Dok, my household sent Ameros to Osborn this week! We're doing our bit to make Banana Republicans more uncomfortable! Also, chef's kiss on the Julia Louis-Dreyfus statement! Fuck Ted Cruz
Yeah, send your money to an independent who has no actual chance of winning on the off chance that Republicans will have to divert some money from somewhere else, and it will actually have an effect in that other race.
That seems like a poor investment strategy to me. Putting your dough on 00 on a Roulette wheel has better odds. I'd rather spend my money on someone who actually has a chance to win.
It's worth a shot--any Senate race where polls show a margin in the single digits is worth a fight, and money is plentiful--Tester may be a long shot so if Dems can pick something up in NE, FL or TX it'll be the key to holding the Senate. And we really shouldn't be writing off any states, not if we're a national party.
I've known Fetterman for a while. He's not really a "conservative' as the term is used today He's just toned it down a bit, which is smart. I don't know if his Senate office has outside windows, but they probably won't let him hang pot leaf or rainbow flags in them like he did in Harrisburg.
I have fond memories of Nebraska. Mr. cc and I, pre-marriage, on a cross-country road trip. My headlight went out and he changed it for me under the canopy of some motel in Omaha where we stopped for the night. That is a midwestern expression of true love right there, changing a woman's headlight.
My first car was an MGBGT, which, bizarrely, had a headlight switch with a ball bearing in it. That ball bearing would regularly get dislodged, which would make the headlights go out without warning. This happened once on my way home, at night, in a thunderstorm.
After that, I kept a "fixed" switch in the glove compartment so I could swap it out at any time. I would then fix the broken one and put it in the glove box for the next time.
That car was an adventure, and not always in a good way.
I doubt it will be that lopsided, though. Her tax issues aren't going to help her campaign, and she's not doing much to address them, beyond saying, "I'll pay the money."
Every single Dem Senate candidate claims that they are the last gasp in keeping the senate. Frankly I'm getting a bit sick of their disingenuous bullshit.
Trump can't distinguish between a woman he raped and an ex-wife, yet he believes people at a fast food restaurant will remember someone who worked there 40 years ago.
It is 57 pages long, and most of it reads as a chronological series of corrupt acts by Adams and his associates, all for his benefit, and granting influence by various Turkish officials and business-persons. A major feature of his 2021 campaign funding was an illegal straw donor scheme, including fraudulent application for City matching funds, orchestrated by his Turkish benefactors.
There are "receipts". Dozens and dozens of receipts.
The Mayor of NYC is boned, and quite likely, eventually, heading to Danbury FCI.
Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers is a far-right pastor and unabashed Christian nationalist who wants to abolish abortion, ban no-fault divorce, outlaw pornography, and literally see this nation taken back to the 1600s.
Earlier this month, Deevers joined fellow Christian nationalist and former Trump administration official William Wolfe on the latter’s Center for Baptist Leadership podcast to discuss the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
During the discussion, Deevers asserted that Harris would never support any restrictions or limitations on reproductive choice because those who vote for her are “wicked, murderous people” who are “demon possessed.”
In 2023, Deevers and Wolfe were among the contributors to a document called “The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel,” which declared that the United States must formally “acknowledge the Lordship of Christ” in all its laws, “abolish abortion,” outlaw marriage equality, and “recapture our national sovereignty from godless, global entities who present a grave threat to civilization.” Wolfe is also a colleague of Project 2025 co-author Russ Vought, whose Center for Renewing America hopes to infuse Christian nationalism throughout a second Trump administration.
110 years ago the state with the largest and most powerful Socialist Party was Oklahoma. Wall Street didn't like that and financed a bunch of right wing preachers to go to the state and turn it rightwards. Assholes like Deevers are the end result...
These people scare the shit out of me. If they honestly think we are possessed by demons there's not much going to stop them when they get amped up to "get rid of " the demons.
Also the home of Black Wall Street, the wealthiest Black enclave in the country, and before that the Osage Nation, at the time the wealthiest demographic group in the country.
I had to stop watching "Killers of the Flower Moon" about halfway through, despite it being a superb film (DeNiro learned Osage for the role!), because it was just so crushingly depressing to watch that slow-motion steam-roller of evil.
Dok, my household sent Ameros to Osborn this week! We're doing our bit to make Banana Republicans more uncomfortable! Also, chef's kiss on the Julia Louis-Dreyfus statement! Fuck Ted Cruz
Ta, Dok. And here I thought the only worthwhile thing about Nebraska was the Ft. Niobrara Wildlife Refuge.
the state GOP refused to endorse any incumbent this cycle (because they’re not MAGA-nough) … that may actually matter after all.
Yeah, send your money to an independent who has no actual chance of winning on the off chance that Republicans will have to divert some money from somewhere else, and it will actually have an effect in that other race.
That seems like a poor investment strategy to me. Putting your dough on 00 on a Roulette wheel has better odds. I'd rather spend my money on someone who actually has a chance to win.
Not going to send money to a candidate who might not even caucus with the Dems on the off-chance he actually wins.
They probably think he's TOM Osborne
𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 “𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭”
I know what you are all thinking. It's called a dromedary. As opposed to a bactarian. You're welcome.
Bactrian. I remember that Dromedary was the brand of dates or figs that Mom used to buy.
Whoops. Fingers got ahead of my brain.
It's worth a shot--any Senate race where polls show a margin in the single digits is worth a fight, and money is plentiful--Tester may be a long shot so if Dems can pick something up in NE, FL or TX it'll be the key to holding the Senate. And we really shouldn't be writing off any states, not if we're a national party.
Thanks for the money link, I wanted to be one of those "out of state" Democrats.
Living in a reliably blue state means you have to live vicariously at times.
"which had news anchors fumbling over the word “unicameral” and saying “unilateral” half the time anyway."
Like Capitol interns with National Statuary Hall. Lot of 'em always call it Statutory Hall. Which is, uh, a VERY different thing.
Or rather well informed...
"Fischer’s campaign describes Osborn as a “dangerous Trojan Horse” who would be a “rubber stamp” for Vice President Kamala Harris."
He's a dangerous condom storming the gates of Troy!
Much as I love a well-mixed metaphor, they're not even trying with this crap.
Honestly? This guy smells like a Fetterman, if not worse. I really distrust "conservative Democrats."
Don't get me wrong; I hope he wins. It's just a shame he's the only alternative.
I'll take Fetterman over ANY other Rethuglican any day of the week.
I've known Fetterman for a while. He's not really a "conservative' as the term is used today He's just toned it down a bit, which is smart. I don't know if his Senate office has outside windows, but they probably won't let him hang pot leaf or rainbow flags in them like he did in Harrisburg.
They did their damnedest to get rid of his flags in Harrisburg.
They sure did
As used today, the term "conservative" means "rabid frothing racist idiot completely in thrall to the worst POTUS in history." A pretty low bar IMHO.
I have fond memories of Nebraska. Mr. cc and I, pre-marriage, on a cross-country road trip. My headlight went out and he changed it for me under the canopy of some motel in Omaha where we stopped for the night. That is a midwestern expression of true love right there, changing a woman's headlight.
I love these Love Wins tales. I bet he changed your headlight and you changed his world, amirite? ;-)
Like a regular Rom-Com.
Where the heck did he get a new headlight, or bulb? Did you stop at an auto parts store first?
Back when things were more interchangeable, you could get them at a large service station (did so, late at bloody night).
We must have. I don't remember that part.
My first car was an MGBGT, which, bizarrely, had a headlight switch with a ball bearing in it. That ball bearing would regularly get dislodged, which would make the headlights go out without warning. This happened once on my way home, at night, in a thunderstorm.
After that, I kept a "fixed" switch in the glove compartment so I could swap it out at any time. I would then fix the broken one and put it in the glove box for the next time.
That car was an adventure, and not always in a good way.
I absolutely do not get the engineering joke. I do get the headlights reference. Mr. cc would chuckle. Because you are all 12 year old boys at heart.
Damn Brits always doing weird car shit. They think it's funny
Lucas, Prince of Darkness.
Just speaking of holding the Senate. one poll shows Angela Alsobrooks with a double-digit lead here in Maryland.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/post-umd-poll-democrat-alsobrooks-pulls-ahead-in-maryland-s-must-win-senate-race/ar-AA1rf95G?ocid=BingNewsVerp
I doubt it will be that lopsided, though. Her tax issues aren't going to help her campaign, and she's not doing much to address them, beyond saying, "I'll pay the money."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/22/politics/angela-alsobrooks-improper-tax-deductions/index.html
Honestly, it sounds like something her accountant handled and she just signed the forms, but legally that's no excuse, as far as I know.
And I still say that I'm not voting for Hogan, I never voted for him for Governor, but I would like to see a Republican Party full of Larry Hogans.
Every single Dem Senate candidate claims that they are the last gasp in keeping the senate. Frankly I'm getting a bit sick of their disingenuous bullshit.
O/T: In two weeks (of course it's two weeks) trump is gonna work the french fries at a Mc Donalds https://twitter.com/i/status/1838993936586592488
Trump can't distinguish between a woman he raped and an ex-wife, yet he believes people at a fast food restaurant will remember someone who worked there 40 years ago.
The restaurant was probably bulldozed 27 years ago.
I have read the Eric Adams indictment.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25175479-eric-adams-indictment-unsealed
It is 57 pages long, and most of it reads as a chronological series of corrupt acts by Adams and his associates, all for his benefit, and granting influence by various Turkish officials and business-persons. A major feature of his 2021 campaign funding was an illegal straw donor scheme, including fraudulent application for City matching funds, orchestrated by his Turkish benefactors.
There are "receipts". Dozens and dozens of receipts.
The Mayor of NYC is boned, and quite likely, eventually, heading to Danbury FCI.
If he loses his Turkish money, will he be taking a Turkish bath?
His Turkish delight has turned into a fright.
Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers is a far-right pastor and unabashed Christian nationalist who wants to abolish abortion, ban no-fault divorce, outlaw pornography, and literally see this nation taken back to the 1600s.
Earlier this month, Deevers joined fellow Christian nationalist and former Trump administration official William Wolfe on the latter’s Center for Baptist Leadership podcast to discuss the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
During the discussion, Deevers asserted that Harris would never support any restrictions or limitations on reproductive choice because those who vote for her are “wicked, murderous people” who are “demon possessed.”
In 2023, Deevers and Wolfe were among the contributors to a document called “The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel,” which declared that the United States must formally “acknowledge the Lordship of Christ” in all its laws, “abolish abortion,” outlaw marriage equality, and “recapture our national sovereignty from godless, global entities who present a grave threat to civilization.” Wolfe is also a colleague of Project 2025 co-author Russ Vought, whose Center for Renewing America hopes to infuse Christian nationalism throughout a second Trump administration.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dusty-deevers-claims-kamala-harris-voters-are-wicked-murderous-people/
110 years ago the state with the largest and most powerful Socialist Party was Oklahoma. Wall Street didn't like that and financed a bunch of right wing preachers to go to the state and turn it rightwards. Assholes like Deevers are the end result...
110 years ago was not really so long before the Tulsa Massacre. Was there any connection?
Every time the christo-fascist grifters rant on about demons, more young people turn their backs and walk away from Christian religions.
There seems to be no brakes...."the train it won't stop rolling; no way to slow down..."
These people scare the shit out of me. If they honestly think we are possessed by demons there's not much going to stop them when they get amped up to "get rid of " the demons.
It's de-humanizing as fuck.
Not to mention de-monizing.
Also the home of Black Wall Street, the wealthiest Black enclave in the country, and before that the Osage Nation, at the time the wealthiest demographic group in the country.
I knew about the Osage Nation thing, but didn't learn about the Black Wall Street thing and the race massacres until the BLM protests in 2020. :(
I had to stop watching "Killers of the Flower Moon" about halfway through, despite it being a superb film (DeNiro learned Osage for the role!), because it was just so crushingly depressing to watch that slow-motion steam-roller of evil.
I'm so sick of these people.
I'm not "demon possessed" b/c I don't agree with them. They need to be trounced into the dustbin of history.
Oh you are too demon possessed, go on and admit it. You're among friends* here.
*Fellow demons