Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The lights are all blinking red.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

“They not like us!” (that’s for sure!)

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

White supremacy is terrorism.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

I was promised a recession.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Glad to see john eastman going through some things.

Days Since JD Vance Insulted Women Across America: Zero

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

Motown is Joe-Town!

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

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When we take the House in 2018, won’t it be that much sweeter if Paul Ryan’s out on his ass, whoring for corporate money as a civilian instead of as a member of Congress? Let’s give to his opponent Randy Bryce here.

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Remember: Ryan will overspend to try to keep his seat if he gets nervous, so giving money to his opponent is a good investment in any event. Let’s make sure he’s scared.

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  4. 4.

    Central Planning

    5 minutes until polls close here in Rochester. I’m in one of the burbs that is traditionally republican. I know lawn signs aren’t necessarily the best indicator for how the vote will go, but there were a ton more for the Democrats than there were for republicans.

    Also disappointed that a HS friend’s husband (not in NY) is running for school board as a republican. Ugh!

  7. 7.

    Gretchen

    I heard There was an attack ad against Bryce for his medical bankruptcy but haven’t been able to find it

  9. 9.

    Central Planning

    @Doug!: The snooty one on the east side :) Moved here 18 years ago. Still surprised this is where we ended up.

  10. 10.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @smintheus:
    Wow. That’s fucking disgusting. The man went bankrupt because he had to pay for cancer treatment. Fuck these soulless fucks

  11. 11.

    No Drought No More

    Don’t kid yourself. By all means, it’s a great idea to donate, mind you. But Ryan is already nervous, and likely pondering retirement from congress, even as he ponders the odds of being sworn in as president. Lest we forget, Pence is wading knee deep in the Volga, too, along with everyone else in that crime syndicate. And doesn’t it somehow feel as if shocking events are in the offing which are approaching avalanche mode? I’m OK with the that thought, too. The American people can handle anything when dealt with honestly. We can always handle the truth, always, and those that contend otherwise are flat out wrong, and/or have an agenda that doesn’t square with that of promoting the general welfare.

  12. 12.

    Mary G

    I liked it better when I was singing “got to scrape that shit right off your shoes” as opposed to “behind blue eyes” now because it reminds me of Paul Ryan, who, as he deserves, looks worse and worse each week.

  13. 13.

    Steve in the ATL

    I’m sitting in a restaurant in St. Louis in blood red Missouri enjoying the hell out these returns. Suck on that, presumably conservative, racist patrons of Lewis and Clark’s!

  17. 17.

    chris

    Hahaha!

    Donald Jr.'s Twitter followers are sitting at home like "Haaa Northam thinks he won? Wait until we all go vote tomorrow."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) 8 November 2017

  18. 18.

    Thoughtful David

    Here in VA, social warrior Bob Marshall got beat by a transgender woman, and ultra-teabagger Scott Lingamfelter got beat by an immigrant Hispanic women. (Danica Roem and Elizabeth Guzman)

  19. 19.

    Marcopolo

    Just got back from buying some ice cream to celebrate tonight’s wins. Apparently the orange one is about to address the South Korean parliament. Think he’s been watching election returns? Think he does something stupid because the voters are rejecting him & his party and his fee fees are hurt? I’d be worried if I were Kelly.

    Also too, how many more R congresscritters will announce their resignations before the end of the year as a result of tonight? Six, ten, more? I know when I call Senator Blunt’s office tomorrow I’ll be pointing out the results as I tell them it’s time for the R’s to stop fuking over regular Americans.

    Last and least, what if the margin in the VA Gov race is close to the # of former felons to whom Macauliffe restored the vote? I think we will see some exploding R heads!

  20. 20.

    Doug!

    @Mary G:

    Sweet Virginia is in my top 10 of favorite songs of all time and Behind Blue Eyes isn’t even in my top ten Who songs but….it’s fitting here.

  23. 23.

    Redshift

    Dave Wasserman (@redistrict), one of my favorite Virginia data guys, days we have a serious chance of taking the House of Delegates, and the Dems must be considered the favorites too take the US House next year. (His projection was that if the Dems picked up at least 10 seats in the HoD, they’d be likely to win the House, and he projects we already have 12 and could win more.)

  24. 24.

    Redshift

    @Thoughtful David:

    Here in VA, social warrior Bob Marshall got beat by a transgender woman, and ultra-teabagger Scott Lingamfelter got beat by an immigrant Hispanic women. (Danica Roem and Elizabeth Guzman)

    The Sideshow Bob Marshall defeat is one of the sweetest of the night!

  26. 26.

    Duane

    Becoming the Speaker might be the straw that breaks Ryan’s back. Conservatives don’t like him and aren’t inclined to offer much support. The power of that office works both ways. John Boehner being a prime example.

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @chris:

    ROFLMAO! (Probably the first time in at least a decade that I’ve used that acronym, but this seems like a good night to bring it out of storage.)

  30. 30.

    Marcopolo

    @Steve in the ATL: Small correction: if you are in St Louis (or even StL County) you are in one of the three blue regions in “blood red” MO. You need to get out to St Charles & beyond to get the true conservative reality. Like out where Ozark Hillbilly lives.

  37. 37.

    Marcopolo

    @Duane: I am thinking the odds of the R’s passing their tax bill just fell by quite a bit—at least in its current form.

  39. 39.

    Another Scott

    @Baud: OpenSecrets says Paulie has $10,427,981 on hand. Isn’t it one of the perqs of Congress that when one retires, one gets to keep all their campaign cash?

    Maybe he’ll decided that he needs to spend more time with his Weinermobile and just keep it.

    If not, let’s make him cry.

    Donated (again).

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  40. 40.

    Another Scott

    @Thoughtful David: Lowkell (Blogmeister on BlueVirginia.US) always calls him “Sideshow Bob”. It fits.

    I’m so glad that Danica Roem defeated him. Here’s hoping she has a long and successful career in politics.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  43. 43.

    J R in WV

    We have been saving some Chunky Monkey, think it’s time to break it out!!!

    So happy tonight after the past year of misery.

  44. 44.

    Origuy

    There’s a bottle of Auchentoshen waiting at home for me. I think it’s time to leave the office. Maybe there’ll be some results from Utah-3, Chaffitz’s old district. A friend of mine lives in Provo, so I’ve been hearing about it. Curtis, the Republican, will probably win, but it would be nice to see a close race. He was mayor of Provo, and not as far right as Chaffitz, but that’s not saying much.

  45. 45.

    Duane

    @chris: The medicaid vote sounds like great news. Perhaps it will motivate other non-expansion states to do likewise.
    When people can vote on propoals like this, or minimum wage increases, they often pass. Then politicians that oppose these measures get elected. It’s counter-intuitive, but there it is.

  47. 47.

    Steve in the ATL

    For the record, my celebratory dessert tonight is chocolate mousse. Can’t go wrong with that.

  50. 50.

    randy khan

    Two more Republican retirements from the House today – Frank LoBiondo (from south Jersey, part of the 1994 Gingrich class) and Ted Poe (7th termer from Texas). They can feel what’s coming.

    LoBiondo is a Tuesday Group guy and voted against the health care bill. I’m guessing this makes his vote ungettable on the tax bill as it stands now.

  52. 52.

    randy khan

    I’m loving the interview with Danica Roem on MSNBC right now. She’s being incredibly gracious – she started by saying she knew what a tough night it was for Bob Marshall (and not in a remotely snarky way) and is focused on the issues. Also, I’m just so happy she beat Bob Marshall, who is a total tool (and even referred to her repeatedly during the campaign as “he” and “him”).

  53. 53.

    randy khan

    Okay, this is the laugh of the night: I just saw an ad from the incumbent Republican in a local House of Delegates district on MSNBC. Apparently they forgot that the election ended almost 4 hours ago. (Oh, and he lost. By a lot.)

  54. 54.

    Lurking Canadian

    @eclare: for that matter he can run on being so squeaky clean in his private life that a twenty year old medical bankruptcy is the worst dirt they could find.

  55. 55.

    GregB

    I hope some folks do ads in Alabama deriding Six Gun Roy as a total clown and a loser.

    No one likes a bonafide loser and he is a genuine loser.

    By the way, recent polling had that race at a tie.

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