Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

How stupid are these people?

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Second rate reporter says what?

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

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ActBlue Reminder

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There’s a link to Balloon Juice’s very own ActBlue page over there on the right-hand column —->, and we’re making good progress towards what Cole labelled “a very ambitious goal”. As a jumpstart, here’s an ad from one of the candidates we’re targetting, Scott McAdams:
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Thanks to commentor Linda Featheringill for the link. I admit to a bias in favor here, because my mother-in-law is Norwegian-born. In the thirty-plus years we’ve been acquainted, she has never actually cursed me out, because she doesn’t need profanity to obtain compliance. But I will attest that the experience builds character.

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  1. 1.

    simon

    What restrictions are there on foreign donations? I’m from the UK and would like to hand over the bucks, but not sure if I’m allowed to. Are there different rules for individual candidates as opposed to the DCCC? cheers

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    Violet

    I love this ad. I think it highlights one of McAdams’ biggest strengths, which is that he’s a native Alaskan and has personal experience in a real, and tough, Alaskan industry, the fishing industry. It’s funny and folksy and I hope a lot of Alaskans will feel like they know people like him and will as a result feel comfortable with him.

    It contrasts really well with Miller’s out of state background and high-falutin’ Yale law degree.

    I still haven’t donated to the Act Blue page, but will do it before month’s end (today or tomorrow) and am happily surprised to see how well it’s doing. Go Balloon-Juice!

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    bluehill

    Does anyone know if an individual contribution is always reported to the FEC regardless of the amount donated? For work reasons, I would like to keep my name anonymous.

    thanks

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    geg6

    Good ad. I like him.

    Will be donating again tomorrow. It’s pay day, which every two years means donate to Act Blue Day.

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    Linda Featheringill

    Scott has some good photos to go along with the ad.

    I don’t know about polling in Alaska. I have read that it is a difficult territory to accurately poll.

    Rasmussen has rushed in where angels fear to tread but I have a problem with the results. According to their polls, Lisa’s write-in vote will take a chunk out of Scott’s votes and leave Miller’s alone. Not sure I can believe that.

    Anyway, all senate seats are gratefully accepted. Here’s hoping.

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    Steve L.

    This is a goodie. Miller is weak on a lot of things, like Social Security.

    Speaking of Social Security, how about a little love for that ad Rachel Maddow talked about last night? Or did I miss that post? If I did, I withdraw my comment.

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    Violet

    @bluehill:
    I think they have to report anything over $200, but that’s cumulative. So, $20 here and $10 there, if it adds up to $200, then it gets reported. I’m not sure if this is true for all candidates or what, but that’s what I remember.

    I found this:

    If you contribute more than $200 to a committee, the committee is required to use its best efforts to collect and publicly disclose on a financial report your name, address, occupation and employer, as well as the date and amount of your contribution. Committees sometimes request this information even for smaller contributions, since the $200 reporting threshold applies to your total contributions to one committee during a calendar year. For example, you may make several small contributions to a committee during a year. Once these contributions add up to over $200, the committee must report the contributor information.

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    ruemara

    @geg6:
    My problem with this is the collection they put together for “seduction”. Dildos, condoms etc to seduce people to show she’s an airhead? Wow. What a seriously creepy guy. When will he get sued?

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    tisalaska

    Great ad huh? Thank god Act Blue stepped up to the plate because as far as I know the National Demo Senate Committee although begged for support hasnt contributed any money at all! That and the tea party is suppose to ride into town Monday to save the day for their candidate Miller. Scott is a dream candidate that actually knows the issues, works hard and knows he can win! Balloon Juice has it right again. Lets hope the national demo committee is saddling up too.

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    dmsilev

    @geg6: I read that earlier this morning. Certainly one seriously screwed up individual, and you get the sense that if he put his “seduction” plan into effect, the most likely result would be him getting a couple of good squirts of pepper spray into the eyes.

    Granted, I’d like to see the video of that.

    dms

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    fasteddie9318

    I don’t want to lead the race to the bottom here, but wouldn’t O’Keefe have to be at least a tiny bit, you know, attractive to have a shot at pulling something like that off? I’m a straight male, so maybe whatever he’s got going on doesn’t work on me, but my wife thinks he looks like something Skeletor’s dog puked up.

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    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    I’d love to give, but I can’t. Eddie’s going back to the hospital to have parts of two toes amputated, due to infection. It just never ends for the poor guy.

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