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No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

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

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

The revolution will be supervised.

If you are in line to indict donald trump, stay in line.

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

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

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Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada, Oh My!

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I was so wound up watching the Jan 6 hearing that I had stop and get my iPad so I could watch the last 30 minutes while I was on the treadmill. Not that we didn’t know it before, but damn, Nancy SMASH is a treasure.

Open thread and fundraising…

Wisconsin House Seat (WI-03)  with a $500 match from Mousebumples – we met the $500 match!!!

Brad Pfaff  (WI-03)
To donate to Brad Pfaff specifically, click on Customize Amounts BEFORE you enter your dollar amount.

As soon as Brad Pfaff reaches $500, Mousebumples will add her $500 match.  We had $587 in Brad Pfaff donations, and Mousebumples has added her match.  So thanks to you guys, WI-03 has over $1,000 more than he did this morning.

Brad Pfaff is in a tough race.  If we can meet the Mousebumple match, that will get him $1,000.  Even if he doesn’t win, funding this race is likely to bring more people out to vote, so it should help upstream, just like we did with Mercedes Krause (NV-02).

Not to mention that we need to keep the House!

Top 3 Executive Offices in Nevada

Cisco Aguilar  (running for NV Secretary of State)
Steve Sisolak  (incumbent running for second term as NV Governor)
Aaron Ford  (incumbent running for a second term as NV Attorney General)

Ohio Supreme Court Justices

Jennifer Brunner  (running to be Chief Justice)
Marilyn Zayas  (would be the first Latina to ever serve on the high court)
Terri Jamison  (would be the 3rd  black woman to serve in Oho SC history)

Judge Jennifer Brunner, who was elected to the court just last year but is now running for chief justice, and Judge Marilyn Zayas and Judge Terri Jamison, who are running as first-time justices.

If they win, Zayas would be the first Latina to ever serve on the high court, and Jamison would be the third Black woman in Ohio state Supreme Court history.

The Democrats will gain control of the court if either Zayas or Jamison wins, which will come in handy if (or really, when) Governor DeWine and the Republican-controlled state legislature try to push more abortion restrictions through.

Open thread.

Reader Interactions

49Comments

  2. 2.

    Joy in FL

    $25 for Brad Pfaff.

    After watching that hearing, I wish it could be 10x that for each one on our list.

    Also, thanks to encouragement from several other Jackals, I’m finally writing Postcards to Voters, and I happened to choose the Ohio Supreme Court race.  Seeing the info about that race makes me really happy with my choice, and I’m writing more than I had planned before tomorrow’s mailing deadline. It feels good.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    @Joy in FL: No kidding.  We are having to fight for our democracy on multiple fronts at the same time.  The hearings, voting, DOJ lawsuits, and more.

    It’s tiring, but knowing we are doing our part is energizing, too.

  5. 5.

    leeleeFL

    @WaterGirl: Intense, informative, infuriating….so many” I “words!

    Madame Speaker is likely the BEST Speaker the House has ever had!  i wish she’d never retire, but I know she’ll have to, eventually.

    Trump should be in Federal Prison, forever.

  6. 6.

    Joy in FL

    @WaterGirl: Yes, as someone said on the other thread, the first hour or so was mostly old info, but Stephanie Murphy’s statement started the new info, and wow.

  7. 7.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    We could use some help in Oregon. Our Governor’s race is too close, as are three house seats. I hate having so much ride on the outcome of popular votes…

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    @Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: Can you add information about your governor and about the 3 House seats in the comments?

    I think the plan to wait for the Q3 fundraising figures isn’t going to work because we are two weeks out and the figures still haven’t been released.

    So we can add folks if the case can be made that a race is CLOSE and if it seems that more money would help.  We don’t want our donations to be salt in the ocean.

    So who are your peeps in Oregon?

  10. 10.

    Mousebumples

    @Joy in FL: thanks for the contribution, Joy!

    I’m still at work (so I haven’t watched today’s  hearings yet), but I’ll share a little of what I’d told WaterGirl when I emailed her earlier this week –

    Since the Sunday WisDems event, I’ve been thinking over where to put a little $$ for the closing stretch.

    https://bradpfaff.com/

    He’s running to replace the retiring Dem House Rep Ron Kind. His GQP opponent has January 6th ties.

    I’m not sure on his chances, but from what I’ve seen, the DCCC seems to be triaging his race for the home stretch. Might be a poor sign of his chances, or just a matter of not enough money to go around.

    My thinking is, also, even if his only chance is in a Roe-vember wave, giving him extra $$ could help Wisconsin state turnout in the SW part of the state, and could help boost Evers, Barnes, and other statewide candidates.

    I want to support Democrats running in my very gerrymandered state, in GOP leaning districts. I want to support candidates who try to keep insurrectionists out of office.

    And I want to support a WI House race – and my GOP rep doesn’t have a Dem opponent this time around. Brad is supported by NARAL, for those like me that want to elect more people to Congress that don’t think the government belongs in a doctor’s office.

    Not sure how much time I’ll have to keep up with the thread until after kiddo bedtime in a few hours, but I’m hoping you will help me support Brad.

    Maybe our support will help him pull out a nailbiting win, in true Wisconsin fashion. Or maybe he’ll fall short but the extra voters he was able to GOTV will elect Senator Barnes (and re-elect Gov Evers).

  11. 11.

    Mousebumples

    @Joy in FL: thanks for the contribution, Joy!

    I’m still at work (so I haven’t watched today’s  hearings yet), but I’ll share a little of what I’d told WaterGirl when I emailed her earlier this week –

    Since the Sunday WisDems event, I’ve been thinking over where to put a little $$ for the closing stretch.

    https://bradpfaff.com/

    He’s running to replace the retiring Dem House Rep Ron Kind. His GQP opponent has January 6th ties.

    I’m not sure on his chances, but from what I’ve seen, the DCCC seems to be triaging his race for the home stretch. Might be a poor sign of his chances, or just a matter of not enough money to go around.

    My thinking is, also, even if his only chance is in a Roe-vember wave, giving him extra $$ could help Wisconsin state turnout in the SW part of the state, and could help boost Evers, Barnes, and other statewide candidates.

    I want to support Democrats running in my very gerrymandered state, in GOP leaning districts. I want to support candidates who try to keep insurrectionists out of office.

    And I want to support a WI House race – and my GOP rep doesn’t have a Dem opponent this time around. Brad is supported by NARAL, for those like me that want to elect more people to Congress that don’t think the government belongs in a doctor’s office.

    Not sure how much time I’ll have to keep up with the thread until after kiddo bedtime in a few hours, but I’m hoping you will help me support Brad.

    Maybe our support will help him pull out a nailbiting win, in true Wisconsin fashion. Or maybe he’ll fall short but the extra voters he was able to GOTV will elect Senator Barnes (and re-elect Gov Evers).

  12. 12.

    SuzieC

    Ohioan here/retired lawyer.  Thanks for including the Ohio Supreme Court races!!  As you point out, we only have to win one of the three to take control.  Brunner is already a sitting justice and her term will continue even if she loses.  But all 3 races are close with three excellent candidates.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    @Mousebumples: General reminder to all since you share this information…

    To donate just to Brad Pfaff, you customize amounts before you enter your dollar amount.  Otherwise, your donation is split 15 ways.

    Which is fine, too!  i just want to be sure everyone’s money goes where they are intending it to go!

  17. 17.

    MattF

    …and SCOTUS denies TFG’s attempt to derail DOJ investigation. In one sentence.

    “The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Sept. 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the court is denied.”

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    Since this is an open thread, I have to share this from Popehat.

    “Which leaves an open question…” ha!

  21. 21.

    LeftCoastYankee

    @WaterGirl:

    These 2 are listed as tossups in Oregon:

    • Oregon 6th: Andrea Salinas
    • Oregon 5th:  Jamie McLeod-Skinner

    The 4th District is leans Democratic (Val Hoyle).

    The 6th is a new district, and the the 5th is where McLeod-Skinner beat the very useless Kurt Schrader (D-Pharma) in the primaries.  The RCC is dumping major money into the 5th against McLeod-Skinner.  Really toxic bullshit “She’s with them, not us.” where “them” is “anti-police extremists.”

  23. 23.

    raven

    A charity arm of Ebenezer Baptist Church should face an IRS audit for allegedly concealing its ownership in an Atlanta apartment building which houses chronically homeless and mentally ill residents, according to a complaint filed by a conservative watchdog group.
    U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is seeking reelection to the U.S. Senate, is senior pastor at Ebenezer and the principal officer of the Ebenezer Building Foundation. He is also named in the complaint. That nonprofit foundation once owned the Columbia Tower at MLK Village and has close ties to MLK Village Corp., the for-profit company which purchased it in 2007.

    Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Ebenezer Building Foundation and MLK Village Corp. share the same address. The foundation and MLK Village Corp. also have three officers in common, records show,

  24. 24.

    raven

    Warnock campaign manager Quentin Fulks linked the complaint to the senator’s Republican opponent, Herschel Walker, and his allies, who he said are, “deliberately misleading Georgians about Reverend Warnock and now going so far as to attack his church, the spiritual home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

  26. 26.

    LeftCoastYankee

    @WaterGirl:The Oregon Governor’s race is close because a conserva-Dem is running as an independent and has around 18% in the polls.The Republican has basically hid from the press and “No commented” about the loud loonies in her party.She’s polling around 40 as is the Democratic candidate (Tina Kotek).
    Now that it’s close the press is starting to pay attention to the Republican, and that won’t bode too well for her.Kotek has run some good ads attacking her opponents as extremists (guns for the I, and abortion for the R).

    3 women as candidates though… progress?​​​​

  30. 30.

    Cameron

    @raven: This sounds like a whole lot of nothing. The fact that Republicans automatically link “nonprofit” with “grift”says a great deal about them,but not much else.

  34. 34.

    WaterGirl

    @OzarkHillbilly: If you want to watch the whole hearing, the video is in the previous thread.

    But here’s a clip from Aaron Ruper’s twitter.  He has a number of clips if you want the Cliff Notes version of the hearing. :-)

  36. 36.

    H.E.Wolf

    @Joy in FL: Thank you for the reminder! I’d intended to request some more addresses for the OH Supreme Court candidates, and Thursday is a great day to do it – it gives me an extra day to write, since there’s no mail pickup on Sundays (so the 3-day time frame effectively stretches to 4).

    They all 3 look like excellent candidates; and they all 3 speak of their commitment to equal justice for the disenfranchised and vulnerable.

  37. 37.

    Leslie

    Chucked in $25 each for Brad and the other thermometer. Thanks as always for organizing these, WaterGirl!

  39. 39.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @WaterGirl: ​Thanx, I avoid watching hearings because 95-98% of them are congress critters drawing attention to themselves. I enjoy watching Dems sink a barb or 3 but most times the barb isn’t there, just a point which is easily extruded.

  41. 41.

    LeftCoastYankee

    @WaterGirl:

    I think Kotek (the Dem) should be OK.  I think now that the Republican candidate (Drazen) is getting attention, Drazen should lose ground.

    The problem is if the press gives her legitimacy she doesn’t have, because “horse race”.  Also, it’s not clear if Johnson’s supporters would move to other candidates when the voting happens.

    Our current Democratic (Kate Brown) governor is supposedly very unpopular.  Probably because she was a grown-up leader during the pandemic.

  43. 43.

    Geminid

    @LeftCoastYankee: Politico put up an article today about tbe Oregon races. One thing I learned was that Oregon hasn’t elected a Republican Governor since 1982.

    Another article from a local TV station said that President Biden will fly to Oregon tomorrow and campaign with Tina Hotek on Saturday.

  44. 44.

    Mousebumples

    I’m being told by WaterGirl that we’re over $500 for Brad, so I’ve tossed in my angel match. Thanks, everyone! 👏👏👏

  47. 47.

    Almost Retired

    @LeftCoastYankee: ​
      That’s my take as well, based on the fact that my best friend from High School lives next door to the Oregon Governor’s mansion and closely follows local politics. Plus, I’ve met Kate Brown’s dog…..twice!!.

    His take is that Johnson was sort of an attention-sucking shiny object for awhile, but that Democrats will come home, especially when the focus shifts from Betsy (as it evidently now has) to the Republican. I hope you and my friend are right!!

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    If anyone else has a candidate they feel strongly about and are willing to put some skin in the game with a match for your candidate, let me know.

  49. 49.

    LeftCoastYankee

    @Almost Retired:

    It would be easier if Johnson actually dropped out.

    It’s also been weird that the only press involving Drazen (before the recent polls) was that one kind of weird picture that looks like it’s from a dating website profile.

    Drazen’s the one who led the Republican “run away” strategy on the climate change bills, and seems to have a personal beef with Kotek, who called her BS on the R’s pretend participation in the bi-partisan redistricting.

    A vampy profile picture won’t cover the fact she’s a very unpleasant piece of work.

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