And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

I've seen enough. Jon Ossoff (D) defeats Sen. David Perdue (R) in GA's other Senate runoff. #GASEN

Democrats win control of the Senate.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 6, 2021

I'VE SEEN ENOUGH!!!!

Danny Hakim
Danny Hakim 1m ago

In A.P. voter surveys, 56 percent of Georgia voters said they disapproved of Trump’s handling of the results of the presidential election.

Your boy is getting Big Drunk tonight

Republicans are Johnny Lawrence, and Georgia just did the crane

holy shit am i the only one who didn't know Lin Wood was Richard Jewell's lawyer????

him and Sidney Powell had much more modest pasts before the brainworms started

People calling Twitter Dick Nixon “sir” is very embarrassing

I struggle to say "thank you" without adding "sir" or "ma'am" after, it's to some extent a meaningless vocal tic if you're Southernish

btw very good night for the pollsters and aggregators

"Vote for us and we will give you money" is the apocalyptic
nightmare that conservatives of all stripes have been terrified of since the dawn of democracy!

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 6, 2021

there are tons of democratic big brains who still won't get this, but there are also a few who didn't get it a year ago and get it now.

I hope McConnell is choking on his own bile tonight

lol

West Virginia after we're done bribing Joe Manchin pic.twitter.com/91PAyNheZG

— James Medlock (@jdcmedlock) January 6, 2021

Just happened to have found another 4000 ballots from Fulton County. Here we go!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021

mcconnell's former chief of staff

Suburbs, my friends, the suburbs. I feel like a one trick pony but here we are again. We went from talking about jobs and the economy to Qanon election conspiracies in 4 short years and - as it turns out- they were listening!

— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) January 6, 2021

mcconnell

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErBgxP6UYAAQyup?format=jpg&name=900x900

Let's bribe WV and a whole lot of other states while we're at it. We can have an Infrastructure Week every week of the year -- but only Green New Deal infrastructure, kthx.

yeah hard to imagine that two months of yelling about rigged elections helped gop turnout lol

It's unfortunate that Manchin bribery will be more along the lines of mountaintop removal than flying cars.

would love to re-read some day after the election "what went wrong for the democrats??" thinkpieces

hard to believe the "me sowing" tweet is less than two years old

would love to re-read some day after the election "what went wrong for the democrats??" thinkpieces

I mean, we would be a hell of a lot better off if Sara Gideon and, like, Greenfield or Harrison were going to be in the Senate, the way polls suggested they really might.

yeah that election did really go pretty wrong, obvs not as wrong as it could have, but trump even came within ~50k votes of winning

the election tonight on the other hand...

the presidency plus both houses in the end seems pretty good

I guess Republicans without Trump are visibly Republican

im willing to give the democrats a c-, they deserve some credit for not just outright losing, but all things considered the state of the world and so forth, it was a pretty uninspired performance, georgia dems get an a+

just getting around to reading kelly loeffler's wiki/background:

Kelly Lynn Loeffler (/ˈlɛflər/; born November 27, 1970) is an American politician serving as a United States senator from Georgia since 2020. A Republican, Loeffler was previously chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of commodity and financial service provider Intercontinental Exchange owned by her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher.

loooooooooooool that was her main experience? jfc congratufuckinglations, what a joke

lol I'm the one who originally dug up that Jon Ossoff Imagine Dragons tweet. Was scrolling through his 2012 timeline and once I got to that one I knew I had to send it into the world.

ha nice

ILX, the secret center of things once more.

*clicks "like" on jaymc's post*

lmao

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErBp67PXEAAkntE?format=jpg&name=medium

My head said these races were toss-ups and my gut said they were lean GOP so I'm glad I ignored my gut, as usual.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 6, 2021

This fuckin’ guy.

Erickson finally having enough is a beautiful thing to see

No Republicans, the Democrats did not steal the races in Georgia. You talked yourselves out of voting. That's not theft. Turns out many of you are as stupid as they said.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 6, 2021

This is kinda amazing to realize.

Protestants locked out of the top offices for the first time ever (president, chief justice, speaker of the house, majority leader) https://t.co/c1822yu6OU

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 6, 2021

And so it begins.

On a plane from TX —> DC flight attendants are struggling to control a plane full of Trump supporters as they display a pro-Trump projection and harass others passengers bound for DC.

[DM to license]#dc #trump #trumprally #protest #thisisamerica #sos pic.twitter.com/BlTCbD8ntl

— Maranie R. Staab (@MaranieRae) January 6, 2021

Tomorrow is going to be something else...

Lmao

“im willing to give the democrats a c-, they deserve some credit for not just outright losing, but all things considered the state of the world and so forth, it was a pretty uninspired performance, georgia dems get an a+

what are your takes from this GA runoff, Big Don

the amazingly thin skins on these dumb bastards, they will turn on anyone in a heartbeat for any fucking reason. it's only a matter of time before they burn down trump too.

i'm confused about what's happening on that plane video - who are they asking to stand up? the person shining the projection?

shoulda turned that plane around

if you're on a flight in the middle of a pandemic for anything than a non-emergency situation, joke's on you and your punishment is getting to hang out with a bunch of trump weirdos from texas in an enclosed space

Some communard, I assume, that was trying to infringe on their freedom.

the verified liberals have begun posting cringe

Don’t do this. What the fuck. pic.twitter.com/HxAWiRUhQb

— Carey O'Donnell (@ecareyo) January 6, 2021

your punishment is getting to hang out with a bunch of trump weirdos from texas in an enclosed space

There's an empty lot down the road from me where 500 sq ft Trump flag weirdos have been congregating every Sunday since the election. Every week when I drive past they seem a little less into the Trump and more into the tailgating aspect. Hoping one buys a projector with the $1400 and they just start watching movies together.

Ossoff officially in the lead by 9,000-ish votes

Warnock is a pastor at the Atlanta church were slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. preached. Warnock becomes only the second African American since reconstruction to represent a Southern state in the Senate. https://t.co/hfCUwgVCW9

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 6, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6GYDNbvBNo

congrats to donald trump for convincing just enough of his voters to stay home

Turnout are as a share of general by type of precinct:
>80% Trump: 88%
>80% Biden: 92%
>80% Black: 93%
>50% college: 92%
>80% no college&white: 87%
Urban 91%
Suburban 90%
Rural 88%

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) January 6, 2021

Incredible work here

A historic moment in the making - GA elects first ever US Senator who follows @dril pic.twitter.com/rFxqRs0TK9

— yonder mitch (@unrealchill) January 6, 2021

getting a little weepy here