Lots of traffic today, so while you’re all here, why not give to Democrats for Wisconsin recall elections?
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
The world has changed, and neither one recognizes it.
The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.
In after Baud. Damn.
One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.
We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.
DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.
The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.
A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals
Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.
I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.
Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.
Damn right I heard that as a threat.
They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.
Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.
Books are my comfort food!
An almost top 10,000 blog!
One way or another, he’s a liar.
Consistently wrong since 2002
Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.
If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.
Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.
“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”
I really should read my own blog.
We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.
stuckinred
I gave and I have no problem with it but damn you get bombed with email from every goddamn democrat on earth. Maybe there is somewhere in the donation process where you can opt out of email traffic?
The Dangerman
Everyone’s inside, in front of their computers, trying to stay cool.
Ol' Dirty DougJ
You think you get bombarded, damn do I get bombarded.
stuckinred
I went to their contact page and asked them if I could give and not get all the subsequent solicitations. I’ll let ya’ll know what they say.
stuckinred
Ol’ Dirty DougJ
I bet! I still get shit from some dude in Texas that Hamsher hornswaggled me into giving to.
Jc
Use gmail. Filte, label, and automatically move sources out of inbox.
Easy way to handle it
khead
That is P-Funk in the video.“>Overkill
I want to be here starting tomorrow.
stuckinred
Jc
Nah, they come from individual candidates and office holders. They obviously distribute the email addy’s all around$$$$
stuckinred
I don’t want to put a damper on anyone giving.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Several years ago, I sent McCain an email asking him to oppose the Military Commissions Act, as he was vowing to do even if it cost him the Republican nomination. I still get dead tree fund raising appeals, no e-mails.
khead
I’m not here, Dave.
Thanks for the deletion tho.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Cause they know you’re a blogger? Or strictly from donations?
Three-nineteen
@stuckinred: Set up a junk e-mail address. I use my old hotmail account after I switched to g-mail. Never see the junk mail.
KCinDC
I just got back from a Wisconsin recall fundraising happy hour we had in DC. Our little grassroots group DC for Democracy organized it, and the money is going to Democracy for America’s efforts in Wisconsin. We raised at least $1700 from 50 or so people ($935 of it on ActBlue—so far).
We were very happy to have Rep. Tammy Baldwin as our special guest. She inspired us with tales of the Wisconsin revolt against Scott Walker’s madness, and then answered questions. And she’s ready to ready to run for Senate if Feingold decides against running for the open seat.
James E. Powell
I’m curious how much big time Democratic money is going into the Wisconsin recalls. Winning it could do a lot to change the “right-wing on the rise” narrative that has dominated national news coverage since summer 2009. And, my naive hope, it may give some Republicans reason to fear.
Ol' Dirty DougJ
Both.
Beta Magellan
@James E. Powell
You’ve identified the reason why I think all the kvetching about the end of American democracy being near is ridiculous–the TPers have already provoked voter backlashes in Wisconsin and Ohio, and the GOP governors are, as a whole, pretty unpopular (Nate Silver had a good post today on how Dem, governors in many McCain states actually have higher approval ratings than their Republican equivalents). It is possible for a right-wing populist movement to take hold in a modern democracy, but they often snuff themselves
kideni
Thanks, KCinDC and friends, from a Wisconsinite. Tammy is great, and I’m becoming more and more confident that she might pull off a Senate run. I’d be sad to lose her as my rep., but she’d be a fantastic senator and would take away some of the sting of having Ron Johnson stinking up the joint as the other WI senator. There are enough great people in the district that I’m sure we’d do fine with whoever replaced her (I gather a number of state reps and others have been champing at the bit for a few years, waiting for the opportunity to run for Congress).
It was so great that Dave Hansen won his race this week. I know that his opponent was ridiculous, but it was a definite shot in the arm. It was the same thing with the primaries last week, which seem to have given a number of the Dem candidates a bounce; this week’s Republican primaries had such low turnout that I don’t know that they’ve had a similar effect.
I don’t think I’ll get a decent night’s sleep until mid-August.
KCinDC
Glad to help, kideni! I was able to tell Tammy Baldwin that about 5 years ago in the very same room (in a bar on U Street) I’d been at a low-dollar fundraiser talking to a guy named Jim Webb who managed to get elected to the Senate later that year. Let’s hope it’s a lucky room.
Joel
I chipped in my small share. I just wish candidates would not waste my donation on sending me letters. O well. I guess it’s a subsidy for the Post office.