US Politics November 2017

Again, I never thought I’d be saying this, but by my back-of-the-envelope count, Democrats are currently in the lead to pick up Virginia’s House of Delegates. They started the night with 34 of 100 seats and have already picked up 12 GOP-held seats. There are eight more GOP-held seats that are still too close to call, and Democrats are currently in the lead in six of them. If those leads hold, the speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2018 will be a Democrat. Given the GOP’s aggressive gerrymander of Virginia’s delegate districts in 2011, this is what you’d call a tidal wave.

Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me

this kind of shit... supremely childish and redolent of dictators, hooray

i know, what else is new

if gillespie would have won, trump would have taken credit for it. he didn't, so he gets shit on

one thing I wonder about a lot of Trump voters, is down the line when it's clear it was a con they won't stop supporting him in theory but when he's done do they just drift off from voting on general? his whole campaign was such a cult of personality

Given the GOP’s aggressive gerrymander of Virginia’s delegate districts in 2011, this is what you’d call a tidal wave.

excellent news from VA tonight, obv. imagine a world where the districts weren't gerrymandering and voter suppression measures didn't exist. it would be an interesting exercise to find out how fair elections would work out in this country

whoa at philly's new DA

MINNEAPOLIS

can't find a link, first out trans woman of color elected to public office in America

city council

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/11/07/trans-woman-andrea-jenkins-elected-minneapolis-city-council

Check the timestamps on Fox news and Trumps tweet. Pretty sure that's very close to what Brit Hume said right around the same time.

when he's done do they just drift off from voting on general?

good riddance

Apparently Trump Korea speech in progress is, no surprise, an embarrassment.

where are people watching?

nevermind:

http://thehill.com/video/administration/359290-watch-live-trump-speaks-to-south-korean-national-assembly

I saw it streaming on Washington Post.

this night's election returns were too hopeful; i need to destroy any positive feelings by watching a live trump speech

Deep state has definitely been sneaking this guy plenty of McDonald's fried apple pie.

scummy Goldman Sachs Dem elected NJ guv! Yay?

what if Yam reaction to being electorally embarrassed is starting a 'conventional' war with NK?

the new philly DA https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/philadelphia-krasner-district-attorney-police.html?_r=1

scummy Goldman Sachs Dem elected NJ guv

yeah, kind of puts a damper on that one

He wants to legalize weed and make the state's minimum wage $15 an hour. Which of those is the official Goldman Sachs position? I forget.

alright!!

BOOM!

local news makes it official: Medicaid will be expanded in Maine. https://t.co/VgkpboJe4O

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) November 8, 2017

unperson give me a fucking break

oh wow 15 dollars wow

A father consoles his son at a watch party for Ed Gillespie, who lost the Virginia governor's race to Ralph Northam https://t.co/H4k2nkcyMr pic.twitter.com/XLQlDnvIwL

— POLITICO (@politico) November 8, 2017

Which of those is the official Goldman Sachs position? I forget.

Both sound like chicken bones for the masses, sucker.

"...darn cheese. *SOB*"
xp

NY State constitutional convention defeated, thank Christ

fox news an hour ago

Meanwhile, on Fox, the Clinton presidency is dealt another blow pic.twitter.com/ULYpuGWb16

— Megan Garber (@megangarber) November 8, 2017

Greenwald calling for President Clinton's impeachment

In addition to electing Murphy, NJ voters approved $125 million in bonds to build and expand public libraries.

why is it bad that a normal/shitty dem is responding to demands for $15/hr

Alfred Lord Tomboto

nobody said it was bad! let's go for $20, since every good thing he does will be forced on him.

The most encouraging thing I read about the VA election is that exit polls had health care at 60% the most important voter issue. And that's in a race where health care for all purposes was not even really debated. Which means the voters saw through the noise, which further bodes poorly for the GOP in 2018.

Funniest quip I saw was that they should elect a statue to Ed Gillespie so that his loss will not be forgotten.

In addition to electing Murphy, NJ voters approved $125 million in bonds to build and expand public libraries.

― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:21 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why is it bad that a normal/shitty dem is responding to demands for $15/hr

― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:25 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rip van winkle shit wake up

Flipping 14 seats from red to blue in VA is the biggest Democratic pick-up since 1899.

WE HAVE SEIZED AN ADDITIONAL 140 CHARACTERS FROM THE BOURGEOISIE AND WILL IMMEDIATELY PLACE THEM IN THE SERVICE OF THE PROLETARIAT. REPEAT: WE HAVE SEIZED AN ADDITIONAL 140 CHARACTERS FROM THE BOURGEOISIE AND WILL IMMEDIATELY PLACE THEM IN THE SERVICE OF THE PROLETARIAT.

— Pioneer Valley DSA🌹 (@PVDemSoc) November 7, 2017

New NJ gov has super-aggressive energy policy and envitonmental positions, works for me

Xp

Dems in GA potentially on cusp of busting GOP supermajority?

Tally (so far) posted:

Dems win NJGov, full control of NJ government.
—Dems win VA Gov, huge gains in VA Assembly (shot at majority)
—Dems win mayorship in Charlotte, St. Petersburg, Manchester, NYC
—Dems pick-up leg seats in NH & GA (x2)
—Civil-rights attorney will be Philly DA

this is bad news folks

It's official: @wallacefor119, a Ruby on Rails developer(!!!), has flipped a long-held Republican seat and is going to the Georgia House of Representatives.

— Luigi Ray-Montañez (@1uigi) November 8, 2017

(!!!)

These numbers are stark. GOP precincts with no HoD dem challenger: no #vagov dem vote increase. GOP precincts *with* an HoD dem challenger: 20% #vagov dem vote increase. What's the opposite of coattails.

— Reed Shaw (@reedgshaw) November 8, 2017

the main thing is: run. even if the only candidate you can find is a rails dev.

I cannot understand whatever that is you just shared.

Me neither

the first part seems . . . self-evident

I think VA for a few years had no Dem challenger for a couple of GOP held seats, so Dems stayed home. But adding a Dem challenger upped turnout 20%.