Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Come on, man.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

The willow is too close to the house.

Giving up is unforgivable. ~Joe Biden

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

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

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I’ve been working like a dog, and doing new and interesting things with beautiful people…actually I just haven’t had that much to say.  I have been paying more attention to local blogs recently.

Here in Oklahoma, one of the better liberal blogs is The Lost Ogle.  The name is an OKC in-joke.  Also, Dustbury and The Oklahoma Observer.  For a not entirely batshit insane conservative take on local politics, The McCarville Report.

Let us know in comments who the local sources are in your areas.  Who should we be reading to get the flavor of local culture and politics?

 

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  6. 6.

    JPL

    For GA politics, political insider at ajc keeps us informed. link The comments are only readable for those with low pressure.

  7. 7.

    ? Martin

    CA bond rating was upgraded today. Governor has a 51% approval rating (and climbing), legislature a 41% approval rating (and climbing). Increased support for gun control in the state, and we already had some of the strongest gun control in the nation.

    Things are looking up.

  9. 9.

    ? Martin

    Via TPM:

    At the risk of reading too deeply into a race that is a little less than four years away, a poll released Thursday suggested that Hillary Clinton could carry the crimson red state of Texas in the 2016 presidential election.
    …
    The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling showed Clinton essentially tied with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ). She topped Rubio by a single point in the hypothetical matchup, 46 percent to 45 percent, and by only 2 points over Christie, 45 percent to 43 percent. But Texas voters gave Clinton an even wider edge over their own Republican governor and former presidential candidate, Rick Perry, 50 percent to 42 percent. Fifty percent of Lone Star State voters said they have a favorable opinion of Clinton, compared with 43 percent who view her unfavorably.

    This has now become the single greatest argument in favor of Hillary running in 2016. If she could win Texas – the GOP pundits would be apocalyptic. She is, after all, history’s third greatest monster – following Obama and Carter.

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    MikeJ

    Since it gets linked here all the time there’s no point in mentioning the Slog. I will point out that even though Goldy now works for them, the blog he started, Horse’s Ass still exists.

  17. 17.

    TG Chicago

    If anybody has suggestions for Chicago or Illinois, please share. I do a lousy job of following local politics and I’d like to remedy that.

    Currently, about all I do is read Ben Joravsky’s stuff at the Chicago Reader. Which is great, but I should read more.

  20. 20.

    Haydnseek

    @Raven: I really like Ed at Gin and Tacos. He moved on due to the vagaries of employment in academia, (I think he’s in Indiana now, could be wrong) but his writings on the site are very good. Doesn’t matter where he is. To those not familiar with the site, check it out.

  21. 21.

    Haydnseek

    @? Martin: As cynical as I sometimes am, I have to agree. I live in the San Gabriel Valley (CA 32) and even though my old rep is no longer in my district, my new one (and the people in her office) give me a bit of hope. Admittedly easy to say as my district, as well as Los Angeles county is deep blue, but it wasn’t always this way. Eternal vigilance, etc………

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    Soonergrunt

    @jl: The Ogle brothers, Kelly, Kent, and Kevin, are all anchors on local news stations, and their father was a fixture in the local news scene for decades.
    The blog proprietor, Patrick Nelson, named the blog after them.

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    burnspbesq

    The OC Weekly does a decent job of covering local politics and law enforcement matters, and even if it didn’t, it would be worth looking at for Gustavo Arrelano’s mostly hilarious “Ask a Mexican” column.

    http://www.ocweekly.com/

  24. 24.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Haydnseek: Yes, I’m a Gin and Tacos fan too, and try to remember to check it out most days. There are several regular Balloon Juice commenters who also show up with some frequency over there.

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    Yutsano

    Can’t recall the name and can’t look it up right now (still at work) but the liberal blogger from Alaska who really had Bible Spice’s number is really good.

  27. 27.

    Geoduck

    @Yutsano:
    You’re probably thinking of The Mudflats.

    I tried twice to post about a Seattle-area blog, but I now suspect the name sent it to moderation, so if you Google “HA Seattle”, it’s the second entry that comes up. Another one is The Slog, run by The Stranger weekly.

  30. 30.

    FlyingToaster

    For Massachusetts:

    BlueMassGroup is our best lefty blog (and links to the more local blogs)

    RedMassGroup is our sane what-EisenhowersGOP-would-be righty blog.

    I also follow lefty blogs in NH, ME and CT, but I think someone who lives there might have better insight than I.

  32. 32.

    centerfielddj

    I agree with an earlier shout-out for Calitics and its good, detailed work on California politics. They often are a little slow in putting up new posts on their front page, but it’s an acceptable flaw; what does make the page is usually top notch.

    In the San Francisco Bay Area, East Bay Citizen does a great job muckraking in local politics, and has broken plenty of stories. Since the Bay Area News Group, the publisher of literally ALL local newspapers in the region, sucks major ass (surprise!), it’s been particularly valuable to have another talented journalist who can break news and have it reach enough of the public that, on certain discreet issues, the reports have started ripples which turned into outcome-changing waves. Oh, and he writes entertainingly too.

    One of my favorite muckraking reports from the site:

    http://www.ebcitizen.com/2012/08/hayward-school-trustee-absent-from.html

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