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

Oof

I hope your family never gets killed like the way my child did. @GregAbbott_TX

— Kimberly Garcia (@kim_amerie) November 9, 2022

Oregon wtf?… https://t.co/cZvprVGR4h

— Mikey (@mikeyisbrown) November 9, 2022

Sounds about right for Oregon

it's cut off on that tweet but Louisiana rejected it

The Louisiana one was worded in a totally confusing manner. Intentionally, I would imagine.

"Would you be interested in not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not bringing slavery not back?"

I don't know the full story but the Louisiana amendment is bizarre - it seems like it actually would have made slavery more legal

Louisiana is the only state so far to have its proposed amendment draw organized opposition, over concerns that the replacement language may make matters worse. Even one of its original sponsors has second thoughts — Democratic Rep. Edmond Jordan told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate last week that he’s urging voters to reject it.

The nonprofit Council for a Better Louisiana warned that the wording could technically permit slavery again, as well as continue involuntary servitude.

Louisiana’s Constitution now says: “Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the latter case as punishment for a crime.” The amendment would change that to: “Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, (but this) does not apply to the otherwise lawful administration of criminal justice.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-states-election-2022-slavery_n_6351988be4b03e8038dcd61f

"In the latter case"?

Louisiana is just fuckin' weird.

Never mind, I read that wrong. I'm fuckin' weird.

I read this headline wrong at first...

https://i.imgur.com/5jOMBWY.png

...OR DID I????

That's a lot of competitive farts in the waiting

xxpost - reading that proposed wording change in Louisiana makes me wonder how it was worded in other states, particularly Alabama and Tennessee...

so we're still waiting for beepbort and lake, as far as the loon squad goes?

I haven't seen the latest from Nevada

Based on NYT, looks like the bulk of the Boebert race votes yet to be counted are in blue-leaning Pueblo county, so

Sounds about right for Oregon

Looking at the breakdown of this vote county by county on the Oregon Secretary of State's official election results site, it passed overwhelmingly wherever there are cities of even modest size, but was being rejected by large margins in the extremely rural counties. The opponents raised the alarm that it might require inmates who work to be paid **gasp** minimum wage! This argument flew very well in the Trumpiest parts of the state. smdh

the minimum wage argument was used by Newsom and some CA Dems to defeat a similar proposal

When you're used to paying migrant labor sub-minimum wage I can see where it would be natural to balk at the idea that convicted criminals deserve to be paid like humans.

as weird as Oregon can be, I am impressed the gun control measure (barely) passed

Do we want trump to run or not?

Absolutely not. There is always a chance he could win.

Third party? Yes

I don't want him to run, I want him to fuckin' die.

Maine is blue - my blue bayou

Can't believe Herschell Walker is even in the running but that's America I guess

Unsolicited advice for R's, but I think Trump should absolutely hit the trail HARD in Georgia for that Senate runoff. Basically camp out down there, try to really drive every news cycle.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 9, 2022

I don't want him to run, I want him to fuckin' die.

also this

xp haha, yes, let's repeat that 2020 magic.

Trump running and ruining everyone who dares to stand against him then dying the night of the GOP Convention could be the best case scenario for 2024.

^ when you dream, you dream big

bigly

and then dying at the most hilarious possible time

I think 'DeSanctimonius' is kinda weak especially since his fans don't know what sanctimonious means

Has to come up with a nastier nickname, maybe Ron the Prawn or something

a lot of the pundits don't wanna admit this but maybe, just maybe, Trumpism is a losing strategy which only succeeded in 2016 thanks to the Dems running their least popular candidate ever AND Comey putting his thumb on the scale 10 days before the election AND electoral college magic where the loser is actually the winner, because whatever political gravity the GOP has due to economic or incumbent factors sure as hell seems to get wiped out now when the actual elections take place. in fact I am starting to think that yelling about litter boxes in schools may actually turn voters off more than listing pronouns in your bio

"Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly."

Lao Tzu

It seems to me like Trump accomplished nothing he wanted to and botched the COVID response horribly - got impeached twice, encouraged a coup, tried to bully officials to say he won the election... I don't know if its a losing strategy but it is certainly a crappy one

xposts Surprised he doesn't call him "Rhonda Santis"

if he gives him a nickname it's gonna be something stupid that also makes zero sense like "River Rat Ron"

DiLooooooooser

Di Sanpro

DeSanchez

Rhonda is good

"Rhonda Santa Claws spelled like the sharp things cats scratch you with"

"Very mean animals, those cats, very bad"

DiCrappedhispants

we love Florida don't we folks? But we don't like Rhonda do we? That's what I call him. He looks like a Rhonda doesn't he? From what I hear he's not a nice guy.

Wrong DeSantis

The last line of this tweet made me laugh.

You just have to look at the freakazoids who work for Tucker Carlson or hang out around Stephen Miller to see that "better educated" & "more urban" young Republicans, precisely because they live in liberal milieu are the most extreme reactionaries. Read some fucking Lovecraft!

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 9, 2022

Ron Jon silver. Da do Ron Ron. Ron Way Street. there are so many potential dumb nicknames. they don't have to make sense at all. Little Ron. stumpy Ron.

Doo Doo Run Run

haircut Ron