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Spent a night in a small town hotel in PA. Since no gym, I asked about a good place to run.

Clerk: "Around here, most people only run when the cops are after them".

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NICE TIME! In other NICE TIME news, state lege edition, NH had a special election yesterday and the Democrat won easily, 56-44%, in a district that the PAB took both times. The winner lost the 2022 election by 25 votes to someone who resigned for health reasons. The GQP candidate that won the primary is a pastor who says things like...

𝑆𝑒𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟. 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛? 𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑦! 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐ℎ. To which a NH legislator quipped after hearing about the win, "Molech wins again!"

The Democrats have won all four special elections this year with two more to go, leaving the House with a virtually even split and neutering the crazies in the GOP. Let's get excited for 2024 in the state and national elections but keep working with a focus and determination. Long way to go and some states are far from "purple" but any win is progress. As John Lewis said (paraphrased), "Ours is the struggle of a lifetime..."

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