God Has Abandoned Us: U.S. Politics November 2023

I voted as I always do: old-school, in-person, on election day, pre-dawn, school gym, right when they open, fill in the ovals, get the frickin sticker.

Yes I know there are other ways to do it but I don't want to give Youngkin's assholes a single solitary reason to contest (or accidentally "forget") my vote.

Feeling good?

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Taking sides: Giddy vs. Geddy vs. Gibby

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"Hold my beer." - Gabby Hayes

Gabby Giffords, Gabby Douglas, and Yo Gabba Gabba have entered the chat

Are we really getting het up about young adults reading young adult fiction? Come the fuck on

― the new drip king (DJP), Monday, November 6, 2023 7:06 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

What happened to this message board? We used to take Ashlee Simpson records seriously and now we want to ban young adult novels?

i want to ban young adult navels

sorry but I'm finding it all but impossible to not post "You left out the g cause the g ain't in you"

she bans the tin drum

The line at the polling place just off William & Mary’s campus is out the door and only growing.

Most important thing about the line: it’s all young people who are registering to vote today — this doesn’t even include the line of students who were pre-registered! pic.twitter.com/pqN30JLvvD

— Eve Levenson (@eve_levenson) November 7, 2023

The new silent generation?

Too bad I won't vote for the Dem mayoral candidate because she supports building a basketball stadium in the center of the city, ruining the historic (and THRIVING) Chinatown next door.

my friends in philly feel the same way; she's also pro stop and frisk.

xpost Silent, but deadly.

They should never have threatened to take away these kids' YA novels.

Andy Beshear remains governor of Kentucky.

It's not called yet though, is it? I really like Andy Beshear, hope he wins

Kentuckian here: Polls only closed 40 minutes ago in the CST part of the state. The race hasn't been called and will continue to skew closer as more W KY results come in.

The Hill is calling it for Beshear

Looks pretty good in Ohio

people have been panicking about 2024 polls lately so this is definitely welcome news

I've seen enough: in a victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1, a measure to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution, passes.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2023

👍🏽

Yeah, I'm willing to stop stress-eating now. 79% reporting, and Beshear's up by more than 78K. That'll hold.

good job America

Cautious optimism here in VA. Every individual candidate I'm watching is comfortably ahead, and the overall trend looks promising. Ds will hold the Senate and (fingers crossed) have a good shot at flipping House control.

Happy about Beshear! And based on Ohio I feel like Dems in '24 need to just basically be "ABORTION and WEED! Any questions?"

In my blue-dot Southern Appalachian city, a leftist Black woman incumbent appears set to win reelection to City Council over a white male Republican developer who literally outspent her 10:1. (This despite her being the biggest thorn in the side of our center-left mayor, who I don't think would have been sad to see her go. Tho the mayor was also just easily reelected, so I think a lot of people voted for both of them.)

Interesting times.

One thing I got to wonder about these polling on how Trump is 'winning' over Biden is who the flack is answering these things. As a registered Democrat in KY who votes every election, I got absolutely bombarded with home calls for polls and mailers. I told more than a handful of these clowns calling to f'k off, it's none of their bizness. I got to think in a cell phone info. crush world, this is more the default than answering their BS.

Tiny American flags for some, abortion on demand for all!

I hope with the legal weed in Ohio they start selling it in those old style state liquor stores they used to have up there that used to look like license branches.

I'm sure somewhere on WLW- Bill Cunningham is probably going apoplectic on weed becoming recreational. I'm sure the crazy rightwingers in Ohio will try to f'k it up somehow. They got some serious right wing Aholes in that state.

Decision Desk HQ projects Democrats win control in the Virginia House of Delegates.#DecisionMade: 11:05pm EST

Follow more results here: https://t.co/8sug2Xq9ic pic.twitter.com/3nODVnFGZO

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 8, 2023

Rashida Tlaib has been officially censured with the help of 22 democrats. It's pretty despicable they'd jump on board with this nonsense.

In other news, a democrat (fwiw, a former Republican) flipped one deep-red NJ General Assembly seat for the first time in decades. Further perspective: it was also a Trump +35 (!) district.

Great Ohio neww

https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/breaking-rabbi-avi-schnall-projected-to-win-30th-district-race-in-huge-upset/

Great news for America tonight, it seems the only time we lost our minds was in the year 2016.

Rashida Tlaib has been officially censured with the help of 22 democrats.

Fuck this and them

Which 22 Democrats?

Suzy, they’re here. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4298890-22-democrats-censure-tlaib-over-israel-criticism/amp/

What’s the deal with Ken Buck

I think he cashed in his chips when he got death threats for not supporting Jim Jordan's bid for Speaker.

Face eating tigers, etc.

Dems maintain control and make small pick ups in the assembly and senate here in NJ.Moms for Liberty school board candidates for the most part lost their bids.

Sad that NJ ppl hate liberty and moms

Moms for Liberty school board candidates for the most part lost their bids.

Good.

I don't think people understand the massacre Republicans suffered down-ballot in PA tonight.

Obviously, PA SC was the focus and Allegheny had specific local factors, but Dems swept almost everything in winnable races from school boards, commissioners, etc. Especially in SEPA.

— Joshua Smithley (@blockedfreq) November 8, 2023

Shout out to my mom in SEPA

Josh’s mom OTM

I keep thinking about what is behind the concerns about Biden's age. Yes, all things being equal, I would prefer a president who was younger, and I think the elderliness of Congress is to blame for many of its failures. But as I've said before, in a general election, I'm usually voting for the policies of the Democratic Party vis a vis the policies of the Republican Party, so Biden's personal flaws don't play much of a role for me. So why does his age seem to be such a factor for so many?

I'm guessing a lot of people see all the problems facing the country and look at Biden and don't see someone who is dealing with them in a visibly energetic or forceful fashion. He's not angry, he's concerned. He doesn't yell, he whispers. He stumbles over his words. He can be charming at times but mostly in a leisurely, old-fashioned (grandfatherly?) way.

If you want as president someone who will project a strong image and inspire people, as Obama and Trump did for those who voted for them, then Biden is bound to disappoint. I get that. But it seems a mistake to put so much stock in personality over platform and policies.

Also, it annoys me that the conversation around Biden's age is so often framed around whether he is physically and mentally capable of doing the job. Not that those concerns are without merit, but it seems to me like that's not really what it's about.