NYC deserves so much better.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) November 6, 2018
538 is sticking with their model, but I keep seeing tweets like this:
Just got done working the polls for a mayoral candidate here in Virginia Beach, Va, and the voting is on track at that polling place to match, if not beat 2016. LOTS of people voting and I hope it keeps up. #Election2018 #VoteToday
— 👾Joe Hill 🐙 (@vintagejoehill) November 6, 2018
… which suggests that voter turnout has been under counted in models.
re: #464 jaunte
Every year, it seems, I’m told by the person manning the voter book they can’t find me. Despite the fact my last name begins with “A” and I’m within the first few pages; and despite the fact I’ve voted in this district 14 years running.
After a few seconds of me struggling to contain my hair-trigger sarcasm, the person goes “Oh, there you are.”
Irritating, to be sure.
After reading the bullshit that Native Americans are going through in ND, and other people (mostly minorities) are going through in other parts of the country, I realize I’ve got no reason to complain.
At all.
re: #500 freetoken
538 is sticking with their model, but I keep seeing tweets like this:
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… which suggests that voter turnout has been under counted in models.
I recall 2008 looking at reports of all the people in line at the polling places and knew that most of them were not out to vote for McCain and Palin
re: #498 Jay C
“Dear Sean and Jeanine:
Please try not to do this again.
Thanks.
/s/ The Management”
Right. ‘Do not appear at any further midterm political rallies in this election cycle.’ There. Addressed.
So far we’ve seen one 82 year old woman make her life’s final civic act to be driven from hospice to vote and then dying a few days later, one 77 year old woman in line to vote dragging her oxygen along with her and now this guy. What’s your excuse if you aren’t voting? https://t.co/pNqTitNHnC
— Chris “Cal” Carnahan #VoteBlue #RiseNVote (@xtrixcyclex) November 6, 2018
re: #504 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The most touching for me was seeing a 102 African American woman. Here we have a woman born before women could vote and who was a parent well into the Civil Rights era.
re: #484 Backwoods_Sleuth
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hannity is really bad at this lying thing
Well, he is not trying to fool smart people. No wasted effort.
re: #500 freetoken
538 is sticking with their model, but I keep seeing tweets like this:
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… which suggests that voter turnout has been under counted in models.
Vote. Vote as if your life depends on it. We’ll see if all this talk of higher turnout actually turns out to be substantive or just limited to some areas (as always - YMMV).
re: #489 makeitstop
Whorendo Revolto just happened to be there too, purely by chance.
re: #379 jeffreyw
We voted in this town hall building in my very rural district this morning - no wait. Fill in the ovals paper ballot. No straight ticket voting so I had to fill in the oval next to every Democrat. No levies or anything else on the sheet - just people running for office and the judge retention list.
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That’s like mine, a couple of hours north of you.
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