US Politics November 2017

The majority of Alabama white voters haven’t voted for a Democrat since the 1970s.

Eh?

The last time a Democrat won a U.S. Senate race in Alabama was 1992. A Democrat hasn’t won a statewide race period since 2008.

In 1998, Seiegelman won election to governor with 57% of the vote, including more than 90% of the African-American electorate.

what utter fuckbags

"Alabama white voters" the key there I think

fuckin banana republic over here

(xpost)

WaPo just out with a new story on Moore. Today's total of new victims stories up to four.

One woman said that when she was a high school senior, she and Roy Moore, then 30, went on a date that ended with him giving her what she called a “forceful” kiss that left her scared. https://t.co/Z3Roxv37UU

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 16, 2017

Dougie trollin

I attended the Women in Action phone bank tonight in downtown Birmingham. I joined and made some calls.
Thanks for your support! pic.twitter.com/4lwGJlM2e0

— Doug Jones (@GDouglasJones) November 16, 2017

"Alabama white voters" the key there I think

Ah, ok.

Quite the thread, this.

*** THREAD ****

Roy Moore must be desperate for legal counsel because he hired a racist lawyer, Trenton Garmon, who was disbarred in Alabama for an awful incident involving him impersonating a religious figure.

Then-Judge Moore voted to uphold his own attorney's disbarment. pic.twitter.com/6yWo9Yqnx6

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) November 15, 2017

he is disgusting

according to this report, Steele now says that he believes most of the stuff in the dossier is not only true, but provable, and that it is likely to be proven by Mueller:

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/360508-book-steele-says-70-90-percent-of-his-trump-russia-dossier-is

not sure how much of that was generally known

also here:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/15/christopher-steele-trump-russia-dossier-accurate

More details

https://www.nytimes.com/news/2017/nov/15/christopher-steele-trump-russia-pee-tape-extremely-real

'pee' in a NYT url

we are thru the looking glass now

lmao

Good one, Joe.

it's sad that trump has made so many blunders and gaffes and horrifying statements that they all just kind of sit in a giant pile of failing and shit, and humans only have enough emotional capacity and working memory to juggle a few of them in our minds at any given moment, and one of those topics in the infinite shit pile is how he sexually assaulted women.

It seems almost cruel to wish, at this point, that these women would keep speaking. They already did. They told the public that Trump grabbed them and groped them. They gave the details of where and when; they spoke about how it had affected them. A poll last October found that sixty-eight per cent of registered voters believed their stories. Only fourteen per cent believed that Trump had not made unwanted sexual advances toward women. So it’s not that we didn’t hear Trump’s accusers, or even that we didn’t believe them. We knew that they weren’t lying, and we elected him anyway. Our response when victims speak up now has to be shaped by the magnitude of that failure.

Whenever I see a picture of Christopher Steele I think he looks like a former member of the Jam, specifically Bruce Foxton:

https://i2-prod.hinckleytimes.net/incoming/article6753186.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/WA6133462.jpg

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/de7ee5b3d9274ed7f32bc8434093190f0f622a9f/0_233_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?w=620&q=20&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&dpr=2&s=ddd26932b0972970a96185fab34de306

Oh it's getting ridiculous now.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/roy-moore-republicans-alabama-senate-244961

So, this happened.

Dear Mitch McConnell,

Bring. It. On.

— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 16, 2017

Dear @MooreSenate,

You’re not allowed to use the name of my cheerleader movie, you fucking pedophile. https://t.co/Hxk3J5Za15

— Peyton Reed (@MrPeytonReed) November 16, 2017

More details

https://www.nytimes.com/news/2017/nov/15/christopher-steele-trump-russia-pee-tape-extremely-real

― JoeStork, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 10:49 PM (forty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Was this a joke headline or does it not exist anymore?

In other news:

“I have new statistics,” Collins added, patting a thick black binder under her arm, “that show that for some middle-income people, it will cancel out their tax cut. The increased premium would be more than the tax reduction they would get from this bill.”

So it sounds like Collins is leaning no. Corker is maybe leaning no, because of the debt. Johnson is a no. That's three weak links at least, for now. It was hard enough for them to hammer the ACA by itself, but now it's almost impossible to avoid the appearance (for obvious reasons) that health care will be cut to fund tax cuts for the rich.

xpost Try this one: https://www.nytimes.com/news/2017/nov/15/leaked-footage-trump-peeing-in-own-mouth

Sorry, couldn't help myself. That first one was a joke, though pee tape is always implied in everything I read about Trump.

No shock, just schadenfreude:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/incredible-shrinking-trump-organization/

Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It

http://www.kabc.com/2017/11/16/leeann-tweeden-on-senator-al-franken

baaarf

Relax Al

tbf it doesn't look like he's *actually* touching her in that photo but even still, bad Al

great that Hannity already has her contact info.

yeah I'm guessing that pic is gonna be broadcast on FOX News nonstop for the next two weeks

good

well the Dems should be running a woman in 2020 anyway, and I imagine by the time we get there every potential male candidate will have been outed as a lech at the very least.

Gillenbrand/Harris '20!

tbf it doesn't look like he's *actually* touching her in that photo but even still, bad Al

It looks to me like he's touching her. His left hand at least.

Latest shenanigans!

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/15/roy-moore-republicans-alabama-senate-244961

ugh that Franken photo gives me Abu Ghraib vibes

Yeah.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

photo, however gross, is not of what she said happened.

uh... did you read the entire article

KABC? Yes.

36 years since reagan promised prosperity would trickle down. 36 years of stagnant wages for 99% of americans

xpost what are you talking about dude?

you did not read the entire article

you might wanna check w/ Janeane Garofalo about how Al Franken treated women (in his 40s)

The tour wrapped and on Christmas Eve we began the 36-hour trip home to L.A. After 2 weeks of grueling travel and performing I was exhausted. When our C-17 cargo plane took off from Afghanistan I immediately fell asleep, even though I was still wearing my flak vest and Kevlar helmet.

It wasn’t until I was back in the US and looking through the CD of photos we were given by the photographer that I saw this one:

I couldn’t believe it. He groped me, without my consent, while I was asleep.

I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated.

How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think it’s funny?

I told my husband everything that happened and showed him the picture.

KABC? Yes.

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:13 AM (five minutes ago)

???

actually, Garofalo's stories aren't as damning as Tweeden's

tbf it doesn't look like he's *actually* touching her in that photo

posts you really don't need to make, jeez dude

photo, however gross, is not of what she said happened.

the fuck is wrong with you people