U.S. Politics, November 2022: “I don’t know, you hear the same things I do”

Kari Lake appears to be getting trounced

was up 14 points but now 12. i think its gonna be close

also she just spoke and within the first 60 seconds was already calling into question the legitimacy of the voting cos some of the voting machines were down earlier today.

if/when Georgia goes to runoff, not great for Walker. no third party to siphon off votes. the 78,000 people who voted for Chase Oliver, some may opt to stay home, others may shift to Warnock.

Oliver is an openly gay Libertarian that supports ending qualified immunity for police, is a pacifist, and supports making it easier for immigrants to come to America, so I would guess most people who threw him a vote aren't going to pivot to fucking Herschel Walker (other than Republicans who hated Walker but couldn't bear to commit the Christ-offending sin of voting Democrat).

not to mention that's an extra four weeks for Walker to shit his pants, with or without Warnock's help.

Yeah I don’t think it’ll be a blowout but she’s apparently pretty well behind where she needs to be which is pretty significant because the polls had it as R+3

g'night all!

P.S., of all of the election deniers on the ballot, for their races that have already been called, 8 of them won, 11 lost (including Michel - race just called for Evers).

can Mandela do it

maxwell alejandro frost (dem from fl-10) becomes the first zoomer elected to congress and, well…

I’VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR OVER A YEAR THIS IS WILD!! I’M GONNA SEE @the1975 ON THURSDAY TO CELEBRATE!!!

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) November 9, 2022

the LA sheriff is eating shit btw

A tiny gop majority in the house is dangerous but it should at least be funny

Desantis’s success and trump’s ability to pick losers (or turn winners into losers) raises the possibility of a damaging presidential primary fingers crossed.

Smaller GOP majority presumably reduces changes of impeaching Biden, since they're unlikely to get every Republican vote.

i’d love it if we made it

🎉LAUREN BOEBERT IS GOING TO LOSE 🎉#CO03 https://t.co/EFhxDW5Y4X

— Jonathan Freifeld (@JonFreifeld) November 9, 2022

obv way too early to speculate about this, but trump is def gonna run indie if he somehow loses the gop primary, right?

Oh don't tempt our collective tummy

One thing I know already.

If not for voters under 30 ... tonight WOULD have been a Red Wave.

CNN National House Exit Poll

R+ 13 65+
R+ 11 45-64

D +2 30-44
D +28 18-29#GenZ did their job.

— John Della Volpe (@dellavolpe) November 9, 2022

don't vote for this guy, FFS, he's REALLY BAD

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/harmless-data-error-to-blame-for-glitch-at-some-detroit-polling-places-contrary-to-trumps-post/

every race is like The Democrat has a narrow 50.1-49.9 lead over Republican challenger Gunch Hitler who ran on a platform of exploding everyone

— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) November 9, 2022

That motion on slavery is...

We tried to get this passed in Virginia in 2020. It was killed in committee, and one of the Dems who killed it explained that the budgetary impact of abolishing prison slavery would be too high. In June, the California Dems rejected an anti-slavery proposal for the same reason. https://t.co/gzaCf6vK8E

— Josh (@rohmerfan1127) November 9, 2022

really don't see it happening but seems to be a lot of Dems running better than projected so far, outside of Florida which remains increasingly fucked up

― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 bookmarkflaglink

Sleepy Joe: end the embargo on Cuba already!

Glad some of the fascists ate shit, here’s hoping some more do too. Laughed at this obvious happening

crudite at the Fetterman campaign event pic.twitter.com/21nqRY6gkR

— Jorge Ribas (@jribas) November 9, 2022

go blue

Michigan State Senate flips to Dems for first time since 1983. Repeat. Nineteen Eighty Freaking Three.

— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) November 9, 2022

Good morning!

and big ups to tennessee for banning slavery, they fucking nailed it tonight

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 06:17 (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I mean, lol, but this actually put TN on the progressive leading edge, no?

Lol, 'TN', listen to me. Yee haw I'm an American... eatin my hamburglar with sweet potatah pah

And with this race call, every single Republican who won their primary with help from Democratic meddling has lost in the general election. https://t.co/jwu7diAq1N

— Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 (@Robillard) November 9, 2022

That’s good to see.

(The practice still makes me itch, but I’m no political operative.)

And to be clear: they didn't "support" the deniers, they underlined the deniers' shit-awful positions.

Not really in a celebratory mood— 51% reasonable person vs 49% waffen ss material isn’t a cause for celebration, it’s a cause for worry— but i am breathing a sign of relief and also laughing at thw fashies losing.

^^^

Wow, I'm surprised. I put down the phone last night and just read a book and put a movie on to fall asleep to, just couldn't do the creeping dread/exit poll watching shit mentally. Was expecting to wake up to a bloodbath, so I'll take it.

Very happy Tim Walz/Peggy Flanagan beat Scott Jenson/Matt Birk, would have been especially hard to see a native American woman be ousted as lieutenant governor in favor of a fascist piece of shit ex NFL player.

pic.twitter.com/d2Ik0lBJ25

— Kieran Healy (@kjhealy) November 9, 2022

Yeah, I didn't look at or listen to the news at all yesterday and went to bed totally blind, I suppose expecting the worst.

so I guess in Nevada you could vote for "None of these candidates" and that option is beating the Libertarian candidate lmao

I watched two movies last night — Mile 22 (violent action trash with Mark Wahlberg) and the Ian McKellen Richard III.

A tiny piece of good news from Florida: a 25-year-old Afro-Cuban dude just got elected to the House, as a Democrat. (And his name is Max Frost, just like the presidential candidate in the movie Wild in the Streets, so that's...something to laugh about.)

I’VE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR OVER A YEAR THIS IS WILD!! I’M GONNA SEE @the1975 ON THURSDAY TO CELEBRATE!!!

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) November 9, 2022

Same here. Straight to bed at 12am UK time, up at 6am and to my delight, Ilhan Omar was re-elected and of the MN races I was invested in but can’t vote for as an expat absentee, Walz/Flanagan was good but Keith Ellison winning re-election for AG was the best!

and in Michigan the Dems won the trifecta, no?

Not really in a celebratory mood— 51% reasonable person vs 49% waffen ss material isn’t a cause for celebration, it’s a cause for worry— but i am breathing a sign of relief and also laughing at thw fashies losing.

― poppin' debussy (the table is the table), Wednesday, November 9, 2022 7:00 AM bookmarkflaglink

Otm

Arizona now back in the Lean D rating on NYT.

Farrr from certainty, as Nevada is too close, plus GA runoff, but every possibility that come Dec, Dems have 51 seats. It didn't seem possible yesterday morning.

It doesn't exactly mean much from a practical standpoint, 50 or 51, if the House goes GOP and they block all meaningful legislation, and we know no filibuster-spike or court pack will happen, and we still have Bidens veto anyway, buuuuut it does at least help the 2024 Senate picture a bit if Dems can hold on, and it does send a message that people are growing weary of conservative antics, even if nowhere near enough people are.

And yes I'm knocking on every piece of wood in my house eat my ass

and it also means Biden can nominate judges and judges. Sotomayor better start drafting her resignation letter.

Why?

and it also means Biden can nominate judges and judges. Sotomayor better start drafting her resignation letter.

Fuck that noise. Time to replace some of them. There's a D-voting military sniper somewhere in the ranks; find him.

Sotomayor has diabetes. Not disabling but a worry.

Completely bizarre rationale.

Sotomayor is 68; she'll turn 70 in 2024. given the electoral calculus here, it makes sense to me, why risk another RBG situation? you can pick someone just as rad to replace her

I'd rather they spend time hiding around corners, waiting for Thomas and Alito, then jumping out and yelling "boo!"

Sotomayor is 68; she'll turn 70 in 2024. given the electoral calculus here, it makes sense to me, why risk another RBG situation? you can pick someone just as rad to replace her

― rob,

Exactly. Nominate a younger candidate.