Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

No one could have predicted…

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

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

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

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

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Sunday (Mid) Morning Open Thread: Sunday Evening Fundraiser

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Late notice, but it’s not as though you’ll have to dress up & travel:

… George Lopez and political strategist Ana Navarro will host the event, which will include appearances by Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, along with vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, as well as actors like Armie Hammer, Helen Mirren, Billy Porter and Amy Schumer and the cast of Queer Eye.

The lineup of musical guests is: A$AP Ferg, Sara Bareilles, Aloe Blacc, the Black Eyed Peas with Jennifer Hudson, Bon Jovi, Cher, Ciara, Andra Day, Jermaine Dupri with Johntá Austin “and friends,” the Foo Fighters, Macy Gray, Dave Matthews, Ben Platt and others, according to the Biden campaign.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Maren Morris and Pink are among the special guests also appearing, the campaign said.

The stars will appear from a variety of locations. Their appearances are a mix of live and pre-recorded segments.

Fans are able to donate any amount of money to the Joe Biden Victory Fund to attend the event, which will take place on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET…

Also entertaining: Politico‘s chief political correspondent is irked that Biden is doing such a professional job!

Where are my Dems in disarray, dammit?!?

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  2. 2.

    PST

    I feel like everyone I know has voted (except my Trumpy brother, who seems somewhat dispirited these days). I realize I haven’t talked about voting with every single friend and relative, but whenever I do, it turns out they’ve voted.

  3. 3.

    WereBear

    The AM Joy podcast last night had a big chunk of Joe’s speech near Philadelphia, and it was flatout refreshing to hear honest, actual, straight talk about what really works for the country, and how we all need to get behind that.

  5. 5.

    sdhays

    I think a fairly large majority of Americans have concluded by now that “entertainment value” is a poor criteria to use to judge a Presidential candidate’s fitness for office.

    But that idea “does not compute” for our media betters.

  6. 6.

    mali muso

    @sanjeevs: Biden being up in Texas feels like too-good-to-be-true, but I’ll toss it into the cautious optimism pile.  The early vote numbers are looking pretty astonishing!  Turns out that when you openly suppress the vote, people might just get more determined to exercise their right.

  7. 7.

    Chyron HR

    A$AP Ferg, Sara Bareilles, Aloe Blacc, Black Eyed Peas & Jennifer Hudson, Jon Bon Jovi, Cher, Ciara, Darren Criss, Andra Day, Jermaine Dupri, NE-YO, Johnta Austin & Friends, Foo Fighters, Macy Gray, John Legend, Dave Matthews, P!nk

    What happened to REAL bands like Yes??

  10. 10.

    BeuceFromOhio

    Making the fascists nervous about Texas gives me great joy. And as noted above, everyone I know has voted already.

    Time to move on to harassing the living shit out of Republican Senators. And where is the Portrait of Moscow Mitch?

  12. 12.

    germy

    A private security company that tried to recruit former U.S. military Special Operations personnel to guard polling sites in Minnesota on Election Day agreed to cancel its plans following an investigation by Attorney General Keith Ellison. https://t.co/aR0fzuqDBB

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 25, 2020

  13. 13.

    Baud

    @mali muso:

    Turns out that when you openly suppress the vote, people might just get more determined to exercise their right.

    And that is why vote suppression is pro-democracy. #FederalistSociety

  16. 16.

    Amir Khalid

    Drezner is plainly frustrated that the less erratic, less newsworthy candidate is the one with the better chance to win the election. He doesn’t want a POTUS who gets it done without fuss, who respects the presidency by showing dignity and decorum and dedication to service; he can’t get stories out of that. He prefers the one whose alarming behaviour will generate many clickbaity stories and make his job exciting.

  20. 20.

    WereBear

    @mali muso: Turns out that when you openly suppress the vote, people might just get more determined to exercise their right.

     
    Someone here shared some scientific studies pointing to exactly that.

  21. 21.

    Elizabelle

    Doug Jones is also doing a terrific concert online tonight. 5 pm Central, 6 pm Eastern. Jason Mraz and Saint Paul and the Broken Bones (of Birmingham, AL; had forgotten that). Pay what you can.

    We have had so much fun every weekend this month at our One Alabama Fest concerts, and we know that our finale event will be no exception!

    We’re thrilled to invite you to join Doug tomorrow, October 25, at 5 PM CST for the last of our four-part virtual concert series, featuring Jason Mraz and St. Paul and the Broken Bones!

    This is going to be an unforgettable night for a great cause – re-electing Doug Jones! As always, tickets are pay-what-you-can! To buy your ticket, go to dougjones.com/tickets

    https://secure.actblue.com/donate/djfs-onealfest-4?refcode=em_102420

  25. 25.

    Jeffro

    Biden/Harris has a new ad up featuring the entire* Democratic Justice League breaking down the last debate.

    *minus Guy Gardner Wilmer, of course

    The ad is great – even better to know that the whole ‘League’ is working together like this

    ?????????????

  29. 29.

    randy khan

    @Sab:

    I see events like this as intended to lock in votes.  Contribute even a dollar and you’re more committed than you were before.

    And while early money is great for many reasons, I would guarantee to you that every day the campaign is deciding where not to spend money that it think would be helpful, because very few Presidential campaigns end with buckets of cash.  Ad buys happen right up until the last couple of days.  So late money is not going to be useless.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    @Sab: The campaigns are saying otherwise.  Plus there is a TON of late activity going on with get out the vote, so I don’t think late money is wasted this year.

    Because funding is so good, late money can be used to try in places that we might not have had the time/money/energy for.

  36. 36.

    Patricia Kayden

    Americans get one chance to rebuke Trumpism and the ugly, authoritarian, right-wing nationalist trend it represents. Let’s make the most of it. Let’s send a message that reverberates around the world.— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) October 25, 2020

  37. 37.

    CCL

    Trying to embed Senators Murphy’s and Schatz’s latest fundraising effort (5 minutes ago?)

    ? ? McConnell just placed a giant ad buy in Georgia. And I can tell you why – internal polls show Sen. Perdue in BIG trouble.

    So today, a HUGE goal: raise $500K for Jon Ossoff. He’s short on $$ for his turnout effort. Folks, if we win GA, it’s OVER.https://t.co/mcUlM320bW
    — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 25, 2020

  39. 39.

    Ken

    @sanjeevs: It’s a stretch but Texas opening field hospitals for COVID victims at the same time as the second Whitehouse outbreak isn’t a great look

    Probably part of why Mark Meadows wanted to hide the news of the outbreak. Another part might be that Trump would see Pence as weak for allowing it* and use that as an excuse to announce he was dumping Pence and putting Ivanka on the ballot as VP.

    * Consistency, self-reflections, and forethought are not Trump’s strong suits.

  46. 46.

    gene108

    @Amir Khalid: 

    Do Republicans ever gripe about the Democrats having all the cool celebrities?

    All the time.

    They hate it that the popular people hate them. Even the popular people they are fans of, like Bruce Springsteen ignoring former NJ governor Chris Christie.

  49. 49.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    You can take Jonathan Martin out of Politico, but you can’t take Politico out of Jonathan Martin. From his Twitter yesterday:

    Jonathan Martin

    @jmartNYT

    There it is… Some smart folks think Ga may prove easier for Biden than Fla

    Greg Bluestein

    @bluestein

    Joe Biden will travel to Georgia on Tuesday in late push to flip state 

    Now my take from this is that the Biden campaign thinks both states are in play, and his magic bullet Barack Obama is handling FL just fine today. Maybe Biden thought he could give Ossoff and Warnock a boost. I guess Tiger Beat on the Potomac taught ole Jon some super special skilz though.

  56. 56.

    Ken

    @Omnes Omnibus: Are there enough Baudettes to save him?

    Now I’m imagining “Along Came Bialy” from The Producers, with Baud in the lead role. Which is tricky since I have no idea what Baud looks like.

  58. 58.

    SFAW

    @Ken: 

    since I have no idea what Baud looks like.

    He looks like a cross between Zero Mostel and Doug Jones (the actor, not the Senator).

  59. 59.

    low-tech cyclist

    @Bluegirlfromwyo: 

    @WaterGirl: They also might need it for more lawyers. Trump’s foghorned that he’ll contest as many early votes as he possibly can.

    I’m sure that’s why a lot of people aren’t ready to declare victory yet. Until we know just what lawsuits our new Supreme Federalist Society Court will be willing to entertain, who knows whether what would otherwise be a landslide will even translate into a win?

    Hopefully Biden’s win will be sufficiently overwhelming that they’ll realize how stupid they’d look if they tried to help the GOP contest this election. Even then, I wouldn’t put it past them to interfere in states with a close Senate race.

  61. 61.

    WaterGirl

    Sorry to repeat, but I am trying to catch everyone who wants their pets to be in the 2021 Pet Calendar.

    2021 Pet Calendar reminder:

    There are now 3 calendar links in the sidebar.  If you have started the process for submitting pics, you should be on one of the 3 lists.  Lists up-to-date as of 10am today (10/25)

    List #1: everything is in, please verify that the information in the spreadsheet is correct.

    List #2: your photos are not high enough resolution, so please submit higher res versions if you can, or let me know that you can’t, and Beth will use the ones you sent.  It’s just that the photo will be smaller in the calendar because of resolution issues.

    List #3: you have the link but haven’t sent your photos in yet.

    Deadline for photo uploads is a week from today on November 1.

    I will continue to check those threads for responses.

  63. 63.

    Miss Bianca

    @Chyron HR: You just know that Orangemandias is gonna gnash his teeth over the fact that all the Hollywood celebs and famous musicians he desperately *wishes* would court him, like his sycophantic low-quality hires do, are instead falling all over themselves to raise money and GOTV for Biden/Harris.

    May he stroke out mid-gnash.

     

    @Amir Khalid: Of course they do! Witness Chris Christie’s heartburnings over The Boss being Just Not That Into Him.

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