"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

Re: Stahl.

He does this shit with every interview - very unfair to me, very biased.

A moderately sensible person might ask, "why did you agree to an interview then?"

But the galaxy brain realization is: this is kayfabe and theater. It is deliberate and it is choreographed and it is entirely posturing for the maga grievance crowd. He's running against the media, not against Biden.

Unfortunately for him, Leslie Stahl isn't on the ballot

I would vote for Lesley Stahl over Mike Bloomberg

DON HEWITT: Well, yeah.

Me: I should really pay attention to this conference call.

Also Me: I should add the sad 70's Incredible Hulk theme to depressed post 60 minutes meltdown Trump walking away. pic.twitter.com/zKHWGwmZwo

— Decoherence (@DecoherenceWave) October 21, 2020

New @CookPolitical House ratings with 13 days to go:

Solid/Likely/Lean D: 228
Solid/Likely/Lean R: 181
Toss Up: 26

Latest outlook: Democratic net gain of 5-15 seats. https://t.co/wcfAZ8REga pic.twitter.com/kicYCjmLSq

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 21, 2020

Damn, those House numbers (in Alfred's post) are awesome.

It will be interesting to see the redistricting fights that ensue, not least because hey, census (fucked up, politically manipulated, virally tainted census).

Hoping the wave changes some state legislatures

uhhhh

Uhhhhh look at this picture of Mitch McConnell's hands that @lizzyratner found on AP pic.twitter.com/Y4LJL7mAdh

— Annie Shields (@anastasiakeeley) October 21, 2020

The fuck?

diabeetus

Is that real? Clever man: can't sign anything without hands!

yikes mitch

blood thinners

Bar fight

You should see the other guy, tho

this is septemic cutaneous ulcerative disease, it happened to my daughter's turtle too, they jsut have to change his water more often

what's up everybody, got a good one for ya

Saturday, January 5th 2019
https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/minnesota-man-arrested-following-incident-at-sen-elizabeth-warren-rally

STORM LAKE, Iowa — A Minnesota man was arrested this afternoon during Senator Elizabeth Warren's rally in Storm Lake, Iowa

Senator Warren's rally was scheduled for 12:45 Saturday afternoon at Our Place in Storm Lake.

Storm Lake Police say 58-year-old Randal James Thom of Lakefield, Minnesota was part of the overflow crowd outside the facility when the incident occurred around 1:00 p.m..

Thom allegedly became very vocal while Senator Warren was outside greeting attendees before he became aggressive and attempted to assault others in the crowd.

Aug 24th 2019 - 10am
https://www.dglobe.com/news/crime-and-courts/4627783-Lakefield-man-sentenced-in-dog-nuisance-case

JACKSON — A Lakefield man was convicted earlier this month of two charges related to property damage caused by his unattended dogs.

Randal J. Thom, 59, was convicted of public nuisance and trespassing, both misdemeanors, related to a March barnyard attack on a rural Lakefield farm. Nearly two dozen chickens and two goats died, with others injured, due to Thom's Alaskan Malamute dogs. Thom's dog, named after president Donald Trump, was shot, and the incident gained international attention.

OCTOBER 20, 2020 — 9:26PM
https://www.startribune.com/passionate-front-row-joe-trump-supporter-dies-in-highway-crash-near-st-peter/572804072/

A southwestern Minnesota man whose passionate support for President Donald Trump took him to dozens of political events around the country and recently to the White House was killed in a highway crash while returning from a political celebration in Florida.

Randal J. Thom, 60, of Lakefield died in a collision shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday on Hwy. 169 north of St. Peter, the State Patrol said. Thom was driving his minivan south and hit a pickup truck that also was heading south, the patrol said.

Evidence of recent alcohol use by Thom was detected at the scene, according to the patrol. Thom was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol added. ...

Marthamae Kottschade said she and Thom were among roughly 50 Minnesotans who attended a gathering in support of law enforcement on the White House grounds on Oct. 10. It was at that event where the president, recovering from COVID-19, appeared on the balcony and removed his mask.

"Randal always said, 'I have a better chance of dying in a car crash than I do from COVID,'" Kottschade said.

Karma crash

Thom allegedly became very vocal

the only police I like are the karma police

"Randal always said, 'I have a better chance of dying in a car crash than I do from COVID,'" Kottschade said.

and yet he chose to not take the basic safety precaution of wearing a seatbelt, either.

https://i.imgur.com/XmUvbAZ.jpg

Who will now look after the dog that answers to the name 'Mr President'?

Monmouth finds Biden+5 or +3 among LVs in Iowa; Greenfield up +6 or +2 in the Senate race.
That's Biden's best Iowa result that I can recall. https://t.co/h3IcdVqI1B

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) October 21, 2020

Trump won Iowa by 9 in 2016

"Randal always said, 'I have a better chance of dying in a car crash than I do from COVID,'" Kottschade said.

Well, at the very least, he had a better chance of dying prematurely from something stupid and preventable than living out his natural life.

thought that McConnell photo was one of those "pictures with the wrong captions" thing but holy shit he looks terrible

https://i.imgur.com/l5dPDxd.jpg

For as much attention as MI/WI/PA/FL are getting, the real swing states right now (where the candidates are currently polling within a percentage point of each other) are GA/OH/IA.

Who will now look after the dog that answers to the name 'Mr President'?

Is this from that Simon and Garfunkel song?

Maybe McConnell is really in a hurry to confirm that person because he is about to die.

McConnell apparently transitioning into his final eldritch form.

i do expect him to rip off his skin, at the end, and hiss at everyone before dying

Melting Man RoboCop jpg

Is this from that Simon and Garfunkel song?

Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you, woof woof woof

https://i.imgur.com/OWBlQni.jpg

where is that?

PMURT
PMURT
MY HIP AND PELVIS HURT

xp that particular shot is from Toledo

I thought those signs said "SMURF."

Make America Gargamel Again

It seems this new Borat movie is well timed.

Oh my god.https://t.co/P9JCFr1nj1 pic.twitter.com/cwkiLZCnCw

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 21, 2020

Something not quite right about the top flag. Can't put my finger on it.

this is septemic cutaneous ulcerative disease, it happened to my daughter's turtle too, they jsut have to change his water more often

― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, October 21, 2020 10:27 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I don't think enough attention was paid to this A+ lol.

that was good

i lold

before i filed this story i preemptively apologized to my editors that i may have added too many joe biden amtrak facts. did you know the station in wilmington is named after him? https://t.co/utHJusahPK

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 21, 2020

but his rails...

"Randal always said, 'I have a better chance of dying in a car crash than I do from COVID,'" Kottschade said.

anybody that drives in FL can tell you, dem's not great odds

i mean in the case of anyone under the age of 50 he's pretty much right.

well, yeah. and i suspect he's not the type who thinks much about 'other people' too

but in FL, dying in a car crash sometimes seems an inevitability, esp with teh "Ultimate I-4" project, though roads have been sometimes quiet lately

I have been told "hell is other people"

Xp

xxxp right. it's true but it's an argument to stop vehicular genocide via traffic engineering, tax non-commercial vehicles by weight, automated enforcement of speed limits, etc. etc. it's not an argument to lick doorknobs/ban masks.

oh i agree, i just like shitting on FL