Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“But what about the lurkers?”

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

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Late Night Open Thread: Celebrate the Wins

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  2. 2.

    lamh36

    @SikhProf
    A Sikh brother was just elected mayor of a city in America.
    This is a huge deal for our community.
    We’ve been here for more than a century and have felt invisible and neglected.
    Things might finally be changing for us.
    Representation matters.
    Thank you, Ravi. Thank you, America.

    https://twitter.com/SikhProf/status/928106764733689856

    Like I said in the previous thread…if nothing else, Barack Obama’s legacy is one of inspiration for more candidates of color…more candidates of color…more chances for winner of color!

    “Representation matters…Yes We Can!”

  3. 3.

    Chip Daniels

    I don’t care what anybody says I still admire Hilary.
    Suffers more abuse than anybody except Obama, and always holds herself up with dignity.

  14. 14.

    lamh36

    @JamilSmith 4h4 hours ago
    More
    Before lieutenant governor-elect Justin Fairfax, the only other black person to win statewide office in Virginia was Douglas Wilder. Ever.
    https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/928085380133523456

    Let’s not underestimate how even with the shenanigans involving leaving Justin Fairfx off the mailers or whatever…the Fairfax voters were just as likely Northam voters as well. So Widler declining to endorse Northam, but throwing his endorsement behind Fairfax…still did the job of getting those voters to the poles and therefore more likely to push the lever for Northam

  16. 16.

    Yarrow

    @lamh36: I think the news from Montana is a bit slow. LOL. I went to the Helena paper’s website and it didn’t have it. Had to hunt around on Twitter to find copies of the election results. I even went to the MT election result website and didn’t find it. Maybe I was looking in the wrong place. Mr. Collins sounds like an amazing person.

  17. 17.

    Dr. Ronnie James, D.O.

    One of the surprising things I learned in 2016 is that HRC is a pretty religious woman: studies Bible verses daily, confers with her pastor weekly. It was a little surprising this didn’t get talked about much during the campaign, but I think it’s something she prefers to keep private.

  19. 19.

    lamh36

    Off to bed soon, I’m sure, but before I do, wanted to remember to re-post this from previous thread.

    If nothing else….PBO’s legacy of inspiring more people of color, to become candidates for office, even JUST on the local level!

    more candidates of color…more political winners of color!!!

    Kristen Clarke‏Verified account
    @KristenClarkeJD
    Follow Follow @KristenClarkeJD
    More
    African Americans were elected mayor for 1st time:
    Statesboro GA, Jonathan McCollar
    Georgetown SC, Brendan Barber
    Milledgeville GA, Mary Parham Copelan
    Helena MT, Wilmot Collins
    Cairo GA, Booker Gainor
    St Paul MN, Melvin Carter
    &
    Charlotte NC –> Vi Lyles, 1st Black female mayor
    https://twitter.com/KristenClarkeJD/status/928120322884239361

  21. 21.

    Ruckus

    @lamh36:
    The beast has awoken.
    Indignity or abuse, most people can only take so much. They shouldn’t have to take any but then we do live in society of humans and not all of us are good all of the time, or some any of the time.
    The lesson is, stand up for yourself in a way that matters, in a way that can cause change, in a way that works together towards a common and useful goal, rather than greed and bigotry.

  22. 22.

    lamh36

    @paulkrugman 4h4 hours ago
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    Replying to @paulkrugman
    Seriously, a couple of takes. First, Ed Gillespie must not be rehabilitated — allowed to resume his former persona as an establishment Republican, conservative on economic issues but an OK guy. He went for the gutter, and should be kept there.

  23. 23.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @Dr. Ronnie James, D.O.: Yes and no.

    From a 1996 articles about her faith — sounds more like a case that since it didn’t fit The Narrative(tm), the media generally didn’t ignored it.

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-faith-private/index.html

    The conventional Washington wisdom holds that Clinton is reluctant to talk about her faith, which is partly true. She doesn’t often divulge details about her private piety, even while hinting that prayer and pastoral counseling have led her to consequential decisions, such as remaining with her husband, Bill, after the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998.

    But during her three decades in politics, Clinton has been quite willing to talk about how her work has been inspired by her Methodist faith. She traces some of her political positions, particularly concerning children and the poor, directly to Christ’s commandment to care for “the least of these.”

  28. 28.

    Yarrow

    @lamh36: I think it’s pretty definite.

    Congratulations to Wilmot Collins — a refugee from Liberia — who was elected as the first black mayor of Helena, Montana. Mayor-elect Collins won 100 years to the day after Jeanette Rankin was elected as the first female member of Congress. #MTnews https://t.co/qRwNuA2Oyl— Bob Brigham (@BobBrigham) November 8, 2017

    Also, from Montana, some long time GOP guy is getting trounced in the Billings mayoral race.

  30. 30.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    CHUCK TODD: I’m sure you’ve been familiar with the ad itself and the controversy around the ad, and the Republican party’s response, that it was basically — Democrats don’t like it when, you know, when Republicans stereotype. Aren’t you stereotyping? I drive a pickup truck. Are all pickup truck drivers racist?That’s what the ad — do you understand why some people think the ad implies that?

    TOM PEREZ: Well, you know, Chuck, let’s be clear about what’s happening in the race in Virginia and all too many races — dog whistle politics… When you hit the bully back and the bully starts crying, those are crocodile tears to me

    Todd is such a douche.

  32. 32.

    lamh36

    Alright…good night BJ.

    @ChrisLu44
    Chris Lu Retweeted Tom Perriello
    Tom Perriello shows how Democrats can have a spirited primary contest and then come together as a party. He criss-crossed the state to support @RalphNortham and House of Delegates candidates. He’s a class act.

    @tomperriello
    Every Democrat who stepped up to run to the House of Delegates this year in VA, regardless of outcome, is a hero. We thank you!!

    https://twitter.com/ChrisLu44/status/928073469501345793

  35. 35.

    jl

    @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:

    What you posted seemed so weird I had to see if I could find it.
    The idiotic discussion by Todd, and the ‘infamous’ stereotypical racist pickup truck starts at 5:30 in link below. The whole thing is moronic. Some faceless racist dude happens to be driving a pickup truck when he is harassing some kids, in an ad put on by an Hispanic group (not afaik, by the Democratic Party at all). Completely asinine GOP counter ad and Todd is a moron for taking up air time with such nonsense.

    The miserable corporate hack Todd studious avoids any substantive issue, and when Perez brings up issues, Todd pivots to whether Democrats will need to do any soul searching if they lose. Yeebus Crust with butter and jam on it.

    Tom Perez, DNC Chairman One-on-One with Chuck Todd in Meet the Press {Full Interview} #DNC #Breakin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAF94Odd35c

  38. 38.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    @jl: What makes it worse is when Todd gets called out for letting republicans lie on his show he says it’s not his job to make corrections.

    yet if a Dem leaning group does something edgy or questionable, he jumps at the opportunity to beats his phony sanctimonious drums.

  45. 45.

    SectionH

    It’s West Coast Late, but this is what I said earlier, on Fb

    YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thank you, Virginia voters, Thank you NJ voters, Good on you voters in Maine for helping yourselves, and
    Welcome to the club, Washington.
    I know there’s a long long road ahead, but dammit, tonight feels good.

  46. 46.

    Keith G

    Scripture also teaches us to be sure to pack brass knuckles. As we saw in Virginia last night, you only win a political fight by ………actually fighting.

  48. 48.

    Patricia Kayden

    @lamh36: Definitely. He ran as a racist. Let him live with that. That was a deliberate choice of his that failed. Spectacularly.

  50. 50.

    Van Buren

    Very happy for my native Virginia. On a blue wave night, I’m in a tiny sea of red, as my town on Long Island turned control over to the Rs.

  51. 51.

    sharl

    As already noted, there was that sweet victory in a Virginia House of Delegates race where openly transgender Danica Roem beat incumbent Bob Marshall, a long time and very vocal homophobe. Soon-to-be former Delegate Marshall’s sister has weighed in.

    AMAZING pic.twitter.com/zS67j3zYl7— A-A-Ron (@AaronTheH) November 8, 2017

    “Karma, brother”…

    Ol’ Bob will always have the evangelical Christian radio talk shows. It will be good to not hear his name so often on local politics news programs.

  53. 53.

    raven

    UPDATE: Democrats Score Stunning Wins in Athens State House Elections; Athens Approves T-SPLOST

    Democrats won shocking victories in two special elections for Athens-area state House seats on Tuesday, winning the conservative-leaning seats in spite of well-funded opposition from Republicans.

    In District 117, Deborah Gonzalez overcame Republican opponent Houston Gaines’ $200,000 war chest and much-publicized support from Democratic Athens-Clarke County Mayor Nancy Denson—which led to the ACC Democratic Committee removing Denson from her post on the committee for violating its bylaws—defeating him 53 percent to 47 percent.

    I think this an important message. The local dems quit playing nice-nice and threw her ass out!

  55. 55.

    Cermet

    As one news site said, not a wave for the democrats but a Tsunami! Really, the best news to wake up to; I loved the orange tears from the small handed orange fart cloud! Victory – one can smell that the rest of the lying repug-a-thug body politic is rotting. Dead men walking, all – we take the Senate back in 2018 and both the white house and house in 2020.

  57. 57.

    sharl

    @Amir Khalid: That’s sad news. Occasional commenter sm*t cl*de brought @FirstCatofNZ to our attention a few weeks ago.
    The article you linked shows New Zealand’s First Couple to be a very down-to-earth pair. I think that’s the best kind of folks to be in charge.
    RIP Paddles.

  64. 64.

    Cermet

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yes, but I really never expected a trans-gender woman to win in Virginia nor that the house there would swing dem. An amazing tsunami. One can hope – maybe the special election in Alabama does go dem … ok, that is highly unlikely. But hell, I am going to enjoy the victories – and there were a number of them.
    Also, enjoyed that Indian victory (?) dance/song! Nice.

  67. 67.

    raven

    First Sikh mayor elected in New Jersey
    Hoboken voters chose Ravinder Bhalla, who became the first Sikh mayor to be elected in the state of New Jersey.

  68. 68.

    eclare

    @raven: His sister tweeted, karma brother. Link is in prior thread, not sure how to link on my phone.

    Link may be earlier in this thread!

  74. 74.

    ThresherK

    @sharl: Wow. Karma is best served cold. Gonna make for an awfully cold Xgiving dinner for the Marshall family.

    Also of note: In a race this big (only 100 delegates for entire state) when’s the last time a Republican “lost with dignity” except to a wingnut in a primary?

  75. 75.

    kindness

    This Hillary input is going to frost some ‘progressives’ asses to a bite. I’ve really not understood how so many ‘liberals’ go out of their way to adopt republican talking points about fellow Democrats. I haven’t commented over at Crooks & Liars in 6 months because I didn’t want to be the fly in their soup. Let us hope the troll BernieBro faction (and all those who were/are swayed by them) shut the fuck up and start paying attention to winning more elections.

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