This is how my dog makes his entrance every day at the coffee shop in our neighborhood, in slo-mo. pic.twitter.com/NoXh2uJqKI
— Brett Michael (@thecajunboy) October 28, 2018
Watch to see if there’s any segments on cable news about this poll. Dems +12 On Battleground Districts! Trump Effect Weighing Down Republicans! Yeah no- cable doesn’t want to hear that. pic.twitter.com/ZfYRnslJUX
— Armando (@armandodkos) October 26, 2018
Their closing message is to fear unarmed non Caucasian people who are 1,000 miles away. Our closing message is that they are ripping you off and we are here to stop it.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) October 28, 2018
Whoa. The Border Patrol union, representing 14,000 border agents & personnel, just endorsed 3 Senate Democrats: Claire McCaskill (MO), Jon Tester (MT) and Heidi Heitkamp (ND).
White House officials, reportedly, are furious.https://t.co/Ph3FEWMtQ7
— Tokyo #VoteNov6 ???? (@DHStokyo) October 27, 2018
For the next 9 days I want all of you to #VoteItForward too! pic.twitter.com/aHHl1uMWkw
— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) October 28, 2018
OzarkHillbilly
Blech.
Chyron HR
I can’t help but read that in Daffy Duck’s voice.
rikyrah
Good Morning,Everyone ???
JPL
Mitch gave the democrats a winning message by saying that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security needed to be cut by 2 trillion, in order to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Because of today’s environment, the message will be drowned out. Instead we wake daily wondering who the nazis will target next.
blech indeed
germy
Kristine
@rikyrah: Good morning ☀️!
It’s been cloudy and so dreary here in far NE Illinois. Unseasonably chilly for weeks. I have end of year yard work to do—composting expired plants and mulching leaves—and can’t work up the will to do it. I’d love to see just a few hours of sunshine. Hell, even a few minutes.
JPL
@germy: King compared the alt right in Europe favorably to the republican party. He doesn’t even try to disguise it.
J R in WV
Saw Douthat’s piece in the FTFNYTimes, he is still more fucked up than anyone not actually employed by Drumpf.
Wants to see a divided legislature, to keep the Scary Liberals from running wild. Hope the election smacks him in the face with reality!
Imagine that?!
Mai Naem mobile
Angela Merkel is stepping down as the leader of the German Ruling Party. That does not sound good. I can’t believe I am saying that about the traditional RW German Party. That’s how far right everything has moved.
JPL
@Mai Naem mobile: That is such a scary development. Has trump tweeted that this is good news for the German people yet?
germy
@JPL: He will.
J R in WV
@JPL:
I see from the story about Intel ceasing to fund King that Land O’ Lakes Inc, the butter and Purina manufacturer, is helping fund Congressman King of Iowa. I will be telling them as a cook and lover of good butter to cook with, I have tasted my last smidge o’ butter from Land O’Lakes and my critters will never taste another kibble of Purina.
As long as butter comes from other providers I don’t need to provide funds to a company willing to support an open fascist who supports hate for immigrants, liberals, and the freedom concepts this nation was founded upon. I’ll be telling them so asap, too.
And AMD makes good IT chips, also too!! Dropping support for a fascist doesn’t cure the deficiency in morals that allowed them to support a fascist in the first place, unless people who signed those checks are fired as well…
?BillinGlendaleCA
Here’s a rose for y’all.
ETA: Here’s the non-animated version.
debbie
@JPL:
And yet Trump has also promised a 10% tax cut for the middle class! It’s like, Magic!
germy
Immanentize
Hello, All.
Coffee is good!
Did Raven check in with a fish count?
Immanentize
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I like the non-animated version…. My volunteer and then transplanted roses will be put to bed next weekend probably. But there are two rosebuds on them right now. Odd.
debbie
@Immanentize:
He caught a ray. Did you see his photo last night?
Immanentize
@debbie: nope. I gotta go check it out. Rays are fighters, no?
ETA Wow. Those are so alien looking. But when you are snorkeling or diving (and they are not just hiding on the bottom) they are beautiful to behold swimming….
Phylllis
Kinda wish I was still a Florida resident so I could vote for Gillum. And then crow about it to my MAGA brother just to watch him explode.
I will be voting for James Smith for Gov here in SC as well as Sean Carrigan who is running against the execrable Joe Wilson and Constance Anastopoulo, who is running for AG against Wilson’s corrupt, useless spawn Alan.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Immanentize: It was shot with 10 different focus levels, that’s why it looks sharp from close to mid-range. It’s also why you can do a 3d animation.
rikyrah
White Nationalist Who Threatened Stacey Abrams' Campaign Poses for Picture With Brian Kemp https://www.theroot.com/white-nationalist-who-threatened-stacey-abrams-campaign-1830044440 via @TheRoot
JGabriel
Politico via Anne Laurie @ Top:
So it’s Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, versus Donald Trump, Resident of the White House?
“We’d like to thank our audience for joining us on today’s episode of: A-a-asshole Thunderdo-o-ome!!!”
debbie
@Immanentize:
Yes, Raven said he was very, very careful in releasing it back to the ocean.
Immanentize
@?BillinGlendaleCA: It’s like the Enya of images!
Dorothy A. Winsor
Rehab this morning. I put off coffee until afterwards so I’ll have a reward to look forward to.
rikyrah
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Simply beautiful ?
Immanentize
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
No biting!
randy khan
The WaPo also does a battleground poll, and while it didn’t show that big a lead, the latest version showed a substantial edge for the Dems.
Actually, the best part of that poll was the article focused on the Comstock-Wexton race, which spent four paragraphs talking about the challenges for Comstock before revealing that the poll gave Wexton a 13-point lead. I will say I’m a little suspicious of that, as the NRCC still is dropping substantial ad buys into the district, but I liked it anyway.
Brachiator
@Mai Naem mobile: RE: Merkel. From BBC:
This is not good. Trump and Putin both hate and fear Merkel.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Immanentize: Yes, but it doesn’t make any sound.
Why am I up now when I have to be up in 3 1/2 hours to get ready for a hike. My tummy’s upset and I can’t sleep.
Baud
@rikyrah: Good morning.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@rikyrah: Thanks.
Kay
Brachiator
@randy khan:
I would pay good money if people would stop paying attention to the polls. Doesn’t matter if they predict doom or victory.
I early voted, but would never respond to a poll if contacted. My actual vote will count. That’s all that matters now.
GOP efforts to lie and sow confusion will intensify.
So, OK, some polls are hopeful. Let’s intensify the prediction by getting out the vote and making damn sure we do well.
Baud
@?BillinGlendaleCA: It’s been fun to track the development of your photo skills.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: I’m trying out a program that specializes in focus stacking(I’ve got a mod on my camera that automates the shooting).
NotMax
Phew. Successful dinner for the guest, even with one delay involving how long it has been since used the stove top that forgot which control operated which burner.
Solid 9 out of 10, perhaps a 9.25.
Baud
@Kay: We do a poor job of defending our own.
Baud
@NotMax: Congratulations!
Kay
Before we spend any more time puzzling over the mystery of why Lou Dobbs promotes racist conspiracy theories perhaps we should look at the fact that he’s paid 6 million dollars a year to promote racist conspiracy theories. That’s just salary. He probably doubles that with speaking engagements and endorsing horrible, low quality goods and services.
They’re making a lot of money doing this. A lot of people are making a lot of money doing this.
JPL
@NotMax: That’s great and now you are going to be prepared for next time.
Baud
@Kay: Reagan brought racists and the wealthy into a coalition that has been one of the most enduring in American history.
danielx
@OzarkHillbilly:
Well said.
low-tech cyclist
Armando:
Let it be a big surprise to the R’s next Tuesday. May they wake up nine days from now feeling the way we did the day after the 2016 election.
Brachiator
Trump lies all the time. He just doesn’t care. It’s part of his Art of the Deal strategy. But the rest of the GOP is following Trump’s lead by lying their assess off about how they will prevent health insurance plans from denying coverage to people with pre existing conditions.
Republicans are just shamelessly lying. The Dems are fighting back. This is good. If opportunity arises, we should make sure that right wing idiots we know get the message.
For example, see this great WaPo piece.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/29/these-republicans-are-misleading-voters-about-our-obamacare-fact-checks/
Also good stuff elsewhere.
https://www.axios.com/republicans-hit-with-pre-existing-conditions-fd9b4a35-d1b9-4db5-a7cf-5343dedc197d.html
Republicans are really desperate here. They think that their base are complete fools.
JPL
@Baud: For a long time, the Soros conspiracy theories were on far right sites which many people ignored. Then they became mainstream. We should learn from this and as soon as the conspiracy theories start, we should put them down.
Baud
@JPL: Better yet, let’s not validate them as too many did in 2016.
Baud
@Brachiator:
Um….
low-tech cyclist
@Kay: I love Tom Perriello. He’s the guy Bernie Sanders should have been – progressive as all get out, voted for Obamacare knowing it would probably cost him his House seat (it did), and when he lost the VA-Gov primary to Ralph Northam, he campaigned his ass off for Northam.
Kay
@Brachiator:
Democrats did a good job getting a focus on issues early though. They’ve been talking about the Trump tax law and health care for months and it was completely under the radar, which gave them time to get ahead of Trump/political media shifting the focus to “the caravan” or whatever else Trump wants to talk about.
I think they’re acclimating to the new (much worse) political environment.
Brachiator
@Baud:
It wasn’t Reagan. This has always been part of the country.
I’m not even sure that Reagan compounded the problem in the modern era.
Raven
@Immanentize: Not much. A ray that got me jacked up when it knocked my rod out of the holder and was headed to the water. And some whiting. The capn’ wanted to delay the boat trip until noon because of better conditions. It is absolutely gorgeous here, 70’s and sunny so we’re having a great time. We had two couples and a couple of teens for the weekend and they are gone so I’m sitting on the porch watching the birds on the water.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Immanentize: I’ll try!
PS. Two jackals have taken the time to leave me very nice reviews on Amazon. Nice enough that I made Mr DAW read them and then emailed them to me editor. Thank you.
TS (the original)
@randy khan:
Seems to be an outsider but RCP range for all the recent polls have her up at least 6 points. Google gives a newsmax link saying the two are tied – in their dreams – I didn’t give them a click.
Ken Shabby
@Kay:
Didn’t know this. I like knowing this. Also applies to many, many faux bootstrap buffoons besides our lovely, mafia don.
Brachiator
@low-tech cyclist:
This is interesting. Trump doesn’t see that he might be bad for GOP candidates. He’s got more rallies scheduled. Let’s hope that he continues to hurt himself and the GOP prospects.
Ken Shabby
@Brachiator:
I’m looking forward to answering my phone again. Likely sometime in late Nov.
My contact list is relevant, efficient. That’s it.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Ken Shabby: One of the good things about early voting is that the political phone calls drop off. They can tell you’ve already voted.
OzarkHillbilly
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Just lucky, I guess.
Baud
@Brachiator: Racism, yes. Not their coalition with the rich. A lot of them used to be white populist Democrats.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@OzarkHillbilly: Actually, I think I may be coming down with something.
ETA: I guess, if that’s the case, I’ll have a medical professional here in about 4 hours.
OzarkHillbilly
@Raven:
Ha! Is there a bait fisherman alive who has never had to make the 10 yard dash?
NotMax
@Raven
Sometimes you fish the ocean, sometimes the ocean fishes you.
OzarkHillbilly
Fox’s Kilmeade Frets About ‘Diseases’ That Immigrants Could Bring To America As opposed to the prion disease infecting half of America known as FOX?
Raven
@OzarkHillbilly: Yea, it happened with this biggest bull red I’ve ever caught. I want up to my car and, when I turned around I couldn’t see the rod tip. I ran over the dune and I gut from Louisiana had seen ti go and grabbed it!
Chetan Murthy
@OzarkHillbilly: I’m sure the residents of Bhopal, the Yemenis, Vietnamese, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Salvadorans, and many other peoples, wish they could have had inoculation against the diseases Americans carry.
Butter Emails!!!
@Baud:
As bad as Reagan was, I don’t think he can take credit for that. This coalition has existed since before we were even a country.
I see others responded before I did. I’m going to add that this coalition was initially plantation owners and poor white farmers.
Baud
@Butter Emails!!!: That was a regional coalition though. Reagan made the national coalition stick.
Baud
@OzarkHillbilly: i speak bigot. What he means is the immigrants are the disease.
Cheryl Rofer
@Ken Shabby: When I was working in the states that had been part of the Soviet Union, the Soros Open Society Foundations were active in helping to educate legislators and others about democratic government. That was the first I heard of him. The Open Society Foundations continue the work of encouraging democracy, including in the United States. You can see why Donald Trump doesn’t like them. Nor does Vladimir Putin.
Kay
@Brachiator:
They do know he’s hurting them in some areas. He’s staying out of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which is amusing, because those are the states that supposedly had the “Trump Realignment” in ’16.
Michigan is kind of interesting- it’s definitely going blue. IMO, Ohio tracks MI and PA in that it is further Right than those two states- so if Trump is down in MI and PA he will be even in OH.
JMG
@Baud: Naah, Nixon’s the one for that. Or maybe Rutherford B. Hayes.
JPL
@OzarkHillbilly: He’s a fucking asshole
OzarkHillbilly
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Let’s hope she finds everything is A-OK.
Baud
@JMG:
Nixon was the last liberal president, or so I’ve been told.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: Ah, silly me. I thought he was.
Barbara
@Butter Emails!!!: Brought them in may be too strong but he elevated their importance and made it clear they did not need to hide. Starting his campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi by bloviating about states’ rights was intentional and outrageous
JPL
Trump is once again tweeting that the media is the enemy of the people. He needs to look in the mirror, because he has unleashed a hatred in our nation that threatens our very democracy.
This week is going to be bad.
SiubhanDuinne
I knew it, I KNEW Trump would call to congratulate the appalling new RWNJ president of Brazil.
Never met a vile bigoted authoritarian he didn’t love.
GregB
A crimson pall is descending all over the world. The world will not escape from this period without tragedy upon tragedy.
Let’s hope this upcoming election is the beginning of the end of the fascist ascendence.
Kay
You really cannot overestimate how disconnected voters are. I don’t know what it means or who is to blame but it’s the truth. I was at a political-themed house party yesterday afternoon at the home of people who are engaged enough to have signs in their yard and the spouse of the person hosting the party asked me what happened in Pittsburgh. Like- “was it a bombing…?” He’s conflated the FL bomber with the Pittsburgh shooter.
So, ya know, try engaging on something like “preexisting conditions” with these people – it’s very difficult! Just hard.
PAM Dirac
Half way through early voting in Maryland and so far so good for the Dems in Frederick County. About the same number of total votes as all of 2014 early voting. Breaks down as 49.5% D, 35.0% R, 15% I vs. 44.5% D, 41.5% %, 13.7% I in 2014. Keep in mind that 2014, unlike most of the rest of the country, was not a bad year for Dems in Frederick County. The caveat is that the early vote is unlikely to be much more than 15% of the total vote, so a lot of work to be done. For those of you in Maryland that want to check your jurisdiction go to https://elections.maryland.gov/press_room/index.html.
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: FYI The president is going to campaign for Kemp in Macon on Sunday.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@SiubhanDuinne: It’s what he wants to be when he grows up.
Immanentize
@JMG:
I see what you did there….
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
I heard that. Also, Pence is doing a couple of events with Kemp this week, but don’t know where.
Bruce K
I just realized that here in Greece, where I’m obliged to vote in elections, I’d probably be categorized as centrist-leaning-conservative, although my attitude towards all the major political parties is at the point of throwing up my hands and wondering when the adults will come back from their smoke breaks and hammer some sense into the juveniles running things right now.
That’s in Greece.
Stateside, with no apparent change in temperament on my part, I’ve become a left-winger, castigated by MAGA-louts for using scare tactics because the left’s lost on policy, yada yada yada, Make America Great Again (*retch*)
I mean, does this tweet:
https://twitter.com/EVEMarcCallan/status/1056502868377849856
warrant these responses?
https://twitter.com/ImAukai/status/1056892065227911170
https://twitter.com/ImAukai/status/1056893817989804032
Honestly, am I missing something here?
SiubhanDuinne
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I know it’s totally to be expected of him, but I still find it slightly unbelievable that Trump has plenty of time to extend friendship and congratulations to the likes of Bolsonaro but can’t be arsed to reach out to — or even name-check in prepared remarks — the MAGAbomber’s assassination targets.
Bruce K
Eep – just learned that embedding too many tweets can get me into moderation. Sorry!
Anyway, taking stock and I realized that I’m nowhere near a left-winger in Greek politics. More like centrist-leaning-slightly-conservative, if there was a political party acting like adults for me to support. And yet somehow, Stateside, I’m a left-winger. I still believe the same things wherever I am.
Funny, that.
Joey Maloney
@Chetan Murthy: There is no known vaccine against late-stage capitalism.
schrodingers_cat
@Bruce K: This person’s Twitter profile identifies themselves a MAGA, why would you think they are on the left? Anyway why should anyone care about a random Twitter handle spouting garbage.
Gelfling 545
@Chyron HR: Great. Now I keep hearing Daffy Duck in my mind spluttering “it’s an egregious action!” Better than the voices Trump hears, anyway.
Bruce K
@schrodingers_cat: I’m not saying they’re left, I’m saying they’ve pegged me as “left-wing”. I mean, I’ll admit I’m to the left of David Duke and Joe Arpaio, but that’s a pretty low bar to clear…
mr gravity
@SiubhanDuinne: Fascists seem to be gaining ground worldwide. I blame Facebook.
Seriously.
schrodingers_cat
@Bruce K: Thanks for clearing that up, I misunderstood what you were saying.
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
@Baud: No, he didn’t. Reagan co-opted the relationship between wealth and racism that can be traced to the foundation of the American south, as an offshoot of the Caribbean slave culture.
J R in WV
@Chyron HR:
Wife was simply astonished that anyone in the whitepower house would know these words well enough to use them more-or-less correctly in a sentence. Additionally, they prove they have no concept of a free and independent union managed and directed by the workers, NOT by the managers and political appointees.